FROM OUR JOURNAL PAGES:
chuck: A wall can be defined as a thing perceived as a protective or restrictive barrier either physical or as in a wall of silence. Our experience in Northern Ireland brought us in contact with physical walls that both protected and divided. If you have not experienced this sort of setting, it can be a challenge and a threat to achieving a sense of community. I can't really judge the short-term merits of building a wall, but I know at some point you really can't build them high enough. There is a perception that building walls will either keep others out or keep them in, depending on who controls the power. Perhaps we can learn that listening and creative dialogue can build mutual bridges of trust and hope.
peg: Walls, whether they are built to protect or divide, bring a constant reminder to fear what's on the other side. The walls in Northern Ireland were meant to mitigate violence between the Catholics and the Protestants but the net result is to maintain division. Chuck and I have been working to bring down the walls in Belfast as we watch them being built between Israel and Palestine. This painting was a reminder that the oppressed nearly always become the oppressors.
peg: Walls, whether they are built to protect or divide, bring a constant reminder to fear what's on the other side. The walls in Northern Ireland were meant to mitigate violence between the Catholics and the Protestants but the net result is to maintain division. Chuck and I have been working to bring down the walls in Belfast as we watch them being built between Israel and Palestine. This painting was a reminder that the oppressed nearly always become the oppressors.
Our show titled Works of Reconciliation will be up thru November at St. Anthony Lutheran, St. Paul, MN
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