May 5th, Sunday

3 hours reading and note taking on The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Have Been Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf.

1 hour reading Neuro and configuring notes for a Bachelardian reverie

May 6th, Monday

2 hours reading and note taking on The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Have Been Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf.

2 hours of peer development, sharing to each other about how our field studies are going. This was a wonderful session of connection and communication.

4 hours reading and note taking on Vagina: A New Biography by Naomi Wolf.

2 hours reading and note taking on Neuro and configuring notes for a Bachelardian reverie.

May 7th, Tuesday

2 hours reading and note taking on Neuro and configuring notes for a Bachelardian reverie.

2 hours of the 0-core component lecture on Tuesdays, guest lecturer, helpful recommendations of books towards my field study.

4 hours reading and note taking on Vagina: A New Biography and The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Have Been Used Against Women, both written by Naomi Wolf.

Body Scanning and Breathing exercises throughout the day.

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Health concerns have popped up today, and of all places the pain is in my pelvis. I have been focusing so much time learning about the correlation between the brain and the pelvis/vagina, now I am aware and mindful of my own tension.

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May 8th, Wednesday

1 hour with the Calculated Poetics class, shared my “Ode to Romanesco” poem (in progress).

5 hours reading and taking notes on Vagina: A New Biography by Naomi Wolf.

1 hour writing poetry and deciphering notes.

Body Scanning and Breathing exercises throughout the day.

May 9th, Thursday

6 hours reading Vagina: A new Biography by Naomi Wolf

Breathing, body-scanning, laying supine, chanting mantras, sleeping, breathing.

May 10th, Friday

2 hours reading and taking notes on Vagina: A New Biography

2 hours reading and taking notes on The Naked Woman by Desmond Morris finding interesting parallels between how the female body had changed over time relating to evolution and agriculture.

Breathing, resting, soaking up sun, sleeping, hydrating, breathing.

May 11th, Saturday

3 hours reading The Naked Woman by Desmond Morris, note taking.

May 12th, Sunday

2 hours reading The Naked Woman by Desmond Morris, note taking.

Body Scanning and Breathing exercises throughout the day.

Totals

This week: 44 hours

Cumulative total: 44 hours