[Peace] sign making party

[kanouse]

I am so happy there will be a sign making party this weekend, though I will 
be out of town and unable to attend.  At P4P last week, I was struck by the 
sheer monotony of the red white blue on the other side of the street and 
thought the best way to counter the angry, conformist, 'normative 
patriotism' out there is to present a vision of diversity and beauty, a 
celebration of the complexity of life and the healing quality of compassion.  
To that end I'd like to see more well-painted, personal signs, costumes, 
streamers, glitter, bubbles, etc. out there.  The music is already a major 
step in this direction, but it's mostly for ourselves rather than the 
motorists 
or anti-peace folks.

As for a celebratory atmosphere being inappropriate given the scale of 
destruction currently underway, perhaps the best way to mourn the dead 
is to recognize how sweet, beautiful, and fragile life is.

--Sarah