This Week’s Prompt: 20–26.07
All things resilience.
Good morning/afternoon/evening, now and forever!
Before I get into this week’s prompt, I’d like to give a big shout-out to Devieka Bopiah and her new project called “Being Beyond”. Here’s a short description on what it is about:
Being Beyond started as a fun activity amongst two friends to dress up at home and click magazine cover worthy photographs. One loved sarees (Indian garment for women) and make up, the other comfortable dresses and minimum make up. The only condition agreed on — no selfie, no smile. That’s when they realized how difficult it was to give up control of the camera and be in control of their own mind and body. Going past their discomfort, they pushed their limits and did it!
Distorted societal constructs were discussed and they decided upon how to cross over to a space where you come from choice and preference vs expectation and demand, especially if it comes to what you feel, think or look.
Word spread amongst family and friends, which is when the thought of a video was conceived.
Being Beyond understands where the world is at today. We see the struggle people face to be defined and acknowledge who they really are and who they want to be. We believe in going beyond, to a safe space which exists within all of…
