tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355663149540270953.post4357504631040668382..comments2023-04-12T05:47:36.251-07:00Comments on Ten Thousand Things: Urakami, Nagasaki: August 9, 1945 & Today (renewed community at Ground Zero)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355663149540270953.post-48689132343986178552011-08-10T08:16:54.747-07:002011-08-10T08:16:54.747-07:00Thank you Johntaro,
I went to Nagasaki to get be...Thank you Johntaro, <br /><br />I went to Nagasaki to get beyond the images I grew up with of Nagasaki as just atom-bombed city, fixated in that moment in time; however the imprint and shadow appeared everywhere to me, as in Hiroshima, in Nevada and other "test" sites. The Urakami community was unexpected experience: I felt transcendence in the community at the same time I saw the visible reminders of the bombing. I'm still trying to understand this...<br /><br />I don't believe in collective guilt; but want to support the Hibakusha and their descendents (and all survivors of uranium weapons, including American Atomic Soldiers and American downwinders, the Western Shoshone who have partnered with Japanese Hibakusha and test bombing survivors in Kazakhstan) in their mission to abolish nuclear and uranium weapons, and especially those (Los Alamos Study Group) working to stop the next generation of nuclear weapons. <br /><br />JeanTenThousandThingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01364179920975074197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355663149540270953.post-2682709061464163392011-08-09T23:07:41.927-07:002011-08-09T23:07:41.927-07:00These are very powerful words and pictures. They a...These are very powerful words and pictures. They add a lot of light to a very dark corner of the human story and to the collective sense of guilt I think many Americans share as well.Johntarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11715544642596137379noreply@blogger.com