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Friday, November 20, 2015

Have You Heard of Peace Prayer Flag Project

#PeacePrayerFlagProject

Well I just created it, so you may not have heard of it. Maybe others have created similar but this is my twist on it. You've heard of Tibet Prayer Flags, right? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_flag

"A prayer flag is a colorful rectangular cloth, often found strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas. They are used to bless the surrounding countryside and for other purposes. Prayer flags are believed to have originated with Bon.^[1] In Bon, shamanistic Bonpo used primary-colored plain flags in healing ceremonies in Nepal. They are unknown in other branches of Buddhism.^[2] Traditional prayer flags include woodblock-printed text and images."

And it's made by pressing an inked wooden block on to material.
I have a whole PINTEREST BOARD if you want to see. https://www.pinterest.com/zipolita/prayer-flags/

And have you heard of the Kindest Flag Project- Well it's a cool project that sprung up after the Stanley Cup Riots. http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2011/06/kindness-flag-project.html

It started when this woman Ingrid Tamboline, decided to help give the people cleaning up and passing through the area damaged by the rioters, the opportunity for healing. It was very emotional for us and I am very grateful for Ingrid thoughtfulness and ingenuity. https://kindnessflagproject.wordpress.com/about-3/

Angel's Kindness flag- a Peace Sign with a heart - surrounded by hearts!

So after the attacks in Paris and then just the pain and grief that goes with the realization that ALL OVER THE WORLD right now there is TERRIBLE things happening to people but ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN. http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2015/11/did-you-ever-charlie-wilsons-war-or.html

http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2015/11/i-tell-you-love-sister-its-just-kiss.html

The fact that France went back in and bombed and Canada and the US, it makes me very ill and unhappy and I feel powerless. But I do have power, we all do. Peace starts with YOU!!

So my idea was born the other night when I got this idea to make little PEACE PRAYER FLAGS and just make a garland for my Christmas tree but somehow the idea has morphed into this fabulous idea of sharing LOVE and PEACE with EVERYONE AND UNITING US with our little PEACE PRAYER FLAGS!!

I am a bit tired, I have been working on this non stop since the other day and I need to rest and write this all out properly and give it it's own site and all but right now this is what I have.

Here are 2 videos and I hope to go out on Saturday for an hour to see what peoples react to my idea is and how they perceive it all. I started an Esty site but I don't know if I am going to get it set up.

See below videos.

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Jean Jullien- Artist of PEACE FOR PARIS

Twitter: jean jullien ‏@jean_jullien
http://www.jeanjullien.com

http://www.jeanjullien.com/work.html

Meet the Artist Behind the Eiffel Tower Peace Sign

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/11/14/paris_shooting_eiffel_tower_peace_sign_an_interview_with_artist_jean_jullien.html

"I just wanted something symbolic, something that everybody could understand easily, and everybody could share regardless of where they’re from and whether they’re a keen observer of illustration usually. I just wanted something universal."

"It’s an image for everyone. It’s not my image—it’s not a piece of work that I’m proud of or anything—I didn’t create it to get credit or benefit from it. I just wanted to express myself, and from experience I know that through social media people like expressing themselves, or need to express themselves. It is somehow quite organic, the way these things go—you can’t really plan on it. I would just say that if people have used it so much, and if they felt like it was useful for them to share, then the image worked and I’m happy, so to speak, even though happiness is not really a thought that springs to my mind in such horrible times."

http://www.jeanjullien.com/work.html

- For commissions in the USA, contact Garance Illustration.

- For commissions in the UK, contact Handsome Frank: hello@handsomefrank.com

- For advertising commission in France, contact Illustrissimo:nicolas@illustrissimo.com .

- For commissions in Japan, email info@image-tokyo.co.jp.

- For commissions in Korea, contact Talent Lab: talentlab@daum.net

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Don't Feed The Fear!

Today something truly horrible happened in Canada.

Soldier and assailant dead after chaotic Parliament Hill attack
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/10/22/one_person_shot_at_war_memorial_in_ottawa_police_say.html

My deepest condolences to the soldier's family.

Many things are changing in this country and there are so many things I want to complain about or get angry about. Yet I must control my fear! As this is where all stems from. We must not feed the fear.

Let's Save Canada.
We must be Peacekeepers.
Lighthouses of Peace.
Please Choose Love today, Not Fear!

I invite you all to meditate today and everyday, visualize peace and love. Please love one another. Choose Love Not Fear! Have empathy and love for each other. It's time to wake up people. It is time of change.

(This is a reminder to myself as well, we need to work at this! Together we can Change the World!)