“Love as Resistance” Forgiveness / Apology as Love Practice

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Performance and community artist Dominique Mazeaud launches "SORRY BOOK: The Great Apology," a participatory community project fostering healing through collective acts of forgiveness and reconciliation. 

The project debuts September 21st on International Day of Peace at Santa Fe's Railyard Park during Sun-Day for Earth."Forgiveness and reconciliation are not just ethereal, spiritual activities. They have to do with the real world," explains Mazeaud, drawing from Archbishop Desmond Tutu's work. "Without forgiveness, there is no future."

The centerpiece is an oversized book (24½" x 32") containing 1,000 loose pages for participants to fill with personal and societal apologies. The installation includes colorful "PEACE" placards in multiple languages, creating "a space imbued with gravity and sacredness."

Born in Paris during WWII and raised in a family affected by five generations of conflict, the 83-year-old artist brings a lifetime of peace advocacy to this culminating work. "At 83, my soul is calling me to offer this project at this critical moment for the world," Mazeaud reflects. 

The SORRY BOOK completes a circle that began with her first public performance in 1987, "Forgiveness: The Key to Peace."The project began in 2006 as "The Traveling Sorry Book" and draws inspiration from successful reconciliation models including South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. As U.S. Senator Chris Murphy recently observed, "The challenges America faces aren't really logistical. They are metaphysical." The SORRY BOOK addresses this through "performing acts of apology."

Event: September 21st, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m., International Day of Peace | 

The Railyard Park, Santa Fe