Found this Shaun Tan card in a book shop and thought it was a good picture to keep in mind for those not so good days – and moments of self doubt. My interpretation? I imagine when my head is too full or messy, calling on Smart Rabbit to open a hatch – upstairs. Either flushing out all that’s stale and no longer useful – or to top it up with some good juice. And just like fueling a car at the petrol bowser, you have to STOP and turn everything else off to do this. So it’s also about consciousness for me too. And stopping. Click on the typewriter to print. Now hop along and pass Smart Rabbit on to your friends…and check out Shaun’s Mr Strawberry too.
Put Your Dress Down . Sometimes I feel bad even when I’m not doing bad things. So I gave it a name… ‘The Following Bad’ – and wrote a good story…. Shame on you, and you, and you. Hiding truth. Not feeling lies. I lifted up - they put me down. I got gobbled up by cracks in frowns. Now I wear no silky touch. Or dish out shouts, it hurts too much. Duck for cover or run and hide. I bare nothing more than those who lied. Play in pages nice to look. Connect up pieces they once took. And when I spin maybe they’ll see. But it’s not for them. I dance for me.
Pass it on because there are alot of people suffering in silence out there…
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The clip is from a movie called ‘Doubt’. Be warned, it’s intense and it’s topic is child abuse. For those of us who have experienced abuse however, the driving voice of the ‘Sister’, along with her determination to go with ‘gut feelings’, packs a punch we may wish someone had thrown for us. The greatest victory however, is not just to survive the experience, but to not turn the abuse onto ourselves. To mend - not self destruct. Army of Ink troop related to this on the way… in the meantime check out Shaun Tan’s story in previous post … Revenge By Lifing Leg .
Did you know…when I came up with the name ‘Clunk & Jam’ (from the poem above) and googled it – there were no other Clunk & Jams in the world (wide web). Pictured is my Clunk & Jam space. Pass it on to those who gain great pleasure from all things unique and original … A bit about the idea that’s evolved from the Clunk & Jam poem… making the notes…making wallpaper … And there’s a book currently in the making too, so stay tuned. In the meantime, do your bit to soften the world (or create an alternative one) by passing this on….
Click typewriter for Clunk and Jam note of this poem.
Oh BOy. The bound up BOy. Crushed beneath the pressure, the grind to be tough and strong. Big. The overwhelming wave of responsibility to save everything from time, to the environment – the world itself. But I’ve seen the BOy dance and cry. Read poetry out loud. Wear makeup. Pick flowers. Speak his truth. Challenge his world. Name his feelings. Play piano and sing. Hug another BOy.
BOy oh BOy I cried…and a dream saw hands on the wheel of change. Ploughing a culture in where the feelings, vulnerabilities and experiences of men and BOys cannot be freely expressed and accepted. Burying the angst that has the potential of bringing BOy to his own end. BOy oh BOy said the dream … may ideals and expectations of the BOy be reset, redrawn. May BOy be moved and freed from his grueling vigil by the roar for change. The momentum of the march towards it. And the wonder at a way and time when BOy is no longer required to be just one of the boys anymore.
(Picture found in book ‘Huckleberry Finn’ by Mark Twain, first published in 1884. He also wrote, “The worst loneliness is not being comfortable with yourself.”)
Put your hand on the wheel of change – and pass this on …
