I'll
start this new post with some music by Miles Davis;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3W_alUuFkA
Listen
more closely. That's my life lesson from last week when I was pondering my ways. Communicate better. Always make agreements clearly. Pay attention.
Last
week, I surfed across this gutsy disability advocacy group,
http://bolshydivas.weebly.com/.
Interesting stuff from Aussie land.
Got
into an interesting conversation with a friend after the shooting in
San Bernandino about guns. I'm not ready to carry a gun yet. Are you?
Her perspective was how grateful you'd be if you were somewhere and
there was a shooter and someone in your group had a gun and could
defend you. That's true, but I'm not used to thinking about people
around me carrying. I grew up through the Vietnam War, the Civil
Rights non-violent movement and had grown into a 58 year old
pacifist. I like to read Christopher Hitchens and watch his debates
on youtube. In one, he talked about a the compromise of a well-trained militia in exchange for the
military-industrial complex and went a little more in depth about the
Second Amendment. That sounds like the track I'll continue in. I'll probably be educating myself more on
firearms, just because it sounds more and more like I may need it.
This women's disability group is in England, and inspired by Frida Kahlo,
hence the name;
http://www.sisofrida.org
They're focused on the Arts and were having
a
Film Festival with 2 movies: “Margarita with a Straw” and
“Chocolate”, from Thailand. If I find these movies on Netflix or the library or anywhere free, I'll try my hand at reviewing them.
Gregor
Wolbring is an interesting guy with a disability in this video by
“Rooted in Rights”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLaYgKAZMUNMx-XDaXffB0PE6OJBq_MBCr&v=uc5P3URLiiA
This is their Arts Selections series.
I'll
leave with suggested reading: James Baldwin's “The Fire Next Time”,
what I'm reading currently. He wrote so honestly about his life, always pushing back against white superiority and homophobia on the cutting edge, without bitterness and with a whole lotta love.
I gave myself the present of a camera. Next time, pics~
Please leave a comment/writing criticism, etc., so I can figure out if that part of this blog is working. Thanks! And here's hopes you'll have a relaxing, loving Winter break!
