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Palestine: A Message to My People

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Originally posted on Ignorance and Wisdom:
To stop the violence in Israel-Palestine we have a two-fold front of increasing compassion and eliminating ignorance. So many false histories and misinformation is propagated between the peoples of Israel and Palestine from birth. This must stop. Right now I address you, Palestine, and I will first dispel three of your most egregious myths with the truth. First, the Jewish Holocaust happened and it was one of the worst human catastrophes witnessed in recorded history. More than 6 million Jews were killed; millions more displaced from their homes; and the attempt was made to… Continue reading Palestine: A Message to My People

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Casting Your Bread on the Water and Watching it Return to you a Hundredfold

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The Mindful Bard: Who Cares? Wanda Waterman The Voice Magazine, Volume 22 Issue 17 2014-04-25 Film: Who Cares Director: Mara Mourão “We are not guests here. We create our own life. We create our own world. Before we create our world we must imagine what kind of world we want to create and then start doing that.” -Muhammad Yunus, founder of Kiva, a global organization that provides micro-loans to the poor “I define ideas like a parachute. A parachute is a wonderful achievement only when it is used for what it’s meant for. If you wrap a parachute around yourself … Continue reading Casting Your Bread on the Water and Watching it Return to you a Hundredfold

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In Conversation With Patrick Woodcock, Part III

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Wanda Waterman Volume 22 Issue 17 2014-04-25 Patrick Woodcock uses poetry to document the suffering of humanity in war-torn countries—a kind of poetic nonfiction. (See Voice review of Echo Gods and Silent Mountains: Poems, his book of poems based on his time in Iraqi Kurdistan.) Recently he took the time to answer Wanda Waterman’s questions about his formal and informal education and some of the close calls he experienced in Iraq. (Also read the first and second parts of this interview.) Unwitting Mentors As with many poets, university wasn’t a great fit for Patrick, who openly admits to having despised … Continue reading In Conversation With Patrick Woodcock, Part III

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The Great Beauty: The Visual Feast at the Wedding of the Sacred and the Profane

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Wanda Waterman The Voice Magazine, Volume 22 Issue 16 2014-04-18 Film: The Great Beauty Director: Paolo Sorrentino Writers: Paolo Sorrentino & Umberto Contrarello “Rome is a place where, more than any other city, the sacred and the profane go together.” -Paolo Sorentino in an interview with Larry Rother for The New York Times Have you ever experienced that peculiar astonishment that follows profound loss, that sense of surprise at the fact that the people around you are carrying on as usual? If so, you may have asked yourself, “How can they continue like this? Don’t they know the world has … Continue reading The Great Beauty: The Visual Feast at the Wedding of the Sacred and the Profane