Is seeing yourself through the eyes of others your default setting? Are you highly attuned to the ways you're perceived? Same, baby. Same! In this episode, Caitlin tells us about the practice of self-portraiture as a tool for generating self-reflection/care/awareness/compassion for ourselves. There are plenty of reasons people resist this kind of witnessing, but, as we talk about here, it might also be a powerful way to take care of our micro and macro communities.
Tune In to Hear Up Talk About:
👀 Perceiving ourselves versus perceiving ourselves being perceived.
⁉️ The workshop moment Rebekah realized some people move through world wholly unaware of how others perceive them. (What?!)
🚫 Reasons people resist or feel hesitant to "self-gaze."
🪩 A broad set of mediums we can use to create space for "self gaze."
⏳ The value of "being with yourself in it" versus the final product.
😭 Caitlin's reflection on the moment when they took their first self-portrait ™️.
📷 What Rebekah told a recently disabled college student about self-acceptance.
✨ The counter-intuitive collective result of our "navel gazing."
Mentioned In Today's Episode:
John Berger's Ways of Seeing
Our episode with Kate Bingaman Burt when she talks about her daily drawing practice (including the time she illustrated her credit card bills every month).
Our episode with Cody Cook-Parrott where they talk about their year of daily dance videos.
Rebekah's Instagram live chat with Kelle and Lainey Hampton
Andrea Gibson's poem "Tincture" that ends with the line "Tell us again about goosebumps./Tell us again about pain."
As Always:
Check out Caitlin and Rebekah's Book Shop! Here you can find every book mentioned in our episodes, as well as a few additional faves.
Use this link to get a 25% discount on a PokPok subcription! And if you haven't listened yet, check out our interview with PokPok creators, Esther and Melissa.
We would love to hear from you! Have you practiced any kind of self-portraiture? Tell us about it!
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