Last Saturday I actually had a day off! It wasn’t such a relaxing start as I had to leave the flat without my keys, and it turned out my partner had taken them! So I was somewhat anxious during my Zumba class and wax appointment. We managed to get to Brockwell Park for Wide Awake festival just after 3pm.
I enjoyed Malaysian and Venezuelan food, south London craft beer and discovering new bands, most of which I hadn’t heard of before. I saw Dry Cleaning, Mock Media, The Dare, Fat Dog, Young Fathers, HTRK, Alice Glass (only one I knew), Lynks, Sweeping Promises, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. The weather was glorious as well. After submitting my assignments, it was a joy to celebrate.
The next day, I had a small open mic at Forest Hill library, with regular members and one new attendee. I then met a local friend and gave myself a rest before starting on both a personal project and my exhibition piece (basically involving a lot of time looking through the past 4-5 years of photo and video archives).
Aside from this, it’s been a tiring week, considering it was half term and I had less work on. I had university on Tuesday, and met my mum, who helped me to collect my artwork and took me out for a lovely Indian at Sparsh in Forest Hill. The next couple of days I had my final therapy sessions with clients on placement, and at at Satay in Brixton with my dad before seeing English Teacher, supported by mary in the junkyard. My dad had told me about English Teacher and said he’d get the tickets for my birthday, and they were really great live. The singer had incredible energy and even crowd-surfed.
Today, after my morning yoga, I’ve worked and prepared a presentation for a group of 30-40 16-18 year olds as part of my placement next week. Tonight and basically every moment I get where I’m not working, I’m planning to go through the archives.
Watching: The Fall, A Job Lot, Abbott Elementary, The Simpsons, What Jennifer Did
Reading: Introduction to Object Relations by Lavinia Gómez, Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor
Podcasts: What Now? with Trevor Noah, Fucking Cancelled, The Systemic Way, Distraction Pieces with Scroobius Pip
Music: Billie Eilish, Nas, English Teacher, PUP
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