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The consciousness below thee is ever-expanding
in different ways from those known to thee.
Aye, it, though in space-time below thee,
is ever growing in ways that are different from
those that were part of the ways of thine own.
For know that it grows as a result of thy growth
but not in the same way that thou didst grow.
The growth that thou had and have in the present
have brought into being a cause and effect.
No consciousness follows the path of those before it,
else all would be repetition and vain.
Each consciousness in the cycle it exists in
follows its own path to the ultimate goal.
Each plays its part in the Plan of the Cosmos.
Each plays its part in the ultimate end.
The farther the cycle, the greater its
knowledge and ability to blend the Law of the whole.
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Items Pictured...................................................
Bento Head [Daniel] -by Catwa
Bento Body [Gianni] -by Signature
Skin Body/Head [Erwin/Tone 4] -by Stray Dog
Orb [Glowing Orb] -by Gryphon Vendetta
Pose from Poseidon Poses --by Gryphon Vendetta
Outfit [Town Gear Warrior (Signature)/White/Rare] -by ::GB::
Hair [Rebellion Fatpack] -by Stealthic
Loads of beautiful plants -by Cube Republic
Anyma & Chris Avantgarde - Consciousness [Visualizer]
To get the feeling Tuuuune !!! ♪ ♫ ♩ ♬
Consciousness
Sentience of internal, external, or virtual existence
My attempt at the "Crazy Tuesday" theme "Aluminium Foil".
Shot with an Agfa "Ocellar 3.5 cm" (projection) lens on a Canon EOS R5.
As you can see, I wasn't the only one photographing this eyeball. I really makes a statement. This is from the Dallas trip. I really want to go back. I feel like there is so much more to see. Here's some information on the Eye
Tony Tasset’s larger-than-life optic sculpture, Eye, has become one of the most iconic (and rumor-generating) fixtures on Main Street.
The 30-foot-tall fiberglass, resin, and steel sculpture is a replica of the American multimedia artist’s own eye. Referencing everything from a pharaoh’s eye, a Masonic eye, and the eye of “Big Brother,” the piece ultimately means “whatever you want,” says Tasset. “Eye is one of those images that has taken on a number of meanings over the years. God and consciousness are just two of them.”
Originally commissioned as part of the Chicago Loop Alliance’s Art Loop program, Eye made its debut in the Windy City’s Pritzker Park in 2010 before arriving in its new Dallas home three years later. Since then, it has become the city’s most unique private event space and the site of the annual Dallas Art Fair’s closing soiree The Eye Ball, along with countless weddings, parties, yoga classes, and selfies.
Consciousness is an end in itself. We torture ourselves getting somewhere, and when we get there it is nowhere, for there is nowhere to get to. D. H. Lawrence.
David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English writer and poet. His collected works represent, among other things, an extended reflection upon the dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialisation. Lawrence's writing explores issues such as sexuality, emotional health, vitality, spontaneity, and instinct. His works include Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love, and Lady Chatterley's Lover.
Lawrence's opinions earned him many enemies and he endured official persecution, censorship, and misrepresentation of his creative work throughout the second half of his life, much of which he spent in a voluntary exile he called his "savage pilgrimage". At the time of his death, his public reputation was that of a pornographer who had wasted his considerable talents. E. M. Forster, in an obituary notice, challenged this widely held view, describing him as "the greatest imaginative novelist of our generation." Later, the literary critic F. R. Leavis championed both his artistic integrity and his moral seriousness. Source Wikipedia.
La Mer
Charles Trenet
Louis Charles Augustin Georges Trenet ; 18 May 1913 – 19 February 2001)[1] was a French singer-songwriter, who composed both the music and the lyrics to nearly a thousand songs over a career that lasted more than sixty years. These include "La Mer", "Boum!" and "Y'a d'la joie".
"Beyond the Sea" is the English-language version of the French song "La Mer" by Charles Trenet, popularized by Bobby Darin in 1959. While the French original was an ode to the sea, Jack Lawrence – who composed the English lyrics – turned it into a love song. Source Wikipedia.
TD : 1/160 f/8 ISO 100 @200 mm
ruminations on Harold Bloom's Genius
The question we need to put to any writer must be: does she or he augment our consciousness, and how is it done? I find this a rough but effectual test: however I have been entertained, has my awareness been intensified, my consciousness widened and clarified? If not, then I have encountered talent, not genius. What is best and oldest in myself has not been activated.
I would propose that the writer apply the "best and oldest in myself".
my textures with a touch of PicMonkey & Pixlr
"..to know that not far away,
along the road and beyond the hills
was the Sea,
free and salt and without bounds,
was like having prison gates opened,
even if it was not yet time to go out."
Marianne Dreams
By Catherine Storr.
Yellow Allamanda, a common tropical shrub by the roadside
Singapore
February 2022
"I couldn't hear the water, and Caddy opened the door.
'Why, Benjy.' she said. She looked at me and I went and she put her arms around me. 'Did you find Caddy again.' she said. 'Did you think Caddy had run away.' Caddy smelled like trees.
She smelled like trees.
'Come on, now.' Dilsey said, 'You too big to sleep with folks. You a big boy now. Thirteen years old. Big enough to sleep by yourself in Uncle Maury's room.' Dilsey said.
'You a big boy.' Dilsey said, '... Hush now, so you can go to sleep.' The room went away but I didn't hush, and the room came back and Dilsey came and sat on the bed, looking at me.
'Good night, honey.' Dilsey said. The room went black. Caddy smelled like trees.
We looked up into the tree where she was."
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
This quotation is taken from the Benjy section of Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury. Faulkner frequently used stream of consciousness in his writing. In the Benjy section, the story is told through Benjy, who has a severe intellectual disability; he is pure and untainted by society, and while he is unable to talk he expresses his feelings through his imagination and sensations of the natural world. Benjy loves his sister Caddy, and Caddy is the only family member who shows genuine care and love towards Benjy. Benjy sees Caddy as his source of comfort and order. He does not distinguish between the past and the present and perceives time in a nonlinear way. Benjy's memory of losing Caddy was associated with him having to sleep alone at the age of 13. In Benjy's early memories of Caddy, he associates Caddy's innocence with the smell of the trees in which they used to play. When Caddy entered adolescence and tries to wear perfume and have relationships, she no longer smells like trees and loses her innocence. This throws Benjy's world into chaos, and he responds by moaning and crying.
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a dangerous train ...
The pine processionary (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) is a moth of the subfamily Thaumetopoeinae in the family Notodontidae, known for the irritating hairs of its caterpillars, their processions, and the economic damage they cause in coniferous forests.
Toxicity :
Stinging hairs contain a toxic protein that is very irritating and inflammatory: thaumetopoein. It penetrates where the “harpoon” is planted: most often in the skin, but also in the eye, the nose, the mouth…
The hair breaks and the toxin released causes a reaction similar to that of nettle stings: red pimples in the form of blisters, red itchy patches, appear on the skin.
General symptoms may occur in the event of significant exposure. The immune system then goes into overdrive, which can lead to a sudden drop in blood pressure, discomfort or loss of consciousness.
Is there a risk for animals? With their noses at ground level, animals are exposed to contact with these stinging hairs, particularly dogs. They can get it on their coat, or even take a caterpillar in their mouth, which can cause very serious inflammatory reactions including necrosis of the tongue.
Un train dangereux ...
La processionnaire du pin (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) est un papillon de nuit de la sous-famille des Thaumetopoeinae de la famille des Notodontidae, connue pour les poils irritants de ses chenilles, leurs cortèges et les dégâts économiques qu'elles provoquent dans les forêts de conifères.
Toxicité
Les poils urticants contiennent une protéine toxique très irritante et inflammatoire : la thaumétopoéine. Elle pénètre là où le « harpon » s’est planté : le plus souvent dans la peau , mais aussi dans l’œil, le nez, la bouche…
Le poil se casse et la toxine libérée provoque une réaction semblable à celle des piqûres d’ortie : des boutons rouges sous forme de cloques, des plaques rouges qui grattent, apparaissent sur la peau.
Des symptômes généraux peuvent survenir en cas d’exposition importante. Le système immunitaire s’emballe alors, pouvant mener à une baisse brutale de la tension artérielle, un malaise ou une perte de connaissance.
Y a-t-il un risque pour les animaux ? La truffe au ras du sol, les animaux sont exposés au contact avec ces poils urticants, notamment les chiens. Ils peuvent en avoir sur le pelage, voire prendre une chenille dans leur gueule, ce qui peut provoquer des réactions inflammatoires très graves jusqu’à une nécrose de la langue.
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Vosges
"Consciousness is not the light that illuminates the mind and the world, but it is the light or the flash that illuminates the breach, the uncertainty, the horizon." (Edgar Morin)
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The scene shows an environment characterized by intricate, web-like structures forming an interconnected network of sentient beings. This phenomenon, termed the "Ethereal Biocognitive Nexus," suggests a complex xeno-biological system where consciousness and physical form merge in a symbiotic relationship.
AI creation
These signs, with an environmental consciousness message, were part of the Australian section of the San Diego Safari Park.
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Stream of consciousness on a warm winter day...
Realizing that I am happiest driving away in my car, all by myself, with my camera, and my car full of props.... just in case I find the perfect spot (whatever and wherever that may be) ... even if it is only for an hour because there is a multitude of other things that I need to be doing ... and even though, my horoscope, as a Libra, tells me that I there is nothing I dislike more than being alone.... so UNTRUE.... and asked by someone if they could come along and see me set up my props and watch how "the process" works .... and me, wondering... WHAT Process?!! Doesn't everyone work this way?... and thinking that someone watching me do this is probably not going to work out well... and then... thinking that winter hasn't been all that bad... and there is beauty in the monochromatic dark months .... and wondering if the process of letting go applies to things...and people... and thoughts... and feelings ... and, yeah, I can do this ... Just when you think that maybe you are actually getting good at something... something else comes along to remind you that ... no, you're not all that good!! And why doesn't everyone have hobbies? And how can some people be perfectly satisfied just cleaning their house and cooking all day?... and why is there nothing hanging on their walls? And how can some people sit in front of the mind numbing TV for hours on end? I don't care how many channels they give you... there is still nothing worth watching. And if you don't work and you don't have hobbies, what the heck do you do all day? Much of the time, being alone is a good thing.... no one to ask annoying questions and talk your ears off. And silence IS golden. And, finally, ending the day, once again, with the realization that I have a LOT to learn, and I'm never going to live long enough to figure it all out. Yeah... it was a day of deep thoughts. I really should just keep these thoughts to myself.... tomorrow is another day. LOL!
Master Po: Do you hear the grasshopper that is at your feet?
Young Caine [looking down and seeing the insect]: Old man, how is it that you hear these things?
Master Po: Young man, how is it that you do not?
-- "Kung Fu" (The TV series, 1972)
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Ed. Note: We've progressed greatly in the quality and content of our TV fare in the last 43 years, don't you think?
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With my very busy mind and ...
Determined type " A " personality
when it comes to photography
I veer my visual interest towards the minimalist or curvacious !
Photography then becomes a medium and weak attempt at meditation and God consciousness.
Where less information, negative space, sensual curves speak in volumes.
I know that there are many kindred photographic souls on Flickr.
Thank you for all your support and love
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into the sensual world - Kate Bush