This is so thought provoking - what do we want to take forward from what has come before, what is at risk of loss as we seek to build a new way of being? And beautiful photos too. Very poignant to read knowing all that is happening there.
Thank you Bonnie. What a great way to phrase that question. What is at risk of loss? And sometimes we want to lose things and then we want them back a few generations later. And Yes everytime I think about Myanmar I think about all the changes which have come about from the conflict.
This resonates with me deeply: no matter how different our backgrounds may seem, we are more similar than we think.
I too have wrestled with the dissonance between the education I received and the cultural values my upbringing attempted—sometimes unsuccessfully—to pass down to me.
Now, I find myself constantly navigating which values I want to pass on to my children and which generational traumas I am determined to break.
It’s a complex journey, not only in these globally connected times but especially for those of us raised multilingual and multicultural within immigrant families, who have since become migrants ourselves, raising yet another multicultural generation.
Hi Rachel - thank you for your thoughtful comment and for sharing your personal experience on this. I can see all the different strands in your navigation process - and agree - it is not easy.
I find I was brought up with this linear idea of progress being good and - even in more spirtual discussions we are encouraged to be the cycle breaker - and these stories don’t address the complexity and ambuity we might feel about our inheritance.
I do think culture is made up of stories and individual choices and you get to chose what you pass down and that in turn builds the new culture and traditions. Getting to that place can be a lot more complex than we are told.
This is so thought provoking - what do we want to take forward from what has come before, what is at risk of loss as we seek to build a new way of being? And beautiful photos too. Very poignant to read knowing all that is happening there.
Thank you Bonnie. What a great way to phrase that question. What is at risk of loss? And sometimes we want to lose things and then we want them back a few generations later. And Yes everytime I think about Myanmar I think about all the changes which have come about from the conflict.
This is so fascinating and really makes you think. Love the photos as well.
Thank you Sascha - so glad you enjoyed reading. It really is a beautful part of the world - especially all those colours!
This resonates with me deeply: no matter how different our backgrounds may seem, we are more similar than we think.
I too have wrestled with the dissonance between the education I received and the cultural values my upbringing attempted—sometimes unsuccessfully—to pass down to me.
Now, I find myself constantly navigating which values I want to pass on to my children and which generational traumas I am determined to break.
It’s a complex journey, not only in these globally connected times but especially for those of us raised multilingual and multicultural within immigrant families, who have since become migrants ourselves, raising yet another multicultural generation.
Hi Rachel - thank you for your thoughtful comment and for sharing your personal experience on this. I can see all the different strands in your navigation process - and agree - it is not easy.
I find I was brought up with this linear idea of progress being good and - even in more spirtual discussions we are encouraged to be the cycle breaker - and these stories don’t address the complexity and ambuity we might feel about our inheritance.
I do think culture is made up of stories and individual choices and you get to chose what you pass down and that in turn builds the new culture and traditions. Getting to that place can be a lot more complex than we are told.