<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">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. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I know because I was re-typing draft after draft (no computers about) and</div><div dir="auto">Joe was dancing around back and forth between the elders and the office.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">A fond memory of that time.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Jeanette Stanfield</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:12px;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from my Bell Samsung device over Canada's largest network.</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Michael Shaw via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> </div><div>Date: 2023-09-21 4:34 p.m. (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: 'Colleague Dialogue' <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> </div><div>Cc: d.michael.shaw@comcast.net </div><div>Subject: [Dialogue] Run into the future, run! </div><div><br></div></div><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">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. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="cid:com_samsung_android_email_attachmentprovider_1_17837_RAW_1695346495086" id="Picture_x0020_1" style="width: 4.4722in; height: 2.3958in;" height="230" width="429" onmouseover="imageMousePointerUpdate(true)" onmouseout="imageMousePointerUpdate(false)" name="com_samsung_android_email_attachmentprovider_1_17837_RAW_1695346495086"></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Peace, </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Michael Shaw</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#15CF53;mso-ligatures:none">206.852.7993</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#C45911;mso-ligatures:none">040414</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>