Sunday, October 21, 2012

Action


“To translate Victor Jara’s El Derecho de Vivir en Paz into Arabic and action.”

Action. I like that. A lot.

I sometimes wonder what the future will hold.
(Actually I think about that all the time.)
Will I be able to put Victor Jara’s words into action?

To get a job means to do work.
To do work, hacer mi trabajo. Action.
In a field along side a woman who never went to school.
Who can teach me more than professors with PhDs.
Action.

Day #1. Introduction to Social Work
Lesson #1: Social Workers won’t make a lot of money
Thought #1: Oh…
Thought #1 gazillion and 1: If I move away from the US I’ll make even less.
Thought #1 gazillion and 2: That’s what I want.
Action.

*In response to a selection from Mark Chmiel's Dear Layla 

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