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No trip without staircases 😉
While Graz is not known for spiral staircases there is one which is very special though. A double-spiral staircase - two flights of staircases, running in opposite directions, join for some steps on each floor, separate again, join again... The architectural masterpiece of 1499 has often been interpreted as a symbol of eternity. Graz people call it the "stairs of reconciliation". If you go separate ways, you will reunite.
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The Reconciliation Bridge is a historic bridge spanning the Bow River in Calgary. Its significance lies in its recent renaming and the symbolism it carries.
Location and Type: It is a steel and concrete truss bridge (built in 1910) that connects Downtown Calgary with north-central communities like Bridgeland and Crescent Heights, crossing the Bow River.
Name Change: It was originally named the Langevin Bridge after Sir Hector-Louis Langevin, one of the Fathers of Canadian Confederation. However, due to Langevin's role as one of the architects of the Canadian Residential School system (a system of forced assimilation of Indigenous children), Calgary City Council voted to change the name in 2017.
Significance: The new name, Reconciliation Bridge, was chosen as a symbolic act, part of the City of Calgary's commitment to Truth and Reconciliation with Indigenous communities.
Features: It is well-known for its nightly illumination, which uses 5,600 programmable LED lights to display special colours and patterns. These light shows are often run in consultation with the City's Indigenous Relations Office to pay tribute to significant Indigenous dates and stories.
Excerpt from www.thespec.com/local-burlington/news/2022/10/07/these-st...:
The City is taking highly visible moves to recognize Truth and Reconciliation.
An orange crosswalk has been installed at Burlington’s Lakeshore Road and Nelson Avenue as part of an ongoing effort to recognize Canada’s Indigenous people and their history. Installed on Sept. 29 (2022), according to the city, the new crosswalk acknowledges the strength and survival of residential school survivors and honours the victims, their families and communities.
Chris Glenn, director of recreation, community and culture, said the crosswalk is about starting conversations.
“These steps are to acknowledge and start conversations about Canada’s past. Only when we work together can we learn and move forward as a community, city and country,” said Glenn.
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Tower of Reconciliation, by Ed Dwight located at the John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and site of the Tulsa race riot of 1921 which was the single worst incident of racial violence in American history. More than 1,256 homes and businesses, covering more than thirty square city blocks, were burned to the ground in the Greenwood District of Tulsa also known as Black Wall Street.
Taken near to where I live on a night when the skies were very special. I have called it Nirvana because the word means any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
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Joy, peace, harmony, love, hate, heartbreak, hope, reconciliation, and the rebuilding of the soul are all part of the musical therapy of trance music, which comes from my heart, speaks of me, and speaks for me to the people I love, loved, and will love...
Almost at the point of conjunction (30 June 2015) but not quite, Jupiter and Venus together in the sky this evening, taken looking out towards Dunmow from Felsted, Essex.
Before scientific reasoning and understanding, scenes in the sky like this would have been interpreted by ancient civilisations in many different ways. I like to think that they were good omens and a sign of the need for reconciliation. Two worlds quietly seen together in the sky to show us how it's done.
People can make bad decisions in hopes for a greater good. One of the things that I believe in is when you make a commitment to someone you do everything possible to make the commitment work, but, where is that line drawn? Can you love someone and be with the when the trust has been gravely broken? I don't know yet, but I will follow whatever path my heart and mind take me on.
Indigenous Canadians have been observing Orange Shirt Day since 2013. The federal government has proclaimed September 30 to be National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and today, 2021, is the first.
The days recognize the poor, past treatment of native children in residential schools. Specifically, Orange Shirt Day comes from Phyllis (Jack) Webstad's orange shirt being taken away from her when she arrived as a 6 year old at residential school, and she never saw it again. (www.orangeshirtday.org/phyllis-story.html)
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The other day I found myself...or better I met myself again.
I reconciled with the other me, the part I voluntarily had suppressed...the part I was scared of...I feel incredibly good now, it's like seeing clearly after having being blind for a long period...As a confirmation of our "alliance" I came back to red :)
I use this occasion to start a new project...a set about subtle sensuality and much more...so let me introduce you the first photo of:
SKIN & VELVET SOULS
Back to my visit to The Rumps in June. Slightly eralier than the previous with some lovely late light hitting the scene.
Today is the first Truth and Reconciliation Day, time to honor lost children and survivors of residential school. This day is a federal holiday, unfortunately some provinces including my province have not made it a statutory holiday.
I encourage my fellow Canadians to take time to learn about the real history of Canada and the atrocities that have occurred and are still occurring.
The book I am reading is called "Unreconciled" by Jesse Wente, an Anishinaabe writer. It is a very good story.
There are many good Indigenous writers Richard Wagamamese, Michelle Good, Edmund Metatawabin, Jesse Thistle (Metis), Bev Sellars, Was Kinew.
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