Arts rescuing Jews, Palestinians, others worldwide

Wednesday, 06 May 2009

 

     THE ARTS CAN RESCUE US, if we will allow it (1) in the Holy Land and (2) around the world.

IN THE HOLY LAND

     MUSIC HAS POWER to bring people together and create a world of justice, freedom, and peace for all people.
     On the border between East and West Jerusalem, young Jews and Palestinians are amplifying youth voices for change through music.
     SEE and HEAR:

 

HEARTBEAT: The Palestinian and Israeli Youth Music Project

http://www.heartbeatjerusalem.org

 

     MUSIC IS FOUNDATIONAL to SULHITA experiences when Israeli Elad Vazana - http://havayati.co.il/about_en.html - leads Palestinian and Jewish youth into the Holy Land dessert for a week to engage the "other," usually for the first time in their lives.
     VIEW the 6-minute video at http://youtube.com/watch?v=arem0Q00cHQ


AROUND THE WORLD

     WORLDWIDE, Earth's creative, courageous citizens are clearly thirsty for change and eager to move beyond the failures of the past, harnessing the power of music.
     SEE & HEAR music envelope the planet:

 

PLAYING FOR CHANGE AROUND THE WORLD -- "One Love"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xjPODksI08&feature=channel

 

     NORTHERN IRELAND, SOUTHERN AFRICA, and THE HOLY LAND send us music to touch our deepest parts and assure us that "we can."
     WATCH & LISTEN:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6S3RTmXGRw&feature=channel

 

     Then at PLAYING FOR CHANGE watch and listen, and know that music will make us more human, closer, cooperative.

 

http://playingforchange.com/

     Perhaps first, LOOK TO ARTS OF CHILDREN to picture our better, possible future.
    WATCH & LISTEN to video and voices of youth who create art murals and media with right-on wisdom and the needed, unprecedented creativity.

 

WHERE PEACE LIVES

http://wherepeacelives.org/