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discusses asking the Little People for help to get the Mythical Dragon Egg back from the Rock Monsters....
Not all Dragons are happy about asking the Little People to help, historically they have hunted Dragons.
The Princess Sara Quest....
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Photos of Princess Sara's Quest are in the album....
EXPLORE Worthy, Challenge 97 - COLORFUL (2018 Art)
"COLOR CRAZE" - Shock of the New Challenge # 59
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Alien Worlds Challenge - February 2018
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West Boylston’s prominent land mark – The Old Stone Church - was left remaining was a reminder of those that lost their homes and jobs to the building of the reservoir. It is one of the most photographed sites in the area.
3rd place "Fall Is In The Air"
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discussing the meaning of life ... no actually ... men in sl ... and oh what a handful they can be!
Visit this location at Muddy's Music Cafe (PG) Where Everyone Knows Your Name in Second Life
Among the poppy fields, time slows
down and worries fade away.
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Smile on Saturday! :-) - P... IN THE PICTURE
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This is possibly my favorite image from Sunday early morning shoot. The tile and music refers to top left corner of the image. The tree is holding very large rock on what is left of the root system. It’s important to see this image in large or on black.
PS. This is not HDR , just adjusted with curves on PS CS3 , 6 seconds exposure @ f22 - 24mm
"Essence Of Water" as Picture of the Week for July 14 2007
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Jewel – Hands www.goear.com/listen.php?v=0e40f08
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Explore July 11 2008 #345
Conversation at the camera store, choosing the right camera. Not much of an interest to me as an analog user, they mostly sells digitals. I was then invited to take some shots of models with analog later.
Voigtlander R3M, Voigtlander Nokton Classic 40mm F1.4, Fujifilm Super Neopan 1600(Courtesy of HIRO), Home-Development, Kodak Tmax, 1/4th@ 4 1/2Min., Ilford Rapidfix 1/4 6 Min.
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dear horst is now gone
leaving us sweet memories
of a cherished friend
~Mim Eisenberg
To live in hearts we leave behind
Is not to die.
~Thomas Campbell, "Hallowed Ground"
Our dear friend Horst (*hb19) passed away on May 12th. I dedicate this photo to his sweet memory. We were all delighted by his SKYplay set, and when I went out to shoot something similar in tribute, I chose the heart-shaped leaf of my weeping redbud, and as I held it up to the sky, there was a heart-shaped cloud. That could not have been just a coincidence.
Horst was a cherished Flickr friend, always offering his thoughtful, supportive comments to so many of us, and sharing with us the world and family he loved so deeply. My heart goes out to them. May they be comforted in knowing how much Horst was valued here in our Flickr community.
SuperEco members: You are invited to post your comments and remembrances on our special tribute thread for Horst.
I am honored that this photo won second place in SuperEco's "SKYtastic SKYplay" contest.
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The community board meeting took place in order to discuss the proposed mosque to be built next to ground zero. While the project is usually referred to as the “mosque at ground zero”, the project’s official name is the Cordoba Initiative. The Imam and the developers were in attendance to present the project, and many politicians (or rather their representatives) were on hand, along with many of those in favor or opposed.
First spoke the elected officials, who—in the typical New York political elitist fashion— slandered and insulted their opposition. Councilwoman Margaret Chin spoke before a single opponent of the mosque ever came up to the microphone to state their position, but that didn’t stop her from accusing those against it of “bigotry”.
And while Margaret Chin chose to offend the opposition to the mosque (most of whom present were families of 9-11 victims and first responders) in person, other local figures sent their cronies. A representative of Scott Stringer, President of the Borough of Manhattan, handed out a letter to everyone prior to the meeting in which he refers to the mosque as a “multi-faith community and cultural center” and claims that this “center has been the subject of bigoted attacks that contain a strain of religious and racial hatred more extreme than anything we have seen in NYC for some time.” I guess an attempt to kill hundreds of New Yorkers and tourists at Times Square by an Islamist Faisal Shahzad less than a month prior was not extreme enough for Stringer and, instead of jihadism, Stringer seems to have identified the enemy as a TEA Party leader whom he rips apart throughout this unsolicited letter. While the TEA Party’s opposition is referred to as a “bigoted agenda”, the mosque itself is referred to as a “vibrant and world-class facility in NYC which will promote tolerance and pluralism”. Of course he fails to provide any example of mosques in NYC or in the world that have EVER promoted tolerance or pluralism, but perhaps he didn’t think that any attendee would dare question his superior judgment in the matter. Please be sure to read his disgusting letter
After the political cronies spoke, Feisal Abdul Rauf', the Imam in charge of this “community center” was given time to present his proposal. He started his speech with “for many years I’ve had a dream…” (I wonder what Dr. King would have thought of a ‘grand wizard’ proposing to build a “community center” at the site of the bombed 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama). The Imam also claimed that this “community center” would promote multi-culturalism; he was so sure of it that his speech was sprinkled throughout with that deceiving phrase. But his presentation brought with it an unexpected turning point. Not because of anything he planned to share with us in his carefully prepared PC jargoned speech, but because of a question by one of the board members who wanted to know if the proposed “community center” would hold prayer. The Imam said “yes”, to which the board member replied, “then it is a house of worship, not a community center”.
Without any objection to that by the Imam or speakers that followed, the term “community center” began to very gradually disappear. But don’t think that anyone’s opinion actually changed as a result. The supporters of the project “formerly” known as a “community center” still believed that it was somehow related to diversity and that it would in no way be an insult to those who died due to Islamist ideology, nor would it serve as a monument of jihadist victory.
But neither the councilwoman nor the Imam were the most offensive or distasteful of the proponents of the mosque. Daisy Khan of the American Society for Muslim Advancement, who also happens to be Imam’s wife, blew their insults and lies out of the water. (I don’t recall her being introduced as Rauf’s wife at the meeting, but I can’t be sure.) She lectured and she yelled – yes, yelled – at the families of victims, the first responders, and her fellow New Yorkers. She yelled that she is “tired of bearing the cross [and will do so] no longer” because apparently she and the Muslim community were the real victims of the 9-11 attacks—not the families who lost their loved ones, not the cities that lost their monuments, and not the country that lost its feeling of security.
Without a single mosque destroyed and with very few anti-Muslim incidents, hearing from this woman about her supposed victimization in that auditorium was absolutely sickening. It didn’t help when for weeks after (and prior) she dominated the time on television appearing calm and together and claiming among other nonsense – I kid you not – that the reason they chose the ground zero site to build a mosque is to provide a “blow to the extremists”. I’m sure radical Muslims would just hate it if New York built a mosque on the ground where American buildings were destroyed and thousands of Americans were murdered by jihadists … right? READ HER RIDICULOUS QUOTE AGAIN. Now listen to it for yourself from the horse’s mouth because I wouldn’t have believed it either. (starts at 1:10) www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7WbTv_gsx4&playnext_from=TL&...
Other supporters of the mosque included two priests and a rabbi (no, it isn’t a start to a joke – although I wish it was) of the leftist “co-exist” variety all of whom supported the mosque. And while there were some clergy present that (judging by applause and reactions) opposed the mosque, they did not come up to the microphone. The supporting clergy seemed to have gone to the same rhetoric school as the Imam, using terms like “multi-culturalism”, “tolerance”, “community relations and understanding”, and other jargon that had no actual relevance to the topic.
There was also a Caucasian woman with a baby who introduced herself as someone who had converted to Islam … in 2006, if I’m not mistaken. She lied about how difficult it is to find information and resources on Islam in NY. I say she lied not only because there are hundreds of mosques in the 5 boroughs, but also because as a recent convert she is a prime example of someone who was able to find and act on this information. Of course, she didn’t specify why ground zero is a better location than any other for this apparently “valuable to the city” information about the religion all 911 hijackers belonged to.
Now that I have gone on and on about the supporters of the mosque (aka “community center”) and the temple’s money changers, let me talk about the opponents of a mosque being build at ground zero ... Not a single one of them opposed a mosque being built; the prevailing request was simply “build it somewhere else”.
First opponent to speak was the celebrated publisher, editor, and columnist Pamela Geller. She was the one to point out what Cordoba means to the Muslim world. Cordoba is a city in Spain that was the first major city to fall to Muslim conquerors and become an Islamic caliphate and a symbol of Islamic conquest of the West. She also called the mosque “a shrine to the very ideology that inspired 9-11”. Sure seems a lot more plausible than Daisy’s explanation for why the mosque has to overlook ground zero.
A gentleman who lost his brother in WTC and represents the largest ‘families of victims of 9-11’ groups introduced some of those present who lost loved ones at ground zero. He protested the lectures and the labels that were bestowed on these families for their “legitimate, legal opposition to this Muslim ‘multi-cultural center’”. He pointed out that while there is proposed building of this mosque at ground zero, the committees have refused to allow monuments to the tragedy of 9-11, including the WTC sphere which was heavily damaged during the terrorist attack and has become an iconic symbol of the tragedy. At this time the sphere is temporarily housed at Battery Park. “If we should honor multi-culturalism and diversity at ground zero, we should honor and remember victims of 9-11,” he concluded.
Tim Brown, a former NYC firefighter who lost dozens of his friends and colleagues, fellow first responders, to the jihadist terrorist attack, has been a tireless voice for memories of victims and their loved ones. He questioned where the money for the mosque was coming from. He had received “5 different answers on 5 different occasions from them”, which included my favorite “we don’t have to tell you, talk to our lawyers”, as well as “three different organizations, but [the Imam] refused to name them” and “from American taxpayers”. Mr. Brown also pointed out that Cordoba Initiative has been very deceiving in other ways, such as removing the word “mosque” from their web site despite the fact that they explicitly wrote initially that there will be a mosque at the top of the building (overlooking ground zero).
Questions were also raised about the Imam Rauf, his public statements, and his pro-Sharia stance as described in his publications and interviews. His travels to countries that openly support terrorism and forced Islamization of the West were also questioned and may indicate where funding from the mosque could be coming from.
Follow up note: Listening to the Imam Rauf speak to various news organizations in the days following the meeting, he offered even more non-specific answers to where the money comes from, such as it comes from people who “want to see peace between Muslims and non-Muslims”. Again, nice politically savvy keywords… but no actual answer to a rather direct question he obviously knows the answer to. Trying to hide something, Faisal Abdul?
One of the many victim’s families present was a woman with a photo of her son who was murdered by the Islamic terrorists. She didn’t yell like Daisy, the Imam’s wife, and she did not dish out insults like Congresswoman Chin. Her voice trembled as she mentioned her son’s name and held his photo towards the committee, “this is my son”, she said, “this is firefighter George Kane.” She held back tears as she spoke. She said that “the location [of the mosque] is insensitive to families. It is also insensitive to the voiceless victims the possibility that anyone who supports Islamic extremism could walk on graves of the victims … [it is] an outrage.”
Another woman spoke with a similar shaking voice about her 23-year-old son who “was murdered on September 11th”. She also wasn’t a bigot, but wanted to know “why are you suggesting that it be two blocks from ground zero?”
Mrs. Kane and the others who spoke through tears and with photos of their murdered children in their trembling hands, made me think of what they were being asked to do. Nine years later, they were being asked to “move on” or “heal”, as mosque supporters were suggesting. I can’t even begin to imagine what that ignorant request could do to an eternally grieving mother.
A sweet elderly couple’s last conversation with their son was via cell phone while he was on a hijacked plane… just before he was murdered. They mentioned that there were 20 mosques that located around the area where they lived, and that they would be ok with another one being built close to them, but they also asked for “understanding and sensitivity” when it comes to building one near ground zero.
Yet from the comments of NYC politicians and supporters of the mosque, we know that understanding and sensitivity will not be shown to the victims’ families nor reflect the wishes of voting New Yorkers. They will instead be shown to others who are apparently deemed more – not even equally but more – crucial to the future of NYC and the memories of those who perished in the terrorist attacks.
Here are a few youtube links on regarding this meeting:
Pamela Geller's full 2 minute speech from the meeting
a firefighter and first responder Tim Brown speaks A MUST SEE
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I decided to dress up as a biker chick a few Halloweens ago, black wig and all! Original self-portrait taken October, 2002 was underexposed, and yellow looking so I thought it would look good with a cyan cast. This is one of my all time fave selfies, so I'll just call the underexposing a happy accident! If this pic looks familiar to some of you, maybe it is because it used to be the icon for my group, Big Expressive Eyes, Sexy, Succulent Lips! Wanna join? Follow the link and you know what to do! ;D
Done for EXPLORE Worthy - REMIX THIS PIX 17 (2019 Art).
I used this image by Cathy Labudak
and this image by Temari 09.
Fourth creation in Iron Builder against Jonas Kramm.
Piece use is quite obvious here but at least I managed to use 80% of them. I'm particularly happy with Gandalf's posture.
More on Cyclopic Bricks.
An abstract collage of reflections and ripples in a rain puddle. Created for the TMI Challenge ITSO ... Abstract Art vaguely in the style of Jean Arp.
Created in Photoshop Elements 13 for Mac
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I did a loooong livestream with the last 3/4 of it spent at Cupid's Curse picking up freebies. I had no idea the event had soooo many stores. If I had known how many stores there were, I would have split it into 2 livestreams on different days. (While I do show almost every free gift I picked up, it's not a great livestream. At one point I replaced my outfit accidentally with the folder of Cupid Curse's gifts. So embarassing! I had to find my body, head and a dress real quick! Do you have any idea how bad your face looks without the head? I had no idea it was distorted that much underneath to get the features I wanted, geez.And yes I did clip some of it, at least where I flashed my nakedness to the world. Hopefully no one at the place saw me nude because among other things, I was wearing a backdrop, lol)
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Cupid's Curse has lots of photo ops spots set up, free gifts, a hunt, and a ton of stuff for sell if you're feeling like telling Cupid to take a hike.
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I couldn't rez so I wore the tea set, lol.
Striped Tea by Nacht
Dragoos Companions - Ghosthunter 2025 by by Dragoos (free, 1000 pts on Shadow Seekers Madpea Hunt)
Dark Love Dress - LaraX by Ari-Pari (free gift at Cupid Curse)
Elika- Super High Heel Boots Maitreya by Dark Love (free gift at Cupid Curse)
Annie hair by MINA Hair
Nao face Skin / Sunkiss by Cosmetize
LaraX Mesh Body by Maitreya
CAMILA 4.0 mesh head by Lel Evox
Sunkiss skin by Velour
Tessa Shape by WoW Skins (heavily modified by me)
Dangerous Girl v4 by Vista Animations (ground sit)
Make It Interesting • Challenge 3 (Tree)
Source image with thanks to Pattys-photos
texture by Pareeerica
texture by Carlos Arana
model by: Grinmir-stock
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A couple discussing the merits of the work currently showing at the ACMI in Melbourne.
Light: Works from Tate’s Collection features 'Raemar, Blue' which is one of the earliest and most significant of James Turrell’s ‘Shallow Space Constructions’ works which combine architecture, sculpture, light and space to completely envelop the viewer in a coloured atmosphere. 'Raemar, Blue' is an immersive spatial environment that plays with the experience of perception and the effect of light in space.
The work was first executed in 1968, an important year for Turrell which saw him expand the confines of his earlier light projections into constructed physical environments. Blue light radiates from fluorescent tubes placed behind a partition that appears to float at the back of the gallery space.
While we didn't venture into the Wrest Pont Casino we did wander around an empty convention centre that abutted it. For some reason a Police Car was parked outside so perhaps there was something they needed to discuss with the centre. By this time the day was very hot so we cut our wandering and driving around Sandy Bay, Battery Point and other waterfront areas short and went home for a rest before more walking in the cooler evening. The grass in this outdoor area was fake hence the bright green colour. I do hate fake grass due to the plastic pollution it adds to the environment. Happy Bench Monday!
Time For Dreams In A Baroque Clock by Daniel Arrhakis (2023)
All elements transformed by art collage, digital painting include hand painting processes, color saturations techniques and textured layered techniques. Stock images, Artificial Intelligence Art created for this work and images of mine.
Work made for the challenge :
*Time Perception Challenge - March 2023 - LINK HERE
Created for DigitalMontage Challenge 13 - Halloween
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