Laura Seabrook's Ramblings

Ugh - what a day.

I finally got to working on my Honours this morning. Trouble was, that my PC kept on freezing and rebooting while I tried to do so. I'm working with graphic files about 10-20 mb in size, and it seems that my hardware isn't up to it. The PCs been playing up a lot in the last month, and it may be that the graphics card I got for it is on the blink (typical of stuff bought at the Computer Markets). I might try a general windows re-install this weekend.

In any case, I just hadn't got the stuff done that I was supposed to, for the meeting with my supervisor today. And this isn't just a hardware problem. I had two weeks to do it before last week, and then I cancelled that meeting due to illness. I guess I'm not sure what I'm doing and why any more. Hey, I still have a clear vision of what the tarot Deck should be, but this is an exercise in colouring and shading the images for non-poster use. I'd rather work on composing more images, as I only have done done out of 22.

I got away later than planned. Made a detour to Cardiff on a library run and also to buy a windmill for my next door neighbour. Normally i don't get on with him too much. Last Saturday however I bought a replacement windmill from a shop in Cardiff. It was only a light weight construction of plastic and fabric - it looks like a flying insect with a cartoon head - but he wanted me to buy one for him, and even gave me the money!

Not what I expected.

Got to uni and went to the guest lecture. This was held at the art gallery in the top of the arts admin block. I can't remember the names of the lecturers (too busy trying to stem the pain in my tooth), though one came from Melbourne and the other from Christchurch, and they had an exhibition there. They were both "old school minimalists" -- which translates to "less is more" and some times this can certainly be the case. But they took themselves so seriously that they were inadvertently pompous and humorous. I didn't think much of the pieces on display and for the most part was bored with their explanations.

Afterwards was the Seminar, which was notable for featuring an "exchange staff member" who displayed a number of Artists Books from her university in New Zealand. Very impressive as a whole, and (because I had them on me) I gave her copies of Hypergraphia #4 and #5.

My supervisor suggested that we meet after the break in three weeks time, but I wasn't going to accept that. I feel "off course" and despair of getting back on track without a bit of help. In any case, I meet with him at 11am tomorrow.

Spend the night watching TV, being in a telephone Apana Management Committee meeting and later phoning Jessica out in Bathurst. gasp, feel so tired, and dispirited. Probably the flu and the tooth talking, but bleagh anyway.