10 October 2018
3 October 2018
1 October 2018
Old woman | Young lady
Most people can see one or the other… and “switch” back and forth.
29 September 2018
“American Justice”
Source: Bruce MacKinnon | The Chronicle Herald, Halifax
24 September 2018
How can you mend a broken heart?
Thanks to Stefan Serezliev, a professor in Sofia, Bulgaria… (who I got to know in a police station in Istanbul 14 years ago — long story). Original image source unknown.
23 September 2018
13 September 2018
Oldest known drawing by human hands…?
Blombos Cave (near Capetown), South Africa
“Nine red lines on a stone flake found in a South African cave may be the earliest known drawing made by Homo sapiens, archaeologists reported on Wednesday. The artifact, which scientists think is about 73,000 years old, predates the oldest previously known modern human abstract drawings from Europe by about 30,000 years.”
“We knew a lot of things Homo sapiens could do, but we didn’t know they could do drawings back then,” said Christopher Henshilwood, an archaeologist from the University of Bergen in Norway and lead author of the study…
15 August 2018
Flesh-coloured…
(original source unknown)
1 August 2018
Tolerance…
Poster by Harry Pearce, Pentagram UK… more here.
1 July 2018
Reconciliation… begins with acknowledgement and understanding.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada, which just finished celebrating its 150th year as a “nation,” has a big problem. Since Europeans first arrived, the founding fathers “…used racism, bigotry and discrimination as a tool to not only assimilate First Nations into the Canadian polity, but to engage in a deliberate policy of genocide both cultural and physical…” Surprisingly, there are still many Canadians who are not aware of the country’s dark history, which makes it difficult for them to help bring about the positive change that is so needed.
A decade ago, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) was organized by the parties of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. Established in June 2008 with the purpose of documenting the history and impacts of the Indian residential school, it provided former residential school attendees an opportunity to share their experiences during public and private meetings held across the country.
In June 2015, the TRC released an Executive Summary of its findings along with 94 “calls to action” regarding reconciliation between Canadians and Indigenous peoples. The Commission officially concluded in December 2015 with the publication of a multi-volume report that concluded the school system amounted to cultural genocide. The TRC’s “calls to action” provide a clear path forward…
Links to two significant documents are provided here (in PDF form). Click on the images above for access and to download the documents. Please feel free to share this post…