[encore] 936: Voyeuristic Intentions

The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

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Arts, Performing Arts

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🗓️ 6 October 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Today’s poem is Voyeuristic Intentions by Adele Elise Williams. This episode was originally released on August 4, 2023.

The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “If the Yoruba proverb, character is beauty, is true, then, given the hostilities in the world and mass indifference, a bright spirit, full of warmth and compassion, is likely forged over time out of suffering. Such a soul exudes empathy and light. And thus, we acknowledge and survive off each other’s radiance, a moral beauty, as the ancient Greeks believed, that equated to goodness.”

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0:03.0	Life can be overwhelming when my calendar is filled to the brim,
0:06.8	it's hard to concentrate on anything else.
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0:45.2	I'm Major Jackson and this is the slowdown.
0:58.8	Earlier this year, when smoke from the Canadian fires drifted into Manhattan,
1:04.8	the sky above Grand Central was cast and a darkening mustard yellow.
1:10.0	The scene conjured news footage of 9-11.
1:13.0	Buildings seemed to recede behind apocalyptic layers of dust.
1:18.0	People wandered down streets and mass,
1:22.0	or covered their faces with clothing.
1:25.4	Without sunlight bouncing off glass skyscrapers,
1:28.6	the city lost its sheen.
1:31.0	The city, however, did not lose its energy.
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