for my birthday this year

little did i expect to get to be part of a show and listen session with ma fine art students for my birthday this year.  it sits well with not expecting to get to experience an mri scanner last year...is there going to be a third event to complete this series ?

the show and listen session was going to take place in the area in which i was working, and the work on show was of interest as it involved a process that i am close to.  it felt quite a priveledge to have a 20 minute 1:1 session with the ma student prior to the group arriving.  i learnt that the show and listen session is just that, for the student whose work is being shown.  it was interesting to watch how the group decoded the clues that they got from the work.  it was interesting to listen to the evolving conversations based on what they decoded. it was interesting for me to watch a group act out something that i'd read about in a book earlier in the week.  that book was from the library.  i'm liking my time on aa2a.

as i walked to the bus stop after, i reflected that my completion of a ba was quite a major part of a transition that i wanted to make with my life.  i got a sense that the playful research i'm engaged with currently is happening at just the right time, after a two year period of setting out some practice foundations.  

it had also felt good to discuss with the technician in the area in which i'm working some additional dates this year and stick to a descision i had already made about having a shift towards some personal things as the year runs to a close.  i realise that the need for balance within the practice is essential, other wise the weightier side will pull down the other, leading to an unhappy situation.  i am currently feeling within balance and as a consequence happy.

one of my three aims within my aa2a time was to further investigate a phd question and sort out a route to do that.  my ambition has somewhat out weighed my talent, as i wonder if first an ma should be experienced.  sitting in on the session today has dymystified at least a small part of what it might be like.  i realised also today that i have been very slow to interact with a wider world, avoiding travelling to far.  i see today that travel is something that i will need to do and as a consequence will experience beneficial activity as a result.

after all, it's my birthday, so being selfish today is an ok thing to be.