After experiencing a pandemic marked by prolonged social isolation, reconnecting in groups feels particularly significant. We wondered if there was a way to mindfully come back together - as a way to honor the significance of the moment, peel a few layers past small talk, and get to know one another in new ways. We designed Re-Emerging Together: An Activity as a mode for activating conversations, and a way for participants to share what they wondered, learned, and celebrated in the course of their isolation and re-emergence.
When we re-emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic to collaborate in person again, we couldn’t dive into project development without first taking time to catch up. But where to begin? We asked each other big questions: “What’s different?” “What did you notice?” “How did you change?“ And with these questions, we realized we needed a way to reflect on our own experiences and process our answers.
And so, Re-Emerging: A Discovery Book was born. With this book, we aim to create a space that each of us can use to reexamine our self and our context as we come out of the isolation of the pandemic. We hope these prompts can provide helpful inspiration for moving forward with self-discovery not just at this particular pandemic moment in time, but any time when someone is re-emerging from a seismic life event or change.
And so, Re-Emerging: A Discovery Book was born. With this book, we aim to create a space that each of us can use to reexamine our self and our context as we come out of the isolation of the pandemic. We hope these prompts can provide helpful inspiration for moving forward with self-discovery not just at this particular pandemic moment in time, but any time when someone is re-emerging from a seismic life event or change.