Monday 18/10/10
My sketchbook is starting to fill up. I have many ideas for my poetic similes.
I chose the following:
· Dark trees bending together as though whispering secrets
· A fluttering as of blind bewildered moths
· A lady that leaned on his arm like a queen in a fable of old fairy days
· A sudden sense of fear ran through her nerves like the chill of an icy wind
· As a cloud that gathers her robe like drifted snow
· There slowly rose to sight, a country like a dragon fast asleep
· His voice was like the clap of thunder which interrupts the warbling birds among the leaves
or
· A silver moon, like a new-stamped coin, rode triumphant in the sky
Thursday 21/10/10
At 10 am I had an interview with a college’s librarian and learned about use of e-books in this particular library. It was a very informative and interesting interview.
On Friday I interviewed a librarian in a local secondary school, the head mistress and one of the English teachers. Again, very interesting and positive experience.
On Saturday 23/10 I started to work on my 7 etchings for the book brief and by the end of the weekend I finished most of them. I was hoping to produce some prints on Monday however the printing press broke down…
I’m thinking of producing the prints but then scanning them into a computer and printing them out on a laser printer. This should eliminate too much paper wastage and also become more suitable for printing a larger limited edition.
I also started to work on my content page for the research and started to type up some information. However on Monday my not very elaborate content page was shot down in flames ;0) I’ve re-done it and handed it in, but I’m sure there will be many adjustments to be made…. Also handed in the mid-term module.
Wahey!!! The printing press is fixed!!! So I managed to do a bit of printing today – 28/10 and the prints are looking quite good. More work to be done but they turned out not too badly.
Oh and yesterday at the Academy I met a writer Mr Tim Bowler – AND he agreed to do an interview with me! A really nice and approachable guy.
