Sidewalk Serenades

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart
and give thanks for another day of loving:
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love`s ecstasy:
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in you heart
and a song of praise upon you lips.

Kahil Gibran, "On Love", The Prophet (1923)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

                                                             

When you walk along the pathways outside Central World, you will notice an array of posterboards displaying messages of love and peace. Central World was always home to photography exhibitions held outside, so it is fitting that these posters go up around the reconstruction of the site that was marred by the social and political uprising this time last year.

I have no desire to comment on the politics of this country. I just enjoy walking past these boards that change almost weekly. Perhaps you could call it naive, but I am looking for all the positive elements of this city and these creations stir something inside of me.