Saturday, April 7, 2007
"Happiness" Ideas
After reading the article on "Happiness 101" a few ideas came to mind on how I could relate the content in a photo: take a shot of friends genuinely having fun possibly in an outdoor scene, maybe in a park, just horseplaying with each other, truly enjoying each other's company. Another idea was to show two friends engaged in a phone conversation and having their facial/body expressions show that they're really enjoying their conversation - possibly a very intense conversation. One other idea that came to mind was to show donation of some sort- kind of like clothing donation or even showing one person giving clothing (like a warm folded sweater) to another that has better use for it. I just thought of another idea of planting flowers - not too certain of where I'd go with that idea but it has potential.
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The article is partially about what defines happiness. It does describe "the building blocks of happiness as optimsim, gratitude, mindfulness, hope, spirituality." But it si also about whether happiness can and should be taught in a classroom. the article describes the tension between science and self-help.
Your ideas would show happiness either from doing good or interaction with others but how can you introduce the idea of whether happiness is a state or a skill. How do you express the conflict in the article which isn't directly about happiness but if happiness can or should be an academic subject. the author seems to think some people get a lot out of these courses but also that the courses so narrowly proscribe a set course that not everyone will fit into.
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