Hope
WWII veterans and family members co-wrote the WWII Homecoming Song at Dungeness Court Memory Care in Sequim, WA. The video features a slideshow of archival and family photos curated by Aba Kiser. The soundtrack is from SW’s album “Life’s A Song.” It tells the story of the Logsdon twins, who served in the Marines together and who this song helped to reunite.
RESEARCH & RESOURCE LINKS:
MUSIC RESTORES HOPE:
Music and Song the Sounds of Hope?
TRANSFORMATIONAL POWER OF MYTH:
Mythologies in Relationships and Relationships in Mythologies
RESTORING CONNECTION THROUGH ARTS:
Arts Engagement Supports Social Connectedness in Adulthood
MURAL PAINTING CONNECTS and LIBERATES:
California: How this Prison Collaborated on a Larger-than-life Piece of Art
Rwanda: Barefoot Artists Rwanda Healing Project 2022 Update
Ukraine and beyond: Murals Across Five Countries - The Wall
Florida: Artists Create 20 New Murals for Ukraine
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Click the links below to learn more about SW’s approach.
How do we generate hope? We gather. We welcome. We sing. We include. We listen. We dance. We meet each other as we are. As we do this with mutual respect and authenticity, space opens for trust. We hear one another's stories and truths. Shyness melts away, stigmas dissolve, and laughter and smiles fill the room. Hearts lift, eyes brighten, and minds open as we honor our truths and differences in culture, viewpoint, and generation.
Everyone needs and deserves to be heard, seen, and celebrated. By collaborating together in Oral Tradition ways, we unite with each other profoundly. It’s a process like song quilting: each unique voice, story, and image is woven verbatim in with the others, into a sonic, narrative tapestry that honors every participant. The results are exponentially positive. Audiences are moved and often amazed. Original songs, stories, community and legacy events we create together sound just like us!
Connection saves lives. Research shows that isolation kills. Separation from each other—and from the deepest parts of our selves—are common factors in a range of maladies: loneliness, addiction, suicidality, violence, poverty, rage, pain, degradation of the environment, war, and acute hopelessness about the future. While no one solution can solve all ills, our contributions matter as all issues, like all species, are inter-related.
Do you or someone you know need some hope?
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