If you're on this blog, that means that somewhere you've seen this image. Which makes me more than happy because that means that this simple little image at least managed to intrigue a few people.
Let me fill you in before asking anything else of you though.
I am a tenth grader at Baltimore City College High School, and we've been told to create a project that includes both something palpable, and an essay including research collected from that palpable aspect. Although, this is a project I've been wanting to carry out for a while now.
It started about half way through my freshman year when my friend Bee and I started talking about how we wished we could come up with a symbol or sign of sorts that would inspire people, or at least make them think. So during one long math class, the infinity symbol with the words "and yet" came to mind.
The concept of infinity has always been something we were both completely fascinated with, and the words "and yet" were from an interview I'd seen on Oprah with Elie Wiesel (the author of Night) that struck me and still do to this day. Although unfortunately I cannot find a clip of the interview or sound bites anywhere.
Anyways, what I'm asking you to do is complete whatever thought came to mind when you saw the image. What obstacles have you overcome despite all odds? What odd contradictions in life make it exactly that- life?
I know this is a broad question, but I truly appreciate any and all responses. I'm not asking for anything long or wordy- simply whatever comes to mind.
Please include the city that you in live in along with your response, as it's part of my research.
- Julia DiMauro
=]
90 comments:
and yet... the world keeps on turning.
and yet she was still searching for one that could fix her.
-towson, maryland/andover, mass
I'm almost done.
-Baltimore, MD
www.acphoto.net
and yet...its still missing
germantown MD
I love you anyway...
- Ithaca. NY
and yet somehow they continued on knowing full well what they had done.
-bethesda, MD
And yet... to live for the here and now is enough.
~Molly M.
what was the reason for our actions?
baltimore, md
and yet...we keep living...
- Baltimore, MD
I still believe in God, despite everything in the world pointing me the other way.
Boston, MA
and yet... we can all still laugh.
-kensington, MD
and yet, though life loops in endless permutations of patterns, one word, one thought, is enough to break out of the cycle.
Washington, D.C.
...people still break over and over again.
Baltimore, MD
and yet... even the heroes don't understand everything. But I think God does.
Fairfax, VA
and yet, I'll never find the missing piece.
-Woodland Hills, CA
there are infinite possibilities, and yet we limit ourselves, in our thoughts and actions.
-Kensington, MD
keep working hard because if you try you can succed
it all comes back to the start.
AND YET, regardless of how far our society has advanced and spent time analyzing itself, we still face the same problems over and over and over.
and yet ... there's no turning back.
-UMBC
and yet...the things they love are never forgotten.
-Bethesda, MD
and yet we cannot learn from our mistakes.
-Boult
oh shit i copied aaron, whoops
and yet, even if you have everything, "you can't take it with you."
-Springfield, VA
and yet... we are so tiny.
So much food is sent to landfills every day..... and yet we still fail to feed the hungry
-olympia, wa
And yet time will still roll on.
- Las Vegas, NV
And yet....my mind is still curious for more.
Baltimore, Maryland
And yet I don't fit any of the tidy descriptions.
Whoops... the comment above is from Baltimore, MD.
and yet...i don't stop, because everything would change
bethesda, md
and yet there's work to be done
Am I allowed to elaborate on my answer?
A high-ranking US general, Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., coalition commander in the Persian Gulf war, said;
"Any soldier worth his salt should be anti-war. And yet there are things still worth fighting for."
So when I heard the "and yet" as a prompt, I cannot help but automatically finish it. So...
And yet there are things still worth fighting for.
and yet we still love
and yet...we live for just a short period of time.
And yet - despite all the love inherent in humanity and the beauty most of humankind can find in the natural world - we continue to wage wars out of greed, fear, and hate as well as raze, burn, or drain the life's blood of ecosystems in the name of progress and short-term gain.
and yet...i still smile.
We get beaten down, depressed, and lonesone, and yet the simple chemicals making up the complexity that is a human being force us to reduce bitterness, regenerate our well being, and strive to improve that of others. We are nature's most perfect creation, wether we believe it or not.
And yet...
we're still okay.
and yet... that boy she had been in love with since day one, had yet to say 'i love you too' back.
and yet nothing ever really ends
bethesda MD
and yet, the best it yet to come
Baltimore,MD
and yet...why?
and yet...grass is still grass
And yet...I will not shut up
and yet.. this feeling never goes away
and yet...this may not last, but this is now.
And yet... I'm still hungry.
Baltimore
i can't undo my past. it happened.
and yet...
im still fighting it.
-kensington, MD
and yet.... we always put ourselves back together.
and yet...the friends and people we thought we lost were there all along.
Catonsville, md
We see hundreds or thousands of days, the sun shining from the east and the moon hanging in the evening; and yet, every tme it's different, still beautiful.
and yet life is the greatest dream of all.
--anywhere
and yet... we still try to please those who are shouldn't really matter.
and yet... i still have not learned my lesson.
- balitmore, MD
and yet... we're all looking for the same thing.
baltimore maryland
"All sin already carries the divine forgiveness in itself, all small children already have the old person in themselves, all infants already have death, all dying people the eternal life."
From Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
and yet, everything has within itself the potential to be anything.
none of it will matter in 1000 years
baltimore
and yet ... i know this love is real.
petaluma, california
When I first read this the first thing that came to mind was that "And yet we seem bigger then infinity". What is meant by this is that when with those whom you love you feel bigger then time and space and epically happy. infinity is as big as you get and yet my happiness feel bigger.
and yet...what can be broken can be fixed.
and yet...people like you may always be blind.
and yet...i'm still confused.
and yet... hsm 3
and yet we can never accomplish everything we want to
sorry the previous one was from bethesda
and yet... nothing can ever be perfect.
~Baltimore, Md
And yet... there is always more.
(Cincinnati Ohio)
And yet... We continue to pick ourselves up and move forward.
-TORONTO, ONTARIO (CANADA FTW).
and yet...no one knows the whole truth.
and yet...there's still a ray of hope that I can start over and that I can fix my past mistakes by a new beginning.
...for once in my life I saw what I wanted and took a bite.
...i'm scared i'll never know what being loved feels like.
...everyday i walk into that school is one less day i have to feel like i don't belong
And yet ... still I think of Julia each day unto infinity...
-Peter, New Rochelle, NY
And yet... Still I rise!
-Maya Angelou
New Rochelle, NY
and yet love.
...there is the immutability of impermanence.
Washington, DC
Life moves on. At least we're all still alive.
-Seattle, WA
and yet...despite all the ups and downs in the world and my life I am still incredibly optimistic and still expect things to get better and better...and still hope that I will have the wisdom to be grateful.
silver Spring, MD
and yet I will trust Him.
-Laurel, MD
And yet....I could not simply answer the question, I must think and consider it first.
and yet...the unconditional love and joy of dogs is somehow worth the pain and heartbreak of their early departure.
Mount Rainier, Maryland
and yet... there is so much more than we are aware of.
Greeenbelt, MD
and yet ... we still have people living on the streets.
Ray
Washington DC
and yet...here we are.
(atv is in toronto, canada as well)
and yet...we still ponder about what more we can say that makes us who we are
- Baltimore, Maryland :D
and yet...I know I could be doing more
and yet, I find my mind wandering about what will satisfy my heart
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