i’ve needed some time to ponder and process what’s happened in the last week.
part 2.
in the week it’s been said to me that there’s a very good ma at an institution nearby. it has been the big debate lately. certainly i’ve been questioning why do an ma. my concern with doing an ma is that it artificially props up a practice by the rigours of academic process. if the individual is going to make stuff, they’ll make stuff. a naïve argument i know, however i believe that. what business would invest money simply to gain time talking to people they perceive as being useful to their development. that’s my starting point of thinking about the ma. if someone could take the finance out of the equation, the academic benefit would then be the next consideration. as a person with a learning difficulty, going into a learning process is very challenging on it’s own, then add rigours of making to it. the ma becomes an even bigger mound than the one i’ve just finished. oh hang on, i’ve finished it. yes and i know how painful that was. i know how angry it made me. i know how stressful it was. do i knowingly want to put myself through that again? will it be the same as an undergraduate programme? can any body give me an insight into what an ma is? will i be able to play and have fun, investigating what i’m investigating? or again will i be stopped and be told to take it more seriously. thing is, i have to learn through playing, in friendly circles i refer to it as “fucking about”. now i know that’s not very academic now is it. is any body going to let me on to an ma and let me fuck about having fun informing what i want to make?
i know i need to be upstanding enough to transfer me into an academic situation.
the great thing is i don’t need to worry about that now.
the work remains on show until saturday. it comes down monday.
to my friend who is quite ill, i say my support is there and i hope you get well soon.
to the fellow students around the country that i’ve enjoyed reading and commenting on their blogs i say good luck and thank you for your comments back.
and to the thought of visiting other degree shows and reviewing them, i say i’m actually to tired to visit and comment. sad but true, the mounting of the degree show has been incredibly draining, worth it and a good foundation for what comes next.
what ever that will be…
