Ayelet Schrek
Emerge Disability Program
Hello, thanks for considering my application. It was hard to decide what work sample to share; the best proof of my capacity to create programming hasn't been recorded, just enacted.
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I'm sharing a song I wrote about being disabled and dealing with the healthcare system: an example of how I use art as a personal and political vehicle of transformation. Recording and lyrics below.
Medical Rage
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(Song is in the style of 60's acoustic folk. Think everyone joining in on the chorus vibes and lots of harmonies.)
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D A G | D A (D G D)
F#m G6 Dm9sus4 G - Em - Em - G D
D A D G | D A G
D A G | G A D G | G
La la la…
Medical rage
My life is just box to check
Medical rage
You’re killing me to cash that check
Medical rage
There’s only so much I can take
Medical rage
Before my broken body fades away
Spent a day waiting for your voice on the other side of the line
Measuring time by the rep-repetition of a song that doesn’t end
My friend there’s nowhere to go from here
My friend this fear keeps me holding here
That there’s nothing to keep me from dying
And there’s nothing to do but to keep on trying
There are days when my rage from each nerve I have frayed
Trying to stall the cascade of my body’s decay
Can’t be kept at bay
Medical rage
My life is just box to check
Medical rage
You’re killing me to cash that check
Medical rage
There’s only so much I can take
Medical rage
Before my broken body fades away
Spent a night waiting for the pain to release me ‘nough to sleep
Measuring time by the waves of intensity
My friend there’s nowhere to go from here
My friend this fear keeps me holding here
That there’s nothing to keep me from dying
And there’s nothing to do but to keep on trying
There are days when my rage from each nerve I have frayed
Trying to stall the cascade of my body’s decay
Can’t be kept at bay
Medical rage
My life is just box to check
Medical rage
You’re killing me to cash that check
Medical rage
There’s only so much I can take
Medical rage
Before my broken body fades away
La la la…
Spent a life waiting for the care that we all so much deserve
Measuring time by the rep-repetition of beat that’ll someday end
My friend where do we go from here?
My friend let’s hold each other near
Cause there’s nothing to keep us from dying
Still there’s nothing to do but to keep on trying
There are years when my rage from each nerve I have frayed
Trying to stall the cascade of my body’s decay
Can’t be kept at bay
Medical rage
My life is just box to check
Medical rage
You’re killing me to cash that check
Medical rage
There’s only so much I can take
Medical rage
Before my broken body fades away
x2
La la la…