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Buy Nothing day .. it started here in Vancouver I gather . but mostly taken up in UK ?? here is a link from UK
basically we don't need this stuff . its bad for the environment and for our pockets . save and invest instead or just avoid the debt .
www.telegraph.co.uk/black-friday/2016/11/24/forget-black-...
Grand Canyon Village sits on a precipice at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. The village is a hub of activity for tourists including many hotels, shops and restaurants. A few hotels are located directly at the edge of the canyon, 30 to 50 feet (9 to 15 m) from the drop off, providing unbelievable views right from your hotel window!
For more than a century, tourists from all over the world have visited the Grand Canyon to experience its awe-inspiring vistas. It was designated a protected area in 1893 and became a national park in February 1919. Its size is hard to comprehend; a mile deep, 277 miles long and 18 miles wide, for a total of 1,904 square miles. The Grand Canyon was carved over a period of 6 million years and is one of the most studied landscapes in the world.
no less than for what they reveal of the world as their makers comprehend, invent, and describe it :-)
Allan Douglass Coleman
HGGT! Ukraine Matters!
Cornelian cherry, 'Spring Glow', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
“The eyes only see what the mind is prepared to comprehend.”
Quote – Henri Bergson
I see a lot of eyes. What do you see?
Happy Wednesday ;-))
Continuation of playing with my photo 'Reality' (see fitst comment box).
and the darkness comprehended it not." John 1:5
"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to
become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name." John 1:12. Both verses from the King James Bible
Whether you share my faith in Jesus Christ or not, a merry Christmas to all!
It is difficult to comprehend such a horrendous act.
My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and families.
I commend the law enforcement for their swift actions, to apprehend the suspects. (I took this shot in the morning mist, when the sun made it look like little diamonds)
Have a safe weekend,
Hedi
According to ancient Christian stories, Viola is also the face of Christ, the Son of God. From hidden corners it stares at the faithful, the kneeling peasant, the gatherer and the shepherd. As Mary's plant, it emphasizes her humble existence in the shadow of the God who chose her, a timid little woman who cannot comprehend the salvific work of her motherhood. This especially concerns the March Violet, which, fragrant and adorned in blue, suits Mary as a desirable girl.
location cemetery Deurningen (the Netherlands)"
The letter G!
GTWL -- clones!
I'm gonna have to note the hell out of this thing so you know who everyone is....!
Secret #2: I have tried every religion/spirituality/philosophy/movement in the picture. My faith is, er, interesting. Mother is Jewish, father is atheist (formerly Episcopalian). I'm Jewish by blood, had a Bat Mitzvah, but once I got to college... well, you know. One existential crisis after another left me an atheist. Then agnostic -- a very humble position (and is why I love David Hume so much). Then I 'found' God when I took mushrooms -- not shiitake -- and I've been a deist ever since. By God, I mean higher power, no identity (no way for us to identify), unable to comprehend, the First Cause. you know. Religion scares me. That's my secret.
I'm also really pissed that I didn't add Kierkegaard in here. Despair, angst, leap of faith.... brilliant.
*Explored: Reached #50
Yesterday was a horrendous milestone as the death count of Covid-19 victims surpassed 100,000 in the US. Really hard to imagine this grim number as representing individual lives - people like you or me: artists, teachers, scientists, engineers, mothers, daughters, fathers, sons ... who have been lost. Heartbreaking and difficult to comprehend such a large number and climbing. I need to give tribute to them with flowers - I don't know of anything else I can do, knowing that nothing will fill the gaping hole of their loss.
"Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature."
~ Gerard de Nerval
"In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends."
~ Okakura Kakuzo
"Thoughts"
I found a thought in my brain
Something I haven't seen in here for days
I asked before it escaped
"What brought you here to this desolate place?"
Using blood for ink, I watch my stories fade
Writing poetry with thoughts that I erased
Every phrase that never saw the light of day
Will become the only words I ever say
And I hope that somehow
My soul will calm down
As I learn to pronounce
The language I betrayed
As I sweat from my brow
And decipher these vowels
May I comprehend doubt
With thoughts that never stayed
I felt my conscience awake
It seemed to scare all my ideas away
I asked if it would behave
I wish I knew how to make it obey
Using ink for blood, I write until I'm drained
Leaving memories I hate upon the page
I don't think I'll ever see the light of day
If I leave a piece of me to pave the way
And I hope that somehow
My soul will calm down
As I learn to pronounce
The language I betrayed
As I sweat from my brow
And decipher these vowels
May I comprehend doubt
With thoughts that never stayed
And though they'd never stay
I will find a place
To sit and contemplate
Until I awaken all that I am, now
And I hope that somehow
My soul will calm down
As I learn to pronounce
The language I betrayed
As I sweat from my brow
And decipher these vowels
May I comprehend doubt
With thoughts that never stayed
I found a thought in my brain
Something I haven't seen in here for days
I watched it walk through my veins
Out through my fingertips, into the page
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💖 You all mean a lot to me, you all truly make Flickr a lovely place to be, and I can not thank each one of you enough for your constant encouraging support that you all give me. I am grateful.
💖 I am still in need of some time away from Flickr. I do however pop in here now and then, to see your wonderful works, and I try to comment and be supportive as well when I am here.
💖 Huge, huge hugs, Light, peace and love to you all. Have a wonderful week ahead.
Best wishes and regards to each one of you, Take good care of one another, be kind as well as thoughtful towards others.
Lori 💖
Swimming in the abyss All coming to an end No ending as fitting as this Something too beautiful to comprehend
just a quick snap of another great sim...I need to go back to Chesapeake Bay for sure
I’m jumping forward in my South American images to mix things up a little. This one is from Glacier Grey in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, just west of the Cordillera del Paine where we had spent the past week and a bit trekking through and exploring.
It’s hard to comprehend how big this glacier is (the kayaker in the bottom right will help to give it some scale) not just in the sheer magnitude of the ice face but also in the land coverage – at last account this ice field reportedly covered some 270 square km of land.
What is even harder to comprehend is just how much bigger it was. It’s retreat in recent years is nothing short of terrifying and heart breaking – there’s every possibility that our children may never see these incredible scenes.
The world today is changing and quickly becoming a world we once knew.
Newcastle - Grainger Street
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"The more one knows, the more one comprehends, the more one realizes that everything turns in a circle."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"spirito del tempo", è un'espressione adottata nell'Ottocento che indica la tendenza culturale predominante in una determinata epoca.
"spirit of the time" is an expression adopted in the nineteenth century indicates that the predominant cultural tendency in a certain period.
for comprehend our world
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Model: Mihailsk
Moving forwards, using all my breath
Making love to you was never second best
I saw the world thrashing all around your face
Never really knowing it was always mesh and lace
I'll stop the world and melt with you
You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time
There's nothing you and I won't do
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(You should know better)
Dream of better lives the kind which never hate
(You should see why)
Trapped in the state of imaginary grace
(You should know better)
I made a pilgrimage to save this humans race
(You should see why)
Never comprehending the race had long gone by
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(Let's stop the world)
You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time
(Let's stop the world)
There's nothing you and I won't do
(Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
The future's open wide
(Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(Let's stop the world)
I've seen some changes but it's getting better all the time
(Let's stop the world)
"I would rather live in a world
where my life is surrounded by mystery
than live in a world so small
that my mind could comprehend it."
-- Harry Emerson Fosdick
♫ Bette Midler - From A Distance (Official Music Video) ♫
💋Drumknott
From A Distance
From a distance, the world looks blue and green
And the snow-capped mountains white
From a distance, the ocean meets the stream
And the eagle takes to flight
From a distance, there is harmony
And it echoes through the land
It's the voice of hope
It's the voice of peace
It's the voice of every man
From a distance, we all have enough
And no one is in need
And there are no guns, no bombs, and no disease
No hungry mouths to feed
From a distance, we are instruments
Marching in a common band
Playing songs of hope
Playing songs of peace
They're the songs of every man
God is watching us
God is watching us
God is watching us
From a distance
From a distance, you look like my friend
Even though we are at war
From a distance, I just cannot comprehend
What all this fighting's for
From a distance, there is harmony
And it echoes through the land
And it's the hope of hopes
It's the love of loves
It's the heart of every man (every man)
It's the hope of hopes
It's the love of loves
This is the song for every man
And God is watching us
God is watching us
God is watching us
From a distance
Oh, God is watching us
God is watching
God is watching us
From a distance
Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padua, Italy
The Scrovegni Chapel , also known as the Arena Chapel, is a small church, adjacent to the Augustinian monastery, the Monastero degli Eremitani in Padua, region of Veneto, Italy. The chapel and monastery are now part of the complex of the Museo Civico of Padua.
The chapel contains a fresco cycle by Giotto, completed about 1305 and considered to be an important masterpiece of Western art. In 2021, the chapel was declared part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the 14th-century fresco cycles comprehending 8 historical buildings in Padua city centre. Specifically the Scrovegni Chapel contains the most important frescoes that marked the beginning of a revolution in mural painting and influenced fresco technique, style, and content for a whole century.
It is often difficult to comprehend and appreciate the size and scale of a glacier until you’ve seen it from the air. Mendenhall Glacier here for example is 13.6 miles long, 3.8 miles wide, around 2000 feet at its deepest, and rises from beneath sea level to over 6200 feet in elevation.
Having seen glaciers from a distance on foot in Iceland, it was a completely different experience to see one via helicopter. We flew over the glacier for several minutes before landing on a flat area for some hiking. A few things that amazed me while flying overhead though was how deep the crevasses were, how insanely blue the ponds of melted glacier water were, and how far the ice field stretched up into the mountains. But most of all, the sheer size of the glacier was just incredible.
The other remarkable thing was the visible path of dirt and sediment that revealed the flow of the glacier as it bent around the curves of the mountains on its way to the sea. The path must have represented decades of movement.
If you ever get a chance to visit Juneau, Alaska the Mendenhall Glacier is definitely worth a visit!
“Taste the poems in and on tongues you can’t comprehend, the sounds fly skyward after infiltrating your eyes,then you can see your own immortality anointed rising all nonsense you plead, indeed, only immortals truly cherish and envy the human ability to create nonsense”
Rest hope you all enjoy amsy work as always ^^
Amsy ♡
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity."
Quote - Albert Einstein
Rose Red, Rose Red, Rose Red
Snow White, Snow White, Snow White
You used to call me Rose Red
How could I ever forget?
Full of love and passion you said
Now I'm full of hatred and filled with dread
We had a bond that was stronger than they could ever comprehend
And you know that people fear what they don't quite understand
Rose Red, Rose Red, Rose Red
Snow White, Snow White, Snow White
You used to call me Snow White
A snowflake shining bright
Full of serenity and light
Now my heart is suffering from frostbite
We had a bond that was stronger than they could ever comprehend
We are one, we could do anything if you just hold my hand
We had a bond that was stronger than they could ever comprehend
And you know that people fear what they don't quite understand
Rose Red, Rose Red, Rose Red
Snow White, Snow White, Snow White
All the tears that I have shed
When they took you away, Rose Red
I cried myself to sleep each night
Since we were forced apart, Snow White
We had a bond that was stronger than they could ever comprehend
We are one, we could do anything if you just hold my hand
We had a bond that was stronger than they could ever comprehend
And you know that people fear what they don't quite understand
Rose Red, Rose Red, Rose Red
Snow White, Snow White, Snow White
Blackbriar
Music:
The bare earth, plantless, waterless, is an immense puzzle. In the forests or beside rivers everything speaks to humans. The desert does not speak. I could not comprehend its tongue; its silence...
Pablo Neruda.
The bots
The news about AI is worrisome, the biggest alarms being sounded from within the very community that is developing it.
It's evolving at a phenomenal pace and performing in ways that surprise even them.
We may not fully comprehend what we are creating, possibly beyond any human constraints.
"When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success."
- J Robert Oppenheimer
A layered image of 3 different photos, 2 of mine and one from this fellow who generously offers his work for free download.
Thank you Wayne.
All combined and aggressively edited.
I ain't afraid of no bot.
www.flickr.com/photos/fotograzio/
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The most beautiful gift of nature is that it gives one pleasure to look around and try to comprehend what we see.
~ Albert Einstein
"Knowledge"
by Jacob Lee
Sit close
Let me tell you every truth I know
I could read you poetry and prose
We could contemplate the syllables
If you so wish for it
If so
Let your consciousness dissolve like snow
Watch the branches replicate your bones
Place the precious palms among your own
Be the water and the boat, and so I stow
Every thought that lies inside of me
Atop the shelves, amidst my library
So when you're older you may visit me
When I'm at peace
Patiently, I reach up above
I can see the ocean as I stare at the stars
I will place my knowledge in your hands
It's okay if you don't understand just yet
Speak slow
Let me ask before I take a note
May I read a couple words you wrote?
Every page you touch, the letters glow
From the ashes do we grow
And I boast
I can comprehend the words you spoke
You're the writer and the quote, and so I hope
Every thought that lies inside of me
Someday finds its way from soul to speech
So I may bestow our legacy
Like you to me
Patiently, I reach up above
I can read the ocean as I write with the stars
I will place your knowledge in my hands
Flick a page until I understand, I do, oh
Like trying to speak while remaining in silence
Like facing your fears without feeling frightened
I'll never know if I'm yet to try it
I'll do my best to stay open-minded
Patiently, I reach up above
I can see the ocean as I stare at the stars
I will place my knowledge in your hands
Flick a page until I understand, I do, oh
Patiently, I reach up above
I can read the ocean as I write with the stars
I will place your knowledge in my hands
Flick a page until understand, I do, oh
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Know we're scared of us, what this might become
Ain't no goin' back no more, no more
We're in the same bed, cannot lay awake
Let's fill up this space with us
Butterfly, yeah, yeah
You make me feel brand new
Oh, I feel it comin', got a rush like I'm runnin'
No, don't go lookin' for somethin'
Oh, I feel it comin', got a rush like I'm runnin'
No, don't go lookin' for somethin'
Oh, oh, oh...
So you seem to think you're invisible
You're so far from silhouette
You tell on yourself between every word
And leave all this room for me
Butterfly, yeah
I miss feelin' for you
Oh, I feel it comin', got a rush like I'm runnin'
No, don't go lookin' for somethin'
Oh, I feel it comin', got a rush like I'm runnin'
No, don't go lookin' for somethin'
You speak in dictionaries while fearing less than over understand
Virgo moon, I'm so used to your dance
Tongue too swole to comprehend
I see you duck and dodge at every bend
Afraid to play your card, be forced to show your hand
I hope you take from this that it'll make you no less of a man
To break your walls and simply grab my hand
Love shouldn't be contraband
It shouldn't treble on your confidence
Shouldn't be seen as less than compliments
we arrived at this amazing and apparently completely solitary beach on the Lofoten islands and while I was searching for the best angles and composition I realised the tiny spot in the landscape which was yet another photo enthusiast like us :) His miniature figure sets the scale of the rocks at the beach for people to comprehend the scale we are talking about here :)
Happy Textural Tuesday everyone :)
So I probably am insane, I don't care, I applied an awakening to this moment, for me personally I never see a road, I see demonstrational neurological existential consciousness, ready to send out the little messengers of thoughts of which we are all in the driving seat, master this and you master the Universe. Imagine if you would, realising that thinking decides reality and a new universe can be created from thus an infinitesimal moment's conjuring, it can be mind blowing and frightening to yield that level of conscience, be mindful of your thoughts but what an incredible playground of exploration awaits if we could ever can comprehend the absolute freedom that awaits, so go ahead Angel, blow my mind, I am ready!
I hope everyone is well and so as always, thank you! :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN4AcFzxtdE
from a distance
bette midler
From a distance the world looks blue and green
And the snow capped mountains white
From a distance the ocean meets the stream
And the eagle takes to flight
From a distance
There is harmony
And it echoes through the land
It's the voice of hope
It's the voice of peace
It's the voice of every man
From a distance
We all have enough
And no one is in need
And there are no guns, no bombs and no disease
No hungry mouths to feed
From a distance
We are instruments
Marching in a common band
Playing songs of hope
Playing songs of peace
They are the songs of every man
God is watching us
God is watching us
God is watching us
From a distance
From a distance
You look like my friend
Even though we are at war
From a distance
I just cannot comprehend
What all this fightings for
From a distance
There is harmony
And it echoes through the land
And it's the hope of hopes
It's the love of loves
It's the heart of every man
Iit's the hope of hopes
It's the love of loves
This is the song for every man
God is watching us
God is watching us
God is watching us
From a distance
Oh, God is watching us
God is watching
God is watching us
From a distance
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Julie Gold
From a Distance lyrics © Wing And Wheel Music, Julie Gold Music
when I see those Northern landscapes, many mythological tales come to mind and I comprehend how they originated
Beautiful isn't it?
I read an article which indicated this is the second most photographed spot in Yellowstone.
It is, of course, the Lower Falls, envisaged from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. There are more famous and larger falls in the United States (see Niagara Falls), and a far more famous Grand Canyon. There are more colorful locations within Yellowstone (see Grand Prismatic Spring), and more popular (see Old Faithful Geyser). And yet, there is magnificence; if you had only seen this spot in your travels to Yellowstone, you would come away in awe.
In 1870, an expedition led by Henry Washburn, Surveyor-General of Montana, toured the area that would 2-years later become Yellowstone National Park. Nathaniel Pitt Langford, a member of the expedition, wrote of his experience a few hundred yards from this view, "The place where I obtained the best and most terrible view of the canyon was a narrow projecting point situated two to three miles below the lower fall. Standing there or rather lying there for greater safety, I thought how utterly impossible it would be to describe to another the sensations inspired by such a presence. As I took in the scene, I realized my own littleness, my helplessness, my dread exposure to destruction, my inability to cope with or even comprehend the might architecture of nature."
Visit Yellowstone. See for yourself.
Recognition:
Accepted for Display - DEC 2022 Darkroomers Photographic Club, and can be found in the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park, San Diego.
"The more one knows, the more one comprehends, the more one realizes that everything turns in a circle."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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What does not matter ?
1.What to photograph - Camera.
2.Where to photograph - Place.
3.When to photograph -Time.
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What is important ?
1.Study and tune the camera.
2.Learn where you are going.
3.Study the lighting at different times.
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What's the secret?♀️
1.Feel the instrument, hear what it says.
2.Feel the atmosphere of the place, catch the wave.
3.Switch on .Catch the moment!⚡️
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Make a choice!
✨Finding the observer, comes awareness!✨
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This city is one of the centers of ancient culture. Those who created it knew how to choose a place 60.00N-30.00E. Its geometry is the most stable triangle figure. It is made of granite, brick. Hundreds of bridges, hundreds of canals and rivers. Who got here, comes back again! Secrets can be comprehended alone, but can be company! Submits to the brave! FORWARD! “I may be
it’s just nice that I have ideas without knowing it, and even see them with my eyes. ”
Goethe's conversation with Schiller about "plant metamorphosis"
and to cause it to be included with amusements and recreations :-)
Henry Peach Robinson
HPPT!! Truth Matters!
many petalled star magnolia, 'Chrysanthemumiflora', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
🇺🇸[Green Acres]🇺🇸
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Today is Memorial Day in the United States of America.
I read this recently, from a book written by our former president and commander of allied forces in Europe in WWII, Dwight D. Eisenhower
"We believe individual liberty, rooted in human dignity, is man's greatest treasure."
Today is to honor the ultimate sacrifice the few made over the sands of time, so we can have & enjoy this "individual liberty" they gave everything for.
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🎼[Sands Of Iwo Jima (The Drive By Truckers)] 🎼
🎼[Sands Of Iwo Jima (The Drive By Truckers Live)] 🎼
George A. was at the movies in December '41
They announced it in the lobby what had just gone on
He drove up from Birmingham back to the family's farm
Thought he'd get him a deferment there's was much work to be done
He was a family man, even in those days
But Uncle Sam decided he was needed anyway
In the South Pacific over half a world away
He believed in God and Country, things was just that way
Just that way....
When I was just a kid I spent every weekend
On the farm that he grew up on so I guess so did I
And we'd stay up watching movies on the black and white TV
We watched "The Sands of Iwo Jima" starring John Wayne
Every year in June George A. goes to a reunion
Of the men that he served with and their wives and kids and grandkids
My Great Uncle used to take me and I'd watch them recollect
About some things I couldn't comprehend
And I thought about that movie, asked if it was that way
He just shook his head and smiled at me in such a loving way
As he thought about some friends he will never see again
He said "I never saw John Wayne on the sands of Iwo Jima"
Most of those men are gone now but he goes still every year
And George A's still doing fine, especially for his years
He's still living on that homestead in the house that he was born in
And I sure wish I could go see him today
He never drove a new car though he could easily afford it
He'd just buy one for the family and take whatever no one wanted
He said a shiny car didn't mean much after all the things he'd seen
George A. never saw John Wayne on the sands of Iwo Jima
- Patterson Hood
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Protect Your Right To Vote!
BLM 8 Minutes 46 Seconds
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Get Your Booster!, I Got Mine! 💉
I Am Not Ukrainian But I Support You! 🌻💙💛🌻
Women's Rights Are Human Rights 1973-2022 RIP
A firearm should not have more rights than a human
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Prayers to all those who have lost a loved one!
No words can comprehend or heal your loss, but if prayers can provide comfort, we will keep them coming!
Prayers for world peace- especially for Ukraine💙💛
Seems that even the wildlife like this Racoon are sending out prayers as well!!
Thanks for all the views, comments, and Faves I greatly appreciate them!💕😊
... sometimes all looks a little bit different. I need this distance from time to time in my life. It is not always easy for me and there are moments where you would like to disappear. My retreat is in the high Swiss mountains, where silence and clear nature are the key. By my "little paradise", I got fresh energy to my soul through the beautiful purity of nature. Actually I feel nowhere closer to my Creator as in the mountains and He fulfills my life with meaning.
I wish you all that you can find a distance, so that you can touch the important things in life a little bit better.
Thanks for your so appreciated friendship, which has already carried me through a lot. Very warm thanks to all my flickr friends.
Kind regards
Erwin
From a distance
The world looks blue and green
And the snow capped mountains white
From a distance
The ocean meets the stream
And the eagle takes to flight
From a distance
There is harmony
And it echoes through the land
It's the voice of hope
It's the voice of peace
It's the voice of every man
From a distance
We all have enough
And no one is in need
And there are no guns, no bombs and no disease
No hungry mouths to feed
From a Distance
We are instruments
Marching in a common band
Playing songs of hope
Playing songs of peace
They are the songs of every man
God is watching us
From a distance
From a distance
You look like my friend
Even though we are at war
From a distance
I just cannot comprehend
What all this fightings for
From a distance
There is harmony
And it echoes through the land
And it's the hope of hopes
It's the love of loves
It's the heart of every man
It is difficult to comprehend the feeling of worry & tumult that I can't help absorbing from the chaotic events in the news each day. The beauty of Mother Nature (if we don't destroy her) provides solace, for it seems that this is truly ... "The winter of our discontent." ~ William Shakespeare
Hope seems tenuous, but I can't stop believing that the spirit of love will overcome all the hatred that has been unleashed ... "No winter lasts forever; no spring skips it turn." ~ Hal Borland
God is so generous that He gives us grace that we do not deserve, love we cannot comprehend and mercy that we cannot resist.
And from Acropolis and its museum, let me take you for a late afternoon walk, circa 2Kms to the East, where Kallimarmaro Stadion (literal translation is beautiful marble) is located, known also as Panathenaic Stadium. It's entirely built of marble this one too and it's one of the main attractions in Athens. This is the 50.000 seats stadium that hosted the Zappas Olympics, an early attempt to revive the ancient Olympic Games, which were held at the stadium in 1870 and 1875. Later that same century, it hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the first modern Olympics in 1896 and was the venue for 4 of the 9 contested sports! Many of you might have heard of it, as it was used as an Olympic venue in 2004 Olympics. It is the finishing point for the annual Athens Classic Marathon and it is also the last venue in Greece from where the Olympic flame handover ceremony to the host nation takes place. I went there right after our walk to Acropolis, late in the afternoon that day and thought it would be nice if I could take a couple of shots from inside.
Unfortunately it was closed for the day but ... not for me. You see here's the thing. I was born, raised and still live very near by. Practically I grew up playing in this place (there and at the well known Zappeion and National Garden, right across the road if you check it out on the map), so I know all the ins and outs like the palm of my hand. Therefore this place, while it's living history and a so significant place to visit and see for many people around the world, for me it is also a place, where I have lots of childhood memories and I still visit quiet many times a month and especially when I want to clear my head from everyday life and the "noise" it carries with it. One won't know what peace of mind really is, until one sits in one of those seats and become one with late night silence and the history it carries within! It's only then that one begins to come close in comprehending the real impact of such a place upon one's self!
To me, this place is... home!
So there I was, walking into the surrounding pathway to get a couple night shots, of my childhood's playground! Hope you'll like and enjoy as much as I did!!! :-)
(More info on Kallimarmaro @ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panathenaic_Stadium )
It's always exciting to explore a new place such as A Favela I am hoping not to get into too much trouble here. I feel as if I am being scrutinized, but I don't understand why. I am just walking down a public street. I remember being in other places that gave me that same chill. As if I were unwelcome for reasons I could not comprehend. What do you mean by "
Clowntime is Over"? I wasn't clowning, my friend.
In 1980 Elvis Costello and the Attractions released two full-length LPs, Get Happy in February and Taking Liberties in November. A total of 40 tracks, if I recall correctly. This is the alternate take on a song that apeared on both in different versions. Obviously one of my favorites! 🎼
Clowntime is Over - Elvis Costello and the Attractions 🎼, Taking Liberties (1980), Elvis Costello
Moving forward using all my breath
Making love to you was never second best
I saw the world thrashing all around your face
Never really knowing it was always mesh and lace
I'll stop the world and melt with you
You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time
There's nothing you and I won't do
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(You should know better)
Dream of better lives the kind which never hate
(You should see why)
Dropped in the state of imaginary grace
(You should know better)
I made a pilgrimage to save this humans race
(You should see why)
What I'm comprehending a race that long gone bye
(I'll stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(I'll stop the world)
You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time
(Let's stop the world)
There's nothing you and I won't do
(Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
The future's open wide
(Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(Let's stop the world)
I've seen some changes but it's getting better all the time
(Let's stop the world)
There's nothing you and I won't do
(Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
The future's open wide
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I'll stop the world and melt with you
(Let's stop the world)