neither child safe or safe from children and probably thats how my studio & practice will stay for now…..
Ive already made myself laugh with a funny typo in a residency application that i just caught before emailing it off this morning. i signed off with
Thank you for our time and interest.
It seems to make perfect sense to have forgotten the y.
Today and my life at the moment with a four year old is all about the WHY?
I have 45mins – 1hr30 weekday mornings to do stuff. Oldest son at nursery 8.30-11.30 and the smaller one snoozes.
How productive i am is dictated by how long he sleeps, so i have to decide/prioritise what to do in this race against time.
Domestic stuff has never featured in the equation as i decided with the first child it doesnt happen when they’re sleeping, it isnt an invisible activity that magically happens. They can watch me, preferably join in or play around me when I do, do it.
This morning ive finished off an application & e-mailed it (I am concerned though that my enthusiasm for wanting the residency might not show through) and am now blogging, cheered on by featuring on the A-N mail out yesterday. So just in case people do come a looking, i am appearing active, writing something interesting is a different matter.
So the question is as for most artists with limited time is, do i try and apply for stuff or do i make? Do i do research for applications and funding or do i make?
Currently I have had a spate of applying for residencys & commissions that are local’ish and paid. I want involvement, conversation, interaction with people, to leave the house, studio, children & also to expand the community/workshop side of my practice and receive payment!!!
but also I want money so that I can pay for childcare on another day that I can earmark as my day for making work.
