Ah, the potential of the artist to reach the masses…

With their weapon of choice - the camera, the canvas, the pen or the voice… add a simple internet connection and… BANG! their work reaches to the far corners of the Earth.
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O my Love,
I tore myself to shreds
laid like petals on the ground
before You

Pick me up
Make me whole
Rescue me
Keep safe the soul
whose clothes
I tore to shreds
like petals
for You

I keep tearing
and sewing seams
of this jumble
of patchwork dreams

Til the cloth
crumbles to dust
on the ground
before You

(Click photo to enlarge)

Photo Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
News Source: Semiologic.

This is a photo from the Hubble Telescope’s recent 15th Anniversary Series.

From Hubble’s description of the photo :

The graceful, winding arms of the majestic spiral galaxy M51 (NGC 5194) appear like a grand spiral staircase sweeping through space. They are actually long lanes of stars and gas laced with dust.

Beautiful.

Fairtrade Fortnight has been and gone, as has the all-night vigil outside 10 Downing Street for trade justice, which happened last Friday the 15th of April. Fairtrade is an important step in moving towards a just society - which, in today’s world of corrupt, exploitative capitalist businesses seems a long way off.

One of the current problems with Fairtrade is the lack of products on offer - if you look on the Fairtrade website you’ll find these listed - mainly luxuries like chocolate, coffee, etc

However, if you really want to take fairtrade to the next level, I’ve discovered a great site which sells (amongst other apparel)… fairtrade sneakers! And again… fairtrade sneakers! Read more…

It’s difficult to suddenly watch a person change in front of your eyes.

Yesterday I experienced the essence of a person I thought I knew swirl into chaos. Read more…