10th to 24th
mainly reading and writing. Rather than using writing as a creative (and messy and long) process, this has been a more planful way of writing. I anticipate that its just a means of creating a framework in which I can be messy and freer.
Other ongoing work has included developing the programme for a Spring Green Conference, developing a consortium for the Festival of Nature and preparing a funding bid for ‘River’.
Harvesting wood for Animated Walking Sticks – as a part of the ethos of managing woodland, I’ve coppiced some hazel and put to dry. This will be drawn on in due course – once I’ve made a machine on which to do it. ‘Stick’ is an old term for a book chapter as scrolls were kept wound around them in manageable lengths. The intention is to develop this metaphor by combining sticks and newer technology.
