"IMAGINE"

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

(John Lennon, 1971)

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As hundreds of mourners gathered outside Paris' Bataclan venue, 

where a terror attack at an Eagles of Death Metal show resulted in the death of 118 people, 

an unknown musician set up a grand piano outside the concert hall and delivered a poignant, 

instrumental take on John Lennon's "Imagine." A peace sign adorned the musician's piano.

(Text by Daniel Kreps)

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Imagine.....
....living in a peaceful world.

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Thank you World...

....for such Solidarity and Sympathy

"The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings."
 Albert Schweitzer

Berlin, Germany 

Auckland New Zealand

Shanghai, China

Mexico City

Taipei, Taiwan

Canada

Washington

World Trade Center New York

Australia

 

 National Gallery London

Tower Bridge London 

Tokyo, Japan

Caracas, Venezuela

Geneva, Switzerland

London

PARIS - FRANCE
(image by Jean Jullien)

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"When we exchange manly handshakes,

compete in races, join together to save one of us who is in trouble,

cry aloud for help in the hour of danger -

only then do we learn that we are not alone on earth."

(Wind, Sand and Stars - Terre des Hommes, 1939)
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Mourning with Paris

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We mourn for the many of lives lost 
during that horrific set of terror attacks in Paris yesterday evening.

We mourn with the injured, with the families, 
with the residents of Paris and beyond.

And we mourn for the slice of innocence and cheer 
that vanished in an evening filled with music and sport and joy. 
 An innocence and joy that was shattered.


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A moment of Commemoration

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Now, more than ever -
We will stand up even stronger.