phd angst
Struggling a lot with my corrections. I can see how my external examiner is trying to ask me "leading" questions to get me to the point he wants me to make, but...
...I don't think the point is there.
I don't think there is much that is objectively ground-breaking or new in my music, beyond "I wrote it and someone else didn't". And I'm fine with that as a composer, but a PhD has to be "research" which means substantial innovation of some kind.
phd angst, childhood trauma
My supervisor *does* believe my work is PhD-worthy.
I would like to get the PhD just to not give in, if that makes sense. So often when I'm metaphorically kicked I just roll over without defending myself, because when I was growing up that was the safest option.
I need to defend myself in order to not retraumatise myself by replicating the experience.
But I honestly don't see the "research" in my work that my external is looking for.
phd angst, doing OK
Meeting with supervisor went decently, I am more on track than I thought.
phd angst, doing OK
Specifically, my supervisor was able to say "actually, no, people aren't using hymnody in the way that you do, and it *is* innovative"
I don't feel like it is? To me it's just... fun and interesting? But still, that helps.
phd angst, doing OK
One of the bottlenecks seems to be around fluency. When thye ask for "examples from the literature" I never know if they mean, like, papers people have written, or pieces of music. I got some (probable) clarity on that for a few things though, which also helps.
