England’s Coventry Cathedral, which had been bombed during WWII, was later rebuilt as a symbol of peace.
In June of 1968, in one of their first public acts promoting peace, John Lennon and Yoko Ono planted a pair of acorns at the Cathedral.
The acorn became their signature symbol of the human hope for peace. They mailed pairs of acorns to various heads of state all over the world accompanied by letters calling for gestures of peace. Acorns appeared as motifs in Ono’s work ever after, including as the central symbol in her 2013 book Acorn.
John is gone and Yoko is 88 years old as of last month.
England’s Coventry Cathedral, which had been bombed during WWII, was later rebuilt as a symbol of peace.
In June of 1968, in one of their first public acts promoting peace, John Lennon and Yoko Ono planted a pair of acorns at the Cathedral.
The acorn became their signature symbol of the human hope for peace. They mailed pairs of acorns to various heads of state all over the world accompanied by letters calling for gestures of peace. Acorns appeared as motifs in Ono’s work ever after, including as the central symbol in her 2013 book Acorn.
John is gone and Yoko is 88 years old as of last month.
They never stopped hoping.