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This one is among the most favorite photos I have taken so far.
These are hands of a female Bonobo ape. They are an amazingly calm group of animals with a very high level of intelligence. Million years ago, we humans and they had a common ancestor. As a result we share 98% of our DNA with them.
Frans de Waal, one of the world's most popular primatologists, states that the Bonobo often is capable of altruism, compassion, empathy, kindness, patience, and sensitivity. How peaceful bonobos are has been disputed by some, but in general scientists agree with these assessments and fact remains that thus far there are no confirmed observations of lethal aggression among bonobos, neither in the wild nor in captivity.
Observations in the wild indicate that the males among the related Common Chimpanzee communities are extraordinarily hostile to males from outside of the community. Parties of males 'patrol' for the unfortunate neighbouring males who might be traveling alone, and attack those single males, often killing them. This does not appear to be the behavior of the Bonobo males or females in their own communities, where they seem to prefer sexual contact over violent confrontation with outsiders. In fact, the Japanese scientists who have spent most time working with wild Bonobos describe the species as extraordinarily peaceful, and de Waal has documented how Bonobos resolve conflicts with sexual contact (hence the "make love - not war" characterization for the species). - Wikipedia
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens. Cincinnati, OH
Joe contemplates the Cotswold head I used to use on this body.
It is a pretty darned good knock-off, these guys really come as close as you probably can come without risking getting sued into oblivion by Hasbro, but I'm happy to have finally replaced it with a proper vintage head.
I customized the Cots head further by painting on a scar and repainting the lips to make them stand out a bit more (I think I overdid it a bit, and am not really happy with how those lips came out) and painted over the "shine" in his eyes to make him look more vintage).
This head is now available for sale or for trade! Contact me if you are interested!
I can't tell if he was a surfer trying to gauge the waves, or a pervert watching the female surfers. Either way, I like the photo.
Me and my ace friend Becks collaborating on a project that we tackle slowly and bit by bit. The project will circle around the idea of how our society perceives the representation of gender roles and how the lines between male and female are blurred since gender fluidity becomes more and more representative. It's still a work in progress but we are excited to experiment on more ideas in the future!
Not done much in the way of portrait work before, so thought I'd better... be back to landscape's soon though!
Maria Enriquez traveled deep in her thoughts as I walked by contemplating her thinking on Feb.20.09.”thinking. thinking. You could never have enough of that,” said Maria when asked why she was thinking. Photo by Yasmin Hansen
Today Kel played golf with her brothers, Mike & Jerry. It has been YEARS since she last played.
Yesterday, after dinner, she hit some balls around the yard for a while. Dyson wanted to give it a try...
Saw these senior citizens taking timeout at our local market.
I am experimenting with photoshop and this is the result. But I do remain very much an amateur so suggestions are valued...
“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.”
Albert Einstein
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I like to think a lot and I’m sure you do sometimes. I guess whenever I have some issues I tend to isolate myself and try to figure things out. I guess you could say that I’m independent or loner but it’s not that I don’t want people to help me. I do need ask for help when I know I can't do things on my own but I know I can do it for myself without anyone’s help. =)
I hope everything is having a wonderful week so far. I just had a bomb threat at school and it’s pretty scary but nothing happened.
Streaming at you all later…..
Gazing upon Idris Khan's 'Seven Times'
Khan's piece refers to the tawaf, one of the rituals of Hajj (pilgrimage) in which the pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba seven times, anticlockwise.
Taken during the Members' event
Evening, Monday 19 March, with events based around the exhibition 'Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam'.