I became aware of the Flags for Peace Project 2012 back in the spring
and thought it a wonderful project to participate in.
My discharged flags have been gracing our front yard since June.
They've weathered several thunderstorms which have left the edges frazzled and fraying.
The sun has faded some of the color. Yet the flags continue to hang around,
sending out wishes of peace to all with each hint of a breeze.
These are among the best I've seen. Freely swaying to the wind, an endearing symbol of peace.
ReplyDeleteThank you Ersi! I have to admit that they were made very quickly back in May, without much thought other than I wanted to participate in the project and discharging them would be easy. Since seeing others' flags...especially the thought, care, creativity and personal meaning that went into them...well, mine fall short I fear. To me, at least.
DeleteSeems as if they've become old friends. I love how the elements have given them a bit of wear and tear and texture. Wise old flags of peace.
ReplyDeleteThey have become old friends. Seems even some of my neighbors like seeing them out front...and neighbors that I wouldn't have thought would have liked them. I made the flags with an inch margin for the elements to play with and love the fraying. I think the other 2 sets will finally be hung in the backyard for the fall and winter. In the spring, I'll rework them...frayed edges and all...with a bit more personal meaning this time round for the 2013 project. Will you participate again?
DeleteHi there...love the idea of reworking them after the elements have played a part...sort of like your art!
DeleteYes, I'm very up for doing this again in 2013!
More hamsa or something new? Just curious.
Deletei loved these when you first did them - and I love them just as much if not more now - they are beautiful and serene. I also love how some neighbours have enjoyed them too - we have found the same with the peace tree - folk stop by and ask about it, and we encourage folk to add to it...it's nice to have gentle chats about peace...
ReplyDeletePS love that you're already planning 2013!
Thank you Fiona! I still like my peace flags, but as I told Ersi, they were made rather quickly and with little thought about the message. Still, those neighbors who have commented recognized them as peace/prayer flags and that is good.
DeleteWe'll see what a year of being out in the elements does to them...a few holes would be nice as well as more fraying and fading...and I'll rework them in May.
I'm totally in love with your peace tree, by the way. Such an elegant, gentle reminder to all.
What a wonderful project and beautiful flags!
ReplyDeleteIt is a wonderful project. The link to the actual blog is in my sidebar. If you want to see some really beautiful peace flags, just check it out.
DeleteLoving these flags - the colorings, the frayed and unfinished edges, how they've related to the elements and been affected by what goes on around them. (I'm late to the party, having only posted mine today. Oh well. Just call me the cow's tail.) Love your plan to rework and refresh them for next year.
ReplyDeleteAs Mary Jane said, peace never ever stops so can one really ever be late to peace? Oh, it's too early (5:04 am as I type) for my brain to be philosophical. Glad my flags appeal to you. Mother Nature is having a blast playing with them. There are 2 more sets that were intended for the backyard, but never made it out. I think they need to winter outside too. What do you think?
Deleteyes, absolutely. outside for the winter. mother nature can never have too many toys.
DeleteI must say that I think nature, by way of storms and wind, have weather your flags beautifully. Maybe not peaceful in the process but the result is .....
ReplyDeleteThank you Susan! I left an inch hem all around for Mother Nature to play with. The more frayed, frazzled and faded they become, the more I like them.
DeleteJust wrote a comment which seemed to have ended in cyber space so if both appear, my apologies!
ReplyDeleteLove the peace flags Jennifer and think mother nature has added to them quite beautifully, if not peacefully in the process.
bella, the weathering has made them even more beautiful...
ReplyDeleteThank you Caterina! Mother Nature is certainly enjoying playing with the flags.
DeleteJ-these have weathered magnificently. Looks liked they could just stay and flap and wave until all the peace has flown. And then of course you could weave just one last 'flag' out of the fragments-remnants; and then of course you could rust it; and it could become a relic of the Flags for Peace 2012. Great idea - no? Go weal. B
ReplyDeleteThat is a great idea! You've got me regretting the double "hem" I ran an inch from the edge to keep the whole thing from fraying. Wonder how long it would take to pull that out? Care to help?
DeleteHi J - given my skills in unpicking seams (e.g. umbrellas) maybe you could send the scraps down under and I can deal with the double hem. B
DeleteOoh! I hadn't considered what a chore it must have been to pick the seams of the umbrellas. Although, your flags did have me eyeing my daughters' colorful umbrellas...til they caught me at it and made me promise not to take them apart, that is.
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