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William J. Burns, Michèle Flournoy and Nancy Lindborg announced the launch of an independent and non-partisan Study Group on Fragility. The Study Group’s aim is to identify principles and recommendations for a strategic and effective U.S. foreign policy response to the interrelated security, humanitarian and development challenges posed by fragile states.
Read more at www.usip.org/publications/2016/01/07/burns-flournoy-and-l...
Looking at these fragile and hauntingly beautiful cherry blossoms being blown around in the rain just reminded me of the frailty of humanity.
Lets take a moment to remember the victims of the recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
Here's a picture dedicated to all the survivors and victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
Another experiment with a "flipped" lens, this time using a small hole punched in a post-it in front of the lens to attempt to get a wider DoF.
The subject is one of those laser-etched souvenirs that glow when you put a light under them, or at least a part of one.
Ischnura posita. The thorax marking reminiscent of an exclamation mark is the key identification feature for this species. The blue colouration identifies this as a female, the males have a similar pattern, but the pale colours are yellow to green. This one has lived up to its names as it’s lost part of its’ left hind leg. This is a common damselfly in the Eastern US. I photographed this one in Cape May County, New Jersey.
This is one of my favourite kinds of mushroom to try and photograph - it was only about half an inch across, growing on a rotting log in Brown-Lowery Provincial Park on 4 August 2012. The cap is very thin and delicate and had a beautiful pattern and sparkle. I didn't see all that many fungi growing in the park and quite a few of them were not photogenic at all - I never go very far into the area, as I find it a very creepy place to be. However, I knew that at least one or two of my birder friends were going to be there that morning, so I knew that I wouldn't be there in bear and cougar territory completely on my own, ha.
My soul is like a fragile flower,
whose cup the sky so full has filled
with dew, that earthwards it must lower
its head, till half the wealth is spilled.
quote by Mathilde Blind
On Extreme Fragility (Homage to Blaschka)
Anne Poirier (French, born 1942) and
Patrick Poirier (French, born 1942)
With the assistance of Pino Signoretto (Italian, born 1944)
Made in Italy, Murano, 2003
Blown, hot-worked glass
Three petals, three stamens, and a pistil appear as if they have fallen from a giant lily. One of the petals bears the faint inscription "Heartbeat" and another, "Fragility." The delicacy of the glass flowers is reminiscent of the transitory nature of life, which can be vibrant one minute and gone the next.
I was in the park near a friends house, they have this like pieces of tiny woods beneath the swings, so I tried taking a few shots till I get this one, :D
Inside corridors of a nearly and completely demolished old brick factory.
Lost of bricks can be seen... ironic...
Photo Assignment for Week 13/52: "Fragile"
Experimenting with databending. Original photo imported and edited sequentially with Excel and Audacity. Final image imported into GIMP just to change the format from .bmp to .jpg.
What a fragile moment in life this is. Never again will the patterns in the sand be quite the same, the hues and colours of the sky identical, the clouds exactly as they are now. This moment is unique. As is your moment, in the here and now, experienced only by you, in the infinite richness of this universe.
Experimenting with databending. Original photo imported and edited sequentially with Excel and Audacity. Final image imported into GIMP just to change the format from .bmp to .jpg.
"fragility"
Sculpture by Sandra Pitkin
Sculpture By the Sea 2005
Artist's statement: "This sculpture arises from my investigation into the fragility of nautre and humankind and impact we have on each other."
... Nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could
For all those born beneath an angry star
Lest we forget how fragile we are...
Sting - Fragile
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMW2P_Q8wBM&feature=related
Happy Soundtrack Monday!