Love this piece, Ellie! It’s so relatable. I’ve always found it hard to strike the right balance between working hard towards something (recovering from past traumas, goals, dreams, etc) and punishing the hell out of myself for not living up to my own unrealistic expectations. I love seeing little graphics that show things like a stick figure walking on a flat line saying “what it feels like some days to recover” and then zooming out to a larger view where that’s actually just a tiny plateau in a huge mountain climb with “what it’s actually like to recover”. You’re right—not linear! Somewhat along that vein, I loved watching Severance recently!! I had not seen the first season, but when the second came out recently, it was all I could do not to marathon watch 24/7. So good!!
thank you, Hannah! the way those graphics can rewire my brain completely...I love the one thats a spiral and when you look at it flat it looks like you're going in circles, but when you look from the side you see you're actually getting closer to the end goal with each loop! and I'm so glad you put a plug in for severance because Ive heard so much about it and just told field yesterday we've got to dive in- here's my sign!
Love this piece, Ellie! It’s so relatable. I’ve always found it hard to strike the right balance between working hard towards something (recovering from past traumas, goals, dreams, etc) and punishing the hell out of myself for not living up to my own unrealistic expectations. I love seeing little graphics that show things like a stick figure walking on a flat line saying “what it feels like some days to recover” and then zooming out to a larger view where that’s actually just a tiny plateau in a huge mountain climb with “what it’s actually like to recover”. You’re right—not linear! Somewhat along that vein, I loved watching Severance recently!! I had not seen the first season, but when the second came out recently, it was all I could do not to marathon watch 24/7. So good!!
thank you, Hannah! the way those graphics can rewire my brain completely...I love the one thats a spiral and when you look at it flat it looks like you're going in circles, but when you look from the side you see you're actually getting closer to the end goal with each loop! and I'm so glad you put a plug in for severance because Ive heard so much about it and just told field yesterday we've got to dive in- here's my sign!
Ohhh I haven’t seen that graphic! But that’s so good. Remembering that!
I can’t wait to hear how you like it!! Prepare to binge!
Won’t let post here but I’ll share it in notes, it’s a good one! Im excited & will report back on severance!