Emily Smith BA (Hons) Professional Practice, Arts and Creative Industries Blog

It's getting closer and closer to the deadline date and the stress levels are rising! I have been in a constant battle with Internet signal recently and feel like I am running out of time! Strangely, the essay seems to feel like it's in a good place which would normally be the hard part, however my motivation and creative flow for the artefact is coming in slowly! I have decided to make up a dance to represent my inquiry and time on this course, however I feel like I am having a choreographic block as I know I have to get this dance out and recorded before the 10th! It's like my brain and body are going against me!  Tomorrow is a new day and I have a tutorial on Friday so maybe this will make me feel more positive!  HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING WELL!!! 

This module have been overwhelming to say the least! I now realise how fortunate I was to start this course in the pandemic and have so much free time to focus on my work. This time round I am abroad in America, working a full time job, I have very limited wifi, I am also Injured and have had so many different distractions! I am proud that I have managed to find the time to do the work, I am just questioning if I've understood the task at hand and if it's to a good standard, but I guess that's what drafts are for! I have found analysing my data very hard! I understand what the data means to me, however getting it down on paper is much harder than I imagined! initially I was scared about interviewing people but that seems to have been the easy part!  I think at the end of the day we all need to remind ourselves that this Inquiry wasn't to solve anything or prove something right or wrong it is to develop our practice and have a greater understanding of our professional fi...