Into the night

Happy Friday eve, everyone. I finished early this afternoon. It is now 1645 and as my priority now is number crunching, I’ve brought the laptop back to digs and I’ll be doing just that until bedtime, with a short break to cook and eat supper. Here is my office for the evening…

I had 2 excellent meetings this morning. Firstly, I met with the head of the library and the head of comms to consider ways to get the academics to use the excellent portal that tells them when an appropriate grant call is being advertised. We have a plan, which somehow includes me being interviewed on radio. How did that happen?

The second meeting was at the visual arts centre. I was welcomed by Frauke Stegmann, who kindly gave me a guided tour of the faculty workshops and what what. Whilst it is very early in the first semester (Namibian academic year begins in February), there was some wonderful art and fabric creations to be seen. I met a few students and another lecturer.

The importance of the arts is something that was evident in my discussions. The passion, dedication and ambition to show the culture through art is plain to see.

I was also privileged to see Frauke’s office space and blown away by her own work. Frauke has allowed me to take a picture of a screen print she has done, which I was bowled over by. My photo does not do it justice. Spot the passion flower therein, my favourite flower.