FUTURE Adults

The system connected us; we all had some of the information/expertise, but we were unaware of the potential. One morning, Metti Löfberg told me that Paavo Malinen's colleague had a model named "Future View" that we complemented and added to the systemic part. The rest, as we say, is history; the system connected the dots, and you read the story below.

"Join our new workshop project that focuses on creating ways of participation and bringing together young people in vulnerable situations or otherwise in need to build their self-esteem.

The project is FUTURE Adult, about "releasing your inner YOU."

The project aims to unite young individuals interested in photography, help them make friends, and build their self-esteem. We are trying to find new ways to look at the future in a hopeful and determined way.

We have learned that many young people struggle with expressing themselves through words.

We need to help them find words to talk about their lives and see the world through other eyes.

It has four stages:

Planning of three photos that can use any visual effects. The first photo represents the Past. The second photo depicts the current time, the Present. The third photo illustrates the Future in a hopeful manner. Every participant plans three pictures or has someone else take them for them. They can be in the photographs themselves or take photos of something meaningful to them.

Shooting the three photos in the city means that any part of the city is cultural heritage somehow but used in this context to help them. The photographing can take time until they locate what represents their three stages.

The exhibition. In the third stage, the participants create a photo exhibition like one in a museum. Three walls are organized into past, Present, and Future. The participants see the show before anyone else.

The self-portrait. After the participants have seen everyone's photos, they gather to discuss them in a group.

And now you have made a click and visualize where the systemic Past, Present, and Future exercise fits on Systemic Constellations. "Positioning ourselves and getting information" With a simple exercise, beautifully transformed and made more creative, appealing and less dense and heavy like regular constellations (Vania Magallhaes - www.addmeaning.pt )

In future cooperation with the National Gallery of Slovenia, Michel Mohor (Curator and educator) gave me the photo that illustrates this flyer (Carles I), and I think it fits perfectly with the concept.

He opened the workshop concept to the world of art.

"After this, each participant takes (or has someone to make) a self-portrait representing how they feel after seeing the photos. (If the group wants to, they can put the portraits for display and open the exhibition for others to see.)"

At https://eduagility.nl, when we train the facilitators, we use an alternative method: the Golden Circle structure connected to life. The idea is to get a broader vision of the What, How, Why, and For What of their life purpose.

Facilitators are asked to cover the inner circles with photographs from magazines or newspapers.

Given feedback with images is more potent than posting it with words.

We noticed people express their feelings and emotions better. The journey begins.

The second step of the training is to create their own images of the Past, Present, and Future

It works very well. I think the theme of getting young people to express themselves through a photograph works well, and even more so, it helps them understand the power of an image and all that can be shown through it.

What makes me wonder (if I understood correctly) is whether to ask the kids to make a positive picture of the future. Suddenly, that is where you could see, if left open, the possible conflicts, concerns, or fears about the future.

I found the group setting, discussion, and possibilities regarding the video very interesting, which are many and emotionally charged. To accompany the creative process of the young person, to accompany him/her in looking for and realizing that picture, to understand what it is that moves him/her, what S/he wants to express/share on an image... I find it very juicy and attractive; there is a theme! I see it as a lovely process.

I think it would be interesting to be closer to the young people (like we did with the youngsters

from Slovenia or with Isidora from Serbia) to listen to their stories and see their concerns and needs more closely.

I have never been a straightforward human being to understand.

Perhaps I am too deep, contradictory, and diverse, and few people

in the contemporary world have the time or inclination to look beyond the obvious.

One YOU represents your past, but when you look back, there is no past because the past is a memory experience located in your brain. Your brain is on your head, keeping the long-term memory, where the past is hosted and, therefore, part of the Present.

Another YOU represents the Present, do you know who YOU are?

A third one represents the Future.

Does the Future exist? Or is it just merely a projection of wishes, dreams, fears, and expectations or even an unknown paradigm for YOU?

The fourth one represents YOU.

From which point of view do you want to see your LIFE?

As Vania says: same appearance but many differences and at least, there is always a different angle essential to bring the child to the balanced adult together for a new YOU!

Colourful, 100% practical with many takeaways and give in.

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