INTERNATIONAL ART PROJECT




AN INTERNATIONAL ART PROJECT

Compared with the infinite size of the known universe and the distance between galaxies, the distance between person to person on planet Earth begins to seem microscopic! We are all closer than we realize! Even so, with six billion people and even billions more species, coupled with the exponential growth of technologies that increase our separation, it is easy to feel disconnected and alone...

This project, stemming from individual community art projects and growing into an International art project, is about sharing the moments when you felt connected to something greater than yourself... maybe to another person, an animal, the environment or to any possible interpretation of God. Someone on the other side of the planet wants to feel what you felt when you could have sworn the universe was closing in on you and maybe all you could do was squeeze the hand of the person next to you because there were no words to describe, or the moment when you wanted to scream, "Did anybody else just see that?!" Someone out there wants to know about the time when you caught a stranger's eye and you both just smiled.

This worldwide collection of moments of human connectivity are encouraged from ALL walks of life with no discrimination whatsoever. This project is an extension of myself and without knowing it is an extension of you too. The principle point is that I can't do it alone.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

DECEMBER- "I was still stopped dead in my tracks with goosebumps all over my skin"



I was walking aimlessly along a riverfront one day, talking in my head to Matt- one of my dearest friends, an incredibly wise person and important influence on my life who had passed away. I asked Matt, somewhat jokingly, if he now knew all the secrets of the universe. Then, more seriously, I asked him how we as people came to be from what seems to be a very mechanical universe full of little unthinking particles. What are we supposed to be doing here anyway?
A light breeze began to move through the trees. I turned and felt compelled to look at one of the dozens of park benches that was sitting facing the river. I walked around to the front of it. On the bench was a plaque that read, "Love is the answer."
My heart feels that this may have been him telling me the answer to my question--the most simple, yet most profound answer available--love. Whether or not it was him, and whether or not I need to look at this as one of those perfect moments in the universe.... I was still stopped dead in my tracks with goosebumps all over my skin, nothing but the wind moving around me. 
Anonymous
Poznan Poland
Artist: Peter Gagilas   Kent, United Kingdom  Peter's Website
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1 comment:

  1. the solar flareDecember 3, 2010 at 11:34 AM

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