Showing Up. Why I am here. My situation is: I changed careers from fitness (14 years working in fitness industry) to art. I moved from Cork where I worked as a personal trainer and fitness instructor, to Ennis, Co Clare, where I had no job. Did this exactly 3 years ago. I started my MAContinue reading “glór day 7- Friday. ruminations and explanations”
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glór day 5- crawling in decreasing circles, durational alphabet attempt
I had a better day today, in terms of mental ability. I had trained before coming to glór, and arrived already warmed up and not unfamiliar to movement, so it was easier to get straight into it. I had given myself the jobs today of crawling all over the floor of the studio. Tara whoContinue reading “glór day 5- crawling in decreasing circles, durational alphabet attempt”
glór day 4- more gestures, A-Z and laughing buddhas
I arrived this morning with no drive.. I just didnt have my usual focus. I was pleased to have just come form a meeting with my photographer friend and collaborator, where I put a date on the performance Night Crawl I have been working on, but I still felt anxious and distracted. That was ok,Continue reading “glór day 4- more gestures, A-Z and laughing buddhas”
Day 3
Thursday 5 September: To do this morning in glór: (you cant beat a good to do list, typed in bold for added fervour) crawl sit cross legged and practice laughing at intervals practice body alphabet repeat gestural exercise- exaggerated So I did my crawling around the room as my warm up- I use a crossContinue reading “Day 3”
Day 2 in glór
Now I am not going to write a shpeel detailing my every move every day, but seeming as I am a bit behind with my documentation and what I’ve been up to I am catching up here plus making a recording of my actions each day I spend in glór- as I need to sendContinue reading “Day 2 in glór”
beginning in glór
Background Yesterday I started my tenure in glór studio. Is tenure the right word? they are allowing me use of their studio space for free. (having looked up the meaning of tenure I have concluded it is not the right word 🙂 ) Basically glór have allotted me time to work from their studio spaceContinue reading “beginning in glór”