Sometimes it seems impossible to live with the horror in our daily news, with its echoes of so many recent attacks, of 9/11, and violence that seems to come at random. Heartsick, felled, two things came to mind…
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Madonna on Why We Go On In Spite of/Because of…Paris
(Video link here.) At her concert in Stockholm yesterday, a visibly-shaken Madonna addressed the very difficult question “…why am I up here dancing and having fun when people are crying at the lost of their loved ones?” Painfully, sadly, she gave the very wise, life-affirming answer before launching into Like a Prayer at 7 mins-in…
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How the Eiffel Tower Peace Symbol Came to Be
Shortly after the attacks in Paris hit the news, an image of the Eiffel Tower as peace symbol was tweeted and posted on Instagram. It is the creation of French graphic designer Jean Jullien, who described how it came about in a moment. “It was a reaction…The first thing that came to me was the…
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The Words We Found for Paris 11/15
We are heartsick about the attacks in Paris a city that, after one visit, makes a person feel like it is somehow theirs, so perfect are its memories. We have been casting about for some words that shed light on what seems like a time of such profound darkness…
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