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Das Universum. Und hier endet das was Kunst vermag. Alles weitere liegt in Jannah al Firdaus. Du wolltest ein Zeichen setzen gegen Dunkelheit, Kälte und Unbarmherzigkeit in dieser Welt. Allah hat diese brennende Sehnsucht in dein Herz gepflanzt, damit du den Weg nach Hause finden mögest. Denn diese Welt ist nur eine Prüfung. #munich #münchen #neuhausen #märchenbazar #universe #kosmos #wanndacircus #lightshow #art #kunst #installation #qalbidahab #heartofgold #allahuakbar
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Watercolour van Gogh & ecoline ink on Steinbach paper.
"She was swinging by the bangles in a main street store
A while before we met
The most dangerous angles that you ever saw
She spied her amulet
And she took a loop of leather for around her neck
And that was then the start
The most dangerous lady on her quarter deck
She found her Golden Heart
You found your Golden Heart
Then we swirled around each other and the thread was spun
to some Arcadian band
I would stop it from swinging like a pendulum
Just to hold time in my hand
And you shot me with a cannonball of history
And long forgotten art
I'd be turning it over as our words ran free
I'd hold your Golden Heart
I'd hold your Golden Heart
Nothing in the world prepared me for, your heart, your heart
Nothing in the world that I love more, your heart, your heart
Your Golden Heart
And every time I'm thinking of you from a distant shore
And all the time I sleep I will have a reminder that my baby wore
A part of you to keep
And I'll send you all my promises across the sea
And while we are apart
I will carry the wonder that you gave to me
I'll wear your Golden Heart
I'll wear your Golden Heart..."
GOLDEN HEART - Music & lyrics Mark Knopfler, 1996.
Thanx to all of you who are so kind to comment on my rather pedestrian attempts at art. Bless you; you have Hearts Of Gold.
Setup Shot for 048/365 Heart of Gold.
Camera Info:
Canon 7D, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM @70mm, f/11.0, 1/250s, ISO 100
This setup shot was taken with a Sigma 17-70mm lens at 17mm.
Strobist Info:
-2 Canon 430EXII's Camera Left and in front of subject, FULL Power, @24mm zoom, about 7 feet high, 3 feet away from subject both inside 40 inch Wescott softbox.
-Flashes triggered with Interfit Strobies. The sun was not triggered by Interfit Strobies.
Two small white standard roses with golden centres, sunbathing in the afternoon light. Made it to Explore, the mechanics of which still baffle me.
Roses, home garden, Adelaide, South Australia
On the weekend Bec and I headed up to Gympie in Queensland to the Heart of Gold film festival. It was a brilliant festival with hundreds of short films from around the world, as well as meet-the-filmmaker sessions and seminars.
They also had a photography category, and out of 1000 entries from 20 countires this image I took in Nepal of Junu lining up before school won the overall prize!
I'm now going out to buy a lottery ticket.
I am peeking and I am stunned when I see the heart of gold in you.
Wish all my friends a great weekend!
The tulips are blooming in my yard.
I want to share this quote of Walker Evans today.
"The photographer must define his subject with an educated awareness of what it is and what it means; he must describe it with such simplicity and sureness that the result seems an unchallengeable fact, not merely the record of a photographer's opinion yet the picture itself should possess a taut athletic grace, an inherent structure, that gives it a life in metaphor." - Walker Evans
System of a Frown
No-one's gonna save us now, no-one...
and where would you expect us to go, anyway?
when those bombs of the heart explode on empty shells
such a fine balancing act if ever there was one
a hole in sky covers me with blind faith
for all to see in the hell-venting platitude
a kingdom that's come so far, and yet so unclear
does it lie to our mind, out of time under alarming graith
liars, winners, honest weepers, losers, and silent speakers
who owns the keepsake that lies in wake
for the soul out all night who-knows-where
our unconcerned screams have returned as ghostly seekers
of the forest of so many hidden selves
forgotten walkways of bygone charters
and terror ways of terra cotta-hued mystery
steeping feet treat the mind to vistas revealing the truth of ourselves
this way, that way, anywhichway springs to the unseasonable thought
of fiery expanse at no cost to the refinement of public grace
sipping moods through a straw of thirst-quenching sobriety
the heroine of good health has a flirtatious rapport with our hurts so distraught
entwining hands with the secret desire of survivals desperate quest
passions stardom caresses the concealed passage of loving ways
medicinally sowing the thrust of recovering displays
tripping the barbed wire no-man's-land of peace-loving-angels profusely acquiesced
where am I coming from? it's where everyone's been, or going...
un shirking the dialect of life's bloody and sodden misunderstandings
frequently held in contempt, it takes on a new role in freedom's court
balancing laws of emotional gravity in a world that believes our weight in gold is always worth bestowing.
by anglia24
16h00: 21/05/2008
©2008anglia24
This is my best friend, Stuart. His heart is made of Gold, seriously, it is. He would give you the shirt off of his back before you could even finish asking for it. I can only hope that everybody has a friend like Stuart. He and his little family are in town for a couple days so I couldn't pass up a chance to shoot those blue eyes of his. Thanks Stuart for all you have ever done for me and my family!
Camera Info:
Canon 7D, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM @70mm, f/11.0, 1/250s, ISO 100
Strobist Info:See setup shot here.
-2 Canon 430EXII's Camera Left and in front of subject, FULL Power, @24mm zoom, about 7 feet high, 3 feet away from subject both inside 40 inch Wescott softbox.
-Flashes triggered with Interfit Strobies. The sun was not triggered by Interfit Strobies.
I wish you all a sweet Valentine's Day, with lots of lovin' and a bit of chocolate!
Although there is no chocolate in this image. This was actually an experiment combining HDR and focus stacking. I took about 11 focus layer shots, but each one was a 3 photo HDR.
But in the end it turned out a bit darker than I wanted, and by the time I got it to glow the way I wished for, some of the HDR sharpness was gone.
But, it was a fun experiment!
So, have a great Valentines Day, everyone! You all have been the best friends! You've all got hearts of gold.
I want to live,
I want to give
Ive been a miner for a heart of gold.
Its these expressions I never give
That keep me searching for a heart of gold
And Im getting old.
Keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And Im getting old.
Ive been to hollywood
Ive been to redwood
I crossed the ocean for a heart of gold
Ive been in my mind, its such a fine line
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And Im getting old.
Keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And Im getting old.
Keep me searching for a heart of gold
You keep me searching for a heart of gold
And Im getting old.
Ive been a miner for a heart of gold.
- Neil Young.
Watch it here
Sun goes down (Listen & watch here) By David Jorden
Open your eyes coz another day is dawning,
Children of the night , can you hear them all calling.
Stars open up and an angel starts falling,
Listen to their beats, can you hear them hollering
Start in the morning, through to the evening
Dance like you’re the only one around
Move like you want it
Grove like you need it,
Dancing it up till the sun goes down
Free your mind coz tonight we’re gonna break it down
Shake make it funky down
Get so high as the toxins in your body
Are the bass and the drums and the ra, ra, ra
We’re right on time, & all is fine
If you’ve lost your senses here have mine and..
Lose yourself in the time you awake wait till the evening time
’till the sunshine breaks.
Ahh Common
Open your eyes coz another day is dawning,
Children of the night , can you hear them all calling.
Skies open up and an angel starts falling,
Listen to the beats, can you hear them hollering
Stop in the morning, through to the evening
Dance like you’re the only one around
Move like you want it
Grove like you need it,
Dancing it up til the sun goes down.
Till the sun goes down…
Go Come on for this makes for hysteria
You feelin what we bring to y’all..
Peace and love find yourself gettin down tonight, tonight tonight, tonight
Fire is burning on and theres children in the forest playing
Just come forget this to forget the beats hunting for its prey
Yeaaah… noo noooo ..yeaaaah eeyy..
Till the sun goes down
Till the sun goes
Sun goes down
Sun goes down sun goes down
Sun goes dooooowwn!
Open your eyes coz another day is dawning,
Children of the night , can you hear them all calling.
Skies open up and an angel starts falling,
Listen to the beats, can you hear them hollering
Stop in the morning, through to the evening
Dance like you’re the only one around
Move like you want it
Grove like you need it,
Dancing it up till the sun goes down
My Heart of Gold engagement ring along with a matching wedding band. This was a custom set. The rings are made from a heavy gauge round wire lined with 14k gold. On the engagement ring, a conical setting holds a 3mm faceted moissanite.
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(Acrylic on canvas, 2008)
One of the two t-shirt designs I was commissioned to do for Heart Of Gold Clothing. It will be available as part of their 2009 collection.
Well, you know what the say about the best made plans...
I'm back in the Captains chair of the USS Home Computer after two weeks on the West Coast of Canada, specifically Vancouver, BC. To the surprise of nobody, at least nobody that knows me, I returned with many new friends for Nat, most of which I literally purchased within 2 hours of landing in Vancouver. Now, my original intent was that with the powers of jetlag on my side, that I'd wake up at an ungodly time despite trying to sleep late, so I'd have to time at least do the photography for many of the purchases I would eventually end up with. Well.. I got the sleeping part down pat, but not so much the free time part. So welcome to the first, and only, photo session taken at the Sunset Inn and Suites.
It's a shame too, because the ample room means I could have really gotten some nice stuff when it comes to shadows and all that. Still, I suppose one figure is better than none, and she's a doozy.
Presenting the 1/8 scale Darkstalkers Felicia statue by Organic, released AALLLLLL the way back in 2007.
Now for you youngin's, you may not have heard of Darkstalkers, or at most, may have heard bits and pieces of the information, thanks to one lovely Succubus by the name of Morrigan, who still features prominently in the Marvel Vs. Capcom series. Or would be, if Marvel Vs. Capcom Infinite hadn't killed the buzz due to the lacklustre roster of no X-Men.
Darkstalkers was one of the series that debuted in the 1990s, made of course by Capcom. Characters in the game were stylized representations of various monsters, with the game featuring incredible hand drawn artwork which was incredibly animated. So well animated, in fact, I remember reading somewhere the reason there has been no Darkstalkers entry into the 3D world is because the memory requirements to do the game justice were mindboggling. There are a few fighting game mechanics that Darkstalkers pioneered that are in effect even to this day, with the most famous of which is the Magic Chain, where you can link attacks by going up in strength and generally never repeating the same attack (there are exceptions, of course, but this is a system that works for all characters and not just one or two). Felicia is the resident Catgirl, who works as a Vegas showgirl in order to make it back and support an orphanage (I think it's the one that raised her). The last time I remember seeing here was Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, so I guess that's relatively recent
Anyway, back in 2007, Organic Japan released a 1/6 scale Felicia statue as part of their Vampire Savior line (Vampire Savior being the Japanese equivalent to Darkstalkers) - not sure if the company is still around, or if it got absorbed in to Yamato. I never picked up it as I was never much of a Felicia fan, though apparently the price has gone up to something that is obscene. Well, the good news is mine cost $30, but I've come to realize that she doesn't have her base, though mind you it was a simple white disk, it's still somewhat painful to realize that even buying something like this, I manage to get an incomplete one by accident. But what's done is done, I suppose.
While she doesn't look that big due to her posture, the sheer amount of material used to make her certainly makes Felicia a formidable weapon in combat - she's quite hefty. Being a statue, there's not much to talk about when it comes to articulation, so lets just into the small details.
Felicia is sculpted sitting on the ground with her right hand up in the air and winking at you. The finish on the statue is admittedly crude. There are rough finishes everywhere on the plastic. and there isn't an actual true smooth surface, and some spots of assembly aren't the greatest. Part of that is quality control. Another part of it is the age of the statue itself.. they just didn't care that much back in the day. Due to her pose, she literally has no ass - her entire bottom side is one flat surface - which incidentally, is why I'm saying that the missing base would be just any flat surface, as there have been statues in the past with moulded ass grooves on the base to allow for proper positioning. Paint work is more hit than miss, but the misses.. well, it's glaringly obvious. But, if you take a step back and look at the entire statue, you'll something that makes this piece stand out - character and personality. Like the saying goes, the whole is more than just the sum of its parts
Felicia has a very playful personality, and that is not only reflected in her pose, but also the expression on her face. Some other statues have her eyes more catlke, but that's an artistic thing in my opinion, as I don't remember any source specifically indicating that. Yes, as stated above, the actual paint work could be neater. Another aspect that I feel this statues gets right over the others that have been released is accuracy to the actual character. In Marvel vs. Capcom 3, like with Morrigan, her character model is a bit more slim and trim. In the original Darkstalkers trilogy (and Capcom Fighting Evolution/Marvel vs. Capcom 2, I guess, as it resuses sprites from the aforementioned games), Felicia is a scantily clad, curvaceous catgirl with a giant plume of blue hair and hilariously oversized cartoon paws. Having reviewed the list of other suspects (there aren't that many Felicia statues, so it didn't take too long) it is my opinion that all of them are based on her Vampire Savior/Darkstalkers look, and that of them all, THIS is the one piece that got it actually right. I guess again, it can be argued that each artist is going for a slightly different look based on the pose and action of the figure, but as far as looking like THE Felicia, this, folks, is it.
Finally, and this is probably the most important thing for me, is the detailing. Yes, the fabric detailing and ripples on the various flowing parts is nice, but it pales in comparison to the impressive display of musculature, both on her curves (of course), but also on all her other parts as well - Felicia is one ripped catgirl. Muscles on her calves, ankles, shoulders and ab area are very impressive, but hands down for me it's all about the stupid amount of detail the sculptors put into her back... just look at the thing. Felicia beats out the 1/6 Max Factory Cammy I bought back in the spring, which had some pretty good stuff under Cammy's skin tight outfit, which was no slouch to begin with. About the only thing that I can fault with the statue overall (other than legacy quality issues stated above) it is that for all their effort in detailing muscles and other things that bring the statue to life, they really didn't do a whole lot on her fur covered parts.. maybe some raised textures or something?
So, while not perfect, especially if aesthetic perfection is what you seek, this Felicia statue has what it takes to be THE definitive Felicia piece in your collection.. provided you can find it. I just happened to luck out and literally be in the right place at the right time, all 3,300 km away. Felicia fans, I urge you to keep trying and if you happened to come across a listing for this statue at a price that doesn't make your stomach queasy, do your best to see if you can hash out a deal - it's worth the effort.
O our Father, the sky, hear us
and make us strong.
O our Mother the Earth, hear us
and give us support.
O Spirit of the East,
send us your Wisdom
O Spirit of the South,
may we thread your path of life.
O Spirit of the West,
may we always be ready for the long journey.
O Spirit of the North, purify us
with your cleansing winds.
~Sioux Prayer
I've been to Hollywood, I've been to Redwood
I've crossed the ocean for a heart of gold
I've been in my mind, it's such a fine line
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold
- Neil Young -