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 |  Day to day stuff....a memoir without order. |
 Imagination is described by Webster as...The act or power of forming a mental image of something not present to the senses in reality. Albert Einstein said "Logic will get you from A to B, but imagination will take you everywhere."  I never realized it until I read it somewhere but there are ways to boost one's imagination: Create a visual journal Draw whatever you see for 15 minutes a day. You don't need to be an artist. Think like an artist Cut out pictures from magazines & piece them together to create an original image. Listen to Bach Close your eyes while playing your favorite music. Or listen to the sounds of nature on a CD or in the great outdoors. Play word games Try thinking of as many words as you can that begin with MAR...or you pick. Daydream Let your mind wander, or focus on a single object & study its characteristics.     Everyone has a story....here's mine.....c   |
| Yesterday, at my Life History Group Meeting, one of our members wrote about prejudice during her life, how things have changed and how they have not changed. We had 12 members present and I think some of them were uncomfortable. One member even spoke up after, saying she was raised in the south, had always been a southerner, and of course had different views on things. I talked with her when the meeting ended. She had complained of her knee giving out at inopportune times during our last meeting and I wondered it she was feeling any better (she's 83). But she wanted to know how I felt about the prejudice story. Actually she wanted to give me her views since I hardly got a word in. She told me about a Halloween when she was 6 or 7 and their maid (black) had helped her dress up as Aunt Jemima. She insisted the maid had as good a time as she did, laughing as she applied the blacking to her face and enjoying dressing her in Aunt Jemima clothing. She saw absolutely nothing wrong with it then and nothing wrong with it now. Tolerance is a big word. until next time...c |
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