Tiny Truths

This exercise required me to select a photograph that gives me pleasure and focus on it in detail for ten minutes. Focus on it in exact detail and not let my mind to free associate, then after the time was up I had to recall my experience. “Accept whatever the experience is for what it is.” After reviewing and I let my  experience become kind of a “flavor”, I was told to go about my everyday work and try to recall the experience whenever I could; frequently and visually.

The picture I chose to focus on was a picture of my family celebrating New Year. I stared at this image and focused so much on all the little details in the image and during the process I truly got lost in my experience of that night. While focusing on the detail I recalled events from that night and my mind wondered and took me back to the celebration with my family. From the picture I could imagine everyone at my house, what they were wearing and obviously what they looked like but like I said it brought me back to remember the night in more detail then seen in the photograph. I could recall the music that was playing, the food we ate, the conversations we had, and the laughs we shared.

The exercise, as read, asked to focus on the image in detail and not to let my mind free associate. I’m not quite sure what free associate means but after reminiscing in this photograph I continued with my everyday work, recalling frequently and visually the image and what came to mind while doing the first part of the exercise. While recalling the experience throughout the day, more and more detail came to mind each time.
I’m not exactly sure what the Tiny Truths exercise was really trying to get me to understand or do, but I do know that by studying something in detail can not only focus your mind on the designs or framework of the image but can open your mind to the story behind it. Even if it’s not a photograph that personally linked to you, the image and its detail can open your mind and allow your imagination to create your own story behind the image.

SuperPowers!

Everyone wants to be that hero in the comic books and movies. Starting young as children we wish to have super powers and have the super hero abilities such as super strength, flying, invisibility, super speed, and so much more. Imagine how much easier life could be if we had these powers. Not only could we save the world like the heroes in the stories but we could experience life in such a different way.

During the class, an exercise required us to choice a power we wish to have and why...  Having these powers could help save the world or also destroy it. Many chose powers that would allow them to take over the world, such as mind control, element control, and more. Things that could be used for good are not always going to be used that way. Look back at those movies and comic books and think of the reasons for the superheroes, the villains. Villains had powers and used them for evil. Many people today would think of using powers for evil as well… maybe not to destroy the world or intentionally harm people, but for their own benefits like taking over the world or controlling everyone’s thoughts and actions. I’m not looking to be the next Hitler here.

I chose mine not really based on how I could save or overtake the world, but how I would explore the world instead. I chose to have the ability of transformation as my power. Having the ability to morph into any person, animal, object, or element would allow me to explore the world and see it in any perspective! I could experience other lives and cultures and what it would be like to live their ways.

Imagine being able to breath underwater and explore the deep sea as a marine animal or being able to fly to new heights and seeing the world from an aerial view. I would be able to experience the speed of a cheetah, the strength of gorillas and lions... or simply be a fly on the wall for observations.

I'm not looking to take over the world or cause harm or problems for anyone. I just wish to experience this world is a variety of ways... seeing it through others eyes.