Arr. So, at the end of the first week of class, I’m off to the Bath Film Festival with Gillian and Sam for a Q&A on Self Made. Well, that’s just tonight, but afterwards, I’m meeting friends who come from a time when it didn’t cost £9,000 to get a useless degree. I used to work for an arts group down near Bath, so – if I’m lucky - I may also get to see people from those days too.
I’m guessing my time will be split between Bath, Tiverton and Exeter. Very much looking forward to it, as it’s been a bit of a week. Class got off to a solid start, and it’s been mentally easier to get involved. However, because I’ve not performed basic relaxation for a while, it’s my muscles that have provided the main blocking issue. My neck and spine felt constricted with tension (most likely destroyed by all my daytime desk jockeying), and every movement was sore. A little tension was released, and for one minute I was altogether more lucid from the respite - connected. But that didn’t last long enough to get any real work done. I need to keep working at it, and loosen the joints. I’m looking into some osteopathy as I couldn’t get to see my acupuncturist when I was last in Birmingham.
I’m working on a scene from Marty again – but with a scene partner who is new to class. It’ll be interesting to see how that turns out. Class is busy, so I’m unsure if we’ll even get the scene up. A few people in class that saw Self Made have been speaking to me about it. The responses vary from apoplectic to approving. Interesting, but I’m not sure how I feel about people having that knowledge of me - either in class or in the real world. I guess that’s part of the point though. One member of class was also in Self Made, but she was in a scene that was cut, sadly. Nice to see her there, though.
I also caught up with Dave (Dave Austin from Self Made) this week. That was lovely. Picked up some vinyl, and had a wander down Brick Lane. That’s always a fun thing to do with Dave: record shopping. He has different (but good) musical taste, so it’s inevitably a mutually beneficial experience. I’ve not seen any of the rest of the cast since October, but I have been in contact with most of them. Should get to see James (James Baron) in December. Now that the Newcastle screening is postponed, it gives me the opportunity to get up North in 2011. Wow. The new year is approaching.
We burn daylight.