My Collar’s Blue by Kennedy Lewis
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] The topic was Fatherhood, but the set-up was a video about men who experienced domestic violence as children, then carried it forward as adults, until “fatherhood” changed everything. KENNEDY…puts herself in her father’s shoes, quite literally. My Collar’s Blue Despite how much I talk about my father, I really don’t know all that much about him. It was only just recently that I learned about where he used to live when he was younger, and the schools he’d gone to growing up. We joke around all the time at home, but I can’t remember the last time we sat down and had a thoughtful conversation with each other. The solution for me was obvious. They say to really understand someone, you have to imagine yourself in their shoes and that’s exactly what I’m going to do. So instead of going to school today, I put on my father’s shoes to really see what it’s like to be him. As soon as I laced his work boots on, I felt the difference immediately- almost like a transformation. My dreads started falling out, and my hairline receded. I felt an itch in my chin and soon my long crinkly beard started forming before my eyes. I also felt the years of blue collar work caught up with me instantly, my knees hurt and my back ached. These must be the eventual effects of blue collar work, no wonder why they look so similar. Right from the start, things were already going rough. When I got to the site late, I...
