I met with a friend for coffee last week at Kaizen. Across the roof of the spine of the Pataka (in Maori this means “store house of precious things”) were hundreds of prayer flags made by children.
It is a vibrantly colourful display featuring the simple wishes and prayers of children for love, family, peace, animal welfare, respect, acknowledging diversity and many attractive illustrations and symbols.
With all this collective energy good things must flow out to us all.
ordinarygoodness
Ordinary goodness can make a difference to the world
ordinarygoodness 
lots of hope here…
these are so hopeful and colourful. thanks Ruth.
I’d heard about these and it’s great to see them.
These beautiful prayer flags look very similar to the prayer flags that were done by children in Christchurch. The project was Fly Me Up to Where You Are. http://www.artsfestival.co.nz/fly-me-up-to-where-you-are Perhaps these should be part of the debate on the New Zealand flag 😉
http://tiffanysinghcurrent.tumblr.com/post/74767718154/the-shrine-at-pataka-sitting-alongside-fly-me-up