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Red/Amber Sliced Descending Form by Harvey K. Littleton
Harvey K. Littleton was a pioneer in the use of glass as a material for sculpture. He was the first academic to set up a university glass program-at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1963-and he championed the introduction of glass into art school and university curriculums across the country and around the world.
Das Gebäude des Restaurants "Maison des Tanneurs" (Gerwerstubb) in Straßburg, bildet mit seiner zur Ill hin gelegenen Galerienfassade einen der malerischsten Anblicke im Viertel "Petit France".
Das Gebäude selbst trägt an einem Fenster die Jahreszahl 1572, wurde aber in den folgenden Jahrhunderten vielfach erweitert und erneuert. Die Seite zur Ill hin war ursprünglich offen und bildete eine zweistöckige offene Galerie zur Trocknung der hier verarbeiteten Häute.
The building of the restaurant "Maison des Tanneurs" (Gerwerstubb) in Strasbourg, with its gallery facade facing the Ill River, forms one of the most picturesque sights in the "Petit France" district.
The building itself bears the date 1572 on one window, but was extended and renovated many times in the following centuries. The side facing the Ill River was originally open and formed a two-story open gallery for drying the hides processed here.
Toute rayonnante au coucher du soleil...
Réservoir Beaudet, Victoriaville, Qc.
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Boulders Beach is a sheltered beach made up of inlets between granite boulders, from which the name originated. It is located on the Cape Peninsula, in Simon's Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is also commonly known as Boulders Bay. It is a popular tourist spot because of a colony of African penguins which settled there in 1982. Boulders Beach forms part of the Table Mountain National Park.
These African penguins are only found on the coastlines of Southern Africa (South Africa and Namibia). These penguins are currently endangered. As a result, the penguins are under the protection of the Cape Nature Conservation.
Although set in a residential area, it is one of the few sites where this vulnerable bird (Spheniscus demersus) can be observed at close range, wandering freely in a protected natural environment. From just two breeding pairs in 1982, the penguin colony has grown to about 3000 birds in recent years. This is partly due to the prohibition of commercial pelagic trawling in False Bay, which has increased the supply of sardines and anchovies, which form part of the penguins' diet. as well as the help from former SANDF naval officer, Van the Penguin Man
Bordered mainly by indigenous bush above the high-water mark on the one side, and the clear water of False Bay on the other, the area comprises several small sheltered bays, partially enclosed by granite boulders that are 540 million years old.
The most popular recreational spot is Boulders Beach, but the penguins are best viewed from Foxy Beach, where newly constructed boardwalks take visitors to within a few metres of the birds. It is also a famous swimming beach, although people are restricted to beaches adjacent to the penguin colony.
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"La forma di un istante"
Si tratta piuttosto di una metafora poetica o filosofica che suggerisce l'idea che un momento brevissimo e sfuggente (l'istante) possa avere una sua struttura, un suo contenuto o una sua influenza ben precisa.
In un contesto artistico o letterario: potrebbe riferirsi al tentativo di catturare la natura effimera e transitoria di un momento nel tempo, come in una fotografia o in una poesia, per dargli una "forma" eterna o duratura.
"La forma di un istante" è già di per sé un'espressione suggestiva e poetica, che evoca l'idea di catturare l'essenza fugace di un momento.
Nel senso artistico, la "forma di un istante" si può interpretare come la capacità di un'opera di catturare, bloccare e dare forma all'effimero, al fugace e all'invisibile. Questa trasformazione avviene attraverso vari mezzi espressivi, come la linea, la luce, il colore o la composizione, che fissano un momento irripetibile e lo rendono eterno. Si tratta di un'operazione che va oltre la mera rappresentazione, mirando a catturare l'essenza di un attimo, l'emozione che lo pervade o il movimento implicito al suo interno
I pittori impressionisti cercavano di catturare l'impressione visiva di un momento specifico, spesso focalizzandosi sugli effetti della luce e del colore in un determinato istante (ad esempio, Monet e le sue serie sulla Cattedrale di Rouen in diverse ore del giorno).
To gain control of the world of space is certainly one of our tasks. The danger begins when in gaining power in the realm of space we forfeit all aspirations in the realm of time. There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord. Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.
Nothing is more useful than power, nothing more frightful. We have often suffered from degradation by poverty; now we are threatened with degradation through power. There is happiness in the love of labor; there is misery in the love of gain. Many hearts and pitchers are broken at the fountain of profit. Selling himself into slavery to things, man becomes a utensil that is broken at the fountain.
AS CIVILIZATION ADVANCES, the sense of wonder almost necessarily declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind. Mankind will not perish for want of information, but only for want of appreciation. The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. What we lack is not a will to believe but a will to wonder.
-Thunder in the Soul To Be Known by God, Abraham Joshua Heschel
2024 was one of the hardest years of my life.
I learned so much about myself - strengths and weaknesses.
I broke myself repeatedly to form a more solid me.
I sacrificed true love on an altar of commitment.
I watched generations wither and stepped into the gap.
I gained beautiful flowers in my garden of friends.
I froze in the face of trial and closed within myself.
I created from the depths of my agony.
I screamed in silence for dreams unfulfilled.
I stepped up and made the choice - God over everything else.
I struggled out of the pit of surviving.
I don't know what 2025 holds.
But I know there will be continued pain... continued longing...continued moments of falling and picking myself back up. Moments of showing up for myself in solitude. Moments of nostalgia... and memory... that crush the air from my very chest.
And likely...Grief.
But through it all...
I will continue to persevere as best I can.
I will continue to cry out to God in my confusion and gain clarity.
I will continue to soak up the sun and dance in the rain.
I will continue to find small joys in the birds song.
I will continue to breathe in and out.
I will continue to believe.
I will continue to live.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11
Forever is composed of Nows
Tis not a different time
Except for Infiniteness
And Latitude of Home
~Emily Dickinson
Trails in the form of lines and crystal hearts when you move.
The set includes attachments for arms and legs.
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Star forming region in Cassiopeia.
So many structures to see in this nebula, it is full of pillars and interesting formations.
The Soul Nebula, also known as IC 1848, is an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It's about 100 light-years across and is located about 6,500 light-years from Earth.
Characteristics:
The Soul Nebula is close to the Heart Nebula, another large emission nebula.
The Soul Nebula is connected to the Heart Nebula by a bridge of material.
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The rocks on the beaches of the Northern Finistere (Bretagne, France) as an example of Modernist Photography as created in the beginning of the 20th century.
I really did enjoy shooting tens of pictures during a storm with wind speeds up to 138km/h. Nature at its best.
Water, whether still or in motion, has so great an attraction for the lover of nature, that the most beautiful landscape seems scarcely complete without it. There are no effects so fascinating as those produced by the reflections in nature’s living mirror, with their delicacy of form, ever fleeting and changing, and their subtle combinations of color. ~ Montagu Pollock
Mt. Rundle and Vermillion Lakes - Banff National Park - Alberta, Canada
Wishing everyone a great weekend....cold, rainy, and dreary here; good night to break out the fleece and enjoy a pot of chili :-) As always, thanks for all your visits and comments!!!!
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form of visual communication, usually illegal, involving the unauthorized marking of public space by an individual or group. Although the common image of graffiti is a stylistic symbol or phrase spray-painted on a wall by a member of a street gang, some graffiti is not gang-related.
Single Form, by Barbara Hepworth.
This sculpture stands in Battersea Park London, on the South shore of the lake, and is a smaller version of the one that stands at the United Nations in New York.
The first cast was made in 1963, and was displayed in an open air sculpture exhibition in Battersea Park.
In October that year, It was was shipped to America. It was donated to the Johns Hopkins University, and displayed in Washington D.C.
A second cast was also made in 1963, and was bought by the London County Council and installed at Battersea Park. (pictured here)
Hepworth doubled the size for a casting that would become the largest bronze artwork ever cast at Morris Singer's London foundry.
It was commissioned for the United Nations building, and was erected in New York in May 1964. This bigger version weighs 5.5 tonnes, and stands 6.4m high.
It has now stood at the United Nations for 60 years.
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is as necessary to great architecture as foliage is to the tree, blossoms to the plant or flesh to the body.
Frank Lloyd Wright
If you look closely you can see some fine wires running from the tips of the tail planes to the mid-rear fuselage on each side. These were an early form of 'friend or foe' detection; a radio signal from them helped differentiate defending RAF aircraft from others on the crude radar screens of the time.
This aircraft has a 'c' type wing, sometimes called the 'universal' wing which had provision for up to four 20mm cannon and four 0.303 Browning machine guns, although because of weight restrictions, not all could be carried at the same time without seriously degrading the aircraft performance. It is not uncommon to see two of the cannons capped off, as here. The red tape over the machine gun ports was to prevent debris from muddy airfields being blown back into the guns from the propeller while the engine was running on the ground. Wet mud could jam the guns. Of course, the first shots would go straight through the tape.
The outer machine guns were often considered to be not all that effective - the wings would vibrate when they were firing, so an ever widening cone of bullets would issue forth reducing the effectiveness on the target. The 'e' wing, which many later Spitfires sported, was a simplified 'c' wing, had the outer four machine guns bays deleted and could carry heavier machine guns and/or cannon in the four inner bays.
Potholes formed by water spinning rocks around in an initial small depression and eventually carving out these towering cylindrical holes as the canyon forms over the millennia.
a VORTEX formed from the altar. It began to swirl around, faster and faster picking up speed, a wordless tone hummed deep inside it's belly. Startled by it but not so unaccustomed to this strange phenomenon, she looked inside, knowing a message was about to be delivered, as she had received one only three days before. The last one came with a warning, images of demonic creatures on horseback were in battle. Again she saw these images but this time much clearer. There were many people in a village running for their lives. A castle drawbridge was rising up, men and women could be seen pulling it's chains desperately trying to close it's entrance...She wondered why she could see these images and if this was something that was happening now....she had not realised she had been watching these images for some time now. Her eyes bulged and she transcended into a trance-like state. Reaching over to touch the images and without warning, she was whisked inside.
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Zwei rote Zebras in Form von 189 901 und 905 bespannten am 15. November 2024 den KLV-Zug DGS 43821 von Bremen Grolland nach Verona Q.E. ab München Ost Rbf für die Fahrt über den Brennerpass. Die einheitlich mit Aufliegern der Speditionen Terratrans und paneuropa beladene Leistung befindet sich hier im deutschen Teil des Inntals und wird nach wenigen Kilometern Kufstein erreichen.
Two "red zebras" in the form of 189 901 and 905 hauled the intermodal train DGS 43821 from Bremen Grolland to Verona Q.E. from Munich Ost Rbf for the journey over the Brenner Pass on 15 November 2024. The service, uniformly loaded with trailers from Terratrans and paneuropa, is located here in the German part of the Inn Valley and will reach Kufstein after a few kilometres.
Tiel. Prins Bernhardsluizen.
The Prins Bernhardsluizen form the shipping connection between the river Waal and the southern part of the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal. They are located on the east side of Tiel, the lock gates were built in 1952 by Werkspoor Utrecht and are owned by Rijkswaterstaat. The Amsterdam-Rhine Canal is designated as CEMT class VIb with maximum dimensions (L × W × D) of 200 × 23.5 × 4.0 metres.[4]
North of the lock, the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal is crossed by:
• The Betuwelijn, the railway line between Tiel and Arnhem
• Rijksweg 15 (A15)
• The Betuweroute, the railway connection between Rotterdam and Germany
• The Grotebrugse Grintweg, a local connection between the industrial estates on either side of the canal
De Prins Bernhardsluizen vormen de scheepvaartverbinding tussen de rivier de Waal en het zuidelijk gedeelte van het Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal. Ze liggen aan de oostkant van Tiel, de sluisdeuren zijn in 1952 gebouwd door Werkspoor Utrecht en eigendom van Rijkswaterstaat. Het Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal is aangewezen als CEMT-klasse VIb met als maximale maten (L × B × D) 200 × 23,5 × 4,0 meter.[4]
Ten noorden van de sluis wordt het Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal gekruist door:
•De Betuwelijn, de spoorlijn tussen Tiel en Arnhem
•Rijksweg 15 (A15)
•De Betuweroute, de spoorverbinding tussen Rotterdam en Duitsland
•De Grotebrugse Grintweg, een lokale verbinding tussen de bedrijventerreinen aan weerszijden van het kanaal
Ethiopia (Abisinia), África pura
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Viaje de 8 días por Ethiopia. Empezamos por el Norte, el desierto, la Depresión de Danakil, el lugar más caluroso del planeta, dominado por la etnia Afar, para posteriormente bajar al Sur, la sabana, verde, el Valle del Rio Omo, visitando diferentes etnias: Dorze, Konso, Dassanech y Hamer. Extenuante pero corto, muy corto.
Ethiopia (Abisinia, el Reino de Saba en la Biblia) es un lugar inhóspito y no preparado para el turismo y debes contar con una agencia que organice tu aventura (yo fui con Karibu, www.kaett.com). Ethiopia limita con países en conflicto y en los desplazamientos por el Norte, el desierto, Danakil, estarás acompañado por policía o milicianos armados, además de guía, cocinero, pinche y conductores.
Primer día, llegamos mi mujer y yo, a primeros de Mayo, época no turística debido al calor, a Addis Ababa, con Ethiopian Airlines, para enlazar con un vuelo regional a Makele. En Makele montamos en 4x4 para desplazarnos a Dallol, zona desértica con temperaturas de noche 26 y día 45ºC. Dormimos de acampada, al aire libre sobre camastros, junto con todos nuestros acompañantes, el viento y millones de estrellas. El calor, agobiante, Mayo no es el mejor mes para visitar Danakil. Antes de dormir vislumbramos las caravanas de camellos trasportando la sal depositada en el desierto al secarse un mar interior miles de años atrás. También visitamos las salinas infinitas, disfrutamos de una puesta de Sol con reflejos, única.
El segundo día visitamos la Puerta del Infierno, una zona donde la tierra expulsa compuestos de azufre continuamente y donde se han generado unos cráteres freáticos únicos en el mundo, de una extraordinaria belleza y colorido. Andábamos sobre cristales de azufre y óxidos metálicos que crujían bajo nuestros pies. Al terminar la jornada las zapatillas habían pasado a mejor vida. Siempre acompañados por un Kalashnikova AK 47. Llegar hasta allí en un 4x4 sobre las salinas infinitas, con 20 cm de agua sobre la superficie y a 10 km/h durante 2 o 3 hrs, sin llegar nunca, sin ver fondo bajo las ruedas, es uno de los muchos gratos recuerdos que nos ha proporcionado esta superaventura. Más tarde visitamos a los Afar durante su trabajo diario, cortar bloques de sal de 30x40x8 cm que se cargarán sobre los camellos para transportarlos en caravanas infinitas. Aquí todo es infinito. Trabajan bajo un Sol abrasador, pero aunque el Gobierno les ofrece mecanizar la explotación, los Afar no lo permiten, temen perder su forma de vida. Ya no sé dónde dormimos, quizás en Dodhom, donde mataron un cabrito para cenar.
El tercer día pretendíamos subir por la noche al Erta Ale, volcán activo con una caldera de magma en ebullición. Al llegar al campo base para gestionar permisos y más y más acompañantes, las temperaturas habían subido a 52ºC. Esta es la zona más caliente de la Tierra y el espesor de la corteza terrestre es el más estrecho de todos los continentes. De hecho esta es la zona del Rift, donde el cuerno de África se escindirá del continente en algunos miles de años. Estamos 110m por debajo del nivel del mar. Mi mujer sufrió un pequeño golpe de calor mientras tratábamos de comer algo a 52ºC y por prudencia descartamos subir al Arte Ale, lo dejamos, o mejor dicho, lo dejaré para un próximo viaje. Se suben 10Km andando por la noche durante unas 4 horas y se duerme en la caldera, tomando fotos del magma durante la noche, para bajar a primera hora de la mañana, antes de que el Sol abrase.. Así las cosas, decidimos volver a Makele (necesitábamos hotel y descanso) pero de camino visitamos un pequeño lago encantador, quizás el lago Bakili, junto a las salinas, dado que el cambio de planes no nos permitiría ya visitar el Lago Afdera de aguas color esmeralda.
El cuarto día, improvisando, desde Makele hicimos una visita a una de las miles iglesias en Ethiopia excavadas en la roca, donde el prior nos abrió y atendió con sumo cariño, y posteriormente visitamos la Misión del Padre Ángel, amigo Vasco que realiza una labor extraordinaria en la zona. El Padre Ángel (www. Angelolaran.com) aparenta muchos más años de los que tiene, eso es debido sin duda a una larga vida de sufrimiento. Nos invitó a comer en la misión pero tuvimos que descartarlo para volver a Makele y tomar vuelo a Addis Ababa, también queda pendiente para un próximo viaje. A la vuelta enviamos un donativo a la Misión, ese país y Ángel necesitan de toda nuestra ayuda.
Quinto día, desde Addis Ababa tomamos un 4x4 para desplazarnos hacia el Sur, rico en Etnias, poblados, tribus, que nos iban a enamorar. Ni que decir tiene que a estas alturas ya me había convertido en un maestro de la fotografía en desplazamiento, a 80 Km/h en 4x4 se obtienen, a 1/2000s, unas fotografías impagables, las carreteras están llenas de vida y de color. Por la tarde llegamos a Arba Minch, donde habitan los Dorze, a una cota de 3.200m , en sus casas de bambú. Las chozas, de unos 40m2 pueden incluso transportarse con ayuda de 60 personas cuando las termitas se comen la base de sus troncos. Tienen la apariencia de la cabeza de un elefante. Esa noche dormimos en el Paradise Lodge, recomendable, en una cabaña con vistas a los lagos Abaya y Chamo. Estábamos muertos, no hice fotos de la vía láctea y no me lo perdonaré nunca, pero conseguí unos amaneceres únicos.
Sexto día, de nuevo en 4x4 y 1/2000s. Nos desplazamos a las tierras altas donde habita la Etnia Konso, en el rio Segen. Los Konso son la tribu más organizada y han sido reconocidos como Patrimonio de la Humanidad por Unesco. Un ejemplo, la piedra de la verdad, donde ante el Consejo del Pueblo ningún vecino se atrevería a mentir influenciado por un temor ancestral a sufrir los peores males como consecuencia de mentir mientras se está de pie sobre esa piedra. La visita a su poblado es indescriptible, una sociedad muy avanzada con un nivel jerárquico bien asumido y una socialización envidiable. Después, desplazamiento a la zona de Turmi, donde empezamos a cruzarnos con los Hamer, pintados con barro en el pelo y acompañados de collares de conchas. Dormimos en el Busca Lodge, con generador eléctrico que arranca de 6 a 9, eso sí, por la mañana y por la noche.
Séptimo día, cruzando el rio Omo en piragua (tronco de árbol vaciado) para visitar a los nómadas Dassanech. ¡Qué encanto!. Nos recibieron con sus bailes y pasamos la mañana de su mano, sí, nos llevaban de la mano mientras nos enseñaban su poblado. Sus poblados se caracterizan por el uso de chapa de lata para cubrir sus chozas, ese material que les han traído los Dioses les permite que la vida de su choza se alargue por varios años, además de mantenerlas secas, maravillas de la tecnología. Unos globos y caramelos son el regalo más apreciado por los niños. Por la tarde visita al mercado de Turmi, donde los Hamer y otras tribus se dan cita para intercambiar sus productos (grano, ganado, madera trabajada,...). Más tarde, casi a la puesta de Sol visitamos un poblado Hamer. De chozas con vallado para los animales. Igual de encantadores que los Dassenech, solo nos atendieron los niños, los adultos vienen andando desde el mercado de Turmi. Los niños te piden 5 Birs (0.20€) por cada foto que les haces (íbamos armados con fajos de billetes de 5, claro), el capitalismo está llegando para quedarse. Sonrisas y bromas continuamente, inolvidable. De nuevo al hotel con acotado horario para la ducha.
Octavo día, 4x4 a Arba Minch y vuelo regional a Addis Ababa, con shopping y cena étnica para tomar vuelo de nuevo para Madrid (Ida y vuelta nocturna).
Algún bajón de tensión, golpes de calor, catarros por el A/A del 4x4, diarrea (posiblemente el contacto con los billetes viejos contaminados con todo tipo de gérmenes), pero desde ya, contando ansioso los días que faltan para volver de nuevo. Bendita África pura.
380 imágenes para enmarcar y el 24-120mm muerto, no enfoca, directamente a Nikon...
The rock formation "Twelve Apostles" in morning light. Australia is still closed for most tourists. So, all we have left are "postcards" like this one.
"Die zwölf Apostel" strahlen in der Morgensonne. Australien ist immer noch für die meisten Touristen geschlossen. Also, bleiben uns nur "Postkarten" wie diese.
Sunset at Rotary park view over Duffins marsh flowing into Lake Ontario and the newly formed sandbank at the mouth of the marsh in Squires beach , Martin’s photographs , Ajax , Ontario , Canada , March 4. 2020
Sunset at Rotary Park
newly formed sandbank at the mouth of the marsh
Martin’s photographs
Sandbank
Sandbar
Squires beach
Ontario
Ajax
Canada
Pickering
Martin’s photographs
Discovery Bay
Trees
Sunset
March 2020
Favourites
IPhone XR
Squires Beach
Duffins Creek
Duffins Marsh
Waterfront Trail
Rotary Park
Lake Ontario
Rod iron fence
Bridge
Bridge across Duffins Creek
Twilight
Sticks
Stones
Fallen trees
Fallen tree
Fungi
Mushrooms
Sand
Beach
Reflections
Reflection
Dogwood
Tall grasses