Two things I'm thinking about
Aug. 14th, 2007 04:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blue_lotus131. I'm doing a story about reflexology for work and am thinking about my own interest in healing. Due to my history of depression, and my interest in pain, healing and medicine, I definitely have an interest in learning more about complimentary therapies. I want to continue my knowledge of reiki, and become a stronger healer. I want to learn more about illness, the body and diseases.
2. In the past week, I've started doing research for the next piece of fiction I want to work on. My book choices and research in the next few months will reveal a bit of what I'm planning to do. It involves the 60s scoop, which is a period of Canadian history in which many First Nations people were placed in foster care, and then adopted out to families. As you can imagine, my own family may have been part of this phenomenon, as we have a First Nations adoptee. Reading about this is painful for me. Last week I read parts of a book called "Our son, a stranger" which was about First nations adoptions gone wrong. Many of the adoptions fell apart and the aboriginal child ended up living on the streets, or had strong behavioural problems.
I found this book hard to read and couldn't fall asleep after I was finished reading it, because I felt so disturbed by it.
This week I also watched "Unnatural and unaccidental", which was set in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. It's based on a true story about aboriginal women who were murdered by a hairdresser who piled them with alcohol and then killed them.
Right now I'm immersing myself in reading books written by First Nations people, and about the First Nations situation in Canada. Starting to research and think about this book is like looking at a deep puddle of water, and wondering if I can swim in it without drowning.
2. In the past week, I've started doing research for the next piece of fiction I want to work on. My book choices and research in the next few months will reveal a bit of what I'm planning to do. It involves the 60s scoop, which is a period of Canadian history in which many First Nations people were placed in foster care, and then adopted out to families. As you can imagine, my own family may have been part of this phenomenon, as we have a First Nations adoptee. Reading about this is painful for me. Last week I read parts of a book called "Our son, a stranger" which was about First nations adoptions gone wrong. Many of the adoptions fell apart and the aboriginal child ended up living on the streets, or had strong behavioural problems.
I found this book hard to read and couldn't fall asleep after I was finished reading it, because I felt so disturbed by it.
This week I also watched "Unnatural and unaccidental", which was set in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. It's based on a true story about aboriginal women who were murdered by a hairdresser who piled them with alcohol and then killed them.
Right now I'm immersing myself in reading books written by First Nations people, and about the First Nations situation in Canada. Starting to research and think about this book is like looking at a deep puddle of water, and wondering if I can swim in it without drowning.
