war and peace

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Roy Anthony Shabla war escalates; casualties escalate. whos in charge of this?


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the depth to which war is wrong is unfathomable. "unfathomable" means "cannot be measured, is too immense"... war does not negatively affect only the dead and those close to the dead or the wounded and those close to the wounded; war negatively affects the generations of the dead and wounded, the generations that parented the dead and the wounded, the generations that survive the dead and the wounded, and the generations not yet born. there is none untouched by even the most distant act of war, the negative effect spreads out from its source like a pebble from hell tossed into the still pond of humanity.

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peace and graffiti

i wrote my newsletter about peace before israel attacked the palestinians in the gaza strip. the vibe of war must have been in the air. i had also stepped up the peace graffiti, venturing into new areas of los angeles ~ wifey was picking up cookies from a bakery on la cienega and saw my graffiti; i had been able to place a GREAT MINDS sticker next to a sticker of robbie conals. i have admired his work for many years and was proud to be next to him.

the night israel began bombing the gaza, someone stole two peace posters, yard signs, from my front yard. like i said, the vibe of war must have been in the air. those yard signs had been in my parkway for eight months.

i teach meditation at busters in culver city on wednesday evenings. recently, i have been arriving early to do some chalk graffiti in front of the shop. some of it is advertising... much of it is peace on earth. this week, while i was writing "world harmony" with the "o" in "world" made as a peace symbol, a security guard from a local business, as she was walking by, said to me: " nice handwriting." it seems, even the peace keepers have no interest in peace.

those who have read my new book, (peace) words, have loved it. maybe we just need the whole world to read it... shepard fairey sent me a bunch of his stickers for the holidays. im using some of them as part of an altered, limited edition of the new book. graffiti and peace bring all kinds of people together and im proud to participate in the movement with so many wonderful people.

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everyone who came to my feng shui workshops received a reusable shopping bag printed with the "great minds dream alike" logo with the peace sign. elizabeth, when shes not sleeping on my couch, has people regularly stop her to ask about the shopping bag. she has started selling them from the trunk of her car for $10 each.

it is the five year anniversary of the iraq war. thousands of americans killed, how many iraqis? they have been living without electricity, water, sanitation... but full services were restored by american troops to the areas with oil almost immediately. the lies that allowed the united states to justify this war dont seem to penetrate the consciousness of the american people. war is a funny thing, eh? denial is even funnier. today, did you think about the fact that we are a country at war?

the tibetans are staging a rebellion. the chinese occupation of tibet may be reaching critical mass with the olympics looming in the near future... the dalai lama has extended a very fair hand to the chinese government in an effort for peace. the chinese ignored it. i would not have been as conservative as he. i would have demanded complete liberation. the jeweled prison of a better life under hostile occupation is not attractive to me. and maybe also to the tibetans still living in tibet. people everywhere just want to be free.

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just notes

happy first day of spring! happy five year anniversary of the iraq war! happy happy happy!

i am back from a great trip to dallas. my clients are kind and generous, the weather was wonderful, and my pottery friends konrad and wes were a delight. we went to the dallas museum of art and saw the turner exhibit. if you have not seen it, go online to find out how you can. i did feng shui on my clients home, garden, and business office ~averting ultimate disaster, of course. we shopped for art and we shopped for clothes. and we had a couple fabulous dinners.

i arrived home to do last minute feng shui consultations in los angeles... and am now back on schedule with my busy season officially over. phew!

jack is complaining i never write in my blog. i think he just wants me to talk about him! jack jack jack... actually, he might be the only person who actually reads this...

website progress is tedious, frustrating, and laborious ~nothing seems to get done... but i did just get the largest order of my spiritual remedies ever! so something is working!

art projects are equally stagnant. i havent been able to work with jessica, my film editor, in over a month. linda clothes is taking a break from sewing the inserts for the body of water handmade books. and all of this was supposed to be done december 1 of last year!

i am going to have to do an unblocking spell. maybe i should do one for the war also...

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sally field spoke about the iraq war at the emmys and fox tv censored her. alan greenspan said the iraq war is only about oil and everyone knows it (in his just released memoirs) and the republican machine has begun to spin it. the little old lady at the seventh day adventist restaurant said her neighbor says that as long as the war doesnt affect her bank account and her soap operas she doesnt care. ignorance is the american way. inertia is the american way. when is america going to wake up and even realize that we are at war? the apathy at the burning of the book revolution rapture is typical of this time period in america. the do nothing generation. where are the 60s when you need them? god bless sally field. she does us proud.

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