In Honor of Ambssador G'Kar .....

Declaration of Principles

The universe speaks in many languages, but only one voice.
The language is not Narn, or Human, or Centauri, or Gaim or Minbari

It speaks in the language of hope
It speaks in the language of trust
It speaks in the language of strength and the language of compassion
It is the language of the heart and the language of the soul.
But always it is the same voice
It is the voice of our ancestors, speaking through us,
And the voice of our inheritors, waiting to be born
It is the small, still voice that says

We are one
No matter the blood
No matter the skin
No matter the world
No matter the star:

We are one
No matter the pain
No matter the darkness
No matter the loss
No matter the fear

We are one

Here, gathered together in common cause, we agree to recognize the
singular truth and this singular rule:

That we must be kind to one another
Because each voice enriches us and ennobles us and each voice lost
diminishes us.

We are the voice of the Universe, the soul of creation, the fire
that will light the way to a better future.

We are one.

We are one.

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=34628">Andreas Katsulas 1946-2006 aka Ambasadar G'Kar, Babylon 5

So elegant. So hopeful. I wish just one politician in Washington would say something comparable.

Just ONE.

Babylon and Star Trek

Sad news, I enjoyed his work.

"There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain."

....

"No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power tyrants and dictators cannot stand."

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It was the year of fire,
The year of destruction,
The year we took back what was ours.
It was the year of rebirth,
The year of great sadness,
The year of pain,
And a year of joy.
It was a new age.
It was the end of history.
It was the year everything changed.


Goodbye Andreas.

I always loved that character and Andreas Katsulas was a very talented actor.

I also love the positive message of that speech. Will we ever be that civilized on this planet?

Rest in Peace - and Rest in Light. For you, there shall be a returning.

:-(

we loved you

This popped up on the B5 Mailing list this morning...

Just over a year ago, Andreas Katsulas -- who loved smoking with a
passion that cannot be described -- was diagnosed with lung cancer,
which by then had already spread to other areas. He quit smoking at
once and went on a healthy diet and vitamin program, but there was
little hope of a good resolution even though the new regimen was very
good for him. When we spoke about it, he laughed, and said, "Now that
I'm dying I've never felt better!"

His spirits were always up and positive, putting everyone at ease about
his condition, because... well, that's the kind of person he was.

A couple of months ago, he and his wife convened a dinner with me,
Doug, and Peter Jurasik, which was filled with laughter and stories and
good food. He wanted to know all the stories we never told him
because, as he said, "Who am I going to tell?" So we did. Because we
knew we were saying goodbye, and there would not be a second chance.

Last night, in the company of his wife and family, Andreas closed his
eyes and went away.

He lived an amazing life... full of travel and wonder and good
work... was part of the world renowned Peter Brook company... he saw the
planet, loved and was loved, ate at great restaurants, smoked too many
cigarettes... he lived a life some people would die for.

And, sadly, due to the last part of that equation... he did.

Memorial arrangements are still being worked out, but will doubtless be
private.

Andreas is gone... and G'Kar with him, because no one else can ever play
that role, or ever will.

I will miss him terribly.


J. Michael Straczynski

Andreas is GONE?

:-0

Thank the Maker for the net, there is no way I could have afforded all 5 seasons....
He will be missed....