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Friday, December 3rd, 2010
In celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities I send this tip of the hat to John “Spoon Man” Smeltzer and the continuing cinematic journey to raise he and his wonderful spoons to the biggest stages of his beloved country and Celtic music lovers world.
Tags: celtic music, deiren masterson, farm aid, jean vanier, john smeltzer, l'arche, leahy, natalie macmaster, spoon man, spoons, the chieftains, willie nelson
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Wanders Through Identiland – Episode V
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
This is Episode V of a continuing series called “Wanders through Identiland” – thought twisters and cartoons that explore our ever shifting understanding of identity and all its twists and turns.
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Tags: bob, deiren, deiren masterson, depression, facebook, relative strangers, status update, wanders through Identiland
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“Good-bye Grandpa”, A musical tribute to Roy Turkel
Monday, November 22nd, 2010
On November 22nd, the infamously same day that President John F. Kennedy was murdered, I lost a dear friend named Roy Turkel. At 85 years of age, Jewish and having lived with a mental disability since birth, Roy and I had, on the outside, very little in common. He was a survivor of some 60 years in an institution system that pegged him as an outcast to be hidden away in the northern outskirts of my home province with thousands of others like him, who fell into the societal holes of ‘mental retardation’ and a myriad of other denigrating classifications.
But Roy was an incredible man, with an incredible spirit. To this day I pray to Roy, because I know Roy’s thirst for life won in the end. His fierce desire to be loved and to love with an enormous open heart is what remains of him. I know he beat the darkness of this life, and when I feel that same darkness rushing in around me, I lift a little call to his fierce and loving spirit. I wrote this song with my good friend Michael Barrett and we sang it as a eulogy for Roy’s funeral. Michael by the way was born with severe cerebral palsy and is an incredible man in his own right. So here you go Roy, to your beautiful life and memory.
Tags: deiren, deiren masterson, disability, jean vanier, l'arche, l'arche daybreak, roy, unsung heroes
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Wanders through Identiland – Episode IV
Monday, October 25th, 2010
This is Episode IV of a continuing series called “Wanders through Identiland” – thought twisters and cartoons that explore our ever shifting understanding of identity and all its twists and turns.
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Tags: acceptance, bob and viv, cartoons, deiren masterson, relative strangers, self acceptance, social identity, Social Media, social web, wanders through Identiland
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Wanders through Identiland – Episode I
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
This is the inaugural episode of a weekly series called “Wanders through Identiland” - thought twisters and cartoons that explore our ever shifting understanding of identity and all its twists and turns.
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Tags: bob, bob and viv, deiren, deiren masterson, relative strangers, social identity, wanders through Identiland
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Does life start as a conversation?
Friday, August 6th, 2010
Found this quote today and it stuck to me:
“What was the promise life made to you the moment you were born?”
Now that one reaches back…will enjoy the journey.
Tags: deiren masterson, life, meaning of life, promise, purpose
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Identity - Personal, Communal, Social, Brand.
You, Me, Us, We. What makes us who we are?
The roots are millennia deep and the shift is constant. In the throws of a major paradigm shift let's explore the fun we're having as we trip the light fantastic in the age of digital.
