{"id":55245,"date":"2021-08-17T10:58:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T08:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/?p=55245"},"modified":"2022-08-18T17:58:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T15:58:50","slug":"the-naked-truth-inspiration-shot-august-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/en\/blog\/the-naked-truth-inspiration-shot-august-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The naked truth – Inspiration shot August 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

The naked truth<\/h1>\n

Inspiration shot August 2021<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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I took this photo in Shoreditch, London last week. Graffiti and the artists that create it represent part of the feeling and culture of many cities around the world. However, this tunnel made me feel that the layers of paint also obscure what is beneath. They obscure the original essence of the place. We always have a choice to look at the surface or try to see things as they are, rather than dressing them up, covering them up, or exaggerating things. Let’s be curious and explore what’s underneath. And look at it objectively.<\/p>\n

There is so much happening in the world, and everyone seems to feel entitled to an opinion. The saddest thing is when people get so connected to their ‘side’ or their ‘layer’ of seeing things, that they stop being objective and stop considering the thoughts, feelings, truths and perspectives of the ‘other layers’.<\/p>\n

In this inspiration shot I would like to touch on a couple of these layers and try to uncover some naked (un)truths. I’d love to hear your reactions in an email or on social media.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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White is also a color<\/h2>\n<\/div>

I recently posted what I thought was an innocent message on Facebook about being nearly run over by an aggressive cyclist in Amsterdam. The post led to a heated discussion. When I tried to address the cyclist who ran into me on a footpath, he just drove on, swore at me and called me a ‘cancer whore’!
\nHowever, the discussion that followed was not about this incident, but about my writing that the young man was ‘lightly tinted’ and had an accent.
\nI’m not going to repeat the\u00a0entire (Dutch) discussion<\/a>\u00a0here, but I noticed that some people politely asked me why I’d used those words, while others immediately accused me of discrimination, racism, and sometimes worse. I was shocked by the vehemence and fierceness of some of the reactions.
\nUsually, that means there is something to learn. About our society, about the sensitivity around certain topics and words, and of course also about myself. So I asked a few ‘lightly tinted’ friends how they experience this themselves. They introduced me to the\u00a0phenomenon of ‘white privilege’.\u00a0I was recommended to watch\u00a0the Dutch documentary ‘White is also a color’<\/a>. I also found this\u00a0list of ten examples<\/a>,\u00a0this older video experiment<\/a>\u00a0and the video below quite eye-opening. See for yourself. To be continued…<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Exposing the truth about climate<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

I’d like to ‘undress’ another big issue… The question of whether the earth is warming up or not? Google has recently offered a\u00a0time-lapse of Google Earth images of glaciers<\/a>, that objectively show what is happening to our planet\u00a0because of this warming. I was shocked to see these visuals of something that we usually only talk about. It is just one example of the damage that we are doing to the world but could be a good point to add to your next climate discussion. This is also an impressive article:\u00a0How much has humanity already changed the climate? And how much worse will it get?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>

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