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And the Music Played the Band

Charles Eisenstein
Jan 11
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I want to share with you a powerful 35-minute film that Ben Stewart made from an interview we recorded last summer. I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen such an effective treatment of what would otherwise be another talking head monologue. Just wow. Thank you Ben!

Watching it, I had the odd experience of learning from my own words. That’s because what I’m speaking to in the collective exists in me too. They are the issues I’ve been wrestling with my whole life. So, I’m not some expert or guru who’s got it all figured out; on the contrary, sometimes it seems to me that the reason I’m so insistent on speaking is that I, more than anyone, need to hear what I say. The danger for me is that I say it and say it, keeping it on the outside, directing it toward others, but never letting it in. The music and images of this film opened a gateway for the words to come into me. I know they will do the same for many of you.

We decided to release it without ads or paywalls or digital rights management of any sort. That’s a big leap of faith for an aspiring filmmaker like Ben. If you’d like to support our work and future collaboration, you may do so here.

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Corey
Jan 11

What a friggin' gift you are, Charles. And Ben, thank you infinitely for inspiring this in Charles. Deeply impactful. Hard for me to understand how someone can deliver this message with such eloquence and authenticity and yet they themselves still feel they need to be reminded........

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Brian F Smyth
Jan 11

I know -or I think - Charles is not keen on movements and organised structures around his messages but I would love to find some kind of community of people who share his views and hopes and invitations. So many thanks to you both for the gifts you give us and ARE

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