Unfinished MA

While I have been revisiting my old work I realised that the structure of the degree was useful for the bits of me that can struggle to work an idea through to its end point. It seems like the organisation of ideas into modules and projects helps me a lot with progression. The text from blogs I was obliged to keep has allowed me to keep on track with ideas I would otherwise have forgotten.

As I am finishing my MA on my own, I decided to recreate some of that structure to help me finish my dissertation. I will continue to keep a record of my progress on this blog and I will organise my work into four distinct ‘modules’:

Skill – learning and progressing through lace making, plus any other skills I decide to learn.

Critical and Contextual Studies – exhibitions I visit, theory I read, the context of my work in amongst other art and the world today.

Studio – practical and creative work I make putting ideas into practice, reflecting on that work and anything like a crit I am fortunate enough to get.

Artist – anything organisational or administrative like applications and ADHD proofing.

This helps me in a way I find it difficult to articulate. It allows me to put different tasks in different ‘buckets’ and then dip into each bucket when the time is right. It helps me when I don’t feel creative to still push the project forward with another type of task. It removes barriers between me and doing things and keeps the plan clear in my head.