Integrative Studio and Seminar ( Week 2 )

A LETTER TO MYSELF

08/8/2019

Integrative Studio – Prarthana Patil

Integrative Seminar – Kanika Sharma

I was recently asked to write a letter to my younger self. It was a powerful exercise. Thank you for the opportunity. Here is my letter.

Dear self, I know you don’t believe people when they tell you to enjoy your childhood because it goes by in a moment’s notice, but you should. Mom and dad weren’t kidding when they said your childhood is the best time of your life. It’s complicated to picture yourself ten years from now, in college, looking like an adult, but you will reach that point in a blink of an eye. My Childhood was like an beautiful picture of my life. Full of craziness and happiness. Every single moment was like a beautiful scenery of my life. Playing with my brother and sister any indoor and outdoor games was so much fun and very enjoyable and  now I don’t have even time to talk to my siblings so busy with social media and college can’t think beyond that so happiness automatically decreases. Celebrating special occasions with full excitement and my whole family like my birthday with homemade food and decorating my house with balloons, calling my childhood friends dancing, playing and enjoying with them best time of my life but now enjoying without my family with limited friends with limited things is not so enjoyable. Enjoying with dad roaming every wear in his arms and playing games with him was so loving moments and now not even having time to talk to him. I really miss my childhood and And the school days were the best days taking new dishes daily for lunch morning and mom scolding me on getting late for school. Showing my good marks and getting gifts from my parents and getting poor marks was a great fear of getting scolded by my teacher and parents.
I miss the days when I could wear princess dresses to school. I miss having picnics on the kitchen floor whenever we were given a snow day.. I miss being able to play with my Barbies anywhere I pleased. I miss riding my baby blue bike all over my neighborhood. I miss the simplicity of being a kid and you’ll know how I’ll feel ten years from now.
People told us to enjoy our innocent years, so stop trying to grow up so fast.

Love,

Your Future Self.

Dear Me,

I have  a lot of good childhood memories  with my mom but this is one of the them that really stands out in my mind.
I was 4 years old, I was very fond of all my toys that I had to play with and struggled to throw them away or give them up as I got older. I had one of my toy chair which was having air in it. I used to sit on that chair only and always play I felt like sitting on that like some queen or head of the family and hugging my mom at every moment of my happiness. Today my vehicle is most important but at that time it was my toy chair. I really miss those days and want to rewind my childhood sit on that chair all day and never come back. I Used to sit, sleep ,eat everything on my chair and with my mom. Toys leave little to the imagination and more to the split second blinks on a computer screen.
Technology is an important part of our future, but the classic toys like dolls and outdoor activities, like blowing bubbles and playing on a swing set, should always be around to show kids where their own imagination can take them. to grow up so fast.

Your loving friend, Soul.

Dear me,

I remember the first trip of my childhood when I was 6 years old. I went to Taj mahal in Agra with my mom dad and brother. That was a memorable trip for me.  We had a small camera from that I randomly clicked many pictures thinking it was a game and I did a lot of poses thinking that I will show style. I made various hairstyles, was running with my brothers and enjoying different games. Mom and dad use to scold me but I was still playing. U may feel bad but after few years you will miss this the most because they will leave you on your own. I miss that trip and the memories too. I want same thing to happen in my adult life.

Your dearest friend,
Riya Jain

We discussed the difference between letter vs email and which one’s better in today’s world. I personally feel email is faster and more efficient takes much less time than writing and posting.

I was 2 years old, and didn’t know how to walk. We went to play in the park and one of my aunt left her bangle somewhere which catches my eye because i used to get very fascinated by it. I got excited when I saw that bangle and that’s when I started walking.