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-: Peace.

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I'm Adam Jabari, and this lesson

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is called Separate Together.

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We're going to use photography to share a message.

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As with all photography, we need a source of light.

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Where does your light come from?

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You will need your camera.

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A smartphone or a tablet with a camera app

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is perfect for this practice.

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And you will need pen and paper, like a notebook.

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Let's start with three full breaths.

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Sit nice and tall, heart forward, crown high,

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and take a deep breath in through your nose.

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(inhales)

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And exhale slowly from your nose.

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(exhales)

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Take a hand and place it over your low belly

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and another one over your heart.

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Draw another deep breath in through your nose,

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(inhales)

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into your belly, into your heart.

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And slow exhale from the nose.

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(exhales)

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Let's do that one more time, deep breath in and out

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through the nose.

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(inhales)

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(exhales)

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Now we're nice and grounded.

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Today we are going to create a letter through images.

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Think about the people who are most affected right now.

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They can be the essential workers,

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like grocery store clerks, delivery people,

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cleaning staff, bus drivers, nurses,

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doctors, think about people who may be underserved,

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like people without houses, or without adequate

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access to healthcare.

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What kind of message would you like to write

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to these essential or underserved people?

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Take two to three minutes in your notebook

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and write some words to those people in your life

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or in your community.

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(pen clicks)

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Who did you think about?

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What group or individual came to mind for you?

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Refer back to the words that you wrote,

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the feelings behind it.

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We're going to use our cameras

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to represent some of these ideas.

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For example, healthcare is a human right.

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That's something I wrote.

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And with my camera, and my imagination,

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I'm going to find a way to share that message

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through an image.

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I might think about masks, or gloves,

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or maybe use props like a thermometer,

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or maybe even a hot cup of tea, a BAND-AID.

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What objects and props best represent

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the message that you wanna share?

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What spaces and environments best represents

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that message that you wanna share?

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Your challenge today is to take your camera,

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find the props, find the spaces,

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and share your voice, these love letters.

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Express them through these images.

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Photographer Carrie Mae Weems said,

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"I'm so happy to be alive and to make my work.

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"But I didn't do it alone.

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"So many have paved the way for me,

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"and for that I'm extraordinarily grateful."

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Think about a community, individual, or group

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that you'd like to send your message to.

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How are they being affected by the coronavirus,

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by social distancing, by quarantine?

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Take some time to log on to your search engines,

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and find out some specifics of the impact

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for individuals and groups in different demographics.

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Let these inform the message that you send,

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to offer some support, or compassion,

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or information that might be helpful.

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While we are distant, remember that we are

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all together in this.

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We are all the same stardust, all live on the same planet,

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all need the same resources.

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Me and you, your momma, and your cousin too.

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I'm Adam Jabari.

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Thanks for being here today.

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Peace.

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(upbeat music)