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the light was a whisper, finding its way to his eyes. his gaze held a question, or perhaps a distant memory, directed at something unseen. hands, clasped in a gesture of intimate thought, grounded his presence. a beard, a cap, the subtle glint of an earring – fragments of an inner world, composed in monochrome. in the silence, a profound understanding unfolds.
I composed this between-the-seasons canyon photograph while hiking near Alberta's Marble Canyon. I recognized that there was "a lot going on" in this image, but I found each element beautiful in its own way, and like good friends, the various elements complimented one another. I hope you enjoy.
Dem Bones" (also called "Dry Bones" and "Dem Dry Bones") is a spiritual song. The melody was composed by author and songwriter James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson. It was first recorded by The Famous Myers Jubilee Singers in 1928. Both a long and a shortened version of the song are widely known. The lyrics are inspired by Ezekiel 37:1–14, in which the prophet Ezekiel visits the Valley of Dry Bones and prophesies that they will one day be resurrected at God's command, picturing the realization of the New Jerusalem.
Well, your toe bone connected to your foot bone
Your foot bone connected to your heel bone
Your heel bone connected to your ankle bone
Your ankle bone connected to your leg bone
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Circa around late 1800s / early 1900s. Chinese shrimp fishing town. San Pedro Peninsula, San Pablo Bay, San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA
While walking around and taking in views of fallen leaves in Lithia Park in Ashland Oregon. My thinking in composing this image was to get down low with my iPhone and angle it such that I created a sweeping view across the carpet of fallen leaves on this grassy field.
Macro Mondays - Fill the Frame
The calm, composed gaze and the serene expression of Buddha.
The Eyes are usually cast downwards in a state of meditation with a hue of spiritual aura. It signifies looking beyond materialistic things only towards the truth. It is virtually awakening of the inner eye or 'URNA'.
The Third eye, the dot which appears on the forehead between the eyebrows, signifies to the devotee to inculcate ethical behavior, indulge in meditation, be generous, make offerings and free oneself from materialistic provocations. The third eye symbolizes spiritual awakening of knowledge and wisdom besides providing divine vision with the ability to see past our mundane universe of sufferings. it also symbolizes that He was a great beings.
--- bhoomshanti.com
The time back turn to the front the time again the time left the time to take the time to re-time the time the time to create time the time to count.
The countless time.
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苗族
Hmong / Hmub / Xongb / ab Hmaob
m̥oŋ˦˧ / m̥ʰu˧ / ɕoŋ˧˥ / a˥˧m̥ao˥˧
Laced amongst the 1.3 billion people of China, 56 ethnic minority groups make their home in various provinces across the country. One of the largest of these minorities, with a population of over 7 million people, is the Miao people located in the mountainous region of South West China. As the Miao spread out across this region throughout history, numerous tribes evolved out of the main clan and adopted variations on customs and culture. These now distinct tribes became known by the unique characteristics of their clothing and decorations and were named accordingly.
One particular tribe, centred on the village of Longga, is the Changjiao Miao. Changjiao or “Long Horns”, when directly translated, reflects the custom of animal horns being worn as head ornaments by tribe women for special occasions. It was only recently, in 1994, with the building of the highway to Longga, that these beautiful people and their culture have been revealed to the world.
Cloth and costumes are important instruments in shaping the identity of the individual clans or tribes and expressing their unique characteristics. These minority communities weave their histories through these intricate fabrics, reflecting their relationship with the environment and uniqueness of the cultural make-up of the clan.
The application of the carefully combined colours and intricate embroidery to the fabric provides the group with an outlet to express feelings and emotions. Women learn to make batik and embroider from an early age and achieve their social status in this fashion. The girl who can weave and embroider special patterns is seen to be hard working and extraordinarily intelligent and she will become the most sought after bride in the community.
On special occasions and during festivals, the women construct an elaborate headpiece utilizing the clan’s namesake long horn. These horns are first fixed to the women’s real hair, then a highly structured decorative bun of linen, wool and ancestral hair are wrapped in a figure eight around the horn. The hair is then secured to the horn by a geometric white ribbon. This headdress, together with the native costumes, composes the standard attire for festival season.
The Miao celebrate multiple festivals throughout the year. One of the most popular with the youth is the Flower Dancing Festival between the 4th and 14th day of the first lunar month. This time of year is dedicated to the single youngsters in the community in order to gather and look for their life long partners. The girls ascend on the village in groups where they dance and sing in antiphonal style entertaining the boys from other villages. Once a boy and a girl become attracted to each other, a presentation of gifts signals the engagement.
Getting to the actual marriage is a much more elaborate affair, with the groom’s family having to convince the bride’s that he is worthy and will provide for her in the years to come. Endless proposals follow endless refusals and months of bargaining ensue. Finally, when the girl’s family is happy with the betrothal gifts, they are free to get married or if an agreement is not met, the groom’s family may signal the couple to run off and elope.
Unlike western society, divorce does not involve drawn out court battles and asset wars. If a couple falls out of love, they need only give notice to the tribal seniors and are then seen as “on the market” again.
Composé d’un parc de plusieurs hectares, de jardins variés et d’œuvres monumentales, mais aussi d’un château normand du XIXe siècle qui abrite des expositions, le Centre d’art contemporain est un lieu atypique de la campagne rouennaise.
Le château se situe dans un parc de 6 hectares avec des univers différents qui évoluent au rythme des saisons : le jardin japonais, le jardin des cinq chambres, l’arboretum et la roseraie Renaissance italienne, le tout peuplé de sculptures monumentales de célèbres artistes (Peter Briggs, Norman Dilworth, Quentin Garel, Vera Molnar…).
Composed of a park of several hectares, varied gardens and monumental works, but also a 19th century Norman castle that houses exhibitions, the Contemporary Art Center is an atypical place in the Rouen countryside. The castle is located in a 6-hectare park with different universes that evolve with the seasons: the Japanese garden, the garden of the five rooms, the arboretum and the Italian Renaissance rose garden, all populated with monumental sculptures by famous artists (Peter Briggs, Norman Dilworth, Quentin Garel, Vera Molnar, etc.).
Man's will and his creative imagination have impelled him ever onward thus has come new knowledge, understanding peace, dignity and fulfillment
Artist John S, Coppin
The Detroit Public Library (DPL) is the second largest library system in the U.S. state of Michigan by volumes held (after the University of Michigan Library) and is the 20th largest library system (and the fourth-largest public library system) in the United States. It is composed of the Main Library on Woodward Avenue, which houses DPL administration offices, and 23 branch locations across the city. The Main Library is part of Detroit's Cultural Center Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places adjacent to Wayne State University campus and across from the Detroit Institute of Arts.
This photo is composed by two images shot in the same day/time/place but with two different cameras:
- A99 for the foreground and mountains
- Nex-5R for the sky and stars
Some notes about this photo:
- the red sky is due to a longer exposure on the clouds and light pollution
- the tail of the stars is short, because you can decide its length in the camera app
- on the mountain on the left there's a repeater's tower with a flashing light
- both cameras were alligned on the same tripod at the same focal distance
- this village is called Capestrano located in one of the most beautiful places in Abruzzo region (Italy), it is situated few kilometers from the Gran Sasso. You can find it in some other pictures in one of my albums called "Abruzzo" or "Italy"
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Hope you appreciate it!
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San Francisco, Northern California, USA
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View large to see the stamen: The best laid plans... I was going to keep a straight and narrow path of just plants that I had captured over the past five days. Instead, two people asked about the petals of Leucadendrons being leaves. And, without veering too much off course (today), I'd like to give you four more Leucadendrons in a row, all very, very different, yet botanically the "same."
Yesterday, I showed you the Leucadendron Winter Red which caught my attention last May, and continues to "call to me" because the plant's bracts are in evidence year round and, with the sun behind them, lights them up like flowers.
Today, this is another of the 80 species, the Leucadendron 'Safari Goldstrike' - Yellow Conebush), a vigorous, compact grower to 6 feet tall. The "flowers" are composed of bright clean yellow bracts that surround the central female cone on vigorous long stems during winter and spring.
I wanted to show you this today because the yellow "flowers" actually exhibit ... what we would think of as flowers in full bloom. The center of the cone is prominent because you can see into the "flower." Winter Red is too tall to get shots like this.
The "petals" of leucadendrons are actually bracts (modified leaves). The true, botanical flowers are nestled among the bracts and covered with female styles or male stamens. In general, the male flowers tend to be smaller and more colorful. These are endemic to South Africa, but they certainly like this part of California: I've seen them in nurseries, yards, and on Mt. Diablo.
Tomorrow, another Leucadendron gandogeri, and then one more that doesn't fit the pattern.
the magical sound of a classical guitar resonates through your mind and makes you play with your heart .
The Adobe Badlands is characterized by abruptly sloping hills dissected by rugged, serpentine canyons. Most of this area is composed of Mancos shale formations that create a sparsely vegetated badlands landscape known locally as "the adobes." In portions of the area, wind and water erosion have created isolated small mesas surrounded by a maze of deeply-carved canyons, washes, and ravines.
After the dissolution of the Mughal Empire in the later half of 17th century, most of India came to be composed of several smaller kingdoms which continued to preside over local affairs even under the century and a half of British dominance. These were often city states that also controlled the surrounding region under a feudal-type system. Jodhpur was one such state which was closely related by family ties and marriage to the other states in the Rajasthan region such as Jaipur.
—from Wikipedia
The Jaswant Thada is a cenotaph located in Jodhpur, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It was built by Maharaja Sardar Singh of Jodhpur State in 1899 in memory of his father, Maharaja Jaswant Singh II, and serves as the cremation ground for the royal Rajput family of Marwar.
The cenotaph is built out of intricately carved sheets of Makrana marble. These sheets are extremely thin and polished so that they emit a warm glow when illuminated by the Sun.
The cenotaph's grounds feature carved gazebos, a tiered garden, and a small lake. There are three other cenotaphs in the grounds. The cenotaph of Maharaja Jaswant Singh displays portraits of the rulers and Maharajas of Jodhpur.
During the first week of October I scouted this viewpoint and shot some nice late afternoon / early evening light. I knew I wanted to come back and try a pano at sunrise. I was lucky enough to come back 2 weeks later and still have some color in the foliage. I ended up composing this Sunrise Panorama from 8 vertical frames - October 17th.
Kokoen 好古園
location : Himeji city , Hyogo prefecture, Japan
This garden, Himeji "Koko-en", was constructed in 1992 to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the establishment of Himeji municipality.
Himeji "Koko-en" is composed of nine separate gardens, making use of the exact former site of where "Nishi-Oyashiki" (the lord's west residence) and other samurai houses once existed. The original location was confirmed through seven archeological excavations.
Professor Makoto Nakamura of Kyoto University supervised the planning and designing of this garden.
The name "Koko-en" is derived from "Koko-do" the name of Japan's sixth provincial school founded in 1692 in Himeji by the last Lord of Himeji, Sakai family.
All of the nine separate gardens show the essence of the Edo period. The following are some of the many splendors which can be found here. Among attractions, "Oyasiki-no-niwa", the garden of the lord's house, comes first.
Second , "Cha-no-niwa", the garden of tea, has an elaborate tea house, where you can enjoy an authentic tea ceremony. Next, several mud walls with roof tiles on were built as replicas of original walls located here.
There is also a "Nagaya-Gate" which bestows upon viewers the historical feeling of the Edo period. In addition, from Nagare-no-hiraniwa you can enjoy excellent views of the main keep and the West Bailey of Himeji Castle. Finally strolling through the gardens, you can appreciate beautiful trees and flowers of four seasons, the rapids and waterfalls, and covered walkways built of Japanese cypress.
You can feel history and see natural beauty in this garden. It is an impressive and scenic spot located just west of Himeji Castle.
- Himeji City Goverment Office
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