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CopperCicada · M
The Sametova Revoluce, or Velvet Revolution.
It was a lesson in nonviolent revolution.
A lesson in building bridges between enemies, a lesson in friendship.
That a poet is sometimes the best person to articulate ideas, more so than a politician.
A man or woman can assume leadership without vengeance, with enough integrity to teach the world.
The importance of symbols, of literature, the arts in social transformation.
That men who are utterly flawed, finite, human can effect change.
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It was a lesson in nonviolent revolution.
A lesson in building bridges between enemies, a lesson in friendship.
That a poet is sometimes the best person to articulate ideas, more so than a politician.
A man or woman can assume leadership without vengeance, with enough integrity to teach the world.
The importance of symbols, of literature, the arts in social transformation.
That men who are utterly flawed, finite, human can effect change.
CopperCicada · M
The photo is of Vaclac Havel embracing his former adversary Alexander Dubcek upon the dissolution of the communist party in Czechoslovakia.