30:30, War and Starry, Starry Night

I'm nearing the end of my first week back at 30:30, it's fine but funnily enough I haven't got that same excited and bursting feeling that I had the first time...there could be a number of reasons ...most likely that 'bread-and-butter' work is still quite hectic and I haven't been able to give a 100% commitment to 30:30 yet! Also I kind of started nearly unbeknownst to myself (a quick press of new topic button) and I'm wondering how I'll manage when in the wilds of Ireland with only an Internet cafe to fall back on :)

I've been reading so much about the Israeli bombing of Lebanon and find myself just wanting to write and write about it.....then I feel guilty thinking I have no business trying to be poetic about something so awful...as in 'who the heck am I to do so?'...it's a vicious circle.

I've been reading Mazen Kerbaj's blog (http://mazenkerblog.blogspot.com/)and I've listened to his Starry, Starry Night composition (http://www.muniak.com/mazenkerbaj.html)...a music piece composed from Mazen on trumpets and the Israeli army bombs falling in Beirut around his apartment. He used a microphone from his balcony on the night of the 15th to 16th of July to record it.
He is also an artist and has some excellent drawings of the war in his blog.