The final visualization exercise had us transform into new worlds. Something I do almost every day in my mind, so it was really powerful to put it all down on paper.
1. Envision yourself sitting next to "yourself" and write about your parallel life.
2. Draw and write about the wild animal that you would become if you had the chance.
3. Draw a representation of your emotions at the age of 100 and write a letter to your current self, from the perspective of your 100-year-old self, detailing what you loved about life and what you must do to have a happy life.
Through the interview activity, I told my friend Kristin that if I could have three lives, I feel like all would be well in the world. One life in Momence doing the small town thing with a husband and kids, one life in a big city (Chicago or New York), and one life living abroad. So obviously, transforming and imagining other lives is not too much of a stretch for me! I remember writing my blog in Ghana and often referencing the idea that when I'm 90, I don't want to look back and feel like I missed out on anything. The letter I wrote to my younger self listed everything I have loved about my life and that to continue being happy, I need to continue to learn every day, continue to travel the world, and to really fall in love. Easy, right? :)
The grand finale assignment was to work with a partner and create a collage centered around an assigned quote. I worked with Kristen, another teacher from the states. We gathered various pictures and words from our notebooks, pictures from magazines, and decided on our plan. Our quote was, "We took the path to the river, and there we saw a remarkable sight."
This was a very personal quote for both of us and our final product was a lovely combination of two like-minded women embarking on a similar life journey. Our thought was that when we got to the end of the river, which we represented with the Emerald City at the end of the yellow brick road, we would look back, and the "remarkable sight" would be the journey that we endured and all of its ups and downs.
1. Envision yourself sitting next to "yourself" and write about your parallel life.
2. Draw and write about the wild animal that you would become if you had the chance.
3. Draw a representation of your emotions at the age of 100 and write a letter to your current self, from the perspective of your 100-year-old self, detailing what you loved about life and what you must do to have a happy life.
Through the interview activity, I told my friend Kristin that if I could have three lives, I feel like all would be well in the world. One life in Momence doing the small town thing with a husband and kids, one life in a big city (Chicago or New York), and one life living abroad. So obviously, transforming and imagining other lives is not too much of a stretch for me! I remember writing my blog in Ghana and often referencing the idea that when I'm 90, I don't want to look back and feel like I missed out on anything. The letter I wrote to my younger self listed everything I have loved about my life and that to continue being happy, I need to continue to learn every day, continue to travel the world, and to really fall in love. Easy, right? :)
The grand finale assignment was to work with a partner and create a collage centered around an assigned quote. I worked with Kristen, another teacher from the states. We gathered various pictures and words from our notebooks, pictures from magazines, and decided on our plan. Our quote was, "We took the path to the river, and there we saw a remarkable sight."
This was a very personal quote for both of us and our final product was a lovely combination of two like-minded women embarking on a similar life journey. Our thought was that when we got to the end of the river, which we represented with the Emerald City at the end of the yellow brick road, we would look back, and the "remarkable sight" would be the journey that we endured and all of its ups and downs.
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