{"id":19093,"date":"2016-01-17T17:20:18","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T01:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=19093"},"modified":"2016-01-18T10:25:52","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T18:25:52","slug":"monday-morning-musings-on-mlk-holiday-for-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/17\/monday-morning-musings-on-mlk-holiday-for-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Morning Musings (on MLK Holiday for CA)"},"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<\/strong><\/em> and Calliope<\/strong><\/em> we are exploring what they can offer us for inspiration to have the hope <\/span><\/span><\/span>\"forgotten-muses-1226788\"<\/a>fueling politics.<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n\t“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.”<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\n\t–Desmond Tutu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.”<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span>
\n\t–Jonas Salk<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Let us first turn to Clio<\/strong><\/em> (guitar):<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n\tThese California Maximum-Security Prisoners Are Making an Album <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(text along with a video and audio links)                                                                                                          <\/span><\/span>
\n\thttp:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/media\/2015\/02\/new-folsom-prison-music-project-zoe-boekbinder-ani-difranco<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"clio\"<\/a>Before Taylor Swift and Shania Twain, There Were Sara and Maybelle Carter <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t"America's original country superstars have a lasting legacy."<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/media\/2016\/01\/winding-stream-maybelle-sara-carter-family-johnny-cash-documentary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sounds hopeful to me, how about you?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps Erato<\/strong><\/em> would claim this as a love poem? (hanky alert for this video):         <\/span><\/span><\/span>\"erato\"<\/a>   <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Syria's Young Talent<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\thttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aworldatschool\/videos\/657896257684671\/?&utm_medium=email&utm_source=awas&utm_content=1&utm_campaign=2016_01_14_SoS&source=2016_01_14_SoS<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Was this a good example of how to respond to tragic events?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Continuing with Terpsichore <\/strong><\/em>(education):<\/span><\/span><\/span>\"terpsichore\"<\/a> <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

One photo captures the power of a teacher's support — and it's making the rounds<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/one-photo-captures-the-power-of-a-teachers-support-and-its-making-the-rounds?c=upw1&u=6ffb12f2d750fff1c628f4ed4366938bb526f1d5<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Does this inspire you?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Clio<\/strong><\/em> (also history) reminds us of history many of us never learned:<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSikh Soldier Allowed to Keep Beard in Rare Army Exception<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/12\/14\/us\/sikh-soldier-allowed-to-keep-beard-in-rare-army-exception.html?_r=1<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Is this history we will become glad it became past tense?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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And then to Thalia<\/strong><\/em> (Colbert comedy video clip with a sting and advice and election commentary)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Killer Mike Educates Stephen Colbert<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t“Rapper and Activist Killer Mike of Run The Jewels stops by The Late Show to talk about racial justice, Bernie Sanders and formal sweats.”<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/therealnews.com\/t2\/component\/hwdvideoshare\/viewvideo\/80141<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Would you follow this advice?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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And Terpsichore<\/strong><\/em> (also dance) brings this inclusive delight for us to end             <\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n\t\t\t\thttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1hTfCwLpbaw<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you dear reader for joining me on this journey of discovery and quest for hope (and please forgive the large amounts of blank space that hours have not been sufficient for me to solve)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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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. “Hope is being able […]<\/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-19093","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\/19093","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=19093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19093\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}