Presume that you have died in the next AIDS-type epidemic event (don’t get hung up on details). What do you want your friends and family to put on your quilt panel? What would make the best argument that you should have lived?
Umm...
I don't know specifics of like what words or images I would want on there, but I would definitely want something that portrayed who I (was). I guess it would depend on who made the quilt square, or who collaborated, but if i made my own which I guess how i'm supposed to think about it, since you think about yourself in relation to how you perceive others to see you?
Anyways, here goes:
Activist
Feminist
Lover
Learner
A person who fought against a lot early in my life
A future college professor
A critical thinker
A supporter of women becoming self-sustainable
A person with a laugh that got me kicked out of a mall food court and a bookstore in the same day.
I think that should do it- I can't think of any more and i was feeling like I was making my about me on my myspace page from 8th grade. :) This was an interesting exercise... thinking about it is making me anxious, so i'm going to sign off and move on to the next one.
I like yours! I liked hearing the identities you hold true to yourself, because I know that I think of myself in those kinds of ways "a person who..." and I guess it is cool hearing that other people, especially you (someone whose opinion I value). This exercise made me anxious too, I mean, I don't know about other people, but thinking about my own death is just... too hard.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the words you choose to include on your AIDS quilt. Each different word/identity talks about another side of you that you relate strongly too and others can get a glimpse of the person you are. Like you, I found this assignment to be a little hard and wierd. Personally, I don't like thinking about my death, but rather am more curious as to who would show up to my funeral or who make a quilt in my memory. Just my thoughts!
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