Equity Unbound

Alternative CV: Wendy Taleo 2018 CC BY

My alternative CV outlines some of the things in my day. Smash avo on toast (as the fancy cafe's call it) is always enhanced with vegemite. My clarinet is getting some air time recently and the book and ipad are never far away. A soft toy Cassowary keeps my son company with the moving image on the flat, glass screen. Shoes for the journey and a slither of film strip for reflection on technology past. These are the things that my CV doesn't say.

It starts with an invitiation.

We are kicking off #unboundeq - links to creating your #ALTCV, other intro activities and upcoming Twitter Scavenger hunt Sept 17& 20 - plus, connect your blog to All Unbound Voiceshttps://t.co/HqHbh2IVqY

— Equity Unbound (@UnboundEq) September 10, 2018

Maha Bali posted her beautiful updated #altcv

I made a new #ALTCV for #UnboundEq - would love to see yours! @UnboundEq https://t.co/5X2tVd8DxE

cc @MiaZamoraPhD @catherinecronin

— ℳąhą Bąℓi, PhD مها بالي 🌷 (@Bali_Maha) September 10, 2018

but what struck me was the grey space left behind by the empty embed of dead technology. I responded with a grey space poem.

All the grey space
and sad smileys
left in the wake
of technology pulled
from the wideness of the web,

Somehow leaves lines
yet to be defined
by the digital ink
and penmanship
of ourselves as we
connect and live.#unboundeq #poem

— Wendy Taleo (@wentale) September 14, 2018

On the other side of the world, Kevin Hodgson was celebrating dot day. I added my #altcv there, unbound in a squound. He commented on the sound of this word, which kicked off this poem.

Which perhaps deserves to be heard.