can You
understand absurd ?
ART ZINE ON THE VALUE OF UNDERSTANDING BY VANESSA SHEMANDER HON DV2005 VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS II PT: CANDICE NG FEB 2016
Absurd is always irritated with the people around him.
Absurd wastes water and soap because he always takes very long to wash up.
Absurd ignores people when they talk to him.
Absurd is disrecpectful to others’ personal space.
Absurd likes to dress like a girl and act like a girl.
Absurd is stupid, he can’t write or read well.
How do you feel about him? Is he wrong? Is he bad? Is he weird?
Absurd’s only friends are animals, and many of them are, well, absurd, like him.
Ew, why do you stink.
Why are you so dirty, Siamese.
You gotta man up, pug.
You’re really fat and short.
Why are you so dull.
You look old and wrinkly, toad.
Are Absurd’s friends in the wrong as well? They are not absurd, they are just born that way. Just like them, Absurd cannot help it.
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depression. OCD. a hearing impairment. autism. gender dysphoria. dyslexia.
In fact, there are many people in the world just like him. Waiting to be understood.
From the outside looking in, it's hard to understand. From the inside looking out, it’s harder to explain.
It’s not about accepting everything or forgiving every mistake that the person has done, but to have more perspective on where someone’s coming from. Because most of the time, we forget that there are more ways to perceiving than from our individual view, especially when communication is not always transparent. By subjecting oneself to different perspectives, letting go of judgement is much easier, and reasonable actions for improvement would then come through better.
Are you willing to understand absurdity?
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