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Exhibit entitled “Protecting cultural heritage: an imperative for humanity” (in accordance to resolutions: A/RES/69/281 and S/RES/2199 (2015))
Cultural artifacts retrieved by the Italian Carabinieri Special Unit for the Protection of Cultural Heritage.
Photo credit: UN Photo/Amanda Voisard. Please contact United Nations Photo Library for queries related to photo usage.
On April 15, 2023, five First Nations in B.C., alongside provincial and federal government representatives, announced settlement agreements of the Nations’ Treaty Land Entitlements claims.Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/28589
A cultural event entitled “Paraguay – an Economically Fertile Country” featuring an exhibition on the many aspects and achievements that make the country one of South America’s most promising destinations for investment opportunities, and music performances was held on the sidelines of the Assemblies of WIPO Member States, which met from October 2-11, 2017. WIPO co-organized the event with the Government of Paraguay.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Violaine Martin. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.
These are the pieces from my first solo show, entitled “The Ghost of the You Haunted Me..." held at Rotofugi Gallery in Chicago, IL on Sept 7, 2012.
This body of work is the culmination of many of the elements found in my custom toy work within my Forest of Sorrows narrative and I have strived to create a cohesive storyline that ties together many of the concepts and themes seen over the past couple of years.
In this story, when people pass onto the next life, those with unfinished business are taken to the Silva Dolorosa (The Forest of Sorrows) to begin a life anew, where the choices and decisions they make will determine how their lives turn out.
At the end of days as one’s life ebbs away, the Flederkanichen creatures arrive to shepherd these souls, manifested as a seed, and carry them to the Silva Dolorosa. Upon arriving, they drop the soul seeds down into the depths of the forest where the Saplings catch them, plant them in their heads waiting for them to bloom again, at which point they will plant them on the forest floor in the perfect place, so that the souls can begin their new lives.
On one particular day, with one particular soul seed dropped by the Flederkanichen, a big gust of wind blew the seed out of the hand of the Sapling assigned to it and it hit the ground, breaking the cardinal rule of the forest. It was at this moment that Locket, the geist girl was reborn in this limbo, confused and bewildered as to where she was. Frightened, she runs deep into the forest to discover who she was in her previous life, and what she was to become in the next.
Concurrently, at the moment at which Locket was born, the last guardian of the forest, the Hollow Knight, was awakened from deep slumber, tasked with ensuring the sanctity of the Silva and all of its denizens. He sets off on a quest to find Locket, only to encounter yet another new visitor to the forest - the ferocious and monstrous Blackwülf, who seems to be racing the Hollow Knight in a quest to reach Locket first.
This is the story of death, understanding, rebirth and redemption. I hope that the pieces I have created for this show will help to give an insight into this story that I have been telling.
Photos taken by Kirby Kerr.
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This work entitled «Body landscapes», has as theme the human body or the self through space, which is associated with the indoor environment.
Specifically it is capturing the central idea which started with the assumption that the man is the one, who by his presence and himself in general, gives life to the space, or by decorating and by placing several items in it, it manages to bring out a space.
But what happens when the roles are reversed; When the inanimate objects trying to get life inside an animate environment? These are the questions, that arise through the use of games, which are placed to the naked human body and refers to the natural environment.
Through the representations of the figures, which depict scenes from the wild, as well as battle scenes, is attempted to be given a realistic dimension to the subject and the objects to gain life on the human body that encloses them.
Finally, it is worth mentioning the inspiration and development of this project, which is the photographer Allan Teger. His work is called “Bodyscapes” and began in 1976.
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Η συγκεκριμένη εργασία με τίτλο «Body landscapes», έχει ως θεματικό άξονα το ανθρώπινο σώμα ή τον εαυτό μέσα στο χώρο, ο οποίος σχετίζεται με το εσωτερικό περιβάλλον.
Πιο εμπεριστατωμένα, η σύλληψη της κεντρικής ιδέας ξεκίνησε με το σκεπτικό, ότι ο άνθρωπος είναι εκείνος, που είτε με την παρουσία του και τον εαυτό του γενικότερα, δίνει ζωή στον χώρο, είτε με την διακόσμηση και την τοποθέτηση διάφορων αντικειμένων μέσα σ’ αυτόν, καταφέρνει να αναδείξει έναν χώρο.
Ωστόσο, τι συμβαίνει, όταν οι ρόλοι αντιστρέφονται; Όταν τα άψυχα αντικείμενα προσπαθούν να πάρουν ζωή, μέσα σ΄ ένα έμψυχο περιβάλλον; Αυτά είναι τα ερωτήματα που τίθενται, μέσα από την χρήση παιχνιδιών-φιγούρων, που έχουν τοποθετηθεί πάνω σε γυμνό ανθρώπινο σώμα, το οποίο παραπέμπει στο φυσικό περιβάλλον.
Μέσα από τις αναπαραστάσεις των φιγούρων, οι οποίες απεικονίζουν σκηνές από την άγρια φύση, καθώς επίσης και πολεμικές σκηνές, γίνεται προσπάθεια να δοθεί μια ρεαλιστική διάσταση στο θέμα και τα αντικείμενα να αποκτήσουν ζωή, πάνω στο ανθρώπινο σώμα, που τα περικλείει.
Εν κατακλείδι, αξίζει να σημειωθεί η πηγή έμπνευσης και ανάπτυξης του συγκεκριμένου project, η οποία είναι ο φωτογράφος Allan Teger. Η δουλειά του ονομάζεται “Bodyscapes” και ξεκίνησε το 1976.
New Deal mural entitled "Cotton and Peach Growing" painted in 1941 by Winfield Walkley. When the post office moved out in 1968, the building was renovated for use as City Hall. During that renovation, the mural was covered by paneling. You can see where wall studs were screwed directly through the mural.
In 2008, when City Hall moved out, the Greer Heritage Museum requested the old Post Office as space for the Museum. During 2009 renovations for the Museum, the mural was uncovered and was visible for the first time since 1968.
Marcia Schneider's artistic adventure working on a large 10 foot sculptural guitar for the Waukesha Gibson GuitarTown project.
Photographed by Nicole Reinhardt
For a project entitled 'modern.'
I have a lot of anger and disappointment towards achieving my diploma*. I couldn't actually do this to the diploma actual.
So I photographed it.
And I uploaded it into Lightroom, made some adjustments. Sent it to Painter Essentials made some changes and then sent it to my iPhone where I ran it through Ransom, then Swanko lab. Emailed it back to myself.
Then went into photoshop and enlarged some things printed out some parts and laid them back on top of the original piece of paper. I took another picture.
I printed it. I tore it. I scanned it back in.
I ran it through photoshop and painter and lightroom another time.
Part of the goal was to process the heck out of the image. And to just express something I don't feel like I've gotten out.
*I hold no ill will towards the university. I made some bad choices. It's not on them.
Special Event entitled “Empowering Persons with Disabilities and Ensuring Inclusiveness and Equality” on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (A/RES/47/3)
(co-organized by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the Office of the President of the United Nations General Assembly, the Permanent Missions of Ecuador, the Republic of Korea, Brazil, Bulgaria, Italy, Philippines, the United Kingdom, Japan and Singapore, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), UN-Women and the Department of Management of the United Nations)
A cultural event entitled “Paraguay – an Economically Fertile Country” featuring an exhibition on the many aspects and achievements that make the country one of South America’s most promising destinations for investment opportunities, and music performances was held on the sidelines of the Assemblies of WIPO Member States, which met from October 2-11, 2017. WIPO co-organized the event with the Government of Paraguay.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Violaine Martin. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.
From my set entitled “Lysimachia”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/sets/72157607186446572/
In my collection entitled “The Garden”
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysimachia
Lysimachia is a genus of flowering plants. It is traditionally classified in the family Primulaceae but should, according to molecular phylogenetic study, be placed to the family Myrsinaceae
Lysimachia species often have yellow flowers, and grow vigorously. They tend to grow in damp conditions. Several species within Lysimachia are commonly called loosestrife, although this name is also used for plants within the genus Lythrum.
Lysimachia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some butterflies and moths, including the Dot Moth, Grey Pug, Lime-speck Pug, Small Angle Shades and V-pug.
A documentary entitled The Silent Witness Journey: Two Women’s Stories was launched Monday in Fredericton during a symposium on intimate partner violence and homicide. The video chronicles the creation of Silent Witness silhouettes of two First Nation women who died from gender-based violence.
www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/public-safety/news...
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Un documentaire intitulé Le parcours des témoins silencieuses : l’histoire de deux femmes a été lancé lundi à Fredericton pendant un symposium sur la violence et l’homicide entre partenaires intimes. La vidéo relate la création des silhouettes Témoins silencieuses commémorant deux femmes des Premières Nations qui ont perdu la vie en raison de la violence fondée sur le genre.
www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/fr/ministeres/securite-publique/n...
New Deal mural entitled "Great Indian Council--Chicago, 1833" painted by Gustaf Dalstrom in 1938 for the Chestnut Street Station. It was removed to the Loop Station post office before the Chestnut Street PO was torn down.
I encountered the security guard in the PO who had no idia what I was talking about when I asked about the mural. I found it but it was on the other side of the metal link drop down gate. I took a couple of pics through the gate before he started in how I couldn't take pictures inside a "federal building". I explained that it actually was perfectly legal so he then decided to go with it not being legal to take pictures when the "federal building" is closed. I again explained that iwas indeed perfectly legal to take a picture within a post office. I decided I had better things to do that try to set him straight. So as I left, I stopped and took this picture of the mural through the window while standing on the sidewalk.
A cultural event entitled “Paraguay – an Economically Fertile Country” featuring an exhibition on the many aspects and achievements that make the country one of South America’s most promising destinations for investment opportunities, and music performances was held on the sidelines of the Assemblies of WIPO Member States, which met from October 2-11, 2017. WIPO co-organized the event with the Government of Paraguay.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Violaine Martin. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.
14-September 4, 2009 entitled “Infinite Possibilities”. The exhibition will feature artwork from ceramic artist Michael Kim Burroughs as well as painter and sculptor Frank Russell, both of Greensboro.
Russell, born in Warrington County, Virginia is a self-taught as an artist; he was educated at the University of South Carolina. He has lived in Greensboro, NC for over 30 years and has a background in art direction broadcast television. His mediums in art range from painting, designing, sculpting and he has been making art for over 30 years. Currently, he owns and operates Artmongerz which specializes in "found object art" located at 610 S Elm St, Greensboro, NC 27406. Frank describes his artmaking process as "a series of invitations to accidents" and remarks that so much of his work on canvas (as well as sculpture) is simply "an ongoing evolution of the decision-making process". What stays? What goes? Why?
Burroughs, currently teaches at Art at Greensboro Day School in Greensboro North Carolina. As an art instructor, he draws on his fine arts background and expertise in ceramics, sculpture, drawing, painting, photography and printmaking. He received his Masters of Fine Art degree at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Ceramics and his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of North Carolina Pembroke. He has had over 30 years of working in the field of ceramics and also exhibits his work alongside Russell at Artmongerz in Greensboro.
The opening reception for the artists will be held on August 14 from 5-8 p.m. This event is free and the public is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served. For more information about the exhibition please call the gallery 336-736-8015.
Entitled Shiho's paintings of birds and flowers (『紫峰花鳥画集』) published by Unso-do, Kyoto 1934. B&W photos are printed by the colotype printing method. Colored plates look to be printed by tri-color letterpress. A very finely designed and printed book. This is an example showing the high-quality of apanese colotype and color reproduction printing techniques in the 1930s.
An exhibition entitled “Furthering Intellectual Property in Colombia” was held on the sidelines of the Assemblies of WIPO Member States, which met from October 2-11, 2017.
It explored intellectual property (IP) rights protection in Colombia, the development of its national IP system and the country’s continuous efforts to foster innovation and creativity. WIPO co-organized the event with the Government of Colombia.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Violaine Martin. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.
The education kit entitled “Riskland: the fun way to learn how to prevent disasters” is the outcome of a joint initiative between the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). This product was developed at the end of 2002 by the ISDR Regional Unit for Latin America and the Caribbean, in cooperation with UNICEF Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF-TACRO). Initially, it was addressed for countries in the LAC region and was originally produced in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Riesgolandia, aprendamos jugando cómo prevenir desastres tiene la intención de poner a disposición de la comunidad educativa y a los niños y las niñas de América Latina y el Caribe una herramienta innovadora e interactiva para la reducción del riesgo de desastres.
I was trying to find a picture to describe my 2016, and this fit perfectly. 2016 was the worst year of my life. I reached an all time low and I don't think it can ever get worse. I guess we're all entitled to a time of suffering and anguish.. but only if it allows you to grow stronger. But, despite my mental struggles, I've still been able to accomplish some pretty cool things.. ▪Completed two Ironman Triathlons ▪Started working for a great company ▪Completed two marathons ▪Ran two ultra marathons ▪Finished my Masters without any debt. ▪Bought a car with cash ▪Got set to move to D.C. ▪Watched the Indians and cavs win! ▪️Travelled all over the country for various reasons. ▪️Grew closer with my amazing girlfriend @ambotus It's been an extremely up and down year... and even when we're at the point of our break, we can still do things we originally never thought possible. And the best thing about this year, is that I set 2017 up to be the best year ever. I'm so excited to see what the year will bring. 2016 can kiss my ass. Bring it on 2017!!
This lovely painting, entitled Teacher's Pet, is an original American Folk Art painting by Sheila Edwards. It is hand painted on a block stretch canvas.
Size: 4 x 4 in.
If you want to learn more about Sheila Edwards or the Green Street Company you can check out our blog at: greenstreetcompanyfolkarttalk.blogspot.com/
Green Street Company online Store: www.greenstreetcompanyfolkart.com
The Hill's Bob Cusack interviews Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) during a policy briefing entitled "Pathways to Prevention: A Policy Discussion on Research & Treatments for Alzheimer’s" sponsored by Eli Lilly & Company and The Hill at the Newseum on Thursday, June 23, 2016
A cultural event entitled “Paraguay – an Economically Fertile Country” featuring an exhibition on the many aspects and achievements that make the country one of South America’s most promising destinations for investment opportunities, and music performances was held on the sidelines of the Assemblies of WIPO Member States, which met from October 2-11, 2017. WIPO co-organized the event with the Government of Paraguay.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Violaine Martin. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.
From my set entitled “Poppies”
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In my collection entitled “The Garden”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/collections/7215760718...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A poppy is any of a number of showy flowers, typically with one per stem, belonging to the poppy family. They include a number of attractive wildflower species with showy flowers found growing singularly or in large groups; many species are also grown in gardens. Those that are grown in gardens include large plants used in a mixed herbaceous border and small plants that are grown in rock or alpine gardens.
The flower color of poppy species include: white, pink, yellow, orange, red and blue; some have dark center markings. The species that have been cultivated for many years also include many other colors ranging from dark solid colors to soft pastel shades. The center of the flower has a whorl of stamens surrounded by a cup- or bowl-shaped collection of four to six petals. Prior to blooming, the petals are crumpled in bud, and as blooming finishes, the petals often lie flat before falling away.
Poppies have long been used as a symbol of both sleep and death: sleep because of the opium extracted from them, and death because of their (commonly) blood-red color. In Greco-Roman myths, poppies were used as offerings to the dead. Poppies are used as emblems on tombstones to symbolize eternal sleep. This aspect was used, fictionally, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to create magical poppy fields, dangerous because they caused those who passed through them to sleep forever.
A second meaning for the depiction and use of poppies in Greco-Roman myths is the symbolism of the bright scarlet colour as signifying the promise of resurrection after death.
The poppy of wartime remembrance is the red corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas. This poppy is a common weed in Europe and is found in many locations, including Flanders Fields. This is because the corn poppy was one of the only plants that grew on the battlefield. It thrives in disturbed soil, which was abundant on the battlefield due to intensive shelling. During the few weeks the plant blossomed, the battlefield was coloured blood red, not just from the red flower that grew in great numbers but also from the actual blood of the dead soldiers that lay scattered and untended to on the otherwise barren battlegrounds.
Thus the plant became a symbol for the dead World War I soldiers. In many Commonwealth countries and in the United States, artificial, paper or plastic versions of this poppy are worn to commemorate the sacrifice of veterans and civilians in World War I and other wars, during the weeks preceding Remembrance Day on November 11. It has been adopted as a symbol by The Royal British Legion in their Poppy Appeal.
In North America, poppies are known as Clown Shoes by the Royal Canadian Legion, who sell them each fall prior to Remembrance Day. The design of the Canadian poppy has changed recently. Formerly the poppy was red plastic with a felt lining with a green centre held on by a pin. The green was to represent the green fields of France. In 2002 the design was changed with some small controversy to a black centre. This is to reflect the actual colour of the French poppy.
In New Zealand and Australia, paper poppies are widely distributed by the Returned Services Association leading up to ANZAC day (April 25th).
The golden poppy, Eschscholzia californica, is the state flower of California.
Poppy is widely consumed in many parts of Central and Eastern Europe. The sugared, milled mature seeds are eaten with pasta, or they are boiled with milk and used as filling or topping on various kinds of sweet pastry.
Poppy seeds are widely used in Bengali cuisine, Oriya cuisine, German cuisine, Malabar Cuisine (Northern Kerala) and the Cuisine of Austria (Papaver somniferum).
In Mexico, Grupo Modelo, the makers of Corona beer, until the 1960s used red poppy flowers in its advertising, where almost any image it used had poppy flowers somewhere in the image.
Although the drug opium is produced by "milking" latex from the unripe fruits ("seed pods") rather than from the seeds, all parts of the plant can contain or carry the opium alkaloids, especially morphine and codeine. This means that eating foods (e.g., muffins) that contain poppy seeds can result in a false positive for opiates in a drug test.
This was considered "confirmed" by the presenters of the television program MythBusters. One participant, Adam Savage, who ate an entire loaf of poppy seed cake, tested positive for opiates just half an hour later. A second participant, Jamie Hyneman, who ate three poppy seed bagels, first tested positive two hours after eating. Both tested positive for the remainder of the day, but were clean eighteen hours later. The show Brainiac: Science Abuse also did experiments where a priest ate several poppy seed bagels and gave a sample, which also resulted in a false positive.
The results of this experiment are inconclusive, because a test was used with an opiate cutoff level of 300 ng/mL instead of the current SAMHSA recommended cutoff level used in the NIDA 5 test, which was raised from 300 ng/mL to 2,000 ng/mL in 1998 in order to avoid false positives from poppy seeds. However, according to an article published in the Medical Science Law Journal, after ingesting "a curry meal or two containing various amounts of washed seeds" where total morphine levels were in the range 58.4 to 62.2 µg/g seeds, the urinary morphine levels were found to range as high as 1.27 µg/mL (1,270 ng/mL) urine . Another article in the Journal of Forensic Science reports that concentration of morphine in some batches of seeds may be as high as 251 µg/g.[5] In both studies codeine was also present in the seeds in smaller concentrations. Therefore it is possible to cross the current standard 2,000 ng/mL limit of detection, depending on seed potency and quantity ingested. Some toxicology labs still continue to use a cutoff level of 300 ng/mL.
The sale of poppy seeds from Papaver somniferum is banned in Singapore due to the morphine content. Poppy seeds are also banned in Saudi Arabia due to various religious and drug control reasons.
What may be the most famous literary use of the poppy occurs both in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and in MGM's classic 1939 film based on the novel.
In the novel, while on their way to the Emerald City, Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion walk through a field of poppies, and the opium from the flowers puts both Dorothy and the Lion to sleep. The Scarecrow and the Tin Man, not being made of flesh and blood, are unaffected. They carry Dorothy to safety and place her on the ground beyond the poppy field. While they are considering how to help the Lion, a field mouse runs in front of them, fleeing a cougar. The Tin Man beheads the cougar with his axe, and the field mouse pledges her eternal gratitude. Being the Queen of the Field Mice, she gathers all her subjects together. The Tin Man cuts down several trees, and builds a wagon. The Lion is pushed onto it, and the mice pull the wagon safely out of the poppy field.
In the 1939 film, the sequence is considerably altered. The poppy field is conjured up by the Wicked Witch of the West, and it appears directly in front of the Emerald City, preventing the four travelers from reaching it. As in the novel, Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion fall asleep, but in a direct reversal of the book, the Scarecrow and the Tin Man are unable to carry Dorothy. Glinda, who has been watching over them, conjures up a snowfall which kills the poppies and enables Dorothy and the Lion to awaken. Unfortunately, the Tin Man has been weeping in despair, and the combination of his tears and the wet snow has caused him to rust. After he is oiled by Dorothy, the four skip happily toward the Emerald City.
In Baum's other Oz books, Oz's ruler, Princess Ozma, is often shown wearing poppies in her hair as decoration.
Poppies stand as a prominent feature of In Flanders Fields, one of the most frequently quoted English-language poems composed by front-line personnel during the First World War. It was written by John McCrae, a doctor serving in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, and appeared for the first time in Punch magazine on December 8, 1915.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders Fields.
- John McCrae
In Persian literature, red poppies, especially red corn poppy flowers, are considered the flower of love. They are often called the eternal lover flower.
From my set entitled “Poppies”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/sets/72157607186465572/
In my collection entitled “The Garden”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/collections/7215760718...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A poppy is any of a number of showy flowers, typically with one per stem, belonging to the poppy family. They include a number of attractive wildflower species with showy flowers found growing singularly or in large groups; many species are also grown in gardens. Those that are grown in gardens include large plants used in a mixed herbaceous border and small plants that are grown in rock or alpine gardens.
The flower color of poppy species include: white, pink, yellow, orange, red and blue; some have dark center markings. The species that have been cultivated for many years also include many other colors ranging from dark solid colors to soft pastel shades. The center of the flower has a whorl of stamens surrounded by a cup- or bowl-shaped collection of four to six petals. Prior to blooming, the petals are crumpled in bud, and as blooming finishes, the petals often lie flat before falling away.
Poppies have long been used as a symbol of both sleep and death: sleep because of the opium extracted from them, and death because of their (commonly) blood-red color. In Greco-Roman myths, poppies were used as offerings to the dead. Poppies are used as emblems on tombstones to symbolize eternal sleep. This aspect was used, fictionally, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to create magical poppy fields, dangerous because they caused those who passed through them to sleep forever.
A second meaning for the depiction and use of poppies in Greco-Roman myths is the symbolism of the bright scarlet colour as signifying the promise of resurrection after death.
The poppy of wartime remembrance is the red corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas. This poppy is a common weed in Europe and is found in many locations, including Flanders Fields. This is because the corn poppy was one of the only plants that grew on the battlefield. It thrives in disturbed soil, which was abundant on the battlefield due to intensive shelling. During the few weeks the plant blossomed, the battlefield was coloured blood red, not just from the red flower that grew in great numbers but also from the actual blood of the dead soldiers that lay scattered and untended to on the otherwise barren battlegrounds.
Thus the plant became a symbol for the dead World War I soldiers. In many Commonwealth countries and in the United States, artificial, paper or plastic versions of this poppy are worn to commemorate the sacrifice of veterans and civilians in World War I and other wars, during the weeks preceding Remembrance Day on November 11. It has been adopted as a symbol by The Royal British Legion in their Poppy Appeal.
In North America, poppies are known as Clown Shoes by the Royal Canadian Legion, who sell them each fall prior to Remembrance Day. The design of the Canadian poppy has changed recently. Formerly the poppy was red plastic with a felt lining with a green centre held on by a pin. The green was to represent the green fields of France. In 2002 the design was changed with some small controversy to a black centre. This is to reflect the actual colour of the French poppy.
In New Zealand and Australia, paper poppies are widely distributed by the Returned Services Association leading up to ANZAC day (April 25th).
The golden poppy, Eschscholzia californica, is the state flower of California.
Poppy is widely consumed in many parts of Central and Eastern Europe. The sugared, milled mature seeds are eaten with pasta, or they are boiled with milk and used as filling or topping on various kinds of sweet pastry.
Poppy seeds are widely used in Bengali cuisine, Oriya cuisine, German cuisine, Malabar Cuisine (Northern Kerala) and the Cuisine of Austria (Papaver somniferum).
In Mexico, Grupo Modelo, the makers of Corona beer, until the 1960s used red poppy flowers in its advertising, where almost any image it used had poppy flowers somewhere in the image.
Although the drug opium is produced by "milking" latex from the unripe fruits ("seed pods") rather than from the seeds, all parts of the plant can contain or carry the opium alkaloids, especially morphine and codeine. This means that eating foods (e.g., muffins) that contain poppy seeds can result in a false positive for opiates in a drug test.
This was considered "confirmed" by the presenters of the television program MythBusters. One participant, Adam Savage, who ate an entire loaf of poppy seed cake, tested positive for opiates just half an hour later. A second participant, Jamie Hyneman, who ate three poppy seed bagels, first tested positive two hours after eating. Both tested positive for the remainder of the day, but were clean eighteen hours later. The show Brainiac: Science Abuse also did experiments where a priest ate several poppy seed bagels and gave a sample, which also resulted in a false positive.
The results of this experiment are inconclusive, because a test was used with an opiate cutoff level of 300 ng/mL instead of the current SAMHSA recommended cutoff level used in the NIDA 5 test, which was raised from 300 ng/mL to 2,000 ng/mL in 1998 in order to avoid false positives from poppy seeds. However, according to an article published in the Medical Science Law Journal, after ingesting "a curry meal or two containing various amounts of washed seeds" where total morphine levels were in the range 58.4 to 62.2 µg/g seeds, the urinary morphine levels were found to range as high as 1.27 µg/mL (1,270 ng/mL) urine . Another article in the Journal of Forensic Science reports that concentration of morphine in some batches of seeds may be as high as 251 µg/g.[5] In both studies codeine was also present in the seeds in smaller concentrations. Therefore it is possible to cross the current standard 2,000 ng/mL limit of detection, depending on seed potency and quantity ingested. Some toxicology labs still continue to use a cutoff level of 300 ng/mL.
The sale of poppy seeds from Papaver somniferum is banned in Singapore due to the morphine content. Poppy seeds are also banned in Saudi Arabia due to various religious and drug control reasons.
What may be the most famous literary use of the poppy occurs both in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and in MGM's classic 1939 film based on the novel.
In the novel, while on their way to the Emerald City, Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion walk through a field of poppies, and the opium from the flowers puts both Dorothy and the Lion to sleep. The Scarecrow and the Tin Man, not being made of flesh and blood, are unaffected. They carry Dorothy to safety and place her on the ground beyond the poppy field. While they are considering how to help the Lion, a field mouse runs in front of them, fleeing a cougar. The Tin Man beheads the cougar with his axe, and the field mouse pledges her eternal gratitude. Being the Queen of the Field Mice, she gathers all her subjects together. The Tin Man cuts down several trees, and builds a wagon. The Lion is pushed onto it, and the mice pull the wagon safely out of the poppy field.
In the 1939 film, the sequence is considerably altered. The poppy field is conjured up by the Wicked Witch of the West, and it appears directly in front of the Emerald City, preventing the four travelers from reaching it. As in the novel, Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion fall asleep, but in a direct reversal of the book, the Scarecrow and the Tin Man are unable to carry Dorothy. Glinda, who has been watching over them, conjures up a snowfall which kills the poppies and enables Dorothy and the Lion to awaken. Unfortunately, the Tin Man has been weeping in despair, and the combination of his tears and the wet snow has caused him to rust. After he is oiled by Dorothy, the four skip happily toward the Emerald City.
In Baum's other Oz books, Oz's ruler, Princess Ozma, is often shown wearing poppies in her hair as decoration.
Poppies stand as a prominent feature of In Flanders Fields, one of the most frequently quoted English-language poems composed by front-line personnel during the First World War. It was written by John McCrae, a doctor serving in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, and appeared for the first time in Punch magazine on December 8, 1915.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders Fields.
- John McCrae
In Persian literature, red poppies, especially red corn poppy flowers, are considered the flower of love. They are often called the eternal lover flower.
The education kit entitled “Riskland: the fun way to learn how to prevent disasters” is the outcome of a joint initiative between the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). This product was developed at the end of 2002 by the ISDR Regional Unit for Latin America and the Caribbean, in cooperation with UNICEF Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF-TACRO). Initially, it was addressed for countries in the LAC region and was originally produced in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Riesgolandia, aprendamos jugando cómo prevenir desastres tiene la intención de poner a disposición de la comunidad educativa y a los niños y las niñas de América Latina y el Caribe una herramienta innovadora e interactiva para la reducción del riesgo de desastres.
Other photo sets from a gorgeous almost-summer day in Santa Cruz:
Vintage video games and spooky fortune tellers at the arcade
Breathtaking 060430 Natural Bridges state beach
Twirling, swirling Salsa by the Sea
A diner, signs, some wildlife, and us elsewhere around Santa Cruz
History of Olympic Dam Copper mines.
This history is drawn from John Showers book entitled “Return to Roxby Downs.” Western Mining Corporation began searching for copper deep beneath the surface of this area in 1961. A small claypan in the area was named in 1956 Olympic Dam as Melbourne was hosting the Olympic Games. A drill hole made near the claypans in 1976 went 350 metres deep when it intersected a 38 metre thick seam of copper bearing rock and a later drill hole reached a seam 170 metres thick containing copper plus gold and silver. To exploit this find MWC joined forces with BHP to develop a mine. In 1979 the companies set about establishing a camp for 60 men, and an airstrip prior to further investigations and mining. John Showers had 4 months to make this happen and to select a site for a village, hopefully outside the Woomera restricted area as approvals from the Commonwealth government would delay proceedings. The site selected was on Andamooka station lands but changed when the Commonwealth government changed the boundaries of the Woomera Restricted Zone for the mining village. The village was to be south of the proposed mine in an area of sandhills with relatively tall Mulga trees and some Myall trees. Water was to come from the 12 mile dam on Andamooka Station which would be covered to lessen evaporation. Water still had to be available for the cattle on Andamooka Station. Longer term the company would have to build a pipeline from Woomera and take water from there which came by pipeline from Port Augusta (and the Morgan to Whyalla pipeline.) The Olympic Dam village next to the mine site took shape in 1980. Construction of a 72 kms road was approved 7kms east of Woomera to Roxby through the Restricted Area. The mining project got approval from the SA government in 1982 and had to proceed before 1987 unless more approvals were obtained. By 1984 there were 12 houses, 50 caravans and accommodation for 250 singles in the Olympic Dam Village. After all the planning and approvals mining began in early 1986. Once mining began the township of Roxby Downs was created to the south of Olympics Dam Mine and village. An area south of the Special Mining Lease was created as the Municipality of Roxby Downs.
In 2025 BHP announced a major expansion of the mining operations at Roxby Downs dependant on a new water supply which will probably be a water desalination plant near Whyalla. Over one billion dollars will be spent on this expansion, partly because the world price for copper is high as copper is an essential component of much of our electrical, plumbing and renewable energy production and mobile phones. To reduce road transport future copper will be railed from Pimba to Port Pirie for export. The Roxby mine expansion is meant to double production by early next decade. Accommodation at Olympic Dam site will be expanded for another 1,000 workers and the BHP workforce across the three copper mines- Roxby, Prominent Hill and Carrapateena mines is currently at 8,000 workers. These three BHP mines are the world’s third largest copper resource. Carrapateena mines is 100kms south of Roxby Downs and the Olympics Dam mine.
*** Background ***
As a teenager, a film entitled "The Salton Sea" spent a lot of time in my player. The subject matter aside, I fell in love with the movie location itself.
As the film takes place, a serene moment on a wave-less beach reveals nothing but sky, sea and a single tree grown too close to the waters edge. It's the sort of striking imagery we, as artists, wish we could capture and re-create (in our backyards). Well, at that time, I was neither an artist nor photographer, but still, something about it stayed with me to this day.
Nearly a decade later, I relocated to California. I soon discovered the actual Salton Sea is a very real place and a mere several hour drive through the countryside. Sounded perfect.
*** About The Photo ***
Around sunset, I began to notice something I had never really experienced before. My skin, along with every pale object for ten miles around, had begun to glow a color a hazy pink, purple or orange.
The sun had fallen behind the western mountain range and any lasting light beyond it was softly reflecting off the ground and atmosphere to our side.
To add to the experience, the flat, dark sea water reflected this ambient light creating one of the softest, warmest locations I have photographed.
*** Ambiance ***
March 5th, 2011 - 4:53pm
64° - cooling evening air with warmth from large rocks underfoot. Long, thin, slow moving cloud moving out from the mountains, highlighted by the setting sun. A moment so serene, the flocks of birds fly silently as they moved westward. Occasionally you would hear a thunderous flapping of wings as a group approached, even at long distances.
Entitled "America's Heartland Remembers" this memorial was designed/organized by Kirkwood resident Rick Randall. It totals 2996 American flags to honor each victim of the September 11 attacks.
Title: Group gathered at Unity House for an art exhibition and lecture, entitled "Appreciation of Art," July 5, 1925.
Date: 1925
Photographer: Unknown
Photo ID: 5780PB41F18AP400G
Collection: International Ladies Garment Workers Union Photographs (1885-1985)
Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel
Notes: Handwritten information on image front. No additional information available.
Copyright: The copyright status of this image is unknown. It may also be subject to third party rights of privacy or publicity. Images are being made available for purposes of private study, scholarship, and research. The Kheel Center would like to learn more about this image and hear from any copyright owners who are not properly identified so that we may make the necessary corrections.
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Entitled "Birth of a Child", this painting is by A. Toaquiza of Tigua, Ecuador. Another example of the indigenous art of the Quichua people.
I'm entitled to an occasionally moronic shot, right? Yes this is my typical lighting test I do at the beginning of a shoot. But I thought there was something a bit odd and/or unique about this particular one.
strobist info: Norman 200B at probably max power, no diffuser, camera left (it was 11am, after all…I begged the client not to start at 10:30 on the beach, but it couldn't be helped). Fill light was an SB-28, mounted on my tripod which was also holding my Bronica. I'm shooting this shot and most others using my Fuji S5 Pro (handheld). The SB-28 I set to "auto" mode, and fooled the sensor by setting it to f/8 instead of f/16. Thus giving me an automatic fill two stops down, without having to worry if I moved the tripod closer to the subject. Sunlight is overhead, backlighting my fingertips (and more importantly, the clients' hair).
On Sunday morning, Emily did a panel entitled "So You Want To Be an Animator". The panel consisted of her laying down the brass tacks and explaining exactly what an animator does, what their tasks usually consist of, how to get the training to become one, what animation school is like, and some suggestions should you decide to take the job of animator as a future career path.
From what I learned and what little I knew of before this, let me tell you that it is NOT easy to become or be an animator in the slightest. Although it may be fun if you like to draw a lot, there is a lot more to it than the average person or anime fan (at least ones who lack artistic skill) realizes. One of the things she explained was that it is a very stressful job and that it won't work if you can't meet a deadline or if you crack under pressure very easily.
I can safely say that I'll stick to live-action as I don't have the talent to draw....at all. It's not for me.
81. entitled (visual poem; 1st published 2 april 1998)
–C33 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7260263122)
–A52 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7254966260)
–B41 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7259901222)
–C52, reduced (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7260270046)
81. "if," (visual poem; 1st published 25 april 1998)
–A5o (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7598347666)
–C34 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/8381032411)
82. "THE BREATH YOU SAVE" (concrete poem; 1st published 25 april 1998)
–A5o (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7598347666)
–C34 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/8381032411)
83. "DUST AND OTHER PARTICULATES" (visual poem; 1st published may 1998)
–C35 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7254963178)
84. "My name is Peggy Lefler" (filmed interview by Brian Nash; 1st published 1998)
–B37, excerpts (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7493195292)
–B4o, printed text only, excerpts (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7892550050)
–B45, excerpts (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7493194802)
–B45 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7493194802)
85. "word" (concrete poem;1st published september 1998)
–C36 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/8140727636)
86. "yp" (visual poem; 1st published may 1999)
–C37 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7260247276)
–C38 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7518985078)
87. Pages from a Visual History Present Tense (concrete poem; 1st published summer 1999)
–C38 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7518985078)
88. "in|different" (concrete poem; 1st published 6 november 1999)
–A51 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7208220350)
–C39 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7260263740)
89. "differences" (concrete poem; not the same as G5 but a variation therefrom; 1st published 6 november 1999)
–A51 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7208220350)
–C39 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7260263740)
9o. CP Toronto – Elder Mills, Gio.Sampogna riding a flatcar (scene C1), 27jul96 (photograph; 1st published 15 march 1999)
9oa. colour (1st published january 2o14)
(see www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/11831682674)
9ob. b&w with lettering over by jwcurry
Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) participates in a panel discussion during a policy briefing entitled “Real Estate & the U.S. Economy: A Policy Discussion on 2017 & Beyond” sponsored by the National Real Estate Organizations and The Hill at Hodges Restaurant in Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday, July 20, 2016.
Image from a photograph album entitled, 'Yungchun and environs', compiled by Dr J. Preston Maxwell in the early years of the 20th century.
(John) Preston Maxwell (1871-1961), MB, BS, FRCS, was born 5 December 1871 in Birmingham, where his father, Dr James Laidlaw Maxwell (1836-1921), practised medicine. In 1899, he went out to Fujian as a medical missionary for the English Presbyterian Church and spent most of his professional life in China before returning to England in the late 1930s. Maxwell specialized in obstetrics and was a leading authority on foetal osteomalacia. He married (Edith) Lilly Isaacson in 1899; they had a daughter, Marjorie, who was born in 1908.
Reference: DA26/2/2/2
From my set entitled “Lysimachia”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/sets/72157607186446572/
In my collection entitled “The Garden”
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysimachia
Lysimachia is a genus of flowering plants. It is traditionally classified in the family Primulaceae but should, according to molecular phylogenetic study, be placed to the family Myrsinaceae
Lysimachia species often have yellow flowers, and grow vigorously. They tend to grow in damp conditions. Several species within Lysimachia are commonly called loosestrife, although this name is also used for plants within the genus Lythrum.
Lysimachia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some butterflies and moths, including the Dot Moth, Grey Pug, Lime-speck Pug, Small Angle Shades and V-pug.
This pic, originally entitled ‘Red+white -back view’, was taken over a decade ago and I still love it (and the dress, although I don’t think it would fit me today!).💕
Special Event entitled “Empowering Persons with Disabilities and Ensuring Inclusiveness and Equality” on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (A/RES/47/3)
(co-organized by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the Office of the President of the United Nations General Assembly, the Permanent Missions of Ecuador, the Republic of Korea, Brazil, Bulgaria, Italy, Philippines, the United Kingdom, Japan and Singapore, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), UN-Women and the Department of Management of the United Nations)
1930 artwork entitled “The Girls,” created by Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka (1894-1980), is an oil on canvas that belongs to the Art Deco movement and falls under the portrait genre.
The artwork presents a striking depiction of two women, rendered in de Lempicka’s signature style. The figures are portrayed with an enigmatic elegance and somber expressiveness, characterized by sharply defined contours and a smooth, polished finish. Both women have meticulously styled hair and wear vibrant red lipstick, which contrasts with the muted color palette of blues and grays enveloping them. The background, composed of an abstract architectural setting, further accentuates the modernist aesthetic of the piece, positioning it firmly within the Art Deco movement. The closeness of the two figures suggests a deep, perhaps intimate, bond, capturing a moment of shared solitude or mutual contemplation.
I entitled this what you see here "Ice grass". It grows only if it is below freezing point and probably the soil has to be wet before (and above freezing point).
Different to normal, green grass - "Ice grass" exists only a few hours or days (for the time of frost), needs no water, and is not getting brown or dry like grass. I think it changes its shape water(drops?) and disappears in the soil. Fascinating ...
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ENTITLED "Celebrating Together"
This is my winning design for the D23 Expo's Fab 5 Fan Art contest. I am officially the first fan to have a Vinylmation displayed in a Disney art gallery.
Vinylmation is Disney's new & unique line of artistic, Mickey Mouse-shaped 3 inch and 9 inch collectibles. In the blind packages, you'll find designs by cast members from the Disney Design Group and Imagineers. Guests also have the chance to create their own Vinylmation design by purchasing either a 3" or 9" blank. This is what I did with mine!
To keep updated with my newest figures, feel free to check out www.mametchi.com/ink_vinylmation.shtml
The leaders of Ireland’s main churches have come together to issue a message on St Patrick’s Day that reflects on the 1921 centenaries and contains an invitation to wider civic society for further dialogue. Entitled ‘In Christ We Journey Together’, the theme chosen by the Church Leaders Group (Ireland) for their shared reflection on the centenaries, they recognise that some may struggle with idea of a shared history of the centenaries. Together, however, they explore how the Christian faith and Christian social ethics can contribute to the healing of relationships and offer a hopeful vision for the future.
In their Joint Statement, which they also filmed as a video message at Saint Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral in Armagh, the Church Leaders welcome the progress that has been made through the peace process in building relationships of mutual respect and trust across these islands. While acknowledging that there is much work still to do, they set out a vision for a society where different identities in a pluralist public square can be valued.
Reflecting together, the Church Leaders placed particular emphasis on the interconnectedness of the people of the UK and Ireland, saying ‘What is undeniable … is the reality that we have to live in a shared space on these islands, and to make them a place of belonging and welcome for all’. They have chosen to issue their message on St Patrick’s Day to embrace the way this former slave, who embodied that interconnectedness, brought Christianity to Ireland some 1,500 years ago. In this context, a single century is but a brief moment in time, but the Church Leaders note that significant anniversaries can provide a valuable opportunity to reflect on our history and explore what can be learned for today.
The reflection is informed by principles of ethical remembering, ‘In our approach to the past we have a moral responsibility to acknowledge the corrosive impact of violence and words that can lead to violence’, the Church leaders said. They also recognise that there is a need to face difficult truths about failings in their churches’ own leadership in the work of peace and reconciliation. Regarding the role of the churches, they said, ‘We have often been captive churches; not captive to the Word of God, but to the idols of state and nation.’
The Church Leaders are sharing this message today as an invitation to dialogue. They have planned a series of engagements for this year which will include opportunities for conversation and reflection — as churches, as well as with political and civic leaders — and other events to mark the centenaries.
The Church Leaders’ Statement in full is as follows:
As disciples of Jesus Christ, sharing in the grace of his redemption, and in the Father’s unshakeable love for his creation, we have been reflecting together on the events of 1921 on this island. We wish to share some of our thoughts as we continue these conversations and as we journey together through the year.
Every generation of leaders, civil and political, is called to make choices about the structures that govern our life in community, now and in the future, in circumstances that will always be less than ideal. Significant anniversaries provide an opportunity to reflect on our trajectory, exploring what can be learned for today through a re–examination of the contrasting and intertwined narratives of conflict and compromise that surround these pivotal points in our history.
Some may struggle with the concept of a shared history when it comes to the centenary of the partition of Ireland, the establishment of Northern Ireland and the resulting reconfiguration of British–Irish relationships. What is undeniable, however, is the reality that we have to live in a shared space on these islands, and to make them a place of belonging and welcome for all. In our approach to the past we have a moral responsibility to acknowledge the corrosive impact of violence and words that can lead to violence, and a duty of care to those still living with the trauma of its aftermath.
There are insights from Christian social ethics that may offer a helpful perspective, alongside others, as we seek to navigate our contested past in a way that will contribute to healing of relationships in the present and a hopeful vision for the future. Christ’s teaching, ministry and sacrifice were offered in the context of a society that was politically divided, wounded by conflict and injustice. His call to ‘render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things of God’ (Mark 12:17) conveyed the reassurance that beneath these societal fractures lay a deeper source of connection because all things belong to God.
Jesus lived out this message of hope by repeatedly and intentionally crossing social boundaries to affirm the dignity of those who had been marginalised or excluded by his own people and by society. In these encounters, as exemplified in the meeting with the Woman of Samaria (John 4:1–42), we see that Christ does not seek to minimise differences, but rather to establish connection through gracious listening, replacing exclusion and shame with the hope of new beginnings.
We have an opportunity, in marking these events from our past, to be intentional in creating the spaces for encounter with those who are different from us, and those who may feel marginalised in the narratives that have shaped our community identity. This will require us to face difficult truths about failings in our own leadership in the work of peace and reconciliation. As Christian churches we acknowledge and lament the times that we failed to bring to a fearful and divided society that message of the deeper connection that binds us, despite our different identities, as children of God, made in His image and likeness. We have often been captive churches; not captive to the Word of God, but to the idols of state and nation.
We find inspiration and encouragement in the progress that has been made through our peace process in building relationships of mutual respect and trust across these islands. These relationships are often tested, and will at times be found wanting, but our communities have also demonstrated great resilience, solidarity and compassion, evident most recently in the response to Covid–19.
There has been considerable progress too in addressing unjust structures that excluded people and unfairly limited their life chances. The power of institutions has diminished, leading to greater accountability for those in leadership. This helps create an environment where we can value our different identities in a pluralist public square, conscious of both our rights and responsibilities. Yet there is much work still to do. With so much of our lives now being lived in the digital space there can be a temptation to retreat into spaces where our definition of community is limited to those who agree with us. This leads to an increasingly fragmented society in which too many people fall through the cracks.
Churches, alongside other civic leaders, have a role to play in providing spaces outside political structures that give expression to our inter–connectedness and shared concern for the common good. It is our hope that shared reflection on our past will support and strengthen this engagement, inspiring us to renew our commitment to the work of building peace for the future. As the Apostle Paul said, “So then let us pursue the things that make for peace and the building up of one another” (Romans 14:19).
The Rt Revd Dr David Bruce
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland
The Most Revd John McDowell
Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh & Primate of All Ireland
The Revd Dr Thomas McKnight
President of the Methodist Church in Ireland
The Most Revd Eamon Martin
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh & Primate of All Ireland
The Very Rev Dr Ivan Patterson
President of the Irish Council of Churches