A daily art action at noon,
Trinity Church, Boston.
The image began October 7th, 2007
Each day I bring 100 stones,
in memory of those who have lost their lives
in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
I am thinking of those who have died as kin.
I am thinking of their sacrifice.
I am praying for peace.

special thanks to:
George Moseley
Matt Somolis
Mobius Artist Group
Trinity Church Boston, MA USA.
and John Rice

web postings:
Matt Somolis
girlinthegloaming
youtube
Tony Lee, metro boston
Suzanne Kreiter, boston .com
April Simpson, Boston Globe Staff
Lady bug
Trinity Church
Copley Square Boston, Massachusetts USA

October 7, 2008
The war in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001.

We have been at war for 7 years.
How many brothers?
How many sisters?
How many mothers and fathers?
How many lives have been lost?
Today, I place 100 white stones:

October 6, 2008
Dear Carole,
I placed 100 of your stones on top of the pile.
The stones are black and white.
I placed them tightly together in a circle
thinking that I will see 100 stones
apart from all the other stones,
but I saw the 100 and I saw all the other stones
placed thought out the year.
I thought about the woman
who told me know one cares.
That I am wasting my time.
Carole thank you for your kind
words and caring so very much.
Tomorrow I will place the white stones.
And again remember we are at war
and brother and sisters are dying.

October 1, 2008
Karen, thank you for the stones,
And your prayers.

September 26, 2008
As I walk back and forth a path is worn,
today, someone placed 4 white stones
on that path.

September 22, 2008
Margaret Bellafiore , (Mobius Artists Group)
gave me a bag full of stones.
The first day of fall.

September 14, 2008
A very young man spoke with
John and George.
He lost 5 buddies in Iraq.

September 3, 2008
Pat Ferrone left a note
sharing information on Judy Dunn,
who is folding peace cranes.
4,000 plus for the Americans who have
been killed and 100,000 plus for the civilians.
The Crane Project

September 3, 2008
On the path waiting for me were
5 marble stones.

September 1, 2008
Dear Allie,
Thank you for jumping down
off the seawall just to pick a stone.
It was the first stone placed today.

August 30 and 31, 2008
Earlier in the month Marsha and
her granddaughter Amaya Fernsebner
collected stones from a beach.
I kept the stones
holding on to the warmth
holding on to the laughter.
These days, the last days of August
the stones of remembrances are placed.

August 17, 2008
Thank you Mari (Mobius Artists Group)
for placing the stones,
and Andrew for standing with Mari.
My thoughts and prayers were with you.

August 8, 2008,
Rising Harvest Moon

I humbly give you two boxes of stones
and a geranium for your memorial to
those who have fallen in the Iraq War.
May you add them to the sacred site,
which you are creating in your daily
prayer on the grounds of Trinity Church, Boston.

In the language of flowers, the scarlet
geranium is equated with comfort. It is a
flower that endures without much care
under adverse conditions. I assume that it
became the flower of the grave for these
reasons. The geranium contained herein
is brilliantly alive and beautiful. I associate
it with a life that each of the stones you
have gathered and placed has come
to represent. I associate it with the
comfort that you give to those who
have lost loved ones in the war. I
think how much those kin must truly
appreciate knowing that another is
reflecting daily on the ultimate sacrifice
their loved one has made and the deep
loss that they as kin are to endure until
the end of their days.

The stones contained herein are of granite
and marble. These stone types have
become stones of the grave, no doubt
because of their strength and durability
along with beauty. I gathered them in
meditative walks in the sublime mist of
dawn and in the quietude of golden dusk,
during my summer retreat to Cambridge
Beach, Annisquam. I give you two
hundred stones, enough for two days of
prayer: one hundred are mottled black
and white stone; one hundred are in
shades of white. I ask you to lay them
with my most somber condolences and
prayers attached to each.

Thank you most dearly for your
commitment to an art action that is
bringing attention — through its persistent
daily prayer — to the human toll of war,
and remembering so somberly and
reverently those men and women whose
lives were cut short in humankinds? most
horrific uncivilized action — war.

Peace,
Carole

August 1, 2008
Chris,
Thank you for the stones
from Utah and Arizona also
for the lava from
Canyons of the Moon

July 31, 2008
Mr. Rice and my friend Lisa
lent a hand in collecting
stones at the beach.
Thank you

July 12, 2008, 2008
Mobius Artist Mari Novotny-Jones
placed the stones,
Andrew Novotny
stood with her.
Thank you

July 6, 2008
Karen,
Thank you for the stones.
They were very beautiful.
I placed them today
beginning and ending
the action with your gifts.

June 20, 2008
Thank you Rita
for the pail of stones.

June 8 and 9, 2008
Over the past 2 days,
I placed the 200 stones
collected by my sister-in-law Rita
and her 4 year old niece Olivia Louise.
Thank you for your thoughts.

May 18, 2008
Today, Mobius Artist Tom Plsek
collected and placed the stones.
Thank you

May 5, 2008
Erin McCoy gave me a hundred stones
she and Sean Conway collected
on a railroad bed out in western Massachusetts.
In the fall, when I first began the daily action,
frequently Sean would stand with me
but if time were pressing
he would go by ringing his bicycle bell in solidarity.

Hope all is well in western Massachusetts.
Thank you.

April 7, 2008
Yesterday, Margaret Bellafiore,
gave me 100 small stone from World's End in Hingham, MA
The small stones reminded her of small children, babies.
I placed her little stones today.

Sorrowful,

March 19, 2008
The Iraq War began March 19th, 2003.

Mr. Al Johnson, who sells newspapers at Porter Square in the mornings,
collected 300 black stones.
His son served one tour of duty in Iraq.
I'll start placing those stones today,
the anniversary of the 5th year of fighting in the Iraq War.

Web site
the war in Iraq costs

imagine peace

February 20th-24th, 2008
I will be away for the next five days.
In my absence George Moseley
will place a 100 stones a day
in memory of those who have died.
Lisa Wilcox, Sandy Huckleberry,
Matt Samolis, Dirk Adams,
Larry Johnson and Milan Kohout
will witness on various days.
Thankful,

February 14, 2008
Mémère`s
white stone from
West Island, MA
Je t'aime Mémère!
Diane

January 2, 2008
Greg gave me 100 beach stones, from Plymouth MA,
that he collected over the holiday.
I'll place them tomorrow.
Thank you. It was very kind of you. Stay warm my friend.

January 1, 2008
On Christmas Day, my niece, Allie gave me 100 white beach stones,
from her favorite beach in Rhode Island.
Today, I placed them in memory of those who have died.
Thank you for your kindness and love.

December 29, 2007
Saturday, a bicyclist left a CD, titled:
9/11: Press for Truth
www.boston911truth.org

November 16, 2007
Thank you Marsha for the stones.
Already there are too many stones
and yet tomorrow there will be a hundred more.
Walk in beauty and peace,

November 15, 2007
4,000 stones

November 14, 2007
Operation Iraqi Freedom: 3,863 United States Soldiers have been killed
Operation Enduring Freedom: 467 United States Soldiers have been killed.

November 11, 2007
Veterans' Day
Armistice Day
Remembrance Day

October 31, 2007
For prayers in The Human Cost of War

Joe Brooks
Jimmy Douate*
Paul Blair
Rusty De Rorua
Warren Blair*
Jimmy Yout
Jack Donavan
Louis Trout*
Lou Mortimer
Ernie Gambrel
Francis Finnegan*
Andrew Finnegan

Some gone*, all lost from humanity
Chris

October 22, 2007
images by uncle shoe

from Milan: Here is a video dealing with the estimate number of dead in Iraq.

October 19, 2007
Dear Mr. De Laffayette,

Thank you for asking about the performance -The Human Cost of War, a daily art action at noon, at Trinity Church Boston, MA USA.

The image is time-based, gradually over 2 years the pile of stones will get larger.

For me the daily act is acknowledging the number of casualties from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. I am thinking of those who have died as kin. It is a way for me to connect with their sacrifice.

Again, thank you for your note.

My best,

October 7, 2007
The war in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001.
Today I begin the art action: The human cost of war.

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