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I wasn't around much during the weekend....I guess I've a lot of catching up to do...Hope you all had a great weekend!
Don't let the blues get you down.....Happy Monday!! :)
Greek philosopher Aristotle observed: "often when one is asleep, there is something in consciousness which declares that what then presents itself is but a dream"
No place like home! feels so nice to be back with the family after a couple of days alone. The peace and quiet without the children was just too earie!
Wishing everyone a beautiful week ahead and will try to catch up over the next few days.
Leave you with another quote ;-)
True love is not a strong, fiery, impetuous passion. It is, on the contrary, an element calm and deep. It looks beyond mere externals, and is attracted by qualities alone. It is wise and discriminating, and its devotion is real and abiding - Ellen G. White
The pub sits in Hayfield Road where it joins Kingston Road. It faces down Aristotle Lane and is bordered by Polstead Road.
"ADVENTURE IS WORTHWHILE." - ARISTOTLE
The Ancient Agora in Athens is one of the most visited archaeological sites in Greece. Once a center for trade, commerce and politics, it's now a fantastic green area in the heart of Athens.
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- Quote by Aristotle
Began the day trying to remove old photos from my bloated hard-drive. Didn’t get very far into the task before coming upon this shot from a 2009 trip to Greece. Figuring out which images to keep or delete shouldn’t be as difficult as figuring out the meaning of life… but I’m stumped 😊
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The Parthenon:
The Parthenon is a temple on the Athenian Acropolis, dedicated to the goddess Athena. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of classical Greek art, and is considered an enduring symbol of Ancient Greece, democracy, and Western civilization.
The Parthenon dominates the hill of the Acropolis at Athens. It was built in the mid-5th century. The temple is generally considered to be the culmination of the development of the Doric order, the simplest of the three Classical Greek architectural orders.
(Canon PowerShot SD950, 1/1000 @ f/8, ISO 200, edited to taste)
My first bug + blossom shot this year! With a real macro lens. Yay Frak. Yay Aristotle. Yay crabapple. Yay all around.
In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds. - Aristotle
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-Aristotle Onassis
This is the start of Holy Week. This week it is time to focus on being closest to God. Not only that, but focus on serving God by serving others. Spend a little time with someone who needs love and attention. Say hello to a stranger. If you have 2 shirts in your closet, give one to charity. It is the little things that make all the difference in the world. Imagine, if we all did one little kind thing, how much this world would be forever changed.
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Alexander the Great & Aristotle
UNESCO proclaims 2016 the Aristotle Anniversary Year ...
Thessaloniki May 2016
Alexander the Great statue in Thessaloniki - Greece
A briliant Man,built like a Tower of Steel
Some believe He was Unreal ...
In 343 B.C., King Philip II hired the philosopher Aristotle to tutor Alexander at the Temple of the Nymphs at Meiza. Over the course of three years, Aristotle taught Alexander poetry, drama, science, politics, the meaning of Justice & the skills of Rhetoric.
Alexander's passion for learning never decayed.
Seeing that Homer's Iliad inspired Alexander to dream of becoming a heroic warrior, Aristotle created an abridged version of the tome for Alexander to carry with him on military campaigns.
UNESCO proclaims 2016 the Aristotle Anniversary Year ...
Walking on the paths of Philosophy & History
Aristotle 2,400 years ... Thessaloniki May 2016
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As we started on the cliff trail at Montana de Oro state park, I noticed that while there were a lot of clouds in the sky, the marine layer was not strong, and I could indeed see the Morro rock in the distance. Morro Rock was barely visible the last few times I visited the park, so I was excited to capture the rock along with the dramatic coastline. I had to hunt around a bit to get converging clouds lined up with the background rock. But after taking the image, I realized that none of that mattered as the rock shelf in the foreground would grab attention with its bright colors and patterns.
- Aristotle.
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While planning a sunrise session at Mesquite Flats dunes, I had to choose between the more popular western part or the more subdued but less visited eastern part of the dune field. I chose the latter, hoping for undisturbed sand formations instead of the drama of some of the tallest dunes. The challenge with dunes with lower elevation is that the contrast between light and shadows is much more restrained than usual. I still held the hope of photographing some high-contrast images. Once the sunrise started and the morning light started to hit the dunes, I realized having the 100-40mm lens with me was a definite advantage. While the wider focal lengths showcased the dune’s softer nature, the tele-focal lengths allowed me to separate the high-contrast scenes. After a while, I started to look for these scenes with the possibility of a high-contrast light, and some of my favorite images from the trip came as a result.
“Nature does nothing uselessly.”
― Aristotle, Politics
Maybe 1/10 or less of the Cormorants who gathered at the tip of Ft. Pickens Florida for the morning feeding frenzy on 31 March, 2022.
Bad storms the night before lifted the surf up into 5–6-foot swells hiding many of the elongated flock in this shot. This was an amazing experience to witness as the seagulls would circle above waiting for the schools of minnows to near the surface. The Cormorants and Pelicans would just float and keep a watchful eye on the gulls.
Every morning for a week I stood on the beach in witness of these events, not once could I detect what the gulls would do to alert the others. Like ringing a bell in a boxing match, they did something that made the Cormorants and Pelicans converge in a frantic free for all of gorging themselves on the dark clouds of minnows who would have been much better served to stay away from the surface. The Dolphins may well have been responsible, placing the minnows in an oceanic version of being between a rock and a hard spot!
- Aristotle Onassis.
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Only one day while we aere at the Saguaro National Park did we have any clouds in the park. While the day started pretty cloudy, the clouds started to clear out by the afternoon, and only a few clouds remained about an hour before sunset. We had to make a mad dash to a viewpoint in the mountain between the park and the city of Tucson to have some clouds in my frame. By the time I was at the viewpoint, I was so disoriented when we reached the parking lot. I had no idea which one of the multitudes of trails to take from the parking lot.
Even though I first went up the wrong trail, I was able to get to some lovely views by the time the sunset was in full swing. While I had only a glimpse of the type of sunsets that makes this area famous, it was an epic experience. The sky turned different shades of red and orange, with beautiful soft light filling the valley.
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Hipstamatic “addicts” know that “Aristotle” film is a unique one. It is black and white itself, but if you play with sliders (vibrancy, temperature for example), it may become color film. And the color effects are awesome sometimes.
But after the last update of the @hipstamatic app this magical property of “Aristotle” has been removed. The support promised to make the magic come back in the upcoming update, but for now all my favorite combos with “Aristotle” are black and white. Here’s one of them, which as for me works amazingly exactly in bnw.
Hope you’ll like it, guys! Waiting for the return of “Aristotle” magic, and meow, of course😎🐾
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For the Macro Mondays challenge “Four Elements” (May 6th 2019)
It sounded easy - choose one or more of Aristotle's 4 elements, earth, air, fire, and water and represent it in a macro using the 3" size maximum.
I wanted to try Earth, and found myself questioning just what Aristotle included. Just earth and rocks (geological elements) or is it everything that is made of what we think of as 'matter'? All plants, trees, animals ... the entire flora and fauna of the planet? Including everything that lives in the sea (water) ....? I found myself online chasing through philosophical and scientific debates and texts. Fascinating, but maybe not helpful for my photographic choices!
I started off wanting to use sea-sand as it is beautiful and sparkles under the Macro gaze. It fits neatly, as it is derived from rocks, and acted on by water to produce the fine granules. So one, maybe two elements represented there? But then I added a sea-shell, to give more shape and texture to the image. OK I'd call it Earth, but might it be water-based? Maybe I am over-thinking Aristotle ;o)
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Light flare: 2 Lil Owls
Happy Aristotelian Macro Monday!
My 2019 Macro Mondays set: Here
and previous years of the challenge:
My 2018 set: 2018 Macro Mondays
My 2017 set: 2017 Macro Mondays
My 2016 set: 2016 Macro Mondays
My 2015 set: 2015 Macro Mondays
My 2014 set: 2014 Macro Mondays
My 2013 set: 2013 Macro Mondays
“Knowing oneself is the beginning of all Wisdom”
Eternal truths expressed over 20 centuries ago by the Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle (384 BCE -322 BCE)
The famous philosopher from ancient Stageira,wrote as many as 200 treatises (of which 31 survive) on all Aspects of Life and Human Existence, from Biology and Physics to Theatre,Music, Politics and Ethics.
Thessaloniki:
The Aristotle World Congress will be the highlight of all events to be organized worldwide in 2016 for the celebration of the “Aristotle Anniversary Year”, with the support and cooperation of the Research Centre for Greek Philosophy of the Academy of Athens, of the International Federation of Philosophical Societies of the Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO.
The Congress will open with an official ceremony on May 23, 2016 followed by congress sessions that will be held until May 28, 2016 in the main venue of the Aristotle University in the city of Thessaloniki as well as in ancient Stageira,the birthplace of Aristotle & in ancient Mieza, the place where the Macedonian philosopher taught Alexander the Great.
There will be Multiple International Congresses on “Aristotle Today -2,400 Years Anniversary 2016” held in Heidelberg, Leuven, Padua, Paris, Helsinki, Lisbon, Notre Dame (Indiana), Moscow, Córdoba and Athens.
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Aristotle 2,400 years ... Thessaloniki May 2016
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Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them. - Aristotle
Every life deserves a certain amount of dignity, no matter how poor or damaged the shell that carries it. - Rick Bragg,
All Over But the Shoutin'
Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man's soul in his body long past the point at which the body should have surrendered it. -
Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
But today’s society is characterized by achievement orientation, and consequently it adores people who are successful and happy and, in particular, it adores the young. It virtually ignores the value of all those who are otherwise, and in so doing blurs the decisive difference between being valuable in the sense of dignity and being valuable in the sense of usefulness. If one is not
cognizant of this difference and holds that an individual’s value stems only from his present usefulness, then, believe me, one owes it only to personal inconsistency not to plead for euthanasia along the lines of Hitler’s program, that is to say, ‘mercy’ killing of all those who have lost their social usefulness, be it because of old age, incurable illness, mental deterioration, or whatever handicap they may suffer. Confounding the dignity of man with mere usefulness arises from conceptual confusion that in turn may be traced back to the contemporary nihilism transmitted on many an academic campus and many an analytical couch. -
Viktor E. Frankl,
Man's Search for Meaning
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Derived from the book cover of On the Origin of Evolution Tracing Darwin s Dangerous Idea from Aristotle to DNA by Gibbin John.
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I recently read Aristotle saying that change is important if an individual is to evolve and expand their consciousness. I would extrapolate that to our methods in photographing.
Not just in terms of an eclectic portfolio, but in an entire new way of seeing and creating images.
I have witnessed this in myoldpostcards new works as well as other Flickr friends.
I find myself enthralled by the New Topographic movement and their scenic beak cerebral aesthetics. Moving away from the celebration of the pure beauty of nature I admire their method of interjecting space for thought and feelings to appreciate the prettiness in the banal.
Here I was draw by that 'brick' horizon, then I saw the giant diamond design of the entire scene. What I did not see until I had it up on the computer screen were the different types of bricks used to build this building.
- Aristotle.
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I have often complained in these posts about how many times I have experienced stunning colors in the sky during golden hour only to realize that they are in the wrong direction. While this used to frustrate me to no end in the earlier days of travel, these days, it's more of a source of amusement. One thing has changed, though: now I do take the photo even if it's not the original image I had in mind. One such occurrence happened during our winter trip to Zion National Park.
I noticed all the signs of an incredible sunset as we drove back from the park. But with my daughter and wife tired from the hike in the cold, we planned to get to bed early. Once we got to the hotel, I grabbed my gear and quickly hiked to a small platform behind our hotel. I was hoping for a lovely, colorful sky above the Watchman peak. The bright sky appeared just as I predicted but in the opposite direction, towards the town of Springdale. It was not the kind of image I usually take, but that didn’t stop me from composing a few panorama images of the incredible sky over the beautiful little town.