Liz Davies Supporting survivors
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Responding to trauma
Showing up
Where language leads when mixed in narratives.
My discovery of the word sententious has ironically enthused my sentiment towards how words and language are used. Intent also becoming a prompt. Reconstructive and reflective thinking around “tent” leads to :-Tent attentiveTent ableAttent able.Attend able.Safe Tent sense activeTent active.Contentious, contentmentOstentation.Noting that sentenatious has made the journey from “full of wisdom” to “babbling”.A temple mentalityContinue reading “Where language leads when mixed in narratives.”
In construction
WIPIT When attempting to establish composure the hope can be for the approach of a genuine contact aware of your context. A hope that over time can wain. A cultural gap can exist due to the lived experiences of the community. A community itself that is attempting to compose itself so it can be waryContinue reading “In construction”
Quality of communication
It is easy to presume that a message will be received and understood without any confusion. However, the presumption willfully ignores any possibility of dissonance that may occur in the process. The quality of communication is dependent on many parameters all of which are not strictly controllable. As with any system of control validation processesContinue reading “Quality of communication”
Structuring a path
A poverty of resonance and a wealth of dissonance creates a challenge to find a supportive context or places demands upon the present structure of resilience.Willful ignorance and neglect create abusive cultures. Supportive cultures are not necessarily endemic in the instutional framework, leaving advocacy as a priceless resource, when discovered.Common lines of understanding and wisidomContinue reading “Structuring a path”
Seeking a path of resonance
I am prompted by an experience of suddenly being conscious again, after having slept, in a mindset that is hard to control. It is apparent that a combination of mental, emotional and physical dissonance has demanded the need to be conscious rather than unconscious. Forced from internal processing to external expression, reaction and response.A gentleContinue reading “Seeking a path of resonance”
Cynical choreography
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A story to tell
Storyteller
For every citizen
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