John Lennon's 71st birthday is marked by Yoko Ono

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John Lennon at 71: Yoko Ono Live-Streams Imagine Peace Tower Ceremony
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/227768/20111009/john-lennon-yoko-ono-imagine-peace-tower-turn-turned-71-lit-lighting-iceland-birthday-october-oct-9.htm

John Lennon would have turned 71 today, Oct. 9, and Yoko Ono, in live-streaming the lighting of the Imagine Peace Tower today, is making sure he will never be forgotten.

The Imagine Peace Tower is a beam of light shooting 4,000 meters into the air, consisting of 15 searchlights with prisms acting as mirrors. the prisms reflect the column vertically into the sky from a 10-meter wide wishing well. This well has the words "Imagine Peace" inscribed in 24 different languages on its base. Buried underneath the light tower are upward of 500,000 written wishes that Ono gathered over the years in another project, called "Wish Trees".

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In a statement released for this year's ceremony, Ono asked that those remembering the Beatles star tweet wishes to the Imagine Peace tower Twitter page (@IPTower), and to send wishes by mail, email, and Facebook. "I hope the Imagine Peace Tower will give light to the strong wishes of World Peace from all corners of the planet," she said, "and give encouragement, inspiration and a sense of solidarity in a world now filled with fear and confusion."

"Let us come together to realize a peaceful world. Love is our energy. Wisdom is our power. It's time to shed light to all corners of the world. Enjoy the trip we make together."


Imagine Peace Tower ON
http://imaginepeacetower.com/

[peacebird]

1. Thanks for sharing this, what a lovely tribute!

[glinda]

2. Kick this for too many reasons to mention.

[Mnemosyne]

3. Imagine...

[DianaForRussFeingold]

4. It is wonderful to see his message of peace shining bright!

:pals:Thank you for sharing this beautiful tribute!:hippie: :yourock:

[DearAbby]

5. Happy Birthday John

I still miss you.

[mdmc]

6. ..

[callous taoboy]

7. 71 that's amazing. The music is as timeless as the message of peace.

[cyberpj]

8. "ALL WE ARE SAYING......."

BTW - In relation to this, the HBO 2part doc on George Harrison (on all this month I think) is OUTSTANDING. Reminds me of how happy I am to have lived through it all with all of them.