The music in Shoppers Drug-mart tells me I need to get into the festive spirit...
Which makes me just as excited as it does anxious - but more than this, the reminders of the Light that we still need to keep a'shining are brought with the glow of twinkle lights.
The Holy Land is a place many of us think of this time of year, and often feel connected to for various reasons. Images of Bethlehem, Jerusalem, etc. present themselves differently to each of our hearts and minds.
"People of Peace" is the book that I published this year from my own poetic and photographic lens while working with International Women's Peace Service in Palestine/Israel. It grapples with current realities and images of the Holy Land today - food, laughter, soldiers, farmers - beauty and brokenness that we can all learn from and connect to. Bethlehem, where Jesus was born to bring news of peace, has an apartheid wall through it - and wonderful people one both sides are desperate for this wall to be torn down.
As we are reminded of our own walls this time of year, I am offering this work of mine for yourself or those in your life who may be interested in a little poetic reflection this season.
The full-colour books are normally $25.00 each, but I will wrap it in a Kufiya (traditional regional head covering, often worn as a scarf here out of solidarity) for the same price - a $35.00 value :).
Payment can come through email, cash in person, or cheque sent to :
Carolyn Gray
472 Timbercroft Cres,
Waterloo ON,
N2T 2J2
(shipping 4.00 extra)
Memo: People of Peace :)
Thank you folks, stay warm -
Thank you folks, stay warm -
Much love,
C
