Daily Nourishment for October 8, 2024: Mining Your Memories with Guidance from Mary McCampbell
Daily Nourishment Read Time: 40 seconds
Pause/Prompt/Practice Time: 15-20 minutes
Pause.
Watch this short scene from Cameron Crowe’s autobiographical movie Almost Famous.
Prompt.
Take five minutes to write about the way that the music played in the tour bus seemed to affect the mood of the group. Focus on remembered body language, facial expressions, images of sadness and joy.
Practice.
Take ten minutes to brainstorm on paper, mining your memories for a time when a work of art (a song, a story, a painting, a film) impacted a relationship.
Did you share a joyful or painful moment when listening to a song together with a person or a group? Did a conversation after a movie strike up a new friendship? Did the exhibition you went to with someone help you to see their perspective on reality a bit more clearly?
Write about it!
Want More?
Watch the last five minutes of The Breakfast Club and pay attention to the way that the music signifies the change in relationships, both newness and loss.
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The Pauses, Prompts, and Practices for this week are from Mary McCampbell and were originally shared before Daily Nourishment offerings were posted online.
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