TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Tuesday, August 8, 2006

8:20 PM
Posted by jodi rose

How much do I love the bbc world service?

Woke up this morning, roughly the same time as yesterday - which I hear is a good thing, in a program about a documentary film maker and his insomnia which becomes the subject of his latest film. No matter how little sleep you've had, just waking up at the same time helps create a regular rhythm. Then use the extra hours in the middle of the night to get serious, complex work done, and during the day when everything is vague and fuzzy it's time for the light lifting and general duties. He talks about living in a state of permanent jetlag, like being in another time zone, all the time.

Before that, a fantastic program about writing and the creative process, produced and hosted by Hanif Kureishi with plenty of insight and some useful tips about the difference between writing as literature and therapy. the main one being having a receiver or reader which changes everything. so, I'm almost on top of that one after all this practice ;) Still struggling with structure and form but promised myself would have fun with collage and word play today. nothing serious.

The morning's programs started with a very inspiring collaboration between the Honey Bee network and MIT Fab Lab, exploring the instrumentation and fabrication divide as opposed to digital divide in developing nations, which have a very different need for technological tools and applications. Also the implication of personal creativity using technology in 'over-developed' countries, instead of tech being something done to you, it is a tool you can use and manipulate.

So, that's enough repackaging of world media, a few more emails and then out for a morning coffee with Derek at la tienda del barrio on niederbarnimstrasse. and brief walk to get the sense of going to work before coming back to the computer screen. Really need an outdoor job. Time to get back on the bridge. Hong Kong coming up!