Surreal horsehead amidst the tourists

Welcome to the "Love Statues" Blog; which promotes a resurgence in aesthetic and ethical values as an expression of our wish to be the best a human can be; perhaps even a Buddha?

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In the same way that "Everyone Loves the Pier" (even those who burned it down, perhaps?)

 -so too can it be said now:

"St Leonards Loves Statues"

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Queen Victoria ad-libs from Warrior Square: We are not amused!":

Vote for the statues/sculpture you want in St Leonards on the left of this blog & add comments wherever you want to express the values that you want to shine through from the seaside idyll with deep pockets (of social exclusion).

http://additionalinfo.blogspot.com
& www.sussexcommunity.blogspot.com
& 40 other blogs -many related to Hastings & St Leonards & Regeneration Ethics & Aesthetics. 

Modern Sculpture - A complete Introduction

Here is a complete programme about modern sculpture. The whole programme lasts 1 hour and none of the 5 parts below that make the whole are longer than 15 minutes.
If you only have time for one part, then I suggest the part most relevant to the "St Leonards Love Statues" project is part 4.

Part 4:


Part 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUk9Yn88vb4

Part 2:

http://youtu.be/6ivHYo4ftm4

Part 3:

http://youtu.be/vmsAGVWDeE0

Part 4:

http://youtu.be/lUk9Yn88vb4

Part 5:

http://youtu.be/qLOtd2XVy0o

If you have a grievance about my having recorded the above film and shared it, what will you do?

1. Will you add an "annoyed from ...." comment here and/or on the Ethical Outings Blog, and/or the Hastings Justice blog and/or the People's Justice website and/or the Hastings Justice facebook group?
2. Will you follow a grievance process like the one on the Hastings Justice blog?
3. Will you use all the (Mediation Support Ltd) on-line resources provided for free for you to process your concerns?

Kind regards/ Lots of love (whichever you prefer)
Paul
- http://twitter.com/paulcrosland
- http://stleonardssharing.info
- http://nagaloka-dream-cycle.blogspot.com/
Overview of projects -St Leonards etc- at http://additionalinfo.blogspot.com)

For better quality connection/ mutual understanding, please phone/text 0780 70 66 202.
I usually prefer calls & will call back.

Serendipitous encounter with mums grave-digger

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGD4mwJvi3M&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Kind regards/ Lots of love (whichever you prefer)
Paul
- http://twitter.com/paulcrosland
- http://stleonardssharing.info
- http://nagaloka-dream-cycle.blogspot.com/
(With overview of everything at http://additionalinfo.blogspot.com)

For better quality connection/ mutual understanding, please phone/text 0780 70 66 202.
I usually prefer calls & will call back

My favourite statue in Canterbury Cemetery so far; and just a few feet away from where my mum will be buried this week

Kent's best living statue? Take 2 #Canterbury #love-statues dot blogspot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFfLl0vWaeg

Tell us what you think by adding a comment below.
And please subscribe to YouTube Channel Toothpaste007 to get the latest news on art & development issues.

The closest Canterbury has to a love statue; what will St Leonards' Love Statues be like?

Kent's best living statue? #love-statues #Canterbury

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGx_yEgR4kA

Which way captain?

You are the captain of your destiny, so keep steering in an increasingly refined ethical way please.

All we are saying is give this YouTube video a chance:

Talking "Walking Buddhas of SE England" with Sangharakshita last month

We have to speak the language of images;of concrete form

"In order to appeal to the whole man, it isn't enough to appeal just to the conscious, rational intelligence that floats upon the surface. We have to appeal to something more, and this means that we have to speak an entirely different language than the language of concepts, of abstract thought; we have to speak the language of images, of concrete form. If we want to reach this nonrational part of the human psyche, we have to use the language of poetry, of myth, of legend" (Subhuti, The Buddhist Vision)

Is this a location in the Massif Central, France?

Yes; I've found it it's called Le Puy-en-Velay

I don't just love statues; I love benches too!

Today I went into a shop to order a plaque for a bench; though not this bench at the hospice:
Joan Crosland
1930-2012
sat here
& loved it all

Leigh Dyer's Winkle in Hastings - BBC Report

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEd4VF2265g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63VfL-Ec4nw

BBC News - Hastings giant winkle statue in position

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-17432950

What next in terms of public art and sculpture to express the higher values of the local population?

What visitor would you like to come out of the sea and be on your threshold?

Details of the play: "The Walking Buddhas of SE England" will be published on http://ethicaloutings.blogspot.com
 Google that Walking Buddhas phrase (in a new window) 
And here's the YouTube playlist for "Walking Buddhas of SE England"  for an arranged set of videos about "The Walking Buddhas Project"

Sculpture and Statues at St Pancras International

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEd4VF2265g
http://additionalinfo.blogspot.com/2012/02/themes-of-my-work.html

Fwd: Walking Buddhas of South East England - 1st request to change the image

 forwarded message:

Re: Walking Buddhas of South East England - 1st request to change the image

You could have The Peace Walkers coming out of the sea...  The idea of figures emerging is a great idea... Maybe it could be extended to other species too...  as it's an area we share, not a solely human domain.

Z

8th March presentation back to 100 gathered Community Planning activists:

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Terminal illness and death of a dear one provide a natural time for us to take stock of our lives.

Although I've been putting at least one blog post a month on the Sussex Community Blog (http://sussexcommunity.blogspot.com) since the October 2010 fire is site, with my focus for the last six weeks being to assist my mother have a peaceful death, March 2012 nearly produced no update to the blog. Yet much is now happeneing in St Leonards in terms of Community Planning / Community Development. That story will be taken up more by the Sussex Community Blog (and associated blogs from Paul Crosland & friends).

For now, here;s some of the last year re-visited:

1) Virtues (A recently discovered YouTube 'rant' that says so much of value):


2)Jo Moon -Stories that heal:


3) Paul Crosland, AGoodWeek begins at St Leonards Warrior Sq- #Hastings Action for Happiness #afhh:


4) The local MP endorses the Action for Happiness work & even Mark buys it!:


5) Poverty in St Leonards, through the eyes of a visitor


6)Introduction to #Hastings for Happiness #afhh @actionhappiness


7)St Leonards Sharing Consortium - some of what we bring together 4 #stleonards:


8) Mark Williamson, Director of Action for Happiness visits #Hastings & #StLeonards #afhh


9)2 things from the chair of HPWRT for a happier #Hastings & St Leonards @thepeoplespier #afhh


10) Ray Chapman, HPWRT, after two day conflict and dispute training in #Hastings #StLeonards #afhh


11) #HastingsPier Fire, HPWRT chair to those there when fire started


12) Ethical Outings in Hastings -Part 1; Southwater Road


13) Hastings Pier Fire 1st Anniversary (1 of 4):


14) Hastings Pier Fire 1st Anniversary (2 of 4):


15) Hastings Pier Fire 1st Anniversary (3 of 4):


16) Hastings Pier Fire 1st Anniversary (4 of 4):

(NB I'm the one who can't count in the video above!)


Kind regards/ Lots of love (whichever you prefer)
Paul

- http://twitter.com/paulcrosland
- http://stleonardssharing.info
- http://nagaloka-dream-cycle.blogspot.com/
(With overview of everything at http://additionalinfo.blogspot.com)

The Burtons Pyramid, St Leonards

&
http://additionalinfo.blogspot.com/2012/02/themes-of-my-work.html

Banksy in St Leonards

I'd also love it if you clicked on (& absorbed some of):
http://nagaloka-dream-cycle.blogspot.com

&
http://additionalinfo.blogspot.com/2012/02/themes-of-my-work.html

The Walking Buddhas of SE England - one approaching London Rd, St Leonards

More Walking Buddhas of South East England on http://stleonardsbuildings.blogspot.com , http://hastings-dream-cycle.blogspot.com & http://additionalinfo.blogspot.com

Walking Buddhas of South East England - 1st request to change the image

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER64f18Juiw

Caz,when we speak again on the image that best suits St Leonards' aspirations etc,
I'll also want to ask you what role you see for controversial ideas (as the vision that came to me of a Buddha above the sea was)?
What good or bad did the controversy around the Angel of the North do?
In the end it build harmony and pride, where at first it was alien and didn't represent the people.

A picture of a statue for a friend who writes anti-Brussels (EU) songs

And do tell you friends to comment on http://love-statues.blogspot.com as it develops....

Also please see http://southwatercentre.blogspot.com/2012/02/st-leonards-community-planning-event-on.html?m=1

& I'll see you at the magnet centre, London rd, St Leonards on Thursday
-or my office before for tea:

The next meeting of the St Leonards community planning group (we can come up with a snappier title)is on Thursday 8^th March from 7pm to 9pm at the Magnet, London Road, St Leonards-on-Sea TN37 6GL.

 

The meeting will aim to create a meaningful plan to achieve the commitments which were included in the Broad Sheet and create a  St Leonards team of community representatives. A more detailed agenda for the meeting will be sent out by Wednesday."

http://ethicaloutings.blogspot.com/p/links.html

Most amazing human statue ever

I look at this and think: Wow, that's impossible!

Paul Crosland (Social Media Consultant) playing at statues

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