Sometimes it only takes a small idea to produce far-reaching results that affect many. With that phenomenon in mind, we designed Seed of Truce. Created for and installed at the Vancouver Public Library, the interactive installation encouraged people to think about how they might help achieve peace.

Visitors wrote their thoughts on paper, folded the paper origami-style and then clipped it onto a small, blinking, white LED light. The 'seed' was then shot through a vacuum tube into the library rafters. It would fly out of the top of the tube and then slowly flutter down, gently landing in a net slung above the library atrium. Eventually, the net was filled with thousands of participants' pulsing messages.

Truly collective, this emotive artwork grew in size with each very personal contribution. It was a potent reminder that the strife for peace requires participation, action and imagination.