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Archive for November 21, 2019
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Video of the Week
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Nov 21, 2019 |
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The Bench
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| Two strangers sit next to each other on a park bench, one a young man and one an older man. They strike up a conversation about the weather. With that simple beginning this short film, which won many awards at film festivals, consists of several beautiful shared moments seen through the lens of compassion. The many ways of seeing and sharing that are evoked enrich the men on the bench and all who witness their interaction. |
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No single narrative serves the needs of everyone everywhere.
– Sheena Iyengar –
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Complicating the Narratives
“Complicating the narrative means finding and including the details that don’t fit the narrative — on purpose. The idea is to revive complexity in a time of false simplicity. ‘The problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue but that they are incomplete,’ novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie says in her mesmerizing TED Talk “A Single Story.” ‘[I]t’s impossible to engage properly with a place or a person without engaging with all of the stories of that place and that person.’ Usually, reporters do the opposite. What if journalists covered controversial issues differently — based on how humans actually behave when they are polarized and suspicious?” This post explores that question in depth. { read more }
Be The Change
Watch Adichie’s TED Talk here. { more } |
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Sangha of Auspicious Companions 