Week 36 – Friday July 31st at 12:11 - take your seats please

 

“Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part

of our being.” Mahatma Gandhi

“The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.”

William Hazlitt

“A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy.” Albert Einstein

This week’s assignment: Take a picture of the chair you are sitting in, the one you last sat in, chairs at the restaurant you are having lunch at, the chairs in your classroom, the one you spend all day working in, or even your favorite chair, bench, stool, recliner, etc.

If there is one thing I have learned from this project it’s that no subject should be overlooked as fodder for camera play nor for philosophical musing. “Take a seat” can seem like such a simple theme. But really, focusing on these everyday trappings of our lives act as windows into our worlds, our habits, our daily gestures which make up the being in our existences. So many moments are spent in these seats. So much of life can pass by while focused on our lunch, paying bills, sitting at a laptop. Having any reason to stop for just one moment and take in the simplicity of our lives is a gift. Here we share these gifts with each other, and I am so privileged to be amongst them.

Another, no less important, lesson has occurred to me.  The simplest, most straightforward theme makes the most room for creativity and reflection. The evidence for my thesis? See below.

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Rachel * RC * Aziza * Cory

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 rhonda gibson * Cosi! * redorgray * keli h

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tara.mama.wendy * xandthe berkeley 

 DebbsGa * hollyindavis

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