How do we forgive and make peace with our past? These were my guiding questions as I visited Vietnam at the beginning of this year, forty-five years after the end of the Vietnam War, to create a writing and art project, “Journey to Forgiveness.” I am a US Navy Vietnam-era veteran, and this journey was …
Shroud of War: Invocation I am the Vietnam generation. I am the generationof witness and fire. I was a hospital corpsman during the Vietnam Warand though far from combat,the war hauntsme and my generation. This war of decades ago,and unending warsof the American war machine,shrouds my waking hours. Vietnam: Fire. Redemption. Love. I am the …
Vietnam in this journey from January to March 2020 has been a revelation. Some parts are tragic, like the children we met at Friendship Village in Hanoi with birth-defects related to Agent Orange. We have met other people who have been injured by landmines. Yet, today, if you will I want to focus on the …
Wednesday, January 8, 2020 – Today we will travel on to Hanoi – Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, yesterday walking around towards the downtown park and the Buddhist temple. The Buddhist temple closed so we walked around the markets in the streets. Hot city. You can see why there is global warming. Hundreds of thousands …
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I am on a peace arts trip to Vietnam in the first days of the new decade 2020 and the Trump administration has just assassinated Iranian General Soleimani. Whether the General was evil or a patriot is irrelevant, it was an act of war by the USA. In visiting the War Remnants Museum in Ho …
by Namaya 5 Jan 2020 I am the Vietnam Generation: Generation of Witness: Can we be the Generation of Contrition? 1. Prelude: Rage! Sing the rage for the innocents. Rage! Sing the rage, and call for atonement. As rage dissolve to contrition and lead us home to love. The Dharma is not war, …
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Friends, We are so pleased to be getting ready to leave for Vietnam on the 2nd of January 2020. We have been preparing for this journey and our art residency in Hue Vietnam. We will endeavor to post photos, reflections, art, and writings about this “Journey to Forgiveness.” every few days. As we take this …
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