tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43806294374469696612024-03-05T01:38:52.298-08:00Woven Voices ~ Messages from the HeartAn interactive global art project inspired by Tibetan prayer flags, Shinto paper prayers, and the Buddhist concept of impermanence.Sarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-68300108670423323012015-09-03T07:50:00.000-07:002015-09-03T07:51:20.251-07:00Thank You Letters: An Alphabet of Gratitude<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Letter Z travels to India</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What are you grateful for?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The whole alphabet</td></tr>
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<b>Thank you letters: An Alphabet of Gratitude</b> is a
project that was conceived in a marine supply store in NH. I went there
to purchase fishing line for the warp for my Mandala Community Looms. I
love this store, it has everything from shrimp netting, to rubber lures,
bait bags, ropes, and all kinds of fishing gear. While I was there
these brilliantly colored, plastic flags caught my eye. These flags
which are lobster buoy markers, were like a blank canvas, ready for
stitching and fabric collage.<br />
This project is still in progress. I have completed all 26 alphabet
letters which is the first phase of this project. Phase two is to take
these 26 letters to public places and ask people to spell what they are
thankful for, taking photos of all participants.<br />
This project is an obvious off spring of<b> "Woven Voices: Messages from the Heart".</b><br />
<br />Sarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-88426234608305390772013-10-07T12:04:00.000-07:002013-10-07T16:56:04.574-07:00LOVE LETTERS <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><b>"W" is for Woven Voices</b>, the project I designed and guided from 2007 - 2011. In past postings I have shared some of the lessons that this project taught me. This posting will be about how the project has morphed into something new yet truly an out growth of "Woven Voices". Here are the details:</i><br />
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<b><span style="color: #351c75;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A community art
installation guided by Artist Sarah Haskell</span></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #351c75;"> Love defines us, motivates us and binds our lives together.
In this hands-on activity inspired by Buddhist Prayer flags, participants will
be invited to create a paper flag prompted by something or someone that they
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and draw the first letter of something or someone that they love.</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"> <span style="color: #20124d;"><b> All ages and abilities of community members<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>are able to participate in this project,
allowing for a wide variety of love letters. People are invited to create
two flags, one to take home and one to leave for a community
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><b> At the end of the day, we assemble the letters and see
what we inspiring words and messages we can spell from these <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">"Love Letters", </span>creating a
visual story of who and what we love. For example if we collect the letters P,
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><b> The completed string of brightly colored <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">"Love Letters" </span>is
donated to a public location in celebration of the deep love that connects the
community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: black;"><i> In late September I was invited to guide <b>"LOVE LETTERS"</b> at the annual Newtown (CT) Arts Festival. Over 50 people participated in creating letters, and look what we were able to spell: <b>"Newtown, We are family."</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: black;"><i><b> "LOVE LETTERS"</b> has lead to my own alphabet of gratitude. I am making 26 lettered flags, each one is a hand embroidered letter sewn on a brightly colored lobster pot buoy flag.</i></span></span></span> <i>I have completed 12 flags so far and am having fun creating words with these letters!</i></div>
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<i> I'll post more images on <a href="http://www.sarahhaskell.com/">my website</a> soon.</i><br />
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<br />Sarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-75317441450737668692013-10-07T11:15:00.001-07:002013-10-07T11:16:41.000-07:00Time Passes....things change<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Searsport Site July 2013</td></tr>
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One of the foundations of "Woven Voices" is to witness the passing of time and to honor the Buddhist principle of impermanence. It's been over a year since my last posting, and the river of time has certainly moved along.<br />
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Our prayer flags, these little woven squares of fabric and paper, have weathered many seasons. Some have held up better than others. Some have completely disappeared. Some are replaced and others just abandoned.<br />
The site in Searsport along busy Route 1, where my brother was killed in July2011, has been a place that I installed prayer flags. This July a friend who travels by there frequently offered to hang some new flags up for me. So I sent him a couple of new sets of Tibetan flags as well as a special bird flag with a "Dear Wes" letter on the back.<br />
True to the nature of impermanence, within a few days, the Maine State road crew came along a did their summer mowing. In the process of this summer cutting all of the flags, new and old, were ripped down and mowed over.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">September 2013, What's left.</td></tr>
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Another friend who travels by frequently stopped by the site and salvaged what she could of the remaining flag scraps.<br />
When I was in Searsport in September, I took these scraps and wrapped them around the telephone pole. This site will no longer be maintained as a memorial.<br />
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<b>Time passes, things change.</b>Sarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-22165018750278432132012-07-19T14:05:00.001-07:002012-07-19T14:09:03.638-07:00Weathering the storms with grace<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prayer flags hang in wind, rain, sun, snow, hail, roadside salt, grime and exhaust.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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If you ever wondered how well a prayer flag will weather the elements, the best way to find out is to hang it out doors and watch it transform. <br />
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The prayer flags shown here were put up last summer at the site of the construction accident that killed my beloved brother Weston. These flags have been hanging between a telephone pole and the supporting guide wires. I think that they look so amazing, weathered but still beautiful, with a patina that comes only with time.<br />
So if you own one of these community handwoven prayer flags, I encourage you to hang it outside so that the energy of love and peace can fly free on the wind.<br />
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I trust that you will be inspired by how the flag ages with grace.<br />
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Thanks to all for your continued support, your kind comments and most of all your commitment to universal love and peace.<br />
Namaste ~ SarahSarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-54938779847812737852012-05-10T08:46:00.000-07:002012-05-10T08:48:54.365-07:00What goes aroundYou know that old expression <i>"What goes around, comes around"</i> ? To me this means what you send out eventually comes back to roost at home. I used to tell my kids that love is a boomerang. If you send it out, it will come back. But like throwing a boomerang, which takes practice and patience, so does sending out love. Each prayer flag from the Woven Voices project is like a little love letter. We send them out across the miles of ocean and land and eventually something comes back here to York.<br />
Last month, I received this email:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old prayer flag on rock in Wales</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frances reproduction of Wales prayer flag</td></tr>
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<i>"I live in Denmark, but originally come from Wales, UK, and often visit. I
was in North Wales last year with a good friend, who took me to a
deserted slate quarry - mines, ruined houses, spoil heaps, beautiful
nature. He is taking part in an art project about the place; he wanted
to show me something he had found, tied to a piece of slate fencing
facing away from the path that passes by. <br />
<br />I have sent you an image of the piece; as you will see, it resembles your prayer flags to a remarkable degree.
All indications point to it being set up in the late '50's or early '60's. <br />
We had the immediate thought that there would be a message contained in it; none is now visible - if ever there was one.<br />
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I HAD to make a reconstruction, which I did on my return to Denmark -
from a few photos and inadequate memory - I have sent an image of that
too. ca. 20x20 cm. (both pieces)<br />
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The making has been inspirational for me and I have lots of plans to
work in this format and with the old piece as a starting point. <br />
My friend turned up your blog today whilst searching for any kind of indication of WHY the original was tied to the slate.<br />
<br /><u>VERY IMPORTANT</u></i>
<i> - Do you know of any history concerning small woven messages? We would be grateful for an answer, even if it were negative!
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If you are interested, I could keep you informed on the progress we make (if any)." <b>Frances</b></i><br />
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<i><b>WOW! </b></i>I am so amazed by this email. Thank you Frances! I have sent Frances the "Woven Voices: How to Guide" so that she can continue this work in her home in Denmark. You too can receive this guide. Visit the side bar for details.<br />
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And then yesterday, this email:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prayer flags, Emily and friend at Amma's Ashram</td></tr>
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<i>"Dear Sarah,<br />
I'm finally getting around to sending you a photo of the flags I put up at Amma's ashram in Kerala, India (<a href="http://www.amritapuri.org/" target="_blank">www.amritapuri.org</a>). They were hung by the Western Cafe, where thousands of international visitors will see them. They will probably get plucked by crows and battered by monsoon winds and rains. As well, observed by many as they await their ordered food.<br /> </i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kerala, India, Amma's Ashram</td></tr>
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<i>I had six more that were also hung on the roof of one of the</i>
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buildings. A friend of mine owns a special flat (it was Amma's room years ago) on top of one of the buildings. She (Meenakshi, a flight attendant from CA) was delighted to hang them on her veranda and enjoy the designs and the prayers. I'm attaching an aerial view of the ashram. Meenakshi was going to take pictures; perhaps she already sent them to you. I had given her one of your flyers.<br /><br />
Thank you for all you do, Sarah.</i>
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Peace,</i>
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<b>Emily</b></i></div>
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Two instances, months after the official ending of the Woven Voices project, the love still rippling out to new corners. I am confident that these little woven love letters will be working their invisible magic for years to come. Thanks to all for assisting this journey of love.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The clamshell box open with handmade books and flags.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thesis on the bookshelf.</td></tr>
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And now with a big TAD-DAH...here is a peek at my completed Masters of Art and Healing! It is now official, I am a Master at Art and Healing! My thesis is a final report and documentation on this project. I created 4 hand-bound books, plus included two flags and other support materials. This final report and documentation is simply a landmark, a big one yes, but I will not stop here.I bet you knew that. I am just resting. Until next time, Peace and Love, Sarah</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Text on inside cover</td></tr>
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<i><i></i> </i></div>Sarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-40710081855278238742012-02-15T11:55:00.001-08:002012-03-12T11:23:56.937-07:00The end of the beginning<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the basket of messages is nearly empty</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 10%; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Saturday February 11, 2012, I wove the last of the <b>Woven Voices</b> prayer flags. On Sunday, I sewed the edges between the final two rolls of flags.</span> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 10%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> During the past two weeks I have been collating data and writing about this four year global peace project for my Masters of Art and Healing. As I set out to do last May, I have created an intentional ending for <b>Woven Voices</b>. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 10%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Woven with the threads and messages of these last few prayer flags are many emotions and much reflection. To quote from TS Eliot's <u>The Four Quartets, Little Glidding:</u> <span style="font-family: Symbol; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 10%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 10%;"></div><div style="margin-left: 10%;"><div style="color: orange;"><i> "What we call the beginning is often the end<br />
And to make an end is to make a beginning.</i></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: orange; float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">last prayer flags on the loom 2/11/12</span><i><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="color: orange;"> <i>The end is where we start from.</i>"</div><i></i></div> I am keenly aware that this ending is only a pause, a brief rest before I begin again.<i> </i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>sewing the last prayer flags</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4pw2ZgKslkAeHzE-fkeJq4a1O458lQ0Dq4VNf1q9zQ_wBRZziYYSi9sy5rM9N8izKzxXucxyexkqUX4ys5yxC15vzAB1gFc4z-m-DiTrOym67IwNibHbToox461e3pBY0ZuJgR3Dsngs/s1600/DSC07396.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"> <img border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4pw2ZgKslkAeHzE-fkeJq4a1O458lQ0Dq4VNf1q9zQ_wBRZziYYSi9sy5rM9N8izKzxXucxyexkqUX4ys5yxC15vzAB1gFc4z-m-DiTrOym67IwNibHbToox461e3pBY0ZuJgR3Dsngs/s320/DSC07396.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the last prayer flag</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 10%;">In this space of refection I have teased out a few lessons learned while guiding this project. In the beginning, I designed <b>Woven Voices</b> in an effort to bring more positive energy to the world through a creative doorway. </div><div style="margin-left: 10%;"><br />
Now as I reflect back, I see that in parallel with my efforts to change the world, I have changed myself.</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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In a manner of speaking I have embodied Gandhi's words:<b style="color: #ffd966;"><i>"Be the change you want to see in the world."</i> </b></div><div style="margin-left: 10%;"><br />
In my Master's thesis I have spelled out nine lessons that spiraled through the four years of <b>Woven Voices.</b> Central to these nine lessons is <b>the lesson of letting go</b>.<br />
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Implied in the act of letting go is the action of taking hold.<br />
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Like a trapeze artist who has just released one swinging bar, I am paused<br />
in mid-air prior to grabbing a hold of the next bar.</div><div style="margin-left: 10%;"><br />
In this mid-air space, I find faith that the lessons learned from <b>Woven Voices</b> will support me until I grab onto the next bar, whatever that might be.</div><div style="margin-left: 10%;"> <br />
<span style="color: red;">Some </span><b style="color: red;">Woven Voices </b><span style="color: red;">facts ~</span> </div><div style="margin-left: 10%;"><ul><li>2,214 messages received and read out loud</li>
<li>12 public readings of messages of hope and peace at Market Square, Portsmouth, NH</li>
<li>1, 364 prayer flags hand woven by community volunteers</li>
<li>over 85 community volunteer weavers</li>
<li>3 volunteer seamstresses</li>
<li>Prayer flags hanging in over 29 states</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St. Paul MN food coop</td></tr>
</tbody></table><li>Prayer flags hanging in over 30 foreign lands</li>
</ul>There is so much to be proud of and grateful for. </div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kirpalu Retreat Center</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elementary school art room</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">private garden in PA</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cary, North Carolina</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vero Beach Florida</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 10%;">I cannot bring this project to closure with out acknowledging the many people who volunteered time, materials and finances to support <b>Woven Voices</b>. Thank you for your faith in my vision, your effort and energy to support the project even during the darkest hours of my life last summer. </div><div style="margin-left: 10%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzd_GEImoxcu1LxJjNDsXWGFzx-5g8isRNgNgttRwVkU5moYSd_koqZJ6DHqUY-y2hQoiDGYIcenpNXiaFK7sxN5pIoiGAHiS_AwIz82yYOJqQZbFa59g3WU2c81HGG0N4LnbPJSdApQ/s1600/Peace-flags-%252B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzd_GEImoxcu1LxJjNDsXWGFzx-5g8isRNgNgttRwVkU5moYSd_koqZJ6DHqUY-y2hQoiDGYIcenpNXiaFK7sxN5pIoiGAHiS_AwIz82yYOJqQZbFa59g3WU2c81HGG0N4LnbPJSdApQ/s320/Peace-flags-%252B.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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<div style="margin-left: 10%;"> <b style="background-color: #e69138;"> The Woven Voices How-To Guide </b>~ In an effort to make <b>Woven Voices</b> available to a wider community and in a gesture to continue to ripple effect of this beautiful, loving energy, I have written<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">private sanctuary</td></tr>
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There is no charge for this16 page booklet. <i style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Simply send me an email (address on the side bar) and I will send you a PDF download link</b></i><span style="color: #cc0000;">.</span><br />
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It is my pleasure to send this project out in the world so that the love and lessons may continue to unfold. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">way up high in the trees</td></tr>
</tbody></table>In the near future I will post my thesis so you might read all the nine lessons of <b>Woven Voices</b>. For now, I am flying in the space between old and new. </div><div style="margin-left: 10%;"><br />
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Eliot continues<i> <span style="color: orange;">"We shall not cease from exploration</span><br style="color: orange;" /><span style="color: orange;"> And the end of all our exploring</span><br style="color: orange;" /><span style="color: orange;"> Will be to arrive where we started</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: orange;"> And know the place for the first time." </span></i><br />
<div style="margin-left: 10%;">Yes, <i>"to make an end is to make a<b> </b>beginning"</i>. </div><div style="margin-left: 10%;">Namaste ~ Sarah </div><div style="margin-left: 10%;"><br />
</div></div>Sarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-63807067783213594462011-11-09T08:31:00.000-08:002011-11-09T08:32:27.386-08:00November News<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prayer flag hangs in downtown Providence RI</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gil and his peace flag in France</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Here we are, one third of the way through the month of November. Mother Nature has delivered a few surprises in the past week plus including snow and now unseasonably high temperatures. The leaves on the trees outside my studio are a honey color dappled with brown and burnt orange. <br />
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Fall is characteristically a bitter sweet time for me. This fall notwithstanding, I approach the conclusion of <b><i>"Woven Voices: Messages from the Heart"</i></b> a project which I launched in December 2007. Over the past 4 years, we have gathered over 2,200 messages of peace and hope that have been read out loud in Market Square Portsmouth, NH. We have woven over 1200 prayer flags total with over 650 of those for the Kickstarter goal. These prayer flags fly worldwide and close to home.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">prayer flag with portrait of son</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">prayer flags in Hiroshima Japan at the World Friendship Center</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glacier Park, Two Medicine Lake, Montana</td></tr>
</tbody></table>There is much to celebrate and much to feel proud of. Thanks to each of you for your encouragement, support and effort to build and sustain this project.<br />
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The prayer flags are being sent to people and organizations from Africa, to Norway, to New Zealand, to France, to <a href="http://homepage2.nifty.com/wfchiroshima/index.html">Japan</a> and to folks close at hand that need to feel our support and love. I plan to fulfill the commitment to deliver some to Ground Zero in the late winter/early spring. I have sent some to the folks in NYC at Occupy Wall Street. The work goes on even as we draw this project to an honorable conclusion. <br />
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<b style="color: yellow;"><i>There are a few hundred messages still to be woven. If you are moved to come to the studio to weave, please let me know. There will not be a designated time/day for weaving, so just let me know what/when is best for you. New weavers are welcome. </i></b><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Thank you for all your love and support. Blessings and Peace ~ Sarah</span>Sarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-33643891735613659492011-09-30T09:28:00.000-07:002011-09-30T15:19:25.638-07:00Language of the Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The language of love written in threads</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mom hangs a prayer flag in her crab apple tree.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prayer flag in Searsport Campground Gardens</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the shores of Searsport Campground </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>For the first time in many posts, I feel at a loss for words. This community art project has inspired, challenged and informed much of my creative work for the past 3 plus years. Right now, however, I feel empty of text. I am keenly aware that it is all too easy to name and quantify this feeling, but right now, I simply want to just reside here in this space of lack of words. So this posting will be primarily a photo album. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reading messages 9/11/11</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">writing peace messages 9/11/11</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and the<span style="color: #20124d;"> </span><a href="http://thekindnesscenter.com/the_kindness_center/The_Kindness_Center.html" style="color: #7f6000;">"Be Kind" guy</a><span style="color: #20124d;"> </span>with his bouquet of flowers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The <a href="http://burdencenter.org/" style="color: #b45f06;">Carter Burden Center</a><span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span>Day Of Peace Luncheon, NYC</td></tr>
</tbody></table>This is what the language of love looks like.<br />
This has been an month filled with much love as well as grief and reflection. I am honored to be a witness as well as a participant in creating this visual language of love and peace.<br />
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Heartfelt gratitude to each of you for all your words and gestures of peace and love. The world is better for all your efforts.<br />
~ SarahSarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-18377854261524394582011-09-06T09:19:00.000-07:002015-09-03T07:51:56.131-07:00From the beginning<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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From the very beginning this project, <i><b><span style="color: #20124d;">Woven Voices: Messages from the Heart</span></b></i>, has been about the big lesson of life ~ <i><b>letting go</b></i>. My original vision was that this would be a 6- 8 month project. Well, as you know it is now almost 4 years since the first messages of Peace and Hope were solicited. This repeated lesson of <i><b>letting go </b></i>has confronted me time and time again. </div>
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What I am learning over and over again, is that my job is to create a vision and move towards it. My job is to accept whatever show up along this path. My job is to keep this vision pure and grounded in love, peace and hope for all beings on this planet. My job is to "keep on keeping on".<br />
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As Peter Russell says, <i><b>letting go</b></i> is really about accepting <i><b>what is</b></i>. <br />
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<li>Amazing wonderful volunteers weavers show up and weave beautiful, love-filled prayer flags.</li>
<li>Sewers collect the rolls of woven flags, hem the edges and gently separate the flags.</li>
<li>Prayer flags are going out the door almost as fast as we make them ~</li>
<li>A dozen flags to<a href="http://homepage2.nifty.com/wfchiroshima/index.html"> the World Friendship Center, Hiroshima, Japan</a></li>
<li>Three flags will be carried up a NH Mt peak as part of<a href="http://www.flagsonthe48.org/"> The "Flags on the 48"</a> which began as act of remembrance and a demonstration of patriotism in response to the horrific terrorist attacks that took place in the United States on September 11, 2001.</li>
<li>A dozen flags will go via <a href="http://www.soldiershelpers.blogspot.com/">Soldiers Helpers </a>to Army Chaplains to distribute to soldiers in Afghanistan.</li>
<li>40 flags sent to <a href="http://burdencenter.org/">Carter Burden Center for Aging </a>for a 9/11 Memorial luncheon and later to be distributed around NYC.</li>
<li>Ten flags traveling to Colorado with a young woman heading back to college. These flags will be distributed along her route as she sees fit and hopefully documented with photos.</li>
<li>One flag heading to a school in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saipan">Saipan</a> with an American woman who is a teacher at the school.</li>
<li>Six flags at a Shelter for Women in NH</li>
<li>A dozen flags sent to Oslo, Norway to honor the victims of this summer tragic massacre. </li>
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The events of September 11, 2001 transformed my life, as it did our nation and the world. What transformed for me was my awareness of the power of art to transform and heal. For nine months following the events of 9/11/01 I created a large woven art work called <a href="http://www.sarahhaskell.com/buttons/">"Each One: The Button Project, a 9/11 Memorial".</a><br />
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Creating this<span style="color: black;"> work illustrated to me the act of making art in community offers</span> individuals and communities an opportunity to grieve as well as celebrate, honor and heal. Now, ten years later, <a href="http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20110906-NEWS-109060399">this art work is being offered to the city of Portsmouth NH as a gift from a private donor</a>. Tonight, September 6th at 7 PM in Portsmouth City Hall the 9/11 Memorial will be presented to the City Council for acceptance. <i style="color: #990000;">This is event is open to the public, so if you are moved and available, please come!</i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">On Sunday 9/11/11, the tenth anniversary of 9/11, I will be in Market Square, Portsmouth, NH at noon to read over 250 messages</span> that have been gathering all summer. I will be there rain or shine. As I move towards closure of this public art project, my intention is that this will be last public reading of these messages. I hope that you will join me to give voice to and listen to these beautiful and heartfelt words and drawings that represent the hopes and dreams of many people from many nations. <br />
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This summer <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/08/09/2352403/nyad-ends-2nd-attempted-swim-from.html">swimmer Diane Nyad</a> attempted a 103 mile swim from Cuba to Florida. This was her second attempt at this feat. Half way into her swim, Diana had to abandon her attempt. <a href="http://diananyad.com/dianas-reflections-3-weeks-later/">Please follow the link Diana's post swim blog</a> to her own reflections on this journey. In this achievement oriented culture, I find it inspiring to witness someone create a vision or goal and then have the grace and humility to let go. Life really is the journey, not the destination.<br />
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In my own realm, I have had to abandon my vision of going to NYC on 9/11/11. As most of you know, <a href="http://obituaries.bangordailynews.com/obituaries/bangordailynews/obituary.aspx?n=weston-bradford-haskell&pid=153259410">unexpected life events stepped in and there has been a change of course</a>. As I wrote at the beginning of this post, I have <i><b>let go</b></i> of the destination and take hold of the journey. Like Diana, I am disappointed. And like Diana, I am moving on with commitment and faith. Thank you to everyone for your continued support for my vision and this journey.<br />
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After 9/1/11 I will concentrate my efforts on fulfilling Kickstarter rewards and continuing to send prayer flags to places and people in this world that need a symbol of love, peace and hope.<br />
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In closing here is a recent email I received from a Kickstarter backer who re-gifted her flag to a young woman. This is written by her mother who drove her daughter to her first apartment. Mom writes: <i>"I could not drive home last night, especially when I was so tired and then came the tears. "I am not ready to be all on my own...I feel so stupid.!" We went to get dinner, came back and FIRST THING we did was hang up the prayer flag. It is now above her bedroom door so she can see it every day. She is going to blow it a kiss each day before she heads out. Mary, that was possibly the best gift she has received ~ it meant so much to her that you thought to give it to her."</i><br />
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With love and gratitude for all the support for this journey ~ Sarah<br />
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Sarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-79832043185744917402011-08-30T09:07:00.000-07:002011-08-30T09:07:23.847-07:00Impermanence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My beloved brother Wes</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Yes, <i>all of life</i> is impermanent. This is a lesson that is sometimes is simple, as in the impermanence of a lovely cut flower, or a summer day that ends at sunset, or a prayer flag that deteriorates over a period of months in the weather.<br />
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About ten days ago I had the biggest lesson I hope I ever get about the laws of impermanence. My beloved brother Weston, who was my companion on the trans-Atlantic crossing last winter, was <a href="http://waldo.villagesoup.com/news/story/fatal-crash-slows-route-1-traffic-in-searsport/435634">killed on August 18th. </a>in Searsport, Maine. He was 58. <a href="http://obituaries.bangordailynews.com/obituaries/bangordailynews/obituary.aspx?n=weston-bradford-haskell&pid=153259410">He was an amazing man</a>, brother, son, father and uncle, who was in the happiest chapter of his life. <br />
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As you can imagine our family has been devastated by a tornado of shock, disbelief, and deep, deep grief. Following this turbulent storm has been a tsunami of love and support.<br />
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</tbody></table>Within this surge of complete love has been the community weavers. Weavers with experience have stepped in to teach those inexperienced who want to come and weave.I have surrendered to the love and healing that has flowed like a steady river. <br />
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We are sending out prayer flags weekly. Dozens have gone to <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08/21/candelight-vigil-for-victims-norway-massacre-brings-unity-vow-to-move-forward/">Norway,</a> to <a href="http://www.amma.org/">India</a>, to <a href="http://www.lookingglass.us/services/success-overview/a-typical-day-at-station-7/">Portland Oregon.</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Corner of Kidder Pt. Rd. and Rte1 Searsport, Maine. Prayer flag on left.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Dozens more prayer flags are hand delivered to those who help weave and those who are in pain, suffering or grief. Some people have even sent some back to me! One such prayer flag arrived back to me in the mail on the day my family visited the site where my brother was killed. We made a little shrine with flowers and I hung this prayer flag on the telephone pole. I will be back up in Searsport next week teaching at <a href="http://www.fibercollege.org/index.html">Fiber College,</a> and plan to bring more prayer flags.<br />
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My intention to hand deliver hundreds of prayer flags to NYC and Ground Zero has changed due to this traumatic turn of events. My efforts will be closer to home.<br />
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</tbody></table>On <i><b><span style="color: red;">Sunday, September 11th at noon</span></b></i> I will be reading about 250 messages of hope and peace that have been accumulating all summer. <i><b>Please join me </b></i>for this event in honor of those who lost their lives ten years ago on 9/11/01. <i style="color: #b45f06;">You are welcome to send messages to be read on this day until 9/10/11.</i><br />
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I will be shipping prayer flags to NYC to at least one site, <a href="http://burdencenter.org/">The Carter Burden Center</a> that has welcomed them with open arms. If you have contact information for additional sites, I am still seeking locations.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wes adjust Mom's helmet. July 9th, 2011</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Prayer flags will continue to be woven until we have fulfilled all <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/611299311/woven-voices-messages-from-the-heart?ref=live">Kickstarter goals</a>. Flags will be flying in locations world wide, from the humble to the lofty, from the quiet of a private garden, to a busy roadside intersection. All flags bring peace and goodwill. All flags woven with love. <br />
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Here is one last photo of my brother, as he adjusts a helmet so he can take our 90 year old mother for a ride on his antique Triumph. <i>Ride on Wes...we love you!!</i><br />
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Thank you to all who have sent love and prayers. We are surrounded by your healing love.<br />
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In Peace, in love ~ Sarah <br />
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Sarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-66527110576148102702011-07-31T17:57:00.000-07:002011-07-31T17:57:00.959-07:00News Flash...radio interview<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6p5Y7oUEUz2IdyLbphusRWRcx-l3_F0MLXCGpF6NhdFU_D5QHq9aTh6jy3kqBV10GCqvdrVhlDYP-hRYK0KHY0hc7ibGf476G1I4QZ-caDhK5Z77UADypsLuhw-lE2XrWGAxPmiPTLk/s1600/Picture+019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the way the prayer flags come off the loom~ one long strip</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Joanne is one of my sewers. She takes a roll of flags and sews at home. The odd threads and bits of yarns that came off the flags as she trimmed them created a beautiful Jackson Pollock thrum-painting! <br />
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Thanks to everyone for all the support, the encouragement and the donations to help fund this project through the summer. I will be sending out more flags to donors this week...watch your mail box...and PLEASE send me photos of where you hang them!!<br />
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Peace and Love ~ Sarah <br />
<i><b>P.S. Remember to listen ~ Monday, August 1st at 6:00 Pacific Daylight Time, streaming live on the web at </b></i><a href="http://www.kser.org/" target="_blank">www.kser.org </a> <br />
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</tbody></table>Sarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-64750566649221555422011-07-27T09:30:00.000-07:002011-07-27T18:29:51.935-07:00Conversation over threads<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Almost every day now, I have weavers (more truthfully folks who come are not weavers but willing to give it a try!) come to the studio to help create prayer flags for hope, goodwill and peace for all beings. <br />
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<a href="http://www.chiefrabbi.org/">Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth</a>, said that <i> "the antidote to violence is conversation". </i>I also recall <a href="http://www.peteseeger.net/">Pete Seeger</a> said something similar (to paraphrase)<i>"when people have conversations, they break down barriers and create community".</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A genuine message of love from a young weaver!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Sometimes I think that my community art work is simply to offer opportunities for people to talk with each other.<br />
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The simple act of <i></i>sharing words, of speaking from one's heart, listening to the thoughts and concerns of another, slowly, thoughtfully, word by word....this makes a better world for us all.<br />
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Thus I witness the time spent here in the studio, weaving, chatting, listening, builds a healthier planet for all beings.<br />
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As this message here suggests <i><b>"Do what you can". </b></i>What I can do is create opportunities for conversation, for one person to listen and another to speak.<br />
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I believe that this world will be a better place when we talk and when we listen. <i><b>Woven voices become one voice, one heart.</b></i><br />
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Thank you to everyone for your generosity in supporting this project and your kind words to encourage this work. In closing here is a link to an <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS02vILuxtU&feature=player_embedded">old video </a>I just rediscovered that tells about the project. Enjoy!<br />
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Peace and Love ~ Sarah<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old friends ~ weaving and sharing.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Sarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-5794608695870696252011-07-12T08:48:00.000-07:002011-07-14T12:01:46.925-07:00Roll Call<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lauren and Dallas aboard their boat in South Africa</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Here it is...my list of sweet amazing, beautiful glorious backers for the Woven Voices Grand Finale ! <span style="font-size: small;">Love love love you all!</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Elizabeth Carroll-Horrocks, Kay Crouch, Linda George, Julie Steedman, Argy Nestor, Clare Rogers, Paula Nordwell, Deborah DeCicco, Brad Sherman, Barbara Patton, Carla Kaatz, Janet Langlois, Mary Krempels, Helen Reid, The Island Women 2011, Cynthia and Robert Cobb, Cheryl Emery, Kitty Davis, Pauli Rines, Gretchen Hunsberger, Arlene Brewster, Antoinette, Critser, Christina Ouimet, Kimberly Cloutier-Green, Nancy Webb, Elaine Krasker, Steve Barndollar, Nancy Winterbottom</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peace Weavers </td></tr>
</tbody></table>Julie Townsend, Patricia Lennon, Christina Sabella, Angie Arndt, Susan Tesar, Katherine Walker, Peter Vandermark, Chris Nolan, Tim Gadreau, Lisa Buell, Sherrill Fawcett, Helen Weigel, Lisa Rockenmacher, Elizabeth Knowlton, Al Bragalone, Susan Hoff, Diane Brandon, Holly Zurer, Jan Hubbell, Chris Kelly, Joanne Holman, Jane Malik, Karen Traversy, Teresa Penbrooke, Sally Fleming, Jewel Beth Davis, Cindy Luce, Anne Knight, Ashley Bush, Tricia Frey, Barbara Mcintyre, Catherine Grace, JoAnn Souza<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Messages and flags in Market Square, Portsmouth, NH</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Rosanne Adams, Gini Fitzgerald, Mary Louise Haskell, Susan Treleaven, Sally McCue, Susan Morris, Carter Siegel, Darcy Scott, Paula Roy, Phyllis Detwiler, Margaret Carol Dreyfus, Kate Kirkwood, Sally Jones, Anne Cram, Francesca Loren, Katie Moody, Janet Prince, Dawn Pepe, Laurel Stutsman, Sandra Bisset, Mara Khavari, Nancy Frederick, Julianna Donofrio, Kate, Agnes Charlesworth, Cynthia Limauro, Janice Tooker, Joan Dougherty, Daria Tansey, Monica Stone, Sue Pollock, Leslie Aisner Novak, Nancy Hiatt,</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Messages of love and peace come from all over the globe.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal">Jessica Garfield-Kabbara, Jayne Winsor, Andrea Ouellette, Lee Roberts, Steven A. Holt, Leaf Seligman, Pobble, Kate Clark, Pam Bourgeois, Mary Bencks, Anne Fowler, Elizabeth Shapiro, Anne Bencks, Andrea Fox, Myra Weiss, Gil Williams, Lucia McBee, Berri Kramer, Sally Allen, John Wilson, Peter Leibert, Cindy Heath, Adair Rowland, Jennifer Stevens, Kate Zamarchi, Thomas Bilodeau, Susan Kaufmann</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prayer flags add grace and beauty ~ Emily agrees!</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Grace Lessner, Jennifer Lawson, Magi Leland, Becky May, Lois Howlett, Tannye Wold, Jane Bernhardt, Nathaniel Warren-White, Jane Morris, Maura Khan, Bonnie Jo Radasch, Martha W. Nichols, KelLee Larson, Gabriele Bartholomew, Earlene, Elizabeth Dennison, Rosemary T Clough, Mary Lou Bagley, Jill Peek, Pete Greider, Bill Lord, Nancy, Mary Krause </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i style="color: #20124d;"><b>I thank you and bow to you.</b></i> <i style="color: #4c1130;"><b>Love, Sarah </b></i></div>Sarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-51465594198310691902011-07-12T07:19:00.000-07:002011-07-12T07:19:37.295-07:00In the Groove!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Steamy summer weather has finally seeped into the bones of southern coastal Maine. I LOVE this time of year, and am grateful for the LONG days so that I can pack as much into them as possible. These days I am packing a lot in!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The flags are woven in one long continuous strip</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Nearly every day I have weavers here to help. So far we have woven and sewn nearly 200 prayer flags thanks to the <i style="color: #351c75;"><b>Peace Weavers!</b></i><br />
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Please let me know if you would like to help with this part of the Woven Voices project.<br />
As most of you know our <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/611299311/woven-voices-messages-from-the-heart">Kickstarter fund drive</a> was very successful!! Thanks to all my sweet amazing backers!! If you missed the boat to jump on board as a backer...it's not too late! Several people have been moved to send a contribution with a check via snail mail. <b style="color: #4c1130;">All support is gratefully accepted!!</b> <i><b>Thank you!!</b></i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nurses at Bridgewell Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio holding prayer flags</td></tr>
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There are a few other ways to you support this project from afar ~~<br />
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<ul><li><b><i><span style="color: red;">Donations of ribbon and yarns for weaving.</span> </i></b>Send them to my studio address: P.O. Box 452, York, ME 03909</li>
<li><i style="color: red;"><b>Installation </b></i>suggestions for the prayer flags, especially near <span style="color: red;">Ground Zero</span>. Contact information is most helpful. International locations.connections especially appreciated!</li>
</ul>I am continuing to send out prayer flags to folks who have contributed messages and will start sending flags to my sweet backers soon.<br />
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Thanks to everyone for all the support for this project. <i style="color: #4c1130;"><b> </b></i><br />
<i style="color: #4c1130;"><b>Woven Voices is Peace made visible.</b></i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jette beams with her prayer flag!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><i style="color: purple;"><b>With deep gratitude and Love ~ Sarah</b></i>Sarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-20931446731699144572011-07-04T08:52:00.000-07:002011-07-04T09:39:40.194-07:00Lift Off!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peace weavers quartet !</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Yesterday at about 3 PM EST, the Kickstarter pledge drive came to a finish. Pledges were still coming in up to the last hour. <i style="color: #990000;"><b>THANK YOU to ALL YOU BEAUTIFUL BACKERS!!</b></i> I am so honored and amazed to have the support and backing of each of you who contributed on-line as well as those who sent me checks and even those who reached directly into their pockets and gave me cash. <i style="color: #990000;">The Grand Finale for Woven Voices is now a reality...and in full swing!!</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">flags on the loom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">gorgeous pile of peace flags!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>So now we weave, and weave and weave!! </b>Thus far we have woven about 200 prayer flags. They go quickly and easily with no prior weaving experience is necessary. Please email me to find out the schedule. I can accommodate up to 4 weavers at a time. Many weavers come more than once. <i style="color: #660000;">I look forward to welcoming all ages and abilities to the studio to help us weave Peace together. </i><br />
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There are a few other ways you can lend support to this project.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The long continuous strip of flags</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: right;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><ul><li><b>Sewing the flags</b> ~ the prayer flags are woven in one long continuous strip on the loom. We can get about 20 woven, then we have to cut off the flags and sew the edges by machine so that they don't unravel. We are looking for folks who might like to sew, either here in the studio or at home.</li>
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<li><b>Ideas</b> ~ <i><b>where shall we send and install these 1000 prayer flags?? </b></i>I am open to your ideas and suggestions, preferably with names and contact info. I am currently researching Ground Zero contacts. All ideas welcome. </li>
<li><b>Messages</b> are still welcome until August 15th. Please see the blog side bar for more info.</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Postcard Underground words of encouragement!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>And finally ....there have been multiple lessons that I have learned over the past three and a half years that I have been guiding this global Peace project. The biggest lesson is one that is continuously repeated, just because I guess I need it!!<br />
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The lesson is to keep doing this work, even in the face of obstacles. And then when I least expect it, there is an affirmation that what I am doing makes a difference. This week I have been the recipient of a post card campaign of <i>Anonymous Love </i>from the <i><b>Postcard Underground.</b></i> So far I have received about 6 postcards from strangers with words of encouragement and admiration. Wow!! These lift me up and make me smile!! Thanks <i><b>Postcard Underground</b></i> !!<br />
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So with a full heart and a happy spirit I return to the loom. Thank you all for the Kickstarter backing, for the words of encouragement, for the weaving/sewing/materials and message of Peace and hope. <i style="color: #660000;"><b>Thread by thread, we are making a difference!</b></i><br />
Love ~ Sarah<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy Peace-filled Independence day!!</td></tr>
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<ul style="text-align: left;"></ul>Sarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-44868920939456927042011-06-13T10:59:00.000-07:002011-06-13T17:16:31.509-07:00What I do best.......<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">prayer flags in NH garden</td></tr>
</tbody></table>As a weaver, my work is all about building webs, creating connections. I use threads to create visual works that nurture, support and inspire connections between people, animals, nature and the invisible mysteries of this world. This is what I do best.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gifting prayer flags to Kopang</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Last night I had a very sweet surprise when I opened my email box. There I found a note and photos from an <a href="http://www.phaphama.org/">Phaphama, organization in Johannesburg, South Africa</a>. This winter I sent several prayer flags to them while I was in Cape Town. The big surprise was that I thought that the flags had been lost in the mail and I had given up hope of locating them.<br />
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Little did I know that the ripple of love and peace that began months ago with the gathering of these messages was weaving magic thousands of miles across the globe. <br />
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In this photo, two of the prayer flags are being gifted to a women's project called <a href="http://www.kopanang.org/">Kopanang,</a> an embroidery project run by women who are infected by HIV/AIDS. I am so moved that these flags are being used for such powerful and healing work. <br />
<i>This is peace, hope, love and community in action. This is the </i><span style="color: black;"><i>Woven Voices project</i></span><i> </i><i>at its best. </i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Garden door prayer flag</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jack and Jean London at Topsail House Simonstown, South Africa<br />
<a href="http://www.topsailhouse.co.za/">http://www.topsailhouse.co.za/</a> </td></tr>
</tbody></table>As noted in previous a previous blog I am creating a Grand Finale for this global community art project.<br />
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In order to make this happen I need your support. Please check out the<a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/611299311/woven-voices-messages-from-the-heart?ref=live"> Kickstarter website. </a>There is a two minute video that explains everything.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loraine in Simonstown, South Africa</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">~ Peace ~</td></tr>
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Please <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/611299311/woven-voices-messages-from-the-heart?ref=live">share the opportunity to support this project </a> . This is what I do best......use my skills as a weaver to build community, foster positive energy and build a stronger web of love for this planet for all beings. <br />
I am grateful for your support and affirmation of this work.<br />
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Namaste ~ SarahSarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-64908129764187666582011-06-03T13:08:00.000-07:002011-06-04T06:40:16.673-07:001000 prayer flags for Peace ~ The Grand Finale !<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Positive message from around the globe</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: right;"></div>Today is Friday June 3, 2011. Nearly three and a half years ago I began "Woven Voices: Messages from the Heart".<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Messages from Iraq</td></tr>
</tbody></table>My original thought was that this would be a 6-8 month project. Little did I know that I would receive over 800 messages in the first month, and over the next few years, the messages have kept coming, and coming. Heartfelt, eloquent, simple and artistic. Messages from schools, book groups, individuals and communities. Each message has been read out loud in Market Square. Each message has been spoken and released to the breezes. Each message has been given voice by someone other than the creator. Each message has been heard and honored.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The looms have traveled to bring the weaving out to the greater community</td></tr>
</tbody></table>These messages have been woven by community volunteers into over 500 prayer flags. Many messages are still waiting to be woven.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reading messages in Market Square Portsmouth, NH</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prayer flags hang all over the world</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Dispersed over all over the world are over 500 prayer flags. Some hang in private homes and gardens. Some are in very public locations and some are installed in secret venues.<br />
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These prayer flags unravel, fade and release the messages of peace, hope and renewal to all beings.<br />
One of the founding principles of this project has been the Buddhist concept of impermanence. Nothing lasts forever. And so it is with this project. I have decided to bring this project to an honorable and fitting conclusion.<br />
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<div style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bringing the project to closure by weaving 1000 prayer flags.</span></div><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: large;"> </span>My plan is to weave 1000 prayer flags by September 11th, 2011. Between the dates of September 11th (the 10th anniversary) and the 21st (<a href="http://internationaldayofpeace.org/">International Day of Peace</a>) I will disperse these prayer flags to a variety of international locations, including dozens to Ground Zero in NYC. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please help ~ </span>Today I launched a <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/">Kickstarter</a> fund drive to help fund this grand closure to <i><b>"Woven Voices"</b></i>. You can help by <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/611299311/woven-voices-messages-from-the-heart?ref=live">making a pledge here</a>. Every dollar will help fund studio overhead, weaving materials, postage to send these prayer flags and for travel costs to NYC on 9/11/11. Plus there are rewards for donors...check it out!<br />
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<div style="color: #990000;">I have self funded this project from the start, but I now need your support. Please go to the <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/611299311/woven-voices-messages-from-the-heart?ref=live" style="color: black;">Kickstarter site</a><span style="color: black;"> </span>and make a pledge to help bring <i><b>"Woven Voices" </b></i>to a grand culmination. </div><br />
I am SO grateful to everyone for your continued support for this project. And I look forward to your help to fund this final phase of <i><b>"Woven Voices: Messages from the Heart".</b></i><br />
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Thank you. Peace, Sarah<br />
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<i><b>P.S. I will be continuing to accept your messages to be read and woven into prayer flags until August 15th. </b></i><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Sarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-81316756140200587382011-05-12T07:21:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:37:11.519-07:00The Surprise<div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2f_w8JwkYoHEXNApGcx4hnWyv9dOIza_L0ccw4et61quQz_i7qyt3M4V6cnDjoAxfSAQWtzNFcBsonRq2NhUiZ03mfKw6EYX1ViycKcCBT2-Iip31w5Pbgk8EFg408vFl1rrs7LBnCEA/s1600/DSC06495.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2f_w8JwkYoHEXNApGcx4hnWyv9dOIza_L0ccw4et61quQz_i7qyt3M4V6cnDjoAxfSAQWtzNFcBsonRq2NhUiZ03mfKw6EYX1ViycKcCBT2-Iip31w5Pbgk8EFg408vFl1rrs7LBnCEA/s320/DSC06495.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Yesterday at noon, I showed up in Market Square, downtown Portsmouth, NH. I arrived a couple of minutes before noon, and sat quietly on a near by park bench. I had two canvas bags with over 150 messages of hope and peace the were gathered from all corners of the globe. My mind and heart were racing. The words in my head were <i>"This doesn't get any easier."</i> That was one big surprise. You would think that after three years of showing up in public to read these messages, that I would feel more confident and at ease with this public performance.<br />
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But no, it in fact does not get easier. The part that has changed for me is that I am confident that something unique will happen. And even though I am feeling like I either want to vomit or cry from anxiety, I am compelled to show up. I have made a commitment to read these messages. I have made a commitment to make an effort to build a better world. No one said it would be easy. So I show up, butterfly stomach, dry mouth and all.<br />
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The church bells strike twelve noon. And I begin to read the messages. I read and read. Twenty minutes goes by. I am alone. I make eye contact with a few passers by. I have never felt more alone in this work. Then friends, family and supporters begin to show up.<br />
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The surprise here is not that people came to read and support this effort. I know very well that many many of you support this work. Many of you have come to Market Square when you could. Many of you have come to the studio to weave. Many of you have sent me emails to share your words of support. Your messages of hope and peace have come from all corners.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLIWahVDq9njg8yecC5MdZJ2891S_8vNzYw9R1F5LphAeOjxD5xiDlX3byNDUw3obZK9EjS6UquD55_ZJGKbC1OCHu1FGA1pu03suGY9LM80LoOldoqT-H23VLDgFgxj2myA5qRwiYE84/s1600/DSC06491.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLIWahVDq9njg8yecC5MdZJ2891S_8vNzYw9R1F5LphAeOjxD5xiDlX3byNDUw3obZK9EjS6UquD55_ZJGKbC1OCHu1FGA1pu03suGY9LM80LoOldoqT-H23VLDgFgxj2myA5qRwiYE84/s320/DSC06491.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The surprise is that I felt so anxious. The surprise is that I forgot you are with me. Like so much in my life, I need repeated lessons. So I will show up again. I will feel nervous again. I will be reminded of all the love that is in this world if I just show up.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">prayer flag in private garden</td></tr>
</tbody></table> Speaking of love, one of my favorite parts of this project is giving away the prayer flags. For those of you who sent messages a long time ago....hang on your flags are coming! I am sending out a batch today. And then there are those flags that are hung and given away randomly. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rosamund Fowler St. Helena Mid-Atlantic</td></tr>
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I am formulating a grand event to culminate this project on or around September 11th. I believe that a ton of love will be needed on that day. My way to promote that is through a grand finale of this project. I will unfold the details as I define them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sally Kruger's Mom in South Africa</td></tr>
</tbody></table>So please know that I am aware of your love and support. Please know that I hugely appreciate all your efforts to support this project.<br />
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I am simply surprised at how many repeated lessons I need in order to remember and receive this love.<br />
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Namaste ~ SarahSarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-52370083686012876952011-04-29T14:12:00.000-07:002011-04-30T09:31:17.563-07:00Stepping Out ~ May 11th noon ~ message reading<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKVfHf5Fo7bJbhL0tHVkoL2eb1XDBTQowYUnJ2s5v2EflnEQPf0GBcIeIIqLhIDoSrNPO7pfVuhW1lgvVjLMQbwJVEIjc1-6KAkPZwg9wpfOIHEkU9bq43LT7A0s_6I5C7T8EMwpc8Os/s1600/IMG_9272.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKVfHf5Fo7bJbhL0tHVkoL2eb1XDBTQowYUnJ2s5v2EflnEQPf0GBcIeIIqLhIDoSrNPO7pfVuhW1lgvVjLMQbwJVEIjc1-6KAkPZwg9wpfOIHEkU9bq43LT7A0s_6I5C7T8EMwpc8Os/s320/IMG_9272.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601128880736999090" border="0" /></a><br />Spring in New England is pure magic. After long, dark months where the only color one sees is grey, or maybe shades of brown; all of a sudden one day you wake up and <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">kaboom</span>...! there is an explosion of greens, pinks, yellows and purples. Seemingly overnight the world is transformed from a dull, colorless vista to a wild parade of joyous technicolor, akin to what happens to Dorothy when she steps into the Land of Oz.<br /><br />I actually have no right to complain about the long winter because I was away for all of it. But never the less, I am still in awe of the magnificent celebration that Mother Nature is putting forth this week.<br /><br />Here in my studio I continue to celebrate being home and getting back to what I love to do ~ weave, make art, teach and build community. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGP9ky5h8ZmbYPIYmJNp8ceamOCdTl6Qrb-JEOSgrR1ZKgHo_1iqQrVkrK6faPQzCse2zW9uVCWySV5FZAUN3iJj2ssMuiSprhDq1QT9qiqe4JhDYp0qDSv-2h6K8baN2HH4kd3SVjEc/s1600/DSC06042.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGP9ky5h8ZmbYPIYmJNp8ceamOCdTl6Qrb-JEOSgrR1ZKgHo_1iqQrVkrK6faPQzCse2zW9uVCWySV5FZAUN3iJj2ssMuiSprhDq1QT9qiqe4JhDYp0qDSv-2h6K8baN2HH4kd3SVjEc/s320/DSC06042.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601126380359140498" border="0" /></a>With the Woven Voices Project, I have messages to read and flags to be woven. Here are the details ~<br /><br />On my travels across the Atlantic I stopped at St Helena, where I visited with the students and teachers at Pilling Primary School. I gave a dozen prayer flags with this sweet school who have installed the flags going up the inside stair way. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMse3fDaJGM4Gs6HPPjs7XuGLKXVab3HuRUW943y2KVb8ND-Slc4zj04KcxNE92CE25a00UXDRkQa2dzUuAcNkXYIU5SVw9hyphenhyphen9vSacyTcB6YUVZI0PjZy-5pszFYcFQaxaHX723eGEBR0/s1600/IMG_9244.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMse3fDaJGM4Gs6HPPjs7XuGLKXVab3HuRUW943y2KVb8ND-Slc4zj04KcxNE92CE25a00UXDRkQa2dzUuAcNkXYIU5SVw9hyphenhyphen9vSacyTcB6YUVZI0PjZy-5pszFYcFQaxaHX723eGEBR0/s320/IMG_9244.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601126720708293186" border="0" /></a><br /><br />While at the school, I was given over 100 messages of hope and peace from the students and teachers. On <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">May 11th at noon in Market Square, Portsmouth, NH </span>I will read these messages along with dozens other beautiful messages. I hope that you will join me.<br /><br />My other invitation is to come weave prayer flags. There are four looms in the studio ready to go. To entice you to join this community art project...here is what your prayer flag will do ~ bring a ray of hope, a moment of peace, a ray of sunshine to someone somewhere in the world.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIQjrLXx3s-7XT24k1AVUenQWOa3YelbmN9rkJmgmAO-0v7-0kwPkzK3Ub0Gb0ypdb8uoHDfVf4dSL10Arl_wFO1capYq8Mm2jwP9e32s7uhRFPT9vnLYXtXP8DywrfzqK5Qbq2MK71Ss/s1600/sedick.davidson.3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIQjrLXx3s-7XT24k1AVUenQWOa3YelbmN9rkJmgmAO-0v7-0kwPkzK3Ub0Gb0ypdb8uoHDfVf4dSL10Arl_wFO1capYq8Mm2jwP9e32s7uhRFPT9vnLYXtXP8DywrfzqK5Qbq2MK71Ss/s320/sedick.davidson.3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601410928981466690" border="0" /></a><br />Here is Sedick Davidson, curator of <a href="http://www.simonstown.com/museum/sthm.htm">The Heritage Museum</a>,<span class="verdana10-grn"> Simon's Town, </span><span class="verdana10-grn">established in </span><span class="verdana10-grn">his family's </span><span class="verdana10-grn">house (built in 1858), which belonged to the </span><span class="verdana10-grn">Amlay family </span><span class="verdana10-grn">until they were forcibly removed from the town when it was declared a white group area in September 1967 under the Group Areas Act of the Nationalist Government.</span> There is still much sadness and pain from this era of South African history. Sedick was touched to receive the gift of a prayer flag. I gave him two, one for his daughter who suffers from a debilitating disease.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4tV_fFo6uObQYHykVGd3wtQ8eUsmy6LlyXcz6ko4UJgQJ_o7zR0FWm7Wj3sLIsidwg9lDzQcH0btOUukLhusxR4GDoiSjcMml3vASdz-FUjuLzwK1yIWtakE6_1CcpqujX-3k6AGyFA/s1600/sedick.davidson.2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4tV_fFo6uObQYHykVGd3wtQ8eUsmy6LlyXcz6ko4UJgQJ_o7zR0FWm7Wj3sLIsidwg9lDzQcH0btOUukLhusxR4GDoiSjcMml3vASdz-FUjuLzwK1yIWtakE6_1CcpqujX-3k6AGyFA/s320/sedick.davidson.2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601410932849254242" border="0" /></a><br />If you have a couple of hours, I welcome you here to weave and spread hope and peace around the world. Email or call me to make a date to weave!<br /><br />I will keep posting images of prayer flags from my recent travels, as well as share the inspirational stories. I hope to see you on May 11th at noon in Market Square! Peace and gratitude ~ SarahSarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-5332594462215688832011-04-19T13:19:00.000-07:002011-04-19T17:29:03.457-07:00From sea to shining sea<div style="text-align: left;"></div>I am home!! Yes, on March 18th we landed in Barbados after 51 days at sea. It was an amazing trans-formative passage that allowed me to spend many, many hours just staring at the horizon, contemplating the "meaning of life". <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">clouds that kept unfolding into heavenly patterns</td></tr>
</tbody></table>No, I do not have it all figured out. It is still a giant mystery, a complicated web. I <i><b>do</b></i> know that I am an incredibly fortunate person to have been able to spend weeks at sea living closely with the natural world, sharing a small boat with three other people, and to have had the unique experience of observing a landless/human-less horizon for nearly 8 weeks.<br />
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There is so much that I want to share about this voyage, that I will have to take a few posts to reveal the stories and images. Please be sure to check out <a href="http://www.sarahhaskell.com/">my website</a> and <a href="http://www.macomberloomsandme.blogspot.com/">my Macomber Looms blog</a> for other points of view on this same voyage.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Egg Man in Green Market</td></tr>
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While on this whole trip I was mindful of dispersing the 130 prayer flags that had been so lovingly handwoven prior to my departure. I will share in a series of blogs where those flags landed. <br />
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Just to begin, here is the <a href="http://www.theeggman.co.za/">Egg Man </a>a street performer in Cape Town's Green Market. He is an colorful vibrant ambassador for South Africa, even though he hails from Benin. I tied a blue prayer flag to his right shoulder in honor of his work as a community artist. At the Green Market, I also met a Senegalese priest dressed in a brilliant celebratory costume. He was handsome and regal. I gave him a prayer flag also. Sadly, I lost a few photos when I transferred the images from my camera to a thumb drive. The photo of the priest was one of those lost. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jackass penguins</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">penguin waddling away from his nest</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The boat that I sailed on, <a href="http://www.bahati.net/"><i><b>Bahati </b></i></a>was at a marina in <a href="http://www.falsebay.info/">Simonstown, False Bay,</a> just south east of Cape Town. In this village there is a park where the <a href="http://www.sunsetbeach.co.za/penguins.htm">Jackass penguins</a> live. They are adorable, quite tame and rather entertaining. I decided that these penguins should get a prayer flag. So while this guy waddled away from the shrubs where his nest was, I stuck a prayer flag in amongst the shrubbery. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So for today, that is where I will leave you. There are many more images and many more stories. These will get unpacked over time. Thank you to all who have supported this passage, most especially my family and loving husband Ben who held a steady vigil for my safe return.</div>Sarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-70018374441756887302011-01-20T08:25:00.000-08:002011-01-21T08:07:30.799-08:00The web of peace in South Africa<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I landed in Cape Town South Africa on New Year's Eve. Today is January 20th, 2011. I've been here for nearly three weeks. I am sitting in an Internet cafe in Simons Town, it is about 5:30 in the afternoon and it is about 85 degrees. The wind is gusting up from the south, so we are not leaving to round Cape Point until things settle down a bit.The good thing is that I finally have an opportunity to get some news out about distributing the 130 prayer flags that I brought.<br />
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To date I have given away about 80 of your beautiful prayer flags. Each time I give one away, I always get a hug. No kidding! People are amazed, honored, curious and appreciative. I'll share a few stories here.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simons Town Penguins</td></tr>
</tbody></table>This is a photo of Mary who works in the administration of St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town. Behind her is the labyrinth that is built in the enclosed garden of the cathedral. I gave her three flags to hang in the garden and she was thrilled!<br />
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Right now I am in <a href="http://www.simonstown.com/">Simons Town, South Africa.</a> About a 10 minute walk from the marina is a <a href="http://www.simonstown.com/tourism/penguins/penguins.htm">penguin preserve</a>. These little fellows are pretty darn cute, so I had to hang a prayer flag for them in a shrub not too far from a nesting area. When I get home, there will be many more photos, but working in the "rough", I am a bit limited. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monwana Game Lodge staff</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Earlier in the month our crew went on a safari up near Kruger Park. Our first night we stayed at <a href="http://www.monwana.com/">Monwana Game Lodge</a>. I decided to give the staff each a prayer flag. Most of them did not speak English and were not sure what this gift was all about, but they were still very appreciative to receive a gift! I am sure there were some questions and stories after I left! <br />
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</tbody></table>Yes, we saw lions, elephants, rhinos, hippos, zebra and more. Just to tease you, here is a photo of a elephant that we watched munch down a few large trees!<br />
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There is much more to share, and many more photos to come. The many flags that I have distributed have brought such joy and amazement to each receiver.<br />
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When I first arrived in Simons Town, I went to the Tourist Information center to ask some questions. The young woman there was so helpful, I gave her a prayer flag. She was thrilled, and said, "Wow! No one has ever given me a gift for helping them!" I so grateful to everyone for all the wishes, support and effort to help make this trip possible for me. Hopefully I'll blog again before we cast off.<br />
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Please be sure to check in to <a href="http://www.sailblogs.com/member/sv-bahati/">Bahati's blog.</a> That's the best way to learn about this boat, her captain, crew and voyage. Peace, SarahSarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-45256823867863990822010-12-26T07:54:00.000-08:002010-12-26T07:58:53.624-08:00Have prayer flags...will travel!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sarah at the loom!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Yes!!....thanks to everyone..... there are 130 prayer flag traveling with me to South Africa and then across the Atlantic all the way to the Caribbean.<br />
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</tbody></table>Most folks who come have never woven. It is my joy to share this creative and meditative way to share good will. <br />
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Read more...check out the <a href="http://www.e-pages.dk/thehippo/59/">York Independent story</a> about this community art project. Pages 4-5. <br />
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See you in March ~ Sarah<br />
<div style="text-align: right;"></div>Sarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-65300906521022987892010-12-18T11:12:00.000-08:002010-12-18T11:12:18.482-08:00Closing in !<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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This prayer flags reads: "I love music for awake people to be awake." Interpret this however you like.<br />
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This week we are closing in on the 100 prayer flag goal. Many many thanks to everyone for the support, words of encouragement and energy.<br />
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Our world is moving like the sun; moving ever so slowly and steadily toward a new horizon.<br />
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Happy Solstice ~ SarahSarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-90929112293242124242010-12-12T10:58:00.000-08:002010-12-12T10:58:53.265-08:0054 and counting !!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>This week nine lovely weavers came to the studio to weave prayer flags. These people came in response to my invitation/challenge to the community to help me weave 100 prayer flags to take on my trip to South Africa and the Atlantic crossing to the Caribbean.<br />
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Thank you to everyone who has given time, effort and your words of support.<br />
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With more weavers coming this week, we will surely meet the goal of 100 flags to travel!<br />
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Namaste ~ SarahSarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380629437446969661.post-70510330985993354522010-12-03T12:48:00.000-08:002010-12-03T12:48:18.556-08:00100 prayer flags for the world ~ Come weave!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>In about three weeks, I will be heading off for a very special trip. I will be flying to Cape Town, South Africa via Dubai. I will spend about 2 weeks there before casting off and sailing across the Atlantic to the Caribbean. I will be joining my friend Nat who has been circumnavigating the globe since late 2005 aboard <a href="http://www.bahati.net/index.php">Bahati,<span style="color: black;"> <u>a 43' Montevideo Cutter.</u></span></a><br />
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<span style="color: black;">While in South Africa, I will have about 2 weeks prior to embarking. During that time I hope to travel, see sites and connect with communities, schools and art/craft organizations. </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">My goal </span><span style="color: black;">is to weave 100 prayer flags before I leave. My vision is to have a stack of prayer flags to give freely while in South Africa, as well as on the isolated islands that w</span>e will stop at en-route.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thenrgroup.net/theme/graphics/st-helena.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="http://www.thenrgroup.net/theme/graphics/st-helena.gif" width="320" /></a></div>We plan to stop at <a href="http://www.sthelena.se/">St. Helena </a>and <a href="http://www.ascension-island.gov.ac/">Ascension Island. <span style="color: black;"> </span></a><br />
<span style="color: black;">How amazing to be able to leave a </span>string of prayer flags at these remote communities! <br />
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So I send out this blog as an invitation to come to my studio to weave. Let me know what time/day works for you and we'll make a date. I ask for only a two hour window of your time.<br />
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For those of you who live at a distance, your words of support feed this project as well as the actions of those who are able to physically lend a hand. Every action is noticed and received with love.<br />
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With continued heartfelt gratitude for all your words and actions of support ~ SarahSarah D. Haskellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990201216318682062noreply@blogger.com5