#BAM!
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“JUSTICE IS WHAT LOVE LOOKS LIKE IN PUBLIC”
Dr. Cornell West
Princeton University
CALL + RESPONSE
A FILM
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ANTIPHONAL/RESPONSORIAL DISCOURSE/INTERCOURSE IS CIVILITY.
LISTENING.
RESPONDING.
RESPECTFUL
SPIRALS
OF
ASCENDING
DIALOGUE
AND
EXCHANGE
CALL AND RESPONSE.
LIFTING EVERY VOICE.
CIVILITY IS ROOTED
IN THE
CALL AND RESPONSE
RHYTHMIC
EXCHANGE
MIRRORING
MUSIC.
RHYTHM & BLUES.
BLUES.
GOSPEL.
SPIRITUALS.
ALTERNATING,
RESPONSORIAL
SINGING/ CHANTS:
GREGORIAN;
KIRTAN;
SEA SHANTY;
AND
THE WORKING SONGS IN THE SLAVE FIELDS.
CALL: THE BEAT CALLING OUT
RESPONSE: ACTIVITY IN RESPONSE TO THE CALL
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Rene Marie – Lift Every Voice
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SOUL
FREEDOM
#BAM!
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CIVILITY
Surveys suggest that Americans recognize the lack of civility
and want their leaders to behave better,
but experts say that until people exercise civility themselves
and demand it from their representatives,
little will change.
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“It’s a shame we’re reaching that place,” said Dahnke.
“If we can’t talk to one another, we can’t do anything else.
Being able to maintain civility is critical to problem-solving at any level,
whether it’s a local school board or international diplomacy.
If you cannot talk to one another,
you can’t solve a problem.”
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Yet experts say one of the reasons for the rise in incivility
is that people no longer want to disagree respectfully.
The idea of “agree to disagree” has been squashed
by the array of partisan media that allows
people to filter out opposing viewpoints.
“There is research to suggest that if you hear a fact presented by the other side,
you discount the fact,” said John Genette,
president of Black Mountain Communications,
a company that helps non-profit groups raise money,
and
one of the architects of an ASU-based project called
Civil Dialogue.
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“We should balance speaking with listening,” he said.
“Civility is as much about listening as it is about speaking.
It’s acknowledging differences.
Having civil dialogues is so important to expose ourselves
to real, live people who have differing opinions
and find out why they have differing opinions.”
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#BAM!
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MY
BODY/HEART/SOUL
GOES
TOWARD
DYNAMIC,
RELATIONS/ENCOUNTERS
WHICH
ARE
CALL AND RESPONSE
SPIRITUALS.
ANTIPHONAL
AND
RESPONSORIAL
AND
SYNCRETIC
COMMUNICATIONS.
RHYTHMIC,
EVOLVING.
CONSTANT
(SILENT AND SONIC)
FLUID DIALOGUE
WHICH
DEEPENS AND HEIGHTENS
THE
MAGNITUDE
OF
MUTUAL RECIPROCITY
AND
ENRICHING
EXCHANGE.
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DIALOGUE/SINGING/DANCING/LOVING/BREATHING/DISCOVERY
ALTERNATING
BACK
AND
FORTH
INTO
OSCILLATING .
HELICOIDAL,
SPIRALING UPWARD,
SPHERES:
COLLISIONS, SAMPLINGS, RECONCILIATIONS AND
DIALECTICAL FUSIONS:
CONTINUOUS POETIC ASSOCIATIONS OF WORDS AND SOUNDS
AND
FLOWING AND SYNCOPATING
RHYTHMS
OF IMAGES,SOUNDS, CONCEPTS AND ARGUMENTS
OF.
DISPARATE BELIEFS
,SYSTEMS/PATTERNS OF THOUGHT
AND
DIVERSE INTERDISCIPLINARY FORMS OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION.
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A
DYNAMIC
PERCEPTUAL/INTELLECTUAL/INTUITIVE
VEHICLE
OF
DISCOVERING , EXPANDING AND DEVELOPING
NEW PLANETS AND CONSTELLATIONS
WHICH
RESPECTS AND HONORS ITS
POTENT PRIMARY SOURCES
AND
CELEBRATES THE BIRTH OF MOVING FORWARD
INTO
UNCHARTED MAPS
OF
AMPLITUDE AND EXPERIENCE!
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NEW
ADVENTURES AND WILDERNESSES.
AS AN ON-GOING
SYNCRETIC PROCESS
WELCOMING
CREATIVITY
AND
INVENTION
AND
INTER-PERSONAL INTIMACY.
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LISTENING AND INTUITION
ARE THE ANCHORS
AND
CATALYST:
FROM
INCITING INVIGORATING DEBATE
TO
INVENTING CREATIVE PERFORMANCES OF SONIC/VISUAL EXPRESSIONS
TO
INITIATING /ENTERING INTO SENSUOUS TANTRIC SEX.
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ARTISTS/LOVERS
MUST
BREAK OPEN AND BLOOM
WHOLLY NEW SENSORY,
INTELLECTUAL PARADIGMS-
SENSUAL
AND
POETIC FIELDS
OF REVELATION.
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CONCENTRIC
COMMUNICATION
CIRCLES
RISING
INTO
EXPANSIVE
ASCENDING
SACRED
SPIRALS
ARISING
NEW
VISIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND POSSIBILITIES
TO
INTENSIFYING WAVES
OF
TANTRIC
CRESCENDOS.
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LISTENING
TO
ALL
THE
SENSES.
RESPONDING
FROM
ALL
THE SENSES.
BETWEEN
YOU
AND
I,
I
AND
THOU.
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Martin Buber’s I and Thou
Martin Buber’s I and Thou (Ich und Du, 1923)
presents a philosophy of personal dialogue,
in that it describes how personal dialogue can define the nature of reality.
Buber’s major theme is that human existence may be defined
by the way in which we engage in dialogue
with each other,
with the world,
and with God.
According to Buber, human beings may adopt two attitudes toward the world:
I-Thou or I-It.
I-Thou is a relation of subject-to-subject,
while I-It is a relation of subject-to-object.
In the I-Thou relationship, human beings are aware
of each other as having a unity of being.
In the I-Thou relationship, human beings do not perceive each other
as consisting of specific, isolated qualities,
but engage in a dialogue involving each other’s whole being.
In the I-It relationship, on the other hand,
human beings perceive each other as consisting of specific, isolated qualities,
and view themselves as part of a world which consists of things.
I-Thou is a relationship of mutuality and reciprocity,
while I-It is a relationship
of separateness and detachment.
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MOVING FORWARD INTO WONDER + ADVENTURE
WITH RESPECT AND TRUST.
CIVIL
CALL AND RESPONSE.
LIFTING
EVERY
VOICE.
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RESPECT AND TRUST
CIVIL.
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PURE MUSIC:
OPEN FIELDS-WIDE +OPEN+
SIMPLE+MAJESTIC.
SWINGING!
HELICOIDAL
A helicoid with α=1, -1≤ρ≤1 and -π≤θ≤π.
BACK AND FORTH.
DYNAMISM: MOVEMENT TO/AND/FROM STILLNESS
SILENCE: ACTIVE FIELD TO/OF/FROM PRESENCE.
YIN/YANG.
YANG/YIN.
DAY/NIGHT.
NIGHT/DAY.
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#BAM!
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