Monday, September 22, 2008

Think PEACE, Act PEACE, Spread PEACE.

"I believe that as soon as people want
peace in the world they can have it.
The only trouble is they are not aware
they can get it."

John Lennon, 1969

This past Friday I visited the Yoko Ono Imagine Peace Wish Trees in Pasadena. It was not only a beautiful day but wonderful to see everyone writing their own personal wishes and tying them to the 21 trees that inhabited the courtyard at One Colorado.

Here's some more information:

The IMAGINE PEACE TOWER is a work of art conceived by Yoko Ono in memory of John Lennon.

It is dedicated to peace and bears the inscription 'IMAGINE PEACE' in 24 languages.


Its construction and installation is a collaboration between Yoko Ono, the
City of Reykjavik, Reykjavik Art Museum and Reykjavik Energy.

The work is in the form of a wishing well from which a very strong and tall tower of light emerges. The strength, intensity and brilliance of the light tower continually changes as the particles in the air fluctuate with the prevailing weather and atmospheric conditions unique to Iceland.

Every year it will light up between October 9th (Lennon's birthday) and December 8th (the day of his death).

In addition the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER will be lit on New Year's Eve, during the first week of spring and on some rare special occasions agreed between the City and Ono.

The electricity for the light comes entirely from the Hellisheidi Geothermal Power Plant.


Visit http://www.imaginepeace.com/news.html for more information.

This is a wonderful treat to have basically in our backyard and we encourage everyone to participate! Bring a loved one, a friend, or go solo and enjoy the beauty that is peace.

1 Comments:

Blogger VSL Poltroon said...

It's nice.

I have something a little different about Yoko.

Let Me Be Your Yoko Ono

September 23, 2008 at 9:24 AM  

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