Pop- - By way of explanation: Pop Up Globe "Crossing the Equator" Party 2018 -

CAPTAIN'S LOG - DAY 25

We have arrived at the halfway mark - that's quite an achievement!

Let's take stock of where you've been, then think about where you might be headed.

These activities will take at least half an hour. Treat this as your daily work today if you like because this is exactly what practising artists do on a regular basis.

(1) LOOK BACK OVER YOUR SHOULDER

Gather your daily work together, preferably so you can see it as a whole. If you can't corral it that way because it's video, audio or is in a book, review your work by watching/listening/reading through. If you have been working on a single piece, take time to look at it slowly and take queues from the work to recall your making. Try to look at it both close up/in detail and "widened back", taking it in as a whole thing.

Grab pen and paper, observe and reflect:

What do you notice as you survey Days 1-25?

What stands out?

What do you really like?

Anything annoying/disappointing/[insert niggle here]?

Overall, what do you seem to be interested in? It might be a process, a medium, a concept.

Are there any themes/is a theme emerging in your work?

What surprises you?

What excites you about what you see/your process/what might be next?

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(2) MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE: writing to Future You

Write a letter to yourself to read on Day 51. Use a loose piece of paper because you're going to fold it up and put it somewhere safe.

In your letter you might like to include: advice to yourself, things you would like to try, something you'd like to have achieved or succeed to do, hopes for the next 25 days, perhaps about how you'd like things to develop.

Once you've written your letter, find a clean jar with a lid and pop your letter inside. 

Other things to add to your bottle-jar: if you've had any ideas for future projects, write them on separate bits of paper. From now to Day 51, any time a new project idea occurs to you, write it on a bit of paper, pop it in the jar.

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Now. Get your bearings and get back into the work right in front of you.

Steady as she goes,

xAmanda

PS: by way of explanation: the photo at the top is Summer, Bec, Max, Susan-Jane, et moi. We were going to the Crossing the Equator party held at our theatre company, The Pop Up Globe, in 2018

I know it's hard to believe but we did NOT plan this colour coordinated ensemble. It just turned out that way. I went as a character I named Coral Reefe - a diva, OBVIOUSLY. The outfit was amazing. I think I still have the whole thing. That purple unitard has been my staple dress up outfit for nearly 20 years - I design things around it. Unitards are THE BEST dress up gear. This is not an opinion. This is fact.