MY TEAM

My masterpiece revolves around Compassion and how people view it and practice it. As I went around the room I found myself making connections very quickly with my peers. 

Nakesha is doing her masterpiece on living but not existing. I found this to fit in perfectly into Compassion. As David Foster Wallace mentioned in his speech "This Is Water" we are the fish in the water not knowing what water is. We are so caught up in our world, we are so worried about living that we do not remember to actually exist. We do not remember to actually practice compassion. 

Kendall is working with Rachel and Becky for her masterpiece on Body Image. I find this topic can also be easily tied into compassion, because it relates to learning how to love yourself just the way you are and your body. I believe that we as a society need to be more understanding and compassionate about how we portray body image. If the world were more understanding about this pressing issue maybe we would have less girls with eating disorders!

Kylie and many others are working on their living scrapbook masterpiece. Their goal is to have fun, do things that they might have missed out on in the past, and make great memories with each other. I think this project captures a bit about what compassion is about because each week one person is going to teach the group how to do something for example surfing...etc. Kylie also mentioned that on their blog/website they will be posting quotes, pictures, and motivational things. These uplifting acts are certainly part of being a compassionate person. 

Lindsey and others are working on blowing stuff up! That sounds a little dangerous and totally irrelevant to compassion, but it is not to quite off. In fact Lindsey and her group will be practicing compassion.  Her group and her know and understand how tough and stressful this year has been. By acknowledging this fact they are practicing compassion. Together they want to feel better and get rid of their stress by blowing watermelons up and just having a good time together. Compassion...it is in there. 

The path toward my Masterpiece (Resources)

1. Stanford University's
CCARE (The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education)

http://ccare.stanford.edu/tag/ccare/

http://neuroscience.stanford.edu/research/programs/nsccare.html


2. CCARE Blog:
http://ccare.stanford.edu/blog/


3. The Center Of Engaged Compassion-Claremont Lincoln University

http://cec.claremontlincoln.org/

All of the websites above are absolutely amazing! I have taken some of my time to browse around on them and I am very impressed and exited that people are taking notice that compassion is needed and should be practiced. Stanford has done an incredible job because they go deeper into compassion than just the surface. They study the science and psychology of compassion. It is very interesting and can be very surprising. Something I really enjoyed about Claremont Lincoln University's website is the fact that they have articles based on events of compassion. Their consistent articles really make you think about the question or topic that is being adressed. These websites can help me on my masterpiece, because I can become educated not only on compassion on the surface, but at a deeper level. The constant flow of information in these websites is great! There is always something to learn! I want to gain a better understanding of compassion so that I may be able to give the best possible representation of what compassion is and how to practice it through my masterpiece.

Website Coming soon: 
http://yolo_compassion.wix.com