Hello dear watchers and deviants viewing this page.
My name is Eden, and I am from Israel. I really enjoy being here on DA, but I think the internet is a powerful tool, and if I have the power to use it in order to fix even a little thing in this world, I should. So I'm using it now to tell you something about Israel. This topic is sensitive and can upset many people, and I don't blame you if this will upset you, but please, just read this all the way to the end, It won't be {too} long. Thank you.
Those of you who do not have a connection to Israel have probably heard about it on the news quite a lot (if you follow the news. If you don't, you've probably still heard about it), and what you heard probably wasn't positive. I'm not here to make a political statement, or even talk about the political situation, I just want to expand your knowledge a bit, and break some stereotypes you might have.
Somehow the international news tend to give a feeling that Israel is this huge desert with tribe wars going on. I've actually heard people were suprised to find out we drive cars, rather than ride a camel from our tent. So no, Israel is a modern, first-world country, we have cities, cars, computers and all that... (In fact, Israel is a leading country in the Hi-tech business). And though the climate is rather hot, only part of the country is a desert. People also tend to think it's huge, when really, it's just a dot on the world map. I know a bunch of people who only heard about Israel from the news, and they often thought this beautiful country is war-torn, that all we ever do is fight. The situation here is not ideal, there is a lot to be fixed, but then again no place is ideal, and I can think of many worse places. Thank god, we do other things here, and we just live our everyday lives, like normal people all around the globe in western countries.
If you care at all about Israel, no matter from what side of the political map you are, just look for some information about it on a neutral source, like Wikipedia. Look for some pictures (I can offer mine, but you'd probably want something a little more proffessional and subjective.)
Like I mentioned earlier, I want to make a difference, even if a small one, and so I opened a gallery folder called "Israel Love". It's just pictures. My captures, my point of view of this magnificant land. I have a lot of landscape pictures, but a little bit of urban photos too, and some flowers... It's no substitude for seeing all this for real, but getting here is a bit harder than pressing a bunch of buttons (and more expensive). I've opened the folder a few months ago, but since I'm on this topic now, I thought I should mention that. So here is the link to the folder: [link]
About religious themes in my pictures: I'm jewish, but I belive that if it's art, it shouldn't be disqulified because of a religious theme, even if it's not my religion. None of the pictures with religious themes are ment to say anything, the're just captures.
I hope that I mannaged to change just a little something in the world. Even if I only got one person to learn something, to care, to find out something new, I know I've completed my job. You're Welcome to comment and ask questions if you'd like. I promise I will answer. Please be sensitive and don't turn it into a political argument though, that is not the purpose of this entry, and If you do, I might erase your comment, no matter what opinion it has. And please, no rude comments.
Thank you for reading. Thank you for showing intrest. I hope you have a wonderful week, and that one day we'll have peace.