Janet Kuypers’ 8/6/16 Expressions (of Peace)! show “Thoughts on Peace”     Below are text links and video links from a August 6th 2016 (8/6/16, or 20160706) poetry performance (with background rain forest noises to accompany the readings) of Janet Kuypers’ Austin poetry feature through Expressions (of Peace)! at Austin’s the Bahá’í Center (at 2215 E M Franklin Ave, Austin, TX 78723) that incorporated poetry about peace into a show. Kuypers opted to sit in the lotus position on stage for the performance (and sat o a raised platform so audience members could see her during the live show).     Because this was a peace-themed performance, Kuypers started the show talking about the Egyptian Goddess ISIS in comparison to what we now know as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, but transitioned into talk about peace to all living creatures (like animals, and being a vegetarian) with portions of her editorial from cc&d’s v249 21 year anniversary book Invisible Ink, until she ended with two poems on being a vegetarian. Kuypers also thought a appropriate title for her show would be “Thoughts on Peace”, especially because she ended the show with a poem that ends cutting in mid-sentence with “and I thought:” — where she sat for a moment in the lotus position like she was going to continue, then she closed her eyes and bowed her head as the entire center remained in silence until the rain forest music started to fade and she opened her eyes and said “thank you”.     Before the show started she also released copies to most some of the audience there of a chapbook of the writings she was performing in her show (in the order they were performed). All of the pieces from this reading were also released electronically in a “Thoughts on Peace” chapbook, which you can download as a PDF file for free any time.     In addition to a YouTube playlist from this event, there are also two additional web page listings for the videos from this show — one is at Scars Video (at www.artvilla.com/scars), and the other is from the artvilla.com main listing.     Below are video links to the live performance of “Thoughts on Peace” at Expressions (of Peace)! in Austin.

the “Thoughts on Peace” Janet Kuypers feature 8/6/16 See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 8/6/16 show “Thoughts on Peace” at Expressions (of Peace)! in Austin reading her poem “Queen ISIS (battling for peace)”, then portions of her editorial from cc&d’s v249 book Invisible Ink “Choices We Make”, then her poems “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)” and “On a High Horse Like This” (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 8/6/16 show “Thoughts on Peace” at Expressions (of Peace)! in Austin reading her poem “Queen ISIS (battling for peace)”, then portions of her editorial from cc&d’s v249 book Invisible Ink “Choices We Make”, then her poems “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)” and “On a High Horse Like This”, accompanied by rainforest sounds, all while sitting in the lotus position (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature Download all of the show poems in the free PDF file download chapbook Thoughts on Peace including her poem “Queen ISIS (battling for peace)”, then portions of her editorial from cc&d’s v249 book Invisible Ink “Choices We Make”, then her poems “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)” and “On a High Horse Like This”. And for a breakdown of the individual pieces in the show... Janet Kuypers performs her poem Queen ISIS See YouTube video (Sony) of Janet Kuypers performing her poem “Queen ISIS (battling for peace)” in the lotus position for her 8/6/16 show “Thoughts on Peace” at Expressions (of Peace)! in Austin’s the Bahá’í Center. Janet Kuypers talks through portions of her cc&d editorial Choices We Make See YouTube video (Sony) of Janet Kuypers performing portions of her editorial from cc&d’s v249 book Invisible Ink “Choices We Make” in the lotus position for her 8/6/16 show “Thoughts on Peace” at Expressions (of Peace)! in Austin’s the Bahá’í Center. Janet Kuypers performs her poem Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition) See YouTube video (Sony) of Janet Kuypers performing her poem “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)” in the lotus position for her 8/6/16 show “Thoughts on Peace” at Expressions (of Peace)! in Austin’s the Bahá’í Center. Janet Kuypers performs her poem On a High Horse Like This See YouTube video (Sony) of Janet Kuypers performing her poem “On a High Horse Like This” in the lotus position for her 8/6/16 show “Thoughts on Peace” at Expressions (of Peace)! in Austin’s the Bahá’í Center.