what's your wisdom?

All of My Days from Kate Swoboda on Vimeo.

When I made this video, it was after a period of sadness that had been really tough to wrestle with. When I was making the video, one of the questions that guided me was “What’s your wisdom?” with “What can you say you know for sure?” coming in as a close second. I consider asking these questions to be a sort of tool that is used during hard times. “Okay, I have no idea what to do about ABC. But what’s my wisdom? What tools do I have? What can I say I know for sure?”

This isn’t about speaking THE truth, some kind of absolute–just yours.

I’m working on a new video, and this time, I’d like to open up those questions a bit more, and include you.

What’s your wisdom?

Big, small, whatever–what’s your wisdom?

If you’d like to participate, here are the details:

1.) Please upload a picture to your Flickr account or website–upload it in some way that I can download it. VERY IMPORTANT: Please don’t email anything directly to me as an attachment.

2.) Come here, to this entry, and post in the comments. Post a link to the picture you’d like me to use, as well as your bit or bits of wisdom. Keep the bits to just a sentence or two at most.

3.) Another option: Email me with the link to the picture (again, please don’t send any attachments; they will be deleted by my spam catcher) and share your wisdom. Put “WISDOM” in the subject line of the email.

When will the video be ready? I’d like to receive everything by May 1st, and then start putting things together and hopefully have it ready by May 7th.

How will I get credited in the video? I’ll put your picture and words together, and use a first name last initial format. I.e., “Quote here,” — Kate S.

I’m so genuinely excited to see what people send through. Many of my Courageous Year participants will be participating in this project! If this idea resonates with you, please pass along the link! I’d really love to see as many people participate as possible. Can you imagine the kind of video that we would collectively create, what a wonderful lift it could be for any of us, or for someone else, to view on a rough day?

~ ~ You matter. ~ ~ Your voice deserves to be heard. ~ ~ You are courageous. ~ ~