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Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Friday, July 27, 2018
full moon: if reminding be needed
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Hay tanto clamor en el
mundo gobernado por crueles payasos que olvidamos la llegada del león con su
grujido de sol hasta que le hace eco más suave la luna por su reflejo (aunque
en muchas partes de la Tierra enrojecerá y escurecerá.) Nos recuerda, si
recuerdo se necesita, que debemos bendecir la vida a la vez que resistimos, nos
rebelamos contra el mal que nos rodea.
There
is such clamor in the world run by cruel clowns that we forget the coming of
Leo with his roar of the sun until it is echoed more softly by the reflection
of the moon (even if in many parts of Earth she will redden and darken.) She
reminds us, if reminding be needed, that we must bless life even as we resist,
rebel against the evil that surrounds us.
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Saturday, July 21, 2018
Leo
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--------------León
El león, ojos de carnalina,
colmillos, garras de sardónice,
lleva en el pecho corazón de rubí
que guarda el fuego fijo del valor.
-----Anhela devorar al sol
-----y mudarlo en oro
que surgiera por sus venas
como río caliente de luz.
----------------© Rafael Jesús González 2018
-------------------Leo
The lion, carnelian eyes,
fangs, claws of sardonyx,
carries in his breast a ruby heart
that holds the steadfast fires of courage.
------It desires to devour the sun
------and turn it into gold
that would run in his veins
like a hot river of light.
----------------© Rafael Jesús González 2018
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Thursday, July 19, 2018
The Universal Earth-Justice-Peace Flag
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At a Nonviolent Strategy Summit with the Albert Einstein
Institution that I attended in May 2016, in discussion of a “Grand Strategy” came
up the need of a symbol and sign, flag to identify and unite us and speak to all
our diverse demands for protection of the Earth, for justice, for peace. It had
to be beautiful, loving, joyful in all its aspects speaking clearly to the
heart and the intellect in its denotation and connotation.
The “Universal Earth-Justice-Peace flag” that adorned the
podium at the summit was offered as fit symbol for all our struggles for
Justice, for Peace, for the well-being of the Earth and whose meaning is
immediately clear and goes beyond language, nationality, ethnicity, etc.:
The Earth super-imposed upon the Sun (whose rays are
positioned to point to the directions of the compass) which together create
life, and the white bird (universal symbol of peace) whose wings span the
Earth. The four elements are represented: fire by its source, the sun; water and
earth that make up the Earth; and air through which the bird flies. The image shows
upon the background of the international rainbow peace flag. The rainbow
symbolizes harmony in diversity, inclusivity, and is universally seen as symbol
of hope, peace, and good omen.
The Earth-Justice-Peace flag and symbol are protected under
a Creative Commons License so that anyone may use it as they like and no one
may claim exclusive rights to it. It may be integrated in other designs in
murals, paintings, posters, banners, etc.
And it can be graphically played with, modified, interpreted
as each person, artist, interprets it and its components: Sun, Earth, white
bird, rainbow.
It may be used in buttons and pins, patches, decals,
bumper-stickers, etc. Our imaginations are the limit. The Universal
Earth-Justice-Peace flag is not meant to supplant others (of nation,
institution, organization, etc.) but to go alongside them, for what it
represents is not a nation, an organization or a denomination but our values
and primary fealty to the Earth and the life she bears.
For ordering the Earth-Justice-Peace flag in various sizes we
were pleased with:
We worked directly with Mr. Sergio Alonso, head of the
company, who
is gracious and offered the best prices. (The company also offers patches,
stickers, etc.) Bear Flag Print Co. offered excellent prices and of course the greater the quantity ordered, the lower is the
price per item. We encourage combining orders to get the lower prices.
Perhaps you reading these words wear the Earth-Justice-Peace
pin/button/badge we call the "Healer's Badge."
Referring to them as the "Earth-Justice-Peace button,"
we obtain them from:
1-800-564-2924
They are prompt and buying them in large quantities
considerably lowers the cost. We encourage groups combining orders to buy them
in large quantities. These could be gifts at conferences, conventions,
workshops. Or sold at demonstrations and other events to raise funds for one’s
organization and to disseminate the image. They could be party favors.
Please, if you will, use and integrate the image in your
demonstrations, rallies, marches in flags, in banners, in signs. Print it on
your notices and programs, show it on your websites and blogs, include it in
your e-mails. The revolution that the times demand, that we need for our
survival is one of heart and mind, of culture at its roots, and art is one of
our major tools with which to shape consciousness and culture. Let us do so
with love, beauty, joy.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Feast Day of Saint Thomas
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Fiesta de Santo Tomás
El patrón de los
escépticos
tuvo que comprobar
la profundidad del
amor
tocando la herida
en el costado del
Amante.
Y así estableció la
diferencia
entre la fe y la
credulidad,
el creyente y el
crédulo,
la Tierra y un pastel
en los cielos
que si el camino a la
justicia
conduzca al martirio
sea por el amor y la
verdad
y no por el temor y la
mentira.
.
-----©
Rafael Jesús González 2018
Feast
Day of Saint Thomas
The
patron of skeptics
had
to prove
the
depth of love
touching
the wound
in
the side of the Lover.
&
thus established the difference
between
faith & credulity,
the
believer & the credulous,
the
Earth & a pie in the sky
for
if the road to justice
leads
to martyrdom
let
it be for love & truth
&
not fear and lies.
-------© Rafael Jesús González 2018
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