Life Is Beautiful - Living Along Crooked Lines

If there is but one regular curse that visits us in life, it is the daily, sometimes, depressing grind of the mundane. Doing the same thing over and over again gets boring, we need a new way to see each passing day. If there is anything that all of us have in common it is this: we are all wired to desire a new, fresh, variety in life. We have this inborn need to do the same thing differently and especially as we come to realize that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results each time.

The revolving door is made of these repetitive practices of ours that call us like a magnet we are powerless to escape. Admit it, we become restless, anxious, and we forget to have an attitude of gratitude for what we DO have. We forget that each day we live could very well be our last. We get so caught up in our worries, so caught up in the items that demand our time and attention that we forget how beautiful life is.

Corrinne May has crafted her fifth album, called "Crooked Lines" which sees its launch tomorrow  at the Hard Rock Cafe', located at 50 Cuscaden Road, Singapore. This launch is sponsored by Class 95 FM.  According to her bio and the statement at Class 95 FM, Corrinne is Singapore's most successful musician. Pink Armchair Records has a complete listing of Corrinne's works. Corrine is being profiled here because her work comports with the very mission of Humanity Beat.

Songs like "Mr. Beasley", "Beautiful Life", "24 Hours", "Your Song", "Safe In A Crazy World", "Same Side of The Moon" and "The Birthday Song" convey the heart of someone who is more than just a musical artist. These songs and other works by Corrinne May convey real emotion at the soul and heart level, marking the journey of journeys. Her newest album, "Crooked Lines", is a continuance of personal growth in the life of someone who has matured and has chosen to graciously share vital moments of how we get to where we need to be, even if we do get there by way of crooked lines.
Corrinne's story is not everyone's story, and that is what makes life so beautiful. When we each choose to do the real work in our everyday lives, and the story of ourselves in all of our achievements, our foibles, and our hopes unfolds...we find that beautiful seeds grow into something to be proud of.

The work of Corrinne May speaks of a life well lived, and talks about the life that matters. Beyond the life that matters, her work talks about what's important in life. With any luck, as Humanity Beat grows and evolves, maybe Corrinne will talk to Humanity Beat about the meaningful songs she has worked so hard to bring to the world, the stories and creative process behind them, and living the life that matters in her own experiences.

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Airline Aggravation

Perhaps no public servant has more stress placed on them than those in the airline and aviation transport industry. There is no business more complex than the airline and aviation industry. In this line of work, there are more than just airline Ticket Agents, Gate Agents, Flight Attendants, and Skycaps.

Airline passengers meet with only a few of the professionals who make the business what it is. There is something in human nature that makes most travelers oblivious to the environment around them in that they only see a person in a uniform who either makes or ruins their day. Passengers see airline personnel and airport security as people who either hamper their freedom to travel or help their travel plans along.

The Humanity Beat documentary, "Airline Aggravation" looks inside the airline and aviation transport industry and exposes the stress levels experienced by those professionals who are expected to leave their humanity behind for the sake of corporate profit. This program will enlighten travelers on the matters of airline mental health, and what happens when the airline corporate culture forces airline personnel to hide their state of health until these hard workers reach their breaking point.

Airline personnel struggle with the stigma of mental health diagnoses just the same as anyone else, and yet, it is airline personnel who are demonized when they suffer a meltdown. Corporate corruption and alienation of people plays a role in airline and aviation employee mental health problems.

In recent news stories, two American Airlines employees have come under scrutiny and even demonization. Both of these professionals are Flight Attendants in the emlpoy of American Airlines. One of them is unidentified and under in-patient care at a Texas hospital after what is suspected to be a bipolar episode on a flight from Dallas to Chicago, and the other is Gailen David who was recently fired for blowing the whistle on American by way of his parody videos depicting his views of what happens at American Airlines.

"Airline Aggravation" is in production. The download link will be posted here when it is released. Until then, please enjoy this video statement by Gailen David, and visit his website, DEAR SKY STEWARD

Mortal Remembrance - The Death That Happens and The Death That Matters

The photo above is the face of Thomas Lynch. Mr. Lynch is an award winning writer and poet; he is also an experienced Funeral Director who wrote a book called "The Undertaking: Stories From The Dismal Trade". Lynch worked with the documentary team at Frontline by their request to create what is possibly the most meaningful work on the topic of how we humans process death, dying, and dealing with our dead. Mortal Remembrance is inspired by this, and other works by Lynch. 

In the Frontline documentary, "The Undertaking", Mr. Lynch made a VERY powerful and profound statement; he said "Funerals are the way we close the gap between the death that happens and the death that matters". Mortal Remembrance talks about exactly that topic....the death that happens and the death that matters. Thomas Lynch was unavailable for comment or consultation on this documentary per his office personnel.

Mortal Remembrance picks up where "The Undertaking" left off, examining how we process death, how we deal with the death that happens, how we make that loved one's life matter, and learning how to live beyond the loss when we lose someone we love. In this way, we are able to live our own lives as whole people because we become empowered to improve our state of mental and spiritual health when we work through the death that happens and make that death matter. 

Humanity Beat interviewed two Licensed Clinical Social Workers from The Center For Grief Recovery and Therapeutic Services - Institute For Creativity and Development.

 

David Fireman, MSW, LCSW

Kathryn Conway - "KC", MSW, LCSW

Learn about David Fireman and KC by visiting their official website. David and KC had the following words about the Mortal Remembrance program: 

"I'm really glad you are working on something like this. It sounds like a very important piece that will help many people, and it's really needed." - David Fireman

KC had this to say: "I'm glad you came to do this project with us, it was great to talk about something that people have such a hard time dealing with today. That people matter is axiomatic. How do we help people feel as though they matter?  -We can love them. In W.H. Auden's poem "September 1, 1939", he says that "we must love one another or die".  We'll die anyway but loving one another matters. The death that matters, matters because of love"

Mortal Remembrance also includes a segment on environmentally friendly disposition of remains. This feature comes from a Radio Netherlands Worldwide production called "Earthbeat".

Mortal Remembrance can be heard or downloaded HERE. Special thanks to Marnie Chesterton at Earthbeat for her support of this project! Parents, PLEASE guide your children through this program.

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