About 50 people contacted me during that week, and the talks I had with them lasted from ten minutes to one and a half hours, if you leave out the black woman who quickly stopped and asked me the question:
Should I marry him or not? and who disappeared again, laughing, without waiting for an answer.
The issues that people came to me for guidance on were primarily existential issues. I think my life is off course, what should I do? That type of question. There were five or ten people who wanted to know what my background was to provide guidance on everything, and I told them I work as a photographer and that I had no precondition apart from a desire to try, together with the person seeking advice, to become more aware of how his or her problem could be solved. Furthermore, I said, my experience was that people often know what is wrong in their lives and that simple questions from an outsider can help provide clarity in relation to the problem.
An example of what happened during the week: Three young Muslim girls come up to me, they are teasing each other, joking, they’re obviously a little uncertain about the situation. One of the girls starts talking to me, the two other girls move a little away. The girl tells me that today she and her two friends started at the same school, but her two friends have started training with a focus on Sanitation and Food and she has started an education in architecture and urban planning. And now she’s unsure – that is what she tells me – if her study is right for her or if she had better switch to the course her friends are on.
I ask her, what would your situation be like if - and try to imagine that this scenario is real - so, how would the whole situation look if your two friends didn’t exist, they are not a part of your life, they’re gone, erased from your consciousness? If that were so, would you still consider switching to the Sanitation and Food program or would you stay on the course you have chosen - at least for a while so that you have a chance to get to know the course?
The girl said that she was actually quite interested in architecture, and today was her first day on the course and her impression of it was pretty good. So if her friends didn’t exist she'd probably, she said, stay on the course - at least for now. She could always switch courses if she found out later that she’d rather be on the course her friends had chosen.
I said, well, there you have your answer.
Stay where you are – stick with the decision you have made – that will be best for all three parties.
Something I noticed in connection with the project, and which was fantastic to experience, was people’s willingness to take courage and involve a complete stranger – me – in their personal reflections on where they were in life at the moment.
Something else that was interesting to experience in relation to the project
was that during the week I, who had no precondition (at least not a technical one) to bring strangers on the right track, rose to the challenge to such a degree that I could barely recognize myself Friday afternoon. There was something larger going on, something I had only a small part in. I’m talking about the energy that occurs when two or more people move forward together in a shared attempt to become more conscious. It was quite an amazing experience.
Thank you to Marc Horowitz (ineedtostopsoon.com) who inspired me to do the project.
About 50 people contacted me during that week, and the talks I had with them lasted from ten minutes to one and a half hours, if you leave out the black woman who quickly stopped and asked me the question:
Should I marry him or not? and who disappeared again, laughing, without waiting for an answer.
The issues that people came to me for guidance on were primarily existential issues. I think my life is off course, what should I do? That type of question. There were five or ten people who wanted to know what my background was to provide guidance on everything, and I told them I work as a photographer and that I had no precondition apart from a desire to try, together with the person seeking advice, to become more aware of how his or her problem could be solved. Furthermore, I said, my experience was that people often know what is wrong in their lives and that simple questions from an outsider can help provide clarity in relation to the problem.
An example of what happened during the week: Three young Muslim girls come up to me, they are teasing each other, joking, they’re obviously a little uncertain about the situation. One of the girls starts talking to me, the two other girls move a little away. The girl tells me that today she and her two friends started at the same school, but her two friends have started training with a focus on Sanitation and Food and she has started an education in architecture and urban planning. And now she’s unsure – that is what she tells me – if her study is right for her or if she had better switch to the course her friends are on.
I ask her, what would your situation be like if - and try to imagine that this scenario is real - so, how would the whole situation look if your two friends didn’t exist, they are not a part of your life, they’re gone, erased from your consciousness? If that were so, would you still consider switching to the Sanitation and Food program or would you stay on the course you have chosen - at least for a while so that you have a chance to get to know the course?
The girl said that she was actually quite interested in architecture, and today was her first day on the course and her impression of it was pretty good. So if her friends didn’t exist she'd probably, she said, stay on the course - at least for now. She could always switch courses if she found out later that she’d rather be on the course her friends had chosen.
I said, well, there you have your answer.
Stay where you are – stick with the decision you have made – that will be best for all three parties.
Something I noticed in connection with the project, and which was fantastic to experience, was people’s willingness to take courage and involve a complete stranger – me – in their personal reflections on where they were in life at the moment.
Something else that was interesting to experience in relation to the project
was that during the week I, who had no precondition (at least not a technical one) to bring strangers on the right track, rose to the challenge to such a degree that I could barely recognize myself Friday afternoon. There was something larger going on, something I had only a small part in. I’m talking about the energy that occurs when two or more people move forward together in a shared attempt to become more conscious. It was quite an amazing experience.
Thank you to Marc Horowitz (ineedtostopsoon.com) who inspired me to do the project.
About 50 people contacted me during that week, and the talks I had with them lasted from ten minutes to one and a half hours, if you leave out the black woman who quickly stopped and asked me the question:
Should I marry him or not? and who disappeared again, laughing, without waiting for an answer.
The issues that people came to me for guidance on were primarily existential issues. I think my life is off course, what should I do? That type of question. There were five or ten people who wanted to know what my background was to provide guidance on everything, and I told them I work as a photographer and that I had no precondition apart from a desire to try, together with the person seeking advice, to become more aware of how his or her problem could be solved. Furthermore, I said, my experience was that people often know what is wrong in their lives and that simple questions from an outsider can help provide clarity in relation to the problem.
An example of what happened during the week: Three young Muslim girls come up to me, they are teasing each other, joking, they’re obviously a little uncertain about the situation. One of the girls starts talking to me, the two other girls move a little away. The girl tells me that today she and her two friends started at the same school, but her two friends have started training with a focus on Sanitation and Food and she has started an education in architecture and urban planning. And now she’s unsure – that is what she tells me – if her study is right for her or if she had better switch to the course her friends are on.
I ask her, what would your situation be like if - and try to imagine that this scenario is real - so, how would the whole situation look if your two friends didn’t exist, they are not a part of your life, they’re gone, erased from your consciousness? If that were so, would you still consider switching to the Sanitation and Food program or would you stay on the course you have chosen - at least for a while so that you have a chance to get to know the course?
The girl said that she was actually quite interested in architecture, and today was her first day on the course and her impression of it was pretty good. So if her friends didn’t exist she'd probably, she said, stay on the course - at least for now. She could always switch courses if she found out later that she’d rather be on the course her friends had chosen.
I said, well, there you have your answer.
Stay where you are – stick with the decision you have made – that will be best for all three parties.
Something I noticed in connection with the project, and which was fantastic to experience, was people’s willingness to take courage and involve a complete stranger – me – in their personal reflections on where they were in life at the moment.
Something else that was interesting to experience in relation to the project
was that during the week I, who had no precondition (at least not a technical one) to bring strangers on the right track, rose to the challenge to such a degree that I could barely recognize myself Friday afternoon. There was something larger going on, something I had only a small part in. I’m talking about the energy that occurs when two or more people move forward together in a shared attempt to become more conscious. It was quite an amazing experience.
Thank you to Marc Horowitz (ineedtostopsoon.com) who inspired me to do the project.
About 50 people contacted me during that week, and the talks I had with them lasted from ten minutes to one and a half hours, if you leave out the black woman who quickly stopped and asked me the question:
Should I marry him or not? and who disappeared again, laughing, without waiting for an answer.
The issues that people came to me for guidance on were primarily existential issues. I think my life is off course, what should I do? That type of question. There were five or ten people who wanted to know what my background was to provide guidance on everything, and I told them I work as a photographer and that I had no precondition apart from a desire to try, together with the person seeking advice, to become more aware of how his or her problem could be solved. Furthermore, I said, my experience was that people often know what is wrong in their lives and that simple questions from an outsider can help provide clarity in relation to the problem.
An example of what happened during the week: Three young Muslim girls come up to me, they are teasing each other, joking, they’re obviously a little uncertain about the situation. One of the girls starts talking to me, the two other girls move a little away. The girl tells me that today she and her two friends started at the same school, but her two friends have started training with a focus on Sanitation and Food and she has started an education in architecture and urban planning. And now she’s unsure – that is what she tells me – if her study is right for her or if she had better switch to the course her friends are on.
I ask her, what would your situation be like if - and try to imagine that this scenario is real - so, how would the whole situation look if your two friends didn’t exist, they are not a part of your life, they’re gone, erased from your consciousness? If that were so, would you still consider switching to the Sanitation and Food program or would you stay on the course you have chosen - at least for a while so that you have a chance to get to know the course?
The girl said that she was actually quite interested in architecture, and today was her first day on the course and her impression of it was pretty good. So if her friends didn’t exist she'd probably, she said, stay on the course - at least for now. She could always switch courses if she found out later that she’d rather be on the course her friends had chosen.
I said, well, there you have your answer.
Stay where you are – stick with the decision you have made – that will be best for all three parties.
Something I noticed in connection with the project, and which was fantastic to experience, was people’s willingness to take courage and involve a complete stranger – me – in their personal reflections on where they were in life at the moment.
Something else that was interesting to experience in relation to the project
was that during the week I, who had no precondition (at least not a technical one) to bring strangers on the right track, rose to the challenge to such a degree that I could barely recognize myself Friday afternoon. There was something larger going on, something I had only a small part in. I’m talking about the energy that occurs when two or more people move forward together in a shared attempt to become more conscious. It was quite an amazing experience.
Thank you to Marc Horowitz (ineedtostopsoon.com) who inspired me to do the project.
About 50 people contacted me during that week, and the talks I had with them lasted from ten minutes to one and a half hours, if you leave out the black woman who quickly stopped and asked me the question:
Should I marry him or not? and who disappeared again, laughing, without waiting for an answer.
The issues that people came to me for guidance on were primarily existential issues. I think my life is off course, what should I do? That type of question. There were five or ten people who wanted to know what my background was to provide guidance on everything, and I told them I work as a photographer and that I had no precondition apart from a desire to try, together with the person seeking advice, to become more aware of how his or her problem could be solved. Furthermore, I said, my experience was that people often know what is wrong in their lives and that simple questions from an outsider can help provide clarity in relation to the problem.
An example of what happened during the week: Three young Muslim girls come up to me, they are teasing each other, joking, they’re obviously a little uncertain about the situation. One of the girls starts talking to me, the two other girls move a little away. The girl tells me that today she and her two friends started at the same school, but her two friends have started training with a focus on Sanitation and Food and she has started an education in architecture and urban planning. And now she’s unsure – that is what she tells me – if her study is right for her or if she had better switch to the course her friends are on.
I ask her, what would your situation be like if - and try to imagine that this scenario is real - so, how would the whole situation look if your two friends didn’t exist, they are not a part of your life, they’re gone, erased from your consciousness? If that were so, would you still consider switching to the Sanitation and Food program or would you stay on the course you have chosen - at least for a while so that you have a chance to get to know the course?
The girl said that she was actually quite interested in architecture, and today was her first day on the course and her impression of it was pretty good. So if her friends didn’t exist she'd probably, she said, stay on the course - at least for now. She could always switch courses if she found out later that she’d rather be on the course her friends had chosen.
I said, well, there you have your answer.
Stay where you are – stick with the decision you have made – that will be best for all three parties.
Something I noticed in connection with the project, and which was fantastic to experience, was people’s willingness to take courage and involve a complete stranger – me – in their personal reflections on where they were in life at the moment.
Something else that was interesting to experience in relation to the project
was that during the week I, who had no precondition (at least not a technical one) to bring strangers on the right track, rose to the challenge to such a degree that I could barely recognize myself Friday afternoon. There was something larger going on, something I had only a small part in. I’m talking about the energy that occurs when two or more people move forward together in a shared attempt to become more conscious. It was quite an amazing experience.
Thank you to Marc Horowitz (ineedtostopsoon.com) who inspired me to do the project.
About 50 people contacted me during that week, and the talks I had with them lasted from ten minutes to one and a half hours, if you leave out the black woman who quickly stopped and asked me the question:
Should I marry him or not? and who disappeared again, laughing, without waiting for an answer.
The issues that people came to me for guidance on were primarily existential issues. I think my life is off course, what should I do? That type of question. There were five or ten people who wanted to know what my background was to provide guidance on everything, and I told them I work as a photographer and that I had no precondition apart from a desire to try, together with the person seeking advice, to become more aware of how his or her problem could be solved. Furthermore, I said, my experience was that people often know what is wrong in their lives and that simple questions from an outsider can help provide clarity in relation to the problem.
An example of what happened during the week: Three young Muslim girls come up to me, they are teasing each other, joking, they’re obviously a little uncertain about the situation. One of the girls starts talking to me, the two other girls move a little away. The girl tells me that today she and her two friends started at the same school, but her two friends have started training with a focus on Sanitation and Food and she has started an education in architecture and urban planning. And now she’s unsure – that is what she tells me – if her study is right for her or if she had better switch to the course her friends are on.
I ask her, what would your situation be like if - and try to imagine that this scenario is real - so, how would the whole situation look if your two friends didn’t exist, they are not a part of your life, they’re gone, erased from your consciousness? If that were so, would you still consider switching to the Sanitation and Food program or would you stay on the course you have chosen - at least for a while so that you have a chance to get to know the course?
The girl said that she was actually quite interested in architecture, and today was her first day on the course and her impression of it was pretty good. So if her friends didn’t exist she'd probably, she said, stay on the course - at least for now. She could always switch courses if she found out later that she’d rather be on the course her friends had chosen.
I said, well, there you have your answer.
Stay where you are – stick with the decision you have made – that will be best for all three parties.
Something I noticed in connection with the project, and which was fantastic to experience, was people’s willingness to take courage and involve a complete stranger – me – in their personal reflections on where they were in life at the moment.
Something else that was interesting to experience in relation to the project
was that during the week I, who had no precondition (at least not a technical one) to bring strangers on the right track, rose to the challenge to such a degree that I could barely recognize myself Friday afternoon. There was something larger going on, something I had only a small part in. I’m talking about the energy that occurs when two or more people move forward together in a shared attempt to become more conscious. It was quite an amazing experience.
Thank you to Marc Horowitz (ineedtostopsoon.com) who inspired me to do the project.
About 50 people contacted me during that week, and the talks I had with them lasted from ten minutes to one and a half hours, if you leave out the black woman who quickly stopped and asked me the question:
Should I marry him or not? and who disappeared again, laughing, without waiting for an answer.
The issues that people came to me for guidance on were primarily existential issues. I think my life is off course, what should I do? That type of question. There were five or ten people who wanted to know what my background was to provide guidance on everything, and I told them I work as a photographer and that I had no precondition apart from a desire to try, together with the person seeking advice, to become more aware of how his or her problem could be solved. Furthermore, I said, my experience was that people often know what is wrong in their lives and that simple questions from an outsider can help provide clarity in relation to the problem.
An example of what happened during the week: Three young Muslim girls come up to me, they are teasing each other, joking, they’re obviously a little uncertain about the situation. One of the girls starts talking to me, the two other girls move a little away. The girl tells me that today she and her two friends started at the same school, but her two friends have started training with a focus on Sanitation and Food and she has started an education in architecture and urban planning. And now she’s unsure – that is what she tells me – if her study is right for her or if she had better switch to the course her friends are on.
I ask her, what would your situation be like if - and try to imagine that this scenario is real - so, how would the whole situation look if your two friends didn’t exist, they are not a part of your life, they’re gone, erased from your consciousness? If that were so, would you still consider switching to the Sanitation and Food program or would you stay on the course you have chosen - at least for a while so that you have a chance to get to know the course?
The girl said that she was actually quite interested in architecture, and today was her first day on the course and her impression of it was pretty good. So if her friends didn’t exist she'd probably, she said, stay on the course - at least for now. She could always switch courses if she found out later that she’d rather be on the course her friends had chosen.
I said, well, there you have your answer.
Stay where you are – stick with the decision you have made – that will be best for all three parties.
Something I noticed in connection with the project, and which was fantastic to experience, was people’s willingness to take courage and involve a complete stranger – me – in their personal reflections on where they were in life at the moment.
Something else that was interesting to experience in relation to the project
was that during the week I, who had no precondition (at least not a technical one) to bring strangers on the right track, rose to the challenge to such a degree that I could barely recognize myself Friday afternoon. There was something larger going on, something I had only a small part in. I’m talking about the energy that occurs when two or more people move forward together in a shared attempt to become more conscious. It was quite an amazing experience.
Thank you to Marc Horowitz (ineedtostopsoon.com) who inspired me to do the project.
About 50 people contacted me during that week, and the talks I had with them lasted from ten minutes to one and a half hours, if you leave out the black woman who quickly stopped and asked me the question:
Should I marry him or not? and who disappeared again, laughing, without waiting for an answer.
The issues that people came to me for guidance on were primarily existential issues. I think my life is off course, what should I do? That type of question. There were five or ten people who wanted to know what my background was to provide guidance on everything, and I told them I work as a photographer and that I had no precondition apart from a desire to try, together with the person seeking advice, to become more aware of how his or her problem could be solved. Furthermore, I said, my experience was that people often know what is wrong in their lives and that simple questions from an outsider can help provide clarity in relation to the problem.
An example of what happened during the week: Three young Muslim girls come up to me, they are teasing each other, joking, they’re obviously a little uncertain about the situation. One of the girls starts talking to me, the two other girls move a little away. The girl tells me that today she and her two friends started at the same school, but her two friends have started training with a focus on Sanitation and Food and she has started an education in architecture and urban planning. And now she’s unsure – that is what she tells me – if her study is right for her or if she had better switch to the course her friends are on.
I ask her, what would your situation be like if - and try to imagine that this scenario is real - so, how would the whole situation look if your two friends didn’t exist, they are not a part of your life, they’re gone, erased from your consciousness? If that were so, would you still consider switching to the Sanitation and Food program or would you stay on the course you have chosen - at least for a while so that you have a chance to get to know the course?
The girl said that she was actually quite interested in architecture, and today was her first day on the course and her impression of it was pretty good. So if her friends didn’t exist she'd probably, she said, stay on the course - at least for now. She could always switch courses if she found out later that she’d rather be on the course her friends had chosen.
I said, well, there you have your answer.
Stay where you are – stick with the decision you have made – that will be best for all three parties.
Something I noticed in connection with the project, and which was fantastic to experience, was people’s willingness to take courage and involve a complete stranger – me – in their personal reflections on where they were in life at the moment.
Something else that was interesting to experience in relation to the project
was that during the week I, who had no precondition (at least not a technical one) to bring strangers on the right track, rose to the challenge to such a degree that I could barely recognize myself Friday afternoon. There was something larger going on, something I had only a small part in. I’m talking about the energy that occurs when two or more people move forward together in a shared attempt to become more conscious. It was quite an amazing experience.
Thank you to Marc Horowitz (ineedtostopsoon.com) who inspired me to do the project.
About 50 people contacted me during that week, and the talks I had with them lasted from ten minutes to one and a half hours, if you leave out the black woman who quickly stopped and asked me the question:
Should I marry him or not? and who disappeared again, laughing, without waiting for an answer.
The issues that people came to me for guidance on were primarily existential issues. I think my life is off course, what should I do? That type of question. There were five or ten people who wanted to know what my background was to provide guidance on everything, and I told them I work as a photographer and that I had no precondition apart from a desire to try, together with the person seeking advice, to become more aware of how his or her problem could be solved. Furthermore, I said, my experience was that people often know what is wrong in their lives and that simple questions from an outsider can help provide clarity in relation to the problem.
An example of what happened during the week: Three young Muslim girls come up to me, they are teasing each other, joking, they’re obviously a little uncertain about the situation. One of the girls starts talking to me, the two other girls move a little away. The girl tells me that today she and her two friends started at the same school, but her two friends have started training with a focus on Sanitation and Food and she has started an education in architecture and urban planning. And now she’s unsure – that is what she tells me – if her study is right for her or if she had better switch to the course her friends are on.
I ask her, what would your situation be like if - and try to imagine that this scenario is real - so, how would the whole situation look if your two friends didn’t exist, they are not a part of your life, they’re gone, erased from your consciousness? If that were so, would you still consider switching to the Sanitation and Food program or would you stay on the course you have chosen - at least for a while so that you have a chance to get to know the course?
The girl said that she was actually quite interested in architecture, and today was her first day on the course and her impression of it was pretty good. So if her friends didn’t exist she'd probably, she said, stay on the course - at least for now. She could always switch courses if she found out later that she’d rather be on the course her friends had chosen.
I said, well, there you have your answer.
Stay where you are – stick with the decision you have made – that will be best for all three parties.
Something I noticed in connection with the project, and which was fantastic to experience, was people’s willingness to take courage and involve a complete stranger – me – in their personal reflections on where they were in life at the moment.
Something else that was interesting to experience in relation to the project
was that during the week I, who had no precondition (at least not a technical one) to bring strangers on the right track, rose to the challenge to such a degree that I could barely recognize myself Friday afternoon. There was something larger going on, something I had only a small part in. I’m talking about the energy that occurs when two or more people move forward together in a shared attempt to become more conscious. It was quite an amazing experience.
Thank you to Marc Horowitz (ineedtostopsoon.com) who inspired me to do the project.
About 50 people contacted me during that week, and the talks I had with them lasted from ten minutes to one and a half hours, if you leave out the black woman who quickly stopped and asked me the question:
Should I marry him or not? and who disappeared again, laughing, without waiting for an answer.
The issues that people came to me for guidance on were primarily existential issues. I think my life is off course, what should I do? That type of question. There were five or ten people who wanted to know what my background was to provide guidance on everything, and I told them I work as a photographer and that I had no precondition apart from a desire to try, together with the person seeking advice, to become more aware of how his or her problem could be solved. Furthermore, I said, my experience was that people often know what is wrong in their lives and that simple questions from an outsider can help provide clarity in relation to the problem.
An example of what happened during the week: Three young Muslim girls come up to me, they are teasing each other, joking, they’re obviously a little uncertain about the situation. One of the girls starts talking to me, the two other girls move a little away. The girl tells me that today she and her two friends started at the same school, but her two friends have started training with a focus on Sanitation and Food and she has started an education in architecture and urban planning. And now she’s unsure – that is what she tells me – if her study is right for her or if she had better switch to the course her friends are on.
I ask her, what would your situation be like if - and try to imagine that this scenario is real - so, how would the whole situation look if your two friends didn’t exist, they are not a part of your life, they’re gone, erased from your consciousness? If that were so, would you still consider switching to the Sanitation and Food program or would you stay on the course you have chosen - at least for a while so that you have a chance to get to know the course?
The girl said that she was actually quite interested in architecture, and today was her first day on the course and her impression of it was pretty good. So if her friends didn’t exist she'd probably, she said, stay on the course - at least for now. She could always switch courses if she found out later that she’d rather be on the course her friends had chosen.
I said, well, there you have your answer.
Stay where you are – stick with the decision you have made – that will be best for all three parties.
Something I noticed in connection with the project, and which was fantastic to experience, was people’s willingness to take courage and involve a complete stranger – me – in their personal reflections on where they were in life at the moment.
Something else that was interesting to experience in relation to the project
was that during the week I, who had no precondition (at least not a technical one) to bring strangers on the right track, rose to the challenge to such a degree that I could barely recognize myself Friday afternoon. There was something larger going on, something I had only a small part in. I’m talking about the energy that occurs when two or more people move forward together in a shared attempt to become more conscious. It was quite an amazing experience.
Thank you to Marc Horowitz (ineedtostopsoon.com) who inspired me to do the project.
About 50 people contacted me during that week, and the talks I had with them lasted from ten minutes to one and a half hours, if you leave out the black woman who quickly stopped and asked me the question:
Should I marry him or not? and who disappeared again, laughing, without waiting for an answer.
The issues that people came to me for guidance on were primarily existential issues. I think my life is off course, what should I do? That type of question. There were five or ten people who wanted to know what my background was to provide guidance on everything, and I told them I work as a photographer and that I had no precondition apart from a desire to try, together with the person seeking advice, to become more aware of how his or her problem could be solved. Furthermore, I said, my experience was that people often know what is wrong in their lives and that simple questions from an outsider can help provide clarity in relation to the problem.
An example of what happened during the week: Three young Muslim girls come up to me, they are teasing each other, joking, they’re obviously a little uncertain about the situation. One of the girls starts talking to me, the two other girls move a little away. The girl tells me that today she and her two friends started at the same school, but her two friends have started training with a focus on Sanitation and Food and she has started an education in architecture and urban planning. And now she’s unsure – that is what she tells me – if her study is right for her or if she had better switch to the course her friends are on.
I ask her, what would your situation be like if - and try to imagine that this scenario is real - so, how would the whole situation look if your two friends didn’t exist, they are not a part of your life, they’re gone, erased from your consciousness? If that were so, would you still consider switching to the Sanitation and Food program or would you stay on the course you have chosen - at least for a while so that you have a chance to get to know the course?
The girl said that she was actually quite interested in architecture, and today was her first day on the course and her impression of it was pretty good. So if her friends didn’t exist she'd probably, she said, stay on the course - at least for now. She could always switch courses if she found out later that she’d rather be on the course her friends had chosen.
I said, well, there you have your answer.
Stay where you are – stick with the decision you have made – that will be best for all three parties.
Something I noticed in connection with the project, and which was fantastic to experience, was people’s willingness to take courage and involve a complete stranger – me – in their personal reflections on where they were in life at the moment.
Something else that was interesting to experience in relation to the project
was that during the week I, who had no precondition (at least not a technical one) to bring strangers on the right track, rose to the challenge to such a degree that I could barely recognize myself Friday afternoon. There was something larger going on, something I had only a small part in. I’m talking about the energy that occurs when two or more people move forward together in a shared attempt to become more conscious. It was quite an amazing experience.
Thank you to Marc Horowitz (ineedtostopsoon.com) who inspired me to do the project.
About 50 people contacted me during that week, and the talks I had with them lasted from ten minutes to one and a half hours, if you leave out the black woman who quickly stopped and asked me the question:
Should I marry him or not? and who disappeared again, laughing, without waiting for an answer.
The issues that people came to me for guidance on were primarily existential issues. I think my life is off course, what should I do? That type of question. There were five or ten people who wanted to know what my background was to provide guidance on everything, and I told them I work as a photographer and that I had no precondition apart from a desire to try, together with the person seeking advice, to become more aware of how his or her problem could be solved. Furthermore, I said, my experience was that people often know what is wrong in their lives and that simple questions from an outsider can help provide clarity in relation to the problem.
An example of what happened during the week: Three young Muslim girls come up to me, they are teasing each other, joking, they’re obviously a little uncertain about the situation. One of the girls starts talking to me, the two other girls move a little away. The girl tells me that today she and her two friends started at the same school, but her two friends have started training with a focus on Sanitation and Food and she has started an education in architecture and urban planning. And now she’s unsure – that is what she tells me – if her study is right for her or if she had better switch to the course her friends are on.
I ask her, what would your situation be like if - and try to imagine that this scenario is real - so, how would the whole situation look if your two friends didn’t exist, they are not a part of your life, they’re gone, erased from your consciousness? If that were so, would you still consider switching to the Sanitation and Food program or would you stay on the course you have chosen - at least for a while so that you have a chance to get to know the course?
The girl said that she was actually quite interested in architecture, and today was her first day on the course and her impression of it was pretty good. So if her friends didn’t exist she'd probably, she said, stay on the course - at least for now. She could always switch courses if she found out later that she’d rather be on the course her friends had chosen.
I said, well, there you have your answer.
Stay where you are – stick with the decision you have made – that will be best for all three parties.
Something I noticed in connection with the project, and which was fantastic to experience, was people’s willingness to take courage and involve a complete stranger – me – in their personal reflections on where they were in life at the moment.
Something else that was interesting to experience in relation to the project
was that during the week I, who had no precondition (at least not a technical one) to bring strangers on the right track, rose to the challenge to such a degree that I could barely recognize myself Friday afternoon. There was something larger going on, something I had only a small part in. I’m talking about the energy that occurs when two or more people move forward together in a shared attempt to become more conscious. It was quite an amazing experience.
Thank you to Marc Horowitz (ineedtostopsoon.com) who inspired me to do the project.
About 50 people contacted me during that week, and the talks I had with them lasted from ten minutes to one and a half hours, if you leave out the black woman who quickly stopped and asked me the question:
Should I marry him or not? and who disappeared again, laughing, without waiting for an answer.
The issues that people came to me for guidance on were primarily existential issues. I think my life is off course, what should I do? That type of question. There were five or ten people who wanted to know what my background was to provide guidance on everything, and I told them I work as a photographer and that I had no precondition apart from a desire to try, together with the person seeking advice, to become more aware of how his or her problem could be solved. Furthermore, I said, my experience was that people often know what is wrong in their lives and that simple questions from an outsider can help provide clarity in relation to the problem.
An example of what happened during the week: Three young Muslim girls come up to me, they are teasing each other, joking, they’re obviously a little uncertain about the situation. One of the girls starts talking to me, the two other girls move a little away. The girl tells me that today she and her two friends started at the same school, but her two friends have started training with a focus on Sanitation and Food and she has started an education in architecture and urban planning. And now she’s unsure – that is what she tells me – if her study is right for her or if she had better switch to the course her friends are on.
I ask her, what would your situation be like if - and try to imagine that this scenario is real - so, how would the whole situation look if your two friends didn’t exist, they are not a part of your life, they’re gone, erased from your consciousness? If that were so, would you still consider switching to the Sanitation and Food program or would you stay on the course you have chosen - at least for a while so that you have a chance to get to know the course?
The girl said that she was actually quite interested in architecture, and today was her first day on the course and her impression of it was pretty good. So if her friends didn’t exist she'd probably, she said, stay on the course - at least for now. She could always switch courses if she found out later that she’d rather be on the course her friends had chosen.
I said, well, there you have your answer.
Stay where you are – stick with the decision you have made – that will be best for all three parties.
Something I noticed in connection with the project, and which was fantastic to experience, was people’s willingness to take courage and involve a complete stranger – me – in their personal reflections on where they were in life at the moment.
Something else that was interesting to experience in relation to the project
was that during the week I, who had no precondition (at least not a technical one) to bring strangers on the right track, rose to the challenge to such a degree that I could barely recognize myself Friday afternoon. There was something larger going on, something I had only a small part in. I’m talking about the energy that occurs when two or more people move forward together in a shared attempt to become more conscious. It was quite an amazing experience.
Thank you to Marc Horowitz (ineedtostopsoon.com) who inspired me to do the project.
About 50 people contacted me during that week, and the talks I had with them lasted from ten minutes to one and a half hours, if you leave out the black woman who quickly stopped and asked me the question:
Should I marry him or not? and who disappeared again, laughing, without waiting for an answer.
The issues that people came to me for guidance on were primarily existential issues. I think my life is off course, what should I do? That type of question. There were five or ten people who wanted to know what my background was to provide guidance on everything, and I told them I work as a photographer and that I had no precondition apart from a desire to try, together with the person seeking advice, to become more aware of how his or her problem could be solved. Furthermore, I said, my experience was that people often know what is wrong in their lives and that simple questions from an outsider can help provide clarity in relation to the problem.
An example of what happened during the week: Three young Muslim girls come up to me, they are teasing each other, joking, they’re obviously a little uncertain about the situation. One of the girls starts talking to me, the two other girls move a little away. The girl tells me that today she and her two friends started at the same school, but her two friends have started training with a focus on Sanitation and Food and she has started an education in architecture and urban planning. And now she’s unsure – that is what she tells me – if her study is right for her or if she had better switch to the course her friends are on.
I ask her, what would your situation be like if - and try to imagine that this scenario is real - so, how would the whole situation look if your two friends didn’t exist, they are not a part of your life, they’re gone, erased from your consciousness? If that were so, would you still consider switching to the Sanitation and Food program or would you stay on the course you have chosen - at least for a while so that you have a chance to get to know the course?
The girl said that she was actually quite interested in architecture, and today was her first day on the course and her impression of it was pretty good. So if her friends didn’t exist she'd probably, she said, stay on the course - at least for now. She could always switch courses if she found out later that she’d rather be on the course her friends had chosen.
I said, well, there you have your answer.
Stay where you are – stick with the decision you have made – that will be best for all three parties.
Something I noticed in connection with the project, and which was fantastic to experience, was people’s willingness to take courage and involve a complete stranger – me – in their personal reflections on where they were in life at the moment.
Something else that was interesting to experience in relation to the project
was that during the week I, who had no precondition (at least not a technical one) to bring strangers on the right track, rose to the challenge to such a degree that I could barely recognize myself Friday afternoon. There was something larger going on, something I had only a small part in. I’m talking about the energy that occurs when two or more people move forward together in a shared attempt to become more conscious. It was quite an amazing experience.
Thank you to Marc Horowitz (ineedtostopsoon.com) who inspired me to do the project.
About 50 people contacted me during that week, and the talks I had with them lasted from ten minutes to one and a half hours, if you leave out the black woman who quickly stopped and asked me the question:
Should I marry him or not? and who disappeared again, laughing, without waiting for an answer.
The issues that people came to me for guidance on were primarily existential issues. I think my life is off course, what should I do? That type of question. There were five or ten people who wanted to know what my background was to provide guidance on everything, and I told them I work as a photographer and that I had no precondition apart from a desire to try, together with the person seeking advice, to become more aware of how his or her problem could be solved. Furthermore, I said, my experience was that people often know what is wrong in their lives and that simple questions from an outsider can help provide clarity in relation to the problem.
An example of what happened during the week: Three young Muslim girls come up to me, they are teasing each other, joking, they’re obviously a little uncertain about the situation. One of the girls starts talking to me, the two other girls move a little away. The girl tells me that today she and her two friends started at the same school, but her two friends have started training with a focus on Sanitation and Food and she has started an education in architecture and urban planning. And now she’s unsure – that is what she tells me – if her study is right for her or if she had better switch to the course her friends are on.
I ask her, what would your situation be like if - and try to imagine that this scenario is real - so, how would the whole situation look if your two friends didn’t exist, they are not a part of your life, they’re gone, erased from your consciousness? If that were so, would you still consider switching to the Sanitation and Food program or would you stay on the course you have chosen - at least for a while so that you have a chance to get to know the course?
The girl said that she was actually quite interested in architecture, and today was her first day on the course and her impression of it was pretty good. So if her friends didn’t exist she'd probably, she said, stay on the course - at least for now. She could always switch courses if she found out later that she’d rather be on the course her friends had chosen.
I said, well, there you have your answer.
Stay where you are – stick with the decision you have made – that will be best for all three parties.
Something I noticed in connection with the project, and which was fantastic to experience, was people’s willingness to take courage and involve a complete stranger – me – in their personal reflections on where they were in life at the moment.
Something else that was interesting to experience in relation to the project
was that during the week I, who had no precondition (at least not a technical one) to bring strangers on the right track, rose to the challenge to such a degree that I could barely recognize myself Friday afternoon. There was something larger going on, something I had only a small part in. I’m talking about the energy that occurs when two or more people move forward together in a shared attempt to become more conscious. It was quite an amazing experience.
Thank you to Marc Horowitz (ineedtostopsoon.com) who inspired me to do the project.
About 50 people contacted me during that week, and the talks I had with them lasted from ten minutes to one and a half hours, if you leave out the black woman who quickly stopped and asked me the question:
Should I marry him or not? and who disappeared again, laughing, without waiting for an answer.
The issues that people came to me for guidance on were primarily existential issues. I think my life is off course, what should I do? That type of question. There were five or ten people who wanted to know what my background was to provide guidance on everything, and I told them I work as a photographer and that I had no precondition apart from a desire to try, together with the person seeking advice, to become more aware of how his or her problem could be solved. Furthermore, I said, my experience was that people often know what is wrong in their lives and that simple questions from an outsider can help provide clarity in relation to the problem.
An example of what happened during the week: Three young Muslim girls come up to me, they are teasing each other, joking, they’re obviously a little uncertain about the situation. One of the girls starts talking to me, the two other girls move a little away. The girl tells me that today she and her two friends started at the same school, but her two friends have started training with a focus on Sanitation and Food and she has started an education in architecture and urban planning. And now she’s unsure – that is what she tells me – if her study is right for her or if she had better switch to the course her friends are on.
I ask her, what would your situation be like if - and try to imagine that this scenario is real - so, how would the whole situation look if your two friends didn’t exist, they are not a part of your life, they’re gone, erased from your consciousness? If that were so, would you still consider switching to the Sanitation and Food program or would you stay on the course you have chosen - at least for a while so that you have a chance to get to know the course?
The girl said that she was actually quite interested in architecture, and today was her first day on the course and her impression of it was pretty good. So if her friends didn’t exist she'd probably, she said, stay on the course - at least for now. She could always switch courses if she found out later that she’d rather be on the course her friends had chosen.
I said, well, there you have your answer.
Stay where you are – stick with the decision you have made – that will be best for all three parties.
Something I noticed in connection with the project, and which was fantastic to experience, was people’s willingness to take courage and involve a complete stranger – me – in their personal reflections on where they were in life at the moment.
Something else that was interesting to experience in relation to the project
was that during the week I, who had no precondition (at least not a technical one) to bring strangers on the right track, rose to the challenge to such a degree that I could barely recognize myself Friday afternoon. There was something larger going on, something I had only a small part in. I’m talking about the energy that occurs when two or more people move forward together in a shared attempt to become more conscious. It was quite an amazing experience.
Thank you to Marc Horowitz (ineedtostopsoon.com) who inspired me to do the project.
About 50 people contacted me during that week, and the talks I had with them lasted from ten minutes to one and a half hours, if you leave out the black woman who quickly stopped and asked me the question:
Should I marry him or not? and who disappeared again, laughing, without waiting for an answer.
The issues that people came to me for guidance on were primarily existential issues. I think my life is off course, what should I do? That type of question. There were five or ten people who wanted to know what my background was to provide guidance on everything, and I told them I work as a photographer and that I had no precondition apart from a desire to try, together with the person seeking advice, to become more aware of how his or her problem could be solved. Furthermore, I said, my experience was that people often know what is wrong in their lives and that simple questions from an outsider can help provide clarity in relation to the problem.
An example of what happened during the week: Three young Muslim girls come up to me, they are teasing each other, joking, they’re obviously a little uncertain about the situation. One of the girls starts talking to me, the two other girls move a little away. The girl tells me that today she and her two friends started at the same school, but her two friends have started training with a focus on Sanitation and Food and she has started an education in architecture and urban planning. And now she’s unsure – that is what she tells me – if her study is right for her or if she had better switch to the course her friends are on.
I ask her, what would your situation be like if - and try to imagine that this scenario is real - so, how would the whole situation look if your two friends didn’t exist, they are not a part of your life, they’re gone, erased from your consciousness? If that were so, would you still consider switching to the Sanitation and Food program or would you stay on the course you have chosen - at least for a while so that you have a chance to get to know the course?
The girl said that she was actually quite interested in architecture, and today was her first day on the course and her impression of it was pretty good. So if her friends didn’t exist she'd probably, she said, stay on the course - at least for now. She could always switch courses if she found out later that she’d rather be on the course her friends had chosen.
I said, well, there you have your answer.
Stay where you are – stick with the decision you have made – that will be best for all three parties.
Something I noticed in connection with the project, and which was fantastic to experience, was people’s willingness to take courage and involve a complete stranger – me – in their personal reflections on where they were in life at the moment.
Something else that was interesting to experience in relation to the project
was that during the week I, who had no precondition (at least not a technical one) to bring strangers on the right track, rose to the challenge to such a degree that I could barely recognize myself Friday afternoon. There was something larger going on, something I had only a small part in. I’m talking about the energy that occurs when two or more people move forward together in a shared attempt to become more conscious. It was quite an amazing experience.
Thank you to Marc Horowitz (ineedtostopsoon.com) who inspired me to do the project.
About 50 people contacted me during that week, and the talks I had with them lasted from ten minutes to one and a half hours, if you leave out the black woman who quickly stopped and asked me the question:
Should I marry him or not? and who disappeared again, laughing, without waiting for an answer.
The issues that people came to me for guidance on were primarily existential issues. I think my life is off course, what should I do? That type of question. There were five or ten people who wanted to know what my background was to provide guidance on everything, and I told them I work as a photographer and that I had no precondition apart from a desire to try, together with the person seeking advice, to become more aware of how his or her problem could be solved. Furthermore, I said, my experience was that people often know what is wrong in their lives and that simple questions from an outsider can help provide clarity in relation to the problem.
An example of what happened during the week: Three young Muslim girls come up to me, they are teasing each other, joking, they’re obviously a little uncertain about the situation. One of the girls starts talking to me, the two other girls move a little away. The girl tells me that today she and her two friends started at the same school, but her two friends have started training with a focus on Sanitation and Food and she has started an education in architecture and urban planning. And now she’s unsure – that is what she tells me – if her study is right for her or if she had better switch to the course her friends are on.
I ask her, what would your situation be like if - and try to imagine that this scenario is real - so, how would the whole situation look if your two friends didn’t exist, they are not a part of your life, they’re gone, erased from your consciousness? If that were so, would you still consider switching to the Sanitation and Food program or would you stay on the course you have chosen - at least for a while so that you have a chance to get to know the course?
The girl said that she was actually quite interested in architecture, and today was her first day on the course and her impression of it was pretty good. So if her friends didn’t exist she'd probably, she said, stay on the course - at least for now. She could always switch courses if she found out later that she’d rather be on the course her friends had chosen.
I said, well, there you have your answer.
Stay where you are – stick with the decision you have made – that will be best for all three parties.
Something I noticed in connection with the project, and which was fantastic to experience, was people’s willingness to take courage and involve a complete stranger – me – in their personal reflections on where they were in life at the moment.
Something else that was interesting to experience in relation to the project
was that during the week I, who had no precondition (at least not a technical one) to bring strangers on the right track, rose to the challenge to such a degree that I could barely recognize myself Friday afternoon. There was something larger going on, something I had only a small part in. I’m talking about the energy that occurs when two or more people move forward together in a shared attempt to become more conscious. It was quite an amazing experience.
Thank you to Marc Horowitz (ineedtostopsoon.com) who inspired me to do the project.
About 50 people contacted me during that week, and the talks I had with them lasted from ten minutes to one and a half hours, if you leave out the black woman who quickly stopped and asked me the question:
Should I marry him or not? and who disappeared again, laughing, without waiting for an answer.
The issues that people came to me for guidance on were primarily existential issues. I think my life is off course, what should I do? That type of question. There were five or ten people who wanted to know what my background was to provide guidance on everything, and I told them I work as a photographer and that I had no precondition apart from a desire to try, together with the person seeking advice, to become more aware of how his or her problem could be solved. Furthermore, I said, my experience was that people often know what is wrong in their lives and that simple questions from an outsider can help provide clarity in relation to the problem.
An example of what happened during the week: Three young Muslim girls come up to me, they are teasing each other, joking, they’re obviously a little uncertain about the situation. One of the girls starts talking to me, the two other girls move a little away. The girl tells me that today she and her two friends started at the same school, but her two friends have started training with a focus on Sanitation and Food and she has started an education in architecture and urban planning. And now she’s unsure – that is what she tells me – if her study is right for her or if she had better switch to the course her friends are on.
I ask her, what would your situation be like if - and try to imagine that this scenario is real - so, how would the whole situation look if your two friends didn’t exist, they are not a part of your life, they’re gone, erased from your consciousness? If that were so, would you still consider switching to the Sanitation and Food program or would you stay on the course you have chosen - at least for a while so that you have a chance to get to know the course?
The girl said that she was actually quite interested in architecture, and today was her first day on the course and her impression of it was pretty good. So if her friends didn’t exist she'd probably, she said, stay on the course - at least for now. She could always switch courses if she found out later that she’d rather be on the course her friends had chosen.
I said, well, there you have your answer.
Stay where you are – stick with the decision you have made – that will be best for all three parties.
Something I noticed in connection with the project, and which was fantastic to experience, was people’s willingness to take courage and involve a complete stranger – me – in their personal reflections on where they were in life at the moment.
Something else that was interesting to experience in relation to the project
was that during the week I, who had no precondition (at least not a technical one) to bring strangers on the right track, rose to the challenge to such a degree that I could barely recognize myself Friday afternoon. There was something larger going on, something I had only a small part in. I’m talking about the energy that occurs when two or more people move forward together in a shared attempt to become more conscious. It was quite an amazing experience.
Thank you to Marc Horowitz (ineedtostopsoon.com) who inspired me to do the project.
About 50 people contacted me during that week, and the talks I had with them lasted from ten minutes to one and a half hours, if you leave out the black woman who quickly stopped and asked me the question:
Should I marry him or not? and who disappeared again, laughing, without waiting for an answer.
The issues that people came to me for guidance on were primarily existential issues. I think my life is off course, what should I do? That type of question. There were five or ten people who wanted to know what my background was to provide guidance on everything, and I told them I work as a photographer and that I had no precondition apart from a desire to try, together with the person seeking advice, to become more aware of how his or her problem could be solved. Furthermore, I said, my experience was that people often know what is wrong in their lives and that simple questions from an outsider can help provide clarity in relation to the problem.
An example of what happened during the week: Three young Muslim girls come up to me, they are teasing each other, joking, they’re obviously a little uncertain about the situation. One of the girls starts talking to me, the two other girls move a little away. The girl tells me that today she and her two friends started at the same school, but her two friends have started training with a focus on Sanitation and Food and she has started an education in architecture and urban planning. And now she’s unsure – that is what she tells me – if her study is right for her or if she had better switch to the course her friends are on.
I ask her, what would your situation be like if - and try to imagine that this scenario is real - so, how would the whole situation look if your two friends didn’t exist, they are not a part of your life, they’re gone, erased from your consciousness? If that were so, would you still consider switching to the Sanitation and Food program or would you stay on the course you have chosen - at least for a while so that you have a chance to get to know the course?
The girl said that she was actually quite interested in architecture, and today was her first day on the course and her impression of it was pretty good. So if her friends didn’t exist she'd probably, she said, stay on the course - at least for now. She could always switch courses if she found out later that she’d rather be on the course her friends had chosen.
I said, well, there you have your answer.
Stay where you are – stick with the decision you have made – that will be best for all three parties.
Something I noticed in connection with the project, and which was fantastic to experience, was people’s willingness to take courage and involve a complete stranger – me – in their personal reflections on where they were in life at the moment.
Something else that was interesting to experience in relation to the project
was that during the week I, who had no precondition (at least not a technical one) to bring strangers on the right track, rose to the challenge to such a degree that I could barely recognize myself Friday afternoon. There was something larger going on, something I had only a small part in. I’m talking about the energy that occurs when two or more people move forward together in a shared attempt to become more conscious. It was quite an amazing experience.
Thank you to Marc Horowitz (ineedtostopsoon.com) who inspired me to do the project.
About 50 people contacted me during that week, and the talks I had with them lasted from ten minutes to one and a half hours, if you leave out the black woman who quickly stopped and asked me the question:
Should I marry him or not? and who disappeared again, laughing, without waiting for an answer.
The issues that people came to me for guidance on were primarily existential issues. I think my life is off course, what should I do? That type of question. There were five or ten people who wanted to know what my background was to provide guidance on everything, and I told them I work as a photographer and that I had no precondition apart from a desire to try, together with the person seeking advice, to become more aware of how his or her problem could be solved. Furthermore, I said, my experience was that people often know what is wrong in their lives and that simple questions from an outsider can help provide clarity in relation to the problem.
An example of what happened during the week: Three young Muslim girls come up to me, they are teasing each other, joking, they’re obviously a little uncertain about the situation. One of the girls starts talking to me, the two other girls move a little away. The girl tells me that today she and her two friends started at the same school, but her two friends have started training with a focus on Sanitation and Food and she has started an education in architecture and urban planning. And now she’s unsure – that is what she tells me – if her study is right for her or if she had better switch to the course her friends are on.
I ask her, what would your situation be like if - and try to imagine that this scenario is real - so, how would the whole situation look if your two friends didn’t exist, they are not a part of your life, they’re gone, erased from your consciousness? If that were so, would you still consider switching to the Sanitation and Food program or would you stay on the course you have chosen - at least for a while so that you have a chance to get to know the course?
The girl said that she was actually quite interested in architecture, and today was her first day on the course and her impression of it was pretty good. So if her friends didn’t exist she'd probably, she said, stay on the course - at least for now. She could always switch courses if she found out later that she’d rather be on the course her friends had chosen.
I said, well, there you have your answer.
Stay where you are – stick with the decision you have made – that will be best for all three parties.
Something I noticed in connection with the project, and which was fantastic to experience, was people’s willingness to take courage and involve a complete stranger – me – in their personal reflections on where they were in life at the moment.
Something else that was interesting to experience in relation to the project
was that during the week I, who had no precondition (at least not a technical one) to bring strangers on the right track, rose to the challenge to such a degree that I could barely recognize myself Friday afternoon. There was something larger going on, something I had only a small part in. I’m talking about the energy that occurs when two or more people move forward together in a shared attempt to become more conscious. It was quite an amazing experience.
Thank you to Marc Horowitz (ineedtostopsoon.com) who inspired me to do the project.
About 50 people contacted me during that week, and the talks I had with them lasted from ten minutes to one and a half hours, if you leave out the black woman who quickly stopped and asked me the question:
Should I marry him or not? and who disappeared again, laughing, without waiting for an answer.
The issues that people came to me for guidance on were primarily existential issues. I think my life is off course, what should I do? That type of question. There were five or ten people who wanted to know what my background was to provide guidance on everything, and I told them I work as a photographer and that I had no precondition apart from a desire to try, together with the person seeking advice, to become more aware of how his or her problem could be solved. Furthermore, I said, my experience was that people often know what is wrong in their lives and that simple questions from an outsider can help provide clarity in relation to the problem.
An example of what happened during the week: Three young Muslim girls come up to me, they are teasing each other, joking, they’re obviously a little uncertain about the situation. One of the girls starts talking to me, the two other girls move a little away. The girl tells me that today she and her two friends started at the same school, but her two friends have started training with a focus on Sanitation and Food and she has started an education in architecture and urban planning. And now she’s unsure – that is what she tells me – if her study is right for her or if she had better switch to the course her friends are on.
I ask her, what would your situation be like if - and try to imagine that this scenario is real - so, how would the whole situation look if your two friends didn’t exist, they are not a part of your life, they’re gone, erased from your consciousness? If that were so, would you still consider switching to the Sanitation and Food program or would you stay on the course you have chosen - at least for a while so that you have a chance to get to know the course?
The girl said that she was actually quite interested in architecture, and today was her first day on the course and her impression of it was pretty good. So if her friends didn’t exist she'd probably, she said, stay on the course - at least for now. She could always switch courses if she found out later that she’d rather be on the course her friends had chosen.
I said, well, there you have your answer.
Stay where you are – stick with the decision you have made – that will be best for all three parties.
Something I noticed in connection with the project, and which was fantastic to experience, was people’s willingness to take courage and involve a complete stranger – me – in their personal reflections on where they were in life at the moment.
Something else that was interesting to experience in relation to the project
was that during the week I, who had no precondition (at least not a technical one) to bring strangers on the right track, rose to the challenge to such a degree that I could barely recognize myself Friday afternoon. There was something larger going on, something I had only a small part in. I’m talking about the energy that occurs when two or more people move forward together in a shared attempt to become more conscious. It was quite an amazing experience.
Thank you to Marc Horowitz (ineedtostopsoon.com) who inspired me to do the project.