coexisting

I have a new obsession with the "Coexist" campaign. It isn't new by any means. The evidence of it has been around for a while - a subtle graphic, plain blue backgrounds with the letters of the word created by symbols of religions, movements, ideas, thoughts... It's kind of hard to miss once you take note of it. Bumper stickers, tee shirts, symbolically covering Bono's eyes,

I'm sure some people scoff at the symbolism of the graphic and the campaign, "Hippies," "tree huggers," "liberals."

I for one want to not act like a tree-hugging, liberal, hippie and shake those people and say,


What is so stupid about protecting and caring for the earth we live on? What is so stupid about trying to care about the people we're around, regardless of their religion, their race, their beliefs? What is so wrong with actually living that motto that is pounded into our heads from the day our parents try to teach us morals: Do unto others as you would have done unto you... and mind you, that is not just a Christian idea, that idea spans across all of the worlds religions, and even the ideals that are not associated with religious beliefs (*gasp* atheism).

I want to say, stand up and take responsibility, in a positive matter. And as cliche as it sounds, vote for peace, not for hate, or war, or fear. Vote for the positive and, above all else, vote for HOPE. Hope for our children, hope for your grandchildren, hope for ourselves and hope too...


Images from the Coexist campaign:


(if these are incorrectly labeled PLEASE tell me. Thanks.)

interesting pixel pages:

"Coexist" Homepage

Wikipedia in all it's accurate glory...but a good place to start