Recommended Reading #40: Reflection
"Walk With Me" by Kathleen Bradean (Art, Non-sex-related, Self-Awareness, Sociology) 3/21/11
I adore the way this piece is written, the insights it offers, and the questions it invites. I love what it says about the picture, what it says about us, and how it relates the two. Even upon re-reading it I felt frequently energized by the experience of finding the next line even more striking than the last. Beautiful.
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"Slow Blog Manifesto" by Todd Sieling (Non-sex-related, Technology, Sociology) Undated
Shanna Germain linked to this once on her blog quite a while ago, and I always really liked it. I feel like I slow down and center a bit even as I read it! I especially like what I interpret as its affirmation that not responding to all current events or goings-on online immediately is perfectly okay, as well as the emphasis on developing or allowing to percolate things that occur to us before or instead of reducing them to one line as may seem encouraged in certain social media contexts. The point, of course, is not that there is anything wrong with quick response or brevity-encouraging social media but rather the reminder that there are options, numerous important and effective ways to express ourselves online that do not necessarily adhere to the trends and/or structures of online behemoths (just as in non-online life our experience does not always resonate with behemoth structures or corporations).
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"When Being Is Enough" by Monica Day (Relationship, Non-sex-related, Self-Awareness, Consciousness) 3/11/11
I find the message of this piece breathtaking and beautiful in its simplicity, straightforwardness, awareness, and truth. It expresses an epitome of truth (in my understanding) that I feel we would do so well to embody and understand.
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