Just returned from a heartfelt long weekend in Wisconsin - Neillsville, Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls. My "One Person Crying: Women and War" exhibition opened at The Highground Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park on Saturday. http://www.thehighground.org/learning-center/index.html
It is a remarkable place of peace, which sits atop a promontory overlooking a glacial moraine and a view filled with almost one million acres of forest and rolling hills. It began as an idea, to give Vietnam veterans and those who supported them during and after the war, a place to go - to heal and commune. It now includes tributes and memorials for all 20th and 21st century wars that Americans fought in.
I was generously welcomed by the Learning Center director, June Berg, and the staff at The Highground. In addition, board members Steve Maddox and Al Jenkins gave of their time and knowledge with a generosity of spirit that I am ever grateful for.
I have relied on the kindness of strangers my entire career. It has literally propelled me forward in the front seats of cars and saved my life. It is what has gotten me through dark moments when I've seen the measure of humanity at its worst. I'd like to believe that human kindness will always prevail and tip the scale towards the light.
