The World/Steemit/individuals need a little more peace in their lives-Japanese Peace Garden-Spirit of Peace Sculpture-Minneapolis Public Garden

image of peace bridge Japanese peace bridge. The Bridge zig-zags because as the old Japanese tradition states evil spirits only walk in straight lines.

I have to give major consideration to @stellabelle for writing some inspirational words although she may not of known it. And I am paraphrasing , you can see it here I think, but she made a pact with her creativity that whatever it shows to her, she will bring forth into the world. We could all use a little more peace in our lives, and I may not have made a pact, but I had an experience today at the beautiful Japanese Peace Park here in Minneapolis that brought that frame of mind to my frontal lobe, and this scenic tour of the park and a few of it's more prominent features was born. The park itself is surrounded by a Public Rose Garden as well as a bird sanctuary so there are plenty of walking trails and sites. I highly recommend a visit to anyone who finds themselves in the Twin Cities Metro. The Spirit of Peace sculpture especially is wonderful to admire, though the original story behind it is somewhat heartbreaking.

This sculpture represents the international tradition honoring Sadako Saski, a girl who developed cancer from radiation released by the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Told of a Japanese legend that people who fold a thousand paper cranes will be granted a wish, she folded over one thousand cranes before her death at age 12. - Minneapolis Parks Pages

The 13 stones surrounding the crane are highlighted in bronze with the steps necessary to create the Peace Crane. Each of the stones is engraved with the word 'peace' in 23 languages. The idea is to take peace into your heart and fold this into the crane, releasing it to the world at the end. Lyndale Peace Garden Park itself is an Official International Peace Site. I will type the steps below each engraving if you wish to grab some origami paper and follow along! I did the absolute best I could with the lighting I had, it was terribly bright. Enjoy the photos!
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Crane of Peace

Step 1

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Spirit of Peace

Fold your desire for peace
into a paper crane
Read each step carefully
Match your paper to the pictures
Begin with a square piece of paper

Step 2

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Fold the paper in half
into a triangle

Step 3

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Open paper
Fold into a triangle in the other
direction

Step 4

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Open paper
Flip paper over
Fold the paper in half into a rectangle

Step 5

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Open paper
Fold it in half in the other direction

Step 6

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Unfold paper
Position paper with a corner at bottom
Bring the points #2 and #3 down to #4
Flatten #1 to meet #4

Step 7

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With corner points pointing down
fold the lower edges in to form a kite shape
Repeat on other side

Step 8

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Fold the top corner down
Crease it hard
Unfold the last two steps
to make the small square again

Step 9

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Pull the bottom corner (top layer only) above top corner
Crease inside fold between A and B
The other edges will meet to make a long diamond shape
Flatten
Repeat on the other side

Step 10

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Fold right and left lower edges into the center
line to make a thinner diamond shape
Turn over and repeat on the other side
Top flaps are wings, bottom points will be tail and head