Baltimore County, MD smARTS, 27 Sep 2018

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From YouTube: Common Man Project

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Dr. Richard Hinton of the Common Man Project

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(Upbeat music).

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Richard hinton, a well respected,, successful orthopedic surgeon has dedicated his life, thus far, to healing broken bones. and now,. He is practicing a healing of a different kind that promotes self worth and civic engagement.. It is called, the common man project and here to tell us about. It is doc. Hinton.

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Well, carolyn, thank you for having us today.

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Great to have you here., really appreciate it. okay,, so the common man project,. I find this a fascinating thing that you have created.

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tell us about it.

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Well, it's interesting, we're a musical nonprofit that is really focused on trying to get americans.

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To find joy,, self-worth,, entertainment.

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Through their own hands. things that they're doing of their own creation.

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We sort of live in this society. Now. That's really focused on celebrity spectatorship circus.

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And, cell-phones,, media, and all that.

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So it's a hope to inspire americans to really commit to purpose and process and sort of bring to life's table what they can share and rejoice in.

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for me,. It's been a song in music. for other people,. It could be poetry or woodsmithing,, metalworking,, podcasting, or something else., but to get more engaged. sort of more doing,, less watching.

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Okay,, so I know you have a couple of different organizations that you support through the money that you raise through common man, project.

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Right,, so we're about a couple of things.: one is making, writing, and producing and sharing a music that speaks to social engagement and self worth..

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That's one of our pillars., the other is to work with like-minded community nonprofits.

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That have some of the same message that have boots on the ground in the community.

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To help them with their philanthropic activities.

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As well as making their programs more effective and their message resonate., so we're working with the foundery right now,, which is a big makerspace, down on the patpsco here in baltimore., a very tangible sense of using one's hands for hobbies, for jobs, committing the process.

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They are on board with us and we're working with them and will have a couple of fundraisers for them.

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Okay, now,, you are obviously very committed to the region, baltimore region,.

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But you don't sound as if you're from here. no, no. 35 years in baltimore has not ruined my accent.

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(laughing). So part of this project,, I grew up in a very rural area of north carolina.. 300 people in a little town called gates was the biggest town in the whole county. I grew up in.

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I'm very lucky to be able to have that sense of upbringing.

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And then, very lucky to have been to school at unc,, uva, hopkins,.

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Seen the world, been very lucky in my life.

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I think now it let's me see a lot of political debate.

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And civic issues from maybe both sides of the fence.

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Well, I think it's fabulous and we encourage people, you're going on the news and you can go on your website about a lot of information.

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[Richard] commonmanproject.com [man] one,, two, three,, four (acoustic music).

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♪, don't let your trees standing by the water, ♪.

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♪ be blown down ♪.

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♪, don't let a faux strong man show ♪.

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♪ drive you off your ground, ♪.

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♪ some are kneeling: ♪ ♪ to hail the circus train ♪.

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♪ is zepplinfeld ♪ ♪, where they want to watch their games. ♪.

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♪, you don't need no talking heads ♪.

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♪ telling you to drive their wedge ♪.

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♪ just put your plow down in the ground, ♪.

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♪ along the honeysuckled hedge ♪,.

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♪, your mule will go ♪ ♪. If you point the way, ♪.

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♪ rowing up on your own ♪ ♪. Now that's an honest day, ♪.

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♪ gotta plow, your mule ♪.

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♪ better turn your ground ♪ ♪ dig down deep in the dirt. That's ♪ ♪, where the sweet thing is found: ♪ ♪, gotta, plow, your mule ♪ ♪, better lean in tall ♪.

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♪ consecrate your field to reap well in the fall ♪.

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♪ gotta turn,, turn, turn, turn your ground ♪.

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♪ turn, turn, turn ♪ ♪ turn your ground ♪.

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♪ take off your vr visor baby ♪.

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♪, stick your head out in the world ♪.

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♪, why do they care, where you pee in the pot ♪.

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♪, if you like boys or girls, ♪.

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♪ show em' both cheeks, say yes, when they say no ♪.

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♪ mixing the seeds ♪.

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♪, a stronger crop will grow ♪.

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(Acoustic music).

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♪ gotta plow your mule ♪ ♪, better turn your ground ♪.

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♪ dig down deep in the dirt: that's ♪ ♪, where that sweet thing is found: ♪ ♪, gotta, plow, your mule ♪ ♪, better lean in tall ♪.

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♪ consecrate your field to reap well in the fall ♪.

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♪ gotta turn,, turn, turn, turn your ground ♪.

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♪ turn, turn, turn ♪ ♪ turn your ground ♪.

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♪ (guitar strumming) ♪ ♪ reach down deep with your own hands, ♪.

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♪ and sow a better sound ♪.

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♪, not screams of fears or fanatical cheers, ♪.

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♪, those are voices of the crowd ♪.

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♪ but the beauty of your own, simple song, ♪.

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♪ that need not need be so loud, ♪.

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♪ turn, turn, turn, turn your ground ♪.

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♪ (guitar strumming) ♪.

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♪ take off the silly threadbare suit ♪.

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♪ of the corporate clown ♪.

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♪: beware: the man will want your head ♪.

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♪, if you don't keep it down, ♪.

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♪, but if you feel it ♪.

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♪ say you won't yield ♪.

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♪ time is slipping by ♪ ♪ time to till your fallow field. ♪.

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(Lively music).

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♪ gotta plow your mule ♪ ♪, better turn your ground ♪.

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♪ dig down deep in the dirt ♪ ♪, that's where the sweet thing is found: ♪ ♪, gotta plow, your mule ♪ ♪, better lean in tall ♪, ♪ consecrate, your field to reap well in the fall ♪.

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♪ gotta turn,, turn, turn, turn your ground ♪.

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♪ turn, turn, turn ♪ ♪ turn your ground ♪.

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♪ reach down deep ♪ ♪ with your own hands, ♪ ♪ and sow a better sound ♪.

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♪ turn, turn, turn, turn your ground ♪.

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♪ turn ♪ ♪ turn ♪ ♪ your ground ♪.

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(Guitar strums).