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Installation entitled Ángulos del Vacio, "Vacuum angles", which was exhibited at the CCCC. Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporània de Valencia. It is composed of 16 iron elements with fluorescent green paint / Mirrors different sizes / DM boards and fluorescent black light tubes. The authors are Carolina Ferrer and Encarna Sepúlveda.

Originally entitled: A Walk in Wolf Wood

 

Re edited 2022

Simple G's excellent work entitled "Life Passengers" is located in the center of Athens, at 36 Kolokynthous Street.

 

Inspired by this year's theme of the festival The Little Paris of Athens 2022 "In 1922, a pillar of today", the artist captures in the central face of the mural, the anxiety that exists for the new journey of life, the sorrow for what he left behind, while figures pass in front of him who may have the same fate. The passengers next to him are clearly devastated, like any person who is uprooted from his place.

I posted a picture entitled "Prince of the Forest" and a few of you said well if he was the prince what does the king look like. Here you go. This is a massive grizzly. I think they said he was in his 20's. He was courting the queen of the forest the infamous Grand Teton grizzly 399. Just to be clear as far as I know these two are not related but who really knows.

The Milky Way and the Constellation Scorpius rise over an Undisclosed Location.

 

Elitist or Entitled? which am I? I’m not sure where I fall…Hum let me see what the dictionary says:

 

Entitled- Definition….believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment.

"his pompous, entitled attitude"

 

Elitist- Definition……..demonstrating a superior attitude or behavior associated with an elite.

"some that say he is a spoiled, elitist snob"

 

Neither sounds like a camp that I’d want to be in.

 

The motives for withholding locations are far ranging from “save the location”, to “save the animals” to “save the unprepared from themselves” undisclosed locations…….secret places, are we elitists or are we entitled? Those that cherish the outdoors have seen the ramifications of location over saturation, and they “are” concerned. Of course, it’s because these are the most beautiful places on Earth and they would like to see that future generations can enjoy them as well. Doesn’t sound bad to me? The problem than lies within the human spirit, the spirit to set out and seek what’s out there, to see and feel and smell it with our own senses and take in the scene in all it’s natural glory. If your an inhabitant of this planet than it’s you’re right to see it, of course it is!! The real problem is the person that just purchased a camera and has never been outside the city in his or her life, do i want to give out a location that I shot in the backcountry of the Grand Tetons? If I want to eliminate them than Yes, they would be grizzly scat by morning. But If I’m concerned for their safety or the preservation of the location than NO. How am I to decide who gets a location or not, by deciding am I than elitist? Man and his devices have traveled into the far reaches of this galaxy and beyond and found no solid evidence of life, and the fact that we have been on this planet for just the blink of an eye makes me think that this planet is a gift more than it is a privilege.

IMHO, This planet belongs to every human being but it is a gift and not a privilege!!! does that makes me elitist or just concerned? If you have no outdoor experience than please prepare yourself to see it safely and responsibly. :-)

 

For more information on how to prepare and behave in the wilds see the link below.

lnt.org/learn/7-principles

 

For more information about the LLL technique(LowLevelLighting) you can visit

lowlevellighting.org

 

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Even the crows are entitled to some celebrity in Tofino. Actually, I really like the way they looked against the green background of the forest and I felt that the tree canopy was filtering just enough light to highlight their beautiful dark plumage. They are extremely curious, and a few of these guys welcomed us in the parking lot of the place where we were staying. Every time we would go somewhere, they would show up while we were loading the vehicle and looking for opportunities. The cleaning services are using small golf carts to carry their equipment and the supplies for the cottage we were renting. As soon as the staff would enter one of the unit, the crow would make an attempt to steal a biscuit or something else from the cart... they are so smart and interesting to watch.

The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn. It is located in the wider Temple area of London, near the Royal Courts of Justice, and within the City of London. As a liberty, it functions largely as an independent local government authority.

 

Construction of Middle Temple Hall began in 1562 and was completed in the early 1570s. Its hammerbeam roof has been said to be the best in London. Queen Elizabeth I visited the hall in 1578, unannounced, to inspect the new building and listen to a debate between barristers. This is the earliest known visit of a reigning monarch to an Inn of Court. One of the tables at the end of the hall is traditionally said to have been made from the timbers of the Golden Hinde, the ship used by Sir Francis Drake to circumnavigate the world. Above the table is a massive painting of King Charles I thought to be a copy by Peter Lely of the original by Anthony van Dyck, and also portraits of Charles II, James II, William III, Elizabeth I, Queen Anne and George I. On the walls are panels bearing the coats of arms of Readers (senior members) dating back to 1597.

 

The first recorded performance of Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night occurred in the hall on 2 February 1602. Shakespeare himself was probably present.

The hall survived the Great Fire of London in 1666, but was damaged by bombing in the Second World War.

 

Middle Temple Hall is at the heart of the Inn, and the Inn's student members are required to attend a minimum of 10 qualifying sessions, 6 of which must be attended in person at the Inn. Qualifying sessions, formerly known as "dinners", combine collegiate and educational elements and will usually combine a dinner or reception with lectures, debates, mooting, or musical performances.

Middle Temple Hall is also a popular venue for banqueting, weddings, receptions and parties. In recent years, it has become a much-used film location—the cobbled streets, historic buildings and gas lighting give it a unique atmosphere.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Temple

The other day, my friend BKHagar *Kim* posted a beautiful photo of a wonderful half-doll that she has acquired who has a very Spanish feel. The photograph is entitled "Waiting for the Matador" and can be seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/bkhagar_gallery/55289897194/in/date... or in the first comment below. I remarked that I was sure I had the same Spanish beauty, and lo, so I do! I just hadn't posted my photograph of her! So here is my photograph of my Spanish beauty, which I dedicating to my dear Flickr friend and fellow Half-Doll devotee and club member, BKHagar *Kim*.

 

Last month, I received a new and beautifully hand painted half-doll made by the renowned German porcelain manufacturing company company Fasold and Stauch wearing a bolero hat, with red roses in her hair, earrings at her lobes and a striking black and pink frock. Luckily it was lovely and sunny around the time I received her, so I photographed her in the beautiful light.

 

I decided that my Spanish beauty needed some pieces from my vintage haberdashery collection in dramatic colours of red, black and gold. Thus she stands, surrounded by gold satin from France, beautiful vintage black floral lace from America and some old Victorian trim from England which featured little black jet beads woven throughout it. You will also notice a splendid red satin rose in the background, which matches the red roses in my Spanish beauty's hair. An antique gold tone and black painted butterfly brooch from early 1900s Spain features to the right of the photograph. In front of my Spanish beauty, a spool of white "Hercules" No. 18 Carpet Thread from the 1890s is nestled amongst the black lace. At the front of the photograph are scattered a selection of 1920s Art Deco red glass beads, all with gilding, whilst to the far right of the photograph is a sterling silver floral thimble made by Henry Griffith and Sons in 1897. There are several needle packets with gilded lettering in the background, including one made by Wells and Company which contains bodkins, which are thick, blunt needles used for threading elastic, ribbon, or cording through casings and eyelets.

 

The "half-doll" is a dainty porcelain or bisque figurine, fashionable in the early Twentieth Century with an upper body, head, arms, but no legs. These dolls were produced in the thousands at the height of their popularity by German factories such as Dressel and Kister, Heubach, Goebel and Kestner. Later they were produced in France, America and later still, in Japan. They commonly served as handles and toppers for fabric covers made for powder boxes on ladies’ dressing tables and small brushes, however they were also made for jewellery boxes, pincushions, tea cosies and other covers. In this case, I suspect that my romatic Spanish beauty would have been made for a lady’s boudoir and was most likely the topper for a jewellery box or powder bowl, or a powder puff or brush. She has been beautifully hand painted, as Fasold and Stauch were well known for.

 

Fasold and Stauch was a renowned German porcelain manufacturing company that operated from the early 1900s until 1972. Based in Bock-Wallendorf, in the historic Thuringia region of Germany, their work is highly celebrated by antique collectors today for their exceptionally detailed porcelain figurines, half-dolls, and Art Deco decorative items. The factory was established in the Thuringian Highlands on purpose, as it is an area with a high abundance of clay, wood, and water resources. The area is famous for its dense concentration of legendary ceramic and porcelain makers, including Goebel, Heubach, and Wallendorf. Fasold and Stauch officially began production at the turn of the Twentieth Century. Following the Second World War, the factory fell into the Soviet-occupied zone of East Germany (the German Democratic Republic, or GDR). Despite nationalisation and structural changes under the communist regime, production continued mid-century, with the factory eventually closing or being absorbed into a larger state-run combine around 1972.

 

"Hercules" No. 18 Carpet Thread was manufactured by John Dewhurst and Sons (based in Skipton, Yorkshire). John Dewhurst and Sons used the distinct "Crest and Motto" logo featured on this label. The central design includes a Maltese cross emerging from a crown flanked by wings, above a banner displaying their corporate motto: "Progress, Uniformity, Excellence." This specific line was marketed as Hercules Carpet Thread, a heavy-duty, multi-ply cotton designed to withstand the high friction and tension required for sewing or repairing thick household carpets.

 

Wells and Company was a prominent British manufacturing firm active throughout the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries in Redditch, to take advantage of the region's specialised wire-drawing mills, highly skilled steel temperers, and advanced packaging lithographers. In the highly competitive Redditch market, manufacturers constantly rushed to register new designs to outdo their rivals. The "Grooveless Patent" featured on this packet was a design concept utilised by a few premium Redditch firms—most notably Henry Milward and Sons (one of the largest operations in the town)—to market needles that wouldn't catch or tear delicate fabrics. Wells and Company produced their own competing packets using this regional patent layout to appeal to professional dressmakers.

 

The floral thimble is sterling silver and was made by silversmiths Henry Griffith and Sons in Birmingham in 1897. Henry Griffith and Sons commenced in 1850, was continued as Henry Griffith & Sons (until 1898) and later as Henry Griffith & Sons Ltd. They were well known for their manufacture of silver thimbles, and later for their silver and gold jewellery. They closed their doors in 1982. Thimble making was part of the Griffith family heritage. The father of Henry Griffith was a thimble maker and was put in charge of the thimbles departments at the beginning of his son's activity. The Griffiths became one of the leading producers of silver thimbles and were one of the only silversmiths who marked some of their thimbles with 'Sterling Silver' instead of having them hallmarked.

Standing under the massive sculpture hanging in Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport. By artist Sarah Sze, entitled "Shorter that the Day 2020 The fun thing was a woman security guard, seeing me with my camera, called down to me (I was on the lower level looking up.) She kept pointing to something, with our masks I couldn't make out what she was saying, but I kept moving and she kept shaking her head yes. When I got directly under the center, I got a nod of the head. She was right! It is a good shot.

The panorama surrounings the refuge entitled to Antonio Locatelli.

Accessories:

*AvaWay* JULIANNA_Earrings

*AvaWay* LUTHIEN_Crown

*AvaWay* Diana Necklace

Outfit:

BBD - ASTERIA Lingerie

MAAI Meera stockings

Violent Seduction - Hera Gloves & Veil

Hair

DOUX - Marcela

 

California Oranges

 

A harvest fresco entitled "Agriculture in California" by Maxine Albro in the Social Realism style is part of the 1934 mural project in the lobby of Coit Tower in San Francisco.

 

Maxine Albro (1896-1966)

She was one of America's leading female artists, and one of the few women commissioned under the New Deal's Federal Art Project, which also employed Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxine_Albro

 

NRA "We Do Our Part"

National Recovery Administration (1933-1935)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Recovery_Administration

 

Coit Tower is a 210-foot (64 m) tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California, offering panoramic views over the city and the bay. The tower, in the city's Pioneer Park, was built between 1932 and 1933 using Lillie Hitchcock Coit's bequest to beautify the city of San Francisco.

 

The art deco tower, built of unpainted reinforced concrete, was designed by architects Arthur Brown, Jr. and Henry Howard. The interior features fresco murals in the American Social Realism style, painted by 25 different onsite artists and their numerous assistants, plus two additional paintings installed after creation offsite.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coit_Tower

 

July 2019 - Edited and Uploaded 2021/06/26

Entitled by Rich Levine

 

My Deep Biophilia

Our secret language

 

Project "The Traveler"

skinsoul.carbonmade.com/

 

"The Traveler" Photo Book/Store

www.blurb.com/b/6600290-the-traveler-skin-soul

 

Instagram Projects:

www.instagram.com/skin_soul_projects/

 

FB.

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This is one of twelve snowmen scuptures dotted around Bromley, South London. This is Snowman number one celebrating the first day of Christmas.....It is painted with a Partridge in a pear tree. Each of the 12 Snowmen depict one of the 12 days of Christmas. Each Snowman has been painted by a different professional artist.

 

The display is entitled 'Walking with The Snowman'.....Details including a map can be found online.

 

Thanks for visiting.

 

Wrap up warm (Unless you are somewhere warm 😁).....

Entitled By: Rich Levine

 

My Deep Biophilia

Our secret language

 

Project "The Traveler"

skinsoul.carbonmade.com/

 

"The Traveler" Photo Book/Store

www.blurb.com/b/6600290-the-traveler-skin-soul

 

Instagram Projects:

www.instagram.com/skin_soul_projects/

 

FB.

www.facebook.com/SofiaCameiraAfonso/

Entitled by Rich Levine

 

My Deep Biophilia

Our secret language

 

Project "The Traveler"

skinsoul.carbonmade.com/

 

"The Traveler" Photo Book/Store

www.blurb.com/b/6600290-the-traveler-skin-soul

 

Instagram Projects:

www.instagram.com/skin_soul_projects/

 

FB.

www.facebook.com/SofiaCameiraAfonso/

This is a small portion of the painting by Nicolas Tournier entitled Peasant with Fruit 1655, oil on canvas. I photographed a small section of the painting and reworked it in post processing. The complete original may be viewed here:

www.pinterest.com/pin/426645764707226233/visual-search/?x...

 

HSS

Bronze sculpture of a horse entitled "Nomad".

By Gustavo Aceves, Mexico.

 

Old Customs Harbour / Mainz am Rhein / Germany

A scene with some reeds growing at the side of a pond. The sun was low in the sky and the reeds were lit with a warm golden glow.

 

An experimental processing project /task I had to complete as part on one of my photography course tasks entitled "Focus, Bold, Shiny & Bright". Not sure I like it but learn I am determined to.... So I will class this one as my "Marmite" capture (love/hate).

The Curious Hobby of Collecting Things (02)

The Times Weekly Issue 1920 - 21

A vast number of years ago I used to buy and sell second-hand books, mainly because I collected and it reduced the cost of collecting. However, since those far off days every once in a while I come across things I cannot resist buying. This next item entitled ‘The Times Weekly Edition with Illustrated covers starts on 12th November 1920 and finishes 28th January 1921. This only represents 11 issues but it is filled with a whole variety of subjects including News, Sports, Fashions and General Advertising. Each issue contains approx. 24 pages.

This is the first of many postings ……

 

This image was taken at the Taiwan's Cheng long Elementary School pond in 2013. I've recently taken an online course from Piet Van den Enyde entitled Ultimate Lightroom Masking. The knowledge from this course has allowed me to use a combination of masks to rework this image.

Perhaps I should entitle this, "pseudo-winter". Since we have no snow, the closest thing I can find to winter is the ice that forms around the local waterfalls. Which has now disappeared because we have had mild spring weather this week

© Leanne Boulton, All Rights Reserved

 

Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland. Enjoy!

Mural entitled "Imagine" by Stefano aka @stefanoalcantaraart, seen at 371 NE 12th Street in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

 

Drone photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.

 

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Hair: Exile - Gemma (The Fifty)

Head: Genus Project - Baby Face W002

Skin: Eudora Beauty - Kayla

Brows: Simple Bloom - ShieldsHunter

Lashes: Michan - Lala

Eyes: Avi-Glam - Lover's

Body: Maitreya - Petite

Necklace: Yummy - Love Birds (The Fifty)

Top: Coco - Floral Print (Uber)

Jeans: Rouly - The Ripper

Sandals : Ohemo - Gladiator

Location: DenDen (open for photography)

This project entitled Pigment was created using 3 models, 2 female and 1 male model. With the female models, pigment powder was sprayed into their hair which they then whipped backwards, creating this 'swirl' of pigment, and using a black background the color really pops.

The background was created by covering the white wall with black crate paper. For lighting I used two speed-lights and a reflector to light everything.

Tronco de Banzai Playa de las Américas

 

What3Words

///calorie.admirably.entitle

 

Entitled “I am Queen Mary, this “23-foot statue is inspired by Mary Thomas, a Caribbean woman who led a fiery 19th-century revolt against Danish colonial rule.

 

Seated on a wicker throne, the statue stares solemnly ahead, her head crowned in a head wrap, her feet bare, a torch in her left hand, a tool used to cut sugar cane in her right.” I was impressed by both the amazing work of art and the story behind the statue. It is found in Copenhagen, Denmark. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Thomas_(labor_leader)

The Kookaburra

 

"I am cursed with a cackle whenever I tackle

A soulful and lilting refrain;

But a frivolous snicker, like some fool in liquor,

Is not what I seek to attain.

For I have, on the whole, quite a musical soul

Which I seek to express as I may.

And it’s simply absurd to suppose that a bird,

Such as I, makes a laugh of his lay.

 

In early October I’m specially sober

And loaded with household affairs;

And myself and my wife lead no trivial life

That inclines us to laugh at our cares,

So, if you should suppose that our song is jocose,

You’re entitled of course, to your views,

But to us, her and me, it’s a sweet symphony

And inspired by our mutual muse.

 

When I soulfully sing in the bourgeoning spring

With true poetry bursting my heart,

It is hard if I seem to express in my theme

Some coarse phase of the comical art.

And yet, what’s the good? Since I’m misunderstood

I’m content to submit to the wrong.

And tho’ “Ock, ock, oo, hoo” may seem funny to you,

’Tis to me a delectable song" by C.J. Denis 1935.

  

The laugh of the Kookaburra is one of the magic sounds of the Australian bush.

 

“When he [Malevranche] happened to find Descartes' book entitled Man in a book shop on the rue Saint Jaques, he leafed through it, bought it and "read it with so much pleasure that he was forced at times to interrupt his reading, so loud were the beatings of his heart due to the extreme pleasure he had in doing so". Those who never put down a book of erudition, science or philosophy, to catch their breath, so to speak, and recover from the strong emotion they experience, certainly ignore of of the most exquisite pleasures of intellectual life.”

-Étienne Gilson

 

youtu.be/SFH2Xou9ZPI

- Lights - Yellow Bird - A Color Map of the Sun

   

The famous cafe entitled with the name of Pierre Loti, a famous French writer, is reached on getting to this ridge on which the perfect view of Golden Horn can be watched.

The real name of Pierre Loti, who lived in Istanbul for long years and was a real Istanbul lover, was Julien Viaud.The historical cafe is the most ideal place to watch this mentioned view.

It is said that, in those years Pierre Loti used to come this cafe often, named as “Rabia Kadın Kahvesi” in those years, and write his novel “Aziyade” overlooking Golden Horn.Today, this district, still kept as an original Turkish settlement by being restorated, consists of many spaces serving as a tourist facility.The district is also mentioned in Evliya Çelebi’s Seyahatname ( travel book) as “Idris Köşkü Mesiresi”. There are many historical artifacts and building in Pierre Loti, commonly visited by tourists and travelers who come to Istanbul in 19th century. Double-epigraphed, wooden “Kaşgari Tekkesi”, dated 1813 and located on the way from the tourist facility to Eyüp Mosque, is one of these structures.Another important Persian-epigraphed building, at the right corner of the service area and located at a trivium, is “Çolak Şeyh Hasan Türbesi.” A part of this building is çilehane(çilehane is a place in which a dervish undergoes and suffers to strength his patience.) and Çolak Hasan Dede’s grave is here too.The historical building, on the same way with “Çolak Şeyh Hasan Tekkesi”, is “Sıbyan Mektebi” or a nursery school in today’s context. (Today, that school is used as a prayer room that belongs to the service area.)The grave of a whirling dervish called “Iskender Dede”, passed away in 1589,takes place in Pierre Loti Tourist Facility located forefront Sıbyan Mektebi that was built by Ottoman history writer İdris-i Bitlisi.One of the two water wells infront of Iskender Dede is the famous “Dilek Kuyusu” (a water well for wishes) Evliya Çelebi writes about this water well in his Seyahatname and says: the people who look in to the well, can see their own wishes they keep in their hearts. There is also a drinking fountain next to the frontage of Sıbyan Mektebi.In addition, a cistern, supposed to be built in Byzantine period, survives in the middle of the garden area in the tourist facility.

Frederic Back created a massive stained glass mural entitled "L’histoire de la musique à Montréal" ("The History of music in Montreal") at the Place-des-Arts Metro station in Montreal. Unveiled on December 20, 1967, this stained glass was the first work of art to be commissioned for the Montreal metro system

Entitled "The Accountants Nightmare"

Intitule "Le cauchemar du comptable"

When I'm not out with my camera, I am usually painting this is one of many.

 

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Cambridge artist Natalia Davey's portrait entitled "ABD" at the recent Cambridge Drawing Society exhibition at the Guildhall. I can SEE why it was voted "Favourite Picture 2008". It's simply amazing!

 

Natalia Davey (Nee Tolpekina) is a famous Russian artist but now lives in Cambridge: www.vip-portrait.co.uk/page4.htm (where you can see a full version of this work in her "portrait gallery"). I didn't discover you were not allowed to take photos at the exhibition until I reached the exit door:-) I did tell the organisers but they smiled and thanked me for owning up! "As it's you Sir Cam... " :-))

Mural entitled 'To Melbourne' by artist Steen Jones, Duckboard Place, Melbourne.

 

You usually dry off on a duckboard, but it rained so much the day I took this image I was about as far away from being dry as it is possible to be.

the following paragraph is copy/pasted from an article from the Burke Museum entitled NW Origins:

 

The geologic evolution of Washington State is one of the most fascinating geologic stories ever told. It is a tale of the breakup of ancient giant continents, the birth and death of great ocean basins, the collision of exotic islands, the uplift and wearing away of generations of mountain ranges, enormous floods of molten lava and great continental glaciers of the Ice Ages. Washington’s geologic history stretches back in time more than a billion years, and it continues to unfold around us every day.

 

Couldn't have said it better myself, but when you stand in places like this, (High Rock Peak) you can't help but wonder and marvel at the forces that create such splendor. This is the view facing West, the view East is much the same. IMMEDIATELY to the north towers Mount Rainier, to the south the remnants of Saint Helens and the second tallest peak in the state, Adams. In the faraway land of Oregon the pyramid face of Hood can be seen, it's like stepping back in time looking around and watching the Earth being made.

This quilted piece, entitled Dad's Ties was created by Phyllis Cayer. Her artistic statement is shown below:

 

"My Dad died in 1975 when I was 9. I don't know why I saved his ties. This was for a challenge "Take Something Old and Make It New." I won first prize.

 

Intitulado CCCLXXI

 

Allá, al final de este horizonte palpable,

 

Aquí, en esta inaccesible cercanía,

 

Enloquecen risas que lloran,

 

Llantos que ríen.

 

Se mudan las plazas detrás de sus prófugas estatuas,

 

También se marchan las sombras diurnas,

 

Las nocturnas arrodilladas contemplan este horizonte,

 

Y la inaccesible cercanía...

 

Los ecos que aún sobreviven te imitan ¡Inútilmente!

 

Como la lluvia a tus imperdonables dedos,

 

La brisa a tu aliento de alma.

 

Leandro Rodríguez Linárez

 

I found this poem by Thoreau, entitled Smoke:

Light-winged Smoke! Icarian bird,

Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight;

Lark without song, and messenger of dawn,

Circling above the hamlets as thy nest;

Or else, departing dream, and shadowy form

Of midnight vision, gathering up thy skirts;

By night star-veiling, and by day

Darkening the light and blotting out the sun;

Go thou, my incense, upward from this hearth,

And ask the gods to pardon this clear flame.

***

I was reluctant to photograph smoke which seemed an insensitive choice at a time when we were grieving, after the New Year tragedy in Crans-Montana. Then I remembered the smoke of incense that can be healing in a way, and that watching it unfurl and drift away and disappear could help to disspiate the entanglement of emotions of grief and disbelief, of sorrow and bewilderment, of overwhelming heartbreak and smouldering anger-

So this is as gentle as I can make it, The background is black but somehow turned to a more subtle blue.

  

some random shots from my portfolio, KeefH Web Designs

for 124 cat 21, best K

 

see my AI tribute entitled "a clash of cultures" Panda Vs Police Cruiser

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Sacre Coeur Basilica, Paris

 

The mosaic over the choir, entitled The Triumph of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, is the largest and most important work of art in the church. It was created by Luc-Olivier Merson, H. M. Magne and R. Martin, and was dedicated in 1923. The mosaic is composed of 25,000 enamelled and gilded pieces of ceramic, and covers 475 square meters, making it one of the largest mosaics in the world.

The central figure is Jesus Christ, dressed in white, with open arms offering his heart, decorated with gold. He is joined by his mother, the Virgin Mary, and by the Archangel Michael, the protector of the church and of France. At his feet, kneeling, is Saint Joan of Arc offering him a crown. A figure of Pope Leo XIII offers a globe to Christ, symbolising the world.

 

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Basilica del Sacro Cuore di Parigi

 

Il mosaico sopra il coro, intitolato Il Trionfo del Sacro Cuore di Gesù , è l'opera d'arte più grande e importante della chiesa. Fu creato da Luc-Olivier Merson , HM Magne e R. Martin, e fu dedicato nel 1923. Il mosaico è composto da 25.000 pezzi di ceramica smaltati e dorati e copre 475 metri quadrati, il che lo rende uno dei mosaici più grandi del mondo.

La figura centrale è Gesù Cristo , vestito di bianco, con le braccia aperte che offrono il suo cuore, decorato d'oro. È affiancato da sua madre, la Vergine Maria , e dall'Arcangelo Michele , protettore della Chiesa e della Francia. Ai suoi piedi, inginocchiata, c'è Santa Giovanna d'Arco che gli offre una corona. Una figura di Papa Leone XIII offre a Cristo un globo, simbolo del mondo.

 

Wikipedia.org

 

This artwork entitled "The Hunted" was created on the promenade in Eastbourne. Redundant shelters have been boarded up and this work has been created by Sarah Gillings (aka (S.o.S) assisted by Zara Wilkins.

 

It has been funded by the European Regional Development Fund, via the Welcome Back Fund.

 

For more info visit Sarah's website www.iamsos.com

i'm showing a small selection of images from a series entitled [beach], which i have been working on since 2021 and which (as is usually the case with me) will be continued.

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