44. Things To Do In The Belly Of The Whale
Friends,
It’s Sunday. A remembrance Sunday of sorts.
I’ve spent the last few weeks researching and learning about the incredible and tragic life of Steve Biko - a Black Conscious Movement founder who was murdered by white supremacist policemen in South Africa in 1977. I was 3 years old, he was just 31.
Come, listen. Let’s remember Steve’s brave but short life together with this beautiful song.
Here’s a little more internet you may find interesting and/or meaningful.
1. Wanting
The most beautiful linen robe I’ve ever seen.
2. Watching
Grief, isolation and environmental collapse, and also pure animated magic to help us feel less alone.
3. Art From The Ocean
Peter Matthews is not your average immersive artist - here’s his incredible story.
4. Making Britain Great
Have you tried British snacks?
5. A Poem
Things to Do in the Belly of the Whale — Dan Albergotti
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Measure the walls.
Count the ribs.
Notch the long days.
Look up for blue sky through the spout.
Make small fires with the broken hulls of fishing boats.
Practice smoke signals.
Call old friends, and listen for echoes of distant voices.
Organize your calendar.
Dream of the beach.
Look each way for the dim glow of light.
Work on your reports.
Review each of your life’s ten million choices.
Endure moments of self-loathing.
Find the evidence of those before you.
Destroy it.
Try to be very quiet, and listen for the sound of gears and moving water.
Listen for the sound of your heart.
Be thankful that you are here, swallowed with all hope, where you can rest and wait.
Be nostalgic.
Think of all the things you did and could have done.
Remember treading water in the center of the still night sea, your toes
pointing again and again down, down into the black depths.
See you next Sunday.