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Title
Peace In Every Color
Artist
Eloise Schneider Mote
Medium
Painting - Mixed Media-available On Canvas, As A Framed Print, Rolled Print (u Frame), Poster, Cards
Description
In a nearby school, two little boys struggled to get the last piece of the pizza their teacher bought for the end-of-school party. The teacher glanced across the room just in time to see heads butting as she heard their voices climb decibels and frequencies and the shouting begin. Since the boys were of diverse ethnic backgrounds, the teacher feared that the tenseness was due to skin color. She was sure that the boys would have already come to blows except that to throw the first punch meant letting go of the pizza!
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As she approached them, one little boy sized up the situation immediately: "Look, Ms. Mary! I know what you are going to say. And I've learned that 'tolerance' word that is in the school motto. But I don't care if he is PURPLE as long as he LETS GO OF MY PIZZA!!" Reality check. Two little boys just wanted pizza. Maybe they were hungry. Maybe they never got pizza at home. Maybe it was a power play to see who could get the very last piece. But ultimately, it just came down to what they wanted. The teacher, of course, cut the last piece of pizza in half and split it between them. After consuming it in very few seconds, the boys ran out to play.
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Like the boy in the story, this painting focuses on "caring if someone is PURPLE" - or pink, yellow, red, orange, blue, teal, green, brown, olive, black, or white. The title of the painting is "Peace for Every Color" - peace for all the purples, greens, browns ... well, you get it. Peace for every color. Can it happen? Who knows. It's all about what we want. Do we really care about the purples, or are we really afraid that the purples will take what the greens want? It's not about the color as much as it is about the wants.
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The internationally recognized symbol for peace ☮ was originally designed for the British nuclear disarmament movement in the late 1950s. The symbol is a combination of flag signals for the letters "N" and "D," standing for "nuclear disarmament". The letter "N" is formed by a person holding two flags in an upside-down "V," and the letter "D" is formed by holding one flag pointed straight up and the other pointed straight down. The ✌ sign is a hand gesture, palm outwards, with the index and middle fingers open and all others closed. It had been used to represent victory during the Second World War. But in protests in the USA against the Vietnam War in the 1960s and in subsequent anti-war protests the hand sign was adopted by many as a sign of peace. How interesting that both symbols have changed so dramatically in their meanings over the years - perhaps it comes down to the same simple truth that one very smart little school boy espoused: "I don't care if he is purple as long as he gives me ... " WHAT I WANT.
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Peace only comes to those who want it.
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February 15th, 2013
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Chanhassen, MN - United States
OH HAPPY Day!!! This photo makes me feel happy! So happy that it's been featured on the Oh Happy Day group homepage. Thank you for growing my smile today! F/L 12.18.15
Titusville, FL - United States
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Statesboro, GA - United States
Thank you Schroeder for the feature in the group Mixed Media Collage!
Statesboro, GA - United States
Thank you so much Kandy for the lovely compliment and of course for the VOTE!! :>)
Statesboro, GA - United States
Thank you Carole for the feature in the group FAA Gallery Home for all Artist who Create!! :>)
Statesboro, GA - United States
Thank you Micheal for the feature in the group Square Paintings!! :>)
Statesboro, GA - United States
Thank you for the feature of my work in the group Beauty of this World.
Statesboro, GA - United States
Thank you so much, Coletta!! Thank you for the vote and favorite! And thank you for the feature in the group Orange - Yellow - Red Photography and Paints!!!!!
Viborg - Denmark
VERY Cool Eloise ,V/F + Feature into the group Orange -Yellow -Red Photography and Paints.
Statesboro, GA - United States
Thank you for featuring my piece in the group Collectors Treasures. :>)
Statesboro, GA - United States
Thank you for featuring my piece in the group Best Artwork Collections. :>)
Statesboro, GA - United States
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Statesboro, GA - United States
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Statesboro, GA - United States
Thank you Krista for featuring my piece in the group Originals that SOLD!
Cottonwood, Ar - United States
Congratulations on your Publication in ARTIST NEWS Group and the Internet Publication ! F
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