John & Yoko waving white handkerchieves as The Nutopian Flag at a press conference having announced The Declaration Of Nutopia
at the Association of The Bar of the City of New York, 42 W44th Street, NYC, 2 April 1973. (Popperfoto/Getty Images)
Dear Friends,
Nutopia is a country that exists in all of us. John and I created this imaginary world. We called a press conference and produced a white handkerchief from our pockets and said “This is a flag to Surrender to Peace.” Not Fight for Peace, but “Surrender” to Peace was the important bit. All of us represent Nutopia. Let’s all wave the white flag or handkerchief in our minds and say, ” I love all of me” and have lots of fun. Because we deserve it. Each one of us.
John had said that we were all Ambassadors of Nutopia. And so we are. When you come to our apartment, you’ll see that there is a gold plaque on the kitchen door, that says Nutopian Embassy. John put it there. Strangely enough, now friends just like to come in from that door, and not the front door. It seems the plaque made the kitchen door our front door.
Ambassadors of Nutopia – Think Peace, Act Peace, Spread Peace and let people know to IMAGINE PEACE. Pretty soon, the whole world will realize that we all belong to Nutopia. Together, we will let the other planets know that that’s what’s happening here on our planet – that we are all together, and living life in Peace.
Lots of love,
DECLARATION OF NUTOPIA, 1973 BY JOHN ONO LENNON & YOKO ONO LENNON
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