I continue to pursue my aims of the Quiet Residency which I hope will become a way of life. Slipping these ideals into Building Bridges, a residency that I currently doing with Artcore Gallery in Derby and Osnabrück, Germany is a little more challenging. Deadlines create their own agenda and having only two weeks to gather work for an exhibition in July that also links with Derby takes time especially with a request to present new work at the open studios this Saturday. Of course, I am really happy to do it and I am nearly ready. I am enjoying the challenge! Luckily, I have done enough residencies to have a routine to get me started and I have been slow running every morning except today ( I stayed up very late to edit the sound tracks for the weekend and then couldn’t sleep) which also contributes to an essay I am writing for RAN publication later this year. I documented my journey here by train by drawing and recording and later added text which is the basis for the work on Saturday. I have collected water samples and am testing them - all things I usually do. Now, I am having some time off (for good behaviour) this morning and tomorrow afternoon when I am meeting a friend from the FKL sound conferences.