Visiting Pierre Peyrolle
What a lovely day spent with Pierre Peyrolle at his fabulous Surrealist Italian Baroque Castle home!
I visited with Benjamin Hélion - grandson of Peggy Guggenheim & Jean Hélion - and Erick Ricardo - my agent, associate of Ben, and much more - as well as Clément Grobotek.
Reflect: What did I learn from this second visit of Pierre Peyrolle’s Surrealist Italian Baroque castle home? What was new and what was the same as the first time? Both of these can be answered by the obvious - This time it was me organising the visit, finally plucking up the courage to do so, and bringing everyone together. Also, plucking up the courage to ask Pierre if he would agree to mentor me, and while he said that he does not want to mentor anyone (as he would rather be the stupidest person in the room, than the smartest! Like when he was with the Surrealists), he did agree to give me feedback on my work and accompany me as I move forward into my career as an Artist. Yay!
Plan: Put in please a new learning structure, whereby I move forward on all the things that he suggested I do these next few weeks, and then organise another visit with friends to see him, to show him what I have done about all the feedback, and to get more feedback. In exchange, to give him feedback on his latest film, and even help with the next!
Act: Get on with in - buy the materials, make the time, act on testing, and create new things. Small and big, comfort zone and way outside. I must have something to show him next time I see him, but I must also have new creations for all of the upcoming shows!
Observe:
Being given deadlines - like Jonathan asking about what I could do myself to improve my technique, and I thought of calling Pierre Peyrolle - makes things happen. I would have called him at some point but maybe too late down the line, and he may have forgotten me or decided that I would never call.
Once I put my mind to something, I really get what I want, which in this case was a win-win-win situation for everyone involved. The boys got to see something fantastic, and would have a story to tell their respective networks, Pierre would meet three fantastic new souls, and I would get to see Pierre again while bringing him exciting new ideas and people to go with them. So my ADHD mind can still get things done, it seems!
What’s next - How to organise a weekend away with friends at the castle, staying in the spare rooms and running creative workshops for us all, with Pierre? A new artist residency?
This is all fantastic food for thought, and is helping me a great deal to flesh out the first steps of the Study Statement.
Stay tuned for more!
