Love among the Ruins
Accidental art, or intentional, It's hard to know.
Given abundant Lego, children and their parents are drawn to building together, the parent usually trying to display their superior Lego architecture.
After a while, some meticulously built structures remain, others are demolished, and then someone who has limited skill or time inserts "LOVE" into the ruins.
But then it was always there as the children and their parents played together.
It never ceased to amaze us that in every major conflict or war, in which we and our teams worked towards transformation of the conflict, when there was space for imagining the desired future, both sides of the conflict actually desired a just peace. In the end they didn't want to destroy each other. The deepest desire was to be able to live their lives in harmony.
It is a principle: that among the ruins, LOVE can emerge, and is desired by both sides.
And recently: This reminds me of many current situations around the world. I think of the earthquake devastation in Turkiye and Syria, and the determined rescue and recovery work of many agencies and people in that devastation. And I think of a personal friend, Yevheniia, who coordinates the relief work and distribution of food in her home city of Kyiv, Ukraine, for she perfectly epitomises this theme: Love Among the Ruins.
Love among the Ruins
Accidental art, or intentional, It's hard to know.
Given abundant Lego, children and their parents are drawn to building together, the parent usually trying to display their superior Lego architecture.
After a while, some meticulously built structures remain, others are demolished, and then someone who has limited skill or time inserts "LOVE" into the ruins.
But then it was always there as the children and their parents played together.
It never ceased to amaze us that in every major conflict or war, in which we and our teams worked towards transformation of the conflict, when there was space for imagining the desired future, both sides of the conflict actually desired a just peace. In the end they didn't want to destroy each other. The deepest desire was to be able to live their lives in harmony.
It is a principle: that among the ruins, LOVE can emerge, and is desired by both sides.
And recently: This reminds me of many current situations around the world. I think of the earthquake devastation in Turkiye and Syria, and the determined rescue and recovery work of many agencies and people in that devastation. And I think of a personal friend, Yevheniia, who coordinates the relief work and distribution of food in her home city of Kyiv, Ukraine, for she perfectly epitomises this theme: Love Among the Ruins.