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Trying To Make Sense Out of Tragedy
I’m holding on to the beaming rays of light from Tucson. Like Daniel Hernandez, the 20-year old intern, with his steely calm and rapid response, literally, under fire, who just might have saved the life of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. And Patricia Maisch, at 61, who had the astounding courage to grab the magazine clip as the shooter was trying to reload.
This image, Women in Motion, is by Malangatana Ngwenya one of Africa’s best-known and beloved contemporary artists, who died at the age of 74, last week. He was another beam of light, whose work was inspired by the political conditions in his home country of Mozambique and where he remained a strong cultural and civic presence throughout his life.
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