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GEIFN | MIXING | Media | November 2021

Best wishes for less Suffering, more Happiness with Good Health and Time to Enjoy it. Welcome to Gregorian Calendar year 2021.

Sharing a timely aspiration:
"I don’t know the answers. I just know how to go about life, and if that’s in the right direction, then let’s empower that. This is all our culture: something we all can celebrate and enjoy."
Patty Mills, Australian professional basketball player and Tokyo 2020 Boomers Gold Olympian (1988- CE)

If having no reason to celebrate this month, here are 3 prepared earlier:

This is also the Re:call edition.

Re:call; from Old English 16th Century, compounding via Norse kalla; from French rappeler (call back), from Latin revocare
re = again, intensify, focus; 
call = 

  • summon. Ie, call to mind
  • express. Ie, give voice to
  • determine. Ie. decided to call it a day
  • contact. Ie, I took a call today
  • result. Ie, the call went my way

Those who Re:call wisely have longer memories, clearer clarity-centres and use available means to do more work with less effort, moving smoother and faster towards stated goals.

The following monthly curation from publicly available information is offered below for consideration.


    Topics

    • Guest Sings
    • Street Jives
    • Wisdom Reconciles
    • Media Writes
    • TED Talks
    • Music Challenges
    • Acknowledgments

    Guest Sings

    Approx 5 min presentation
     

    Street Jives

    Approx 2 min presentation 

    Wisdom Reconciles


    Media Writes

    Approx 5 min reads

    Intro
    Kerrie O’Brien explores valuing on celebrating diversity, sharing secrets community and togetherness with Simon Abrahams, director of the Melbourne Fringe Festival "‘The happiest 29 minutes’: Fringe Festival thumbs its nose at lockdown” via The Age

    Benjamin Law explores dicey topics Politics, Death and Sex with "Nova Peris: ‘I’m in a category six cyclone here’” via The Sydney Morning Herald

    Yves Rees explores gender, systemic erasure and restoring equity, explaining why "‘I’m neither man nor woman, but I must pretend’” via The Age


    Intra
    Thea Calzoni explores parental or societal attitudes towards intimacy with her child’s relationships and sexuality, one mother’s reasons why "‘My duty lay in introducing my son to a sex worker’” via The Brisbane Times

    Jane Albert explores personal identity, familial expectation and religion coming to terms with diversity, "From denial to unconditional love, a mother rejoices in her trans child” via WA Today

    Daniel Brettig explores importance of leading visibility, diverse representation and addressing equity, reasons "‘I wanted white skin’: Why Khawaja went from changing himself to game changer” via The Brisbane Times


    Inter
    Fenella Souter explores spirited team work, living sustainably and loving service to humanity revealing why "For this climate campaigning couple, despair is a luxury they can’t afford” via The Age

    Nyadol Nyuon explores emotive language, freedom of choice and in the public interest, reasoning how "Anti-vaxxers hide privilege behind language of oppression” via The Sydney Morning Herald

    Anne Hyland explores citizenry, community service and motherhood, meeting remotely over lunch to discuss "When your kid gets COVID at school: Katy Gallagher on being prepared” via The Sydney Morning Herald


    Multi
    Tim Biggs explores the value of fresh eyes and insider knowledge put to advantage a growing number of beneficiaries, meet the "Aussie legal tech start-up takes digital courtroom to the US” via The Brisbane Times

    Lisa Jackson Pulver explores dedication, fearlessness an commitment to greater benefit, overcoming how "Trolling, abuse, death threats: a COVID scientist’s lot” via WA Today

    Olivia Campbell explores ignorance fuelled violence and combined strength from celebrated diversity, reasons why "My family’s tragedy is one among millions: a year 8 student’s plea against hate and persecution” via The Brisbane Times


    All
    Sam Purcell explores how a painful catalyst and insights gleamed from slow rehabilitation resulted in "A young couple, an old LandCruiser and 61,000 kilograms of rubbish” via Drive.com.au

    Parmy Olson explores integrity, cognitive dissonance and whistleblowing in a digital age, revealing "How whistleblower Frances Haugen left Mark Zuckerberg speechless” via The Age

    Nicholas Wilcken reflects on his brief glimpse from Sydney's COVID-19 frontline "‘These are really sick people’: My week working on a Sydney COVID ward” via The Age


    Togather
    Petra Stock and Ashleigh McMillan explores innovation, civic mindedness while creating nourishing neighbourhoods as "Feeding the soul: Everybody needs good neighbours, especially in lockdown” via The Age

    Konrad Marshall explores valuing purpose, place, perseverance, persistence and practice, revealing how "‘This is all our culture’: Patty Mills and his fight against racial injustice” via The Sydney Morning Herald

    Amanda Hooton explores a resurgence in rural media with three examples of why "‘We’re not all toothless farmers waiting out the drought!’” Via The Brisbane Times


    Nobly
    Sandra Hall explores a life-long American social justice hero Pauli Murray, whose life is revealed in "Terrific doco shines light on a hero who was far ahead of her time” via WA Today

    Neil McMahon explores self agency and using personal sphere of influence for a greater public good when "Solidarity Pancakes to show support for frontline health workers goes viral” via WA Today

    Melissa Cunningham explores collaborative approach, compassion and ongoing team work to "Help amid the heartache as Afghan refugees begin their new lives” via The Age

    TED Talks

    5-20 min presentations

    Music Challenges

    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:
    When overcoming barriers to sustainable team work, what is the role each individual plays?
    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

    tribute
    [trih’boot]
    From late Middle English from Latin tributum, neuter past participle (used as a noun) of tribuere = assign, bestow (originally ‘divide between tribes’), from tribus = tribe.
    1. an act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration. Ie, the video is a tribute to the musicals of the 40s. Ie, a symposium organized to pay tribute to Darwin. 
    2. something resulting from a particular quality or feature and indicating its worth. Ie, the player's victory in the championship was a tribute to their persistence. 
    3. denoting or relating to a group or musician that performs the music of a more famous one and typically imitates them in appearance and style of performance. Ie, an Abba tribute band. Ie, a tribute show. 
    4. historical payment made periodically by one state or ruler to another, especially as a sign of dependence. Ie, the monarch had at personal disposal plunder and tribute amassed through warfare. 
    5. (historical) a proportion of ore or its equivalent, paid to a miner for his work, or to the owner or lessor of a mine. 

    contribution
    [con’trih’boo’shun]
    From late Middle English (denoting a tax or levy): from late Latin contributio(n-), from Latin contribuere = bring together, add; from con- = with + tribuere = assign, bestow + -ion = energy, exchange
    1. a gift or payment to a common fund or collection. Ie, the agency is mainly financed from voluntary contributions. 
    2. the part played by a person or thing in bringing about a result or helping something to advance. Ie, the major contribution of social scientists to the understanding of political life. Ie, there was scarcely a branch of art to which the artist did not make a contribution. 
    3. a piece of writing submitted for publication in a journal, book, etc.. Ie, local historians are requesting contributions for a forthcoming book on the history of the community. 

    retribution
    [reh’trih’boo’shun]
    From late Middle English (also in the sense ‘recompense for merit or a service’): from late Latin retributio(n-), from retribut- = assigned again, from the verb retribuere, from re- = back + tribuere = assign, bestow
    • punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act. Ie, employees asked not to be named, saying they feared retribution. Ie, Minos threatened war against Athens in retribution for his son's death. Ie, divine retribution.

    attribution
    [at’trih’boo’shun]
    From late 15th century: the noun from Old French attribut; the verb from Latin attribut- = allotted: both from the verb attribuere, from ad- = to + tribuere = assign, bestow.
    1. the action of regarding something as being caused by a person or thing. Ie, the electorate was disillusioned with the Elected Member's immediate attribution of the bombings to a separatist group. 
    2. the action of ascribing a work or remark to a particular author, artist, or person. Ie, the study of Constable is fraught with problems of attribution. Ie, the attribution to Mozart on the title page is correct. Ie, none of the texts in the collection contained author attributions. 
    3. the action of regarding a quality or feature as characteristic of or possessed by a person or thing. Ie, the attribution of human emotions to inanimate objects. Ie, attributions of false motives, especially of greed, are commonplace.

    distribution
    [dis’trih’boo'shun]
    From late Middle English: from Latin distribut- = divided up, from the verb distribuere, from dis- = apart + tribuere = assign, bestow.
    1. the action of sharing something out among a number of recipients. Ie, the government released about 74,000 tonnes of rice for distribution among people affected by the cyclone. Ie, unequal distributions of income and wealth. 
    2. the action or process of supplying goods to retailers. Ie, a manager has the choice of four types of distribution. Ie, an established distribution channel. 
    3. (Bridge) the different number of cards of each suit in a player's hand: strength has two ingredients, high cards and distribution. 
    4. the way in which something is shared out among a group or spread over an area. Ie, changes undergone by the area have affected the distribution of its wildlife.

    [Practice]

    Optional
    -- Chant Mantrastyle

    In a busy modern world, it is sometimes difficult to know why a tribute should be made and when individual contribution falls due. Is it well known that there is appropriate and proportional retribution for those who fail to do their fair share? How and who will you count in the resulting number of beneficiaries from the attribution and distribution.

    Why? Why not?
    Start today. 
    As the case may be.
    Or not.



    Same Difference Equals


    Acknowledgments

    Reconciliation
    Acknowledging traditional inhabitants of Cities of Port Phillip and Glen Eira are the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation. Respect is offered to past, present and future elders of all spiritual traditions. May we find together a generous way to accommodate those in need of refuge. Let us be cool, strive individually and together to overcome inequality, violence, disengagement, tragedy and injustice wherever it may be. Let us honour, savor and enjoy results of mindful effort so more thrive peacefully with less effort in our place called home.

    Invitation to Support Content Creators
    The music/stories/videos have been sourced from public domain. If you like any of the content, please consider buying directly from online marketplaces to support creators and truth telling in the public interest.

    Caretaker Disclosure
    Words and concepts are conditional things that point to a 'reflection of experience'. They are limited and do not adequately describe the 'full lived experience'. Like the moon's reflection on a lake's surface, it is not the moon, nor the experience of gazing up at the darkened sky transformed by the presence of a full moon. It is in the eyes/ears/nose/mouth/touch/cognisance of the beholder.

    This curation is an interpretation of the universal basis of re:lig:ion (Latin = again:uniting:energy). This email invites a sharing of countless 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 the 3 times and 10 directions. As each case may be. Or not.

    It is not personal, it just the way things are.

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