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March 2020

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Like everyone else I reckon the highly contagious COVID-19 Corona Virus has been the center of every conversation. A dear friend shared this CS Lewis poem from 1948 after a discussion about the earth shattering disruption to our daily lives, lack of preparation an urgency from some leaders and the fear/uncertainty of a post pandemic life. 
This month's has content meant to uplift and help us endure these unpredictable times.
May we and all our loved ones make it through unscathed. 
Stay inside and Be Safe.

“On Living in an Atomic Age” 
by CS Lewis  (1948)

In one way we think a great deal too much of the atomic bomb. “How are we to live in an atomic age?” I am tempted to reply: “Why, as you would have lived in the sixteenth century when the plague visited London almost every year, or as you would have lived in a Viking age when raiders from Scandinavia might land and cut your throat any night; or indeed, as you are already living in an age of cancer, an age of syphilis, an age of paralysis, an age of air raids, an age of railway accidents, an age of motor accidents.”

In other words, do not let us begin by exaggerating the novelty of our situation. Believe me, dear sir or madam, you and all whom you love were already sentenced to death before the atomic bomb was invented: and quite a high percentage of us were going to die in unpleasant ways. We had, indeed, one very great advantage over our ancestors—anesthetics; but we have that still. It is perfectly ridiculous to go about whimpering and drawing long faces because the scientists have added one more chance of painful and premature death to a world which already bristled with such chances and in which death itself was not a chance at all, but a certainty.

This is the first point to be made: and the first action to be taken is to pull ourselves together. If we are all going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, let that bomb when it comes find us doing sensible and human things—praying, working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting to our friends over a pint and a game of darts—not huddled together like frightened sheep and thinking about bombs. They may break our bodies (a microbe can do that) but they need not dominate our minds.

 
Black Jazz by Anthony Coleman
What the world is coming to. A fitting opening to this ensemble of sounds meant to soothe the ear during this time of need. There is something about the free solo’s of Miles, Coltrane, and Ahmad that put the mind at ease for the slightest of moments. And that is what the world needs right now. Free spirits meant to remind us of brighter days ahead, while cradling us in our current state.
This Is Black Jazz

ProntoPronto  by Gabriel Noguez
Cocooned in the car, engulfed by music and watching the road up ahead make up for some of the most intimate and cherishable moments I’ve spent with my friends and loved ones. I’m guilty of sometimes taking the longer route to finish a song all the way through. I believe there’s only two types of music: good and terrible. Terrible music is shy, contrived or done for a commercial purpose, the rest is often good. I made this playlist for an imaginary roadtrip. The song selection travels to far away countries and personal eras. I tried to hold on to a long colorful sunset. Enjoy the ride

 

WFH by Gabby 
Sounds like we’ll all be spending a bit more time with ourselves these days.
tunes here are sounds i enjoy when i need:
-focus / inspiration for working from home
-a break from the indoors and walkabout my neighborhood
-to spring clean cuz its that time of year anyways 
maybe you'll enjoy them too. stay happy + healthy everyone x

A Quaran'ting by Penda N'diaye

An ode to Penda's 31st trip around the sun in a time that feels unnerving and unknown, but equally spurs emotion and impulse to create new art. Use these vibes to conjur up your wildest dreams and put them into action when the world is sane again. 
My bday is tomorrow :) so that's what I meant about 31st trip...

Turn up. Turn the volume way up—that's the only way to listen to this playlist. Burnin' up the Bay is hyphy music from the early and late 2000s. Born out of Oakland, California in the early 90s, hyphy music is first and foremost dance music. It’s gritty, loud and garish. The bass is heavy and the rhythm is fast-paced. This subgenre created a movement that continues to have an influence on music today. If you're ready to start giggin’, slap that link and go dumb.
Pale Blue Dot
Carl Sagan
Sobering words about humanity from the legendary Astronomer, Carl Saga.
Words that highly relevant in these uncertain times. 
The Boys of the Malecón
Gabriel Flores

In the late afternoon
A stretch of kids on the edge One daring the next
They aim their sights
To the crashing water below.

Cradling their excitement
Their laughter echoes
Off rushing cars behind
Who will be the first one to go? Or the second?

Rigid earth peeks the surface Frivolous of the law
I hear levity in their voices
No hint of fear in their nature
Only pleasure taken in the rebellion A brotherhood of affection

One by one, the Malecón, a savior.

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