A Manifesto in my room by Aura Latva-Somppi

This is a manifesto for myself, to be presented in my own room with the dust and hair lying in the corners, next to my messy bed and piles of clothes, letters and drawings, with the houseplants and fruit-peels and the smell of my compost. It is not still or silent; there is light reflecting from a window of a neighbouring house, the shadows of trees of the nearby forest and the sounds of buses and dogs and bicycle bells skipping around the neighbourhood. This manifesto is born from within myself but also from the outside, readings and discussions and perceptions, and it is to be presented and projected from and to all these directions.

A MANIFESTO FOR MYSELF IN MY ROOM:

TIME IS ALL I HAVE AND NOTHING ELSE MATTERS BUT HOW I USE IT. TAKE MY TIME TO REALLY KNOW THE THINGS I CARE FOR. SITUATE MYSELF IN THE ONGOINGNESS, BE MORE PRESENT HERE, NOW. 

DWELL AND STAY TO FEEL. BE SENSITIVE AND TAMELESS, GIRLY, SILLY. BE SLOW AND MORE UNPRODUCTIVE. GET BORED MORE OFTEN.

NEVER EXPECT MASTERING FROM YOURSELF, YOU ARE NOT THE BEGINNING NOR THE END OF ANYTHING. EVERYTHING IS IN A CONSTANT FLUX INTO BECOMING SOMETHING ELSE. 

SLOPPINESS IS NOT CARE-LESS-NESS! IT CUMULATES FROM INTUITION. INTUITION ARISES WHEN YOU ARE SITUATED AND OPEN FOR UNEXPECTED RELATIONS

REACT WITH JOY AND CURIOSITY TO THIS COMPEXITY AND CHAOS. MAKE JOKES.

MAKE KIN AND BE KIND, NEVER DEVALUE LOVE.

LOVE MY SINCERITY AND HONESTY BECAUSE THAT MAKES ME SO SPECIAL.  

KNOW MY POSITION AND USE MY PRIVILEGES RIGHTFULLY. BE RESPECTFUL. 

DO NOT BE HESITANT TO TIE VERSATILE, IRRATIONAL AND INTERSECTIONAL CONNECTIONS. BASE YOUR DOINGS ON EMOTIONS BECAUSE EMOTION IS JUST AS MUCH NATURE AS THE HARD CORE FACTS ARE. 

MY AGENDA IS NOT THO CHANGE THE GAME. I AM TO PLAY. 

Personal Exploration "Traces of Care" 2020