Brad Pitt for Mayor and Dancing through Ashes

[Mira]

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have worked and donated to start re-construction in the lower ninth ward. I do not know details, and did not research it (yet). But I was able to take a few pictures to show you that there are flowers growing in the ruins.


DANCING THROUGH ASHES

(Translation of the German Poem, 2006)


Dancing among ruins,
spinning around in the ashes
floating 'round me, that are yet
still pierced by the sun;
And between the stones
the bindweed is sprouting again
and the wild nettle blooms.

Out of the death all around me
new life is growing;
and I am one with the sky
and with the earth.

Playing like children with the ashes the fire left;
Singing in midst of all the death – and the life! -
the ruins around me emanate --

In the end, how short-lived are all the works of men,
And how eternal is the song of the wind
In the grass-growing plains.

A few of the numerous houses that Brad and Angelina built









And what I saw at a door in Bluedigger's neighborhood. It was either the text, or Brad's face, I chose the text

[NV Whino]

1. Cool houses

Cool photos. Looks like they are designing for wind and water. I love the concave roof.

[alfredo]

2. Love the photos! Enjoyed the poem.

[Callalily]

3. Some interesting designs!

Love the Obama/Biden sign on the front porch of photo four.

[Little Star]

4. Great pictures and lucky you for seeing those homes in person.....

I wish more celebrities would join Brad in making "The Make It Right Foundation" even more successful than it already is!

Here is a link to their website:
http://www.makeitrightnola.org/index.php

[Mira]

7. Thank you for the link! I got pre-occupied and only now

looked at it and read it. It means a lot to me that I got to see this website. I appreciate it, Little Star.

[bluedigger]

5. I still haven't figured out that last one.

Good stuff!

[Mira]

6. Where it is? Beats me, but I took it on the walk around your neighborhood.

I love seeing how well your photo is doing in the contest. Great shot - very clever name!

[bluedigger]

8. It's next door. I walk by it, oh, at least twice a day.

I'm always looking across the street.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

:blush: