I ran across this photograph today and was immediately taken by it. The concept is without a doubt powerful and provocative so I thought I’d use it in an entry. Some of the words and phrases that appear several times are: failure, no hope, dying alone and unloved.
If you stood in front of this board what would you write? Here’s your chance. There’s one piece of chalk left and it’s your turn to write down your fear. You notice the chalk is almost gone, just a nub of what it was before the world came along in need of a clean slate from fear. But here’s your chance, the chalk is in your hand. What will you write? What’s the most important thing today that needs to be erased? Tomorrow’s fear may be different but today, what needs to be erased today? I’ll start.
I want the small corner to the right of the photo where the word YOU stands out in blue. I’m going to go for plain white chalk.
I’d like to erase the fear that I am ugly, stupid and a laughing stock.
You’re up next……
fma
*On this entry anonymous comments are acceptable.*
I’d like to erase my fear that I will somehow still turn into a weak, selfish person like my father. I have never been this person, but I still fear I will suddenly wake up one day and be like him. I would like this fear to go away.
thanks for this,
wily
What a great idea… My greatest fear is that I’ll never be healed.
oh i want a board like that in fact i have a board like that, maybe ill set it up
My greatest fear is fear. I want to no longer be scared.
Great post (and great blog)
Torah.
alone and unloved.
I want to erase my fear of failure.
I want to erase all of my past, except I’d never get up the courage to write it out there for everyone to see. So I think I’ll settle for “Caring what others think of me.”
that i’m losing my mind.
alone, unloved, ugly, stupid and a failure
I’d like to erase my fear that I’m not strong enough, and I’ll die and no one will notice.
Being Lost.
Great picture. My greatest fear is that I will die by my own hands.
Today’s chalk color is pink. I want the left of the screen at the top by the word failure written also in pink.
I fear I’ve done nothing warrant living. That I’m stupid and a joke. Feeling so humiliated as a failure makes me want to die. Erase this today, please.
I’ll hurt him. I’ll mess up his life.
that i’ll never be anything more than what they made/wanted me to be…
im the oppisite but people think im like you
but i am ugly