Here's What 43 People Want to Change about Life

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"Share One Thing You Plan to Change"

I have this recurring dream about us all working together toward something big. It's always the same.

I picture two people sitting across from one another at a kitchen table. They're having an open, honest conversation. The ratio between speaking and listening remains mutually equal throughout the exchange. They eventually form a common understanding. They smirk, clink their coffee mugs together, and become friends.

The dream always ends there. It's fucking sweet.

Anyway, I like poetry, so I wrote one about what that conversation could be, if we all could somehow have it together:

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Observation engages thought

Thought formulates reason

Reason illuminates meaning

Meaning establishes purpose

Purpose inspires action

Action creates change

Change invites observation

I thought the poem came out ok, so I decided to show it at a local art show. It was an interactive piece so, along with the poem itself, I made a request to the audience:

Share one thing you plan to change.

Here are the responses I got from that request:

  • Save all the damn dogs
  • The way people with mental illnesses are perceived & treated
  • My gender
  • Level of openness to new energy
  • My life
  • Societal expectations
  • My passion
  • This
  • My mental health. I have manic depression.
  • FTW DON'T ASK ME 4 SHYT!
  • Lives
  • Bold action only
  • Deep gratitude practice for all beings every day xoxo
  • Sum bitch
  • Job
  • 💘
  • My attitude about work
  • Perspective
  • Tha system
  • Fake democracy
  • I  ❤️  Dick
  • Tell me how you feel. I won't be mad.
  • Sarah's sassiness
  • Perception is everything
  • Work ethic
  • 💘  (different one)
  • To thine own self be true
  • Don't wanna change a thing, really... right now.
  • Our comfort zone! Push the limits
  • My self care
  • The way that people interact with art!
  • My inability to be vulnerable
  • I want to make handmade, quality goods cool again
  • Eat better
  • Love myself more
  • My underwear
  • Habit
  • Lose more control
  • I am changing the way I view myself
  • My mind
  • Focus on myself and not compare myself to others
  • Job
  • Go Astros! 11-1-17

So regarding this conversation - the one at the kitchen table that I dream about - it seems to still remain internal for most.

Poetry, Art, Life, ChangeAndrew Chaseart, watercloudwater, poem, poetry, interactive2 Comments