Godlike photos on Flickr

On the weekend I will start a new series looking at Tasmania's Central Highlands and the world heritage area of Lake St Clair. So we really will be in the natural environment for the most part.

So to finish here with a simple scene from Nature will serve to remind us that civilisations come and go. As the poor indigenous people learned just over 200 years ago, patterns of life that have been followed for thousands of years can be wiped out in a moment.

We are but reeds, someone once remarked to the great French Polymath, Blaise Pascal (1623-1662). To which he replied, "Ah, but we are thinking reeds."

Fragile, yet gifted with the one thing that sets us apart as a species, we are the only ones with a godlike vision. We are made in the image of God. It is our choice then whether to fulfil our godlike destiny and let the earth flourish, or turn like Lucifer and demonically destroy our very foundations.

We are but reeds, but pray God we are truly THINKING reeds!

“Stay focused!” by Roy Mildor/ Photographer

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JWL1096 Raven... by Jeff Lack Wildlife&Nature

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Raven - Corvus corax

The common raven (Corvus corax), also known as the northern raven, is a large all-black passerine bird. Found across the Northern Hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids. There are at least eight subspecies with little variation in appearance, although recent research has demonstrated significant genetic differences among populations from various regions. It is one of the two largest corvids, alongside the thick-billed raven, and is possibly the heaviest passerine bird; at maturity, the common raven averages 63 centimetres (25 inches) in length and 1.2 kilograms (2.6 pounds) in mass. Common ravens can live up to 21 years in the wild, a lifespan surpassed among passerines by only a few Australasian species such as the satin bowerbird and probably the lyrebirds. Young birds may travel in flocks but later mate for life, with each mated pair defending a territory.

Common ravens have coexisted with humans for thousands of years and in some areas have been so numerous that people have regarded them as pests. Part of their success as a species is due to their omnivorous diet; they are extremely versatile and opportunistic in finding sources of nutrition, feeding on carrion, insects, cereal grains, berries, fruit, small animals, nesting birds, and food waste.

Some notable feats of problem-solving provide evidence that the common raven is unusually intelligent. Over the centuries, it has been the subject of mythology, folklore, art, and literature. In many cultures, including the indigenous cultures of Scandinavia, ancient Ireland and Wales, Bhutan, the northwest coast of North America, and Siberia and northeast Asia, the common raven has been revered as a spiritual figure or godlike creature.

Population:

UK breeding:

7,400 pairs

“Learn from it!” by Roy Mildor/ Photographer

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I began to think vodka was my drink at last. It didn’t taste like anything, but it went straight down into my stomach like a sword swallowers’ sword and made me feel powerful and godlike. by Frank Hendriks

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Amsterdam

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Just a dream and the wind to carry me And soon I will be free by Scott Douglas Photography

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OB CA.

Soul Trees by Landon Spady

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They were once seeds planted in the soil. Now best friends!

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Tranquility - ( Explored ) by Gillie Savage

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The light was golden and the sea and the reflections seemed to have been created by some godlike alchemist. A moment in time captured.

Adult dusk Raven perched at strategic spot surveys dinner options near our garden by Viv.....

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The common raven (Corvus corax), also known as the northern raven, is a large all-black passerine bird. Found across the Northern Hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids. There are at least eight subspecies with little variation in appearance, although recent research has demonstrated significant genetic differences among populations from various regions. It is one of the two largest corvids, alongside the thick-billed raven, and is possibly the heaviest passerine bird; at maturity, the common raven averages 63 centimetres in length and 1.2 kilograms in mass. Common ravens can live up to 21 years in the wild, a lifespan surpassed among passerines by only a few Australasian species such as the satin bowerbird and probably the lyrebirds. Young birds may travel in flocks but later mate for life, with each mated pair defending a territory. Common ravens have coexisted with humans for thousands of years and in some areas have been so numerous that people have regarded them as pests. Part of their success as a species is due to their omnivorous diet; they are extremely versatile and opportunistic in finding sources of nutrition, feeding on carrion, insects, cereal grains, berries, fruit, small animals, nesting birds, and food waste. Some notable feats of problem-solving provide evidence that the common raven is unusually intelligent. Over the centuries, it has been the subject of mythology, folklore, art, and literature. In many cultures, including the indigenous cultures of Scandinavia, ancient Ireland and Wales, Bhutan, the northwest coast of North America, and Siberia and northeast Asia, the common raven has been revered as a spiritual figure or godlike creature. 34804

Cartoon Sky by Scott Douglas Photography

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Sunset Yuma, AZ

JWL1108 Raven.. by Jeff Lack Wildlife&Nature

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Raven - Corvus corax

The common raven (Corvus corax), also known as the northern raven, is a large all-black passerine bird. Found across the Northern Hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids. There are at least eight subspecies with little variation in appearance, although recent research has demonstrated significant genetic differences among populations from various regions. It is one of the two largest corvids, alongside the thick-billed raven, and is possibly the heaviest passerine bird; at maturity, the common raven averages 63 centimetres (25 inches) in length and 1.2 kilograms (2.6 pounds) in mass. Common ravens can live up to 21 years in the wild, a lifespan surpassed among passerines by only a few Australasian species such as the satin bowerbird and probably the lyrebirds. Young birds may travel in flocks but later mate for life, with each mated pair defending a territory.

Common ravens have coexisted with humans for thousands of years and in some areas have been so numerous that people have regarded them as pests. Part of their success as a species is due to their omnivorous diet; they are extremely versatile and opportunistic in finding sources of nutrition, feeding on carrion, insects, cereal grains, berries, fruit, small animals, nesting birds, and food waste.

Some notable feats of problem-solving provide evidence that the common raven is unusually intelligent. Over the centuries, it has been the subject of mythology, folklore, art, and literature. In many cultures, including the indigenous cultures of Scandinavia, ancient Ireland and Wales, Bhutan, the northwest coast of North America, and Siberia and northeast Asia, the common raven has been revered as a spiritual figure or godlike creature.

Population:

UK breeding:

7,400 pairs

JWL1129 Raven.. by Jeff Lack Wildlife&Nature

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Raven - Corvus corax

The common raven (Corvus corax), also known as the northern raven, is a large all-black passerine bird. Found across the Northern Hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids. There are at least eight subspecies with little variation in appearance, although recent research has demonstrated significant genetic differences among populations from various regions. It is one of the two largest corvids, alongside the thick-billed raven, and is possibly the heaviest passerine bird; at maturity, the common raven averages 63 centimetres (25 inches) in length and 1.2 kilograms (2.6 pounds) in mass. Common ravens can live up to 21 years in the wild, a lifespan surpassed among passerines by only a few Australasian species such as the satin bowerbird and probably the lyrebirds. Young birds may travel in flocks but later mate for life, with each mated pair defending a territory.

Common ravens have coexisted with humans for thousands of years and in some areas have been so numerous that people have regarded them as pests. Part of their success as a species is due to their omnivorous diet; they are extremely versatile and opportunistic in finding sources of nutrition, feeding on carrion, insects, cereal grains, berries, fruit, small animals, nesting birds, and food waste.

Some notable feats of problem-solving provide evidence that the common raven is unusually intelligent. Over the centuries, it has been the subject of mythology, folklore, art, and literature. In many cultures, including the indigenous cultures of Scandinavia, ancient Ireland and Wales, Bhutan, the northwest coast of North America, and Siberia and northeast Asia, the common raven has been revered as a spiritual figure or godlike creature.

Population:

UK breeding:

7,400 pairs

✺064✺ Nell'ombra del dubbio by ⫷-Donair-⫸ [No IA - Edited]

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Beard : [MAGNIFICENT] Quinn FADED GODLIKE - Bento Beard

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They are at it too - Aussie Raven carries human junk food (fast food chips) for consumption by Viv.....

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The common raven (Corvus corax), also known as the northern raven, is a large all-black passerine bird. Found across the Northern Hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids. There are at least eight subspecies with little variation in appearance, although recent research has demonstrated significant genetic differences among populations from various regions. It is one of the two largest corvids, alongside the thick-billed raven, and is possibly the heaviest passerine bird; at maturity, the common raven averages 63 centimetres in length and 1.2 kilograms in mass. Common ravens can live up to 21 years in the wild, a lifespan surpassed among passerines by only a few Australasian species such as the satin bowerbird and probably the lyrebirds. Young birds may travel in flocks but later mate for life, with each mated pair defending a territory. Common ravens have coexisted with humans for thousands of years and in some areas have been so numerous that people have regarded them as pests. Part of their success as a species is due to their omnivorous diet; they are extremely versatile and opportunistic in finding sources of nutrition, feeding on carrion, insects, cereal grains, berries, fruit, small animals, nesting birds, and food waste. Some notable feats of problem-solving provide evidence that the common raven is unusually intelligent. Over the centuries, it has been the subject of mythology, folklore, art, and literature. In many cultures, including the indigenous cultures of Scandinavia, ancient Ireland and Wales, Bhutan, the northwest coast of North America, and Siberia and northeast Asia, the common raven has been revered as a spiritual figure or godlike creature. 42550

A family of Aussie Ravens (dad, mum and juvenile) cruise the clear blue wetland skies in search of food by Viv.....

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The common raven (Corvus corax), also known as the northern raven, is a large all-black passerine bird. Found across the Northern Hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids. There are at least eight subspecies with little variation in appearance, although recent research has demonstrated significant genetic differences among populations from various regions. It is one of the two largest corvids, alongside the thick-billed raven, and is possibly the heaviest passerine bird; at maturity, the common raven averages 63 centimetres in length and 1.2 kilograms in mass. Common ravens can live up to 21 years in the wild, a lifespan surpassed among passerines by only a few Australasian species such as the satin bowerbird and probably the lyrebirds. Young birds may travel in flocks but later mate for life, with each mated pair defending a territory. Common ravens have coexisted with humans for thousands of years and in some areas have been so numerous that people have regarded them as pests. Part of their success as a species is due to their omnivorous diet; they are extremely versatile and opportunistic in finding sources of nutrition, feeding on carrion, insects, cereal grains, berries, fruit, small animals, nesting birds, and food waste. Some notable feats of problem-solving provide evidence that the common raven is unusually intelligent. Over the centuries, it has been the subject of mythology, folklore, art, and literature. In many cultures, including the indigenous cultures of Scandinavia, ancient Ireland and Wales, Bhutan, the northwest coast of North America, and Siberia and northeast Asia, the common raven has been revered as a spiritual figure or godlike creature. 42685

Parent Raven sharing food with juvenile by Viv.....

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The common raven (Corvus corax), also known as the northern raven, is a large all-black passerine bird. Found across the Northern Hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids. There are at least eight subspecies with little variation in appearance, although recent research has demonstrated significant genetic differences among populations from various regions. It is one of the two largest corvids, alongside the thick-billed raven, and is possibly the heaviest passerine bird; at maturity, the common raven averages 63 centimetres in length and 1.2 kilograms in mass. Common ravens can live up to 21 years in the wild, a lifespan surpassed among passerines by only a few Australasian species such as the satin bowerbird and probably the lyrebirds. Young birds may travel in flocks but later mate for life, with each mated pair defending a territory. Common ravens have coexisted with humans for thousands of years and in some areas have been so numerous that people have regarded them as pests. Part of their success as a species is due to their omnivorous diet; they are extremely versatile and opportunistic in finding sources of nutrition, feeding on carrion, insects, cereal grains, berries, fruit, small animals, nesting birds, and food waste. Some notable feats of problem-solving provide evidence that the common raven is unusually intelligent. Over the centuries, it has been the subject of mythology, folklore, art, and literature. In many cultures, including the indigenous cultures of Scandinavia, ancient Ireland and Wales, Bhutan, the northwest coast of North America, and Siberia and northeast Asia, the common raven has been revered as a spiritual figure or godlike creature. 36807

Curious Aussie Raven by Viv.....

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The common raven (Corvus corax), also known as the northern raven, is a large all-black passerine bird. Found across the Northern Hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids. There are at least eight subspecies with little variation in appearance, although recent research has demonstrated significant genetic differences among populations from various regions. It is one of the two largest corvids, alongside the thick-billed raven, and is possibly the heaviest passerine bird; at maturity, the common raven averages 63 centimetres in length and 1.2 kilograms in mass. Common ravens can live up to 21 years in the wild, a lifespan surpassed among passerines by only a few Australasian species such as the satin bowerbird and probably the lyrebirds. Young birds may travel in flocks but later mate for life, with each mated pair defending a territory. Common ravens have coexisted with humans for thousands of years and in some areas have been so numerous that people have regarded them as pests. Part of their success as a species is due to their omnivorous diet; they are extremely versatile and opportunistic in finding sources of nutrition, feeding on carrion, insects, cereal grains, berries, fruit, small animals, nesting birds, and food waste. Some notable feats of problem-solving provide evidence that the common raven is unusually intelligent. Over the centuries, it has been the subject of mythology, folklore, art, and literature. In many cultures, including the indigenous cultures of Scandinavia, ancient Ireland and Wales, Bhutan, the northwest coast of North America, and Siberia and northeast Asia, the common raven has been revered as a spiritual figure or godlike creature. 3667

Bison by Darkyn Dover Darkyn

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[Deadwool] Sterling Shirt

[Deadwool] Kojima Jeans

[Deadwool] Bolo Tie and Yuma Hat for TMD

[MAGNIFICENT] Dwane Sunglasses for TMD

[MAGNIFICENT] Hipster Godlike Bento Bear

[SAC] Python Hunter Pistol

BERAS Poses Tom 4 for LEVEL

[SURPLUS Motors] Bison v7.0 I

More info in my blog, link in information page

Fontana del Tritone - Roma - Italia by Natxus

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Fontana del Tritone, Rome

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Explore #35

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es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuente_del_Tritón

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La Fuente del Tritón se erige en el Quirinal (Roma, Italia), cerca de la Fontana de Trevi (41°54′13″N 12°29′18″E). Fue realizada por el genial maestro del Barroco italiano, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Esta espectacular fuente está ubicada en el centro de la Plaza Barberini, cerca de la entrada al Palacio Barberini (que hoy alberga la Galería de Arte Antigua), que Bernini ayudó a rediseñar para su patrón, Maffeo Barberini, que se había convertido en papa con el nombre de Urbano VIII.

Queda a sólo unas manzanas de la obra de Borromini San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane. En la fuente, que Bernini ejecutó en travertino en 1642–43, el dios marino Tritón aparece lanzando un chorro de agua a través de una caracola, sentado sobre una enorme concha sostenida por cuatro delfines que entrelazan la tiara papal con llaves cruzadas y las abejas heráldicas de los Barberini en sus colas escamosas. El Tritón, la primera de las fuentes de Bernini, se erigió para proporcionar agua del acueducto de Acqua Felice, que Urbano había restaurado, en una celebración dramática. Fue el último gran encargo de su gran mecenas.

El triunfal pasaje de Ovidio en Las metamorfosis Libro I, evocando un control similar al dios sobre las aguas y describiendo el secado tras el diluvio universal, que Urbano le dio a Bernini para ilustrarlo, era bien conocido para todos los contemporáneos romanos ilustrados:

Ya Tritón, a su llamada, aparece

Por encima de las olas; luce ropa tiria;

Y en su mano una trompeta retorcida lleva.

El soberano le pide que inspire pacíficos sones,

Y dé a las olas la señal para retirarse.

Su retorcida concha coge; cuya estrecha abertura

Crece poco a poco hasta hacerse grande,

Entonces sopla; el toque con sonido redoblado,

Recorre el amplio circuito del mundo entero:

El sol lo oyó el primero, en su temprano este,

Y encontró los ecos vibrantes en el oeste.

Las aguas, escuchando el rugir de la trompeta,

Obedece el mandato, y abandona la orilla.

La Fuente del Tritón es una de las evocadas en la obra de Ottorino Respighi Fontane di Roma. La leyenda aplicada a la Fontana de Trevi se ha extendido también a esta: que cualquier visitante que lanza una moneda al agua tiene garantizado su regreso a Roma.

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Fontana del Tritone, Rome

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The fountain was executed in travertine in 1642–43. At its centre rises a larger than lifesize muscular Triton, a minor sea god of ancient Greco-Roman legend, depicted as a merman kneeling on the sum of four dolphin tailfins. His head is thrown back and his arms raise a conch to his lips; from it a jet of water spurts, formerly rising dramatically higher than it does today. The fountain has a base of four dolphins that entwine the papal tiara with crossed keys and the heraldic Barberini bees in their scaly tails.

The Tritone, the first of Bernini's free-standing urban fountains, was erected to provide water from the Acqua Felice aqueduct which Urban had restored, in a dramatic celebration. It was Bernini's last major commission from his great patron who died in 1644. At the Triton Fountain, Urban and Bernini brought the idea of a sculptural fountain, familiar from villa gardens, decisively to a public urban setting for the first time; previous public fountains in the city of Rome had been passive basins for the reception of public water.

Bernini has represented the triton to illustrate the triumphant passage from Ovid's Metamorphoses book I, evoking godlike control over the waters and describing the draining away of the Universal Deluge. The passage that Urban set Bernini to illustrate, was well known to all literate Roman contemporaries:

Already Triton, at his call, appears

Above the waves; a Tyrian robe he wears;

And in his hand a crooked trumpet bears.

The sovereign bids him peaceful sounds inspire,

And give the waves the signal to retire.

His writhen shell he takes; whose narrow vent

Grows by degrees into a large extent,

Then gives it breath; the blast with doubling sound,

Runs the wide circuit of the world around:

The sun first heard it, in his early east,

And met the rattling echoes in the west.

The waters, list'ning to the trumpet's roar,

Obey the summons, and forsake the shore.

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In almost every photograph I have ever made, there is something I would do to complete it.... by ira tucker

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I take that to be the spirit hole or the deliberate mistake that’s in a Navajo rug to not be godlike, but to be human :-)

Sam Abell

HGGT! Peace Now!

camellia, 'Jacks', our yard, cary, north carolina

For Once, Then, Something by BYOTA !

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=UepJfULtQUk

Others taught me with having knelt at well-curbs

Always wrong to the light, so never seeing

Deeper down in the well than where the water

Gives me back in a shining surface picture

Me myself in the summer heaven godlike

Looking out of a wreath of fern and cloud puffs.

Once, when trying with chin against a well-curb,

I discerned, as I thought, beyond the picture,

Through the picture, a something white, uncertain,

Something more of the depths--and then I lost it.

Water came to rebuke the too clear water.

One drop fell from a fern, and lo, a ripple

Shook whatever it was lay there at bottom,

Blurred it, blotted it out. What was that whiteness?

Truth? A pebble of quartz? For once, then, something.

Robert Frost

soon we are godlike by Heiner Engbrocks

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human megalomania and hybris

new tower of babel

Morning Hue by Scott Douglas Photography

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Sunrise Yuma, AZ

With breeding season on and new born chicks in the nest, today's ferocious male Australian magpie (top) attacks much larger Raven (bottom) that strayed into its territory. Taken from our garden by Viv.....

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The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. Although once considered to be three separate species, it is now considered to be one, with nine recognised subspecies. A member of the Artamidae, the Australian magpie is placed in its own genus and is most closely related to the black butcherbird (Melloria quoyi). Currawongs have yellow eyes, whereas Magpies have red-brown eyes and Butcherbirds have very dark brown, almost black eyes. It is not, however, closely related to the European magpie, which is a corvid. The adult Australian magpie is a fairly robust bird ranging from 37 to 43 cm in length, with distinctive black and white plumage, gold brown eyes and a solid wedge-shaped bluish-white and black bill. The male and female are similar in appearance, and can be distinguished by differences in back markings. The male has pure white feathers on the back of the head and the female has white blending to grey feathers on the back of the head. With its long legs, the Australian magpie walks rather than waddles or hops and spends much time on the ground. Described as one of Australia's most accomplished songbirds, the Australian magpie has an array of complex vocalisations. It is omnivorous, with the bulk of its varied diet made up of invertebrates. It is generally sedentary and territorial throughout its range. Common and widespread, it has adapted well to human habitation and is a familiar bird of parks, gardens and farmland in Australia and New Guinea. This species is commonly fed by households around the country, but in spring (and occasionally in autumn) a small minority of breeding magpies (almost always males) become aggressive and swoop and attack those who approach their nests.

The common raven (Corvus corax), also known as the northern raven, is a large all-black passerine bird. Found across the Northern Hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids. There are at least eight subspecies with little variation in appearance, although recent research has demonstrated significant genetic differences among populations from various regions. It is one of the two largest corvids, alongside the thick-billed raven, and is possibly the heaviest passerine bird; at maturity, the common raven averages 63 centimetres in length and 1.2 kilograms in mass. Common ravens can live up to 21 years in the wild, a lifespan surpassed among passerines by only a few Australasian species such as the satin bowerbird and probably the lyrebirds. Young birds may travel in flocks but later mate for life, with each mated pair defending a territory. Common ravens have coexisted with humans for thousands of years and in some areas have been so numerous that people have regarded them as pests. Part of their success as a species is due to their omnivorous diet; they are extremely versatile and opportunistic in finding sources of nutrition, feeding on carrion, insects, cereal grains, berries, fruit, small animals, nesting birds, and food waste. Some notable feats of problem-solving provide evidence that the common raven is unusually intelligent. Over the centuries, it has been the subject of mythology, folklore, art, and literature. In many cultures, including the indigenous cultures of Scandinavia, ancient Ireland and Wales, Bhutan, the northwest coast of North America, and Siberia and northeast Asia, the common raven has been revered as a spiritual figure or godlike creature. 67375

Orient Express by Gilli Exonar

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"You are the patient one Mademoiselle," said Poirot to Miss Debenham.

She shrugged her shoulders slightly "What else can one do?"

"You are a philosopher Mademoiselle?"

"That implies a detatched attitude I think my attitude is more selfish. I have learned to save myself useless emotion."

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Gilli is wearing:

David Heather - Blaine Trousers & Vest - Currently available at the May round of TMD

Magika - Alyssa

Magnificent - Hipster Godlike Bento Beard and Moustache

Badwolf - Ragnarok Rings

Animosity - Custom Shape and Stylecard

Scene Credits:

Fancy Decor and Apple Fall - Renouveau Bar Cabinet and Accessories

Fancy Decor - Carlton Armchair

Fancy Decor - Jones Wall Panel

Orange Nights by Scott Douglas Photography

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Sunset Yuma, AZ

godlike by Karl Eduard

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Journey .. Canadian Rocky Mountain Range by Mr. Happy Face - Peace :)

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A Journey to Connect Heart-to-Heart takes but a Moment; it involves the Risk of being Vulnerable ..

Quotes by Patricia Bechthold

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For once, then, something by Josep Porcar

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Others taunt me with having knelt at well-curbs

Always wrong to the light, so never seeing

Deeper down in the well than where the water

Gives me back in a shining surface picture

Me myself in the summer heaven godlike

Looking out of a wreath of fern and cloud puffs.

—Robert Frost

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Az flag templete by Scott Douglas Photography

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Sunset Yuma AZ

Welcome to the New Age by Gilli Exonar

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I'm waking up to ash and dust

I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust

I'm breathing in the chemicals

Gilli is wearing:

Gutchi - Cyberpunk 2094 Visor maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cuttico/127/177/35

Magnificent - Eon Hipster Godlike beard

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Linkrave - Typhoon Breaker, Edgerunner Trousers, Atomic Lantern

maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Oro/21/87/2436

Shot on location at the Bladerunner Sim

Tune:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktvTqknDobU

For Baz - who never ceases to inspire me and encourage me to do my best and dusts me off when I fail. I love you Primo.

duvanjsko polje nažimlje grudi by Luka B

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Just after the rain we noticed beautiful Godlike scenery with all the perfect photo could have: God rays, dramatic clouds, dark shadows and only parts of the Tomislavgrad field that are covered in a beautiful bright light.

Pose by Garret Blackrose

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Credits:

Morris Outfit from Legal Insanity & Miu

Smart Hairbase Buzz & Faded Godlike Beard from Magnificent

Guise Pose from Mannerism

A very special thank you to Níck Andάl-Ťhíєянάυѕ for inspiring me to be a better SL photographer.

withdraw by auntneecey

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“Withdraw into yourself and look. And if you do not find yourself beautiful yet, act as does the creator of a statue that is to be made beautiful: he cuts away here, he smoothes there, he makes this line lighter, this other purer, until a lovely face has grown upon his work. So do you also: cut away all that is excessive, straighten all that is crooked, bring light to all that is overcast, labour to make all one glow of beauty and never cease chiselling your statue, until there shall shine out on you from it the godlike splendour of virtue, until you shall see the perfect goodness surely established in the stainless shrine.”

― Plotinus

Sharks and Minnows by Gilli Exonar

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"There's sharks and minnows in this world Jimmy, and if you don't know which you are, then you ain't a shark."

- Rip Wheeler

Tune: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq8qjHt3cio

Gilli is wearing:

Velour - Nicholas

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Magnificent - Hipster Godlike bento beard and moustache

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Scene Credits:

The Bearded Guy - Dutton Ranch backdrop

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Dirty Rat - Metal Tub

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For Baz - “Well, that’s what it means. It means that you have me, that I’m yours. It means come live your life with me" I love you Primo

The Hitchhiker by Scott Douglas Photography

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Sunset Yuma, AZ

Noxsapphirus by N.A.B.E _mocs

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This build marks the first time I have fully incorporated my own design language into a LEGO creation. It represents a monster inspired by sapphire, and it is intended as the starting point of a series of creatures based on different gemstones.

Historically, sapphire has been associated with the sky and the blue cosmos, and was often regarded as the gemstone closest to the divine. Drawing from this symbolism, I chose black as the primary color for the monster’s body—representing outer space and the night sky—while adding sapphire-inspired decorations throughout the design. To further emphasize its godlike presence, I incorporated a dragon, a creature often imagined as one of the most powerful beings in fantasy.

To recreate the texture of dragon scales, I used a large number of black diamond-shaped elements, creating a sharp yet cohesive surface. For the sapphire details, my initial plan was to rely mainly on trans-light blue bricks and slopes. However, they felt a bit too cheap and flat visually. Instead, I decided to use marbled elements, which I personally love. Their slightly lower transparency adds depth and richness, better evoking the feel of a gemstone. The name of the creature comes from “Nox,” the Latin word for night, and “sapphirus,” the origin of the word sapphire—reflecting both its visual theme and conceptual roots.

During the design process, the Woomy World blog was incredibly helpful. Through his writing, I learned how to verbalize design intent and translate it into thoughtful part selection. In particular, the line beneath the eyes was inspired by his Sand Beast build, which strongly influenced this model’s facial expression.

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It is well, when judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you.... by ira tucker

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with the same godlike and superior impartiality :-)

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With lovely dusk light on a winter evening on it, an alert adult Raven is on dinner watch from our roof by Viv.....

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The common raven (Corvus corax), also known as the northern raven, is a large all-black passerine bird. Found across the Northern Hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids. There are at least eight subspecies with little variation in appearance, although recent research has demonstrated significant genetic differences among populations from various regions. It is one of the two largest corvids, alongside the thick-billed raven, and is possibly the heaviest passerine bird; at maturity, the common raven averages 63 centimetres in length and 1.2 kilograms in mass. Common ravens can live up to 21 years in the wild, a lifespan surpassed among passerines by only a few Australasian species such as the satin bowerbird and probably the lyrebirds. Young birds may travel in flocks but later mate for life, with each mated pair defending a territory. Common ravens have coexisted with humans for thousands of years and in some areas have been so numerous that people have regarded them as pests. Part of their success as a species is due to their omnivorous diet; they are extremely versatile and opportunistic in finding sources of nutrition, feeding on carrion, insects, cereal grains, berries, fruit, small animals, nesting birds, and food waste. Some notable feats of problem-solving provide evidence that the common raven is unusually intelligent. Over the centuries, it has been the subject of mythology, folklore, art, and literature. In many cultures, including the indigenous cultures of Scandinavia, ancient Ireland and Wales, Bhutan, the northwest coast of North America, and Siberia and northeast Asia, the common raven has been revered as a spiritual figure or godlike creature. 64723

does the cosmic space, we dissolve into, taste of us then? by rhaps0deep

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For we, when we feel, evaporate: oh, we

breathe ourselves out and away: from ember to ember,

yielding us fainter fragrance. Then someone may say to us:

‘Yes, you are in my blood, the room, the Spring-time

is filling with you’..... What use is that: they cannot hold us,

we vanish inside and around them. And those who are beautiful,

oh, who holds them back? Appearance, endlessly, stands up,

in their face, and goes by. Like dew from the morning grass,

what is ours rises from us, like the heat

from a dish that is warmed. O smile: where? O upward gaze:

new, warm, vanishing wave of the heart - :

oh, we are that. Does the cosmic space,

we dissolve into, taste of us then? Do the Angels

really only take back what is theirs, what has streamed out of them,

or is there sometimes, as if by an oversight, something

of our being, as well? Are we as mingled with their

features, as there is vagueness in the faces

of pregnant women? They do not see it in the swirling

return to themselves. (How should they see it?)

Lovers, if they knew how, might utter

strange things in night air. Since it seems

everything hides us. Look, trees exist; houses,

we live in, still stand. Only we

pass everything by, like an exchange of air.

And all is at one, in keeping us secret, half out of

shame perhaps, half out of inexpressible hope.

Lovers, each satisfied in the other, I ask

you about us. You grasp yourselves. Have you a sign?

Look, it happens to me, that at times my hands

become aware of each other, or that my worn face

hides itself in them. That gives me a slight

sensation. But who would dare to exist only for that?

You, though, who grow in the other’s delight

until, overwhelmed, they beg:

‘No more’ -: you, who under your hands

grow richer like vintage years of the vine:

who sometimes vanish, because the other

has so gained the ascendancy: I ask you of us. I know

you touch so blissfully because the caress withholds,

because the place you cover so tenderly

does not disappear: because beneath it you feel

pure duration. So that you promise eternity

almost, from the embrace. And yet, when you’ve endured

the first terrible glances, and the yearning at windows,

and the first walk together, just once, through the garden:

Lovers, are you the same? When you raise yourselves

one to another’s mouth, and hang there – sip against sip:

O, how strangely the drinker then escapes from their action.

Weren’t you amazed by the caution of human gesture

on Attic steles? Weren’t love and departure

laid so lightly on shoulders, they seemed to be made

of other matter than ours? Think of the hands

how they rest without weight, though there is power in the torso.

Those self-controlled ones know, through that: so much is ours,

this is us, to touch our own selves so: the gods

may bear down more heavily on us. But that is the gods’ affair.

If only we too could discover a pure, contained

human place, a strip of fruitful land of our own,

between river and stone! For our own heart exceeds us,

even as theirs did. And we can no longer

gaze after it into images, that soothe it, or into

godlike bodies, where it restrains itself more completely.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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