“the children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe;
and i’m beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this
may be incapable of morality.”
-james baldwin
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art credit: kana handel, ‘war is not the answer’
my costa rican t-shirt
celebrates the country’s 1948 disbanding of their military
when they chose to give the money to education, culture, and social programs instead
there is a country-wide celebration each year
when i heard this as a visiting american
i was left gobsmacked.
(see the story below)
Peace consists, very largely in the fact of desiring it with all one’s soul.
The inhabitants of my small country, Costa Rica, have realized those words by Erasmus.
Mine is an unarmed people, whose children have never seen a fighter or a tank or a warship. – Oscar Arias
“the rabbit of easter. he bring of the chocolate.”
-david sedaris
photo credit: from my favorite chocolatier with a cause, peace by chocolate
link to my earlier post about their story:
“I live in Ukraine with my family. I love my country, family, friends, people.
I fight for them. I fight for Ukraine.”
-Oleksandr Usyk
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art credit: elana vasylieva, ukranian landscape watercolor
peace.
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“there never was a good war, or a bad peace.”
-benjamin franklin
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art credit: Chihiro Iwasaki, (1918-1974),
a Japanese illustrator known for her water-colored illustrations of Flowers, Happiness, Children, and Peace
“I know how difficult it is going to be,
but I also believe that if just in one place we can win the battle over greed and callousness,
that one victory may swing the tide over the entire world.”
-Madeleine L’Engle, Dragons in the Waters
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art credit: Serhii Vasylkivsky, a.k.a. the “Painter of the Sky”, National Art Museum of Ukraine
“have you ever heard the wonderful silence just before the dawn? or the quiet and calm just as a storm ends? or perhaps you know the silence when you haven’t the answer to a question you’ve been asked, or the hush of a country road at night, or the expectant pause of a room full of people when someone is just about to speak, or, most beautiful of all, the moment after the door closes and you’re alone in the whole house? each one is different, you know, and all very beautiful if you listen carefully.”
-norton juster, the phantom tollbooth
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huron river, ann arbor, mi, usa – january 2022
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credit: melodie beattie
tranquility can be found most everywhere
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‘peace is liberty in tranquillity.”
-marcus tullius cicero
I didn't have my glasses on.... 