The Cirle of Life of My Inquiry

So, I have actually been hard at work developing my inquiry but I haven't had the time to blog about it. Thought I'd do a quick summary of what's been going on.


I have been struggling with what I want my inquiry question to be for a long time now. My brain has flitted between a million different ideas. My blog posts are very good evidence for that. I know that I tend to over think and over evaluate things, so when I think about it my inquiry question has been right in front of me the whole time.

It took a few SIG conversations for me to come to the realisation that whilst all the 'possible inquiry questions' I have written about are interesting, they're not necessarily involved with my daily practice.

Adesola would constantly say 'Yes, but what is your practice?' and I would get flustered and confused. A brain overload between all the skypes and reading and blogging. I'd forgotten to look right at the heart of what I do.

'Hi, my name is Jess Dinmore and I'm an actor, currently working as a theatre tech'.

That is my practice. I love my job and the incredible team of people I get to work with but I started to think about WHY I love working backstage so much. I decided to jot down a few ideas in my journal from Module 1:

It was that last point that really struck a chord home. What exactly are the skills I have learnt and how can I bring them into the performing world. Thus my inquiry title was born. 

 'Does working in technical theatre enhance and advance your skills as a performer?'

The only way I can describe how it felt to finally have made a decision on my inquiry title and how inspired and excited I was and still am about looking further into it, is by this image:

I'm fortunate enough to be a part of a few SIG groups, so I pitched the idea to them when it was still in the early stages. I was (rather thankfully) greeted with positive remarks:

                 

I have completed my basic inquiry plan with all my intentions mapped out. My next immediate step is to start looking further into literature to read, then write reviews on said literature. I'm excited to see what my inquiry will bring.


Someone get me a brew.