{"id":1967,"date":"2024-01-07T17:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T17:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/somethinwong.nl\/?p=1967"},"modified":"2024-01-25T12:55:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T12:55:22","slug":"curacao-setting-intentions-the-great-slowdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somethinwong.nl\/?p=1967","title":{"rendered":"curacao 2024: the great slowdown \/\/ setting intentions"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1967\" class=\"elementor elementor-1967\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12defdb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12defdb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ff4042\" data-id=\"8ff4042\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9d1ee9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9d1ee9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>it seems like every version of reality I pop into warps the way I perceive the passing of time; and in cura\u00e7ao, time seems to go at slower-than-half speed. and I&#8217;m not talking about how people don&#8217;t seem to hustle like in the world I just left&#8230;I&#8217;m talking about how it seems like you can fit more experiences &#8211; do more things &#8211; in the span of 24 hours on an island where there&#8217;s &#8220;nothing to do&#8221; than in a bustling city with endless options for things to do.\u00a0<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">we&#8217;ve been in cura\u00e7ao for 36 hours&#8230;and it already feels like forever. it&#8217;s that feeling of familiarity: despite all the practical\/social things yet to discover &#8211; favourite spots to visit, friends to make, how to take the bus, where the nearest pharmacy is, etc &#8211; it already feels like home.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">but that makes sense in my case. cura\u00e7ao seems to be a place where elements of my previous lives collide:<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">\u00a0walk into any supermarket and you see the north american products I used to eat in canada, the dutch products &#8211; literally from albert heijn and jumbo,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">the island\/import prijsverhoudingen as in japan (affordable fish, astronomical prices for produce), the mengelmoes of cultural backgrounds akin to that in malaysia, and all the tropical fruits I used to pluck from my grandparents&#8217; backyard.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b4378a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b4378a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40ef0c7\" data-id=\"40ef0c7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90640ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"90640ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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I made an excel sheet and a schedule, and a packing list for materials&#8230;and tried to figure out how to optimise the social value of these projects &#8211; because if they didn&#8217;t serve a dual purpose, it wouldn&#8217;t be efficient. couldn&#8217;t I also try to tie in something psychology and\/or food related? try to make a connection with my previous lives? and of course, these projects had to be continuable, they had to have growth potential, be a foundation to build upon&#8230;\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">and then I went to visit <a href=\"https:\/\/schunck.nl\/museum\/agenda\/levenslang-10-jaar-david-bade-in-heerlen\">david in heerlen,<\/a> got reminded of what the whole point of going to cura\u00e7ao was, and promptly let go of all of these plans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">&#8220;waarom ga je niet eerst gewoon kijken, voelen?&#8221; he said, and he was right. it&#8217;s a tendency of mine, to get so caught up orchestrating the possible futures that I forget about the &#8220;now&#8221;. for a large portion of my life, there has always been someone telling me I&#8217;m lazy and aimless, causing me to develop an addiction to productivity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">yes, all you can art taught me that you can get a <\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1em;\"><b>lot<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\"> done in 5 weeks, but it also taught me the importance of play and how to let my emotions and my personal &#8216;noodzaak&#8217; guide my creative process. my <\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1em;\"><b>personal<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">\u00a0noodzaak, not how I could use my art to be of service to others &#8211; but how, by making what I want to make for myself, others could also benefit from joining me in my world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">it was really just &#8216;les aquarel&#8217; all over again: the more I try to control how the water flows across the page, the more frustrated I get and the more rigid and emotionless the painting looks. the more I let go of trying to control the water, the more organically the painting comes together, allowing more space for the (unconscious) expression of emotions. and emotions = connection, which is why I&#8217;m doing this whole art thing in the first place!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">so what&#8217;s the new plan? it&#8217;s simple, really: this is a continuation of childhood #5, the childhood that began on &#8216;ayca island&#8217; last summer. my inner child, pipje, gets to take the lead and find out who they are and what they want to be when they grow up. new childhood = new starting conditions, an opportunity to challenge the assumptions I&#8217;ve collected from my previous childhoods.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">what if, for example, I raised myself to put myself first? do what I want (as long as I don&#8217;t hurt anyone in the process) and not care so much about being useful to others?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">what if I taught myself that it&#8217;s okay to want and need help? that sometimes, it&#8217;s okay to &#8216;be an inconvenience&#8217; because most people don&#8217;t keep a tally sheet and are actually just as happy to help others as I am?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">what if I raised myself to be okay with being inefficient for the sake of enjoying and learning from the process?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">what if I made taking breaks and naps a regular part of my day &#8211; not because I&#8217;m being lazy, but because I&#8217;m practicing self-care?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">and what if I raised myself to understand that productivity and performance &#8211; the key determinants of someone&#8217;s value in our capitalistic world &#8211; aren&#8217;t all they&#8217;re cracked up to be?\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">in short, I&#8217;m here for a mindset reset. I&#8221;m here to learn and play and rest. to follow my heart, come back to my core, remember who I am and figure out who I want to be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">the rest will take care of itself &#8211; it always does.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>it seems like every version of reality I pop into warps the way I perceive the passing of time; and in cura\u00e7ao, time seems to go at slower-than-half speed. and I&#8217;m not talking about how people don&#8217;t seem to hustle like in the world I just left&#8230;I&#8217;m talking about how it seems like you can &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/somethinwong.nl\/?p=1967\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;curacao 2024: the great slowdown \/\/ setting intentions&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ibb-2024","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethinwong.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethinwong.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethinwong.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethinwong.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethinwong.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1967"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/somethinwong.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2090,"href":"https:\/\/somethinwong.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967\/revisions\/2090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethinwong.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethinwong.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethinwong.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}