Here's a whole bunch of flickr images sorted by the various tags i've used
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Monday, January 29, 2007
Friday, January 26, 2007
The human cost of war (Part II) ***Must Watch***
| Selected for the 2006 Sundance Film Festival "The Ground Truth" is our soldiers’ perspective of the Iraq War, and how they are being treated upon returning home. It goes beyond the war stories to look underneath our American tradition of engaging in war and then abandoning the warrior. We see the dreams and harsh realities that set up many soldiers and their families for a lifetime of heartbreak. Americans, on the Right and Left, living in Blue and Red states, spend billions of their tax money recruiting, training, and paying soldiers to kill in distant wars. Yet, we provide little assistance and marginal support once the killing is over, and soldiers come home, now expected to live nonviolent lives. How do we “Support Our Troops,” when the killing stops? What is behind our silent indifference, and the 272,000 homeless veterans we walk by every day? This film asks Congress and the American people to bare witness to these soldiers and their families, and to consider the human cost of war, above all else. | |
Friday, October 27, 2006
Monday, July 24, 2006
Monday, March 06, 2006
Katrina Relief: donate or Volunteer
ACORN
800-790-2290
Humane Society
(800-486-2631) disaster@hsus.org
800-790-2290
Adventist
Community Services
800-381-7171
American
Friends Service Committee
1-888-588-2372
American
Jewish Committee
212-751-4000
America's
Second Harvest
800-344-8070
Catholic
Charities, USA
800-919-9338
Christian
Disaster Response
941-956-5183 or 941-551-9554
Christian
Reformed World Relief Committee
800-848-5818
Church
World Service
800-297-1516
Common Ground
504-361-9659
Convoy
of Hope
417-823-8998
Food
Not Bombs
800-884-1136
Foundations
for Recovery
877-387-6126
Global
Exchange / Rebuild Green
415-310-9783
Habitat
for Humanity
504-861-2077
Humane Society
(800-486-2631) disaster@hsus.org
Lutheran
Disaster Response
800-638-3522
Mazon
-- Jewish Response for Hunger
310-442-0020
Mennonite
Disaster Service
717-859-2210
Mercy
Corps
888-256-1900
NAACP
Disaster Relief Fund
866-996-2227
Nazarene
Disaster Response
888-256-5886
Network
for Good
866-650-4636
Operation
USA
323-658-8876
Presbyterian
Disaster Assistance
800-872-3283
Red
Cross
800-435-7669
Salvation
Army
800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769)
Shefa
Fund / Jewish Fund for Justice
215-483-4004
212-213-2113
Southern
Baptist Convention -- Disaster Relief
800-462-8657, ext. 6440
Union for
Reform Judasim / Jacob's Ladder
212-650-4140
United
Jewish Communities
877-277-2477
United
Methodist Committee on Relief
800-554-8583
Monday, December 05, 2005
Thursday, November 24, 2005
A letter on art
I like the process of making art., but i'm unsure of the goal.
when i was younger i fantasized about a 'Great Art' that could communicate "the same message equally to all people.'
The aim was always truth, beauty and justice.
Somewhere along the way i learned that art could be a dialog rather than an icon.
So I tend towards the subjective.
Much of the work that i did in my youth was lost or stolen. some things were simply abandoned because i had no place for them. Other times i convinced myself that the work lacked merit and discarded it only to turn around and see happy scavengers driving off with large oil paintings.
I often paint eyes and faces, even when i try to avoid objective representation. I also tend to see faces and figures in tree bark, clouds and dust on the floor. I'm told that our brains are wired to recognise faces as that trait has 'adaptive signifigance.'
I still ponder the notion of 'objective art.' often i find this in religious work.
I do find your photos particularly clear. they seem to point to recognisable truth beauty and even justice, (the crumbling face of F. Marcos?)
You also offer lucid descriptions of the subject and the circumstances.
Generally I believe that 'art' does several important things:
1) It awakens a great (or small) question and brings us closer to our natural curiosity.
2) It shows us things as they are, from documentary work to intricate spiritual diagrams, art trys to show the world as it is,
3) art always has a mark of humanity. It extends a 'Hand of Kindness' across oceans and centuries offering some kinship with the creator.
At sun set once i looked down the brick street that ran through that part of town. Some of the bricks had the name of the manufacturer, "Augusta Block," embossed on the surface. the other bricks were smooth but the glint of the fading light showd another feature on the smoth faces. each brick had four shallow dimples near one side. As i reached down to touch them, I realized that they were fingerprints left by the person who handled the bricks while they were still wet. The same red paving ran in all directions. churches were made of these bricks, stores and appartment houses, in nearly every city where i've ever lived.
Most days i would not have noticed these marks, It was just the sun on that particular day, in that particular place. I wish that i had a camera, but i don't know what exposure would reveal those prints and their signifigance to me at the time.
-bill
when i was younger i fantasized about a 'Great Art' that could communicate "the same message equally to all people.'
The aim was always truth, beauty and justice.
Somewhere along the way i learned that art could be a dialog rather than an icon.
So I tend towards the subjective.
Much of the work that i did in my youth was lost or stolen. some things were simply abandoned because i had no place for them. Other times i convinced myself that the work lacked merit and discarded it only to turn around and see happy scavengers driving off with large oil paintings.
I often paint eyes and faces, even when i try to avoid objective representation. I also tend to see faces and figures in tree bark, clouds and dust on the floor. I'm told that our brains are wired to recognise faces as that trait has 'adaptive signifigance.'
I still ponder the notion of 'objective art.' often i find this in religious work.
I do find your photos particularly clear. they seem to point to recognisable truth beauty and even justice, (the crumbling face of F. Marcos?)
You also offer lucid descriptions of the subject and the circumstances.
Generally I believe that 'art' does several important things:
1) It awakens a great (or small) question and brings us closer to our natural curiosity.
2) It shows us things as they are, from documentary work to intricate spiritual diagrams, art trys to show the world as it is,
3) art always has a mark of humanity. It extends a 'Hand of Kindness' across oceans and centuries offering some kinship with the creator.
At sun set once i looked down the brick street that ran through that part of town. Some of the bricks had the name of the manufacturer, "Augusta Block," embossed on the surface. the other bricks were smooth but the glint of the fading light showd another feature on the smoth faces. each brick had four shallow dimples near one side. As i reached down to touch them, I realized that they were fingerprints left by the person who handled the bricks while they were still wet. The same red paving ran in all directions. churches were made of these bricks, stores and appartment houses, in nearly every city where i've ever lived.
Most days i would not have noticed these marks, It was just the sun on that particular day, in that particular place. I wish that i had a camera, but i don't know what exposure would reveal those prints and their signifigance to me at the time.
-bill
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Monday, October 31, 2005
The Salvation Army National Headquarters
The Salvation Army National Headquarters: "A $100 donation to The Salvation Army will feed a family of four for two days, provide two cases of drinking water and one household clean-up kit, containing brooms, mops, buckets, and cleaning supplies"
Katrina Volunteer & Housing Opportunities
Katrina Volunteer & Housing Opportunities: "HOUSING Opportunities "There is still a need for housing and refuge for victims of Katrina.
Sunday, October 09, 2005
Saturday, September 17, 2005
Friday, September 16, 2005
Think Twice
I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don't think twice, it's all right
Goodby is too good a word
Direct Connect
Any Survivor Will hook you up with individuals who need help. You can send direct care packages through them.
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Check your local 'Craig's List' for Katrina Relief
Craigs list is proving to be a big help
Check out the discussion forums for areas affected. You will be able to hook up with some one who needs something
Check out the discussion forums for areas affected. You will be able to hook up with some one who needs something
Distribution Centers.
Currently Organizatioaly minded indivuduals are needed to Set up Distribution centers for stuff that has been donated.
This was a problem last year after storms swept through Florida.
This was a problem last year after storms swept through Florida.
Freedom corpse
This Office was set up by the White House you can sign up to volunteer, contribute cash or supplies.
Especially good for listing volunteer opportunities.
Not that people are very trusting of the White House these Days
Direct Relief
Direct relief Has a Blog on there page detailing the progress of various projects. They are working closley with community health centers and free clinics through out the region effected by Katrina.
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