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DIARY ENTRY 3

from A. T.
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date Tue, May 6, 2008 at 11:53 PM
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A Record of My Day - May 6th, 2008

Barking dogs woke me up at 5:30 which was very annoying because I didn't want to wake up until 6.
Woke my daughter Isabella up, showered. Had coffee, an orange and bagel.
Raced out the door by 7:25 with Isabella, her large cardboard box rumshop art project she has laboured over for the past week, picked up the two boys next door and drove to school. Dropped the kids off and went to work - Div of Fine Art, BCC
Arrived by 8:00 - only me and the guards and a few students. Portfolio exhibition opens in 2 days so things are chaotic - lots of painting, construction, moving around, sending out invitations (still!!). Also interviewed incoming students for next year. Read through College Art Assoc. call for papers - deadline is Friday!! I've been telling myself to look at this for the past month!
Picked Isabella up after work and took her home. Had a pita sandwich with cheese and vegies. Wrote a draft for the CAA proposal.
7 pm - Went to Artist's Club at Lancaster House - first time I had gone. Artist in residence Natalie Buongiorno was speaking about her work - very nice portraits of Lancaster crew - Roger Chubb, VIrginia etc, and a self-portrait - with embroidered snakes - representing the seven deadly sins. Then Eva Campbell gave a painting demonstration - portrait painting. She had asked me to model for the session - she did a great job, chatted the whole way through the session - good fun.
Drove Eva home, got home about 10:30. Chatted with Jessica (eldest daughter) on the computer for 20 minutes, did some work, wrote my diary!!
Can't wait to get into bed!

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NOTICE OF THE PROJECT

MAKE TODAY HISTORY

This project by the artist Ingrid Persaud aims to record an ordinary day, Tuesday May 6 2008, in the life of people in Barbados.
If you are in Barbados on May 6 all you do is keep a diary of your day, between 600 -1000 words, and email it to her.

It will function as a time capsule capturing for history what people did on that very normal day – what they wore, what they ate, where they went, what transport they used – just the stuff of a normal day. It is not about recording extraordinary events.

The records will ultimately be available online for all to share. Keep a record of the day and send to:

maketodayhistory@gmail.com

You can email it anytime between 6 and 9 May 2008.

Please tell your family, colleagues and friends.