[Dialogue] Run into the future, run!

[Mari Crocker]

Yes, Dear Jeanette —

George Winnegudge (sp?) and Silas Roberts were the two elders who were part of the Australian contingent at that wonderful first ITI.  They introduced our Order to the mysterious, lugubrious tone of the didgeridoo.  The words to this song embodied what we taught in words and concepts through RSI.  George and Silas were participants in our daily pedagogy sessions (at noon over lunch if I recall correctly).  Although they were very quiet men, they missed nothing that was being said, and under JWMs “wisdom-eliciting tutelage,” articulated the power of the Story of radical possibility through music and poetry.

It’s amazing that such an art form continues to inform our consciousness 54 years later!

Marilyn Crocker 

> On Sep 21, 2023, at 10:07 PM, jstanfieldica via Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
> 
> Joseph Mathews worked with the Aboriginal elders from Australia at the Singapore ITI in 1969 to create this song.  These elders were a powerful mostly silent presence throughout the first two weeks of the ITI. 
> 
> Work on the song with these elders was a very significant event at the ITI in which a new story for Aboriginal people in Australia for the future was being articulated.  Joseph was so delighted working with the elders edit after edit to get the story just right. 
> 
> I know because I was re-typing draft after draft (no computers about) and
> Joe was dancing around back and forth between the elders and the office.
> 
> A fond memory of that time.
> 
> Jeanette Stanfield
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> Sent from my Bell Samsung device over Canada's largest network.
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Michael Shaw via Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> Date: 2023-09-21 4:34 p.m. (GMT-05:00)
> To: 'Colleague Dialogue' <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> Cc: d.michael.shaw at comcast.net
> Subject: [Dialogue] Run into the future, run!
> 
> This song (copied below) has been running through my mind for several days. The catchy tune makes it a kind of earwig. I’m wondering if anybody knows the backstory on the words, the tune, and most importantly, the context in which it was created.
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> Michael Shaw
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