A Thought:
“In both instances, [people] have become entirely private, that is, they have been deprived of seeing and hearing others, of being seen and being heard by them. They are all imprisoned in the subjectivity of their own singular experience, which does not cease to be singular if the same experience is multiplied innumerable times. The end of the common world has come when it is seen only under one aspect and is permitted to present itself in only one perspective.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Human Condition
An Action:
Day 12: LTLYM Assignment #68: Feel the news
“Go to [ https://www.pbs.org/show/newshour/ ] and watch the current show. When the segment is over, choose someone from the news who made an impression on you. Imagine that you are them, and act out a moment of their day today. Choose an ordinary moment, one without dialogue, when they are alone - maybe the moment after they hang up the phone, or before they go to sleep. It doesn't matter what they are doing, only that you try to feel what it feels like to be them today, given what you know about their life right now. Take a picture of this moment, with the help of a self-timer or a friend. Don't bother dressing up like them, don't worry if you aren't the same race or gender as them. (And don't choose going to the bathroom, everyone else will do that.) Send the caption for the photo in an email - it should include the relevant news, for example:
Monday, August 13, 2007: After Resigning as Presidential Advisor, Carl Rove Looks into The Refrigerator
Or: Monday, August 13, 2007: Kim Kyung-ja, One of Two South Korean Hostages Freed In Afghanistan Today, Takes Off Her Shoes
D O C U M E N T A T I O N > Make a photograph and give it a descriptive, concise caption.” Send to friends@stoveworks.org
Natalie R
Portland, Oregon USA
From Original LTLYM Assignment
30 May 2008- After speaking out about high global food prices and their relevance to biofuel development, Kemal Dervis fixes himself a bowl of soup.