Our World

Ok I'm not a blogger but here I am! I'm not a journal writer either and I do feel like both of these mediums help us process our "stuff" so really I should be doing this anyway. What stuck out for me this week was the video art project. I'm artsy, might not be a shocker, and I would love to come up with some kind of installation that involves emotion evolving. That's how I saw her wall, it was emotion evolving. What began as her grief, went to a place of community change. I have an interest in hospice social work so this project really meant something for me. Death is not something we are taught about in a way that involves beauty yet I saw this beautiful wall of emotion come from a place of death. Being a massage gal, I was taught that our body holds onto emotions and they materialize as ailments such as tight muscles. My personal response to the statement "before I die I want to" would be "be less anxious." Our society is so fast paced, it's work work work, deadlines this and that from bills to coursework. There is much to be anxious about, it's almost a race to death. I really try to live in the moment, but the world around me rejects that. Maybe that's a big reason why I enjoy my work in massage and with seniors, it's a time to be slow. That is probably a healthier response to the statement "be slower" versus "be less anxious" just looking at the word anxious can make you anxious reminding you of what you should be anxious about! Looking at "be slower" is an ahhhhhhh moment for me, I need to remind myself to just take it in, it's a good thing to slow it down. Installations like hers require you to be slow, to stop what you are doing and take it all in, I like that.