While Jean is from Paris, he now resides in London. The eiffel tower darkened indefinitely deserted. The Eiffel Tower was a natural fit as a symbol of the City of Lights. The Vine was originally posted in January, after the Eiffel Tower went dark at 8 p.m.to honor those killed in the Charlie Hebdo massacre.
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“I am devastated by what just happened in France #CharlieHebdo”, he tweeted at the time.
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It’s a brush pen-it’s ink.
He further explains that the image was not to promote himself or his art, but was meant to “be used freely, to encourage peace in Paris and peace in general”. “I got someone emailing me saying they were happy to have seen my message because the feeling of peace and unity took over the raw anger that can come from such an event”. His Instagram post has garnered 157,000 likes and was re-posted by the official Instagram page.
“Peace is a universal”, Jullien said.
On the heels of the attack, the crew at Saturday Night Live opened their show with a bilingual tribute.
Numerous celebrities, like Miranda Lambert, Amber Rose, Lauren Conrad, Fergie, Chris Rock, Bethenny Frankel, John Legend, One Direction’s Harry Styles, and the cast of NBC’s “Undateable” have shared the now viral photo.
We’re also told vigils are being planned for this week in Milwaukee to honor the victims of the attacks in Paris. It’s doesn’t feel right.
Jullien captioned his picture “Peace for Paris” on both his Facebook and Twitter accounts – a statement that became intrinsically tied with the image after it was retweeted more than 42,000 times and shared on Facebook more than 22,000 times. Jullien didn’t expect the response.
“I’m sort of nearly embarrassed to be getting that much exposure as a result of such a tragic event”.
Bobby Caruso told 22News, “The U.S. Embassy in Paris has been emailing us all, giving us instructions on just to avoid large demonstrations, avoid anywhere where there’s police activity, be safer than usual, stay with friends if we have to, but yeah we do absolutely plan on going back”.
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In a message to parishioners, Paris Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois, who will lead the service at 6.30pm local time, said: “Our country knows the pain of mourning and must face barbarity propagated by fanatical groups”. Thank you all for understanding.
