"Only the dead have seen the end of war"Plato
Monday, 26 February 2007
...Peace..Not War...
WAR..
Would You like it???
Beacuse it is real.
And it does and will happen.
And people will always die..
What if it can be stopped?
It only takes one step in the right direction
and bonds can be made, trust can be forged
and at least dream can be built
we all want war to end..its one of everyones dream.
Saturday, 24 February 2007
...Art After Death...
Dan Eldon, a photojournalist throughout his 22 year life.
In 1993 when he was photographing the aftermath of an attack that had taken place in somali,
And an angry mob of villagers who had lost friends and family, stoned and clubbed to death Eldon and three of his fellow journalists who were trying to help them through showing the world the truth of what was going on.
Throughout much of his life and from an early age Eldon began to keep journals filled with all his experiences,
his love and taste for life and his surroundings are very evident in his breathe taking journals filled with strong and evocative images.
There has been two compalations of his art published, the first being " The Journey is the Destination" and the second, "Dan Eldon: Art of Life: Books".
Wednesday, 21 February 2007
...Tradition...
This is a man carving a piece of wood in Hungary.
Simple picture, nothing to it really.
Nothing to the picture, but the craft,
to be so skilled takes years or even a lifetime to develop.
Something so small i often wonder why people bother carving wood,
but looking at this picture it makes me see,
Tradition, its carried on through the generations
its a craft that defines people,
it's what people get by doing,
It's what they know how to do.
It's a part of their heritage and culture.
Something so simple yet so complicated.
'Tis a small thing...but learn to open the eyes you have,
and examine these things, what do they all mean?
"The unexamined life is not worth living...Wisdom begins in wonder"
Socrates
...Simple Things...
At times the simplest things, are the most beautiful.
Other times,
They are over run with brutal ugliness and harsh vandalism
due to the ignorance of human life.
By themselves, these things are quite simple and beautiful.
Add in the ignorant and uneducated life
and these things become just as ugly.
"There is only one good, Knowledge, and one evil, Ignorance"
Socrates
Thursday, 15 February 2007
...Why Is It?..
why is it i love you
why is it i think i love you
when i don't know you?
why is it i don't know what love is?
why is it i don't know if it exists?
why is it?
why is it?
why is it?
is it because it doesn't exist?
is it because i've been broken and can't be fixed?
is it because i don't exist?
is it because you don't know me?
whay is it i can't be fixed?
do i exist?
do i exist?
do i exist?
oh, do i exist?
no, it's because i don't exist.
i was never here
i was never real
i shouldn't have been
a mistake in time
why is it it's surreal?
Thursday, 8 February 2007
...Oppression...
Oppression is the negative outcome experienced by people
targeted by the cruel exercise of power in a society or social
group. It can also be experienced by individuals who often
have no group to share their burden of being ostracized. The
term itself derives from the idea of being "weighted down".
Ever get that feeling of being oppressed and pushed down. To think some people are incapable of oppression is madness, even the people close you can be cruel when they think they have power over you. The things you strive for and work hard for and desperately want. Things that maybe materialistic and things that may be to heal the soul as it were on a spiritual matter. However, sometimes they are thinking in your best interests, other times as i mentioned above it is a simple case of power and who can control you.
I like to be as optimistic as i can, but there are times when i can't and on certain issues my optimism fades. Opppression and power is a big issue. Its all around and seeing it everyday and having experienced it, it makes me angry and my blood boils. Globally it is easy to spot but not everyone cares, but then again not everyone can do something about it, or it wouldn't exsist most likely if they could. If thousands speak then they are listened to, if few speak they are pushed aside often.
However individually it can be stopped, i believe so anyway, little steps..before you take the global steps. If it is a cause your standing for, don't let other people pushed you down, as long as your legs and arms are working you can push back. If it is on a personal matter then find the courage to fight back to resist, no matter how hard your being kept down, theres always a reason to keep fighting for what you believe and what you want. Its hardly ever easy but its more then likely to be worth it in the end.
Personally i'm fighting, my cause is close to me, extremely close to me and though i have been pushed down many times in the past and in the present i'm determined to keep going. Its something close to my heart and although the person trying to oppress me is close to me, its something i won't, can't stop until i have done. To many people if may be seen as trival but to me its important, infact an important step in my life, one which symbolises my love, determination and my independance and my past all rolled into one.
PLP
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