Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Combat Paper -This Is What Ritual Is: Healing

Combat Paper: Veterans Battle War's Demons With Paper-Making | PBS NewsHour

The Combat Paper Project is exactly what ceremony is about. Here soldiers take their experiences of war, of being in a war zone, and use them to make something new.  The symbolism is simple and clear, of shedding their uniforms to make paper that becomes expressive art; but you feel your way straight to the heart of the project without  having to "name" the symbol. It is living; it exists.

This is perfect ritual.

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