I wonder what message this says in regards to my thinking patterns. I chose this video because I thought it was interesting and if you watch it, I hope you find it interesting too. I like descriptive words that I can see or imagine in my mind... I try and write this way as well. I am also learning that some cultures write and or speak in what is referred to as a web... a spiders web. Wherein all points of the web connect and there is origin with no end...
I have noticed that when I listen to music I tend to apply the right brain and when I write in silence I use the left side of my brain more. When I feel I need creative input I turn on music and listen to my intuition. When I am balancing my bank account the process is more in a linear manner paying attention to details!
If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of
spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. All
things are connected. —Chief Seattle
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This is the third time I am trying to post here... I am going to try and maintain some sort of mental stability while posting for the fourth time! I am going to visit my spirit, body, and mind as one. I am attaching two videos that I believe beautifully coincide with the reading. I will attempt to summarize the article at this point but, I will say that it certainly touched me deeply and that this is an area within social work that I hope to better understand and grow.
The
article Moving from Colonization: A Native American Perspective on
Wellness! The high level of unmet needs for Native Americans absolutely
deserves an explanation. I think the article does a good job in pointing
out where social work needs to improve. I will sum up with the
conclusion of the article: "Social work is a profession ethically
committed to providing effective services (NASW,2000). Yet, despite good
intentions, the services provided by mental health professionals have
failed to adequately address the needs of Native Americans (Harris et
al., 2005). As currently constructed, the Western counseling project
delivers services that are often ineffective and function a s a vehicle
for colonization (Coates et al., Gone, 2004; Walls et al., 2006).
"In
light of the situation, it is time to consider transforming service
provision, rebuilding it upon Native understanding of reality (Whitbeck,
2006). Instead of addressing secular Western frameworks up in
culturally competent garb, it is time to construct Native practice
modalities from the ground up. New helping models built on a Native
presuppositional foundation rather than an Enlightenment
presuppositional foundation must be constructed."
I am truly enjoying the book Peacemaking Circles. I love people
coming together as equals; no one person is more important or less important
than the other. Such a simple thought that holds such brilliance. Having respect
for all and all things…a beautiful design.
I found chapter three "Why I Write" interesting at the get go... I hadn't really thought about my own personal reasons for writing in a long time. My third grade school teacher required daily journal writing, I don't remember if we wrote in class or at home however, I started keeping personal journals up until I was around 13 years old. I stopped writing and keeping journals then because my mother read my private writings and I was disciplined for secrets that I thought would only belong to me. When Timothy McCarthy referenced what his grandmother might say, "unfit for polite company" I immediately remembered the harsh judgment I had experienced as a teenager. He goes on to say that he suspects this might be why so many people do not keep one. (pg.28) Somewhere I read later in life that "only a fool writes stuff down" ...As an adult I think journaling can be an important tool to get to know oneself.
I believe writing has a tremendous amount of personal power. I write lists, goals, quotes, things I want to remember, poems, but, I have not written anything for public influence (on purpose anyway). I like the aspect of being of the world but not in it (as Timothy McCarthy says) when writing!
