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Mind Body Heart Soul
ENDINGS
“I had built such a wall between my experiences and how I felt about those experiences that I was incapable of reliving both simultaneously. I could talk about my traumas, even walk through them, but I couldn’t feel them. When I tried to bring it all together, when I tried to remember how I had felt, I disappeared in my own head.”
Sarah Hackely
ReflectionWhat does Sarah Hackley mean when she says she disappears into her own head? Do you have a wall between your experi-ences and the way you feel about them? How can you connect them?
ActionCreate two self-portraits. First, think of a way to camouflage yourself in an environment. Using a self-timer or a partner to help, take a photograph where you disappear into the surroundings. Second, take an extremely close self-portrait. How are they the same / different?
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ENDINGS
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”
Rumi
Reflection
What does Rumi mean by this?
Action
For one day (or part of one), make light the subject
of your photographs. Wake up as early as possible
to see the sun rise or find a place to photograph
the sunset. Watch and record how light changes an
environment, and how it changes you.
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Mind Body Heart Soul
ENDINGS
“I know now that we never get over great losses; we absorb them, and they carve us into different, often kinder, creatures.”
Gail Caldwell
Reflection
How have your experiences shaped or changed
you? Can you imagine how they might be a positive
force in your future?
Action
Take a collection of photographs of different shapes
in your environment. Walk around your house or
neighborhood searching for shapes you are drawn
to. Think of how they are made.
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“It’s often said that a traumatic experience early in life marks a person forever, pulls her out of line, saying, ‘Stay there. Don’t move.’
Jeffrey Eugenides
Reflection
Do you ever feel that your past controls what or
where you can go? Do you ever feel stuck because
of the trauma you’ve experienced?
Action
Take a photograph that shows someone stuck in
place/space. Then take a series of photographs of
the person moving forward through space. Use your
environment to find a setting that will help illustrate
this (ie. snow, mud, a dense forest, water, bars of a
jungle gym, etc.)
Mind Body Heart Soul
ENDINGS
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“Some people’s lives seem to flow in a narrative; mine had many stops and starts. That’s what trauma does. It interrupts the plot. You can’t process it because it doesn’t fit with what came before or what comes afterwards.”
Jessica Stern
Reflection
What is the plot of your life? Are there stopping and
starting points? Why?
Action
Write a new plot for your future – keep it short and
descriptive. Make an image that could be used for
the movie poster or book cover to advertise your
new story.
Mind Body Heart Soul
UNCERTAINTY
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UNCERTAINTY
“I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back.”
Maya Angelou
Reflection
What does Maya Angelou mean by this? What are
some positive ways you could “throw some things
back” in your life?
Action
Make a list of what you need from others. Make a
list of what you have to give back – without buying
anything. Attempt to photograph the lists.
6fosteringrelationships.org • ahomewithin.org • © 2016 A Home Within
Mind Body Heart Soul
UNCERTAINTY
“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.”
Laurell K. Hamilton
Reflection
Do you have hidden scars? How do they differ from
the ones that show? Do you share them with others?
How do you decide what to share and what to hide?
Action
Photograph a scar that is visible. Photograph a scar
that is hidden.
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UNCERTAINTY
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Maya Angelou
Reflection
Who are the people in your life that you care most
about? Do they know this? How do you think you
make them feel?
Action
Make a list of the people you love. Take a
photograph of them or photograph something that
symbolizes who they are (or were) to you. Make a
small book or album of these photos.
8fosteringrelationships.org • ahomewithin.org • © 2016 A Home Within
Mind Body Heart Soul
BEGINNINGS
“Freedom begins the moment you realize someone else has been writing your story and it’s time you took the pen from his hand and started writing it yourself.”
Bill Moyers
Reflection
How can controlling what you share or tell about
yourself give you a sense of empowerment?
Action
Think of a favorite memory. Write it down. What
parts did you leave out? When you take a picture
you frame a scene and decide what to include or
omit. Tell the story of the memory with pictures. Write
captions for each image.
9fosteringrelationships.org • ahomewithin.org • © 2016 A Home Within
Mind Body Heart Soul
BEGINNINGS
“Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others... Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.”
Katherine Mansfield
Reflection
What does “face the truth” mean to you? What risks
does it entail?
Action
Think of a roadblock in your life. What would it
take to get past it? Photograph yourself being
courageous.
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Mind Body Heart Soul
BEGINNINGS
“Maybe your country is only a place you make up
in your own mind. Something you dream about and
sing about. Maybe it’s not a place on the map at all,
but just a story full of people you meet and places
you visit, full of books and films you’ve been to. “
Hugo Hamilton
Reflection
Where is your country? Could your country be an
imaginary one made up of all the places you’ve lived
and the people you’ve known?
Action
Write about your imaginary country. Make
photographs to illustrate this place – include people,
places and objects that are significant.
11fosteringrelationships.org • ahomewithin.org • © 2016 A Home Within
Mind Body Heart Soul
BEGINNINGS
““Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.”
Oprah Winfrey
Reflection
How does forgiveness play a part in recovery?
Action
Write five sentences that each begin with
“Forgiveness is…” Illustrate each line with a
photograph.
12fosteringrelationships.org • ahomewithin.org • © 2016 A Home Within
Mind Body Heart Soul
RENEWAL
“Our duty is wakefulness, the fundamental condition of life itself. The unseen, the unheard, the untouchable is what weaves the fabric of our see-able universe together.”
Robin Craig Clark
Reflection
What takes up the most time in your days? What
takes up the most time in your mind (worries, wishes,
frustrations)? What are you missing out on?
Action
Practice wakefulness. Take your camera out into
the world. For a predetermined time, walk slowly
and look at your surroundings carefully. Photograph
everything you see or hear that you would normally
walk past.
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Mind Body Heart Soul
RENEWAL
“Say no when you don’t want to do something. Say
yes if your instincts are strong, even if everyone around
you disagrees. Decide whether you want to be liked or
admired. Decide if fitting in is more important than finding
out what you’re doing here.”
Eve Ensler
ReflectionDo the opinions of others affect the way you make
decisions or limit what you do? How? Does the desire to
fit in go against what you believe in?
ActionUsing images you find online or in magazines, make a
collection of 10 photographs that show the dominant or
mainstream group within your culture and age group. Do
you fit in? If not, make an alternative version of your group
using photographs you take or find.
14fosteringrelationships.org • ahomewithin.org • © 2016 A Home Within
Mind Body Heart Soul
RENEWAL
“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”
Nelson Mandela
Reflection
In what ways do your actions have an impact others?
How can your interactions with others help or harm
your life?
Action
Think of someone in your life that gives you strength.
Take a photograph for him or her. Is this something
that would make a good gift? Why or why not?
15fosteringrelationships.org • ahomewithin.org • © 2016 A Home Within
Mind Body Heart Soul
RENEWAL
“Sometimes we motivate ourselves by thinking of what we want to become. Sometimes we motivate ourselves by thinking about who we don’t ever want to be again. Everything we do is part of who we are. How we choose to use those memories, to motivate or to submit is entirely up to us.”
Shane Niemeyer
Reflection
Who do you want to become? What do you want to
leave behind?
Action
Take two photographs – one should show who you
do not want to be, one should illustrate who you
want to become.
16fosteringrelationships.org • ahomewithin.org • © 2016 A Home Within
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