OK so lets journey
together – A horrible event as occurred
and as a surviving citizen I will be evacuated to a new world. I may have to remain in the new world
FOREVER. I am only allowed to take three
items with me. Oh goodness.
These exercises are
always so hard. Because frankly I want to take everything even though I realize
how impractical that would be. I am going to reiterate this is a fantasy world
so some of my answers will be fantastical.
Item one: The Harry
Potter Series. I count this as one item and not seven because it is several
things in one. I would take these because Harry Potter is one of the most
important books in my life (so far). It represents my cohort as the Potter
Generation. I could share the books with my new community, although I’m fairly
certain they’ll be familiar with harry Potter as it has been published in like
thousands of languages.
Item two: Family
photo album. This should be obvious. I want to be able to look at pictures and
have memories. I could also use them to explain 21st century United
States culture to my new world. Although vacation photos often put friends to
sleep so perhaps this theory needs to be tested.
Deep Breath. Final
item. What will it be? My pillow? Bear? Magazines? My phone? My journal and
pen? My computer? Or something super practical like toiletries?
Item three: Ok so I’ve
decided on two items. Think of them as Item 3a and 3b. I will bring my bible
and my ipod. Yes these seem to conflicting items but they aren’t. Plus I have a
skinny ipod touch so I can slip it inside my bible. I will need my Bible
because it is God’s message to me and I will want it. Scripture has gotten
through some of the worst times in my life. I will need it. My ipod is a spiritual
partner because I have a lot of Christian music on my ipod and music is one of
those things that can reach my soul in my like 30 seconds. Also my iPod has a
few movies to entertain me. It has two games. It has over 4,000 songs to share
with my new community. I will teach them about Disney, Eminem, Glee, Madonna,
Taylor Swift, Motown, and other musical styling of my time.
If upon arrival in
the new world (I am beginning to imagine it as an a mix of old west and Cambodian
village) I am told there was a space problem and I only allowed one item and I must
leave the other two items I would go through all the stages of grief and then I
would stew in my emotions before picking one. Once the dust has settled I would
choose my Bible and iPod. It would kind of be cheating because my iPod has 4
out of 7 Harry Potter audiobooks and it has pictures of my family on it.
(maniacal laugh at scamming the system)
So what have I
learned from all this? I am a semi materialistic person who is excited about
the prospect of teaching a new world about my culture.
Koni
ReplyDeleteWe had two items alike, the photos and the bible. Pictures are important to me because they tell a story and I can go to them on days that I am not feeling my best. In my home I have a memory wall. I have dedicated it to family members that were close to me that have passed away. Whenever I start to think about them more than usually I go to my wall in my office and I look at the pictures and remember we did special things or special events.
Koni,
ReplyDeleteI also decided to take photos and the Bible. Memories are important and a individual's faith is very important too. I started making photo books and passing it out to family members as Christams gifts. I think memories is a great gift and shouldn't be forgotten.