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Twenty Years of Peace in a Box: Art as a Worldwide Call to Reflect on Peace and Change
20 Years of the Iconic Priority Boxes Art Project The Artist Invites You to Join the Peacemaking Celebration New York 2026 - With labels that read "Fragile: Contains Peace, Love or Hope," visual artist Franck de Las Mercedes began sending abstractly painted and seemingly empty boxes to anyone, anywhere in the world — completely free of charge. What started as a simple experiment in 2006 quickly became a global movement. For over a decade, these hand-painted "Peace Boxe

Franck
Feb 182 min read


Jackson Pollock saved my life.
A special happy birthday to my lord and savior, Jackson Pollock! I remember it like it was yesterday, a timid unaspiring creative who had been pushed to painting because of a mental breakthrough. Having turned away from music and acting, in my reclusion I thought it would be cool to start visiting art museums. Walking into the MET contemporary art wing was exciting and new. Life for me had been pretty grayscale up until then I had stumbled upon art as a way to cope with time

Franck
Jan 282 min read


Quotes :From the Art Journals
A lot of what creative types do is attention seeking. And we've learned that from God. A portrait always starts with perfection. I deface and deform it to make it look more like me. A sleepless night can be dreadful, but for the wrong artist never disappointing. Actually. Karma is a lesson. After the fire I could only mourn the loss of my work by making more art. Always do good. A lot of good comes from all the good that you do. An art teacher once told me "Show how human you

Franck
Jan 2013 min read
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