Imagine Peace Tower

"Imagine Peace Tower, as planned by the 73-year-old artist, will be 20 to 30 meters high with a radius of about a meter, and will have the lyrics of Lennon's song "Imagine" engraved on it once completed by his 67th birthday next year. The illuminated column, constructed over a base with a radius of about 10 meters, will be filled with messages of wishes and hopes from more than 900,000 people that have been collected so far.

A special mailbox for the monument will be set up in the city to continue accepting more letters to go into the monument."

The Japan Times (October 2006)

http://www.a-i-u.net/imagine_tower.html

Yoko Ono set to unveil John Lennon Imagine Peace Tower

Ceremony to take place on the late Beatle's 67th birthday

New Music Express
08.Oct.07 5:52pm

Yoko Ono is set to unveil a 'light tower' in Iceland on October 9, on what would have been John Lennon's 67th birthday.

Ono collaborated with engineers from Iceland and Japan on the Imagine Peace Tower, which she designed to collect "wishes for world peace".

The tower is a beam of light emanating from a giant wishing well, which features the words 'imagine peace' in 24 languages.

It will be lit every year from October 9 (Lennon's birthday) to December 8 - the anniversary of his death.

Over half a million wishes from all over the world will be put in a series of capsules and placed on the island surrounding Imagine Peace Tower.

People can continue to send their peace wishes via the Imaginepeace.com site. Messages can also be sent to: Imagine Peace Tower, P.O. Box 1009, 121 Reykjavik, Iceland."

http://www.nme.com/news/john-lennon/31653

Yoko Dedicated the tower today. Here is a beautiful picture from Public Radio International:

http://www.theworld.org/?q=node/13207

There is also a video of the unveiling and a whole lot of information at www.imaginepeace.com

I will always miss John Lennon. I wish he were here for his birthday, and for Sean's too.

Why was Iceland selected as the location for this monument?