Learning

I've said it before. I love learning new things. Normally, if I want to learn more about a particular writer, or history period, I'll start reading about it or do an evening class, all very intellectual ways of learning, as opposed to learning to DO something.
Lately, I've found myself very interested in two things I know nothing about: textiles and book binding. As always, I headed to the library and found things on these subjects (yes, I love using the library, and yes, books are always my first port of call), and then I heard about this workshop happening in London and jumped at the chance!

Prints, Patterns and Patina - a workshop with Martin Bergström

I booked myself a place in this workshop at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London and I can't wait! With everything else I'm doing at the moment, I didn't want to commit to weekly evening classes, but doing a workshop or learning day here and there would be a perfect way to learn more about these things! I'm very excited to do this first one!

And, of course, it's the perfect excuse for a day in London (may even make it a weekend) and a browse around the museum.

Learning things

I always say that if I were rich, so rich that I didn’t have to work, I’d be a perennial student. Not one of those that enjoys student life so much, they keep on failing every subject just so they can enjoy University life a bit longer. No. But there are so many things I am interested in and want to learn about that I could spend my whole life doing different Masters, or Postgraduate courses, or even a couple of other degrees. I love being in a class environment as well, getting new information, taking notes, having philosophical discussions with others. In a way, it’s easier than real life, despite the homework.

At the moment, I’d like to take some kind of postgraduate course on:

Creative Writing

Photography

Fine Arts

Translation

Multiculturality and Development

International Rights

Promoting Literacy

Women’s Studies

South American Studies

Since I am not that rich, I settled long ago for evening classes. In the last couple of years, I have taken lots of classes, some of them are:

South America Today

From words to images (about books being made into films)

English Language Teaching for beginners

Jewellery making

Styling for fashion magazines

It’s crazy, it’s stressful…but I love it!