Our Word Is Our Weapon

A Question from Rowan on Vimeo.

" In the light of recent attacks in south Africa, WE respond to the questions, WE take to the streets...And like our brothers in the Zapatista National Liberation Army, We believe a word is a weapon. This war is not a statement, it is a question, which comes from a place in our hearts in where we believe that every person has a right to Equality, Freedom, and Life."



"Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefor extend their hand."is a piece done in Cape Town, South Africa deep inside the Hazendal community.

This graffiti message was written by FAITH47, an artist who resides in
South Africa and who is renowned for her political statements through her
pieces worldwide.



Eventually someone realizes that there is injustice in the world. Eventually someone is bound to wake up. But it is the by product of humanity when it is cornered that amazes me. We don't feel a need to express our selves unless emotionally awakened, a need to fight unless pissed off, and a need to speak of peace until there is hate.


So what happens when the ideal society is created? Will there not arise dissent in the perfect government? Is not the idea of "world peace" an impossible daydream we like to imagine to keep our destructive souls company? Instead of trying to change the world we should first change ourselves, then maybe things would mold themselves into something more livable.


I remember hearing in my philosophy class about an experiment were thousands of people meditated in front of the Washington Monument as part of research on the power of our minds. The crime rate in the state of Washington D.C. dropped 33% in the following year.


If you could just take a minute of your time to wish everyone well, to dream of inner peace and the welfare of your family and friends, then maybe you would reduce the grip of hate and animosity in the world. With a little more breathing space, maybe we would be able to think more clearly about how our actions affect every spec of dust around us.


It takes courage to tell others that you were wrong, it takes maturity to
understand what the best reaction should be before you go off on someone about how much of a jack ass they are. For all these things a person needs to have wisdom, something vital that seems to be missing from many politicians...maybe that's why there's so many wars and starving minds, maybe we've been picking our leaders based on a more fact based point of view? We pick men and women to lead us because of the school they went to and the laws they voted on, but never on their morals, no, political parties have taken the place of that. If you're conservative you love money if you're liberal you're a leftist, and that's the end of that.