03/11/2015
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It has been said that there are only two things in life that you can be 100% sure of:
If you’re born – you’re going to die.
And nothing is permanent. Everything changes all the time.
The people who you thought were going to be with you always suddenly aren’t. People you never imagined would be - suddenly are.
They break down the borders of your life by being born or by being there - when you need them.
Or they break down the borders of your country and insist THEY need you.
And they all change things.
The biggest force in the world besides nature is man’s will and desire for change.
Sometimes we long for change, we need it to come faster, because we feel stuck and can’t see or feel little differences between today and yesterday.
What’s here today may still be here tomorrow – but a little different.
Because the way you think, changes slightly without you noticing.
Or perhaps it happens suddenly, because something you never thought you’d hear from somebody’s mouth is suddenly spoken.
The way you work, shifts - because somebody tells you it has to - or they hand you a new tool and tell you to use it.
Or you discover a new of seeing things - that you never dreamed possible.
You change. Your body changes. Your surroundings change.
The government changes – and it changes things.
The world is changing. And there are big big changes going on. It seems they are fundamental changes.
Changes can be really scary. It may be changes we don’t like or want.
Faced with changes we ask ourselves: why is this happening now?
Are we, am I ready for these changes? Can I, can we handle them?
But we forget, that we are innately able to deal with change – because we do it all the time.
We all know that a photograph can create change.
That the right image of the wrong thing – can make the right people do the right thing.
It can make many people change their mind.
But how do we document change? Can it be photographed? Can it be filmed?
Can it be explained and changed into something that is not so frightening?
If we make the unknown others, the strangers – known – seen – understood – we may all be able to better overcome the changes they bring.
If we tell the stories of those who are trying to resist change, maybe we understand it’s like fending of a tsunami with an umbrella.
And it will give us the courage to embrace change.
If we tell our own story of how we dealt with big changes or chose to make them – we may inspire others.
And that’s when we realise that we’re all just a small part of the bigger picture.
Irene Greve, nov. 2015
