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There were days when I thought I had full confidence in an affirmation. When the immensity of the universe surprises me among the mists, sitting alone, as a simple guest to be a spectator, ... a thought occurs: "I only hope to have the ability to discern who will be the person who will accompany my future and luck to share my desires. Goals that will not be approached by my perseverance in the wait, in any case I distrust in she.
Hubo días en los que creí que tenía plena confianza en una afirmación. Cuando la inmensidad del universo me sorprende entre las brumas, sentado solitario, como un simple invitado para ser un espectador, ... se produce un pensamiento: "Solo espero tener la capacidad de discernir quién será la persona que acompañará mi futuro y la suerte de compartir mis deseos. Metas que no se acercarán por mi perseverancia en la espera, en cualquier caso desconfío en ella.
i had a great night last might watching Afro Celt Soundsystem in Cardiff. Their music is infectious and so full of life and colour so I needed a photo to try and give that sense of fun and life affirming enthusiasm. After so much dancing everyone was Breathless, by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
The buried moais of Easter Island - Secrets, history and location:
They are perhaps the most typical moais and the ones that you will see the most in all of Easter Island. It is about those giant heads that protrude from the ground and are the typical figure of all of Rapa Nui. But why are they different from other statues? What makes them so special? Is it true that they have a buried body? I'll tell you then.
About the buried moai:
There is a popular belief that moai are only heads, but the truth is that these statues have a full body and the heads that are seen in the typical tourist images of Rapa Nui, hide a remaining two or three meters of these giants underground. .
But why are these moai buried and not on top of the Ahu like most other statues? The answer is simple and is related to the carving and construction of the same. The construction of the moais was divided into 4 stages:
* In the first place they carved one of the stones that was in the Rano Raraku volcano. These figures were carved directly in the rocks buried or that came out of the volcano.
* Once the base figure of the moai was finished, they carved and removed the stone from its base to move it.
* This stone was then buried so that it would remain standing and the finer details (features, eye sockets, etc.) could be finished.
* Once finished, they moved the moai to its final location (one of the many Ahu on the island).
Okay, so why did these moai remain buried and are not on an Ahu? Simply because the natives did not finish the job and left them halfway (the reason is still unknown).
Theories about the heads of Easter Island:
As I said in the previous point, there is still no certainty about why these moais are buried, but what there are are two theories accepted by the experts.
In the first place we have those who affirm that the moais are buried in holes previously dug to finalize the details and carvings that these statues have.
As a second theory, there are those who say that they were left there (halfway to Ahu) and that later, the climatic changes were burying them little by little until they became the outstanding heads that they are today.
Buried moai size:
Although they vary in size and although not all the moai have been unearthed to have an exact average, those that have been taken from the earth measure between 6 and 7 meters, thus exceeding 4 meters of most of the statues that are in the Ahu.
On the heads (the part that protrudes), they measure on average two meters in height (one third of the total height).
Body of the moais:
Although the shape is very similar to that of the moais that are on the Ahu, there are some differences that are worth mentioning:
* The body (the buried part) is bright yellow. This was the original color of all the moais but these are the only ones that maintain it since the earth protected them from the deterioration that the other giants did suffer.
* The average size of the buried statues is 6 meters, while the average size of the Ahu moais is 4 meters.
* Buried moai have a larger and more prominent nose than Ahu moai.
* Unlike the statues of the Ahu, there is no buried moai that wears a Pukao (red cap on its head).
* The heads of Easter Island do not have the eye sockets carved. This leads us to believe that this part was carved after the moai was raised on an Ahu, that is, when it was already raised.
* Not all, but many of the buried moais have a stake-shaped base (to facilitate the burial of their body), while all Ahu moai have a flat base for standing.
Moai unearthed:
We already know what they are like, what their shape is and the main theories about why they are buried, but is there any record of the body of these heads? It does exist and it is quite impressive.
While there are many archaeologists who have unearthed and studied the moai, one of the most important projects is part of the Easter Island Statue Project, led by American Jo Anne van Tilburg from the University of California.
Jo and her team have already uncovered several bodies of these stone giants and their record is beyond incredible. Thanks to her work, new figures were discovered engraved on the backs of these colossi, new colors and new materials with which they were built.
The record of her work continues to surprise to this day.
Location heads of Easter Island:
Most (almost entirely) of the buried moai are found in the Rano Raraku volcano. It was from here that the islanders took the raw material to build the statues on the island and it was from here that they moved them to the Ahu or left them buried.
In the quarry, on the hillside and even in the crater of the volcano, I saw around 110 buried statues. The panorama and vision was really impressive. I couldn't miss this volcano, which unlike the other volcanoes that are distinguished by their natural environment, here the most impressive thing is to see the set of buried and assembled moais.
Hi again everyone. I've decided to take a small break from flickr because I have some things to attend to before we start our trek through central Australia in September.
I'd particularly like to say thanks for all of your support and comments. No doubt I will do the occasional upload during this break but I won't be here on flickr anywhere near as much as I have been in the past. I'll be back online properly in September and I hope you'll come along and join me on our journey to Uluru, Alice Springs and Central Australia.
Just so nobody is worried by my absence, I'd just like to say that everything is going good for me at the moment and that is a big part of why I'm so short on time. Those of you who have been around for a long time know what I'm talking about and I'd particularly like to say a big THANK YOU to all of you who have been there to support me in the past. Your love and kindness has been a HUGE part of my getting better and I'd like to dedicate this photo and this song by Savage Garden particularly to you!
Who would have thought I would find such inspiration from the friends that I've found on flickr? I'm constantly amazed at all of my contacts' and regulars' talent, ability, empathy and kindness. You guys are an affirmation of everything that is wonderful about photography and flickr!
14 rue François de Sourdis, Bordeaux
En 1982, les lois de décentralisation font de la Région une collectivité territoriale de plein exercice. Désireux d’affirmer, par l’architecture, la réalité et la puissance de cette collectivité naissante, de nombreux conseils régionaux souhaitent alors s’installer dans leur propre immeuble. À Bordeaux, en lisière du nouveau quartier Mériadeck, face au cimetière de la Chartreuse, va alors surgir de terre un colossal parallélépipède de verre, aux reflets verts, pris dans un péristyle de piliers en béton de section quadrangulaire.
En 1983, un concours est ouvert pour choisir l’équipe d’architectes qui construira le nouvel hôtel de la Région Aquitaine. La délibération d’octobre 1983 mentionne qu’il sera fait appel à des concepteurs uniquement aquitains regroupés par équipe de trois membres de départements différents.
Le lauréat est désigné en février 1984 : il s’agit du groupement conduit par la Société bordelaise d’architecture - Perrier S.A. complété des architectes P. Claudel, G. Lechene, B. Maydieu, J.R. Millies-Lacroix, G. Balhadere et M. Madoz-Moussard.
Francisque Perrier est déjà connu localement pour son implication dans divers projets comme l’ensemble de Saige-Formanoir à Pessac en 1965, la résidence « Centre » à Mériadeck en 1976 ou le Conservatoire de Bordeaux en 1977.
L'inauguration a lieu le 9 janvier 1988.
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L'enceinte gallo-romaine du Mans, appelée aussi enceinte romaine du Mans, dans la ville dénommée anciennement Vindinum ou Vindunum, capitale du peuple gaulois des Aulerques Cénomans, a été édifiée au Bas-Empire romain, à une époque longtemps supposée être la fin du iiie siècle mais que des études plus récentes placent désormais au début du IVe siècle. La muraille romaine dessine un quadrilatère irrégulier de 450 m de long sur 200 m de large. Ce périmètre de 1300 mètres a ceinturé pendant plus de 17 siècles, le cœur de la ville. En référence à la couleur de ses murs, Vindunum (Le Mans) était qualifiée de "ville rouge". Sa construction de briques, de pierres de roussard liées par un mortier rose lui confère cette teinte caractéristique. Elle a été bâtie pour affirmer la puissance impériale : l'exceptionnelle richesse des parements, où se succèdent encore aujourd'hui sur plus de 8 m de haut des frises à décors géométriques, en est une trace magistrale. Monument rare, unique en France, la muraille demeure debout, quoique sans véritables fondations. Douze tours, une porte et trois poternes sont visibles. Ne manquez pas la tour du Vivier, la tour de la Madeleine, la tour de Tucé, la tour des pans de Gorron, la Grande Poterne,...
So affirmed Nagasena.
From "World Of The Buddha" edited by Lucien Stryk.
Sunflower leaf still life, in a vase by a window. No processing other than sharpness, contrast, color boost and D-light adjustment.
Edited in View NX-i
Genesis 2:17 King James Version (KJV)
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
There are literally hundreds, if not thousands of abandoned homes strewn throughout the countryside in Alberta. They did not fall out of the sky, but rather, were thoughtfully placed with the intentions of building a life within the four walls and a roof - a very long time ago.
When I come across these homesteads, I just have to stop. I don’t know why I am drawn to these old relics. Fossils of the past. It is as if can hear their heart beat in the solitude of the countryside.
Who lived here? What kind of life did they have? Did they conquer their hardships or challenges? It is without a doubt that the occupants encountered insurmountable struggles.
I try to imagine the essence of the house. Were there moments of joy and contentment despite the harshness and difficulties of the environment? I find it incredulous that it still stands even though it has been ravaged by time.
My imagination begins to percolate.
I want to hear the happy, contagious squeals of children giggling as they raced to the warmth of their beds at night; the sound of Mother humming as she lovingly brushed her daughter’s hair by the fire, or Father whistling with an air of fulfillment at a satisfying day of work that had been done and in anticipation of the hot meal waiting for him as he walked in, through the door. Goals, dreams and aspirations were quietly shared in the secrecy of night. Stolen kisses and affirmations of love and commitment were whispered as the children slept.
I wonder if this house had been enough for them? Why did they leave? What were their parting thoughts as they turned the key for that one last time? So many questions. No answers…
I snap a photo of the old gal.
I start driving down the lonely road but take one last look in my rearview mirror. I see a house surrounded by mass plantings of flowers, a thriving garden, chickens milling about and a clothesline that has a congregation of well worn clothes that are being gently seduced by an unusually warm summer breeze. The children are playing Kick-the-can out in the fields.
The joy of their laughter is a welcome sound to their Mother and Father who are sitting together on the porch sipping lemonade and enjoying a respite from the monotony of chores. No words pass between them. They bask in the silence of their mutual contentment.
I see a house that was once brimming with life and love. It stands proud and tenacious as a testament to those who happen to pass by on this lonely country road and those who have the ears to hear the echoes of laughter wafting in the wind, proclaiming that this house was more than four walls and a roof - it was a home…
Conférence de presse FIPA, 2019 paru dans l'éclaireur en Côte d'Ivoire
"En déclarant que la poésie est au service de la société, le commissaire général fait allusion à Jan Theuninck, pour qui la poésie engagée est un devoir envers la société." (l'éclaireur)
Le FIPA, Festival International de la Poésie d'Abidjan est un colloque international sur la Poésie africaine d'expression française avec à la clé de grandes communications sur le thème : L'Ecole, un foyer de cohésion sociale. Du 24 au 26 Octobre 2019 se tiendra à Abidjan, sous le parrainage de Madame KANDIA CAMARA, Ministre de l'Education Nationale, de l'Enseignement Technique et de la Formation Professionnelle, la 3ème Edition dotée du prix de Poésie KANDIA CAMARA des lycées et collèges
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D’après le poète P. Reverdy, « la poésie est à la vie ce qu'est le feu de bois. Elle en émane et la transforme ». Le caractère primordial du genre littéraire qu'est la poésie est donc ici clairement posée. Il s'agira dans cette préface d'étudier la poésie engagée ; ses problématiques et ses limites. Comme l'exprime Jan Theuninck en affirmant « Je considère la poésie engagée comme une mission personnelle, un devoir envers une société », le poète, lorsqu'il s'engage, choisi de mettre son œuvre au service d'une cause.
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Jan Theuninck iest un peintre et poète belge
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I will be your Father,and you will be my sons and daughters, say the Lord Almighty..
2 Corinthians 6:18
AN AFFIRMATION OF SELFLESS LOYALTY
My fearless heart
Of diamond clarity
Where expression and thought
Are proof of your bravery, justice and swiftness
That cut through ignorance and malcontent
To reveal the pristine awareness of being
Where the freedom of the mind
Is like the sweet chorus of the birds
*****
Sometimes the reinforcement of gracious qualities and love can be a good thing.
So I decided to start an Album on Flickr doing just that.
I like to take shots of the things I have collected over the years that are sharing their presence with me in my home.
Some of my Grail shots have this quality, but often the poem ends up being longer than an affirmation, to me they end up more like a prayer. You can see the Album that contains those works in my Flickr account as well.
But in a sense this is the same principle, as the things I have collected over the years often have a sacred presence or meaning, so I thought I would start to share them here.
On rainy days or when I am not in a writing mood, it is good to still keep working, using the camera in this way, and it is not only enjoyable, it is an opportunity to appreciate these wonderful sacred items and sculptures all over again, and listen to what they have to say.
This Garuda is a modern piece, but the history, energy and protective instinct is the same as from his first incarnation.
This shot is from where he resides, in my glass cabinet, where I keep many other precious things..
I am very beautiful.
I am very cute.
I am very adorable.
I am very smart.
I deserve lots of love.
I deserve many more treats.
And everybody loves me.
"I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me.”
–Stuart Smalley (Al Franken)
Saturday Night Live, 1991 debut
Happy Caturday!
Night without a DAY
Day without a NIGHT🌙
Somebody wanders maybe into my DREAMS 💭
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♫ www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH9vdvK9Xwo - Gaia MESIAH
Ours is a rich, decadent, spiritually exhausted civilization. The sickness of the modern West comes from our having cut ourselves off from the source of enchantment. That is the belief that all life has ultimate, transcendent meaning, given to us by God, and that we can live in palpable, participatory relationship to that meaning. Recovering this belief, and making it not just a proposition we affirm in our heads but an embodied way of life, is the most urgent task facing us today.
-Rod Dreher, Living in wonder : finding mystery and meaning in a secular age / Rod Dreher.
Affirmation solennelle d'attester l'engagement et la sincérité d'une promesse.
A solemn affirmation attesting to the commitment and sincerity of a promise.
"Everything comes out in blues music: joy , pain , struggle . Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance"
Wynton Marsalis
of a coldness to the touch with the fingers
of hurting and healing simultaneously
in the familiarity of a warm heart
Kaya Project ft.Randolph Matthews ~ Playful New World
I may not be the pretty skinny girl who has her picture gawked at, but I am me. I am a human being, and I am happy with myself. I have curves, and I don't wear a size 2. Call me what you want, I know I truly am.
I believe the sun should never set upon an argument
I believe we place our happiness in other people's hands
I believe that junk food tastes so good because it's bad for you
I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do
I believe that beauty magazines promote low self esteem
I believe I'm loved when I'm completely by myself alone
I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye
I believe you can't control or choose your sexuality
I believe that trust is more important than monogamy
I believe your most attractive features are your heart and soul
I believe that family is worth more than money or gold
I believe the struggle for financial freedom is unfair
I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires
I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye
I believe forgiveness is the key to your own happiness
I believe that wedded bliss negates the need to be undressed
I believe that God does not endorse tv evangelists
I believe in love surviving death into eternity
I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye
Until you say goodbye
-Savage Garden "Affirmation"
14 rue François de Sourdis, Bordeaux
En 1982, les lois de décentralisation font de la Région une collectivité territoriale de plein exercice. Désireux d’affirmer, par l’architecture, la réalité et la puissance de cette collectivité naissante, de nombreux conseils régionaux souhaitent alors s’installer dans leur propre immeuble. À Bordeaux, en lisière du nouveau quartier Mériadeck, face au cimetière de la Chartreuse, va alors surgir de terre un colossal parallélépipède de verre, aux reflets verts, pris dans un péristyle de piliers en béton de section quadrangulaire.
En 1983, un concours est ouvert pour choisir l’équipe d’architectes qui construira le nouvel hôtel de la Région Aquitaine. La délibération d’octobre 1983 mentionne qu’il sera fait appel à des concepteurs uniquement aquitains regroupés par équipe de trois membres de départements différents.
Le lauréat est désigné en février 1984 : il s’agit du groupement conduit par la Société bordelaise d’architecture - Perrier S.A. complété des architectes P. Claudel, G. Lechene, B. Maydieu, J.R. Millies-Lacroix, G. Balhadere et M. Madoz-Moussard.
Francisque Perrier est déjà connu localement pour son implication dans divers projets comme l’ensemble de Saige-Formanoir à Pessac en 1965, la résidence « Centre » à Mériadeck en 1976 ou le Conservatoire de Bordeaux en 1977.
L'inauguration a lieu le 9 janvier 1988.
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La ficaire fait le printemps
Cette affirmation rappelle un proverbe à propos d’un autre symbole du printemps, l’hirondelle (sous-entendu l’hirondelle rustique, l’espèce qui niche au plus près des hommes dans les fermes et arrive dès les premiers jours d’avril). Effectivement, il existe un lien avec cet oiseau via le nom anglais de la ficaire : lesser celandine ; lesser de nouveau pour « petite » mais celandine dérive du vieux français célidoine, la chélidoine. On recroise aussi cette dernière dans un autre nom ancien de la ficaire : Chelidonium minus, la petite chélidoine. Or, chélidoine dérive lui-même de chelidôn, l’hirondelle, que l’on retrouve dans le surnom d’herbe à l’hirondelle (swallow-wort en anglais). Cette association remonte à Dioscoride, le célèbre botaniste grec de l’Antiquité, qui déclarait que la chélidoine fleurissait à l’arrivée des hirondelles et mourrait quand elles partaient ; là-dessus est venu se greffer une légende : les hirondelles récoltaient des feuilles de chélidoine pour frotter les yeux collés de leurs oisillons et leur rendre la vue (on retombe sur les propriétés médicinales ophtalmiques !). Par déformation, ce nom a donné au Moyen-âge « coeli donum », don du ciel d’autant que l’hirondelle représente un oiseau céleste (qui reste en l’air) et est associé au soleil et au ciel. Ainsi, ficaire et chélidoine se trouvent à jamais unies pour saluer l’arrivée du printemps !
Plusieurs des surnoms de la ficaire renvoient à sa couleur jaune d’or brillante dont jauneau ou pot au beurre. Ce dernier nom, outre l’allusion directe à la couleur jaune, rappelle une pratique connue des enfants d’autrefois à la campagne (j’en fais partie !!) : on place une fleur de ficaire (ou de renoncule : voir paragraphe suivant) sous le menton d’un(e) ami(e) et on lui demande « Aimes-tu le beurre ? » et la réponse s’écrit immédiatement sur le menton sous la forme d’un halo jaune doré projeté par la fleur magique ! Cette capacité de réfléchir un faisceau de lumière jaune intrigue depuis longtemps les biologistes et le mécanisme physique commence seulement à être pleinement compris (1) : il implique la structure cellulaire de l’épiderme des pétales. La lumière traverse la couche superficielle épidermique transparente chargée de pigment tandis qu’une coloration diffuse jaunâtre provient de la dispersion de la lumière par une couche sous-jacente chargée de grains d’amidon. Une mince couche d’air qui sépare ces deux couches explique la réflexion orientée du faisceau lumineux. L’ensemble donne cette apparence si brillante, intense qui doit certainement jouer un rôle dans l’attraction des insectes pollinisateurs (voir ci-dessous). Cette illumination dégage de la chaleur et fait de ces fleurs en sous-bois des sites chauffés pour les visiteurs et donc plus attractifs.
You are amazing! Yes - You :-).
I just love this video by the Duirwaigh team.
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"When inspiration knocks - open the door."
Detoured down a back alley and rewarded by a surprise appearance of the first blooms to usually grace the lengthening winter days. Yes!
Avis à tous les stressés !
Je transmets ce tuyau, parce que pour moi ça a marché :
A la télé j'ai regardé une émission, dans laquelle un représentant du Dalaï-lama affirmait que pour obtenir la paix intérieure nous devions toujours finir ce que nous avions commencé, et qu'à cette condition nous bénéficierions davantage de calme dans nos existences.
J'ai regardé autour de moi, j'ai fait le tour de la maison pour trouver les choses que j'avais commencées sans les terminer.....
Et j'ai fini une bouteille de rosé de Provence, une bouteille de Châteauneuf du pape, une bouteille de côte du Roussivon, une vouteile de bodka, un buteil de rom, le rest dwiski et zune poit de pière belch.
Tou nimaggine pa com jem sens vachamant mieu mintnan.
Psasse el mssage a tou ceux con bsoin de paits intrieur et di leurr ke jeu lézèm Traduction Google .Notice to all stressed out!
I pass this tip on, because for me it worked:
On TV I watched a program in which a representative of the Dalai Lama said that in order to achieve inner peace we always had to finish what we had started, and that on this condition we would enjoy more calm in our lives.
I looked around, I walked around the house to find the things that I had started without finishing them .....
And I finished a bottle of rosé from Provence, a bottle of Châteauneuf du Pape, a bottle of Roussivon coast, a bodka vouteile, a buteil de rom, the rest dwiski and a poit de pière belch.
Tou nimaggine pa com jem meaning vachamant mieu mintnan.
Psasse el mssage to all those con need of interior paits and to lure ke game lézèm
I started seeing the House Finches pair-feeding several weeks ago - such an endearing behavior. Andover, NJ
badly decaying music room at the long abandoned Oddfellows Complex in Liberty,MO.The complex was once one of the biggest in the US,boasting a hospital,school,retirement home,and an orphanage closed for good in the '70s . This was shot in the old nursing home which,according to employees and paranormal investigators, is the most haunted of the remaining buildings. There is a morgue in the basement here, and if I had known that, I might have walked a little faster while I was "exploring in there...
It's good to start your day with daily affirmations. If no one has has told you yet today
"Hello,Gorgeous!"
Standing under this tree, the blossoms buzzing with bees, was very life-affirming. Everyone should try it sometime.
Audrey’s Affirmation- Today will be interesting.
Life may not happen just the way you expect, and that’s okay. Roll with the punches. Embrace the chaos. We are living this together.
after growing protests from polish women, poland’s governing party has retreated from a proposed law that would have made virtually all abortions illegal.
this picture is dedicated to all the women in the world who fight to affirm their rights, and in particular to all the polish women who have reminded us that rights must be always extended and never restricted.
you go girls! there is still a long way to go, but you've taken a significant step forward.
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Hamburg Neugraben
Life-affirming plurality! This means that there is not just one perspective, but always the possibility of looking at things in a very subjective way. The many shades of colour represent different destinations, but also, in a figurative sense, very different emotions and moods. I want to create something here that is pleasant for the eye, that you enjoy looking at and that you can simply forget about the rest of everyday life. It should capture a moment of ‘time’.
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