To the Visual Arts Guild, I was told yesterday by telephone that entries are still being accepted for ³Art and Democracy III². Here are my 7 entries and commentaries: Thank you, David Friedman PS: I am sending all 7 images as attachments to this email. I hope that you will receive them and be able to open them OK. Can you please confirm if that is so? Thanks. ************************************* See my online portfolio at MetaPixel Studio & Art Gallery: * * * ************************************* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 7 IMAGES with COMMENTARIES: 1. ³Freedom Village², digital. ³Freedom Village² is a place of peace. It is a safe and welcoming global village, a caring community of friends and families in harmony with each other and with the Earth. 2. ³MetaWorld², digital. The ³MetaWorld² is beyond national boundaries or political borders. Please, draw outside the line. Let¹s play. Have fun, enjoy. Here is beautiful rainbow world of synergetic connection, relationship, energy and vitality. It is a place of freedom and of affirmation, a place where you can be who you are, where you can learn, change, grow and become. 3. ³Opening Heart², acrylic, 30² X 30². The path of peace passes through the ³Opening Heart² to reach understanding, forgiveness, acceptance and, ultimately, love. 4. ³Jewel of Freedom², oil & acrylic, 36² X 36². ³This jewel of freedom is our life just as it is,² said Charlotte Joko Beck, a Buddhist monk. What does freedom look like? For me, it is a luminous mandala, a sacred sparkling jewel of exquisiteness and radiance. 5. ³Rainbow Path², digital. Walk the Rainbow Path of your life. Be alive to the mystery, miracle and magic of ordinary reality as you manifest all the colors of your destiny. The path of the rainbow is clear and wide, embracing the diversity, multiplicity and abundance of life. 6. ³The Whole World is Watching², acrylic, 16² X 20². The whole world is watching...you. Pay attention! Behave! Be nice! Be fair! Be respectful of others! Be the human being you want others to be. 7. ³We Are All Made of Stars.², acrylic latex, 16² X 20². Moby says ³we are all made of stars². We, the people, are dreaming the vision together as we create and live the path of peace.