…but still around.

I had my last exam from my master’s programme today. This time last year I had no idea when this day was going to come, I actually had no idea if it was ever going to happen. Should I be dancing and singing? Maybe after I get my grade for this exam. For now, it just feels strange. It’s been a long and bumpy road but what a journey it has been! From searching for a programme that I could fit my research interest with to actually getting admitted and going into it full speed ahead without even knowing what I’m getting myself into, this has been more or less pretty close to what I’ve wanted and what I’ve expected. And it’s been a lot of hard work, but a lot of fun too. I am really happy for meeting and working with some really amazing people!

I will end this post with this story:

At the beginning of my second semester I decided to write an assignment on a movie, a quite unusual one, made after Marillion’s album “Brave”. It was the first time when I actually sat down and tried to link theory with music that I like, or, to put it an academic context, the first time I saw music as a pop culture text and tried to link it with politics. And I absolutely loved it and I got a hint that maybe there is something in this music that I so dearly hang on to (when I am not watching tennis). Starting then I can say that I wrote a lot of assignments listening to that particular album, including my thesis. Funny enough, on Sunday I will be going to a concert, not Marillion, unfortunately, but the singer’s solo project. Cute coincidence and a great way to end it all. But I don’t plan to stop here and hopefully I will still stick around, at least for a little while.

Below is a short part of the movie, the one soundtracked by my favourite song on the album. I will not go into the details of what the video means, from a political perspective, the meaning behind the suicide act and the bridge and the mask, but i do welcome you to enjoy a beautiful song and catch a glimpse of what I like working with.