Learning is not understanding alone, but also repetition and practice. We can understand the steps to opening a jar of peanut butter, but not know how it is actually done until we experience, perhaps repeatedly, the motor skills, hand-eye coordination, confidence, and necessary energy involved in performing this task. We can also understand intellectually that we need coping strategies to survive and recover from a trauma. Yet, we may forget again and again that post-traumatic growth is an uneven and nonlinear process that requires consistent embodied experiences of healing and thriving. And when a trauma is persistent and cumulative, we may need to develop and practice multiple levels of coping strategies to tap into and stay connected to our resiliency. What helps you feel encouraged to keep learning?
[image description: Two hearts with worried eyes and wearing masks that cover their noses and mouths stand facing each other. The heart on the right has its hands thrown down and open to its sides and says, "You're not doing this wrong." The heart on the left has its hands up to its head and says, "It's just still hard." Text reads: "17 MAY 2020"]
 | Throughout the pandemic, I have posted messages on my Facebook wall that I needed to hear myself or that I imagined others may be needing to hear. Again and again, these messages spurred collective online processing of a range of challenges and lows and bright spots of living through the pandemic. This series of cartoons is intended to reflect on and illustrate some of the process of dealing with life by leaning into the intersection of technology and community. |
[image description: Screenshot of a Facebook status that reads: "You're not doing this wrong. It's just still hard." A comment reads: "So much yes."]
#MindfulHearts retrospective.
On this day 2020.
On this day 2019.
Celebrating two years of daily cartoons.
On this day 2020.
On this day 2019.
Celebrating two years of daily cartoons.
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