tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post7362940987477635996..comments2024-03-01T03:37:20.420-05:00Comments on I'M SOMEWHERE ELSE: stimming photo project ideaAmanda Foresthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200794053287551087noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-28219765819888311652010-09-26T17:49:49.023-04:002010-09-26T17:49:49.023-04:00do you have a macbook? or know someone who has one...do you have a macbook? or know someone who has one? so you could just use photoboothAmanda Forest Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284158336100298682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-75409286944198366132010-09-26T16:27:14.526-04:002010-09-26T16:27:14.526-04:00Oh, I just read your blog and loved it! I remember...Oh, I just read your blog and loved it! I remember your stimming photos from LJ community and I've been thinking about making such photos myself. I really have no idea how I look from the outside. I just postponed it because I don't have a camera and I can't figure out how to make myself stimming in the right moment. <br /><br />It would be a brilliant project, I'm sure! These type of movement should be destigmatised.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-62088544491220525792010-08-31T21:42:00.428-04:002010-08-31T21:42:00.428-04:00you should like all my posts! I'd feel so good...you should like all my posts! I'd feel so good about myself all the time.Amanda Forest Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284158336100298682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-74898978677865847912010-08-31T20:52:47.780-04:002010-08-31T20:52:47.780-04:00yes, that's me.yes, that's me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-55825748578875073082010-08-31T16:45:27.085-04:002010-08-31T16:45:27.085-04:00DO IT! are you that nervation person?DO IT! are you that nervation person?Amanda Forest Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284158336100298682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-58078644702200636392010-08-31T16:06:49.630-04:002010-08-31T16:06:49.630-04:00I think this is a great idea and I hope you can do...I think this is a great idea and I hope you can do it.<br /><br />also, off topic but I really like what you post on your tumblr but I'm afraid of looking like a creep if I 'like' almost every post so sometimes I just don't click 'like' even if I actually like it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-33419458828928332432010-08-31T05:28:48.558-04:002010-08-31T05:28:48.558-04:00I guess stimming might not be the right word for t...I guess stimming might not be the right word for the set of actions I want to portray. Once this girl I worked with (another counselor at camp) said, "I wish my friend [with an intellectual disability] hadn't gone to a special school because they all feed off each other and now she claps her hands when she gets excited and I don't want people to make fun of her." I guess clapping your hands when you get excited isn't technically stimming but it is definitely something that makes a person look disabled. The set of actions I'm interested in is defined from the outside and not the inside, so it may be a self-soothing behavior, something someone does when they're hyper, a reaction to being excited, etc.--the point isn't really how it feels, but just that it is something natural to the person that is stigmatized in society because of how it looks.<br /><br />That's why I don't want to use knitting, I mean. I don't want to do a project that is really about stimming in particular--I guess it's more accurate to call it a movement project.Amanda Forest Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284158336100298682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-64176082010342307192010-08-30T10:24:05.112-04:002010-08-30T10:24:05.112-04:00My posts don't seem to be appearing, but I'...My posts don't seem to be appearing, but I'll try one more time. Since iamshadow mentioned that her stimming, like mine, often takes the form of non-sterotypical forms of stimming, I think it would be cool to include just a few of "normal" activities that are actually stimming activities for the indviduals in the picture. I mean if you ever want to display this project on the web or in an actual display it would really make people stop and think about "normalicy" and passing. If you'd like a could send you some pictures of me stimming in both sterytpical and "normalized" ways. Also, I've got a cousin who's currently an MFA student who has done lots of art with her disability- OCD- and would probably have ideas of locals for this type of art. I'm going to send her a link of your blog and she might have some ideas of her own.Zelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00501958732832098738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-56337629378970129012010-08-29T23:33:38.638-04:002010-08-29T23:33:38.638-04:00I just read your last post and loved it. Oddly eno...I just read your last post and loved it. Oddly enough, I have some pictures up on the net doing what I now recognise as stimming. It was pre-diagnosis. I was spinning, and my partner snapped some pics.<br /><br />http://www.angelfire.com/ia/mshadow/photo2.html<br /><br />You can use them if you like, I don't mind. If you need bigger pics, I can probably dig out the originals. <br /><br />Unfortunately, my stims these days don't photograph well as stims - I'm into knitting, crochet and spinning (with a spinning wheel) so I don't look like anything special doing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-73893524625811563222010-08-29T20:51:18.129-04:002010-08-29T20:51:18.129-04:00I think that's a really cool idea! I'm not...I think that's a really cool idea! I'm not sure how to go about the logistics of getting permission though, but I'm sure it can be done somehow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com