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From the Ted Talk by Sasha Sarago: The (de)colonizing of beauty

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atnuy Beryl Van-Oploo, a respected Gamilaraay elder, sarehd a story with a group of women one day, and she said, "We all have a bit of Barangaroo in us." Later that envnieg, I thought about Aunty Beryl's message. And what I received from her msgaese was, no matter our culture, color or how we identify, spirit is what we share. It's what connects us. You see, if we indigenize beauty, the meaning is temfnorarsd from aesthetically pleasing to a sttae of divinity; beauty now becomes spirit manifested. Not only is spirit found within us, it's in all things. It's in the landscapes, it's in the elements.

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_____ Beryl Van-Oploo, a respected Gamilaraay elder, ______ a story with a group of women one day, and she said, "We all have a bit of Barangaroo in us." Later that _______, I thought about Aunty Beryl's message. And what I received from her _______ was, no matter our culture, color or how we identify, spirit is what we share. It's what connects us. You see, if we indigenize beauty, the meaning is ___________ from aesthetically pleasing to a _____ of divinity; beauty now becomes spirit manifested. Not only is spirit found within us, it's in all things. It's in the landscapes, it's in the elements.

Solution

  1. aunty
  2. shared
  3. state
  4. message
  5. transformed
  6. evening

Original Text

Aunty Beryl Van-Oploo, a respected Gamilaraay elder, shared a story with a group of women one day, and she said, "We all have a bit of Barangaroo in us." Later that evening, I thought about Aunty Beryl's message. And what I received from her message was, no matter our culture, color or how we identify, spirit is what we share. It's what connects us. You see, if we indigenize beauty, the meaning is transformed from aesthetically pleasing to a state of divinity; beauty now becomes spirit manifested. Not only is spirit found within us, it's in all things. It's in the landscapes, it's in the elements.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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collocation frequency
indigenous beauty 4
pretty hurts 2
red ochre 2

Important Words

  1. aesthetically
  2. aunty
  3. barangaroo
  4. beauty
  5. beryl
  6. bit
  7. color
  8. connects
  9. culture
  10. day
  11. elder
  12. elements
  13. evening
  14. gamilaraay
  15. group
  16. identify
  17. indigenize
  18. landscapes
  19. manifested
  20. matter
  21. meaning
  22. message
  23. pleasing
  24. received
  25. respected
  26. share
  27. shared
  28. spirit
  29. state
  30. story
  31. thought
  32. transformed
  33. women