Everything's a little blurry today...

Got up early and cycled down to the sea where we drank champagne last night - footprints still there - in part to escape the subsonic rumble which continues now with earthmoving equipment all round the house. Final stages of landscaping and flattening the rocks into place, removing 'garbage' from the sheds - unfortunately also part of the artist's work and materials.

Somehow the moss seems to be higher each time I go into the forest, or maybe I just don't notice it at first. Still looking for signs - last night one of the group left helpful arrows made of twigs along the path, then reversed them on our way back home. Took photos to use as elements in my conceptual sonic bridge map - developing layers and plan to organise and structure information. Now just need to figure out how to print it so they open up the right way.

I'm always looking for signs, trying to stop and remember that sometimes things are simply what they are, nothing more - over-reading and over-interpreting par for the course I guess - but it's nice to live in more poetic universe.

Wandered along the beach and picked up what I think may be amber - have to check with someone who's actually seen it in this state before (ie not all polished and shiny). If not real amber they are still beautiful golden-white stones with a lovely round feeling.

Made some recording of the sea and forest today to use in the sound beds. Almost decided to keep them absolutely untouched, but think a minimal composition element could be added.

Figuring out details for London show - latest is old-school slide projector with documentation images and a selection of bridge recordings/compositions, not necessarily in synch with images. I quite like that as patterns and associations will emerge naturally - along with the conceptual sound map and link to download files to go on your own psycho-geographic sonic bridge walk.

Last night bearding workshop preview - happy with my new mountain girl look! pic by JTT

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Collected range of graphic letters from boat names in the harbour, to use on my map.

Meeting with Vytautas to discuss symposium plans and open studio program. Groceries.

Tested how to make one of those folded-out selectors and which way up each one goes.

Set up group folder on the PC in the computer lab to compile works for Open Studio Day.

Typing this and then no more work for the evening. Good Night my dear friends!

background reading - not so much in the filter today:

real live human branding performance - by ernest truely - looks hardcore, apparently not 'that painful' - at polymer factory, Tallinn

Ed-Krusher - good friend's roller derby team Voodoo Skull Crushers: 1st May, Seven Deadly Bouts of Hell!

History of Mini-Golf: via Lucy in Hobart, Tasmania - on Bearings, very nice social ethnographic reference for Nida Mini-Golf Action Group...

notes from Jurij on the internet wunderkammer concept: explain this image