S 2. 2. POETRY AS STRUCTURAL | DEMOCRACY AS EPHEMERAL

Musings into the irony of poetry as everlasting and strong, structural and foundational and democracy as the fragile creature, beholden to the times and the egos of its leaders.Compelled to speak in this 13 min Ep. by the 24/7 nature of news cycles and their impact on our psyche. The impact of cruelty, greed, narcissism and terror witnessed on an increasingly awful scale with no let up, and for most of us, that is as mere witnesses.That the world needs more kindness than ever, more knowledge, culture, and more spine than ever to speak into corrupt regimes and ignorant leaders. That the structures we have always identified as so robust and everlasting have been revealed, in the wrong hands, to be weak and on the verge of collapse, as power grabs power for its own purposes. The fallacy of democracy as a structure we can trust with our lives, as we witness its dissolution in the U.S and the consequent disregard for accountability, for the human toll and the humane rationale it was intended to uphold. The irony of the things people have ease denying or denigrating in troubled times, the arts, poetry, languages, creative endeavours, as having the greatest longevity and highest purpose, the strongest foundation and the greatest capacity to grant us structure, meaning and voice.These times are a potent lesson of history repeating itself and of the value of what man has always sought comfort from and solace in. The irony and tragedy of the same country, Iran, that has arguably gifted the world some of its greatest art, architecture, literature and poetry is fighting an internal regime and an external self-aggrandising dictator proclaiming democracy from lie after lie laced lips…The invitation extended, is to seek out the masters of poetry and literature, whose legacy has withstood time, to use them as the structure needed to realign one’s own sense of harmony, and to educate ourselves so we may discern what is lasting and what can be altered so swiftly by lesser minds and lesser men…From corporate lawyer to full time writer, Julia Mathison, in this 12 MIN EP, explores the idea that our individual acts of daily and life-long creativity are the real deal in creating legacy and maintaining our humanity in a world seeking to bluff us into trading our talents for competency and radical speed, void of intuition and almost impossible to ignite deep emotion in response to. Always a personal musing, featuring personal preferences, with a desired message to be kind, follow your hearts direction and accept the calling of your innate gifts. NOTES: These are not scripted so I make mistakes. I noticed two in this recording - do be kind…1. Immediateness - I struggled to pronounce and think I meant immediacy2. Anecdote - I intended to say the antidote!  Both 1 and 2 are pretty much in the same sentence.3. Reference to legislation should really be to the Legislative (ie: arm of government). REFERENCES TO PERSIAN POETSRUMI andHAFEZ WEBSITEwww.jemathison.comhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/2362765/episodesSupport the showTHANK YOU FOR LISTENINGPURCHASE MY STORIES ATwww.jemathison.com