Posted by Simon Christopher Timm - February 12, 2013 - First Nations, The life of an activist
The other day I went into work to start a day of canvassing for Oxfam and had a little chat with one of the directors before things got going. The challenge of canvassing is always staying positive amidst a sea of rejection and apparent apathy. When negativity creeps in the game is over. Then no [...]
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Posted by Simon Christopher Timm - January 23, 2013 - Personal transformation, The making of this film
During one of my pilgrimages to India I took a bunch of footage of poverty-stricken scenes, thinking it might come in handy for the film. Some of it did. The little moment posted below did not end up in the film, but when I first observed and filmed the following, I was both charmed and [...]
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Posted by Simon Christopher Timm - January 21, 2013 - Personal transformation, The life of an activist
The thing I admire second-most about Martin Luther King Jr. is his capacity to live his teaching of nonviolence, even when physically attacked. Beyond the constant bomb threats, King was physically attacked a number of times. In a Harlem department store he was stabbed in the chest with a letter opener. On a plane flight a passenger [...]
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