3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV

Issue #162, 15th August 2023

Happy Independence Day dear students, teachers, and parents. What are your plans for the day? Here are some ideas for you. Share what you did, words, thoughts, and traditions you enjoyed today. You must watch the video in this issue. The idea of freedom found a new dimension for me. Jai Hind!

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Three images of the week:

Two Thoughts of the Week:

“To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect, and their oneness.”

– Mahatma Gandhi

“Patriotism can’t be our final spiritual shelter. I will not buy glass for the price of diamonds and I will never allow patriotism to triumph over humanity as long as I live.”

– Rabindranath Tagore

One Video of the Week:

When Sue Austin got a power wheelchair, she felt a tremendous sense of freedom — yet others looked at her as though she had lost something. In her art, she conveys the spirit of wonder she feels wheeling through the world. Includes thrilling footage of an underwater wheelchair that lets her explore ocean beds, drifting through schools of fish, floating free in 360 degrees.

Multimedia, performance, and installation artist Sue Austin keeps a fascinating mission at the center of her work: to challenge the idea of the disabled as “other” and represent her experience as a wheelchair user in a brighter light. She does this by creating quirky, unexpected juxtapositions — bringing a sense of whimsy and empowerment to the discussion of disability.

Austin is the founder and artistic director of Freewheeling, an initiative aiming to further the genre of Disability Arts. In 2012, she was asked to be a part of the Cultural Olympiad in Britain, a celebration of the arts leading up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The work she created for the event, called “Creating the Spectacle!,” is a groundbreaking series of live art and video works of an underwater wheelchair.

Dear reader,
I have been a research scientist, a journalist, and an educator for over 3 decades. I read and, I write.  With this weekly newsletter, I share what I read, learn, and, experience. At the same time, I engage with students, parents, and teams of teachers across K-12 schools, higher education institutions, and ed-tech organizations.

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