"Sanctuary can mean many things to people, having one is important"--Paloma bastos, 7th grade
On Thursday, December 4th, Sayuri Espinoza, a 7th-grade Literary Arts student at Oakland School for the Arts, was interviewed about sanctuary and what the word means to her. She says it's a physical place to calm down, something a lot of us can relate to. But what else can a sanctuary be?
“I think for me it helps me start to calm my emotions and feelings,” Espinoza mentions in our interview. She also says, “I think sanctuary is a place where you can truly feel that peace where you don't have to think about all the negatives, and you can just be alone…” This gives us a more expanded meaning to sanctuary, telling us it's more than what you immediately think of, such as a place of refuge.
A place where Espinoza can calm her feelings is very important, she says, “because at times there are things I think of that I don’t want to.” It's a place where she can dissociate from those negative thoughts, which is important to her and many other people’s mental health.
“By having a sanctuary, I can let [the negative thoughts] go, and they're no longer with me,” Espinoza said. We all go through hard things, but having a sanctuary helps you deal with those emotions, as we heard from Espinoza. Sanctuary is a very relieving thing for people to have, which is why it’s important to find your own sanctuary.
“I think for me it helps me start to calm my emotions and feelings,” Espinoza mentions in our interview. She also says, “I think sanctuary is a place where you can truly feel that peace where you don't have to think about all the negatives, and you can just be alone…” This gives us a more expanded meaning to sanctuary, telling us it's more than what you immediately think of, such as a place of refuge.
A place where Espinoza can calm her feelings is very important, she says, “because at times there are things I think of that I don’t want to.” It's a place where she can dissociate from those negative thoughts, which is important to her and many other people’s mental health.
“By having a sanctuary, I can let [the negative thoughts] go, and they're no longer with me,” Espinoza said. We all go through hard things, but having a sanctuary helps you deal with those emotions, as we heard from Espinoza. Sanctuary is a very relieving thing for people to have, which is why it’s important to find your own sanctuary.
