under great guidance a soccer team lost all four games, conceding eleven and scoring one.
with absolute coach support said soccer team kept spirit high, learnt about tactics, team structures and roles, and with courage kept trying to produce rapid and bold football moves.
everybody involved left tired and grinning.
taylor swift played her part, too.
Bendigo Amateur Soccer League under 12 team, with Jean on number 21.
loosing the battles, but winning the war.
NGV triennial exhibition, Melbourne
human beings standing tall
owning their roles as artists
calling out war, unjustified invasion and barbarism
intentionally and explicitly directing their craft towards a contribution to the war effort
using their incredible skills to share with a foreign audience the nature of their reality
lamenting grieving raging yet still finding space for hope and laughter and joy
making us feel all the feels
finding ways beyonds words to engage -though for one night at least I wished I understood ukrainian
three long heart felt ovations by the crowd, standing
witnessing all this and getting carried away were two birds who couldn’t hide their excitment of having survived the Melbourne traffic for a night away in the city.
Ukraine will win.
Dakha Brakha, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, March 11, 2024
