Hi Breda, Didier & Bindu,
We feel pain and face challenges in the process of learning, understanding, encountering others, and when we enter an unfamiliar territory; and there are many different unknown territories. This very open endless space provides a huge testing ground for our ‘other self’ that we may or may not know.
Most often, it’s in the process of losing aspects of ‘self’ that learning takes place – this awareness can only be a special moment for learning a little bit more about ones self.
Didier thanks for the lovely flower – a ray of hope and sunshine in this endless space that threatens what we think we know, and what we want to know and share in many ways. We may feel vulnerable, but it’s the brave little steps of courage that we take that matters the most. Like the delicate and fragile flower we set ourselves free and are exposed in this space.
I admire the courage of ‘others’ who know that they too must speak in order to be heard; and when they ask, “how do I look? Is my voice good enough? Is my blouse clean for your camera? Will people laugh at me when they see how I live?” – who they are, and their different outlook on the world matters to others beyond their own world – others who may choose to laugh, jeer or admire difference. They care about how others will perceive them, but they are brave enough to step out of their comfort zones into unfamiliar territory. I am trying to create a Podium, a Stage for others to share how we live. Not many people are fortunate to be asked to speak. I am hungry to know who others are, and how they deal with the many questions/issues/challenges that are universal.
you have set the premise for the project Florence.