DAY 4: THE STORY OF YOU
Today we're exploring tell your story, your body's story. Let's get inspired by one part of our bodies and tell their story, focusing on a part of your body you can invite in compassion towards through this story.
You might use some of these suggestions or create your own. Let some of those stories of you spill out onto this page and into your photo today.
THESE FEET HAVE TAKEN ME...
THESE ARMS HAVE HELD...
THIS BELLY HAS NOURISHED...
THESE HANDS HAVE CREATED...
THESE EYES HAVE SEEN...
THESE EARS HAVE HEARD...
THESE HANDS HAVE CREATED sounds on a piano, from the repetition of scales to the practice of pieces that were eventually played at small concerts & Royal Conservatory of Music year end exams.
THESE HANDS HAVE CREATED non-representational abstracts as well as cloud studies, florals, mountainscapes, landscapes, & seascapes using acrylic paints, charcoal sticks, chalk pastels, mixed media collage, pen & inks, pencils, photography, & oil paints.
THESE HANDS HAVE CREATED delicious organic breakfasts like soft, fluffy scrambled eggs, pancakes, & waffles; mouth watering organic chicken vegetable noodle soup, huge garden salads with grilled ham & cheese sandwiches; as well as yummy Chinese feasts with chicken chow mein, egg fried rice, & sweet ‘n sour pork; alongside deserts baked with care from chocolate chip cookies, to banana walnut muffins, & apple crumble pie.
THESE HANDS HAVE CREATED countless journal entries, poems, nonfiction memoir pieces, & short stories, beginning with a pen or pencil on paper, before moving to transcribing & editing it on a computer before posting some of it online to share with the world.
THESE HANDS HAVE CREATED an unorganized mess in my life, through the unconscious accumulation of too many things: art supplies, blu-rays, books, CDs, clothing, crystals, decorations, DVDs, games, journals, oracle & tarot card decks, records, toys, & more. It’s all so unorganized, that it overwhelms me & feeds into my ongoing depression. I’ve purchased shelves, & containers with which to organize things but I never get around to finishing it, resulting in me not being able to enjoy any of it. And it’s slowly killing me inside: both mentally & physically.
THESE HANDS HAVE CREATED safe spaces for the people & pets in my life who I work to cultivate unconditional love & reverence for in everything I do, everyday of my life - something I so desperately need to learn to do for myself.
This was originally posted on Flickr and Instagram.
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