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About macconlon

Artist, activist, community organizer now working as a Community Minister for the Davenport Perth Community Ministry of the Shining Waters Region of the United Church of Canada.

Signs, placards and messages

Posted on July 28, 2016 by macconlon

On my way to work this morning, I saw what I thought was a picket line, a demonstration  with people holding up  signs with messages on placards. I approached and asked questions.  As it turned out, it was an appropriation … Continue reading →

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TIFF.net | The Pearl Button

Posted on September 18, 2015 by macconlon

http://tiff.net/festivals/festival15/masters/the-pearl-button Day 9 at TIFF and this is the one that brought me to tears. The most beautiful, poignant and powerful documentary.  Hope to see it again and share with others.

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TIFF Day One: Land of Mine

Posted on September 10, 2015 by macconlon

Land of Mine (2015, Denmark) directed and written by Martin Zandvliet  is about a young group of German POWs who were conscripted to dig up land mines with their bare hands. The film demonstrated how dangerous land mines are.  The … Continue reading →

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“The Ordering of Moses” an extension of “Recovered Voices”

Posted on May 29, 2014 by macconlon

On Friday, 9 May 2014 at 7:30 p.m. at Carnegie Hall, James Conlon conducted the May Festival Chorus and Cincinnati Symphony in the fourth and final instalment of the Spring for Music festival. Keeping with the festival’s concept of presenting … Continue reading →

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Sanaaq and my thoughts on the TRC

Posted on March 31, 2014 by macconlon

Sanaaq and my thoughts on the TRC.

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Sanaaq and my thoughts on the TRC

Posted on March 31, 2014 by macconlon

I just recently read Sanaaq. If I were to transliterate this into Baybayin, that is, my first language’s way of writing syllabics, this is what it would look like. Sanaaq is an Inuit novel by Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk. From the flyleaf, “Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk … Continue reading →

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New Year Wishes

Posted on December 31, 2013 by macconlon

Looking forward to a year that all 3-year-olds around the world can look forward to. [image is detail of “Fruit Bowl,” an unfinished painting by Ma.C.Conlon]

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Balloons at CPW

Posted on October 14, 2013 by macconlon

Balloons at CPW.

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Balloons at CPW

Posted on October 14, 2013 by macconlon

I recently joined my husband at his 50th high school reunion. It was a pleasure to watch him rejoin the friends of his youth, like these colourful balloons joyfully bobbing together. He happily reconnected both with those who he remembered … Continue reading →

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We All Become Stories

Posted on July 24, 2013 by macconlon

We All Become Stories This is an invitation to a conversation about aging.

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