Posts Tagged ‘The Edge of the World’
The Edge of the World
Friday, March 5th, 2010Fragile
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
The Edge of the World
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009..May 2007 Aluetian Islands beneath my feet..
..With the Aluetian Islands beneath my feet. I’m leaving North America crossing into Asia. The Aluetian Islands feel like tentacles reaching from the West into the Northern Pacific and the the back door of the Far East.
The plane ride glides across Canada, hits an apex in Alaska, then slowly descends across Attu Island, spiraling past Siberia, and down to the Edge of the World.
Little know, but important front of WW II was fought on these stretch of islands reaching off Alaska. Japanese skipped across this backdoor. Took 2 years to get the small force off the islands. A Zero fighter crashed, found perfectly intact, to be studied…
You don’t think of it, the Aluetians are the last outpost of the US Empire. The furthest beacon away from the homeland. Completely unknown to 99% of the population. From this ocean perch, it’s a direct stare into Siberia and the entrance to Japan. I can see the red lights of Sapporo on the horizon.
The Edge of the World
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Fragile
Friday, September 18th, 2009..September 2009 Shinjuku Gardens, Tokyo..
1 year gone. And if I must, I will carry on without you….
..Bullet train Tokyo to Nagasaki..
Saturday, August 8th, 2009..September 2008 Bullet train Tokyo to Nagasaki..
12PM: On the move again, searching for something I don’t know what it is..wanting someone I don’t know..Don’t know what to expect..The very end of a chain of Islands at the Edge of the World.
A sense of purpose I don’t understand..Running towards someone who will run from me..
I don’t know what I’ll find inside me when I arrive..
The beginings of From Above….
Friday, August 7th, 2009..March 2008 New York to Hiroshima and Nagasaki..
I find myself once again traveling to the Edge of the World. This time to speak with people who have experienced the worst of human actions. It’s remarkable how an event as disturbing as the detonation of the atomic bomb can be lauded as victory for some members of the human population.
A technology so advanced used to destroy and ravage a fellow human. Think about how we could have put the immense resources and advanced science to better human kind?
..I don’t know if it’s guilt or curiosity of what the Survivors of the atomic bomb, Hibakusha, have endured that has me traveling to the other side of the world to meet strangers. It’s both. With an explanation mark on GUILT!
What do you say to a fellow human who has lived through this horrible experience? Am I worthy to look into their eyes? I have a lot of respect for what the Survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have endured.
Maybe listening to their story is the greatest sign of respect I can show each Survivor and victim of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Ignoring the fact this happened and people have suffered a lifetime of pain that I could not imagine would be the disrespect a majority of people have showed.
….The Edge of the World….
Monday, June 22nd, 2009..October 2007 New York..
