2023 04 18: Group meeting

Last meeting of the full cohort. Coming to terms with certain stressors outside of the program are impact my ability to keep up with the emails, as I put my slide together as we were presenting rather than before. I need to put some boundaries up in my life so I can focus better on the program this last month of spring semester and through the summer semester.

I had questions about whether I should be working on my build or my slide deck and got clarity that build is the priority and slide deck can happen in Shanghai. I feel like I’m making good progress on my prototypes and testing and that my focus is really coalescing around theta work, and not the other states I spontaneously experienced during my 2019 tour (like ecstasy). I’ve made appointments at the MARL lab for 2 rehearsals and my final performance on May 11, 4-7pm. Working on that sound kit directly and considering ways to utilize the 50 speaker spatial sound in that room.

Reflecting on the Time class and how much I enjoy it, and perhaps it would have been easier to do in the first half of the semester when more topics were being explored, then have 50 days of making the second half, which could directly support daily thesis work.