Is a copy as good as the real thing?  Can it be better? Can you duplicate peace?  Or is every peace unique and one-of-a-kind? 163/202 June 12,2017 colored pencil silly putty transfer

162/203 June 11, 2017 sidewalk chalk on the workshop steps

Peace is fleeting. Almost a fantasy. Notable because of it’s rarity.  Peace is a faulty premise. There is no closure or resolution. Just messy emotions, hopes cut down and lives cut short. Jess and I went to the peace pagoda again today and came back and made this together.  Now there are 4 peace signs in the peace garden.  161/204 June 10, 2017 Oreo’s rocks and marble chips

I stumbled on these two pieces of wood on the trail to the Peace Pagoda. Not quite    Peace but almost there. You can see the potential. We all have the potential to be peaceful, to be kind.  Even in the midst of turmoil and chaos there is always the possibility for peace.  160/205 June 9, 2017

“A point in every direction is the same as no point at all.” 159/206 June 8, 2017

158/207 June 7, 2017 barn board/scrap wood

There are always  things to discover. You can see something familiar with new eyes and a fresh perspective and it changes you.  You don’t see the peace that’s right in front of you until you do. This was a table that I made and abandoned a while ago because it was a terrible design. It was a failed table but  when I flipped it upside down and made some cuts it turns out to be a pretty decent peace sign shelf.157/208 June 6, 2017

your guess is as good as mine. 156/209 screws in an octagon & broken hinges. June 5, 2017

If things can spiral out of control can they spiral into control? If you’re caught in a downward spiral can you get caught in an upward spiral?  155/210 markers June 4, 2017

You can’t do it alone. Ask for help if you need it.  Pain is part of life but you don’t have to suffer. I wasn’t feeling too motivated to make a peace sign. The car is still loaded from the flea market Jess and I went to today and it seemed like an exercise in futility. But a friend came over and we made this. 154/211  neon zip ties June 3, 2017