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Dear Margrete Auken,
I was very
pleased, as I found out that you were a member of
”Committee on Transport and Tourism” in European Parliament.
I'm an artist from Denmark.
The reason why this letter is in English is that it is my monthly
contribution
to WWAR Art News -
WWAR is World Wide Art Resources in Columbus, Ohio - I hope
you don't mind this.
It's all about a baby and it's all about children's safety in traffic.
This baby was born at the St. Mary Hospital years ago. The baby became
a kind
of logo and is was too used as a sign.
A Drive Carefully sign.
As a Drive Carefully sign the baby proved to communicate, and it is
used in
several cities.
To supplement the sign I wrote and illustrated af small story called
"Happy Traffic" with the theme children's
safety in traffic and with
the Drive Carefull sign in several languages.
As the internet was introduced everything went crazy. And the story was
translated into English, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Chinese etc.
Just now Yochanan Dvir from Lehavot Habashan in Israel is translating
the Hebrew
and Zahra Esmaeil Pour fra
Lahijan-Gilan in Iran is translating the Persian
version.
To the point.
Yesterday a brainstorming took place - you always can discuss the
abilities of
the brains as well as the intensity of wind force.
But we got this idea:
We'll make a campaign on traffic safety.
Especially children's safety in traffic.
We'll start
with the motor way number E45 which starts in Sweden and ends up in
Gela on
Sicily in Italy.
In a safe place, that might be in the right side of every motor way
bridge we
hang a large banner.
A banner with
the baby and with the story "Happy Traffic".
Visible to everybody but of course without jeopardizing the safety of
the
traffic.
The stories are made available to EU citizens on the internet in their
own
language.
The stories are made available to EU citizens as children's books for
free
download.
The design of the traffic sign is made available to EU citizens for
free
download.
And all kinds
of merchandise of corse must be available to EU citizens for online
ordering on
the internet:
Posters in 17 sizes are available for online ordering right now.
From 12 July 2006 Child & Adult T-Shirts, Mouse pads, Coffee Mugs,
Tote
Bags, Puzzles, Coasters, Key Chains, Ceramic Tiles, Buttons, Aprons and
even
posters on canvas available to order online.
You
name it.
I juni/juli/august 2007?
Thoughts
There are 1000 other possibilities with the baby as logo in children's
safety
in traffic campaign as point of departure.
If you like the idea in any way I'll proceed in any direction you might
point.
Sincerely,
Asbjorn Lonvig
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