Lisa Buie-Collard - Author : #activist

Monday, June 08, 2020

June and I'm Late! IWSG

Welcome to June. Already. Not fair! And because of the crazy of life and country right now, I missed posting last week (not to mention moving). Being that I'm recovering from an operation (last Tuesday), I've had a little time to read between news check ups. I have finished Trevor Noah's "Born A Crime" and it feels particularly relevant right now. Reading it is like listening to him talk. Like you're watching his show. He writes the way he talks, and he does both very well.

A Boss To Work For

One thing he wrote that felt appropriate for our times goes something like this. Taking from the adage "Give a man a fish you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." Trevor added: "But if you don't give him a fishing rod, he can't fish no matter what he knows." He was talking about South Africa, but it resonates here and everywhere in the world where there is inequality. He is saying that educating everyone is good, but that if poor people don't have the same access to good and steady education/home life/tools, etc. as "well off/rich" folks do, it doesn't matter what you teach him if he has no means to use that education. This is where our society breaks down. At this moment in time, I hope we as a nation and a planet can finally move beyond the social structures we have put up with for so long. As a woman I feel this acutely, and I live in one of the better countries of the world for women to live in.

So, this is my post for IWSG June, for the insecurity of our changing (hopefully for the better) world. May a treatment, then vaccine finally be found swiftly for C-19. May people of color be accepted into the world that has barred them/made it difficult to enter with grace and compassion. May our country re-learn what empathy, and compassion, is and put it/them to good use. These are my thoughts half way through 2020.
Peace, health and harmony to you all. (And read Trevor's book!)

Friday, April 26, 2019

A to Z Lambert Wilson, Actor, Singer, Activist, and Gourmand

A to Z Challenge Here

For those of you who have seen the Matrix series, you’ll probably recognize Lambert Wilson, who played The Merovingian in the second and third episodes. He is also a singer and has a new album out, singing songs by Yves Montand. But what I found fascinated me the most about him is how he, as an actor, doesn’t seem to want the fanfare and is more interested in what he can do for others. I also found he absolutely LOVES food! He seems to be more than what he looks like, and the photos I found of him I think speak to that depth. His main causes now are the environment, helping young playwrights and screenwriters, and helping to eradicate poverty and hunger.

In Sahara, with Brooke Sheilds

http://sharovarka.com/lambert-wilson/

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Nowadays

The film “Odyssey” about Jacques Cousteau is not only beautiful to watch, but teaches a lesson about our oceans, our world. When he said in an interview that the Antarctic is only “safe” until 2048, I almost cried. I didn’t know about the accord between all countries ending at that time. As it is, it’s hard to know if it is actually being honored in full. In a world of greed, it’s hard to police everyone, much less trust everyone to honor their commitments. I recommend the film and in light of all the plastic we’re now seeing everywhere, I think it’s a film we should all take to heart and do something to change our direction. Because if we don’t, I think it’s safe to say the planet will go on without us. We need it much more than it needs us, in fact, our planet doesn’t need us at all. We should think long and hard about that.