Quote 02/06/2012
 
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear."  Ambrose Redmoon
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We've posted about this project in the past, but saw this photo montage recently and loved it...

Iraq is Flying
Jamal Penjweny (Iraq)
www.jamalpenjweny.com

The quotes below are from: http://www.singaporefringe.com/fringe2012/iraq-is-flying.html

“The memories from our childhood still exist, or in another expression, we still carry a bit of the child inside us. When I was a child, I used to jump with my friends for joy and happiness, and I only dreamed of watching my home from a height for no reason. But for me, jumping was also like a dream. I wanted to fly through a highest jump to watch my house and the road from the sky and to see the entire city where I was born. Now, I can see my city and even all of Iraq from the tiny window of an airplane, but everything looks different. We are flying in a big competition, but we all have forgotten the beauty of the games we had in childhood.”

“With Iraq is Flying, I wish to give Iraq’s energetic people a chance to regain their dignity, to let them jump beyond the setting of their lives and show how we all carry a bit of the child still within us.

I want all Iraq’s people to fly.”

- Jamal Penjweny

”‘Iraq is Flying’ literally shows people soaring above their situations.“
- Uplift Magazine, 2009

Relationship to Art & Faith

“The media tend to present Iraq as a tragic country. Yet a powerful picture is not necessarily the most tragic. War is always in the focus, but the lives and hopes of Iraqis are often left behind. A powerful picture should able to inspire the viewer in a series of thoughts, raise questions and shed light on the contradiction of reality, rather than provide a flat answer to what reality is.

“In 2006, I found in my archives a picture where three kids were jumping for a farewell party, and I decided to snap similar jumps of people I met in the streets of Sulaymaniyah, Baghdad, Babil, Fallujah, Kirkuk and ‘Amara.

“Those jumping in Iraq is Flying are normal people: children and adults women and men, American and Iraqi soldiers. They return briefly to their childhoods as they jump as high as they can in front of the camera. Iraq is Flying wish to make Iraqis the heroes of the history of their country, and make fly their hopes from Iraq around the world.”

- Jamal Penjweny
Photo credits: Jamal Penjweny



Check out "Iraq is Flying" above! (all credit to Jamal Penjweny).

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"One of my first Gorgeous hikes in New Zealand was to the summit of Papamoa Hil. A view this Delicious required an enthusiastic Jump! This country is Stunning :-)" -Empress*Ali (Check out her other photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/empressali/with/2910511823/)

Papamoa, Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
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Photo from: http://openthoseojos.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/jump.jpg
_A smile today from the 90's movie, Office Space:

Tom Smykowski: It was a "Jump to Conclusions" mat. You see, it would be this mat that you would put on the floor... and would have different CONCLUSIONS written on it that you could JUMP TO.
Michael Bolton: That's the worst idea I've ever heard in my life, Tom.
Samir: Yes, this is horrible, this idea.
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by Harun Yahya 02/01/2012
 
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_"Spiritual awakening is frequently described as a journey... We jump into it. We slide into it. We tiptoe into it. We move toward it however we can... Right down there in the thick of things we discover the love that will not die." -PC
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Top of NZ! 01/30/2012
 
"This one is at the top of New Zealand :)" -Empress*Ali

Check out her other shots here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/empressali/4530774920/

Cape Reinga, Northland, New Zealand_
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Go on, jump in. 01/29/2012
 
_“Remembering you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”

-Steve Jobs, Stanford commencement address 2005
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Allegedly, Anastasia the Jack Russell terrier holds a Guinness World Record for bursting 100 balloons in 53.7 seconds! Check out her jumps and balloon pops above.

Check out another (hilarious) video of Anastasia jumping to pop balloons on National Geographic Kids: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/weird-wacky-kids/funny-videos-kids/terrier-balloons-kids.html
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_"Jump for the Love of it!

...middle of nowheresville requires a Jump in the salt 'lake' :)

If you find yourself in a Ute in the outback of Australia, you Must take it off road & try some exploratory jumping of your own!" -Empress*Ali

Check out her other Flickr photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/empressali/5306788818/

Coolgardie, Western Australia, Australia
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