Some Healing in Haiti
The earthquake in Haiti rocked everyone. It was so tragic and still is because there has not been much relief for this already poor and downtrodden country. The process for recovery is so slow. However, when I saw this story about art helping business in Haiti it brought a little bright spot of hope for some progression. The Haitian people are familiar with these brightly painted buses and to see them back again signals some sign of recovery with the business of painting buses, as small and as mundane as that seems in comparison to other dire necessities needed. Since Easter is about rebirth, I see a little bit of…
Getting More with Your Money
These incredible origami images came to me through an email. They were originally created by Master Origami Artist, Won Park. He has made all of these from folding mostly one and in some cases two dollar bills (where noted). Origami is the ancient art of Japanese paper folding to create a representational image by folding a sheet of paper, without gluing, cutting or pasting. Here’s more of his origami, since he doesn’t appear to have his own web page. On a side note, while keeping money in mind, there are many sources out there to donate to Haiti and the relief effort going on there but we’ve donated to the…
