Shock

from The Art of Doing Nothing: a feminist manifesto - Stephanie Pan by Stephanie Pan & Ensemble Klang

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lyrics

In the shock of finding that one’s hopes and ideals
have become completely unhinged from reality
or current state of affairs,
it is critical to take a step back
and review the manifold layers
that led to this divergence.

Hard recalibration.
Willful emotions, larger personal contexts, unfulfilled desires,
can drive one’s thoughts down irrational paths,
which while also educational and illuminating
can lead to painful disappointments
and dark dead ends.

In order to exit these points in a meaningful way,
it is crucial to parse the specific ideals of a particular situation
from attached larger meanings
and relieve them of this additional baggage.

The mind must be confronted with the stark reality and incompatibility of its current state;

this can lead to a build up of tension, anxiety, anger, sadness, incomprehension.

Suitable means of relieving these sensations include:

[crying, bawling, sniveling, whimpering, staring blankly into space, wailing, moaning, sighing, weeping.]

Thereafter one must continue the process of mourning lost ideals and reinventing one’s mindset.