It's been a while since I updated this blog. This was because I'd finished the MA and felt really critical to the work I'd done and actually all art! It is only in the last few months that I have slowly started to rebuild my practice and thinking positively about art again. What prompted this change was a personal issue and I began to realise that I needed to have something external to hold on to and knew that the process of making and chasing that wonderful feeling when you are totally immersed in your work was something that I definitely needed in my life. In this seven month period I had still been interested in my research and had been reading about Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and his theory of motivation which made complete sense to me. The feelings I have when making work can be classed as 'Peak experiences' by Maslow. It is these experiences of profound happiness and harmony help the individual move forward in the quest to reach one's full potential as a person.

The 'resting' period has actually done me a world of good. I feel much more confident about myself and about my practice and as a result the work I'm producing (which has gone off into an animation tangent!) is much more confident and more 'me' as a result.