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Date: 01 September 2010 20:46:50
Well, Buck House was great! I was walking down the picture gallery, going "OMG it's a Rembrandt!". I love Dutch art, from Rembrandt to Mondrian, so I was happy. Westminster Cathedral was nice, but I admit I prefer St Chad's Cathedral in Birmingham, which is the main seat of the RC Archdiocese of Biirmingham. My school comes under its jurisdiction. I am a Christian, and over the Bank Holiday weekend, me and my mum went to the Greenbelt Christian Arts Festival, at Cheltenham Racecourse. Have come back having got an education on the Israel/Palestine conflict, some of which I know I didn't understand completely. I have a stronger view now of the whole thing, but I'm afraid of causing offence. I may decide to put this down in poetry instead of prose. If I do, I'll put it on here. Greenbelt has taken on the Just Peace initiative for a fair resolution to the conflict. Obviously with the history of the situation many Israelis will not see it as fair, but the story is a difficult one. Occupation of someone else's land by force is against international law, according to the UN. We also saw some great music acts. The London Community Gospel Choir were awesome. I didn't see Beverley Knight, cos we had to go queue at another venue for the Taize worship. Taize is a place in France which is home to a contemplative community of brothers. They welcome groups of people on retreat there every week. The worship revolves around beautiful chants which are prayer in themselves. I love it. I also came away wanting to do more work in my own town. There is racial tension, drug issues and problems with prostitution that have been talked about in sermons by clergy, particularly our team rector, that are happening in areas of my town. I would like to work to help people in a place I have lived all my life. Back to school on Monday. My car is not happy, so she's got to go to the garage tomorrow. Fingers crossed its not too bad...