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Composite picture of a radiant pregnant woman, dressed in white with a giant white flower enfolding her...
The form of this flower is remarkable! The spathe is a pure waxy white and enfolds a spiky white spadix held in place by a shiny, brilliant green stem. The flowers last for months, yellowing a bit but still remaining beautiful.
The genus Spathiphyllum is found on the forest floor in rain forests of tropical America. This explains its ability to cope with poor lighting and makes it a popular home and office plant. Here is South Florida it is used extensively in landscaping, adding a lovely flash of pure white wherever it grows.
You may also know it as Peace Lily.
Spathiphyllum, Peace Lily, Chinese Evergreen, Aglaonema, Aroid
Biscayne Park FL
In the attic of time, where memories reside,
Ancient objects rest, in history's quiet tide,
Endowed with the whispers of stories untold,
They hold the power of the past, within their fold.
Amidst this trove, a red chesterfield couch reclines,
With its deep, scarlet hue, in timeless designs,
Its leather, worn by years, like the pages of a book,
Holds the secrets of muses and dreams it undertook.
As you sink into its cushions, a transformation unfolds,
A mystical journey where inspiration beholds,
For this couch is a portal, a bridge to the sublime,
A muse's invitation, across the bounds of time.
In its warm, velvet embrace, you're transported away,
To an era of elegance, where poets had their say,
As you touch the aged leather, stories unfurl,
You become a living canvas for the muse's twirl.
With each passing moment, you're no longer the same,
For this ancient object stirs the creative flame,
The couch's power, a conduit for your soul's delight,
As it weaves poetic dreams through the mystic night.
The whispers of the past, they guide your pen and rhyme,
As the red chesterfield muse transcends the bounds of time,
So, let its aura enfold you, let inspiration flow,
In the world of ancient objects, let your creativity glow...
by me
Hasselblad 500CM + CZ Planar 80mm C + Digital Back CFV-50
Collab with LC Nevermind (Lighting and file processing)
Chesterfield by Loft 44 Studio
Macro / Flower / Lotus Flower Macro - White - Lotus Macro , ハスの花, 莲花, گل لوتوس, Fleur de Lotus, Lotosblume, कुंद, 연꽃,
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Youtube video of Lotus Flowers + Music by Ahmad Farzad:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lB3VsMqcQw
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White Lotus Flower
The lotus flower appeared in legends originating from ancient Egypt. It played an important part in ancient Egyptian religion. The pure white lotus flower, the only plant to fruit and flower simultaneously, emerges from the depths of the muddy swamp. Growing from the mud at the bottom of ponds and streams, the exquisite Lotus flower rises above the water and is usually white or pink with 15 or more oval, spreading petals, and a peculiar, flat seedcase at its center.
Sesen A Lotus Flower. This is a symbol of the sun, of creation and rebirth. Because at night the flower closes and sinks underwater, at dawn it rises and opens again. According to one creation myth it was a giant lotus which first rose out of the watery chaos at the beginning of time. From this giant lotus the sun itself rose on the first day. A symbol of Upper Egypt .The lotus flower played a prominent role in the version of the creation story that originated in Heliopolis. Before the universe came into being, there was an infinite ocean of inert water which constituted the primeval being named Nun. Out of Nun emerged a lotus flower, together with a single mound of dry land. The lotus blossoms opened, and out stepped the self-created sun god, Atum, as a child. A slightly different version of the creation story originated in Hermopolis. In that version, the sun god who formed himself from the chaos of Nun emerged from the lotus petals as Ra. The lotus is a flower which opens and closes each day. His history went on to say that the petals of the lotus blossom enfolded him when he returned to it each night.
The lotus flower has been featured extensively throughout the art of ancient Egypt. In various works of art, you may see it held in the hand of a god or human, serving as a border to outline a section of the artwork, unfolding to reveal various gods or humans, and many other depictions. The ancient Egyptians from the 4th dynasty greatly valued the sacred lotus, in religious ceremonies and funerals. The ancient Egyptians developed the art of counting to a high degree, but their system of numeration was very crude. For example, the number 1,000 was symbolized by a picture of a lotus flower, and the number 2,000 was symbolized by a picture of two lotus flowers growing out of a bush.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFWKJ2FUiAQ
Long afloat on shipless oceans
I did all my best to smile
'Til your singing eyes and fingers
Drew me loving to your isle
And you sang
Sail to me, sail to me
Let me enfold you
Here I am, here I am
Waiting to hold you
Art?... Art! Sculpture?... Sculpture! Two questions and two
exclamatory and emphatic statements. Both having a resplendent
and fortuitous confirmation in Louise Manzon’s artistic practice. If
technology has given rise to a production and consumption of
images marked by automation—and thus, by indifference—art,
through the recovery of manual adeptness, has restored the values
of discontinuity and difference. Technology advances a visual world
that is two-dimensional. Sculpture re-establishes resonance and
gives duration to the images.
Whether fired clay ceramic or terracotta, the use of the material, in
its viscous sedimentary quality, responds to Manzon’s need to bring
back to art the ancient dream of images that continue and endure,
and which, in terms of expectations, means reasserting the hope of
possible immortality.
So, this could well be the reaffirmed value for making art today, a nomadic
and eclectic approach that draws from art history and from myth,
recasting it in the present and remodelling it in the unhurried material of
sculpture. Duration set against obsolescence, matter in opposition to
surface, all within a frame constructed to go beyond boundaries.
In this instance, reinstituting sculpture means to re-establish the inten-
sity of art, the possibility to charge the image with the power of seduc-
tion, capable of transmitting messages that even involve ecology.
Manzon’s sculpture enfolds itself in the narrative iconography of
myths, of both human and animalistic nature. Sculpture is what causes
the artist’s phantasms to become real, transmuting the illusions into a
concrete vision of works of art asking to be let into the world.
The sculptural language, however, is not utilized as an antiquarian
means to fetishistically bring back the art of times past, but as a tool
capable of giving substance to images that exist on three levels: below
the earth, on the earth, in the air. Images that develop in both ascending
and descending movement, each time corresponding with the motiva-
tions underlying the inspiration and the resulting composition.
The level below the earth is expressed through fish images that
evoke water, moisture and plants. The undersea fauna, formed using
terracotta, seem to gulp for air in a search for a survival that is
clearly threatened by man. The level of the earth is conjured up
through the presence and configuration of a feminine essence that
seemingly lives on the surface of the earth, arranged through
complexly posed characters. This female figure is Tethys, with the
self-evident narcissism of a body depicted with extreme resonance.
The third level, the air, is alluded to by a sort of fan adorning the
mythical sea goddess’ head. A baroque structure supports the
sculptural framework, the volumes of the body and the garments
articulated within the enveloping shape. The curved line hints at an
upward movement, climbing towards aerial settings and wondrous
vertical ascents that liberate Tethys from the laws of gravity.
The moonlight on the never-ending elevated expressway enfolds me gently.
SIGMA 10-20mm f4-5.6 with Nikon D3100
September 18, 2013
Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway Route 9 Fukagawa Line, Nihonbashi-Hakozakicho (日本橋箱崎町), Chuo Ward, Tokyo, Japan
A revised Kuleshov pairing of a couple of daisies, Bruno, and Agnes.
Photo credit for the daisy photo to my daughter Julia during a walk at the cabin.
~Rudyard Kipling
Happy Perfect Purple Saturday everyone!!
Made Explore January 17th #467 - thanks everyone for your lovely comments!
Tim Buckley - Song to the Siren
nordabrilo.blogspot.com/2010/08/canzone-per-una-sirena.html
Long afloat on shipless oceans
I did all my best to smile
til your singing eyes and fingers
Drew me loving to your isle
And you sang
Sail to me
Sail to me
Let me enfold you
Here I am
Here I am
Waiting to hold you
Did I dream you dreamed about me?
Were you hare when I was fox?
Now my foolish boat is leaning
Broken lovelorn on your rocks,
For you sing, touch me not, touch me not, come back tomorrow:
O my heart, o my heart shies from the sorrow
I am puzzled as the newborn child
I am troubled at the tide:
Should I stand amid the breakers?
Should I lie with death my bride?
Hear me sing, swim to me, swim to me, let me enfold you
Here I am, here I am, waiting to hold you
Alla deriva in mari deserti
facevo del mio meglio per sorridere
fino a che le tue dita e i tuoi occhi cantanti
non mi hanno attirato verso la tua isola
e tu cantavi:
"Fai vela verso di me
fai vela verso di me
lascia che ti stringa tra le mie braccia
io sono qui
io sono qui
ti sto aspettando per averti"
E' stato un sogno o tu sognavi me?
Eri tu la lepre ed io ero la volpe?
Ora la mia folle barca sta accostando
innamorati infelici infranti suoi tuoi scogli
perché tu canti "non toccarmi, non toccarmi, ritorna domani"
oh il mio cuore, oh il mio cuore rifugge dal dolore
Sono confuso come un bimbo appena nato
sono turbato di fronte alla marea:
Rimarrò tra quelli che si sono infranti?
Mi stenderò con la morte come mia sposa?
Puoi ascoltarmi cantare: "Nuota verso di me, nuota verso di me,
lascia che ti stringa tra le mie braccia
Sono qui, sono qui, aspettando per averti"
A strong sirocco hit Piombino all the day today...the winter sea was beautiful, although my headache can't get better with this weather...
Happy saturday night you all out there...
I have forgotten your voice, your happy voice;
I have forgotten your eyes.
Like a flower to its perfume, I am bound to
My vague memory of you. I live with pain
That is like a wound; if you touch me, you will
Make to me an irreperable harm.
Your caresses enfold me, like climbing
Vines on melancholy walls.
I have forgotten your love, yet I seem to
Glimpse you in every window.
-Pablo Neruda ( Nobel Laureate, Chilean Poet)
Up Close Lotus Flower / high key/: PS7
For the best results, please view this up close Lotus Flower on black BG by clicking on this link
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Youtube video of Lotus Flowers + Music by Ahmad Farzad:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lB3VsMqcQw
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This close up Lotus Flower image and Lotus flowers used in the rest of my photostreams:
The lotus flower appeared in legends originating from ancient Egypt. It played an important part in ancient Egyptian religion. The pure white lotus flower, the only plant to fruit and flower simultaneously, emerges from the depths of the muddy swamp. Growing from the mud at the bottom of ponds and streams, the exquisite Lotus flower rises above the water and is usually white or pink with 15 or more oval, spreading petals, and a peculiar, flat seedcase at its center.
Sesen A Lotus Flower. This is a symbol of the sun, of creation and rebirth. Because at night the flower closes and sinks underwater, at dawn it rises and opens again. According to one creation myth it was a giant lotus which first rose out of the watery chaos at the beginning of time. From this giant lotus the sun itself rose on the first day. A symbol of Upper Egypt .The lotus flower played a prominent role in the version of the creation story that originated in Heliopolis. Before the universe came into being, there was an infinite ocean of inert water which constituted the primeval being named Nun. Out of Nun emerged a lotus flower, together with a single mound of dry land. The lotus blossoms opened, and out stepped the self-created sun god, Atum, as a child. A slightly different version of the creation story originated in Hermopolis. In that version, the sun god who formed himself from the chaos of Nun emerged from the lotus petals as Ra. The lotus is a flower which opens and closes each day. His history went on to say that the petals of the lotus blossom enfolded him when he returned to it each night.
The lotus flower has been featured extensively throughout the art of ancient Egypt. In various works of art, you may see it held in the hand of a god or human, serving as a border to outline a section of the artwork, unfolding to reveal various gods or humans, and many other depictions. The ancient Egyptians from the 4th dynasty greatly valued the sacred lotus, in religious ceremonies and funerals. The ancient Egyptians developed the art of counting to a high degree, but their system of numeration was very crude. For example, the number 1,000 was symbolized by a picture of a lotus flower, and the number 2,000 was symbolized by a picture of two lotus flowers growing out of a bush.
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EXPLORE 374 15.02.09
my 1st visits results
flickr.com/photos/10141102@N08/816511623/
Been here once before , infact its where me and JJ my dear friend ended up after meeting at Bournemouth allmost 2 years ago , last minute we said lets do it again been 3 months since we have met since our epic trek to Australia & Bali - We were going to do a sunset @ Bournemouth but i was so tired and the weather for the day was not good it was grey - this was a lucky break as we we here earlier in the day and the skies were bland and featurless..........returning to get my car we decided to re use our tickets for another crack as the skies opened up for us.
STONEHENGE
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury_Plain
Certainly the best known of all megalithic sites, Stonehenge stands in isolation on the undulating chalk of Salisbury Plain, west of Amesbury, between the busy A303 and A344 roads. At first sight this unique and enigmatic site appears smaller than imagined, but the tallest upright stone is 6.7m (22ft) high, with another 2.4m (8ft) below ground.
The outermost element of the site is the Avenue that runs straight down a gentle slope for 530m (560yds) into Stonehenge Bottom. The Avenue consists of twin banks about 12m (40ft) apart with internal ditches, and it begins at the entrance to the earthwork enclosure. Here is the Heel Stone, a large upright unworked sarsen (hard sandstone) which lies immediately adjacent to the A344 road. It is worth noting that the nearest source of stones of the size represented by the large sarsens at Stonehenge is on the Marlborough Downs, about 30km (18mi) to the NE. It can only be assumed that these stones (the heaviest of which weighs about 45 tons) were transported on some type of sledge.
Moving inwards from the Heel Stone is an earthwork enclosure that consists of a ditch and an interior bank, the height of which was calculated by Professor Atkinson as being about 1.8m (6ft). It is known that there were at least two entrances, the one now visible (facing NE) and one to the south. Lying within the entrance is an unworked and now recumbent sarsen stone, stained a rusty red caused by rainwater acting on iron, and known as the Slaughter Stone. Arranged around the inner edge of the earthwork bank were originally four small uprights: the Station Stones, of which two are still visible. Immediately adjacent to the bank is a ring of 56 pits, known as the Aubrey Holes, marked by circular concrete spots. The area between the inner edge of the bank and the outermost stone settings includes at least two further settings of pits: the Y and Z holes.
On the central area of the site there are the stone settings, the sophisticated arrangements that set Stonehenge apart from any other prehistoric monument in Europe. In their construction two types of stone were used: sarsen and bluestone. The sarsens used in the central settings are much larger. The bluestone is a mixture of rocks found on the Preseli Mountains in SW Wales. The most widely accepted theory regards the arrival of the bluestones on Salisbury Plain as the result of human effort, with the route being partly overland and partly by water.
In its complete form the outermost stone setting consisted of a circle of 30 upright sarsens, of which 17 still stand, each weighing about 25 tons. The tops of these uprights were linked by a continuous ring of horizontal sarsen lintels, only a small part of which is now still in position. The stones in the sarsen circle are carefully shaped and the horizontal lintels are joined not only by means of simple mortice-and-tenon joints, but they are also locked using what is effectively a dovetail joint. The edges are smoothed into a gentle curve which follows the line of the entire circle.
The bluestone setting, concentric the outer sarsen circle, consisted originally of about 60 stones, but many have fallen, dissolved or been crushed. Inside these two circles lies the sarsen horseshoe, consisted originally of five sarsen trilithons (a Greek word that means three stones), each comprising two uprights with a horizontal lintel. Although now fragmentary, the arrangement shows the careful grading of the five trilithons, the tallest of which is 6.7m (22ft) high above ground level. Enfolded within this massive horseshoe lies a smaller horseshoe arrangement of upright bluestones.
Current archaeological research shows that this site was constructed and modified on various phases, spanning several centuries:
* Pre-Stonehenge (9th-8th millennium BC): at least 4 mesolithic pits which originally contained big pine posts, in a line about 200m from the present henge site
* Stonehenge 1 (from 3100 BC): construction of the circular bank, the ditch, and the 56 Aubrey Holes which probably originally contained timber posts
* Stonehenge 2 (from 2550 BC): pottery, animal bones, and cremated human remains placed in ditch; cremations deposited in some of the partially filled Aubrey Holes; complex of posts in interior and in entrance causeway
* Stonehenge 3 (from 2100 BC): sequence of stone-related structures. A close dating is not possible, but the sequence was probably as follows:
1. Bluestones from Wales erected in q and r holes and then dismantled
2. Sarsen circle and trilithons erected, possibly also a bluestone setting which may have included trilithons, this latter then dismantled
3. Bluestone circle and oval setting
4. Arc of bluestones removed from oval to leave present horseshoe setting
5. Y and Z holes dug, probably for stones which were never erected; during this phase the avenue was also constructed.
Early mention of Stonehenge was made in 1135 by chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, who claimed that it was brought by a tribe of giants from Africa to Ireland, and from there flown by the wizard Merlin across the sea. Another legend claims that the stones were stolen from an Irish woman by the Devil, and re-erected on Salisbury Plain by Merlin for Ambrosius Aurelianus, the King of Britons.
Stonehenge is a World Heritage Site cared by English Heritage. This conservation organization, along with the National Trust (which owns 587ha of land surrounding the monument), is working towards removing the A344 road and improving the landscape around the stones. Their aim is to restore Stonehenge to its isolated dignity. In fact, as one of the most visited monument in England, the site is always overwhelmed with tourists. The best approach is early in the morning or in the evening, when it is not open to the public. There are magnificent views of the monument coming by car from the A303. In the Salisbury Museum are objects found during excavations at Stonehenge and an original William Turner painting of the site.
May the Irish hills caress you
May her lakes and rivers bless you
May the luck of the Irish enfold you
May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you
Happy Saint Patrick's Day
I have “ Irish in training “ pin in my office … and I forgot it today.
May all Irish - by birth , spirit , in training or “ Irish for a day” be blessed this day.
I love Ireland and Irish , land that is home for my sister and her family, land that blessed my with many friends and the one that I will always be happy to visit.
I hope to see Emerald Isle with my family …
Wild thoughts are always flying, 5
Like sparks across my brain,
Now flashing out, now dying,
To kindle soon again.
Fine fancies set me thrilling,
And subtle monsters creep 10
Before my sight unwilling:
They even haunt my sleep.
One broad, perpetual riot
Enfolds me night and day.
You think my life is quiet? 15
You don’t know what you say.
Gamaliel Bradford (1863–1932). The Riot.
William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962).
Anthology of Massachusetts Poets. 1922.
On the floating, shapeless oceans
I did all my best to smile
til your singing eyes and fingers
drew me loving into your eyes.
And you sang "Sail to me, sail to me;
Let me enfold you."
Here I am, here I am waiting to hold you.
Did I dream you dreamed about me?
Were you here when I was full sail?
Now my foolish boat is leaning, broken love lost on your rocks.
For you sang, "Touch me not, touch me not, come back tomorrow."
Oh my heart, oh my heart shies from the sorrow.
I'm as puzzled as a newborn child.
I'm as riddled as the tide.
Should I stand amid the breakers?
Or shall I lie with death my bride?
Hear me sing: "Swim to me, swim to me, let me enfold you."
"Here I am. Here I am, waiting to hold you."
Song to the Siren - Tim Buckley
Because of you, in gardens of blossoming
flowers I ache from the perfumes of spring.
I have forgotten your face, I no longer
remember your hands; how did your lips
feel on mine?
Because of you, I love the white statues
drowsing in the parks, the white statues that
have neither voice nor sight.
I have forgotten your voice, your happy voice;
I have forgotten your eyes.
Like a flower to its perfume, I am bound to
my vague memory of you. I live with pain
that is like a wound; if you touch me, you will
do me irreparable harm.
Your caresses enfold me, like
climbing vines on melancholy walls.
I have forgotten your love, yet I seem to
glimpse you in every window.
Because of you, the heady perfumes of
summer pain me; because of you, I again
seek out the signs that precipitate desires:
shooting stars, falling objects."
~ Pablo Neruda
"Love"
During the Jazz Age:
Narcissa Rose was determined to leave her humble New Jersey beginnings in the past. That, in itself, might seem innocent enough; yet, Narcissa Rose, believed that she needed not merely to recreate herself but to create a false image that others--particularly wealthy men--would find appealing. Those who meet her would be well advised to remember the gap between appearance and reality lest they find themselves falling for the alluring false front presented by the beautiful girl seeking to use others to finance her ascent up the social ladder. It is important to recall that
"All that glisters is not gold'—
Often have you heard that told.
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold.
Gilded tombs do worms enfold...."
--Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice"
Lotus Flower (White) and lotus Leaves and the early morning sun. Background's color was altered in Photoshop. ID: IMGP7707b
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Youtube video of Lotus Flowers + Music by Ahmad Farzad:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lB3VsMqcQw
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White Lotus Flower
The lotus flower appeared in legends originating from ancient Egypt. It played an important part in ancient Egyptian religion. The pure white lotus flower, the only plant to fruit and flower simultaneously, emerges from the depths of the muddy swamp. Growing from the mud at the bottom of ponds and streams, the exquisite Lotus flower rises above the water and is usually white or pink with 15 or more oval, spreading petals, and a peculiar, flat seedcase at its center.
Sesen A Lotus Flower. This is a symbol of the sun, of creation and rebirth. Because at night the flower closes and sinks underwater, at dawn it rises and opens again. According to one creation myth it was a giant lotus which first rose out of the watery chaos at the beginning of time. From this giant lotus the sun itself rose on the first day. A symbol of Upper Egypt .The lotus flower played a prominent role in the version of the creation story that originated in Heliopolis. Before the universe came into being, there was an infinite ocean of inert water which constituted the primeval being named Nun. Out of Nun emerged a lotus flower, together with a single mound of dry land. The lotus blossoms opened, and out stepped the self-created sun god, Atum, as a child. A slightly different version of the creation story originated in Hermopolis. In that version, the sun god who formed himself from the chaos of Nun emerged from the lotus petals as Ra. The lotus is a flower which opens and closes each day. His history went on to say that the petals of the lotus blossom enfolded him when he returned to it each night.
The lotus flower has been featured extensively throughout the art of ancient Egypt. In various works of art, you may see it held in the hand of a god or human, serving as a border to outline a section of the artwork, unfolding to reveal various gods or humans, and many other depictions. The ancient Egyptians from the 4th dynasty greatly valued the sacred lotus, in religious ceremonies and funerals. The ancient Egyptians developed the art of counting to a high degree, but their system of numeration was very crude. For example, the number 1,000 was symbolized by a picture of a lotus flower, and the number 2,000 was symbolized by a picture of two lotus flowers growing out of a bush.
agapanthus just bursting out of their sheath at the ophthalmologists.
A very happy remainder of Tuesday to you wherever you are
May the Irish hills caress you.
May her lakes and rivers bless you.
May the luck of the Irish enfold you.
May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.
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When California is in this season (end of winter), it may be likened to the beauty of Ireland in all her greenness...
The oak tree, a reacher and a teacher :)
Sometimes, it's difficult to determine which photo to upload. This second photo has been on my mind all morning so now I feel it deserves to be here too.
Hear me sing: "Swim to me, swim to me, let me enfold you."
"Here I am. Here I am, waiting to hold you."
by: May Riley Smith (1842-1927)..
Within thy blue-domed Garden of Delight,
Dwells the elusive Spirit of Content,
And makes thy people's lot beneficent.
With thee her wings forget their trick of flight,
And brood above thy dwellers day and night.
For thee Euterpe brings her blandishment,
And Beauty hath her cornucopia spent.
They winds are sheathed with velvet, and their might
Is tempered to the little naked child.
God made thee for the old and shelterless,
And bids fair Nature hide her moods morose.
Thy patios with violets are tiled,
The air enfolds thee in its warm caress,
And Summer never bids thee adios!
I took this photograph of this young woman just moments before she got married. I had entered a church in Georgia by coincidence this day not knowing which stories would enfold. She just stood there on her own for a few moments and I realized the silent confidence in her behavior. As if she was saying "I'm looking forward to everything that is going to come from now on, hopefully for a lifetime". This picture means a look to me because it depicts a very private moment without being intrusive. Maybe you like it, too.
I walk my dog Honey through a field that is regularly mowed. And mow after mow, these tiny delicate blue flowers come back and flower... just in time for the next mow.
This plant, introduced from Asia, has flowers that bloom for only one day perfect for the circumstances I found them growing in. It forms colonies by rooting from the stem nodes; hence the species name communis. The reclining stems have upright leafy branches with deep blue flowers at the top, protruding from a heart-shaped, enfolding leaf. They grow in open disturbed areas, roadsides and wooded borders here in Florida.
Asiatic Dayflower, Commelina communis, Spiderwort
Arch Creek East Environmental Preserve, North Miami FL
I walk my dog Honey through a field that is regularly mowed. And mow after mow, these tiny delicate blue flowers come back and flower... just in time for the next mow.
Introduced from Asia, this Spiderwort's flowers bloom for only one day, perfect for the circumstances I found them growing in. It forms colonies by rooting from the stem nodes; thus the species name communis. The reclining stems have upright leafy branches with deep blue flowers at the top, protruding from a heart-shaped, enfolding leaf. They grow in open disturbed areas, roadsides and wooded borders here in Florida.
Asiatic Dayflower, Commelina communis, Spiderwort
Biscayne Park FL
Friday 22nd May 2009
Tonight, after work, I went to the opening of Nick Cave: The Exhibition at the Museum in Perth. So I was inspired to choose a song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds to accompany this image for Sad Bokeh Friday and Shades of Yellow Friday.
Sorrow's child sits by the river
Sorrow's child hears not the water
Sorrow's child sits by the river
Sorrow's child hears not the water
And just when it seems as though
You've got strength enough to stand
Sorrow's child all weak and strange
Stands waiting at your hand
Sorrow's child steps in the water
Sorrow's child you follow after
Sorrow's child wades in deeper
Sorrow's child invites you under
And just when you thought as though
All your tears were wept and done
Sorrow's child grieves not what has passed
But all the past still yet to come
Sorrow's child sits by the water
Sorrow's child your arms enfold her
Sorrow's child you're loathe to befriend her
Sorrow's child but in sorrow surrender
And just when is seems as though
All your tears were at an end
Sorrow's child lifts up her hand
And she brings it down again
White Lotus Flower Macro / White on white / Lotus - ID: IMG_1693
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Youtube video of Lotus Flowers + Music by Ahmad Farzad:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lB3VsMqcQw
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White Lotus Flower
The lotus flower appeared in legends originating from ancient Egypt. It played an important part in ancient Egyptian religion. The pure white lotus flower, the only plant to fruit and flower simultaneously, emerges from the depths of the muddy swamp. Growing from the mud at the bottom of ponds and streams, the exquisite Lotus flower rises above the water and is usually white or pink with 15 or more oval, spreading petals, and a peculiar, flat seedcase at its center.
Sesen A Lotus Flower. This is a symbol of the sun, of creation and rebirth. Because at night the flower closes and sinks underwater, at dawn it rises and opens again. According to one creation myth it was a giant lotus which first rose out of the watery chaos at the beginning of time. From this giant lotus the sun itself rose on the first day. A symbol of Upper Egypt .The lotus flower played a prominent role in the version of the creation story that originated in Heliopolis. Before the universe came into being, there was an infinite ocean of inert water which constituted the primeval being named Nun. Out of Nun emerged a lotus flower, together with a single mound of dry land. The lotus blossoms opened, and out stepped the self-created sun god, Atum, as a child. A slightly different version of the creation story originated in Hermopolis. In that version, the sun god who formed himself from the chaos of Nun emerged from the lotus petals as Ra. The lotus is a flower which opens and closes each day. His history went on to say that the petals of the lotus blossom enfolded him when he returned to it each night.
The lotus flower has been featured extensively throughout the art of ancient Egypt. In various works of art, you may see it held in the hand of a god or human, serving as a border to outline a section of the artwork, unfolding to reveal various gods or humans, and many other depictions. The ancient Egyptians from the 4th dynasty greatly valued the sacred lotus, in religious ceremonies and funerals. The ancient Egyptians developed the art of counting to a high degree, but their system of numeration was very crude. For example, the number 1,000 was symbolized by a picture of a lotus flower, and the number 2,000 was symbolized by a picture of two lotus flowers growing out of a bush.
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At what point did “Nature” (or some ancient genetic engineer) decide to genetically map the mathematical "fractallian" precision onto the body of such a beautiful specimen as the Zebra? Did it just manifest through evolution, or is there something more extraordinary to the puzzle? Some believe there must be a gestalt secret entwined within the matrix of biological information and processing of programmable DNA that is evident in the symbol of the stripes. Could it be a created messenger from an ancient geneticist's cause for aesthetic communication across the ages? To think of the complexity involved in such a theory, boggles the mind and upsets more than the old bromide of which came first...the "white horse" or the dark stripes. Something strange and different goes on when one delves deeply beyond the implied common science.
Could the knowledge of non-linear dynamics known by an ancient sentient civilization have genetically manufactured animals, including Zebras, if it had in its possession the basics of Fractal Geometry...could we? In the near future, research will produce a gargantuan amount of geologic and genetic data on the environment and the human genome. Couple this new information with the other leading-edge fields of Holography, Nanotechnology, Super Computers, Virtual Reality, Microbiology, and many more, then use the mathematical loom of Fractals to weave theory into reality, and we may find ourselves face-to-face with a checkered Zebra.
Fractua" is Latin for irregular, so Benoit Mandelbrot (an IBM Fellow) coined the name "fractals" (1980) for his new self-similar geometry, which can emulate the visual dictates of the world of chaos and the dimensional reality of natural forms. Fractal Geometry can define reality in a numerical fashion as it exists in the micro and macro realms...thus digitally mapping all being, via quantum manipulation and on-going change factors which are broadcast within the electromagnetic spectrum and throughout eternity.
The fact that some students of knowledge seem to miss when entranced by the symbol of the Mandelbrot Set's "island molecule," is that it looks exactly like a silhouetted sitting Buddha. To accidentally stumble upon such synchronism between a mathematical equation for reality and a philosophical icon for life (Buddha) is indeed awesome for those who seek the arcane wisdom of the gods. If the two were truly related, perhaps more investigation would bridge the gaps between ancient religion and modern science. Both are really looking for the same understanding of truthful existence in this Universe. However, the point remains...there are no schools of thought higher than Truth...though its secret is ever fleeting.
Issac Asimov reinforced the above by stating that the secrets of the Universe are enfolded in fractals and that the enigma of this constancy will remain forever unknown. Other scientists think otherwise and are in a heated race to frame a fractal-future in a new and fascinating understanding that could finally addresses the concepts of infinite creation through a quantum/holographic/fractal marriage.
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by: May Riley Smith (1842-1927)
Within thy blue-domed Garden of Delight,
Dwells the elusive Spirit of Content,
And makes thy people's lot beneficent.
With thee her wings forget their trick of flight,
And brood above thy dwellers day and night.
For thee Euterpe brings her blandishment,
And Beauty hath her cornucopia spent.
They winds are sheathed with velvet, and their might
Is tempered to the little naked child.
God made thee for the old and shelterless,
And bids fair Nature hide her moods morose.
Thy patios with violets are tiled,
The air enfolds thee in its warm caress,
And Summer never bids thee adios!
These trees grow slowly around the rubble and rocks in the ground. When they die and are uprooted, you can see how the roots had enfolded loose rocks.
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The form of this flower is remarkable! The spathe is pure waxy white and enfolds a spiky white spadix held in place by a shiny, brilliant green stem. The flowers last for months, yellowing a bit but still remaining beautiful.
The genus Spathiphyllum is found on the forest floor in rain forests of tropical America. This explains its ability to cope with poor lighting and makes it a popular home and office plant. Here in South Florida it is used extensively in landscaping, adding a lovely flash of pure white wherever it is.
You may also know it as Peace Lily.
Spathiphyllum floribundum
See my set... Living in a Jungle.
In the beginning, there was nought
But heaven, one Majesty of Light,
Beyond all speech, beyond all thought,
Beyond all depth, beyond all height,
Consummate heaven, the first and last,
Enfolding in its perfect prime
No future rushing to the past,
But one rapt Now, that knew not Space or Time.
In recognition of the blessing of being alive on this beautiful planet
With great gratitude I honor the four directions
To the east and all that lay in that direction…
May the air and oceans enfold you in glorious beauty
And all creatures thrive upon your shores in health and harmony
Blessed be
To the south and all that lay in that direction…
May your mountains and rivers wash clean water to the sea
And your lakes and forests shelter all who dwell there
Blessed be
To the west and all that lay in that direction…
May the big sky of your plains sparkle with crystal clarity
And gift all life with healing rains and glorious sunshine
Blessed be
To the north and all that lay in that direction…
May your midnight sun shine upon a planet filled with hope
And the possibility of a peaceful world be made real
Blessed be
By Christina Countryman