Group Tutorials
Now this was something I found quite useful - in the middle of my module, I fell pretty behind on my project, due to a side business I run as a customizer, and with orders piling up besides my University work, I had a lot of planning and scheduling to do to say the least.
However, one thing I did try to keep consistent was making notes, whether it was on class presentations or extra research. Granted, much of it is yet to be posted onto the blog but the notes were made, mostly to prevent myself from falling further behind. And so this group tutorial with Joe definitely raised my confidence a little in resurrecting my project, with a lot of useful things learnt alongside, for example:
1. Posting that which I might not necessarily pursue - a lot of work I have done so far has been neglected completely, simply due to its difficulty or even irrelevance. And so, for that reason, I tried to almost forget that I even attempted it - an old trick used by a lot of A Levellers in my opinion. But, as I am to coming to realise lately, to bring awareness to even the start of an idea can a lot of the times aid in its development or lead to another stronger idea, which is what I believe happened in my case.
2. I learnt that we could change around the order of the posts - by clicking the 3 dots at the bottom and changing the post’s date and time... so that’s something useful
3. I learnt that this module, or rather any piece of art, doesn’t need to be finished - I’ve realised my previous mistake was channelling all my energy into a final piece despite how clear the command was to do the opposite - I guess now it’s become a habit after A Level Art. But I still don’t think I fully appreciate or yet explored what this actually means - I suppose executing the rest of my project as planned BUT with an open mind should allow me to at least begin to understand what I need to do to develop as a creative artist.
(And the list is practically endless as every idea has its branches, but I am hoping to sort of piece together a plan of action from what I’ve learnt so far in the next post above).