Many months ago, I happened upon a website called Six Billion Others. It's been passed around the world wide web for a long time now and most likely you've seen it already. I think it's worthy of yet - another posting on this, Prairie - just one of the 13 million blogs here in the UK. Now - 13 million may seem like a lot, but it's nothing compared to the 380 million active blogs in the US. It's like a run away train I tell you !! Gives me a headache just thinking about it. I'm just a little pea in a gigantic pea patch - I try.
"Six Billion Others" is a project by a fascinating and talented man - Yann Arthus-Bertrand - you may recognise his popular "Earth From Above" project, a spectacular ariel photographic survey of the earth. I cannot imagine the energy put into the undertaking of this work. The book sold over three million copies.
Is this posting full of numbers today or what ?! Six mill here - three bill there !!
Whilst Yann Arthus-Bertrand was doing the "Earth" project, he decided to send his crew to 65 countries, where they conducted over 4000 close up, personal interviews of people being asked simple questions about life, love, dreams, fears and so on. You will realise after watching the faces of these people from far away countries, that no matter what language or colour of skin, people have common human needs. We are not that different - we feel, fear, love and dream - we are all connected. I suspect that this is the message Yann, wanted to get across. It's compelling - please have a look !
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