Press/Web Coverage Gumboots4Peace

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Protected: Who is God to me? (Term 1- Session 2 )

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Writers News on Pearlzocreativity Blog

The Pearlzocreativity blog will now feature a set of links devoted to assisting writers access small publishing presses, writing groups and organisations, self publishing, cool on line journals, writing tools to help improve writing skills, and innovative publishing. As time permits some of these links will be given reviews. It will also feature links for writers with a social conscience to participate in philanthropy, peace projects, and cross art form and intercultural projects.

Feedback is appreciated- so post your comments, or any fantastic links to the blog.

Pearlz writing will continue to be featured but with some consideration of the writing process itself.

This blog will also feature some links for beginning Bahai bloggers, and creative Bahais linking up with people through the world wide web.

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It begins

It begins with 2 boots,
on their way to 1000 boots moving towards peace….

(c) Pearlz

What is Peace?

What is peace?

Peace begins within.
Peace is about love.
Peace is about understanding.
It is grounded in the relations of the everyday.
It is beyond politics.
Peace is something for all.
It is conflicts resolved with love, understanding and consultation.
It is grounded in principles of dignity.

Visit this wonderful crotchet artist’s work- Peace Boots Artist

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Kids Will Fly

You know they like to say that boys will
Be boys
And kids will be kids
But all I know is that kids will fly.

Yeah I know they might fly off
The chicken house pretending to be superheroes
Land in a mess
End up having to confess.

But they also fly off the handle
When grown ups don't listen
As they ask, "Why do you say,
Do as I say not as I do?

You know they like to say that girls
Will be girls
And kids will be kids
But all I know is that kids will fly

With imagination to take them anywhere
Make any future
Follow every rainbow
Not simply for its gold.

Today they're learning
- Evaluate everything you're told.

You know
kids will cry
kids will try
and if you really love them -
then they'll fly.

Welcome Winter Olympics!!!

The Torino Winter Olympics are here and the opening was amazing. I am looking forward to watching sports

Atticus.

Take a look at the The Line Reflected – Exhibition real space

Daphne's Exhibition The Line Reflected looks a real treat. Read Rachel Gaines for a Review of Line Reflected If you happen to be in Darwin go have a look.

Where: Woods Street Gallery 56 Woods St Darwin, NT
When: 8-25 Feb 2006,
Wed-Sat 10am-3pm
Price: Free

Dizzy poem installation – BAFA site

Some more information on my background can be found at BAFA.There is a photograph of a lovely installation done using my poetry by Sonja at this same site – so please go have a browse through the BAFA site. The Baha'i Association for the Arts has some helpful links and is a free service to do profiles of Baha'i artists and writers.

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Introducing Sonja – From the Netherlands and born in Aotearoa

Kia Ora / Greetings / Hoi,I am Sonja van Kerkhoff, born in Aotearoa / New Zealand, of mixed European heritage, and currently living in the Netherlands, where I've been for the past 16 years.I have two sons, Toroa (15) and Tamatea (13).I am a visual artist who works in various media.I am doing a MA in media technology Media technology.I work 3 days a week as a webdesigner/interaction designer for

School TV I make educational games, but a lot of my time is spent in fixing things.I'm also developing an extended Game in my spare time. The latest project i've done was an interactive "word" piece made in MAX/MSP. I'll try and put it up on my site soon….and in my spare time I manage the BAFA Website so as you can see, i'm pretty busy thanks Pearlz for this space!

Exhibition – The Line Reflected

The Line Reflected

Congratulations to Daphne for her first solo exhibition in the Northern Territory – at Workstreet Gallery Darwin, 8 February to 25th February 2006.

All the best – we are with you in spirit.

Cyberthreads- team.

From Wollongong

I am on the look out for ‘gumboots for peace’ moments. … and friends to have them with… maybe even my workplace (we have a digital camera). This is a moment where I wish I had a digital camera myself!

A.H.

Response from Africa – to Gumboots 4 Peace – Feet for Peace

Now that I have been absorbed in African culture for 3 years, and all my close friends are African, I see the western countries with an African perspective.

I looked at the concept of expressing a wish for peace using a common simple piece of earthy footwear, the gumboot, as the vehicle to carry the peace message. Yes. A powerful symbol in Australia.

In Tanzania, the gumboot is a luxury item, rarely seen. Not an item worn by the common man. People wear thongs or bare feet when working on their shambas.

Probably one could express a peace message and place it on a battered thong. Peace to the people, and peace to the environment. Here there is little awareness of the effects of plastic, pollutants , clogged waterways and cooking with charcoal have on the environment. the environment is abused.

The common people struggle to survive. There is no social security system and massive corruption in government. Their minds are on their stomachs … how to get food into the stomach is a major concern for most people on a daily basis. And now that the rains have failed for the 2nd year,famine faces many people. They fear.

People use the maize that they have grown to brew local beer, because they get more money for the product. So alcoholism is increasing. Armed robbery gangs have increased in Dar-es-Salaam. Homeland security is more fragile.

From Sandra, Working in Africa.

Comment from project organiser. If you want to send an image of feet for peace please do!

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Gumboots4peace – major installation date

International Day of Peace – September 21st.

Please send pictures your gumboots or photographs before then.

Location to be announced.

Observe a minutes silence at noon wherever you are on that day.

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Gumboots4Peace coming soon

For more information go to gumboots4peace and for more gumboot installations go to Gumboots Gallery

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Conversations Between Two Friends

Paulien I just did this experiment- let me know what you think?Pearlz

Diligent Indolence

Extract from a poetic review of Archives in the Land a blog

by Ron Price

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Sitting, standing, breathing
here at this online gallery
letting the space, the photographs,
the forms, the varied shapes,
the words, bounce off my
sensory emporium like art
works around the walls
of an art gallery: people
I hardly know come to life:
a beauty, a freshness, a newness.

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”Just enjoy”, said the muse:
the smoothest of smooth worlds,
beautiful people, young, very young,
they pop up and up and down and down
and I stroll by with my eye trying to catch
with some of my quiet moments
some of their vitality from their young,
persistent faces bubbling over with life.

 

For Ron's Poetic Review Archives in the Land

Some links and an outline of Ron Price's work will be featured at a future date. Ron is a poet, biographer of Roger White a Canadian Baha'i poet, and has also been a creative writing teacher. He has an interest in the uses of the internet for publishing and has a strong web publication record and is an avid archiver of words.