NEW MODULE ALERT! Which is actually more or less about my reflective writing, which is what I am doing in these blogs.
To be honest there was quite a lot of information to take in today about the module, and I feel that a lot of it does feel quite uncomfortable and way out of my comfort zone.
First of all there is the contents of the module. I am fine with the 1000 word commentary about the course so far, and the aspects of the course that have helped to develop me as a creative person, and I don't mind the reflective writing. I just feel a bit uneasy about the fact that I have to do another presentation, about a success story relating to my work. But apparently I have to present this with another person, most likely from my course, which I feel extremely nervous about, because I just don't see myself working on a project well with the people on my course, and may find this hard to cope with.
It's also been announced that there is a compulsory educational visit to either Liverpool or Oxford, which Neil Wood, the lecturer who will be teaching the Reflective Writing module hasn't decided on yet, so he made each of the students vote for which place we would like to visit most. I really love Liverpool, but I've never been to Oxford so I opted for that. I see Liverpool as more of a fun place, like to go on a day out to do what you please. I've been to the New Art Museum at Liverpool a few times as well, which is nice, and has many interesting displays, many of which are interactive. I actually went over the Easter holidays, and had a great time there, even though we mainly did shopping, which I did feel was a bit of a dodgy move being so close to my birthday. However, my sister bought me a Fix it Felix Jr plush toy as an Easter gift, because she didn't buy me an Easter egg, which was really kind of her.
But anyway, I digress. I suppose there have been some positive things about today. I felt I made some excellent contributions to the class, which I do feel very pleased about, and I really do hope I will contribute more in these lectures with Neil Wood. I also feel that it was hard to get too excited about the last module, to be honest my heart wasn't really in it. To recap, the last module, Professional and Contextual Studies, was more about making money from art and felt more like I was doing business studies mixed with art, and to be honest I really don't see myself as much of a businessman, I am a creative person, and I sometimes wondered if you could get the information given in these lectures elsewhere. However, I do see the importance of knowing what was covered in the module if you want to become a professional artist, however you find out about it.
One thing in particular I did find interesting today was working in groups and constructing an interview about our art and creative practice. One person had to be the "interviewer," another had to be the "interviewee" and the other person/people had to take notes on the interview. Since nobody else from my course was in today, I was put with two of the other art students, who seem very nice and very enthusiastic about their work and art, and between us I feel constructed quite a good interview. I was the one taking the notes about the interview, as I didn't really feel all that comfortable being asked a bunch of questions about my work, especially with it being the first day back, and I was worried I might not understand all of the questions or being able to answer them well. However, when some of the questions were being read out, I was starting to think about what I would say if I was being asked those questions as well, while talking notes on the interview.
Spoke to my college support Lynda after the lecture had ended,
I was going to do some more work on my Trading Card project I started before Easter this afternoon, but I had a tough experience having to return library books and sorting out my student card at the University. Returning the library books in the end was fine, but were slightly overdue so I had to pay an extra 50p (I put in a £1 coin and the machine didn't give me any change. How cheeky!) and also had to return them by speaking to the librarian instead of just scanning them as normal. However, the librarian was very helpful and reactivated my student card for me. I then went to the information desk at the University to sort out the confusion with my student card, as the Uni had deactivated my card since finding my old one at the library after I bought a new one before Easter. The lady behind the desk was less than helpful really, and was really confusing, as she kept on swapping my cards over, and kept on saying that I can't have two student cards. Well if this was the case, then they shouldn't have deactivated my card in the first place, and none of this would have had to have happened! But the lady was quite unfriendly and didn't seem to care about the fact I have Autism and the way she was speaking to me was getting me all worked up and upset.
So I left the Uni upset, and got home and told my mum and dad about what had happened. I still felt quite depressed all evening, which I felt was a total shame as it was my birthday yesterday, and I shouldn't feel like this so soon after my birthday, and because I was feeling like this, it prevented me from doing my work in the evening.
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