Bumpity, bump, bump! (+ philosophical considerations on existence)

Here are some more bump pictures:
28. SSW

 and a close up of the sucked in/stuck out :)

 29. SSW (I'm 2 1/2 months away, friends!! Wow!)

See how much more of the door handle is covered?
But yeah..even sucked in, there's still plenty there :)

And of course one with my tongue :)

And here are the considerations on existence (+ yes, the above pictures are one of the reasons we consider existence*):
(The pictures here consider the amusing (+ soon to be ended...erm) existence of some of the decorations in our house, that, as I hinted, will no longer be inhabiting our house)

Look! Baby Bump here too! (+ color coordinated!)
I helped F's aunt make these cute little wreaths about 6 years ago...they dry well (that's part of the point),
but now this one has been sent the way of the world (can you even say it like that? oh well!)

Think of the terms we have for existence in English + what their implications are/could be:

• "existence" + "to exist" -- what do you think about when you hear these words?
• "(human) being" seeming to come from the infinitive "to be" -- same questions

We thought about how the word 'being' seems to refer to this current moment of being, existing.

These cotton sprigs were...pulled out of the trash...by me...also several (probably also 5 or 6?) years ago...
now they are going to be brought to school for the nature table (because it really is hard for me to throw things out!) (+ I recognize that I'm likely now just giving someone else the job of disposing of them...but at least they can grace the nature table for a bit before they go the way of the world :) )

Spanish apparently calls it similarly:

• "ser" (a (human) 'be' -- seeming also to come from the current moment

Easter decorations (also on the way out): the one made by a student of mine for me...several years ago...
and the second was a craft my brother made in Primary (the children's class) at church while visiting us
(and isn't it just wonderfully German + Romantic? let's tie these twigs together + put an egg in it! yay)

F likes the term in German better + here's why:

• "das Wesen" (loosely translated as 'being' as in human being BUT...stay tuned!) -- it seemse to come from the past participle "gewesen" (been)

We've enjoyed considering that this seems to include that everything you have been *up to this point* affects who you are now. So your been affects your current being. What do you think? Do you agree?

Another Easter egg we'll be letting go of, but isn't it cute with my bump?

And, because F's a philosopher, here are some thoughts from Martin HeidEGGer (my emphasis :) ) about

• "Sein" (existence) vs. "Dasein" (existence) ... or rather, you just use the German terms, because you notice that the translation is startlingly unhelpful.
• + "geworfen sein" (being thrown (into)) -- in this case, the case of being thrown into life + more specifically your circumstances

"Sein" refers to your body, your mind, your ticking-clock existence. You have a certain amount of control over your "Sein". However your "Dasein" refers to the larger picture with how you were raised, language, culture, economoy, power structures, genetics. You don't have control over your "Dasein", instead you are 'thrown into' it and you just have to figure out how to deal with it.

For example, even a baby is already 'thrown into' a certain set of circumstances -- how the mother has nourished herself (or not) during pregnancy, or even bigger where/when born, the socio-economic situation of its family, etc. etc. etc.! 

Another bump pic + a colored earthy brown egg!

In a phone call with my dad we decided the more positive term for this could be "heritage", the less positive "baggage" -- I think it's probably somewhere inbetween or both!

* F likes to wonder how philosophers would have thought + philosophized differently IF they had had children (or had them earlier), because it really changes the way you think about LIFE!

**see below (as in, right under this photo....) for a description of how we colored these eggs!**

**These are some eggs that we colored (again several years ago) using shaving cream + food coloring. I did this with my students + then again with my family when they visited.

Essentially you take shaving cream, drop in food coloring, mix it a bit (but only a bit) + then wrap the egg in the mixture + let it sit/dry. Then you just wipe off the shaving cream + voila! 

(We had blown the eggs beforehand (small pin pricks on one end, a larger hole on the other + blow through the small holes so that the egg innards can come out the bigger hole) so they were empty, but you could certainly do this with boiled eggs as well. Then just let the eggs sit in the fridge overnight.)

I believe we let them dry overnight for the colors to be stronger, but it doesn't have to be that long I presume. I noticed with my students that when they mixed the dye in too thoroughly, that the shaving cream soaked too much up. Then the shaving cream was pale and the egg received almost nothing! So, shaving cream + strong colors + little mixing --> lovely eggs!