This song is dedicated to all those who gave the ultimate sacrifice on September 11, 2001. To the first responders who never came home and to those who continue to lose their lives because of their bravery and selflessness that day.
I painted a series of pictures from the 9/11 disaster from life (beginning that very day) as a personal catharsis as well as for historical purposes to give a painter's perspective of the event.
I wrote this right after that first rain fall of 9/11! It was always hot and muggy up until that Sunday night in September 2001. I still have not forgotten it and continually write about those three weeks and my experience of 9/11!
In Japanese culture, the making of one thousand paper cranes grants a wish. With making over one thousand cranes to create the American Flag, I wish that the souls of the victims of September 11, 2001 find peace.
Our students studied the effects 9/11 had and continues to have humans, communities, and nations. They researched the peaceful gestures of Gander, Newfoundland to resilience of the rescue dogs. Students researched los
Jumpers…
Lives
Documented with paper…paper trails
shred
shredded
Anonymous messages suggesting human gifts of wishes…
shared…
pointing to all our lives…
paused
…a moment…
As a serious amateur photographer I photographed the WTC from its construction and thereafter. I always thought it was aptly named as the center of the world.
