tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132967331988513078.post3897871843721599371..comments2023-03-12T03:20:57.675-07:00Comments on Hidden In Plain Sight: July 22, 2008 ArtryKloiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14927554081562244710noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132967331988513078.post-80541975604467948002022-04-26T12:16:10.442-07:002022-04-26T12:16:10.442-07:00Hi thhanks for posting thisHi thhanks for posting thisNickhttps://www.nicolasford.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132967331988513078.post-64422813131129459252008-07-30T04:36:00.000-07:002008-07-30T04:36:00.000-07:00Great, moving and encouraging post Lynn. Kepp it ...Great, moving and encouraging post Lynn. Kepp it up and keep it coming, Kloie!<BR/><BR/>TobieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132967331988513078.post-51159881602526194492008-07-25T15:28:00.000-07:002008-07-25T15:28:00.000-07:00Not sure whether "congratulations" is the right wo...Not sure whether "congratulations" is the right word or sentiment. In a sense, it is great satisfaction to know that what you are so <B><I>mov</I></B>ingly expressing, that what so <B><I>moves</I></B> you, is finding expression in a way that is likely to help <B><I>move</I></B> others and thereby <B><I>move</I></B> things in a better direction -- that you are helping yourself by helping others -- this is cause for rejoicing and celebrating.<BR/><BR/>But there is a somber side, too, and through you it hurts to feel all these things that are hurting others. How war, the ongoing war, Rummy and Dick's never-ending war, the Neocon's war-project aimed at making the war-profiteering (some people's profit, a tiny minority) -- that all of this comes with such a horrendous human cost (unfortunately something so horrific as "two million refugees" becomes a numbing statistic, when unaccompanied by the human images, both visual and textual. How it feels on the ground, among real people, everything that is hidden in plain sight, meant to be hidden, but made unhidden through your combination of buddhajesus compassion and critical eye for light, color, composition, moment.<BR/><BR/>I hate to use the word "weapon," even metaphorically. I'm trying to wean myself of using such turns of phrase as "a war on the lies." So I will not say that your work, your photos and your plain-spoken, from-the-heart prose, your journal, are worthy <B><I>weapons</I></B> on the right side of a dirty war, but rather that they are <B><I>tools</I></B> in a larger project that hopefully will come to involve a lot of people on the outside. The project is to let others look at what the mass media is conspiring to keep hidden. I think your approach is great, and so am doing the little part that you asked of me -- pass it on to others, link to these pages, so that more and more people will want to see the refugee-creating process come to an end quickly.<BR/><BR/>"The surgery was a success. She can now walk, and function as any other person, though at great effort. Artry says, 'see how much my father loves me.'"<BR/><BR/>Amidst the misery some hope, some encouragement, it need not all be black, futile, discouraging, hopeless. we can marvel once again at the courage that comes through in situations where we think we ourselves, were we in their shoes (but for the grace of God), could never pass the test, never rise above our own despair and misery.<BR/><BR/>This is the Kloie Killer Kombination -- oops, using <B><I>their</I></B> language again. The Kloie Winning Combination. Showing people bringing hope and constructive effort in a situation that many might at first glance call hopeless, thereby encouraging the rest of us to think of constructive approaches, however "small" they may seem in the larger scheme of things. Kloie, you are absolutely on the right track, I salute your vision, dedication, perseverance, compassion, insight, art, eye. I think I speak for a lot of people; the fact that there are not yet a lot of comments on this site can only mean that not enough people are yet clued in that here is the place to come for a real on-the-ground, heart-to-heart look. Well, I say <B><I>the</I></B> place, while certainly there are a few others, and I would hope that your righthand column starts filling up with some of the sites that you would recommend, maybe after the fashion of the teacher who offers "further reading" assignments. Maybe in Arabic and English, both.<BR/><BR/>Kloie, remarkable, keep it up. We who have been asked to look will not soon forget the lady whose son was shot on the roof, though we may not remember her name. If you should not write another word or take another picture, the world has already gained through your having introduced them. I'm hoping that the pain of your own witnessing of such pain might find some cathartic relief through sharing this with others, just as I hope that perhaps the lady's sharing her own tragedy with you helped her as well. Please pass on the word that here in Taiwan a lot of people are wishing you and them all well.<BR/><BR/>Kloie, keep healthy, in good shape, keep safe, just as you look out for the welfare and safety of others. We and they need you. <BR/><BR/>Hoping, <A HREF="http://www.hopingforhoping.com/peacehome08.shtml" REL="nofollow">heping</A>, shundahai. LynnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com