On the night before the Olympic torch run in S.F., a huge crowd gathered at U.N. Plaza to hear Archbishop Desmond Tutu and actor Richard Gere rally support for freedom in Tibet.
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HBO has just premiered an extrodinary documentary about
The Gates
In 1979, the provocative artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude approached New York City officials with a proposal to create a temporary, large-scale work of art in Central Park. The city turned them down. Twenty-four years and several administrations later, following dozens of high-concept, high-profile works of landscape art in numerous urban and rural locations around the globe, they finally got the city’s approval to complete their vision. THE GATES chronicles the decades-long struggle of Christo and Jeanne-Claude to bring their most ambitious work of art to life. Read more.
It reminded me of this sweet video I found with Bhagavan Das walking and praying through The Gates.
