tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17192698.post3986328303667624669..comments2023-12-25T02:46:52.723-04:00Comments on Awareness: human fingerprintsawarenesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06098432781380754899noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17192698.post-9043152969218840662009-05-24T13:28:52.941-03:002009-05-24T13:28:52.941-03:00Sorry it has taken so long to come back on what we...Sorry it has taken so long to come back on what we leave behind…<br /><br />1. Achievements<br /><br />Everyone makes an imprint on this world, far more than their fingerprint or DNA. Whether it is in the children we have; our relationships; our academic achievements; successes in our career; sporting, musical artistic or theatrical prowess; the dedication to others and works for charities we all leave something. However, it is only the ‘famous’ who have this officially recognised, through honours, books, blue plaques on their homes, or structures and roads named after them, but even here they are often forgotten… Yet the couple who make a great garden in their home that was appreciated by future owners, the artist who only sells a few watercolours that were lovingly bought and cherished, or the person who campaigned for a safer road crossing leave as much as Isambard Brunell with his construction of ships and bridges, Turner with his paintings or Jane Austen with her writing. Perhaps this is because these are all physical remembrances and the thing has become more important than the person. <br /><br />2. Fond memories<br /><br />Maybe more important are those things that people who love us remember us by; the way we did something, the smile, look or reaction, phrases we used, a touch or movement, or places we went with them. These become poignant since they were part of us. The plaques on benches telling us that this was ‘her’ favourite place that she came to each day or the inscription in a card or book ‘he’ gave to us on a birthday tell us far more than their ‘achievements’. <br /><br />3. Someone’s space ~ Loss<br /><br />We also see memories in the person who does not want anyone to sit ‘there’ because it was ‘her’ seat; however she is no longer alive except in memories, or who tells us that ‘he’ would not have liked that (whatever that may be) and must be turning in his grave. <br /><br />4. Uncovering what is left behind ~ Traces<br /><br />I find it fascinating in the archaeology programmes that it is often the rubbish that had been thrown away that tells the experts more about the people who lived there than the structures they inhabited. What would a future archaeologist say when they uncovered our ‘lives’, either as individuals or as a society? I don’t think of time capsules in this context since they will contain only those items that we want to be remembered for. <br /><br />5. Found Traces<br /><br />In recent years there has been a real interest in ‘found photographs’. The images either of or taken by someone we do not know. Sometimes we may know or be able to unravel the answers to the ‘who’, ‘why’, ‘where’ and ‘when’.<br /><br />I remember seeing some found images that were made into a book. Taken in Germany in the 1930s, they revealed a small hotel, a formal dinning room, place settings, menus and some guests. The hotel did not survive the war and one could only wonder about those whose traces had been left behind in the images. <br /><br />I suppose that this is all part of the 'What is the story behind the image, person, item?' ...momemts in timehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723725230232311583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17192698.post-71240117110571927682009-05-22T08:32:29.959-03:002009-05-22T08:32:29.959-03:00Hey Abbey.. :) I've been fighting the good fight....Hey Abbey.. :) I've been fighting the good fight...! Good to see you. I'm in a new job albeit temporarily. My job was cut afterall! Good to get out of that toxic place. Am hoping to land one at the college and will know soon. I eliminated the followers on my dashboard because it was driving me crazy everytime i opened it up. <br /><br />hope you're well.<br /><br />d.awarenesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06098432781380754899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17192698.post-16618581469329184902009-05-22T07:47:55.262-03:002009-05-22T07:47:55.262-03:00Just dropped by to say hello you dissappeared so a...Just dropped by to say hello you dissappeared so abruptly i thought there may be something wrong, illness, children, life, glad to see your doing ok... AbbeyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17192698.post-5189785725820862892009-05-19T01:12:20.750-03:002009-05-19T01:12:20.750-03:00Wonderful post for Carmi's "human" challenge. You...Wonderful post for Carmi's "human" challenge. Your first paragraph really grabbed me.PastormacsAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14985442182751751782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17192698.post-12740538464600270582009-05-15T13:41:00.000-03:002009-05-15T13:41:00.000-03:00Moments...look forward to your feedback....am now ...Moments...look forward to your feedback....am now thinking about the concept of what it is we leave behind.... thanks.<br /><br />Gilly....You make such good points here...non verbal language is 90% of our communication package. I always find it interesting when I'm counselling to hear what a person is expressing but see something very different. the cues we express in our body language, tone of voice, intonation, and surrounding energy field are plentiful thats for sure.awarenesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06098432781380754899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17192698.post-39536290661532577402009-05-15T06:00:00.000-03:002009-05-15T06:00:00.000-03:00Body language is often more eloquent than words. ...Body language is often more eloquent than words. What we say can be totally negated by the way we move, our expressions, eyes, even how we move our legs (sitting down, I mean!)<br /><br />Photographs are just a quick slice across a life. They can't give the whole of a beaming smile, the aggressive stance.<br /><br />If there's one thing that drives me mad its womeone saying "I know just what you are thinking". No you don't. Sometimes I don't.<br /><br />A very thoughtful and penetrating post.Gillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00322140697547406511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17192698.post-57950491932874708532009-05-15T04:21:00.000-03:002009-05-15T04:21:00.000-03:00I am away for the weekend but I'd like to come bac...I am away for the weekend but I'd like to come back to this in more depth ~ there is a book there...<br /> 'What we leave behind' and 'Traces'are too eassily missed in a rushing society.momemts in timehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723725230232311583noreply@blogger.com