International Women’s Day Performance in University canteen. This was a rather hastily thought out event. I set up a bowl of soapy water and proceeded to wash a white cloth which had a red stain on it. My intention was to link the women at this institution with women from less privileged circumstances in developing countries. I used clothing to suggest a more primitive way of life.
There was quite a large audience and I did hope to engage people in discourse about the work. Unfortunately, people watched and talked to each other but not to me. Maybe it was too didactic or perhaps people are getting too acustomed to my interventions.
I will edit some video of it and upload it later.
Following that I took a walk in Backhouse Park to commune with Corvids. I was not disappointed as there were a group of them bathing in the stream. It was also great to hear the sound of them calling to each other from the trees.
One of them seemed quite willing to engage in tag (at a distance). Ted Hughes wrote about Crow as if it were the human soul, so I asked the Crow who it was. It told me that I knew the answer to that particular question, but I don’t remember that I do.
Travail
