So.
We are all very busy with life now, exhausted from the holidays,
cleaning up, wondering what all these things mean, very, very slowly
realizing that another year of our lives has come and gone, tossed
unceremoniously into the universal trash compactor in the sky.
Now faced with an extremely auspicious anniversary, expected by
ourselves and others to declare exactly how and when and in what manner
we are going to transform our selves, even though we stand still
unknowing, and fearful, and are in awe at who this self could possibly
be.
This moment presents as a possibility, as all moments present as an
opportunity to act, to transform through our own free will the space
that we are in.
As I stand at the brink of my own life, I think I must resolve to be a
force for understanding and tolerance in the world by my words and
actions, that I must even in this twilight, attempt to address hunger,
despair and injustice in this world even as our governments and world
leaders have chosen too ignore these issues and forgo even the most
basic of human compassions. So this will be my simple resolution for
this next New Year - To be a force for goodness in the world, in this
moment, in this space, through the art and craft of action and
language.
-Peter Ciccariello
ARTIST'S BLOG - http://invisiblenotes.blogspot.com/
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