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Yellow-crowned Night Heron, with a red swamp crayfish (Louisiana crayfish).
Murfree Springs Wetlands, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Macro Mondays, theme: Misfit
Four metal insect brooches (three in front, and one reduced to bokeh in the back) confront a real beetle. The beetle is a preserved specimen of a male Stag Beetle, Lamprima adolphinae.
Hasselblad Makro-Planar f/4, 120 mm, set to f/4. Additional magnification provided by a bellows extension rail.
22-image focus stack.
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While walking down a street in Berlin, I was suddenly confronted with this extraordinary scene. Obviously some talent was required!
Three studies on African marriage based on my sculptured African verandah chair (Kinshasa, 1972). Fuji X-Pro 3 plus Mitakon Speedmaster at F16.
A boat trip to Staffa promised so much: minke whales, dolphins, basking sharks, orca, sea eagles and Fingal's Cave, the famous inspiration for Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture. There was the faint hope of seeing a few puffin stragglers too.
But the weather was against us. Not hugely rough, but enough waves and swell to prevent our skipper putting us ashore to explore Fingal's Cave. We saw plenty seals, gannets and cormorants but little else. No dolphins, whales or orca. But there were beautiful views of the Mull coastline and deserted Treshnish Isles. Scotland has over 900 islands, though the exact number can vary slightly depending on how you define an island (some small tidal islets may or may not be counted). Of these 90-100 are inhabited
Located on the small Hebridean island of Staffa, Fingal's Cave is one of the country's most spectacular natural wonders. Formed entirely out of enormous hexagonal basalt columns, this sea cave is the backdrop of a fascinating legend.
When you visit Staffa, you can’t fail but be awestruck by nature’s creative forces. Impossibly dramatic and romantic, Staffa is best known for its basalt columns and spectacular sea caves. The most famous of these is Fingal’s Cave, also known in Gaelic as An Uamh Binn or the Cave of Music, immortalised by Mendelssohn in his Hebrides Overture. This name reflects the cave's exceptional acoustics and the sounds created by the crashing waves within.
Staffa is a volcanic island and the basalt columns formed when a single lava flow cooled around 60 million years ago. As the molten rock solidified, it also shrank, allowing gaps to form, which created the hexagonal-shaped columns seen today, similar to those found at the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland.
In addition to the cave, the columns form a dramatic cliff face which appears as colonnades or, as the Vikings saw them, the poles or staves (stafr in Old Norse) used in their buildings, hence the name Staffa. The columns are canted over at an angle of four degrees and it was this tilting that happened after they were formed, which allowed the sea to exploit natural fissures in the rock, hollowing out the cave over the millennia. Other caves on the island formed in a different way, when a softer layer of ash under the basalt columns was eroded by the sea.
Funnily enough, it wasn't Fingal who lived in this cave but his rival Scottish nemesis, Benandonner! Fionn MacCumhaill’s was a hero in Irish mythology and although a big lad, not a true giant. Separated by the Irish sea, however, Fingal felt brave enough to hurl insults over the sea to his rival, the giant Benandonner...
When the fight escalated, Fionn built the causeway across the sea to confront Benandonner. But when Fionn saw how enormous Benandonner was, he fled back to Ireland, destroying the causeway behind him. The remnants became the Giant’s Causeway and Fingal’s Cave, which is said to have been named after Fionn’s Scottish alias, Fingal, meaning ‘white stranger’.
It was the famous botanist, Joseph Banks, who, in 1772, first brought the feature to popular attention. Since then, a steady stream of visitors, including a list of famous names from the arts, have made a sort of pilgrimage to this ‘cathedral of the sea’.
Among those great artists was a young Felix Mendelssohn, who visited the cave in 1829. Duly inspired, Mendelssohn wrote the concert overture Die Hebriden, also known simply as Fingal’s Cave, which he finished in 1832. Coincidentally, JMW Turner’s painting “Staffa” was also first exhibited in the spring of the same year. Today, Mendelssohn on Mull, a Scottish chamber music festival, continues to draw inspiration from Staffa. The event brings together young musicians for a week of musical exploration and concerts inspired by the wild beauty of Staffa, Mull and Iona.
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Two green woodpecker (Picus viridis) males confronting while perched on a tree.
Dwa samce dzięcioła zielonego (Picus viridis) konfrontujące się siedząc na drzewie.
Confronting a Personal Gatekeeper
In my mind, there is a gatekeeper that prevents me by holding me back from taking action. My personal gatekeeper keeps me from trying something new and keeps accomplishments out of reach.
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out and having it confronted with the world, still on at Nitroglobus Roof Gallery, courtesy of its thoughtful curator, Dido Haas, meanwhile with the critical attention too:
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Gatotkaca confronts Karna, the owner of the Kontawijaya weapon. He created a thousand twins of himself, making Karna feel confused. On Batara Surya's instructions, Karna managed to find the real Gatotkaca. He then fired his Konta weapon at Gatotkaca. Gatotkaca tried to avoid it by flying as high as possible. However, Kalabendana's spirit suddenly appeared to catch Kontawijaya while delivering news from heaven that Gatotkaca's death had been determined that night. Gatotkaca, who resigned himself to his fate, advised that his corpse could be used to kill enemies. Kalabendana agreed, then stabbed Gatotkaca's navel using a Konta weapon. The heirloom merged with the scabbard, namely the mastaba wood which was still stored in Gatotkaca's stomach. After Gatotkaca died, Kalabendana's spirit threw his body at Karna. Because he managed to jump and escape death. However, the train was shattered into pieces by Gatotkaca's body. The fragments of the train shot in all directions and killed the Korawa soldiers around it.
At the end of the trail and main overlook with the Lost Mine Trail. The view is looking to the south, using some nearby rocky landscape to create a more layered image that has a look beyond at more distant ridgelines and peaks in this part of Big Bend National Park. My thinking in composing this image was to pull back on the focal length and then walk around until I could create that layered view with the varied landscape to my front. The blue skies and clouds above would be the color contrast to complement the earth-tones in the lower portion of the image.
In confronto al Regionale, in cui stamattina si era tutti ammassati,un po' tipo carro bestiame, l'Intercity è un'altra cosa : comode poltrone, finestrini puliti, e sembra che corra. Così è anche piacevole viaggiare. Anche perché di sera è quasi completamente vuoto.
Le 5 Terre, ora blu, dal treno
Driven to Tears - The Police
Lexington Lab Band version
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How can you say that your not responsible?
What does it have to do with me?
What is my reaction?
What should it be?
Confronted by this latest atrocity
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
Hide my face in my hands,
shame wells in my throat
My comfortable existence is reduced
To a shallow, meaningless party
Seems that when some innocents die
All we can offer them
is a page in a some magazine
Too many cam'ras and not enough food
Cause this is what we've seen
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
Protest is futile
Nothing seems to get through
What's to become of our world?
Who knows what to do?
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
“An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
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"You confront me."
"I thought you wanted me to. I mean I thought I was doing what you wanted me to. You... you know and... and... and we don't even have to. My cab is ready. I can just leave and we can always meet later. Just, just call. OK? I'm staying with Phil. You have his number, don't you? You do. You do. Call and we'll meet... where... wherever... you want. It's really all up to you. That might even be better. Anything. I... I... I don't know. I... I... I don't, I don't mind really. Whatever. I mean you call and let me know. I'll stay with Phil a few days. I'll let you know... where... where I'd go after. You want me to. Right? I mean I know, I know you want that. That's what we need. That's what we should do. Hey, what do you say? Huh? Isn't that better? I thought we'd go out for lunch today but that's all right. You stay in. Do whatever and we'll meet again. Just call, just..."
"You confront me not I. That's why it disturbs. It's just that."
A Deusa Hera prometeu ajudar Jasão, mas Zeus contraria severamente essa ajuda. Jasão, como todos os mortais, é reconhecidamente uma peça no jogo que os deuses jogam entre si. Jasão fica limitado a evocar apenas por cinco vezes o auxílio da deusa e, fica a saber por ela num desses pedidos, que o Velo de Ouro realmente existe e que se encontra na Cólquida, reino estabelecido do outro lado do mundo, com uma entrada no porto de mar muito parecida com esta na foto acima e que tanto nos faz lembrar esta cidade fascinante.
Os argonautas enfrentam vários perigos durante a viagem.
A calmaria do tempo faz com que Jasão vá pedir a ajuda de Hera pela primeira vez. Esta guia-os para a ilha de Bronze, antiga oficina do deus Hefesto, onde os argonautas se confrontam com a gigantesca e magnifica estátua de bronze de Talos. Procuram a seguir pelo velho adivinho cego, Fineu, para que este lhes indique o caminho correto para a Cólquida. Entretanto, livram-no do ataque diário de duas Harpias que lhe roubam vezes sem conta as refeições por ordem de Zeus, para puni-lo pelo mau uso de seu poder. Fineu indica-lhes o caminho, passando pelas Simplégadas, o atual estreito do Bósforo, onde o desmoronamento das encostas rochosas ameaçam matá-los. Fineu ainda lhes deu um amuleto que ao ser jogado ao mar, invoca um Tritão que segura os lados do estreito, auxiliando-os assim na sua penosa passagem.
Pelo menos é assim que eu recordo esse magnífico livro que já li há muito tempo, mas do qual nunca mais me esqueci, desse escritor genial da Mitologia Helénica Menelaos Stephanides, que também escreveu entre outros – Os Deuses do Olimpo - Prometeu, os homens e outros mitos e Ilíada: a guerra de Troia. Livros que na minha opinião merecem bem ser lidos.
La Rochelle encontra-se localizada no sudoeste de França num porto marítimo na Baía de Biscaia, uma parte do Oceano Atlântico e é também a comuna mais populosa do departamento, ocupando o quinto lugar na região da Nova Aquitânia. É de facto uma "Porta oceânica" pela presença dos seus três portos de pesca, comércio e iates. Cidade de forte tradição comercial, o seu porto esteve ativo desde as origens e conheceu um importante desenvolvimento durante o período clássico até aos nossos dias.
A origem da cidade remonta ao período galo-romano, como provam os vestígios de salinas importantes e vilas. Os duques de Aquitânia concederam-lhe foral de porto franco em 1130. Com a abertura do mercado inglês após o segundo casamento de Leonor de Aquitânia em 1152, a presença dos Cavaleiros Templários e dos Cavaleiros de São João de Jerusalém, rapidamente transformou esta pequena cidade no maior porto do Atlântico da época.
A cidade é detentora de uma história muito rica onde se inclui a emblemática torre de Saint-Nicholas além do seu extraordinário património urbano. Uma cidade com funções portuárias e industriais muito importantes, tem também um setor predominantemente administrativo que é reforçado por a sua Universidade e uma forte indústria do turismo em rápido desenvolvimento. Nos últimos anos, a cidade tem sido por diversas vezes classificada entre as cidades mais habitáveis da França.
A área de La Rochelle foi ocupada na antiguidade pela tribo gaulesa dos Santones, que deu seu nome à região vizinha de Saintonge e à cidade de Saintes. Posteriormente os Romanos ocuparam a área, onde desenvolveram a produção de sal ao longo da costa, bem como a produção de vinho, que foi exportado para todo o Império. La Rochelle foi fundada durante o século X e tornou-se um porto importante no século XII. O nome foi registrado pela primeira vez em 961 como Rupella, do um diminutivo latino que significa 'pequena pedra', e mais tarde foi conhecido como Rocella e Roscella antes do nome assumir a sua forma atual.
Os Cavaleiros Templários tiveram uma forte presença em La Rochelle desde antes da época de Eleonor de Aquitânia, que os isentou de funções e lhes deu moinhos na sua Carta de 1139. La Rochelle foi a maior base dos Templários no Oceano Atlântico, onde estacionaram a sua principal frota. Durante a Guerra dos Cem Anos em 1360, após o Tratado de Bretigny, La Rochelle voltou a ficar sob o domínio do monarca inglês, no entanto, acabaria por ser expulsos em junho de 1372, após a batalha naval de La Rochelle entre as frotas castelhano-francesa e inglesa. Durante o Renascimento, La Rochelle adotou ideais protestantes.
O calvinismo começou a ser propagado na região, resultando na sua supressão por meio do estabelecimento dos tribunais Cours présidiaux por Henrique II. Em 1864, o porto de La Rochelle foi o local para as primeiras experiências de mergulho do primeiro submarino mecanicamente motorizado do mundo, Plongeur, comandado por Marie-Joseph- Camille Doré, natural desta cidade. Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, a Alemanha estabeleceu uma base naval submarina em La Pallice, o principal porto de La Rochelle. Considerada uma fortaleza alemã, La Rochelle foi a última cidade francesa a ser libertada no final da guerra. O cerco aliado de La Rochelle ocorreu entre 12 de setembro de 1944 e 7 de maio de 1945. A fortaleza, incluindo as ilhas de Ré e Oléron, foi mantida por um contingente de 20.000 soldados alemães comandados por o vice-almirante Ernst Schirlitz. Após negociações com o capitão da fragata da Marinha francesa, Meyer acabaria por aceitar a capitulação no dia 7 de maio e as tropas francesas entraram na cidade no dia seguinte. O porto foi escolhido em 2018 para o local da série de televisão alemã Das Boot, uma sequência do Clássico filme de 1981.
Uma cidade com muitos motivos para ser visitada e ficar a conhecer toda a sua magia e a sua história milenar, rica e cheia de interesse. Mais uma cidade que tivemos o privilégio de visitar e há qual gostaríamos de voltar um dia.
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La chiesa di San Lorenzo rappresenta l’unica testimonianza materiale dell’antico insediamento di Ognanum, ancora esistente nel secolo XII ma probabilmente quasi del tutto scomparso nel ‘400.
La parte certamente originale della prima edificazione è l’abside, la cui muratura è composta da blocchi di arenaria e da mattoni, ascrivibile per confronto al secolo XII.
Il basamento dell’abside è stato oggetto di rifacimento e rinforzo, così come anche sarebbero da riferire ad un successivo intervento le ultime due campate, verso la facciata settentrionale, dove si ritrova una tessitura assai particolare, che non trova corrispondenze stilistiche con altre chiese romaniche del territorio.
All’interno, in corrispondenza dell’abside, vi è un lacerto di muratura con un accenno di curvatura, forse superstite della struttura originaria. Sulla superficie si è conservato un affresco, datato 1661, che rappresenta la Vergine e sant’Antonio Abate: è stato recentemente scoperto che proprio nel corso del Seicento il luogo era abitato da alcuni eremiti, probabilmente devoti al Santo.
La struttura interna è stata pesantemente modificata e potrebbe ricondursi al XVIII secolo. I rifacimenti hanno riguardato la creazione di una volta a botte e di un semicatino sull’abside, oltre alla formazione di alcune paraste segnate in sommità da una cornice.
Proprio lo sviluppo della volta absidale ed il venire a mancare la necessità funzionale dei contrafforti laterali tra il presbiterio e l’aula, potrebbero aver dato origine all’anomala conformazione della copertura, tamponata tra il tetto e la muratura romanica dell’abside, che ricorda la prua di una nave.
Dei contrafforti laterali ne rimane una parte sul lato nord, mentre risulta assente sul lato meridionale, dove è ritrovabile un intervento di raccordo e rabbercio tra la facciata e l’abside.
Nel corso degli anni Ottanta è stata consolidata la volta ed è stato ripassato il tetto, ripristinando come manto di copertura i coppi. Un consistente intervento di riqualificazione, che ha sostanzialmente rinnovato la chiesa, è stato infine operato negli anni 2014/2015, con la sistemazione della copertura, il restauro delle facciate esterne, il ripristino degli intonaci e delle tinteggiature interne, la revisione dei serramenti e la pulizia del pavimento in cotto. Fonte: archeocarta.org/mombello-di-torino-to-chiesa-di-san-lorenzo/
Per vedere i lavori di restauro e gli affreschi dell'interno: www.studiomaccagno.it/pieve-di-san-lorenzo/
À l’occasion de Cathédrale de Lumière, la Métropole Rouen Normandie et le festival Normandie Impressionniste confient au plasticien, dramaturge et metteur en scène américain Robert Wilson, la création de la nouvelle œuvre audiovisuelle projetée sur la façade du monument immortalisé par Monet. Une œuvre onirique, abstraite, qui met en perspective les textes de la poétesse africaine américaine Maya Angelou accompagnés des sublimes études pour piano de Philipp Glass.
Avec sa création rouennaise, il confronte son univers abstrait à un édifice solide et s’empare de l’histoire d’une ville qui a souffert, créant des images fortes d’où émergent la vulnérabilité et la beauté de l’existence humaine. Ce spectacle unique est une déclaration d’amour à l’histoire humaine, dans son sens le plus émouvant et complexe. Un rendez-vous artistique monumental à ne pas manquer.
Les poèmes sont lus en anglais par l’autrice et Bob Wilson lui-même, et en français par Isabelle Huppert qui prête sa voix au spectacle rouennais. Des élèves du collège Fontenelle et des lycées Corneille et Flaubert ont également enregistré des lectures des poèmes, en anglais et en français, dans le studio d’enregistrement du BTS audiovisuel du Lycée Corneille.
On the occasion of Cathédrale de Lumière, the Métropole Rouen Normandie and the Normandie Impressionniste festival have entrusted the American visual artist, playwright and director Robert Wilson with the creation of the new audiovisual work projected on the façade of the monument immortalized by Monet. A dreamlike, abstract work that puts into perspective the texts of the African American poet Maya Angelou accompanied by the sublime piano studies of Philipp Glass.
With his Rouen creation, he confronts his abstract universe with a solid building and seizes the history of a city that has suffered, creating powerful images from which emerge the vulnerability and beauty of human existence. This unique show is a declaration of love to human history, in its most moving and complex sense. A monumental artistic event not to be missed.
The poems are read in English by the author and Bob Wilson himself, and in French by Isabelle Huppert who lends her voice to the Rouen show. Students from Fontenelle College and Corneille and Flaubert High Schools also recorded readings of the poems, in English and French, in the BTS audiovisual recording studio at Corneille High School.
Taken with a very dated, low spec pocket camera &, admittedly, not the best viewpoint for Dumgoyne (Dumfoyn partially obscures it), this image nevertheless records one of the blackest, angriest skies I've ever clapped eyes on. About 2 minutes after this I was enveloped in a maelstrom of stinging pellet snow. Luckily, I was walking WITH the weather, & blown along the Slackdhu cliffs in fine style.
I was reminded of being confronted by a similar 'curtain of doom' in far-flung Sutherland, 25 years ago. I was chased off Arkle by a whirlwind of high-velocity hailstones.
. . . This shot was taken a few weeks ago when it was almost dark, and I was suddenly staring down death itself! Facing a certain demise, I froze, but still managed to get off a shot or two of the animal that could tear me to shreds!
*Kidding* This cute little fox kit ran right towards me, and froze when it realized a photographer and his truck were directly in front of him. He quickly stopped just 5 yards from me, and ran into the grass and rocks to get around me.
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The Old Cathedral
With the music : Audiomachine - Hope in Light Extended
About the same time that in the Labyrinth Of Ichthrys the Guardian of Elche was confronted by Ahrghylla, the evil ruler of Krudhyn, a strange blue light filled the cloisters of the Monastery of Ahylas ... but also illuminated Ahryadhe ... one of The Coreoleans Masters (*).
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The shot was made in the Old Cathedral Of Lisbon, Portugal.
The architecture is real, light, tones and sculpture were added for this work .
I will return after some days, but i will here in challenges and in groups during that time !
A wonderful weekend and week dear friends ! All the best to you with always a beautiful light in your lives ! : )
Its More Liike a Destinyy ]] , SumTimes I Sit & ; Wonder Is This Life Really 4 Me ?
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Ironik - Stay with me , ♥ }
{ Everything Done By Me ] . .
Her spiritual journey began as a psychological one as she confronted her inner demons.54 “People know the immensities of outer space better than they know their own depths,” she wrote in June 1941, echoing Jung’s words.55 And four months later she wrote: “The feeling that there is a dream world and a grey, everyday world, and that the two are irreconcilable. And I do so want to reconcile them, I want to live them both at the same time. I know it can be done.”
-Beauty and Horror in a Concentration Camp-The Story of Etty Hillesum ,James Murphy