January 5, 2020 Subverted Selfie Project Post
January 5, 2020: Today’s #selfie is a #macro #composition highlighting 3 #necklaces I’m #wearing again. I had stopped wearing them when I studied #ceramics and #sculpture @kwantlenu, as it’s just easier to work in those areas without #pendants and rings on.
But last fall I noticed how an amazing young woman, Bianca, proudly wears her cross pendant on a necklace, which I believe she said had been a gift from her #father. I had my #cross since I was a #teenager but I stopped wearing it because I felt conflicted about it.
I was #baptized as a young man, but I have had trouble with the idea of the church itself in terms of it’s history of #abuse (be it how they ran Canadian #residential schools to the #crusades and countless #missions which, in most cases, utterly destroyed the rich culture, beliefs and histories of those they were trying to reform; or the sexual abuse #scandals and coverups have also been troublingly #atrocious as has been their treatment of the #LGBTQ community and a woman’s right to chose). Ultimately though, I chose to wear it not because of what the church has done in the past, but as an acceptance that there was a Jesus, a man who has been written about in both the Bible and the Quran - whose teachings highlight how #accepting he was of everyone. In a weird way it’s also impacted decisions I’ve made about what I’ve done and how I’ve acted toward others in the last few days. I’m more conscious about how my words and actions and decisions impact others.
The chain bellow it was a more recent gift from my #Mother. Finally, I bought the jade Maori Koru pounamu carving in April 2010. The round wave like koru symbol is said to represent new beginnings, growth and regeneration. And that’s why I’m wearing these again.
This photo is a part of my own #personal #photo project of 2020, to get a different selfie shot of me everyday, photo 5/366.
This photo was originally posted on Instagram.
#DeconstructingSelfies #SubvertedSelfies #Selfies #366SelfieChallenge #366daychallenge #365Selfies2020 #2020Selfies
January 5, 2020 Subverted Selfie Project Post
January 5, 2020: Today’s #selfie is a #macro #composition highlighting 3 #necklaces I’m #wearing again. I had stopped wearing them when I studied #ceramics and #sculpture @kwantlenu, as it’s just easier to work in those areas without #pendants and rings on.
But last fall I noticed how an amazing young woman, Bianca, proudly wears her cross pendant on a necklace, which I believe she said had been a gift from her #father. I had my #cross since I was a #teenager but I stopped wearing it because I felt conflicted about it.
I was #baptized as a young man, but I have had trouble with the idea of the church itself in terms of it’s history of #abuse (be it how they ran Canadian #residential schools to the #crusades and countless #missions which, in most cases, utterly destroyed the rich culture, beliefs and histories of those they were trying to reform; or the sexual abuse #scandals and coverups have also been troublingly #atrocious as has been their treatment of the #LGBTQ community and a woman’s right to chose). Ultimately though, I chose to wear it not because of what the church has done in the past, but as an acceptance that there was a Jesus, a man who has been written about in both the Bible and the Quran - whose teachings highlight how #accepting he was of everyone. In a weird way it’s also impacted decisions I’ve made about what I’ve done and how I’ve acted toward others in the last few days. I’m more conscious about how my words and actions and decisions impact others.
The chain bellow it was a more recent gift from my #Mother. Finally, I bought the jade Maori Koru pounamu carving in April 2010. The round wave like koru symbol is said to represent new beginnings, growth and regeneration. And that’s why I’m wearing these again.
This photo is a part of my own #personal #photo project of 2020, to get a different selfie shot of me everyday, photo 5/366.
This photo was originally posted on Instagram.
#DeconstructingSelfies #SubvertedSelfies #Selfies #366SelfieChallenge #366daychallenge #365Selfies2020 #2020Selfies