Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Big Idea brainstorming

A.
Big Idea: Observing the beauty in life/things that make us human
Examples: laughter, bare skin, smiles, tears, music, heart beats, hair, long car rides with the windows down, sunlight, wind, clear blue skies, rainy days, expression (angry faces, surprised faces, sad faces, happy faces, humorous faces), loud busy city, tranquil country side, holding hands, unexpected jestures of kindness, food, talking about life with a wise elderly, lips, collarbones, religon (buddhist temple, mosque, church etc.), protesting, rock concert, dancing carelessly, running around, water, swimming, hugs, sobbing, sound of a creek, singing....

B.
What is beauty to me?
What is beauty to others?
Are we still as human as we were centuries ago, or has time changed our behavior?
What little things are there to appreciate in life?
Do we take these things for granted?
Do we neglect being true to being human because of societal standards? (speaking at free will, pursuing our passions, nurturing our families etc..)
What is the difference between the stereotypical beauty and the word beauty itself?
What are really important things in peoples' life/what do people live for?
Is there a limit to our thoughts, beliefs, feelings?
How free are we? Mind, body, and soul

C.
Things that make us human:
love
freedom
emotion (fear, anger, happiness, surprise, pain, jealousy, craziness)
thought
lying
conforming
growing
how we make ourselves a home
art (music, painting etc)
writing
living in an alive world (grass, trees, animals etc)
making alive things dead (wooden tables, paper, cooking etc)
destroying what's beautiful in the eyes of others/disrespecting eachother
pride/believing in something passionately
spontaniety (screaming out a sunroof, climbing things, tickling, weirdness)
being strange and different from eachother, yet being the same
words/language
chaos/violence
pain/injury/blood
time


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