In this next semester, I will be living and breathing my thesis. In addition to internship, a full time class-load, and my 100- page thesis, I will be trying to have a social life. It should be interesting!
In wonderful news, I have decided on my thesis topic: The importance of distilling the embodied experience of drama therapy into metaphor (specifically written poetry).
I began to think how this blog is serving in my thesis topic. We embody our life each day-- It really is up to us to decide how we want to remember it. We (not anyone else) encode our experiences into our memories. This made me happy, as I realized that we have the power to decide how we want to view life--THROUGH OUR WORDS.
How do we take an experience and distill it into words? Sometimes, it is about trying to find the perfect word to describe how you feel. How difficult! I find this experience so important (which is why I have kept a journal for 5 years)!
When I re-read my journals, I rely on my words to bring me back to the experience. The stories that I have written for myself bring me back to different parts of my life. I can re-crystallize the experience into the here and now.
Language is so important. I love the English language. It allows me to express myself. Finding the perfect word to describe how I feel is like... having a warm (gluten-free) chocolate chip cookie, and dipping it into hot a soy mocha-chino on a Winter's day!
Write a journal. We have the power to encode our experiences into our memory.
Distill your experiences. Think Positively!
How we remember... is how we distill it ;)
Courtney,
ReplyDeleteYour mom had me check out your blog.I love it . You are a wonderful writer and what a great feeling to express life experiences and feelings!! Keep up the good work! Michele & Scott xoxo...