Yesterday I talked with Lucas Garcia, Co-Founder of Compassionate Colorado, a Denver based organization which delivers aid to indigenous communities. We talked for a good half-hour on the work he does .It was inspiring to hear his story. I believe that reaching out to community leaders like Garcia and hearing their stories is important. It’s absolutely crucial to credit and share those stories with others.
I don’t know about you but isolating for 8 months has been challenging for my mental health. Often times I find myself trapped in my own state of depression, so much to the point where I forget that there’s an entire world out there dealing with issues and traumas of their own.
One day I asked the. question, “ I wonder how other people are coping, all things considered?” That one question lead to a short email thread with a college professor I knew from Metro State University. This is how I came to know Garcia, by an email describing the work he does with his non-profit. It intrigued me so I reached out. Next thing I knew we were talking over zoom. He was excited to talk with me and invited me to go on a delivery run with him. I said I’d be down. I told him why I reached out. I want to collect audio interviews of other peoples experience during this troubling year. The objective is to expand my perspective on what this year has been like for others. Interviews like the one I had with Garcia will be stringed together in a documentary format.
I’ve been trying to do this for years. Now I finally have the habits and routines to make it real. To make it actual to really finish something from start to finish. There have been a lot of failed projects over the years, or ones I’ve just never finished. Life happened and is still happening, but most importantly I let fear and resistance stand in my way. I was afraid of what would happen if I give my everything into a project. What happens to me if that project fails. I’ve learned by trial and error that I’m still here even if my project flops. The only thing left to do is to try again or move on to something else.
