What is this !!!

I just love this image --- it will tell you and me and others allot about your personality.

The text is our films slogan and the image is what we are using in most of the films publicity - it's a very strong image.

What do you see when you look at the image

1. a gun

2. a guitar

I would love to get your feedback here. When I was filming in Colombia Bogata Cesar Lopes the famous musician was busking on the street with the Escopetarra which is in fact a decommissioned AK-47 machine gun taken from the FARC rebels. This gun has killed numerous people in one of the world longest and bloodiest war in history. It was interesting watching peoples reactions when the Escopetarra was handed over to them to hold. 2 things took place they either held it as a gun and pretended to shoot people OR they held it as an electric guitar and started playing the guitar.

This was very fascinating to watch because I started thinking does this show what goes on in peoples minds - People are either Peace Makers or War makers.

Anyway some food for thought there!

What do you all think.

Gill Hicks - Survivor of the London Terrorist attacks

My God what an amazing women is Gill Hicks.

I interviewed Gill Hicks in London while filming the peace documentary Soldiers of Peace.

If more people had Gills' attitude then the world would truly be an incredible place, I would just like to post this interview grab from the film. Please pass this on.

"What can I do and what we can we all do to own a piece of peace and I know that would I can achieve I know that I might not be able to personally achieve Global Peace on my own but what I can achieve is peace within my home and so I start to look at that and think well that is quite interesting because my neighbor could feel the same way then singularly we have achieved Peace in our own domain and if that then starts to accumulate then that becomes our area and it’s a more peaceful area then it starts to ripple out from that and that then becomes a more Peaceful town a more Peaceful city and Gosh can you imagine maybe the ripple effect of that a more Peaceful country because it comes down to my own patch and what I can do to effect my own life and my own domain I think that is really powerful because we can achieve that you know and that doesn’t mean that I have to go off and be on the front line"

Gill is at Peace with herself and she is so much spreading her peace around.

IRA man -- Peace & Reconciliation a Killer talks to a victim

How are we meant to solve our differences if we don't TALK to each other.

It seems pretty simple and the thing to do to move forward. BUT others are not with my thoughts on this.

Pat Magee in the early 80's was an active member of the IRA. He killed 6 people while trying to assassinate former British Prime Minister Maggie Thatcher at the Grand Hotel in Brighton. Maggie survived the bombing!!!

Jo Berry is the daughter of one of Pat's victims. Think about the dynamics here for a second.

Jo & Pat are in an award winning documentary narrated by Michael Douglas. You can view the trailer here

www.soldiersofpeacemovie.com

Both Pat and Jo have embarked on a mission.. and that mission is a mission of PEACE & RECONCILIATION they are simply doing what other are not and that is talking. As Pat said in the film "How are you meant to overcome these problems if you don't talk"

I commend Jo for accepting Pat and I commend Pat in making this happen. They are an amazing dynamic couple who have overcome massive differences in life. Pat killed Jo's father and they are TALKING, this is absolutely amazing - they are making change in this world.

They are making a leap of faith to move forward and excel.

Have a read of this article in the Mail on Sunday online. I would love to know your thoughts on this. Do we stay focused on the past or do we move and look to the future.

www.mailonsunday.co.uk/debate/article-1201791/JAN-MOIR-Why-SHOULD-Tebbits-forgive-man-destroyed-lives.html