Sarah and I had an initial meeting in Glasgow in December 2013 where we caught up and talked generally about what we hoped to make and achieve with the bursary funding.
The funding is covering two round trips for each of us to Islay and Glasgow respectively, a meals budget and materials budget for our research and work development.
A few key thoughts so far from our first meeting:
…banal descriptions, categorised…
…something big enough for a person to put their head inside.
In addition to these, here are a few excersises from the book How To Be an Explorer of the World by Keri Smith that have got me thinking.
Exploration 12: Fifty Things – Write down fifty things about one of the following…a walk in your neighbourhood.
Exploration 27: Accidential Art – Go for a walk. Identifiy and document existing ‘art’ that you find, such as things that are not created on purpose [or with th epurpose of being art].
Exploration 59: How To Wander Aimlessly – Start heading in any direction. Act only on instinct. If you start to think you are wasting your time then you are doing it correctly. Keep going. Pay attention to all the details.
