This blog entry will be answering questions from the book I'm working through right now.
Paganism: An Introduction to Earth Centered Religions
by Joyce & River Higginbotham
ISBN 978-0-7387-0222-3
Exercise: Drawing Your Self-Image Filter page 53, Chapter 2
Draw a pair of eyeglasses that show the "filters" that you see the world through. How does it make you feel? Is this how you want to see the world? Make a drawing for each word you wished described your self-image. How do you wish your self-image filter looked? Pick up your new pair of eyeglasses. Do you feel any differently about yourself? In what way is your life different with the new filter?
I drew a balance of pink and gray on my glasses. The pink represents looking at the world "through rose colored glasses," while the gray represents the darkness in life. In the pink I drew in hearts to show that I am very much in love and that affects the way I see things. The yellow stars represent being a dreamer. They are also in the pink part. Feminism is in the pink part. I see feminism as a positive filter because it helps me interpret the world around me better and gives me a chance to fight injustice. Depression is in the gray part. I have struggled with depression since childhood and I know it sometimes colors how I look at things. Fear also takes place in the gray part of my glasses. Fear is a strong filter, and I am afraid of a lot of things. Two ideas I added are in both the pink and gray areas. Pain can filter my thinking in a positive or negative manner. I try for it to be a positive manner, but sometimes it just doesn't work that way. Lastly, I have growth as filter. Growth also appears in both the pink and gray areas. Growth can be a positive or negative experience.
The main filter I wish I had that I don't is self-confidence. I have some self-confidence, but not enough to, say, walk into a crowded room or talk to someone new without lots of anxiety. When I drew the self-confidence filter, I drew a person with their shoulders squared, standing tall and proud. I also drew a cat, because what animal could have more self-confidence than a cat? None that I know of. If I had the self confidence filter then I could walk into a crowded room or meet someone new without anxiety, and that would be really cool. :-)
Paganism: An Introduction to Earth Centered Religions
by Joyce & River Higginbotham
ISBN 978-0-7387-0222-3
Exercise: Drawing Your Self-Image Filter page 53, Chapter 2
Draw a pair of eyeglasses that show the "filters" that you see the world through. How does it make you feel? Is this how you want to see the world? Make a drawing for each word you wished described your self-image. How do you wish your self-image filter looked? Pick up your new pair of eyeglasses. Do you feel any differently about yourself? In what way is your life different with the new filter?
I drew a balance of pink and gray on my glasses. The pink represents looking at the world "through rose colored glasses," while the gray represents the darkness in life. In the pink I drew in hearts to show that I am very much in love and that affects the way I see things. The yellow stars represent being a dreamer. They are also in the pink part. Feminism is in the pink part. I see feminism as a positive filter because it helps me interpret the world around me better and gives me a chance to fight injustice. Depression is in the gray part. I have struggled with depression since childhood and I know it sometimes colors how I look at things. Fear also takes place in the gray part of my glasses. Fear is a strong filter, and I am afraid of a lot of things. Two ideas I added are in both the pink and gray areas. Pain can filter my thinking in a positive or negative manner. I try for it to be a positive manner, but sometimes it just doesn't work that way. Lastly, I have growth as filter. Growth also appears in both the pink and gray areas. Growth can be a positive or negative experience.
The main filter I wish I had that I don't is self-confidence. I have some self-confidence, but not enough to, say, walk into a crowded room or talk to someone new without lots of anxiety. When I drew the self-confidence filter, I drew a person with their shoulders squared, standing tall and proud. I also drew a cat, because what animal could have more self-confidence than a cat? None that I know of. If I had the self confidence filter then I could walk into a crowded room or meet someone new without anxiety, and that would be really cool. :-)
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