Preliminary flares

November 5th, 2007

I spent one day recovering from my Puerto Galera trip (ah, well, the flesh is very very weak) before plunging headlong into a huge pile of work. Sadly I’ve been neglecting my half-finished drawings, paintings, and story nuggets for the sake of my current projects; much as I would like to play around with watercolor and words, deadlines have to come first.

One of my priorities right now is the Ang Bagong Libro exhibit. Basically, I’m the director Overworked Person #1 for this, in charge of organizing the exhibit, evaluating artwork, managing the website, various designs, etc. Today I worked on the website a little — downloaded themes, did some minor edits on static pages, tweaked a few images — and tomorrow will start e-mailing artist invitations. I also need to start working on (cough) a gallery of photos featuring Filipino books in assorted settings. I’m crazy, I know, but (IMO) seeing the book as it is does wonders for inspiration.

I have some pretty basic poster designs for Ang Bagong Libro — will have to scan some stuff before I can work on the actual thing, though — and hopefully I’ll have print-ready versions by the end of the week. I don’t want to go through another Libro.ph poster-making session, wherein I re-did the poster five times because the initial concept didn’t scan well and I almost ran out of time.

And then there is, of course, the thesis. I’m working on the first two chapters right now — “background of the study” stuff — and am finding it really difficult to flesh out the introductory paragraphs. Which just goes to show how much more of the material I need to study. Later tonight I’ll have to delve into the world of academic journals and textbooks; let’s hope I emerge from research mostly unscathed.

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