questions for reflection
What do some people think about?
- how am I feeling?
- what is difficult for me right now?
- what is going well?
- which direction am I heading in?
*from Patrik Rolf,
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What do some people think about?
*from Patrik Rolf,
In general, it was about the human stories behind the Fossil Fuel industry – also known as Energy and Petrochemical Industry. For example, how do the employees in the industry feel, on the ground? What kind of families do they come from?
I attempt a haiku as a response to each site that I have visited on this tiny island.
Flitting past humans Helmets glow and dance. No sun. Life beneath the waves
Endless screams and shrieks Long arms – furry – swing past trees Orange men with tails
Koh and Tan met each other when Koh was around fourteen years old. Tan's school-teachers had sent him to Koh's school to use the latter's workshops. Workshops to train him in professions: woodworking, metalworking, and so on.
One day, Tan asked Koh to play badminton together, and Koh agreed.
What does Koh like about Tan? “His torso and frame have a pleasing shape to the eye. He doesn't drink alcohol, and doesn't smoke cigarettes.”
It might be good to go back and visit my friends – some of whom have become family – and see how they are doing.
Part of an actor's work is finding scripts and today I received one.
It uses the gimmick of body-swap – once popularised in the movie, “Face Off”, featuring Nicholas Cage (1997) – but after reading it, I fear that I will be ashamed of the final work.
The lines are unnatural,
Over a time-period of approximately ten months – from 18th September 2023 A.D., to 14th July, 2024 A.D – I experienced an encounter with people from my past. I think of it as a milestone in my journey thus far.
I list those people in no particular order:
I made some new friends in this period too.
Leaf falls to the ground Blessing the earth that holds it Reciprocity
I can't write poems I can't take a photograph Creative self-doubt
Simple game. Few rules. Fun and laughter in childhood Give me back those days
Two young men walked into a bar. J had clothed himself in his usual way: a T-shirt and a pair of shorts, hat-less. Whereas Y had chosen a floral-print button-up shirt, a pair of skinny jeans, and a baseball cap.
They sat next to each other at the bar counter, saying nothing to each other.
J's dessert punctuated the silence. Its arrival elicited a puzzled look from J.