{"id":208,"date":"2014-07-30T11:51:39","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T15:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/?p=208"},"modified":"2014-09-01T16:39:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T20:39:00","slug":"the-most-positive-man-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/?p=208","title":{"rendered":"The Most Positive Man in the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" cellspacing=\"10\" bgcolor=\"#000000\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"99CC99\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div id=\"content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The most positive man in the world loved to make pictures as a boy.<\/p>\n<p>\n He burned cow dung to get the color white.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.surfingthespectacle.com\/images\/uploads\/awertalkwgrandfatherwb.jpg\" border=\"10\" alt=\"image\" name=\"image\" width=\"410\" height=\"273\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>The most positive man in the world knew war as a boy.<br \/>\nHe saw death before he could understand it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.surfingthespectacle.com\/images\/uploads\/awergenocidewb.jpg\" border=\"10\" alt=\"image\" name=\"image\" width=\"410\" height=\"273\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>The most positive man in the world lost his home as a boy.<br \/>\nHe escaped into the bush with his family, and walked on and on.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.surfingthespectacle.com\/images\/uploads\/awerthejourneywb.jpg\" border=\"10\" alt=\"image\" name=\"image\" width=\"410\" height=\"275\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>The most positive man in the world lost his family as a boy.<br \/>\nHe knew hunger and thirst and fear.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.surfingthespectacle.com\/images\/uploads\/awer1000mileswb.jpg\" border=\"10\" alt=\"image\" name=\"image\" width=\"410\" height=\"274\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>The most positive man in the world saw injustice as a boy.<br \/>\nHe watched the weak devoured by lions and the unlucky cut down by men.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.surfingthespectacle.com\/images\/uploads\/awerelephantswb.jpg\" border=\"10\" alt=\"image\" name=\"image\" width=\"410\" height=\"275\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>The most positive man in the world escaped to America as a boy.<br \/>\nHe sensed new worlds, new possibilities.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.surfingthespectacle.com\/images\/uploads\/awerfaceoflostboywb.jpg\" border=\"10\" alt=\"image\" name=\"image\" width=\"260\" height=\"357\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>The most positive man in the world is an artist. <\/p>\n<p>He is an artist who believes that art \u2013 <br \/>\nart can transform the universe. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.surfingthespectacle.com\/images\/uploads\/awerwb.jpg\" border=\"10\" alt=\"image\" name=\"image\" width=\"410\" height=\"273\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Meet Awer Bul. <\/div align>\n<p>\n<em>[Sudanese artist Awer Bul currently lives in Australia with his wife and children. 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