Miiesha (Pronounced My-ee-sha) is from the small Aboriginal community of Woorabinda in Central Queensland comes a 21 year old with a voice ready to be heard. A strong, Anangu/Torres Strait Islander woman, Miiesha has been singing for her family and her community since the age of 8, and has since been developing her songwriting as a teenager.
Miiesha’s music seeks to bring people together to help educate and inspire. She sings of her people and her community with the words of a leader and a teacher. Her late Grandmother’s interludes provide a thread between the tracks, highlighting the passing down of knowledge from Elders through the generations.
Repost from 2014. Before social media added to the erosion of self…
Image by Banksy. Text below by Kalle Lasn, Founder of Adbusters Media Foundation. Source: ‘The Gruen Transfer’ book.
“Rather than child proofing the world, we need to world proof our children” *
“There’s anything between 1000 and 3000 marketing messages entering the average brain every day. I believe our brains are simply not capable of absorbing that level of advertising. One of the reasons advertising causes mental illness is because of the weight of that onslaught, the sheer number of hits to the brain.
And then, on a secondary level, many ads arepsychologically abusive. Many ads amount to emotional blackmail. Ads point out flaws in your personality, in your body, in the way you dress, the way you live, and then once they have made you feel inadequate, they say, ‘Okay, we have the solution to your problem. Buy this.’ If this happens consistently, it erodes your self-confidence and turns you into an anxious human being.
A very important documentary. If you have children, consider watching it with them. Lots of practical takeaways for your (and your children’s) security and mental health when using social media. To watch obligation free on Netflix, you can subscribe for a month’s free trial, then opt to unsubscribe before the free trial expires.
A reminder of how stories connect us to the world and ultimately, the power of kindness . . .
The story of Bambert – an impossibly small man with an enormous love for writing. Tucked away in his quiet attic, his only companions are the characters he has created in his stories. And then one day, Bambert decides to set his stories free, to send them out into the world on little hot air balloons in the hope that they will find a home. From Barking Gecko Theatre.
