It has been said that your life is a canvas to create as you wish. This is a good metaphor for me. Being an artist I know that there are different ways to create and different things that affect your final work of creation. On numerous occasions I attended artist led workshops in earlier years [...]
Archives for December 2009
Knitting
This youth is one of the older residents here and seemed to have a very upbeat outlook to life despite the obvious hardships of living here IMG_1506, originally uploaded by gord clements.
Two Friends
IMG_1510, originally uploaded by gord clements. I had an ipportunity to meet some of the children and I will be following p with the orphanage. There is also a blind adult living there and he has not had the benefit of meeting with an eye doctor. I spoke with Iris and she has volunteered to [...]
Donations from Peterborough Youth Services and Marianne
IMG_1479, originally uploaded by gord clements. I stopped by the disability and rehabilitation home where twenty two children like Srijan live and I donated the money collected by friends from Peterborough. With much appreciation I would like to say Thank You to Marianne Pendretti and to my friends from Peterborouh Youth Services. I was able to help out [...]
Obama Nobel Award Speech
Last week during the three day Maoist driven national strike I spent a lot of time at Iris,s home. I do not own a television but there I had an opportunity to watch quite a bit of CNN and BBC. Contrary to what the media reported I thought that Obama gave a very powerful speech. [...]
The Intuitive Way
For me the concept of enlightenment suggests reaching some place where a person is in complete sync with the outside world. Dualism is eliminated. An individual becomes completely accepting of death and has no reaction to external events. A number of religions have promoted this idea as an ideal. It is very much a concept [...]
Hindu Group
Hindu Group, originally uploaded by gord clements. Walking down the street this gentlman stood up ad offerred himself to me to take a picture of him.
Christmas tree
Christmas tree, originally uploaded by gord clements. The contrast between what this picture expresses and what the others express can be seen here. We are able to celebrate Christmas in some comfort at Iris home. To live the way that many nepalese live would be a huge leap. In many ways they live in very [...]
Less Violence
There was less violence yesterday as part of the protesting and striking than on the previous day here during the three day strike. The Maoists seemed to be at the center of most of the violence that did occur yesterday reacting aggressively with people who opposed the bandh. The government seemed to stay composed but [...]
Nation Wide Shut Down
The entire nation came to a grinding halt on the first day of a three day general strike on Sunday. Protests in Kathmandu and some districts were marked with sporadic violent clashes between security personnel and protesters. I am staying in Biratnagar at Iris home. At this point in time I can not get back [...]
