looking inside out & upside down
originally published on May 9, 2019 at writingwhilewhite.wordpress.com
We are ALL in transition, ALL of the time. Every SINGLE second. EVERY. ONE. Each second of the 84,600 seconds that occur in a day is different than the second before. Ergo, we ARE transition. We are CHANGE.
Whoa right?! Sit with that for a moment. Let it REALLY sink in…
You’ve already changed in the time it’s taken you to read this far…
It’s true. In some ways, or many.
It might be too much to think about being change, and change happening so fast, so let’s slow down and talk about our bodies a bit more generally. Have you heard of Crash Course? One of my favorite learning/teaching aids that can be found on youtube and patreon. Big thanks to Diane Shew for this resource. Watch this Crash Course video intro to Anatomy & Physiology… it’s only 11 minutes long… you can do it! Understanding and listening to our bodies are things we should ALL be learning about and focusing on.
If you can’t make it through the video because it isn’t closed captioned, or for another reason, here are three take-away terms relevant to our current conversation… anatomy, physiology, homeostasis… don’t know what they mean or want more clarity in understanding? dictionary.com is your friend!
When you’re ready to go deeper, this next video is called That’s Why Carbon Is A Tramp. Prefer the abbreviated version? “Keep this in mind… even the sexiest person you have ever met in your life is just a collection of organic compounds rambling around in a sac of water.” When I think of organic compounds, the visual that comes to mind is dirt or soil, that has clumps of clay, sticks and stones in it.