Seeing Peace: Artists in Collaboration with the United Nations

What peace looks like to Lise

2006-10-14T00:54:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Lise for seeing peace.

What peace looks like to Charisse

2006-09-06T14:06:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Charisse for seeing peace.

What peace looks like to Alex

2006-08-17T12:22:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Alex for seeing peace

What peace looks like to James Justin

2006-05-30T10:29:00.000-07:00

Thanks to James for seeing peace.

What peace looks like to James

2006-05-22T09:08:00.000-07:00

" Seeing Peace is reaching forward, it seems out of reach yet within our reach. In our lifetime can we be the people that all our children and our children's children can be proud of? "

Thanks to James for seeing peace.

What peace looks like to Kay

2006-05-20T10:50:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Kay for seeing peace.

What peace looks like to Jennifer

2006-05-08T18:16:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Jennifer for seeing peace.

What peace looks like to Shem

2006-05-06T14:06:00.000-07:00

" Peace is when our world is united under one flag, one banner, freely and with dignity and the children of the future sing the songs of there ancestors in the garden of stars "

Thanks to Shem for seeing peace.

What peace looks like to Francie

2006-05-01T14:24:00.000-07:00

" peace is gently connecting to one another "

Thanks to Francie for seeing peace.

What peace looks like to Simon

2006-04-23T10:08:00.000-07:00

"I believe Art is a language which communicates to people of all cultures, overcoming barriers of the spoken word.
With the full power of all that we are, we will go where there is no path and blaze a trail. Our positive attitude will be a powerful force that cannot be stopped. "

Thanks to SImon for seeing peace.

What peace looks like to Autumn

2006-04-21T20:01:00.000-07:00

" seeing peace seems personal, as if we could all visualize it, we would surely manifest it. I am reminded of a poem by one of my favourite poets:

Buddha in Glory

Center of all centers, core of cores,
almond self-enclosed, and growing sweet--
all this universe, to the furthest stars
all beyond them, is your flesh, your fruit.

Now you feel how nothing clings to you;
your vast shell reaches into endless space,
and there the rich, thick fluids rise and flow.
Illuminated in your infinite peace,

a billion stars go spinning through the night,
blazing high above your head.
But in you is the presence that
will be, when all the stars are dead.

Rainer Maria Rilke "

Thanks to Autumn for seeing peace.

What peace looks like to Michael

2006-04-21T10:24:00.000-07:00

After a peaceful hour trying to select one of my favorite desert photos, I remembered that only people can make peace.

A not-so-peaceful image of peace, in another generation. My stepdaughter arrested by my erstwhile colleagues, San Francisco antiwar demonstration 2003. "

Thanks to Michael for seeing peace.

What peace looks like to Jeff

2006-04-17T11:59:00.000-07:00

" Wisdom - hope in all shapes and colors. "

What peace looks like to Judith

2006-04-17T09:41:00.000-07:00

" Every year for every birthday when blowing out the candles on the cake I have always had only one wish...a wish for peace. "

Thanks to Judith for seeing peace

What peace looks like to Ramsey

2006-04-13T07:34:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Ramsey for seeing peace.

What peace looks like to Aaron & Mariano

2006-04-12T07:47:00.000-07:00

What peace looks like to Lee

2006-04-11T17:44:00.000-07:00

"My view of what peace looks like "

Thanks to Lee for seeing peace.

What peace looks like to Melba

2006-04-11T17:02:00.000-07:00

" Here is my contribution--earth as garden, earth as mudra of fearlessness and loving kindness. "

--Thanks to Melba for seeing peace.

What peace looks like to Sora

2006-04-10T19:53:00.001-07:00

" I asked my son Sora what peace means to him. Without a doubt, he said LOVE and immediately drew this image.

For us as parents, peace is hearing our children express love and watch them create so beautifully. "

Thanks to Sora for seeing peace.

What peace looks like to Josh

2006-04-08T17:14:00.000-07:00

" Peace is a robot in love "

Thanks to Josh for seeing peace.

What peace looks like to Gabrielle

2006-04-08T16:43:00.000-07:00

" One of my paintings called "Pour l'étérnité" (For eternity). I think it represents somehow the idea of peace that comes through the will ot the both parties. "

Thanks to Gabrielle for seeing peace.

What peace looks like to the Representative of Italy

2006-04-07T09:24:00.001-07:00

" It is an original drawing prepared by my staff at the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations and a reflection of the daily work of the United Nations: brick upon brick, building peace--PAX in Latin--around the world is the biggest challenge for the Organization and thus for all the Member states. "

Thank you to Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations for seeing peace.

What peace looks like to Shamsunder

2006-04-06T19:48:00.000-07:00

" Peace, my version:
Singing deep blue sea to my son...

deep blue sea, baby deep blue sea
and now there's peace through all the land and o'er the deep blue sea

yesterday war clouds hung so low
and now there's peace through all the land and o'er the deep blue sea

love of life finally turned the tide
and now there's peace through all the land and o'er the deep blue sea

sleep my child you are safe and sound
and now there's peace through all the land and o'er the deep blue sea

...he is sound asleep in my arms, cheeks blushed, lips puffy and
slightly open. i tell him he is safe, and he believes me without
reserve. He is soft, sweet and molten.

I've heard other lyrics for this song but these are they only ones I
know, and they are the ones I love. "

Thanks to Shamsunder for seeing peace.

What peace looks like to Sarah Beth

2006-04-05T20:19:00.000-07:00

"Vorlorn Hoop (Forlorn Hope)". "

Thanks to Sarah Beth for seeing peace.

What Peace looks like to Sean

2006-04-05T12:48:00.000-07:00

"Cuore Mio, Anima Mia, Vita Mia”

“ The name in Italian means “My Heart, My Soul, My Life”
In every one of my pieces I try to focus on beauty and peace, and to discard the complications of the material and political in my work.

I think this piece translates the concept of peace better than any I have done before."

--Thanks to Sean for seeing peace.