“On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend's life also, in our own, to the world.” ― Henry David Thoreau Delius Rakauskas/ New EP recording/ Insight timer meditations/ London vigil [...]
< back to sharings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCSdRTlETME A tough sharing for sure, though one I wanted to open for anyone who felt to. Anonymous or assumed names of course welcome. This page from the NHS has many links and numbers I wrote the song Lay Down inspired by the poet Maya Angelou - here's Maya talking about [...]
Saturday 10th October Vigil 1: Thank you to those that came last night- about 25 of us over the course of the evening. Poigniant conversations, solidarity and flasks of tea. One learning for me was that staying on the street for a night is a draining experience - emotionally and physically. I guessed it would [...]
Hello dear Oli, cuz, fam, my little man is 17 Proud of you and all you are doing Ol- the course (of course) and more than that the way you are - kind and cool and growing with the seasons -I picked some songs for your birthday. A mix of (mostly new) and a few [...]
< back to sharings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmJqxda0hXk Let Yourself Be Seen was inspired by three spaces I have come to feel at home in over the last few years, three places where people come to share what is happening for them and others listen; The Plum Village groups, Quakers and Samaritans - here's a little bit about [...]
The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of people, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being. Emma Goldman My new Poetry page/Continuing Lockdown recordings and relaxations with Insight Timer and protest art and a little bit of new song 'This Skin' [...]
https://soundcloud.com/joe_holtaway/whm/s-IkLqCs42C7e In 1970 a month was proposed, put aside to try once,to look at Black HistoryBlack History Month 1/12, 8.3% of a year agreed by someThey thought, a starting point to grow from… In 2020 is it still something?Or is that something worse than nothingwhen nothing is no acknowledgment of colonialism? This skin scared of [...]
https://soundcloud.com/joe_holtaway/so-around-4/s-dKR4TwYmmIW For my Grandmother Seeds a softening shoot to stema sapling from the groundBranch to bud and light to leafwill grow gracefully bound And we know that fruit from flower flourishfalls and so around All that came again remains and future form is found
https://soundcloud.com/joe_holtaway/theres-a-young-man-crying-in-the-church-yard/s-6hd9ry0HdpH (A poem from the foodbank, set up by Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers during the Corona lockdown) There’s a young man crying in the churchyard.Separated from family and friendsI’m kneeling beside himHe feels lonely and frustrated depending on the Home Office* to meet his needs. Afraid to return home due to persecution for [...]
https://soundcloud.com/joe_holtaway/friday-morning-by-the-bridge/s-sXf1KAbX8RJ (NHS protest calling for PPE- personal protective equipment, following my reading of this article about NHS workers who were silenced over the shortage) The morning sun lights the river from 90 million miles awayI sit with my back to the bridge,from yesterday’s project paint on my finger tips.We have wordsI chose some for a [...]
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