Faith and more
When I started thinking about Lisa’s prompt of Reflection and community I immediately had lots of ideas: mirror reflection; thinking about past, present and future; thinking about people or events; thinking about what person am I: how do I belong?; then how they would relate to different communities. This led me to
Reflection
Serious scientific definition – Reflection is the change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media so that the wavefront returns into the medium from which it originated. Common examples include the reflection of light, sound and water waves. Or you can be reflective in your
Inner circle
One’s identity is formed by who you are and what you are. Everyone is the product of their upbringing. Every persons identity is formed by the circles they belong to: friends, family, sports, school, hobbies, etc. But also your own ‘inner circle’: your character and the way you behave and
DNA
DNA I have always been fascinated by the ongoing discussion of nature vs nurture. Basically the question is—are our identities formed by our genetics or by the circumstances of our lives? Over time, scientists have concluded that BOTH genetics and circumstances shape us. Still, which is the stronger component?
Unique Identities
My final piece for the theme “Identity” is somewhat different from what I envisioned initially, and what I wrote in my last blog post. Instead of focussing on the multiple identities that one person might have I ended up with a piece that speaks (at least to me) about
“I’m Here” Identity
There is no word that accurately represents “Identity” in Japanese language. People in Japan relate as community. The name written above was not intentionally written with all capital letters for the family name. I was surprised to see I had done that. Japanese people usually address me as
I am a Tree
Over my lifetime I have embraced many identities–only child, big sister, student, artist, teacher, wife, mother, grandmother, friend. As I said before, identity is fluid, ever changing and each of us is, perhaps, the person least able to describe ourselves. It has always been, for me, that the
Diverse Identities
I was thinking about the new (to me) phenomenon of people claiming gender identities other than male and female. I started out with that as my quilt theme. But my quilt turned out more about sexual orientation. Which is not so unusual anymore. “Gay” and “lesbian,”
Leave traces behind
The most distinctive mark of our outward appearance is our fingerprint. Every day we are leaving a multitude of traces in the analog as well as in the digital world, without allowing anybody to gain insight into our hearts. Thus we have to ask ourselves: Who are we an