Comments on: Where do you feel most like yourself?

By: Micheline

Micheline — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:21:01 +0000

You gave them a window of opportunity and they took it farther than anyone can imagine. I love the beauty and freedom in children. It must have been a crazy natural high to be in that room as it unfolded. You lucky lady.

By: Gaby

Gaby — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:24:10 +0000

what a good question, and very easy for me to answer…I feel more like myself when I am at the beach. Eather walking , swimming, floting, reading a book or just watching the waves and feeling the ocean breeze. It relaxes me just thinking about it. Growing up in Northen Chile made love the ocean so much that it feels like part of me…I miss it!

By: GraceGal

GraceGal — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:26:59 +0000

I feel most like myself when I am covered with an afghan, curled up on the couch with a good book. Think I’ll go do that right now

By: Mina

Mina — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:28:20 +0000

Amazing responses!

I feel most like myself when it´s windy and I can feel the wind on my face and when we were looking for a house to buy the first thing that made me feel home was that the house was on the top of the hill and very windy! That was the sign and we bought our new home…

By: madelyn

madelyn — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:57:16 +0000

when i went into this class….I thought that the response to this question would circle around their bedrooms being that space/place where they would have most freedom to be themselves

and from there I was going to introduce them to abstract concepts
of space/time/mood

so when the very first response when I opened the discussion
was “it is actually more of a mood…”

and all the rest followed since clearly this is simply where they were
all along

….i had to stop myself literally from crying I was so moved and
filled with joy

and then I had to quickly swim into their ‘deep pools’
and the energy was ELECTRIC

thank goodness i had references and films (the concept that
photography should have a feeling of movement)

but

here is the thing

these children are taught the fine arts in their elementary school
since grade one in equal measure to the academics
(art, music, drama, dance)

so they were raised with the gift of opportunity for self expression

in this class as well

there is a feeling of safety which is due to the unconditional love and respect they receive from their teacher

they feel safe and encouraged to express themselves this way

By: hannah

hannah — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:59:25 +0000

I feel most like myself when I am by the ocean, with my husband and son, and taking pictures.

By: jamie

jamie — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:16:51 +0000

i’m not so uncertain that these 7th graders thoughts are my own thoughts. given their you age, this is incredibly insightful on their part.

i have had most of these same feelings in similar places. the hand in the water, the sea, the rain, the ocean. i guess that the water is where i feel most like myself. with my camera. with beautiful things to photograph.

thank you for sharing these.

By: Fiona

Fiona — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:15:26 +0000

Wow, some amazing and perseptive comments there.

I feel most like myself when it is quiet, and I can string two thoughts together and have a pencil or camera in my hand to create my own little universe.

By: Yoli

Yoli — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:31:09 +0000

In China, I feel most like myself. Helping children and animals makes me feel most like myself and last but never least, holding a sword in my hand makes me feel most like myself. Thanks for sharing these sweet Maddy.

By: aimee

aimee — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:34:53 +0000

I just found you…your site takes my breath away…thank you for shining your light!