the bad news we have to deal with unpleasantries. how does violence manifest in our society? we have to face up to the ugly record of assaults, rapes, and killings happening around us. but how? how can we deal with the limitations imposed by our own limited vantage points. the biggest impediment to positive change maybe a personal one. our own inescapable sense that things must be the way they are. we wonder what we can do already convinced that the answer is nothing. when viewing the overall pattern of violence, we find it difficult to make sense of the chaos. the pattern is obscure. like looking at heavily pixulated image. they see blocks. but by holding the pixulated image at arms length, a pattern emerges. a mind shift occurs. it becomes a matter of paralax, depth perception, change in position, becomes change in perspective. i'm hopeful there are ways to address the problem of random violence to address the problems of mass shootings. i think it requires the creation of a national conversation of public dialogue about all of the issues and how they interlock. we have bee

the bad news is that we first have to deal with some unpleasantries, things that most of us do not want to think about. we have to take a long, hard look at how violence manifests itself in our society. we have to face up to the ugly record of assaults, rapes and killings happening around us. but how? how can we deal with the limitations imposed by our own limited vantage point? the biggest impediment to positive change may be a personal one. our own inescapable sense that thing must be the way they are. we wonder what we can do, already convinced that the answer is nothing. when viewing the overall pattern of societal violence, we find it difficult to make sense of the chaos. the pattern is obscure, like looking at heavily pixlated images up close and seeing only squares. those searching for answers in black and white may see only judgementenned blocks -- jumbled blocks in no discernible order. but by holding the pixlated image at arm's length, a pattern emerges, a mind shift occurs. it becomes a matter of gaining depth perception and focus. with change and positioning comes change in

the bad news is we have to deal with some unpleasantries that most of us do not want to think about. we have to take a long hard look at how the violence that tests itself in our society. we have to face up to the ugly record of assault, rape and killings happening around us. but how? how do we deal with limitations imposed by our own limited vantage point? the biggest impediment to positive change may be a personal one. our own inescapable sense that things must be the way they are. we wonder what we can do already convinced that the answer is nothing. when reviewing the overall pattern of societal violence we find it difficult to make sense of the chaos. the pattern is obscure. those searching for answers in black and white seal we tumbled blocks. a checkerboard of squares in no discernible order but by holding pixilated image at arm's length a pattern emerges. in mind shift occurs. it becomes a matter of parallax. gain in depth perception and focus. with change and positioning comes change in perspective. i am hopeful that there are ways to address the problem of random violence,