Remembering the peace makers by helenhall

Remembering the peace makers

I have seen some great tributes to those who fought for our freedom, here on this site over the past couple of days. This has inspired me to want to do something similar.

Where does your mind go in a 2 minute silence?

After an initial reaction to count my way through the silence this morning, I got thinking about the critical role of peacemakers and negotiators. Mick reminded me yesterday,that whilst fighting stopped on the 11th hour of the 11th day in world war one, there were six months of negotiation to follow before the treaty of Versailles was signed.

So I want to pay tribute to the peace makers in today's world, as well as those who fought for our freedom.

The opportunity came, as I saw that some olive leaves that I had taken from one of the oldest olive trees (possibly THE oldest) in the world and have been pressing, had left their impression on the paper I had wrapped them in. So I photographed the impression. The leaf area has been highlighted with colour, before superimposing two of the poppy photographs that I took earlier on this year.


The background which provides the texture and the olive leaves as a symbol of peace, is over in my extras album if you care to visit ...
https://365project.org/helenhall/365-extras/2017-11-12
Beautifully made, poignant image. Fav. "Blessed are the peacemakers" - a good motto, even if one isn't specially religious. Peace ensures the way of life we value.
November 12th, 2017  
Beautiful image. Love the layers and quite thought provoking.
November 12th, 2017  
A natural texture to use for your poppies! Very clever!
November 12th, 2017  
A beautiful image and great thought put into the making of it
November 12th, 2017  
Love the softness of your image here Helen.
November 12th, 2017  
Nice effect.
November 12th, 2017  
that works rather delightfully - nicely creative
November 12th, 2017  
A lovely combination and series of thoughts for this day of remembrance.
November 13th, 2017  
artistic image, great tribute
November 13th, 2017  
Well done.
November 13th, 2017  
A very artistic tribute, lovely. Fav!! 😀
November 13th, 2017  
This is beautiful and very creative. Thank you for explaining the origin of your ideas and how you created the layers in this.
November 13th, 2017  
Beautiful subtle picture. A lovely tribute.
November 13th, 2017  
Wonderful tribute image and narrative.
November 14th, 2017  
Such a beautiful image you created, I love how you have combined the 2 pictures together. During the 2 minutes I usually pray for the souls of all those who died in all wars, that they may rest in peace. Then I pray for the safety of troops of today. I am ashamed to say it has never occurred to me to pray for the peacemakers, whose role in war is crucial to restoring peace. I wish our world could find peace, it seems as elusive as ever sadly.
November 14th, 2017  
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