RESILIENCE
THE CONCEPT OF RESILIENCE SEEMS TO MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE, IS ONE OF THE FINDINGS FROM MY RESEARCH ON RESILIENCE. FOR ME PERSONALLY, RESILIENCE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT COMBINED SET OF TRAITS IN LIFE ONE CAN HAVE, DEVELOP AND NURTURE (NEXT TO CREATIVITY AND EMPATHY). RESILIENCE ISN’T JUST ONE TRAIT; A PERSON BEING BRAVE DOES NOT COVER THE DEPTH OF THE CONCEPT OF BEING RESILIENT. IT’S AN AMALGAM OF TRAITS LIKE COURAGE, INVENTIVENESS, RESOURCEFULNESS, THE ABILITY TO SET AND MAINTAIN BOUNDARIES, AND MORE.
FURTHERMORE, I’D LIKE TO REPLACE THE COMMON NOTION OF RESILIENCE MEANING ‘BOUNCING BACK’ WITH ‘BOUNCING FORWARD’. RESILIENCE HAS MANY LAYERS. THESE IMAGES ARE A VISUAL QUEST IN SEARCH OF WHAT RESILIENCE LOOKS LIKE IN DIFFERENT PHASES OF ADVERSITY AND/OR CHALLENGE. THESE IMAGES ARE CREATED IN CONVERSATION WITH AND SUPPORTED BY AI.
