Peace column for Iceland

Yoko Ono, widow of the late musician John Lennon, came to Reykjavik, Iceland, last weekend to promote her concept for a peace column.

The work of art would be about 10 to 12 metres high and situated in Videy, an island about five minutes from Reykjavik. The column would be transparent and hollow. The idea, according to Ono, is to fill it with wishes of peace from all over the world.

Ono said wishes from her peace trees from all over the world could be put inside the column.

Ono said the column should only be accessible to the public one week a year, around John’s birthday, Oct. 9 (which is also their son Sean’s birthday).

Sean Lennon told reporters that he wasn’t worried about Iceland’s declaration of support for the United States war in Iraq. He said the only place with absolute peace would be the North Pole, but if the work of art was placed there, nobody would see it.