Charlotte Davis

Now the deadline for drafts have passed us by, I am eagerly awaiting feedback on my first piece of work submitted to see if I am actually anywhere near the right mark. The essay that I entered made sense to me and seemed to include theory and reflection on specific events but I'm still not entirely sure I'm on the right track? I'm keen to see how everyone else is getting on and if you are feeling in anyway similar to myself? I have notes on my next AOL essays but nothing fully formed yet and have started making notes on the Module one essay which is coming together in terms of ideas based on the questions put forward in the handbook which has been excellent. I feel a bit in limbo at the minute.

  Today we had a brief look in the background of our lecturer Angela Woodhouse and the timeline of her creative journey so far. I found the different questionings behind the work really interesting and also reflecting on the initial meaning behind the work but seeing its relevance now in the COVID-19 world.  The themes of intimacy, democracy even ethics are all everyday conversations that directly and consciously effect everyone on the earth. The use of the glass screens in "(Un)touched" and thermal cameras in "Shred, Shroud, Exchange, Stroke, Spread." it just has such a different perspective than maybe the initial creative collaboration intention. When discussing this in terms of the theory and framework and how we can merge all of this together, I finally had a few pieces fall together in my mind, in terms of the thread between my professional practice and my different areas of learning. I've also sparked a question in myself as a teacher and my use of sharing...