J has been supporting the Dubarrys for a few months. I saw them once before and enjoyed it so I popped along again. Small crowd. Good music. It was good to see A. Haven't seen her in so long. She's threatening to move to NY at some point in the near future. We have discussed me joining her out there at some point. Perfect girl to explore The City with.
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The reading carriage: J, S and F
J and F were on cracking form too. Haven't seen either in ages. S had been somewhat pissed off after I had missed the open mic. Moving forward.
On Sunday 2nd March, L and I visited the Sensing Spaces exhibition at the Royal Academy. The exhibition is about experiencing the power and the beauty of architecture. It was beautiful, although I altogether felt it would have been a whole lot more powerful had we been able to explore it on our own. But really... when is this ever possible in a gallery.. no matter how badly we want it. This exhibition in particular however did not suit well the hustle and bustle of parents hurrying round their board children. I wanted desperately to experience it in silence, so that I might absorb the structures silent vibrations eerily talking with the spaces around them. A thoughtful name. For whilst we consider the structure of a building as architecture, it is really the spaces that we experience.
*what is terrible is that this is my FIRST time EVER at the RA. How terrible is that! As a History of Art Graduate I would have expected more from myself... but then why be all doom and gloom and criticize yourself when you might just as well dive in head first with a Membership to the place!
L and I are now officially Friends of the Royal Academy which actually means we can get in for free, go to all their events and enjoy The Keeper's House, a sort of members club in the day, which then opens to the public in the evening.
I'm having a dramatic case of wanderlust. Perhaps it is is this little room that I have moved in to in Kensal Rise. Perhaps it is the fact that each day I am faced with something bigger than the world as I know it. I love working for the Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation, it makes me feel like maybe, just perhaps I am doing my little bit. Each day I am faced with the vastness of the continent. The huge expanse that just makes me feel so utterly insignificant whilst also placing me in the world. I suppose in some ways it makes me feel like more of the world is in my reach than ever. Like the sky. I can see it, but can't touch it. I can feel the breeze as I might catch accents and observe from affair, but only when I stretch my wings and take flight will I really be amidst the sky. And only there do you meet other sky larks. You can't wait for them to come to you. You must dive deep, soar high, see clearly and bang on your drum softly and slowly.
