"Out of chaos"
dedicated to the people of Gaza on the occasion of
the International Day of Peace.
We are 37 artists from 21 countries. We dedicate our project to the people of Gaza, on this September 21, 2024, the International Day of Peace.
Authors:
Jimm Hughey, Eser Dilmen, Michel Duquesnoy, Jobove - Reus, Yves Jacob, Javier Molina B.,
Paola Bottoni, Caroline Bergstrøm Scheibel, Margret Tschirch, Thierry Butler, Pietro Asproni,
S H, Guy Levesque, Luca Storero, Swati Kamalakar, Giuseppe Brusa, Maryam Ameer,
Yoko Shibata, Wolfgang Barth, Teodora Oniceanu, ks mlt, Rita Quattrocchi, Viktória Kováts,
Ricardo Rycko, Yolanda Caporn, Emmanuel Geitz, gilbert FONCHIN, Helena Layzu 🙂 BD,
Yan Hongfei, Zbig Wolowiec, Sven Hähle, Chrysanth von Steinbuechel-Rheinwall, Elaine Ye,
Gamze Altıntaş, Jaroslaw Rufer, Sherif Hisham and Sylvie D.
Countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkey,
United Kingdom, United States of America.
Idea original & texts: Jimm Hughey
Satellite photo editing gif: Eser Dilmen
Selection of quotes: Jimm Hughey & Sylvie D.
Layout: Sylvie D.
Israeli airstrikes that began on October 7, 2023, have destroyed all settlements in northern Gaza. Satellite images released by technology company Maxar show the city before and after the attacks.
The buildings seen on the first photos disappear after the attacks, turning into piles of dust and rubble seen the last photos.
1. The town of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip; the first photo above is from October 10, 2023, and the second from October 21, 2023.
2. The above satellite image is of Atatra, a town in the northern Gaza Strip called Beit Lahiya. The first photo is from May 10, and the second from October 21.
3. The town of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip; the first photo above is from October 10, the last one from October 21.
https://tr.euronews.com/2023/10/27/galeri-7-ekim-oncesi-ve-sonrasi-uydu-goruntuleriyle-gazzedeki-yikim
Here is my vision - Jimm Hughey
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created
them.” ~ Albert Einstein
them.” ~ Albert Einstein
We realize our world is in extreme turbulence with fear, anger, polarization, and world
leaders who seem incapable of leading. The atrocities in Gaza, like the ones in
Ukraine, Sudan, and hundreds of other places, continue as they have done so
throughout man’s history. As sad and disgusting as it may be, we cannot change our
past. What exists is what is.
We realize our world is in extreme turbulence with fear, anger, polarization, and world
leaders who seem incapable of leading. The atrocities in Gaza, like the ones in
Ukraine, Sudan, and hundreds of other places, continue as they have done so
throughout man’s history. As sad and disgusting as it may be, we cannot change our
past. What exists is what is.
If we want a better world, we must change how we are. It is convenient to look at our
world and decide what is right and wrong, but more is needed.
Many of us wish for a Palestinian State that is free, self-governed, and at peace with its
neighbors. For this to happen, its neighbors also must be free, self-governed, and at
peace. Looking at the area's history, it is easy to think this is impossible.
It is the mindset, the thinking, that has led to this conflict and all the others.
We can see how each faction is convinced that their mental position is
correct. Each faction sees itself as the victim of the other.
Both are so entrenched in their narratives, mental positions, and
identifications with mental positions that they cannot see anything else.
We see terrorists that inflict suffering on innocent people, kill thousands, and blow
themselves up—how is it that he cannot see what he is doing?
He cannot see because he has reduced other human beings around him to a mental
concept. He puts a mental label on other human beings or groups of humans or
whatever he calls them—infidels, evil.
This symbolizes the very thing that lies at the core of human dysfunction.
What that ultimately means is they are identified with the thinking. They have not
stepped out of the structure of thought—their mental and thought positions.
The way out of the madness is to recognize thought as just thought. It is to see your
stream of thinking and that no thought can encapsulate the entire truth in any situation.
It would help if you stepped out of thought to see that. To become the awareness
outside of thought.
Violence perpetuates itself, as history has proven.
MOST OF US WOULD SEE GAZA BUILT BACK BETTER THAN BEFORE, AND ITS
PEOPLE LIVE A QUALITY OF LIFE THAT MANY NATIONS ENJOY.
TO DO THIS, OUR FOCUS NEEDS TO BE ON WHAT WE WANT, NOT WHAT HAS
HAPPENED.
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“Hope is like a path in the countryside. Originally, there is nothing — but as
people walk this way, again and again, a path appears.”
~ Lu Xun, Chinese writer, literary master & Champion of common humanity
From United States of America ◦ Jimm Hughey
Out of Chaos comes Hope!
Palestinian children will restore a free and dynamic Palestine and live in peace.
“One must have chaos in oneself to give birth to a dancing star.”
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
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“The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. Herein lies the germ of all art and all true science. Anyone to whom this feeling is alien, who is no longer capable of wonderment and lives in a state of fear is a dead man.”
~ Albert Einstein
From Turkey ◦ Eser Dilmen
We stand for general peace. The death of innocent people should create the same sadness in the heart of every civilized person in every respect. When an innocent person dies, it doesn't matter whether he or she is Palestinian or Israeli!" ☮🕊🌏🌎🌍
"I dream of a world where the motto of "Peace at Home, Peace in the World", the great leader of our National War of Independence, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who pioneered the revolutions and reforms that founded modern Turkey, prevails."
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“There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.” ~ Phyllis Bottome
From Chile ◦ Michel Duquesnoy
Twilight over Licancabur and Juriques volcanoes from Death Valley, Atacama.
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“Weapons are meant for destruction and thus are avoided by the wise.
Only as a last resort will a wise person use a deadly weapon.
If peace is her true objective, how can she rejoice in the victory of war?
Those who rejoice in victory delight in the slaughter of humanity.
Those who resort to violence will never bring peace to the world.”
~ Tao Te Ching #31
From Spain ◦ Jobove - Reus
Reus - IA (children in Gaza) - Baix Camp
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“In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.” ~ Rumi
From France ◦ Yves JACOB
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“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
A quote from "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare.
From United Kingdom ◦ Javier Molina B.
Pilgrim
No animal can learn that which his heart has no way to hold.
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“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.” ~ Napoleon Hil
From Italy ◦ paola bottoni
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“Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.” ~ Anais Nin
From Denmark ◦ Caroline Bergstrøm Scheibel
My Art - out of chaos comes
I was deeply moved when I was invited to join a group aimed at addressing this issue. I have also thought a lot about how to communicate this difficult and sensitive topic. There will be two projects. One: you are looking at right now at joined community work and number to at my Behance profile.
I use a strategy that, via neutralization, seeks to potentiate the absence of action in war images from the mass media. My point is that we are so over-informed by horrific images that we no longer engage with their content and message. The drawings are not so challenging because they are cartoons. They are not made to be realistic or terrible. Maybe they will make reflections?
We humans are only like a breath of wind, and my drawing is just like the coldest breeze.
The essence of my art piece lies in the mosaic of faces portraying individuals of all ages, genders, and ethnicities. Each face represents a unique piece of the puzzle, coming together to form a collective voice. This piece is formed like a roadmap. The meaning is that you have to look very close to get a sense of where you are and what is happening in all the dust and breaking down houses.
Inspired by
The Nameless Ones, 1914" (1916) by Albin Egger-Lienz. A portrait by Otto Dix at an exhibition of "degenerate" German art at the New Burlington Galleries, London in 1938. The exhibition featured work by artists who had been pilloried by Adolf Hitler. State Tretyakov Gallery, The Apotheosis of War, Vasily Vereshchagin1871. Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867–1945). Mothers (Mütter), 1919. Lithograph: Paul Iribe (French, 1883–1935). After the Execution, cover of Le Mot, vol. 1, no. 5, January 9, 1915. Color woodcut and letterpress.
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“Love rests on no foundation. It is an endless ocean, with no beginning or end.”
~ Rumi
From Germany ◦ Margret Tschirch
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“Anything that you resent and strongly react to in another is also in you.”
~ Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
~ Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
From United States of America ◦ Thierry Butler
Friends
Walk with me hand in hand.
Though we are different, we are same.
For we are flesh and blood.
From the earth, body and soul.
Come my friend, let us walk and talk, together.
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“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. God Himself is not secure, having given man dominion over His works!”
~ Helen Keller
From France ◦ Pietro Asproni
When I’ve discovered that the olive branch was a symbol of peace, I was 8 years old, and the conflict was in a critical and violent phase. When I was asked to participate to this project, I’ve immediately thought to this symbol, because for me is strictly mentally linked to this endless crisis that cruelly affects Gaza children. All the wars are horrible and unfair, but I feel this one even more tragic and unreasonable.
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“Love holds no grievances.”
~ A Course in Miracles
From United Kingdom ◦ S H
Lotus Flowers captured in Ninh Binh, Vietnam.
“Just like the lotus we too have the ability to rise from the mud, bloom out of the darkness and radiate into the world.”
“Just like the lotus we too have the ability to rise from the mud, bloom out of the darkness and radiate into the world.”
– Unknown
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“True friends are like stars; you can only recognize them when it’s dark around you.” ~ Bob Marley
From Canada ◦ Guy Levesque
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“The very definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.”
~ Albert Einstein
From Italy ◦ Luca Storero
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“Accept - then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it.” ~ Eckhart Tolle
From India ◦ Swati Kamalakar
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“Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” ~ Joshua J. Marine
From Italy ◦ Giuseppe Brusa
For this project, I a photo taken in the mountains, with a typical mountain flower in the foreground and an equally beautiful landscape in the background.
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“When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.” ~ LL Cool J
From India ◦ Maryam Ameer
Broken Dreams
Broken dreams. broken wings, but not even started to fly.
Unspoken words, unspoken pain... Brave hearts,
Almighty, Listening to their painful voice
One day, surely one day
Pain will turn into eternal bliss.
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“Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are, how deeply rooted in Being. Allow nature to teach you stillness.”
~ Eckhart Tolle
From Japan ◦ Yoko Shibata
Rose Tower full of Life
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." ~ Albert Einstein
The picture wants to say that we are all creatures of the universe, of God. I played my recent astrobild and put together as a composite, then polar. You see lines that look like bridges, the bridges that all people fuel. No matter which nation, culture and religion. We are one.
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“Everything in life is vibration.” ~ Albert Einstein
From Romania ◦ Teodora Oniceanu
Peace out of Chaos
Statement: Love is the key answer to real Peace and Equilibrium.
Tools used: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro and GarageBand.
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"Stop going into those dark, cold temples that you built yourself and saying they are my house. My house is in the mountains, in the woods, rivers, lakes, beaches. That's where I live and there I express my love for you."
~ Spinoza on What God would say.
From Japan ◦ ks mlt
May those cherry blossoms of Kyoto remind us all that peace is fragile but so precious and must be carefully nurture everyday.
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“The destiny of civilized humanity depends more than ever on the moral forces it is capable of generating.”
From Italy ◦ Rita Quattrocchi
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“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” ~ Albert Einstein
From Hungary ◦ Viktória Kováts
Bird of Peace
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Sometimes, the news we online or the happenings we see around us can make us feel angry, upset, and hopeless. However, let’s not despair. We all play a part in creating the kind of world we want to live in. In every aspect of our lives and multiple roles, let us strive to be peaceful, kind, and inclusive and promote justice for all.
From Brazil ◦ Ricardo Rycko
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"Thought subsides when you pet your dog or you have a purring cat on your chest. Even just watching an animal can take you out of your mind. It is more deeply connected with the source of life than most humans, and that rootedness in Being transmits itself to you. Millions of people who otherwise would be completely lost in the conceptual reality of their mind are kept sane by living with an animal." ~ Eckhart Tolle
From Australia ◦ Yolanda Caporn
A Bird Among the Feathers
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“What fools these Mortals Be”
~ William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
From Mexico ◦ Emmanuel Geitz
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“Adversity is a severe instructor, set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves, as he loves us better too. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This conflict with difficulty makes us acquainted with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.”
~ Edmund Burk
From France ◦ gilbert FONCHIN
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"I think that the Israeli public, and by extension the Jews, were confronted for the first time with the feeling that they were no longer safe after the attack of October 7. Somehow, the memories of the Holocaust and the extermination came back. Israel is no longer represented as a safe haven, a place where Jews could take refuge if there was an explosion of anti-Semitism somewhere. (...) Both peoples are confronted with their own fears, and their own collective memory. These fears accentuate tensions.
Now we have to fight to help both societies. They are completely polarized by their fears and mutual dehumanizations."
"From the worst, the best can come out." ~ Simone Susskind
From Bangladesh ◦ Helena Layzu 🙂 BD
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“A flower blooming in the desert proves to the world that adversity, no matter how great, can be overcome.” ~ Matshona Dhliwayo
No matter how much pain and setbacks one experiences, the flower of life will bloom at the right time, bringing beauty and hope to this world.
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According to experts, attacks by the State party against civilian targets in the Palestinian enclave have killed more than 16,756 children and injured at least 6,168 children in Gaza between 7 October 2023 and 10 September 2024. Thousands more are “presumed dead under the rubble.”
From Poland ◦ Zbig Wolowiec
Children in the Gaza Strip are exposed to chronic stress and trauma, stemming from constant bombings and the fear of violence. Many experience sleep difficulties, symptoms of depression, and anxiety. The lack of psychological support exacerbates these issues, which can affect their long-term emotional and social development.
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“Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
From Germany ◦ Sven Hähle
An old olive tree can be a symbol for freedom and peace.
"Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack, a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in." ~ Leonard Cohen
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
From Germany ◦ Chrysanth von Steinbuechel-Rheinwall
Hope within the Shadows of Darkness
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“In the midst of darkness, light persists.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
From Australia ◦ Elaine Ye
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Letter “Dear Children of Gaza, I am sorry,” by Naz Shah
In an excellent article, Julia Conley tells the story of Naz Shah's letter and video "Dear Children of Gaza, I am sorry,”. The letter was published on X, on January 26, 2024. Here is an excerpt:
"We hear about your dreams and aspirations, to learn, to travel, to visit your beaches with clear blue water or play in playgrounds with swings and slides," wrote Shah. "To become astronauts, teachers, and doctors. And every day we see how those dreams are no more."
"You may ask the world, 'Where were these international values of freedom, justice, and equality when the world could not even protect the right to life for a Palestinian child?'" she added."
For Naz Shah’s letter and video: https://x.com/Dear Children of Gaza, I am sorry, Naz Shah.
To read Julia Conley’s article: https://www.commondreams.org/news/dear-gaza-children
From Turkey ◦ Gamze Altıntaş
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Tania Krämer ends her article “Education in Gaza: Still no classes as schools stay closed” by giving the floor to Abdallah Baraka, a computer science student from Deir al-Balah in Gaza who is starting his second year, without having been able to go to university.
Over the summer, Abdallah signed up for virtual classes that allow students in Gaza to partially continue their studies. (...) "This hour-and-a-half is probably the only chance for them to discuss something other than surviving,” said Andira Abdallah, a professor in the Department of Languages and Translation at Birzeit University.
“I have to spend hours a day looking for water and food. But then there's the issue of safety," he said. "And last time, when I was supposed to study, there was an evacuation order for an area where I have some family and friends. But since they have no internet and the phone service is so bad, I was worried until I reached them. It just takes a toll, mentally."
Even though the world around him is bleak, Baraka wants to finish his studies. "I just want to get a job, preferably working in AI. I'd like to live and build a career."
From Egypt ◦ Sherif Hisham
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As of September 18, in Gaza, 220 colleagues from UNRWA (The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) were killed. 41,020 people died. 94,925 Injured. 1.9 million people displaced.
'According to the UN, over 400 million children live in a conflict zone, meaning millions of children have had their access to learning and development halted or disrupted.'
From Poland ◦ Jaroslaw Rufer
The photo symbolise current situation of people (stalk of the flower) and beauty of people (flower bud).
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"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality." ~ Desmond Tutu
Gaza is going to test who believes in the worth of human beings.
~ Desmond Tutu https://www.azquotes.com/author/14881-Desmond_Tutu
From Canada ◦ Sylvie D
When life seems almost extinct, nature remains. When people are ready to live together in peace, nature will be there. Let us hope that one day people will want peace, nature is so beautiful.
“The past has no power over the present moment.”
~ Eckhart Tolle
~ Eckhart Tolle
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WE HAVE THE POWER TO END ETERNAL CONFLICT
Humanity's evolution is slow, and to thrive, we must face our greatest adversary: OURSELVES! Walt Kelly's comic strip Pogo perfectly captures this with the phrase, "We have met the enemy, and he is us!"
As we aim for the stars, our fundamental understanding of each other remains superficial, yet at our core, we are identically reduced to inorganic ash upon cremation.
The dawn of "civilization" about 6000 years ago in Mesopotamia marked the beginning of recorded history, during which humans have only enjoyed peace for 268 years, a mere 8% of the time. This reveals a grim propensity for conflict, predominantly affecting civilians, especially women and children.
The saying, “The Price of Peace is Eternal Vigilance,” implies a readiness for conflict, yet history suggests a more disturbing idea: "The Price of Peace is Eternal War!" Why continue this cycle?
Our pain often stems from reactionary responses shaped by community and cultural beliefs intertwined with an ego that fosters division. However, there is a deeper consciousness beyond this conditioned mindset. By cultivating awareness and rising above our egos, we can see beyond immediate conflicts and embrace a broader perspective, offering a path to genuine peace and shared humanity. Perhaps when we let go of our personal unhappiness, we will be kinder to our neighbors. This is an urgent evolution essential for our collective future. YOU AND I CAN DO THIS!
~ Jimm Hughey
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Upcoming projects in 2024
Stop Violence Against Women:
✧ Match the grace and sacredness of flowers with that of women. A flower to honor them and condemn the brutality against them.
✧ One work by author
✧ Minimum size requested: 1280 x 720
✧ Deadline: November 23, 2024 / Release date: November 25, 2024
✧ If you wish, you can write a few words (2-6 lines) about violence against women.
Layout: Fátima Seehagen / Organizer: MAURIZIO BONDESAN & Sylvie D
