Media Words
Approx 5 min reads
Intro
Benjamin Preiss explores community participation, setting direction and collaborating for a united future as “Voting begins on assembly that will help steer historic treaty” via The Age
Elizabeth Farrelly explores fairness between genders, freedom of movement and expression, reasoning why “Private-dick chick lit can be a force for good and might just change the world” via The Sydney Morning Herald
Carolyn Webb explores animated personal stories with meaningful messages reaching a growing audience, turning the page “From starstruck fan to 700,000 subscribers: Aussie animator earns YouTube fame” via The Brisbane Times
Intra
Cameron Woodhead explores valuing neurodiversity for brighter animated future, reviewing this “Homegrown children’s theatre at its finest” via The Age
John Bailey explores value in uniting honesty, story and humour to create beneficial transformative experiences “It's laugh or die for Fringe truth-tellers” via The Sydney Morning Herald
Ute Junker explores a streetscape being revitalized with its interrupted cultural expression, revealing on “Tour Siem Reap's street art galleries: Why Siem Reap's street art scene is suddenly buzzing” via Traveller.com.au
Inter
Jordan Beth Vincent explores valuing Ancient stories, modern interpretations and lessons for modern times, reviewing Sylvia, declaring “Skills shine amid confident flair of design team” via The Age
Kate Habgood explores the value in engaging with students, some causes of disruptive classroom behavior and adapting to presenting circumstances, learning “A lesson in how to help errant students in culturally diverse schools” via The Age
Jacqueline Maley explores valuing refuge, lived experience and broadening horizons, meet over lunch “Human rights activist Tecber Ahmed Sale on Western Sahara” via The Age
Multi
David Crowe explores increasing opportunities for youth to gain hands-on life skills, in the National Service as “Jacqui Lambie calls for emergency services conscripts to combat climate change” via The Brisbane Times
Tom Cowie explores the benefits of diversion programs for juvenile offenders, citing how “After a close shave with the law, Zeke the barber gives crime the snip” via The Age
Emma Koehn explores direct experience, wholistic intentions, overcame language obstacles to improve health outcomes, citing how “This Melbourne start-up is translating sexual health for refugees” via The Sydney Morning Herald
All
Latika Bourke shines a light on Australian regional high school student making a splash on world stage, when “Macinley Butson wins Stockholm Junior Water Prize for SODIS sticker that tests drinking water” via The Age
Caitlin Fitzsimmons explores how programmed support for the vulnerable can change to match societal norms as “Uniting becomes first foster carer in NSW to extend care to age 21” via WA Today
Barney Zwartz explores reasons, rationale and inherence through having “Faith: Finding the blessings in adversity” via The Sydney Morning Herald
Togather
Julie Power explores the value of learning in one’s first language “'My blood is the same as theirs': Indigenous author bringing great joy to her books” via The Sydney Morning Herald
Carolyn Webb explores bean counting leading to jobs creation and long term employment pathways, reasons why “Andy crosses town to get his caffeine (and job) fix” via WA Today
Cara Waters explores locals identifying a training shortfall and kicking online global goals, hear how “A Cloud Guru education startup is doing what universities can't” via The Age
Nobly
Myra Fisher explores conflict, global migration, mass resettlement and “Faith: Handing love down through the generations” via WA Today
Tom Cowie explores two tribes celebrating difference, demonstrating diversity and willingness to compete on level playing fields, kicking goals when “There's another game to be played at the MCG this weekend” via The Brisbane Times
Julie Power explores respectfulness, inspiring and aspirational, something to sing about as “We are 'one', not 'young': Change to national anthem proposed” via The Sydney Morning Herald
TED Talks
10-20min presentations
Guest Sings
Approx 5 min presentation
Judith Durham with Kutcha Edwards - Advance Australia Fair
Street Jives
Approx 2 min presentation
Sesame Street with Aloe Blacc and Elmo: Everyday Heroes
Wisdom Reconciles
Approx 5 min presentation
Oprah Winfrey Network: India.Arie: Break the Shell
Challenge Reflects
Approx 30 min presentation + reflection times
If desired, a short selection of publicly available material on a chosen theme for personal reflection.
For best results, sit comfortably with a straight back, have headphones in a shared space, after each clicked link, allow a little reflection with your personally-held view before clicking on the next link.
Get ready to Reflect!
Choose your playing level:
Be introduced at 1.
Be soothed at 2-4.
Be shocked at 5.
Be inspired at 6.
Fuller illumination 1-6.
You be the judge. Or not.
Cryptic Clue:
What is a common lament on the tip of everyone's lips?
1. Inspire
2. Perspire
3. Collaborate
4. Engage: Test for personal circumstances, if useful keep, if unuseful discard, if exceeds needs, share mindfully
5. Endure: Adapt for present times without sacrificing intent
6. Endear: (Inspiring Others To Tend the Flame) live/ demonstrate/ inspire/ teach experience with others
Verse
[vers]
From Old English fers, reinforced in Middle English by Old French vers, from Latin versus = a turn of the plough, a furrow, a line of writing, from vertere = to turn.
1. writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme. Ie, a lament in verse. Ie, verse drama.
• [count noun] a group of lines that form a unit in a poem or song. Ie, a stanza: the second verse.
• [count noun] each of the short numbered divisions of a chapter in the Bible or other scripture. Ie, we were each required to recite a Bible verse from memory. Ie, on the walls were framed verses from the Koran.
• [count noun] archaic a line of poetry.
• [count noun] a passage in an anthem for a soloist or a small group of voices.
2. speaking verse. Ie, the choir began to verse for the audience
3. composing verse. Ie, she expressed her thoughts in verse.
Immerse
[im’mers]
From early 17th century: from Latin immers- = dipped into, from the verb immergere, from in- = in + mergere = to dip.
1. duration of dipping or submerging an object fully into something else. Ie, immerse the paper in water for twenty minutes.
2. (religious) action of dipping part or whole of someone in water to satisfy religious practice (baptize)
3. (sustained concentration) involve oneself deeply in a particular activity. Ie, employees immersed themself in the work. Ie, the singer was still immersed in their performance.
Reverse
[reh'vers]
From Middle English; from Old French revers, reverse (nouns), reverser (verb), from Latin reversus = turned back, past participle of revertere, from re- = back, holding, intensifying + vertere = to turn.
Verb
1. caused by movement backwards. Ie, the lorry reversed into the back of a bus.
2. causing a vehicle to move backwards. Ie, she reversed the car into a side road.
3. cause (an engine) to work in a contrary direction. Ie, the ship's engines reversed and cut out altogether.
4. repairing (something) to the opposite of what it was. Ie, the damage done to the ozone layer may be reversed.
5. exchanging (the position or function) of two people or things. Ie, the experimenter and the subject reversed roles and the experiment was repeated.
6. (Law) revoke or annul a judgement, sentence, or decree made by a lower court or authority. Ie, the court reversed the judge's decision.
7. result of (something) turned the other way round or up or inside out (as adjective reversed). Ie, a reversed S-shape.
8. (Printing) make (type or a design) appear as white in a block of solid colour or a half-tone. Ie, their press ads had a headline reversed out of the illustration.
Adjective [attributive]
1. going in or turned towards the direction opposite to that previously stated. Ie, the trend appears to be going in the reverse direction.
2. operating, behaving, or ordered in a way opposite to that which is usual or expected. Ie, indiscriminate bombing had a reverse effect on popular morale.
3. (Electronics) of a voltage applied in the direction which does not allow significant current to flow to a semiconductor junction.
4. (Geology) denoting a fault in which a relative downward movement occurred in the strata on the underside of the fault plane.
Noun
1. a complete change of direction or action. Ie, the gall actuates a reverse of photosynthesis.
2. [mass noun] reverse gear on a motor vehicle. Ie, the position of a gear lever or selector corresponding to this. Ie, a knob to lock the box in four-wheel drive for reverse. Ie, some automatic cars are designed so that Reverse cannot be engaged unless the driver's foot is on the brake pedal.
3. (American Football) a play in which a player reverses the direction of attack by passing the ball to a teammate moving in the opposite direction: his touchdown came after he had scampered 58 yards on a reverse with McMahon.
4. experience of the opposite to that previously stated. Ie, the traveller didn't feel homesick—quite the reverse.
5. an adverse change of fortune; a setback or defeat. Ie, the football team suffered their heaviest reverse of the season.
6. opposite side or face to the observer. Ie, the address is given on the reverse of this leaflet. Ie, the side of a coin or medal bearing the value or secondary design. Ie, the design or inscription on the reverse of a coin or medal.
7. a left-hand page of an open book, or the back of a loose document.
[Practice]
Optional
-- Chant Mantrastyle
One strategy to verse deeper understandings, experience and wisdom is to immerse oneself in where/when to measure success with all, some or sum of the above meanings. And if the path forwards doesn't work out, there is always reverse.
Or not.
As the case may be.
This is universal basis of re:lig:ion (again:uniting:energy). Here in this email, we'll hear it as countless sounds: of thoughts, words and actions wishing, causing and receiving less Suffering and more Happiness. For benefit initially of the individual increasing in beneficiaries until it includes all across all times and directions.
It is not personal, it just the way things are. |
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