Posts Tagged "Life"
Life, Love, God & The Nuclear Mess Between
* * * In The Democratic Republic of the Congo, a 3-year-old girl is crying. She’s sad beyond words and hurting beyond pain because earlier that same day a man broke into her house, killed her parents, kidnapped her brother and brutally raped her. She was left for dead on the dirt floor of her own home. Three-year-old rape victims exist. Do you? * * * It feels something like a leg. Like a...
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How Far Would You Walk For Water? — Photo Ed
Young women in countries like Mozambique spend hours, each day, retrieving water. Their walk for water is absolutely necessary for survival. The issue, however, is not only that the water retrieved is miles from home but that it’s highly contaminated with disease causing bacteria which subsequently kills thousands of children, their younger brothers and sisters, each year. The aim is to...
Read MoreThoughts On Turning Twenty Seven & Art
Set in 1940′s Greenwich Village, Edward Hopper’s, Nighthawks is one of my favorite pieces. Nighthawks soothes my mind and straightens my often times tousled thoughts in ways no other painting ever has, as if my own existence is somehow bound to its canvas and bordered within its frame. Hopper said this about his art: Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist,...
Read MoreCelebrating Mom–Photo Ed.
Another great Mother’s Day… Kendall got knocked in the eye. Temporary, makeshift bandage just in case. {The above photo can be seen on my brother’s new blog, Espíritu Viajaro. He’s in Peru this Summer working at a medical clinic, and he’ll be sharing his insights from there.} I love you...
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