Peace Comes To Astoria, Street Art Queens, New York City, New York

 

Peace Comes To Astoria, Street Art

Murals and Surrounding Astoria Neighborhood

 Queens, New York City, New York

On Sunday, June 26, 2016

Photographs by Ing-On Vibulbhan-Watts

Happy 4th of July everyone 🙂 🙂 🙂

John and I went to Astoria, Queens, NYC, New York on the previous Sunday, June 26, 2016 to view the latest murals.  We enjoyed walking about seeing murals on 30 Street, 12 Street and Welling Court by Astoria Boulevard.  I was very happy to see some artists produced Peace artwork.  We arrived about 2 P.M., the sun was very hot.  We cannot see the pictures on our equipment screens that well.  I tried my best to capture the murals that we viewed    We only viewed a small part of murals. We decided to return home and will come back again to view more murals in different areas. 

There were some people taking pictures of the murals.

 

I intended to walk across the street to view the murals on the other side of the road but I noticed the reflection of part of the mural with the peace sign artwork on the car window.  I realized that there is another mural on a wall inside of a gated property. 

I came back and tried to photograph the mural.  I could not capture the mural in full view because of the gate blocking it. 

Luckily my cheap camcorder is small enough to go through the space between the gate bars.  I tried my best to capture the whole image.  But I only got part of the mural.

I was glad I was able to at least capture the full peace sign.

Thanks to the artist who produced this peace mural.  I wish I could have gotten his or her full name.

These murals are on the opposite side of the street from the peace murals that I have shown above.

A group of tourists came to view the murals.  Thanks to all the artists who produced the artworks.  I love graffiti or street art because most of the artists wish to convey their thought and express them in a form of artwork in public for other people to view, to feel, and to think, no matter if you agree or disagree.  But the artists activate people’s brains to think.  Sometimes this may tickle the conscious of the viewer to absorb more information from the artwork.  Most graffiti or street art subjects are expressions of a present time which one can use as a chronicle of history in this specific time and place.  Eventually these artworks or murals will be gone if they are in the changing hands of property owners who want to demolish properties for other business ventures.

John pointed out to the lady photographer that the damaged car is a useful object to compose a photo looking through the mangled window to view the painted fire hydrant.

I will post John’s photographs in the next project.  It is interesting to see the difference in composition of individual photographers traveling  the same path.

This person seemed to be interested in taking photos of the remains of the crashed vehicle.  I felt sad to see the result of such a tragedy.  I hope the person or persons in the car survived.

This person is very smart; he used his bike to ride to more places to view murals.  He could travel longer distances, and be less tired compared to traveling by walking.

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Peace with Nature

Peace with Nature

At our Backyard Garden

Downtown Newark, New Jersey

During the month of May and June, 2016

Let Nature Heal Us

Happy Father’s Day John, James, Jim and All Fathers

John’s sculpture at our backyard garden

Looking from our backyard garden

MY GOOD FATHER, HAPPY FATHER’S DAY

 I miss my father

Who passed away twenty years ago

I miss him everyday

Especially the day that

The world honor fatherhood

 

I wrote a letter telling my parents

I found my true love

We love each other

We decided to marry

My parents were joyous

 

Father and mother gave you life

They are happy to see you find love

And build a new family

They are joyful with your happiness 

 

Daddy I miss you!!!

I love you dearly!!!

Please do not kill me!!!

My husband is a good man!!!

He loves me!!!

And I love him!!!

We are going to have another life!!!

We will have grandchild for you!!!

Daddy!!!

Please do not kill me!!!

 

Please good father

You are a good human being

You created life

Your daughter has become

An individual person

You do not own this life you created

You nurtured her

And you watched her grow

To become a good human being

 

Please abolish Honor Killing!!!

You gave life but do not destroy it

The world is not flat

The world is a sphere

Some of what we believed before is good

And some is bad

 

Honor Killing is revenge

Revenge is war

Revenge is killing

Revenge is unhappiness

 

Please seek Peace

Make peace not war

 

Honor Killing is inhumane

Please do not do it

Abolish Honor Killing Good Father

 

“Please do not kill me Daddy!!!”

“I love you!!!”

“Have A Happy And Peaceful Father’s Day Daddy”

 

Ing-On Vibulbhan-Watts, Saturday, June 18, 2016, 11: 19 am

Thank you very much Cynthia for sending me your five lovely flower pictures.  They are beautiful.

The following pictures are Cynthia’s photographs:

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Have A Happy Valentine’s Day Everyone

Have A Happy Valentine’s Day Everyone

Snow is cold

But our hearts are warm

Warmth keeps us alive

Love and kindness within us

Togetherness with warm hearts

Brings peace and happiness

To us all

🙂 🙂 Have A Happy Valentine’s Day Everyone 🙂 🙂

From Ing, John, Mali, Jim and Kai

 

Ing-On Vibulbhan-Watts, Sunday, February 14th, 2016

Spring and Snow Ing and John Watts’ Sculptures Garden

April 2015 through February 2016

 John took some pictures of snow in our garden on Friday, February 5, 2016.  The pictures show snow on his sculptures, the trees and most of the objects in the garden.  It looked like the North Pole with beautiful white and the feeling of coldness.  It is in contrast to the spring, summer, and fall, garden that is filled with colors of plants and flowers, also birds, butterflies and bees.  Occasionally I have seen squirrels came in the garden to find food.  This gave me an idea to use John’s snow pictures of his sculptures, showing them together side by side with my pictures of our sculpture garden in the spring, summer and fall, when it is full of colors of green leaves, pink, red, purple, white, yellow and other shade of colors of flowers.  They are quite a contrast but I like them both, the pure white of snow and the vibrant of colors in different seasons. 

It is as if daytime when we are active, working, enjoy food, and company, going out having good time, and nighttime is to rest, in quietness, calm and cool and peaceful, resting with the sleep that is essential for life.

Snow on the Garden Chair

Snow on the chair

No one sitting there

 

Quiet time

 

Blanket of snow

Covers the ground

 

Time to sleep

 

Let snow drip

To earth

 

Time to rest

 

Drops of snow

Keep me alive

 

Show my beauty

After a quiet rest

 

I will be fresh

In spring

 

Someone sitting

On the empty chair

 

Greeting me

In spring

 

Snow drops

 

Snow drips

 

Giving me life

In a quiet time

 

Ing-On Vibulbhan-Watts, Friday, February 8, 2013, 8:12 pm

My Snow Garden Beyond the Bars

At the window beyond the bars

I peak at my garden producing snow trees

Pure white from the sky

Snow keeps my plants alive till spring

  Shivering chill outside

 My plants retire underground

Mother earth warming

 Protecting the roots from freezing cold

Thanks to the snow that turns to water under the soil

  There is a way for life to survive

 When cold winter comes

Ing-On Vibulbhan-Watts, Saturday, February 9, 2013, 4:25 pm

 

🙂 🙂 Have A Happy Valentine’s Day Everyone 🙂 🙂

Beautiful rose

Beautiful rose

Nature creates

 

Beautiful world

Humans create

 

Let us shine

Our beauty

 

Smile, Kind worlds

And kind actions

That is human beauty

 

Let us have no tears

No fear of one another

 

Let our beauty shine

Just like a beautiful rose

Transporting happiness to our world

 

🙂 🙂 And Have A Happy Valentine’s Day Everyone 🙂 🙂

Ing-On Vibulbhan-Watts, Sunday, February 14, 2016

 

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