Its been an intense couple of weeks and it seems that my focus has drifted slightly from this project to other seemingly more pressing matters. Last Tuesday saw me in London for a job interview, after which I decided to spend my afternoon in the pub with my London friends. The wine flowed a little too freely leading me to abandon my last train home in favor of another glass. It was a beautiful feeling arriving for work in Liverpool on Wednesday morning in yesterday’s job interview clothes, especially on one of the hottest days of the year! But it was worth it, I have no regrets!
In general the world seems to be a brighter place then is was six months ago and I am pleased that I managed the very intense trip down South with no major panic attacks. Therapy seems to finally be helping me make some changes. Its probably the kind of stuff thats undetectable to anyone else, but for me its really important. Its amazing how learned behaviors that a person creates for themselves over the course of a lifetime can be so detrimental, but can build such a clear and incontrovertible image of what reality looks like. Its nice to begin to believe that I am actually living in a kinder world than the one that I had created for myself!
I attended a really nice dance and health session at the Bluecoat last night that was run by Liverpool Improvisation Collective. We practiced what the workshop leader called ‘toweling:’ a form of body therapy where one participant moves the other’s limbs using a towel. Sounds very bizarre indeed, but having your limbs lifted and released with such a none invasive method of touch is a bit like floating in water. It left me feeling intensely relaxed! I’m also back in Wales for a day of Feldenkrais with Veronica this weekend. I’m hoping the weather holds out so that I can walk by the river afterwards.
So…. I will try to get back on topic with my next post. I’m becoming very aware that I need to expand my research methods in order to find other artists who I might potentially invite to the exhibition. I’ve got a great shortlist list at the moment, but it’s probably not even half of a proper show.
