A Collection of Quarantined Thoughts
Coming home off a 3rd voyage from South East Asia this past Jan-Feb of 2020, I was thrown into the grips of quarantine due to COVID 19 outbreak emanating from China. This pause in everyday life, gave me time, as if heralded by the spirits of the Far East, to reflect on the many experiences that I was fortunate to have. Through the photography and video I captured during these recent travels to South East Asian religious centers / temples, agriculture-wildlife parks and other cultural relic’s, I took the opportunity to collect and catalogue my thoughts.
So through quarantine began a seminal body of work producing an somewhat educational and meditational video of pictures and video captured during my months travel’s this video became “Flattening the Curve” a call of creative duty amongst artist world wide to help lesson the hardships and anxiety of quarantine.
Bamboo for Me and You
The iconic imagery of photos and video used in “Flattening the Curve” captures the very likeness of being on location taking us through the sub-tropic rivers of the Mekong River by crossing a bamboo seasonal bridge from Luang Prabang the second biggest city of Laos.
Through the monsoon rain season about six months of the year the bamboo bridge is predominant way of crossing from City and is erected and dismantled depending on season but leads to and from the city to neighboring villages where most locals live , work and goto school.
Bridge to Everywhere
The Bamboo bridge symbolizes the ultimate journey of humanity of coming together not necessarily in a globalist corporate way but however endearment for better compassion for others ,unity through understanding and respect , i know its just anecdotal but then again i am a dreamer are you?
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Pride in the Name of Love
Pride in the Name of Love by Alex Paramo
Since this article was originally written our nation has elected a new leader. A man whose hate-filled speech is on the record and that he continues to employ in the White House. His ascension to power has, in some quarters, mobilized the liberal and progressive movements against him and those who support his rhetoric. Now more than ever we need to utilize the relationships inherent in our common humanity to spread the power of love.
This portion of the article was originally published on 06/24/16
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n light of the Orlando tragedy our natural inclination might be toward despair and sadness. We should be sad but also motivated. Motivated to not let fear drown out courage, not let hate drown out love. It never can and it never will. We are all one family and one consciousness whether you subscribe to it or not. Therefore doing harm to one is doing harm to all but the collective energy of love heals and give us the strength to forge new realities and help us slowly come back into balance.
Whatever the overt motivation of the murderer, the covert motive is always hate. The only way to defeat hate is through unity. Unity brings folks together from all walks of life. United in this human experience we must move past stereotypes, past fear.
I read a thoughtful article in the Albuquerque Alibi, “Silent No More” by Ty Bannerman, where I discovered the story of Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben who helped train George Washington’s Army during the American Revolution. Von Steuben was gay, and his story has been unfortunately hidden as have been the stories of thousands of other men and women who fought and/or served honorably in the U.S. armed forces.
Bannerman’s article discusses the new monument at the New Mexico Veterans Memorial Park that will openly honor LGBT veterans. Despite the fact that it is long overdue, I am proud of New Mexico and hope that other States follow suit.
We must bond together as a nation, and as people in the global sense with the message of love. It is our natural inclination to work together and ultimately our salvation.
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