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My first blogpost on the AoH Community site, and with it I find the depth of my relationship with the arts, a hidden jewel that was waiting to be discovered to be integrated into theoretical mental models and practical awareness social technologies to continuously generate a creative process that touches, moves and acts from a deep place - living and working from the heart with conscious attention and intention ....

 

the story I share is in response to a questionnaire I received about how I see the role of the arts in peacebuilding:

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Q: To what extent can the arts help peacebuilding?

The arts provides the space for the engagement of the heart in any peacebuilding activity, which in turns creates the possibility to arrive to thepeace of mind and harmony, which peacebuilding works towards and thrives to reach.

There are various forms of arts used for peacebuilding; and I am aware of many successful initiatives, which hold the arts as the main activity for connecting people to peacebuilding; however, my personal approach is holistic and involves the integration of the creative arts into any process design for peacebuilding. In effect, this means that all peacebuilding initiatives will include the arts, awareness social technologies and effective decision making with compassion to create an integrated experience.

Q: How can artists be peacebuilders?

I personally believe that we all have an artist within us. As such, the role of professional artists will be to guide individuals in reaching and accessing theirinner artist, which in turn will open the space for more perceptual and sensory connections, responding more openly to the questions and tasks in hand – all working towards facilitating peacebuilding.

Q: Who would you suggest to be in a working group to come up with a toolkit for peacebuilders?

The image that showed up was a diverse multidimensional circle of Process designers, Creative artists in various diverse domain, Social activists implementing the arts in their peacebuilding initiatives, Psychologists in drama, art and music therapy who have knowledge of skills and activities;Graphic designers/architects, and …
yes, and most importantly, from my perspective, is to include the peacebuilders themselves in this workgroup to co-create the "toolkit" with them through active engagement in the field ...

and I concluded my response, amplifying and highlighting the co-creation of integrated processes, as I know its significance, being the body of my work purpose and experience, as embodied in n community creativity ...

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