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California State University, Dominguez Hills
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
Created: September 22, 2006
Latest Update: Setpember 22, 2006
jeannecurran@habermas.org
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Flag above is my first version of using a simple mark, scribbled lines, to create a focal thing image.
Notice that it's drawn on newspaper. With only one mark. A lined scribble. Then colored. By crayola, y a sharpie, by ink, by colored pencils, by paint. Actually you could color it with Paint if you have a PC, and send it to me, and I could put it up for our online exhibit. jeanne
Article by Bloomberg News, in NY Times on Wednessday, September 20, 2006.
Progressive Is American Many conservatives are discovering that financial policies that ignore the plight of the worker, worldwide, are not in keeping with America's belief in equality of opportunity and a government by all the people for all the people. Republicans, Democrats, Greens, Independents, of which only two, Republicans and Democrats have any real hope of election under our present electoral system. Money that buys influence with corrupt lobbyists and tit for tat exchange to give special benefits to special people and special races and ethnic groups and special regions: these are not principles that we, as Americans, stand for. From now on, I'm going to stick to just calling myself an American. Time was when that didn't need explanation. Time to take my real identity back. I'm an American. I think about what that stands for. And power and influence won't make me stand for things that are clearly to me not American. Those things will be different for lots of us. But we're still Americans, and we stand together. jeanne
Image of a Focal Thing
To remind us of what really matters.Image of Distortion of Values
Discussion Questions
- What's one of the healing factors of "focal things" in relationships with the other?
Consider that most of us share images of healing things. They seem to matter to all of us. That means they're a point of agreement from which to start talking to one another.
References:
- Real Space, Sommers.
