What am I learning here?
So, amidst my 'teenage angt' at the futility of being on a course where I'm not learning anything, I took an hour out this afternoon to examine another area of 'learning' at the moment - the Art Journaling course I've signed up for.
It's interesting watching the outbursts of creativity; those embarking on journeys of self discovery; the 'getting in touch with your inner child' things going on over there. And it got me wondering why I'm doing the course. I already have outbursts of creativity, in fact, it's rare I don't have some form of art or writing going on around me. I'm not out to discover who I am - I already know. I'm not sitting here wondering where 'I' went to - I'm right here. I don't need to know where I'm going - I'm already heading there. 'She didn't need to go out and find herself, She knew exactly where she was and when she really wasn't sure, she got out a map."
As for getting in touch with my inner child... well... anyone who knows me irl will tell you I pretty much have her on speed dial.
I did the '3 Books' exercise and this is what came out....
So why did I sign up? Well, it sounded interesting. And I'm all about the interesting. I like things interesting. As they say, 'The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiousity.'
Maybe that's it... there is no cure for curiousity. And I've always been curious. My Dad says my favourite saying when I was little was 'But why?'. I had to know how things worked, how people ticked. I still do. I like to find things, discover things, learn things I didn't know.
Will I learn something I don't already know from this course? Undoubtedly. If you don't learn something from each and every experience you have, you're not paying attention.
Do I know what I'm intending to learn? Frankly, no. If you limit yourself to learning only what you want to know, you limit how much you can learn. You limit possibilities. Hmm.. infinite possibilities there's a blast from the past. Back when I was at Uni there was a group of us used to talk philosophy and other such rabblings, over a drink or six in the bar. Amazing how much clarity you can you gain through allowing yourself to talk complete and utter drivel. Anyway, infinite possibilities came from a discussion about self.
To para-phrase; how I see me and how you see me is different. And how everyone else sees me is different again. Hence, 'I' am technically infinite, multi-faceted and have many aspects.
Yeah, typical student bar talk really, considering the crowd I hung with. But it struck a cord. Interesting it should come to the fore now...
This might need some more thiking about....
It's interesting watching the outbursts of creativity; those embarking on journeys of self discovery; the 'getting in touch with your inner child' things going on over there. And it got me wondering why I'm doing the course. I already have outbursts of creativity, in fact, it's rare I don't have some form of art or writing going on around me. I'm not out to discover who I am - I already know. I'm not sitting here wondering where 'I' went to - I'm right here. I don't need to know where I'm going - I'm already heading there. 'She didn't need to go out and find herself, She knew exactly where she was and when she really wasn't sure, she got out a map."
As for getting in touch with my inner child... well... anyone who knows me irl will tell you I pretty much have her on speed dial.
I did the '3 Books' exercise and this is what came out....
So why did I sign up? Well, it sounded interesting. And I'm all about the interesting. I like things interesting. As they say, 'The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiousity.'
Maybe that's it... there is no cure for curiousity. And I've always been curious. My Dad says my favourite saying when I was little was 'But why?'. I had to know how things worked, how people ticked. I still do. I like to find things, discover things, learn things I didn't know.
Will I learn something I don't already know from this course? Undoubtedly. If you don't learn something from each and every experience you have, you're not paying attention.
Do I know what I'm intending to learn? Frankly, no. If you limit yourself to learning only what you want to know, you limit how much you can learn. You limit possibilities. Hmm.. infinite possibilities there's a blast from the past. Back when I was at Uni there was a group of us used to talk philosophy and other such rabblings, over a drink or six in the bar. Amazing how much clarity you can you gain through allowing yourself to talk complete and utter drivel. Anyway, infinite possibilities came from a discussion about self.
To para-phrase; how I see me and how you see me is different. And how everyone else sees me is different again. Hence, 'I' am technically infinite, multi-faceted and have many aspects.
Yeah, typical student bar talk really, considering the crowd I hung with. But it struck a cord. Interesting it should come to the fore now...
This might need some more thiking about....