Laura Ferrin (England) BAPP Blog

During a conversation with Adesola today, I had a bit of a lightbulb moment. I have been an actor and writer most of my life, but I had never undertaken the role of a ‘researcher’. Today, I realised that I had always seen research as this clear cut, clinical, unattainable thing. What I hadn’t quite understood was that research is just a means to develop understanding and doesn’t have to be closed minded or structured and clear cut.  The conversation made me revisit my favourite Ted Talk with fresh eyes, ‘The power of vulnerability’ sees the brilliant Brené Brown talking about vulnerability as a strength, human connection and her research in a lot of depth.  Upon rewatching, I realised that she approached her research with the same feeling I had: she wanted to break down ‘shame’ and understand it fully, putting it in to a neat little box that made total sense and wasn’t messy in any way. Of course, then she discusses how that year long project became six years of stu...

The RELIEF ! I have to admit, this has been the toughest module for me, both in terms of content and outside events (Life changing pandemic, anyone?) but I managed it, in spite of an incredibly stressful period in my life. Whilst writing my critical reflection I was able to come up with rather a lot of things that I had learnt during this period and also within the realms of module 2. Firstly, I’ve written on my blog before about how I’ve adapted to the lockdown, and I suppose from the outside it’s looked like it’s been easy for me. In some ways, creatively it has! The radio hosting and editing (which I’ve never done before!) is certainly a new skill and string to add to my bow as an actor!  But on a personal level, it’s been very taxing and worries about how I’m going to sustain myself mentally and financially have been constant. Absolutely everything in my life has been affected including my finances, my mental health, even my wedding date! 👰🏻 However, I have also l...