The document summarizes the journey of an artist who began creating daily peace-themed art images to share with friends on social media. This grew into a large online collection of over 1,000 peace images that were compiled into a video series. The artist found the response from friends to be very positive and motivating. By making the art freely available online without copyright or advertising, the goal was to promote peace on a large scale and bring people from different backgrounds together in support of the cause.

1. and I kept that in mind as I created an
image. I never expected the response to be
so motivational... But, it was. They
expressed their appreciation through
messages and even poems they had written
for me. I was already getting so much more
than I could ever give.
I asked my Social Network friends, to tell
me what messages they wanted the images
to convey, and I encouraged them to re-use
anything I posted on their pages. The peace
art, quickly became our peace art. I never
ran out of ideas... But I did run out of
time. After a few months, my list of friends
numbered at about 1,800. It just was not
humanly possible to get to each of their
pages every day.
BY Kelly Anne Tearney
A website seemed the best option. I never
A little background: thought about the fact that I did not know
how to make one. I'm still not sure just how
When I first began making Peace Art five I did it, but I do know that I "Googled" a lot.
years ago, I had no idea where it would take I recorded voiced tutorials about how to post
me. The goal I had in the beginning was to images, and then I gathered the images
create an image a day, so that I could send it together, organized them, optimized them
to my Social Network friends. I thought and created the galleries.
often about a "picture saying 1,000 words,"
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2. When I researched the peace sign, so that I seem to understand, is that I
could include the symbol's history on the could never return all that
website, I learned that the peace symbol was has been given from the
never copyrighted so that it could remain many hearts shared with me.
free to use, as the symbol implies. I knew It goes without saying, that
that I wanted to do that, as well. I quit the art would not have much
signing the art altogether, and decided there impact without their
was to be no advertisements or support. I remind them
registration. I wanted the peace art to be often, that it is each one of
totally free to use. them that inspire the art. It is
not about me. It is about all of us.
A New Goal: I wanted to tell this story because it is a
perfect example of how one voice can
As I said, I think about those "thousand
become many. I believe in peace because I
words" that a picture says, with every image
have seen it happen in the Social
I create. I found myself thinking, "What if
Networks. We are from all countries. We
there were a thousand images?" That could
do not all call God by the same name. We
represent a potential one million words
do not all speak the same language; yet, love
about peace. That idea excited me! I knew I
is present. People have come together. The
had at least that many images. I decided to
understanding of our differences grows. The
put them together in a series of videos. The
compassion and concern we have for one
images seemed to dance anyway, so setting
another grows. The friendships made,
them to music was the natural thing to do. It
seem more like one giant family. I know that
took five videos to cover the 1,000
peace on earth is possible.
images. The project was completed about a
month ago.
Will 1,000 peace images generate 1,000,000
thoughts of peace? My guess is that they
I put a lot of hours in on a daily basis. I am
already have. That has to make a difference
always hearing things from my friends about
in furthering the cause, and that is what it is
how much I give to them. It is gratifying
all about... Peace.
that they notice... But what they do not
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