{"id":18214,"date":"2015-12-13T21:46:03","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T05:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=18214"},"modified":"2015-12-13T21:46:03","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T05:46:03","slug":"monday-morning-musings-december-14-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/13\/monday-morning-musings-december-14-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Morning Musings December 14, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

In politics it is said, that when not fueled by hope there is a vacuum for fear to fill. Since artists turn to the muses, Clio, Euterpe, Thalia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Polymnia, Ourania and Calliope we are exploring what they can offer us for inspiration to have the hope fueling politics.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\"forgotten-muses-1226788\"<\/a>
\n\t“There is no illusion greater than fea<\/em>r.”
\n\t\u2015 Lao Tzu
\n\t“If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgement now.<\/em>”
\n\t\u2015 Marcus Aurelius, Meditations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let us now turn to Thalia and her gift of agriculture (video of a problem with the solution and petition<\/span><\/span><\/span>):<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3-FlwnSKppk&feature=youtu.be&can_id=5d524453ae1e6ae2fcae3072f14e2a93&source=email-take-a-ride-through-our-broken-food-system&email_referrer=take-a-ride-through-our-broken-food-system&email_subject=take-a-ride-through-our-broken-food-system&link_id=1<\/a><\/p>\n

Climate justice activist Bill McKibben writes, “I don’t see any point in simply despairing. There are things we can do to help avert disaster, and I’m going to try to do them, and write about them, and blow on as many embers as I can in the hopes that they’ll start a fire<\/strong><\/em>.” Source: email from Rev. Kathleen McTigue, Director Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice<\/p>\n

Does it inspire faith and hope when you can take action on something?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Or do you require Calliope’s justice<\/span><\/span><\/span>:
\n\thttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wjLgODbs1R4<\/a><\/p>\n

Continuing with Ourania who might claim this as celestial (includes video):<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n\thttp:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/lupita-nyongo-wore-a-light-up-dress-programmed-by-young-women-and-it-was-stunning?c=upw1&u=6ffb12f2d750fff1c628f4ed4366938bb526f1d5<\/a><\/p>\n

Does this inspire you with how it transforms the conversation and empowers others?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Clio (history) reminds us of history we shouldn’t lose (includes video):<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n\thttp:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/an-alaska-native-group-decided-to-make-a-video-game-its-like-nothing-youve-ever-played-before?c=upw1&u=6ffb12f2d750fff1c628f4ed4366938bb526f1d5<\/a><\/p>\n

Erato claims this kind of love (includes video):<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n\thttp:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/the-way-this-husband-is-honoring-his-late-wife-is-a-beautiful-testament-to-the-power-of-love?c=upw1&u=6ffb12f2d750fff1c628f4ed4366938bb526f1d5<\/a><\/p>\n

Can we honor love and still feel fear><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s Move to some of Euterpe’s instruments (video):<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n\thttp:\/\/www.bing.com\/videos\/search?q=instrumental+humorous+music&view=detail&mid=A21C327F21E5B7016AF7A21C327F21E5B7016AF7&FORM=VIRE6<\/a><\/p>\n

Does such creativity generate hope?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And this Monday we'll end with Terpsichore combining her harp and dance (video):<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FoDG2KpSLqE<\/a><\/p>\n

Does music soothe a troubled soul and inspire hope?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And thank you dear reader for joining me on this journey of discovery and quest for hope!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In politics it is said, that when not fueled by hope there is a vacuum for fear to fill. Since artists turn to the muses, Clio, Euterpe, Thalia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Polymnia, Ourania and Calliope we are exploring what they can offer us for inspiration to have the hope fueling politics. “There is no illusion […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}