As Parker J. Palmer talks about the onstage life where he talks about influence, did they like me? How did I do? As the backstage Mr. Parker talks about intuition, value and faith (the soul) which is my take the spirituality side. As we grow older and in school, we learn that we are teaching not show our backstage side which is what the guy talks about during the video because if we reveal our true self, it could be dangerous.
I can relate very closely to what Mr. Parker is saying because he is practically saying we need not show true self and to always keep a part of your true inner self of ourselves. We soon find ourselves in a Circle in which we can find a balance between both onstage and backstage and keep the people in which we trust we keep them in our backstage life. The Mobius Strip says we need both onstage and backstage to help create the Mobius Strip, because the Mobius Strip as Mr. Parker quoted is what the wholeness of which we are born, We originally are born with both of these ideas and face the challenges of everyday life to keep both of them balanced.
I agree with Mr. Parker views that we have to find the balance of our outer and inner selves to know what to show to the world but I also struggle with Mr. Parker saying we are born with the Mobius Strip. I think the outer world has a big influence on how and who we should be for the onstage because for us to act a certain way we would need an influence and within that influence, it helps create the onstage life. I only show my true self to a very few certain amount of people; I am very careful due to the main reason I want to avoid getting hurt, disappointed. I would only keep a small group of people in the group that I wouldn't see doing much harm. Nevertheless, human beings will hurt and disappoint no matter what and as Bob Marley quote "The truth is everyone is going to hurt you, You just got to find the ones worth suffering. As with that quote, I feel the Mr. Parker connection, we as human beings are content when we find the perfect balance within our Mobius strip and knowing who to show our onstage and backstage too.
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ReplyDeleteI too enjoyed the video describing the Mobius strip. I found it intriguing to see how he compared human development to a strip of paper with two different colors. I found this video to be an eye opener for me. Instead of concealing who I am, I am encouraged to reveal both sides of me, opting to play less of a "role" for the public view. I find myself content with who I am (flaws and all) and find none of myself to be intentionally harmful or degrading to anyone. I have also learned that our expectations of people and situations can set us up for disaster, I tend to let things happen (I am pretty sure I am not in control of others any way). I use facts of experience to make a lot of decisions or use as reasons why I do things in a particular manner. I can sometimes be a creature of habit (especially in school: eat, sleep, study) producing the same outcomes. I like that you used Bob Marley's quote, he was a very insightful man, perhaps way ahead of his time. He has quotes from interviews as well as from his music that still apply to the here and now. I would hope for the future to be less concerned of what others think of me and learn to connect with them using common experiences, interests, and goals.
I think as people we are so afraid to show who we really are. This is fear built on society perception of itself, since we all make up society. The purest form of who we are often gets covered up and we allow ourselves to circle and become introverted. The figure eight is the perfect representation of how we should be at all times. I think that the strip should spin a little too at the same time. This way we are constantly at our souls best!!!
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you connect so well with the mobius strip. Your analysis was very interesting. This stood out to me, "We soon find ourselves in a Circle in which we can find a balance between both onstage and backstage and keep the people in which we trust we keep them in our backstage life." May people view the Strip as merely two sided and fail to see the cyclical nature of our identity. For many of us our identity throughout development goes through a pattern of different identities we share with the world.
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