For my second week at Schumacher College the focus of our studies shifted to Gaia Theory and ecological systems in general. Frijof presented materials from his "Hidden Connections" and "Web of Life" books and Stephan Harding presented work from his book "Animate Earth". After one session Stephan took us up to Dartmoor for a "Gaia walk" (pictured) where we looked at the systems he had been describing in the morning. This was a great experience. Other highlights from the week included a tour of the forest garden next to the college and presentations from other course participants

After a week of studying the science of Leonardo with Frijof Capra at Schumacher was time for a couple of days off. I used it as an opportunity to review my notes from the previous week and do some video recording around the college.

Where do I start? It's been a really packed few days. Various sessions with Frijof Capra discussing the science of Leonardo. A 'gaia' walk with Stephan Harding around the Dartington estate. Plus cooking, gardening, cleaning and eating. Schumacher College really is a amazing andfulfillingplace to be. I've also been doing a good amount of thinking about my artwork and future direction. I'll summarise this after the course.

Another full day at Schumacher College. Starting with a session with Fritjof Capra, then a very interesting open discussion with Stephan Harding, Brian Goodwin and Fritjof (pictured). In the afternoon we had a "fireside chat" with Satish Kumar. My workgroup was on scullery duty today - general tidying up after meals and mopping. In the evening there were presentations from course members on their work, including myself talking about the development of my interactive artworks. What a full day.

I arrived at Schumacher College in Totnes, Devon today to participate in a two week course being taught by Fritjof Capra entitled "Living Networks: From Leonardo to Lovelock & Beyond". It's my first time at the college. We started will the guided tour, the library, meeting rooms, kitchen and eating areas and then a brief getting to know you session. Then followed dinner and the first introductory session with Fritjof. The college is a very relaxing place, and I still can't quite believe that I have two whole weeks here!

I plan to reactivate my www.autopoiesis.org.uk research site shortly as part of a PhD programme. Stay tuned if you are interested.

I've just heard that I have passed my final MA module with a respectable 77%. I'm very happy. I now plan to have a summer break form my creative research before starting it again under (hopefully) the guise of a part-time PhD.

After setting up my MA exhibition yesterday, I spent today making sure that my MA Website (www.autopoiesis.org.uk) is fully up-to-date. It now has links to all of the video, audio, pictures, blog posts and documents I have produced during this year's "MADA3" module.

Phew. I've finished my two essays for the final MA submission. It's been quite a challenge getting my ideas expressed in the limited word count allowed, but I think the results capture everything. I've also been collecting my assessment evidence together and have include it in the essay document. One of the good things about doing this has been the realisation that I've actually been pretty busy over the past few years! 100 blog posts, videos, pictures and various exhibitions - that's a decent output for what was intended to be a couple of years 'reflecting' rather than producing new work and exhibiting. The Artist's Statement and Reflection essays can be downloaded from this site.

I decided to volunteer to do the MA08 Web site. I registered the www.ma08.org.uk domain name a while ago, but now is the time to start building the site. Starting with a draft of the paper catalogue, I've pulling out the details of each student and creating a page on the Web site for them. It's going to be a fairly long process!