According to Buddha
The roots of war are in the way we live our daily lives — the way we develop our industries, build up our society, and consume goods.
down the ditches a thousand years
the waters grew ira’s peoples’ crops
’til the white man stole their water rights
and the sparkling water stopped
now, ira’s folks were hungry
and their land grew crops of weeds
when war came, ira volunteered
and forgot the white man’s greed
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Royal Alberta Museum honours Indigenous stories ~ RAM, Etown ~ November 2018
Excellent. And I like the toning.
humble thank you Rabirius loving some LR features as a learn along the way…I do like the images to hold together visually 🤓 have a snappy day ~ smiles hedy ☺️✌️
Nice collection of photos, Hedy. It took a while for the first one to coalesce in my brain. Good photos make the eye AND the mind move. Cheers for a great week.
lovely glad to hear this Chris…always appreciate your comments and insights…compose a productive week ~ smiles hedy ☺️✌️💫
Great post Hedy and I love “Johnny Cash…The Ballad of Ira Hayes”. Thanks for sharing!!!
so many people don’t know about Ira Hayes or our Canadian Indigenous soldiers…it was a heartfelt moment for me in out new museum…the honouring of their stories here is done beautifully and is educative…thank you for your comments Paulo ~ compose a peaceful day ☺️✌️💫
War changes everything,
and nothing
I appreciated these words Eddie…they make sense to me ☺️✌️ have a beautiful day ❤️
Very lovely captures. Why are the cruelties of our native peoples never thought of in our society. They had a life we should have looked up to. Lived so well in peace with our Mother Earth. Peace be with you Hedy, have a great week.
we have our “truth and reconciliation” happening here in Canada…
http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/index.php?p=905
of course not without it’s contested issues and we still have many Canadian people who know little to nothing about Indigenous peoples his/herstories and who are openly racist…I hear stereotypical talk so often…even from my foto friends…who questioned why Indigenous people have free entry into this new museum…
https://globalnews.ca/news/4497155/free-admission-one-way-new-royal-alberta-museum-will-honour-indigenous-people/
sometimes I just know I don’t belong…and I imagine a kinder and gentler world, you know ☺️✌️🤓
Yes like the John Lennon song “Imagine”.
such a beautiful song 💙❤️💚 have fun adventures…
War and genocide are the ultimate consequences of an economy based upon the 7 principles of war. The pictures illustrate it; the remnants of a civilization that was destroyed in the name of the economical reality and progress.
according to. Sun Tzu ‘The highest Generalship is ‘to compel the enemy to disperse his army, and then to concentrate superior force against each fraction in turn’….as I read a wee bit from Sun Tzu I think he is advocating the timely use of a “bluff”….and please know Urban I know nothing about war…other than the silences lived by my Dutch parents…I like what Eddie wrote…war changes everything and nothing…compose a peaceful day ~ smiles hedy ☺️✌️
Beautifully done, and thought-provoking. It seems simple, what should be done, but then life comes in and we lose the way.
and we have greed…and yes life gets in the way often…have a good day Lynn…in your forests…been talking with friends in California and those fires…my one house is one of 5 left…it looks like a scene from Mars…so sad….sending snow smiles have a wonderful day ~ smiles hedy 😊💫
A world of difference, between E’town and California. Smiles to you too!
indeed…sending you joy ☺️
I just watched an evening on television about our fashion industry, destroying third world countries. I know it all, but what is the way things can be changed.
Beauty has a price. Why are women killing our world. It’s a sad day.
not sure which documentary you watched…dress, body, culture are loaded in our increasingly discerning domestic market…I remember after traveling in Korea and France I made a decision to not purchase clothes for one year…I know I have changed my purchasing practices…
I remember meeting Jean Kilbourne years ago…I also remember seeing Killing Us Softly: Advertising’s Image of Women is an American documentary…it’s a layered issue for sure 🤓 it’s a snowy day here…have a good writing day ~ smiles hedy 😊
Great hues Hedy.
I’ve begun to wonder whether War might be mankind’s ultimate “purpose”?
Scary isn’t it?
thanks Brian…I don’t know…seems we’re very bad at peace…we can do better…sending OM 💫✌️
A good point. We seem to be sliding down to such low levels that maybe we can do better. 😉
Have a lovey week, Hedy.
you to Brian…so enjoyed your past posts…herstories…so wonderful 🤓 just wanted to say…☺️
Thank you Hedy. Likewise. I have to rush your weekly “digest” before comments are closed. 😉
ahhhhhh I’ve surrendered….it’s a flow thing for me…as I find responding on my phone well not so good…so I’m all about my computer and writing…big smiles dear Brian…still thinking about your mother’s story…it is amazing 🤓
Yes, the American Bison, a way of life to the First Nation Americans, deliberately wiped out by the White Man…
indeed starving Indigenous people into submission….and yes beings in human suits have been and continue to be brutal…I imagine a different world Peter…sending you joy ~ hedy ☺️✌️💫
Yes, what sort-of beings dressed up in humans’ clothing one wonders? I too dream of a different world. Best wishes to you Hedy.
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