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The story so far: The Dreamer loses his Pearl in a grassy mound - evidently her grave. He swoons with grief, and awakens in an earthly paradise, through which there runs a beautiful stream. The land on the opposite bank seems even more beautiful. He wanders further down the stream, hoping to find a bridge or a ford. Just when he starts to become afraid of the dangers that may be in store for him, he sees a young woman sitting at the foot of a crystal cliff on the opposite bank, and instantly recognises her as his lost Pearl. He hails his Pearl and expresses his relief that she still exists, but she begins to reprove him for his lack of faith. She criticises him for only believing that her soul is immortal now that he can see her, and is shocked by his suggestion that he - a mortal man - has a hope of joining her in Paradise without first experiencing death.

 

He tells her that for him to walk away from her now that he has found her again would be to suffer a fresh bereavement. She replies that it is divinely decreed that he cannot cross over to her. The Dreamer pleads with his Pearl to accept that his rash questions were borne out of his great grief, and asks her to describe her life in Paradise. She relents, and tells him that she is crowned Queen of Heaven, and is married to the Lamb. The Dreamer is shocked by this assertion. He says that he thought only the Virgin Mary was Queen of Heaven. Pearl replies with a description of a-semi egalitarian heaven in which all inhabitants are kings and queens, and asserts that although Mary has pre-eminence, none of those in heaven would ever question it, because she is so “courteous”. She cites the Pauline notion that the church is the body of Christ in support of her claim.

 

The Dreamer is even less convinced than before. He wonders how she can have been instantly crowned a Queen of Heaven when she was on the earth for less than two years. She replies at length, citing the parable of the labourers in the vineyard as justification for her rapid advancement in the kingdom of Heaven. She continues to retell the parable, and concludes by insisting that like the workers who worked less than two hours in the vineyard, she was first in line for God’s reward when she reached Heaven. The Dreamer cannot understand. Surely, he argues, those who have endured a lifetime’s pain and temptation must have precedence. She responds that those who die as children die innocent, whereas those who have lived longer are more likely to be tainted by the world, and argues that the Dreamer is underestimating the grace of God. She continues by expounding a series of Biblical texts on the theme of righteousness and justification, culminating with the scene from the gospels in which Christ welcomes the children, and reproves his disciples for attempting to repel them. She continues to expound on this theme, reminding the Dreamer that Christ insisted that one must become like a little child in order to approach him.

 

The Dreamer admits that she is stupendously beautiful, but wonders how she can have won the title of Queen and bride of Christ, in the face of stiff competition: all those other women who have gone to heaven. Her reply draws upon the Old Testament prophets and the Book of Revelation: the Lamb which was slain in Jerusalem will return to govern the New Jerusalem as its King, with a company of a hundred and forty-four thousand wives – one of whom is the Pearl. She describes the state of bliss experienced by all the brides of the Lamb, and the worship that is offered to him. The Dreamer asks her for a boon: he wants to see the heavenly city or fortress where she lives. She describes the spotless city of the New Jerusalem, and he is so entranced by the glory she describes that he repeats his request to be taken to see it. She grants his request, even though he will not be able to set foot inside the city, and he follows her upstream until he can see the heavenly City. At first, he cannot lift his eyes beyond the twelve tiers at its base, each one wrought of precious stones – with the exception of one, which is fashioned out of pearl. Now, he begins to look up at – and through – the City itself, awed beyond belief by its beauty. He realises that no mortal could ever enter the city and survive its sublime excess – and sees a throng of a hundred thousand and more women, all dressed and jewelled like his Pearl, approaching the throne of God in the company of the Lamb.

 

Pearl: Part 19

 

Just as the rising, marvellous moon

Drives the ebbing day-gleams down,

It shakes the very soul of man

To know this City – of rich renown –

Is thronged with retinues of women:

All virgins, wearing the same gowns,

Answering the same unseen summons

As my own bejewelled and blissful one –

And all of them are likewise crowned,

Dripping pearls, and draped in white.

In each one’s breast is firmly clasped

A blissful pearl of great delight.

 

In great delight they glide together

On golden, glinting, glassy roads;

A hundred thousand of them gather,

All rigged out in matching robes,

Each as radiant as the other.

The splendid Lamb before them rides

With seven horns – a lather

Of priceless pearls encrusts his clothes,

And without clamour, the virgins close

In upon the throne, their ranks all white.

Like maidens at Mass, they rise in rows,

Pouring forth with great delight.

 

The delight the Lamb’s coming brings

Is too intense for me to tell:

The aldermen, when he arrives,

Swoon at his feet. No pen could spell

Out how that angel-legion throngs,

With thuribles, the delightful smell

Of incense eternally on the rise,

And for that Jewel, their praises swell:

They quake the Earth and cleave Hell.

The virtuous orders of angels smite

My heart. I long to sing as well,

And lose my soul in their delight.

 

Delighting in the Lamb, I reel,

Rapt in wonder. Just out of reach

He seems: more regal and real

Than prophets could spell out in speech,

His garments all glorious, the seal

Of graciousness upon his face. I search

With wild eyes the wound that spills

His heart’s blood, in a great gush,

The skin so torn. I swoon and lurch,

Sick to think that sin and spite

Thrust in the spear and raised the lash.

Can men do this, and take delight?

 

And yet, delight is on his face

Despite that open, gushing sore:

The agony has left no trace

On his expression – an exultant stare.

Around him, his retinue of grace,

Lambent with life, enough to sear

My eyes. And there, looking utterly in-place,

My little Queen. Did she stand near

Me in that glade? Christ! I can hear

Her laughter, mingling with the mass, all white.

I must wade these waters, face my fear

With love, and longing for delight.

 

Late fourteenth century poem, written in a north-west midland dialect of Middle English, paraphrased by Giles Watson.

 

Amara's Journal

 

Adagio: would knock politely at amara's door. the gesture gentle and polite. she'd step back from teh door, her crystal clera voice chiming musically against the steel door. "Hello there darling, I brought you something." She'd smile gently taking a small piece of genger and rubbing it briefly on a few spots around her neck and behind her ears like a perfume.

 

Amara unshackled the handcuff binding her to the suitcase and opened the door. Immediately, she slanted her head to give the slender women a gentle welcoming kiss. "Long time no see, love. I brought a few things for you as well." Her eyes narrowed lightly at the scent of ginger on Adagio's neck, a light approving hum coming from her lips. "How have you been?"

 

Adagio: would give a soft smile to amara, a bright smile coming to her face feeling the lips against hers. she'd linger with the kiss for a few minutes just enjoying teh feeling, it had been too long."thank you very much darling, but the only thing you needed to bring was yourself." She'd smile gently giving a soft smile. "Well I've been good. been focusing les son my muscles and mor eon ballet and cardio. I won't be putting you thos egrueling weight routines unless you want to do that anymore. This also means fewer situps."

 

Amara chuckled at this, letting her arms settle around the other's hips. "I don't mind the sit-ups so much now. After the physicals the board put me through, those workouts were likely more beneficial than I realized." Her head motioned to the boxes. "Most of that stuff is for the Pack or the hospital, given what hasn't already been delivered. Various types of katanas, kunai, and other fine weaponry courtesy of the Japanese branch." As she spoke, she seemed to sway gingerly with a gentle smile on her face. "I missed you, Adagio."

 

Adagio: would smile a little bit giving a soft chuckle. "Well that's good to know, Im glad that the torture I put you through seems to have made a difference. We'll still do thos ethen, just not so many, Im trying to lose my ten pack actually. I spoke with temp, and well I realized that I looked prettier slim, than bulging. Especially since i prefer ballet rather than weights." She'd smile a little bit giving amara another soft kiss. "Oh you hav eno idea how much I misse dyou darling. in fact, i'd like to welcome you back properly if you're not against it?" she'd smile gently her bright sapphire eyes flicking to the bed.

 

Amara bit her lip at the suggestion, her hands clenching slightly on Adagio's belt. Every fiber of desire in her seemed to react with glee to Adagio's advance, but the hybrid had something else on her mind, something more important to her. "Umm before that," she'd step backwards, holding Adagio's hands in front of her. "I'd like to give you my vows first…since the opportunity was missed before I left." Amara raised the slender woman's hands, kissing both softly.

 

Adagio: would smile gently, her cheeks turning a deep shade of red. She'd smile gently a soft flutter rising up from her stomach at the statement. "Amara, i'd lovefor you to give me your vows. thank you."

 

Amara chuckled at the slow reddening flush of Adagio's cheeks, but took a few breaths to regain her composure. She just wanted to get through it all without crying. "I…It was a joy and a bit of gamble to ask you out back when we were coworkers. Relationships had always been a thing I shied away from…because of my own inner demons with what I was." She looked down a moment, her thumbs rubbing over Adagio's hands slowly. "Never had anyone showed me the kind of affection and love that you opened my heart to. It's allowed me to blossom as a person, as a lover, and as a caretaker." A slight crack in her voice was quickly put in check. She was not going to cry…not yet anyway.

 

Adagio: would sjust smile warmly, her thumbs slowly rolling over amara's fingers in her hand, the strong fingers feeling like they belonge din her grasp. her gaze would be kind and loving, the bright blue eyes filled with love and affection.

 

"I know I resisted heavily when you proposed to me, but it was only because I couldn't believe someone would see me in that manner. With all the oddities and uncertainties about me…" Amara admitted. No watery eyes yet, she'd glance over at the table where they had spoken often over tea and the occasional salad. "We have both spent a good portion of our lives in search of different things. Answers to internal questions and the like, but finding each other…that alone provided in a way answers to questions we'd never realized we had. Could I trust this person? Can I love this person? I never used to think of such things."

 

Adagio: would just smile softly, a few tears coming gently toher eyes, carrying the sweet biting scent of fresh ginger with them. She'd be smiling though, happier than any other time in her life, for once absolutely speechless at the devotion amara was showing to her.

 

Amara leaned forward, lightly kissing a few of the tears on Adagio's cheek as they streamed down. The fact Adagio was more emotional seemed to calm her down. "I vow to treasure you, this intelligent, glorious woman called Adagio with a uniquely logical mind. I vow to be honest, to not keep secrets. To be a valuable support beam when life's weight becomes too much." Her words were more of a whisper, loud enough just to pierce Adagio's ears. "I vow not to sneak fried foods into your dinner." she joked. "Most importantly, I give my heart, my mind, and soul purely and solely to you, my wife."

 

Adagio: would just smile broadly, her eyes shining brightly with tears leaking out gently and slowly. she'd smile and try wrapping her arms around amara to pull her towards her in a passionate kiss. All of her soul would be given to the woman in that one action. every fiber of her being carefully transferred to her in that one passionate act.

 

Amara made a muffled moan as her lips were claimed by the taller woman. With her hands now free, she slid them over Adagio's shoulders and around her neck, her right hand resting comfortably on Adagio's cheek. In between breaths, she'd whisper a soft "love you" as the kiss was extended. Her tongue easily invaded the depths of Adagio's mouth, the taste of spearmint still dancing on her lips. As far as the hybrid was concerned they could stay in this position for the rest of eternity and she'd be thrilled.

 

Adagio: would just smile gently to amara with the kiss. she'd gently caress the other woman's tongue. She'd just deepen the kiss, the taste of spearmint on her lips intoxicating her, she'd hungrily kiss the lips, as if she were trying to move that delicate sharp flavor from Amara's mouth into her own. She'd just smile gently breakin the kiss for a second. "This is what i've been missing amara, thank you."

 

Amara only smiled. "Sorry it took so long, Adagio." She playfully nipped at Adagio's lips as she tried to latch on to Amara's lips hungrily. She was feeling rather playful after finally getting those long held words off her chest. Her eyes moved to glance at the black engagement ring still on her finger. The symbolism behind meant to Amara than just a mere sign she was engaged; someone had accepted her as a person. Not a thing, a creature, or a lab rat, but an actual person. "Mmm…that reminds me. I was given the files on the memories the company removed from my mind. I…I actually know what my name is now."

 

Adagio: would smile gently to her looking at her from a bief distance, just madly in love with her right now. "Oh and what is it darling? I'd like to know what you learned. If it mean you know yourself better then I want to know it too." She'd smile lovingly planting another shorter kiss on her lips, the gesture kind and playful.

 

" My parents were Marion and Ashley Dubois." Amara said proudly. "And their only daughter was Amara Micheline Dubois. It seems I have a French background I was not aware of." Her gaze followed the longing stare she received in return. She was becoming emotional now, a few stray tears leaving her eyes. She had been overjoyed just to know she had a surname, but now there was an entire history waiting to be rediscovered. "So…" she asked between planting light kisses. " Will it be Mrs. And Mrs. Anselm or Mrs. And Mrs. Dubois?"

Parc Multifonctionnel - Saint-Constant

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Excerpt from www.visitourchina.com/macao/attraction/lou-lim-ieoc-garde...:

 

Chinese name: 盧廉若公園

Location: Estrada de Adolfo Loureiro, in northern Macau Peninsular, Macau.

 

Located in the middle of Macau Peninsular at the northern foot of Guia Hill, Lou Lim Ieoc Garden (in Portuguese: Jardim Lou Lim Ieoc) covers an area of 1.78 hectares with scenic landscapes. This elegant garden was modeled after Suzhou Lion Grove Garden, one of the four most famous classic gardens in Suzhou, being the only one with Suzhou classical garden style in Macau. Lou Lim Ieoc Garden was once named "Entertainment Garden" and hailed as one of three famous gardens of Macau many years ago. And in 1992, it was rated as one of Macau’s eights sights. Lou Lim Ieoc Garden is a great place for sightseeing as it has quaint moon gate, shady walkways, grotesque rocks of man-made hills, bamboo groves, towering banyan tress, winding corridors, elegant pavilions, spattering waterfalls, ponds with green lotus, etc. The waterside pavilion is the centerpiece of Lou Lim leoc Garden. Despite it is a traditional Chinese architecture, some western architectural elements are embedded in, such as the external wall painted in light yellow, the favorite color of Portuguese, gothic porticoes, white European-style carvings at the top of porticoes. The barrier close to the pond is painted red, China’s favorite color. This building reflects the fusion of oriental and western cultures.

 

It was initially a vegetable plot and was purchased by a Macau Turpan, whose son Lou Lim leoc spent a large sum of money to convert it into a private garden. Lou Lim Ieoc Garden was the largest private garden in Macau. The construction started 1904 and took 21 years to finish. The garden was changed hand due to the Lu family’s bankruptcy, until it was purchased by Macau government in 1970s. After renovation it was opened to the public in 1974. At the turn of 21st century, Lou Lim Ieoc Garden was famed as the show place of Cantonese opera. Sun Yat-sen, the forerunner of Chinese democratic revolution, once stayed in this garden to meet celebrities of China, Macau and Portugal, and revolutionists.

That duck is about to get a little beating from the ocean :) Not that it minds, since it's a Common shelduck. The funny thing is that I didn't even notice it when I made the shot - I was focused on freezing the wave :)

 

Aquele pato está prestes a levar uma pancadinha do oceano :) Não é que se importe, já que é um Pato-branco. O mais engraçado é que nem o vi quando fiz a foto - estava concentrada em apanhar a onda :)

 

Oeiras - Portugal

Kern Invite - 11/01/08

Hart Park - Bakersfield, CA

 

www.andynoise.com/kernxcinvite08.html

 

Varsity Girls - 2008 Kern County Cross Country

Championships

School Athlete Time Overall Scoring Team

 

1. Ridgeview Tijerra Lynch 18:58.24 1 1 1

2. Shafter Elizabeth Wittenberg 19:02.62 2 2 1

3. Garces Monica Guzman 19:15.89 3 3 1

4. North Celilia Lopez 19:21.87 4 4 1

5. Ridgeview Ashley Duran 19:23.47 5 5 2

6. Ridgeview Jessica Huizar 19:25.81 6 6 3

7. Foothill Natalie Fernandez 19:35.65 7 7 1

8. East Lucia Garcia 19:46.20 8 x 1

9. Stockdale Amber Nelson 19:59.40 9 8 1

10. Taft Megan Thompson 20:01.34 10 x 1

11. Stockdale Carolin Haney 20:01.70 11 9 2

12. Stockdale Shelbe Pennel 20:03.86 12 10 3

13. Shafter Moriah Milwee 20:05.23 13 11 2

14. Ridgeview Desiree Armendariz 20:08.00 14 12 4

15. Arvin Tanya Hernandez 20:10.02 15 x 1

16. Highland Nichole Berry 20:19:01 16 13 1

17. BHS Sarah Baker 20:25.37 17 14 1

18. North Medeline Maier 20:29.38 18 15 2

19. Ridgeview Monica Lazo 20:33.39 19 16 5

20. Shafter Lindsee Handel 20:36.70 20 17 3

21. Centennial Jessica Folsom 20:41.80 21 18 1

22. BHS Emily Shuford 20:45.35 22 19 2

23. Ridgeview Linda Gonzalez 20:58:28 23 20 6

24. BHS Gabrielle Lerma 21:03.97 24 21 3

25. Stockdale Courtney Moore 21:06.02 25 22 4

26. North Meagan Menzel 21:10.17 26 23 3

27. BHS Gracie Garcia 21:11.76 27 24 4

28. Foothill Perla Veloz 21:13.21 28 25 2

29. Foothill Crystal Rodriguez 21:20.30 29 26 3

30. Independence Katelynn Webb 21:21.51 30 27 1

31. Golden Valley Karina Rocha 21:23.57 31 28 1

32. Shafter Katerina Plaza 21:27.21 32 29 4

33. North Blanca Perez 21:27.98 33 30 4

34. Wasco Amanda Castellon 21:28.25 34 31 1

35. Foothill Kaitlyn Mrasak 21:31.45 35 32 4

36. Tehachapi Brenda Gonzalez 21:33.34 36 33 1

37. Highland Gabi Rodier 21:34.56 37 34 2

38. Centennial Margaret Martinez 21:35.39 38 35 2

39. Stockdale Cynthia Lopez 21:35.61 39 36 5

40. Centennial Jessica Crowe 21:43.49 40 37 3

41. Highland Hilaria Vasquez 21:43.76 41 38 3

42. North Yadira Perez 21:49.62 42 39 5

43. Foothill Erica Castro 21:53.39 43 40 5

44. Centennial Stephanie Dittman 21:55.56 44 41 4

45. Independence Natalie Ambriz 22:08.45 45 42 2

46. Stockdale Madison Schutzner 22:14.92 46 43 6

47. Highland Katherine Mayberry 22:16.42 47 44 4

48. Centennial Jorey Braughton 22:18.95 48 45 5

49. North Kaylee Meyer 22:20.98 49 46 6

50. Garces Lauren Brown 22:21.19 50 47 2

51. Golden Valley Denise Silva 22:23.90 51 48 2

52. Foothill Violeta Quintanar 22:24.92 52 49 6

53. Highland Desiree Martinez 22:25.59 53 50 5

54. Independence Sara Sullivan 22:25.95 54 51 3

55. Garces Lizbeth Lopez 22:28.11 55 52 3

56. Garces Tammy Vu 22:35.68 56 53 4

57. West Selam Habebo 22:39.75 57 x 1

58. Shafter Leana Lara 22:51.69 58 54 5

59. Independence Carlie Croxton 22:55.06 59 55 4

60. Cesar Chavez Rosa Montanez 22:57.28 60 x 1

61. Foothill Maria Zepeda 22:57.55 61 56 7

62. Garces Marissa Machado 22:57.92 62 57 5

63. Shafter Mayra Torres 23:00.88 63 58 6

64. Golden Valley Carmelita Aguilar 23:04.07 64 59 3

65. Ridgeview M. Salgado 23:14.56 65 60 7

66. Golden Valley Anna Avina 23:20.23 66 61 4

67. Golden Valley Ninive Alveno 23:26.73 67 62 6

68. Golden Valley Mercedes Salgado 23:26.73 68 63 5

69. Centennial Paige Anderson 23:30.27 69 64 6

70. Garces Sammie Lobardo 23:34.37 70 65 6

71. Arvin Bianca Quinonez 23:41.85 71 x 2

72. Kern Valley S. Hinkey 23:42.47 72 x 1

73. Frontier Ariel Driskill 23:43.12 73 66 1

74. Centennial J. Estrada 23:50.91 74 67 7

75. Kern Valley S. Hazzard 23:51.80 75 x 2

76. Garces G. Ortiz 23:54.66 76 68 7

77. North Priscilla Cruz 23:55.51 77 69 7

78. BHS Kristina Logan 24:04.10 78 70 5

79. Frontier Jasmine Mattos 24:05.42 79 71 2

80. Stockdale Delilah Diaz 24:10.83 80 72 7

81. West Wennie Agbalog 24:28.90 81 x 2

82. Wasco Anna Orozco 24:29.57 82 73 2

83. Wasco Ruby Jacabo 24:30.22 83 74 3

84. Tehachapi Anna Duke 24:33.57 84 75 2

85. Wasco S. Castellon 24:42.66 85 76 6

86. Independence Shelby Woolf 24:58.35 86 77 6

87. BHS Sarah Stidham 24:58.76 87 78 6

88. Arvin Gaby Gomez 25:04.17 88 x 3

89. Highland Cristina Valenzuela 25:05.21 89 79 6

90. McFarland Monica Gonzalez 25:42.30 90 x 1

91. Tehachapi Susie Cuevas 25:57.15 91 x 3

92. Wasco B. Medina 26:00.11 92 80 4

93. Cesar Chavez Shannan Albay 26:00.32 93 x 2

94. BC Tiffany Rodriguez 26:26.77 94 x 1

95. Tehachapi Ariel Deval 26:50.73 95 81 4

96. Wasco A. Rios 27:14.74 96 82 5

97. Independence Samantha Antu 27:17.44 97 83 5

98. Tehachapi L. Shoemaker 27:44.92 98 84 5

99. BC Victoria Wheeler 28:09.47 99 x 2

100. Tehachapi J. Bahera 29:20:93 100 85 6

101. Frontier T. See 29:29.12 101 86 3

102. Frontier Savanah Olson 30:18.04 102 87 4

103. Frontier A. Rojas NT 103 88 5

Steam locomotive 2-8-2 262 (Hart 4031/18) heads north with a charter train from Dera'a to Damascus, Hedjaz Railway, Syria, 13/9/00.

 

Photographer Nigel Tout

 

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www.nigeltout.com/html/daraa-to-damascus--13-9-00.html

  

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SCANDALIZE LUST FATPACK

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Bondi Jennie Drink

E. Beauty Caren skin

LaraX

Lel EvoX Avalon

Wasabi BFF hair

RAWR! Aurora earrings

 

Bước cùng tôi - Bụi là lá la

 

Bước cùng tôi

 

1st verse:

 

Không còn lụy bi…

…Nơi những thi vị

Át đi suy nghĩ…

Ước đời đôi khi…

Nước rời đôi mi…

Bước với tôi đi … tôi sẽ cho bạn thấy

Nơi thời gian trôi đi cùng khẽ gió tràn đầy …

Những tia nắng vẫn thầm thì với những con người chăm chỉ

Nơi cuộc sống ko cầu kì với những cung cách hoa mĩ

Thứ xa xỉ…nơi bạn đang sống là niềm tin

Còn nơi tôi sống đầy những con người luôn mong mỏi chờ bình minh

Đừng giật mình…khẽ thôi(suỵt)… thế giới bạn đang ngủ

Hãy thức tỉnh… để tôi …kéo bạn ra khỏi giấc mộng du

Thật công phu để làm bạn thức dậy

Nhưng ko đủ để cho mọi người thức dậy

Hãy bước với tôi đi, tôi sẽ cho bạn thấy

Và hãy bước vs tôi đi, tôi sẽ làm đổi thay

Nơi tôi sống đầy tiếng cười, nơi tôi “trồng” những tình người

Nơi hàng cây trông mát rượi chào đón những ngày xanh tươi

Nơi ko có những cánh rừng trọc đang gầm rú ngồi khóc…

Nơi ko có những tang tóc sau những lời trách móc (ko bốc đồng)

 

Hook:

 

Hãy bước với tôi đi…đừng mang theo những hối hận

Hãy bước với tôi đi…vì tôi chỉ đến vài đôi lần

Hãy nắm tay tôi đi… rồi bước tiếp cùng đôi chân

Hãy nắm tay tôi đi…đừng để tôi trôi dần

Nếu bạn có mệt mỏi, thì hãy nhắm mắt lại

Tôi sẽ dẫn đường chỉ lối đưa bạn đến vs ngày mai

Nhưng xin đừng thay đổi, đừng bắt tôi quay lại

Và cũng xin đừng tự hỏi …… tôi là ai

 

2nd verse :

 

Liếc với sự thật, và cứ thế là say (cố chấp)

Say ko định mức, rồi say trong tù đày

Với những lời nói bốc phét trên cái gọi là internet

Giả điếc với những tiếng gọi của tâm hồn đang khóc thét

Thế giới phát triển tỉ lệ nghịch vs đạo đức

Mà tỉ lệ thuận vs những bốc đồng nên cứ giết người rồi cướp giật

Lặp lại thời chiến tranh…tàn sát nhau ko suy nghĩ

Nhưng ko phải bằng bom đạn mà là sự ích kỉ

Tình người đâu ?? sao lại bỏ đói nhau ???

Hay là lại để những con tàu sau đó lênh láng biển dầu ??

Bước với tôi đi cùng nhau đặt dấu chấm hỏi

Trước lối tôi đi sẽ là những câu trả lời

Còn đâu những vẻ đẹp của cuộc sống đơn sơ?

Và còn đâu vẻ đẹp tinh khiết của bông hoa dại khi chớm nở?

Thẫn thờ với những vết nhơ vấy lên giấc mơ bị đập vỡ

Tại sao ta chỉ thẫn thờ đứng nhìn đôi chân ta lầm lỡ?...

 

Hook:

 

Hãy bước với tôi đi…đừng mang theo những hối hận

Hãy bước với tôi đi…vì tôi chỉ đến vài đôi lần

Hãy nắm tay tôi đi… rồi bước tiếp cùng đôi chân

Hãy nắm tay tôi đi…đừng để tôi trôi dần

Nếu bạn có mệt mỏi, thì hãy nhắm mắt lại

Tôi sẽ dẫn đường chỉ lối đưa bạn đến vs ngày mai

Nhưng xin đừng thay đổi, đừng bắt tôi quay lại

Và cũng xin đừng tự hỏi …… tôi là ai

 

Outro:

…Bởi vì tôi là…ước mơ của bạn…và thế giới đẹp đẽ của tôi…cũng nằm trong ánh mắt bạn…trái đất đang gào tên bạn…sự thật đang thét tên bạn…hãy bước cùng tôi đi…hãy bước cùng Bụi đi …

 

P/s: lần đầu tiên mẹ bụi khen bài này hay =x sướng

En la web Artalismo han realizado una suculenta entrevista al escritor madrileño Neal del grupo SF, con algunas imágenes de paneles que no tienen ningún desperdicio! Os dejamos un pequeño extracto y alguna foto, no os perdáis la entrevista completa!

www.ratsangthugs.com/artalismo-neal-sf/

CSS :

 

body, html {

background: #ffffff url(www.google.com/logos/high-resolution/elmo-1200x800.jpg);

background-position: center;

background-attachment: fixed;

background-repeat: repeat;

}

body {

background: none;

padding-left: 405px;

padding-right: 5px;

overflow-x:hidden;

font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif;

font-size: 9pt;

}

#page_title {

overflow: hidden;

opacity:0; width: 0;

}

h1 {

font-size: 22px;

font-weight: bold;

text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px white;

color: #9754cf !important;

}

#top_login {

padding: 2px 10px 0px 0px !important;

margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;

background-image: url(www.google.com/logos/high-resolution/elmo-1200x800.jpg);

background-color: none;

background-repeat: repeat;

color: white !important;

}

#sign_up {

padding: 0px 3px 0px 3px !important;

margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px !important;

position: relative !important;

}

#alert_beacon {

text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px white;

color: #9e59d4 !important;

}

 

/*bm----- Updater Responses and new Plurks -------bm*/

#updater {

padding: 2px;

margin-top: -10px;

text-transform: none;

border:0;

color: #fff;

background: url(www.google.com/logos/high-resolution/elmo-1200x800.jpg);

right: 10px; left: auto;

-moz-border-radius:12px;

-webkit-border-radius:12px;

-khtml-border-radius:12px;

}

#updater .text {

border:0;

color: #fff;

font-size: 11px;

}

#updater a {

color: #ffffff;

font-weight: bold;

text-transform: none;

}

#updater a:hover {

color:#9754cf;

text-transform: none;

font-weight: bold;

}

#plurk-dashboard a, #footer a, #top_login a, #top_bar a {

font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif;

text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px white;

color: black !important;

}

#top_login a:hover {

border:0;

text-decoration: normal;

color: #fff;

}

 

/*bm -------KARMA--------bm*/

#karma, .karma_hover {

font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif;

text-shadow: 2px 2px 2px white;

color: #754cbf;

font-weight:bold;

}

.karma_arrow {

filter:alpha(opacity=0);

-moz-opacity:.0;

opacity:.0;

}

 

/*bm ----- TIMELINE ------ bm*/

#timeline_holder {

padding-left: 210px;

padding-right: 215px;

position: relative;

background: none;

background-color: transparent; background-repeat: no-repeat !important;

background-position: 100% 100%;

border: 0px solid #CCCCCC;

-webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-moz-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-o-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-khtml-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

}

#bottom_line {

font-size: 11px;

margin-top: -2px;

border-top:0px solid #b9aeab;

border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;

background: url(www.google.com/logos/high-resolution/elmo-1200x800.jpg);

position: relative;

top: 365px !important;

right: 215px;

left: 0px;

}

.bottom_start , .bottom_end {color:#c3c3c3 !important;font-weight:bold;font-size:11px ; }

.cmp_arrow_right{background:transparent url(www.google.com/logos/high-resolution/elmo-1200x800.jpg) 0px 0 no-repeat;width:36px;font-size:1px;height:32px;}

.cmp_back_to_today{background:transparent url(www.google.com/logos/high-resolution/elmo-1200x800.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat;width:36px;font-size:1px;height:32px;}

textarea#input_small, textarea#input_big {

-moz-border-radius:10px;

-webkit-border-radius:10px;

-khtml-border-radius:10px;

color: #7a3fb7 !important;

}

textarea#input_big, textarea#input_permalink {

background: transparent;

border-bottom: 1px solid #fff;

border-top: transparent;

order-left: transparent;

border-right: transparent;

}

.mini_form {

color: black;

font-weight: bold;

text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px white;

-moz-border-top-left-radius: 10px 10px;

-webkit-border-top-left-radius: 10px 10px;

-khtml-border-top-left-radius: 10px 10px;

-moz-border-top-right-radius: 10px 10px;

-webkit-border-top-right-radius: 10px 10px;

-khtml-border-top-right-radius: 10px 10px;

}

.p_img img {

-moz-border-radius:5px;

-webkit-border-radius:5px;

-khtml-border-radius:5px;

}

.emoticon, .p_img {

-webkit-transition-duration: 500ms;

-moz-transition-duration: 500ms;

-khtml-transition-duration: 500ms;

}

.emoticon:hover, .p_img:hover {

-webkit-transform: rotate(390deg) scale(1.2);

-moz-transform: rotate(390deg) scale(1.2);

-khtml-transform: rotate(390deg) scale(1.2);

}

.info_box {

-moz-border-bottom-left-radius: 10px 10px;

-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 10px 10px;

-khtml-border-bottom-left-radius: 10px 10px;

-moz-border-bottom-right-radius: 10px 10px;

-webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 10px 10px;

-khtml-border-bottom-right-radius: 10px 10px;

}

#emoticons_show img {

border: 0px !important;

}

#emoticons_show, #emoticons_tabs ul li {

background-image: url(www.google.com/logos/high-resolution/elmo-1200x800.jpg) !important;

background-repeat: repeat;

border: 1px solid grey;

padding: 2px 2px 2px 2px !important;

-moz-border-radius: 8px;

-webkit-border-radius: 8px;

-khtml-border-radius: 8px;

}

.day_bg .div_inner {

background: url(www.google.com/logos/high-resolution/elmo-1200x800.jpg) no-repeat Bottom;

width: 80px; border: none;

}

.response_count {

background: transparent;

color: #9a56d1 !important;

padding: 2px 2px 2px 2px;

-moz-border-radius:3px;

-webkit-border-radius:3px;

-khtml-border-radius:3px;

}

.new .response_count {

background: #9a56d1;

border: 0px solid #ffffff;

color: #ffffff !important;

padding-left: 4px;

padding-right: 4px;

padding-top: 1px;

padding-bottom: 3px;

}

.plurk_box .list .empty {

text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px white;

}

.plurk_box .list {

background-color: white !important;

-moz-border-radius:10px;

-webkit-border-radius:10px;

-khtml-border-radius:10px;

}

.plurk_box .caption {

background: rgb(72,72,72);

color: rgb(231,231,231);

-moz-border-radius:10px;

-webkit-border-radius:10px;

-khtml-border-radius:10px;

}

.qualifier {

text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black;

color: white;

padding: 0px 1px 0px 1px;

-moz-border-radius:4px;

-webkit-border-radius:4px;

-khtml-border-radius:4px;

}

.plurk_cnt {

text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px white;

padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px !important;

border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;

opacity: .9;

-moz-border-radius:10px;

-webkit-border-radius:10px;

-khtml-border-radius:10px;

}

.plurk_cnt table {

-moz-border-radius:10px;

-webkit-border-radius:10px;

-khtml-border-radius:10px;

}

 

#filter_tab a {

background-image: url(www.google.com/logos/high-resolution/elmo-1200x800.jpg);

background-repeat: repeat;

background-color: none !important;

border: 0px solid #CCCCCC !important;

color: white;

text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black;

opacity: 1 !important;

-moz-border-bottom-left-radius:8px;

-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius:8px;

-khtml-border-bottom-left-radius:8px;

-moz-border-bottom-right-radius:8px;

-webkit-border-bottom-right-radius:8px;

-khtml-border-bottom-right-radius:8px;

}

#filter_tab .off_tab {

background: none !important;

border: 0px solid #CCCCCC !important;

text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black;

}

 

/*bm -------LOADING------- bm*/

.list .loading {

position:absolute;

height:120px;

background:transparent url(www.google.com/logos/high-resolution/elmo-1200x800.jpg) no-repeat 50% 50%;

}

.loading img {

filter:alpha(opacity=0);

opacity:.0;

}

 

/*bm----- PANE PLURK ----bm*/

#dashboard_holder {

position: relative;

width:100% !important;

color: white;

}

.plurkaction {

-moz-border-radius:8px;

-webkit-border-radius:8px;

-khtml-border-radius:8px;

border: 0px solid #CCCCCC;

color: yellow;

-webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-moz-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-o-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-khtml-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

background-image: url(www.google.com/logos/high-resolution/elmo-1200x800.jpg);

background-repeat: repeat;

background-color: transparent;

}

.plurkaction .qual_holder {

text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px white;

font-weight: bold;

color: #FFFFFF;

}

.plurkaction,#toggle_tab li.tt_selected,#plurk-dashboard,#more_options_link{

border: 0px solid #9754cf;

background: url(www.google.com/logos/high-resolution/elmo-1200x800.jpg);

color:#c3c3c3 !important;

}

.share_search {

position:relative;

bottom: 10px;

padding-right: 50%;

}

#more_options_holder, #more_options_holder table td {

color: white !important;

text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black !important;

background: none !important;

}

#reply_box {

background-image: url(www.google.com/logos/high-resolution/elmo-1200x800.jpg);

background-repeat: repeat;

background-color: transparent;

color: #CCCCCC;

}

 

/*bm -------Dashboard------- bm*/

#plurk-dashboard table, #plurk-dashboard td {

color: white !important;

text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black;

}

#plurk-dashboard {

-moz-border-radius:8px;

-webkit-border-radius:8px;

-khtml-border-radius:8px;

border:0 !important;

background: transparent !important;

-webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-moz-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-o-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-khtml-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

background-color: transparent;

}

#plurk-dashboard h2{

color: #9754cf;

background: transparent !important;

font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif;

font-size: 24px;

border-bottom: 0px solid #83DF45;

text-transform: capitalize;

text-shadow: #ffffff 1px 1px 0;

}

#profile_pic {

-webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-moz-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-o-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-khtml-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

position: fixed !important;

opacity: 1 !important;

margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;

padding: 3px 3px 3px 3px;

background-color: white;

left: 5px;

top:5px;

width:185px;

height:185px;

border: 0px solid #CCCCCC;

-webkit-border-radius: 8px;

-khtml-border-radius: 8px;

-moz-border-radius: 8px;

}

#dash-stats .award_bar img {

-moz-transform: scale(0.7);

-khtml-transform: scale(0.7);

-webkit-transform: scale(0.7);

-o-transform: scale(0.7);

}

#dash-stats .award_bar {

position: fixed !important;

background: url(www.google.com/logos/high-resolution/elmo-1200x800.jpg) repeat-x;

-webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-moz-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-o-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-khtml-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

padding: 0px 0px 5px 0px;

border: 0px solid #CCCCCC;

left: 0px;

opacity: 1 !important;

text-align : right;

top: 195px;

width:185px;

-moz-border-radius: 8px;

-webkit-border-radius: 8px;

-khtml-border-radius: 8px;

}

#dash-stats .award_bar div {

padding: 1px 2px 20px 1px;

margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;

height: 15px;

width: 15px;

}

#dash-stats h3 {

font-size: 22px;

}

#dash-stats

{

border:1px solid #9754cf;

color: #a21d04;

-moz-border-radius:8px;

-webkit-border-radius:8px;

-khtml-border-radius:8px;

position: fixed !important;

-webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-moz-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-o-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-khtml-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

opacity : 5 !important;

text-align: center;

margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;

padding: 3px 3px 3px 3px;

left: 5px;

top: 255px;

width:185px;

}

#dash-additional-info {

-moz-border-radius:8px;

-webkit-border-radius:8px;

-khtml-border-radius:8px;

position: fixed !important;

opacity : 1 !important;

text-align: left;

color: white;

text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black;

margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px;

padding: 35px 3px 3px 3px;

left: 205px;

top: 60px;

width:190px;

}

p#about_me {

position: fixed !important;

margin: 0px 00px 0px 0px;

text-shadow: 1px 2px 2px black;

color: #9e59d4;

left: 5px;

text-align : center;

top: 520px;

width:195px;

}

#dash-profile {

background: url(www.google.com/logos/high-resolution/elmo-1200x800.jpg);

-webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-moz-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-o-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-khtml-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-moz-border-radius:8px;

-webkit-border-radius:8px;

-khtml-border-radius:8px;

position: fixed !important;

opacity : 1 !important;

text-align: center;

color: #fff;

text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black;

margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;

padding: 3px 3px 3px 3px;

border: 0px solid #CCCCCC;

left: 205px;

top: 5px;

height:140px;

width:185px;

}

#dash-friends {

padding-top: 5px;

text-align: center;

background: url(www.google.com/logos/high-resolution/elmo-1200x800.jpg);

color: #fff;

position: fixed !important;

-webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-moz-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-o-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-khtml-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

padding: 3px 3px 3px 3px;

border: 0px solid #CCCCCC;

left: 205px;

opacity: 1 !important;

text-align : center;

top: 150px;

width:185px;

-moz-border-radius: 8px;

-webkit-border-radius: 8px;

-khtml-border-radius: 8px;

}

#dashboard-invite, #sharePlurk {

width: 0; height: 0 !important;

opacity: 0 !important;

padding: 0px !important;

overflow: hidden !important;

}

.friend_holder td {

padding: 0px 0px 3px 3px;

}

.friend_holder img {

-webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-moz-box-shadow: 1px 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

box-shadow: 2px 2px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-o-box-shadow: 2px 2px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-khtml-box-shadow: 2px 2px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

}

#dash-fans {

background: url(www.google.com/logos/high-resolution/elmo-1200x800.jpg);

color: #fff;

-moz-border-radius:8px;

-webkit-border-radius:8px;

-khtml-border-radius:8px;

position: fixed !important;

-webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-moz-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-o-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

-khtml-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);

opacity : 1 !important;

text-align: center;

margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;

padding: 3px 3px 3px 3px;

border: 0px solid #CCCCCC;

left: 205px;

top: 395px;

width:185px;

}

.dash-segment {

min-height : 60px;

}

hubungan : berpacaran dengan iandpartII

#plurk-dashboard a, #footer a {

font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif;

text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black;

color: white !important;

}

#top_login a, #top_bar a {

font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif;

text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black;

color: white !important;

}

 

/*bm--- FOOTER ---bm*/

#footer {

top: -85px;

width: 100% !important;

color: black;

padding: 3px 10px 3px 10px;

}

#languge_selector, #footer p {

padding: 3px 25px 3px 25px;

}

 

/*bm----- Remove Plurk Creature -----bm*/

div#dynamic_logo img {

background-position: left top;

background-repeat: no-repeat;

height: 0px;

width: 0px;

position: absolute;

overflow: hidden;

left: 65px;

}

div#logo {

border-bottom: none;

}

div#logo img {

background-position: left top;

background-repeat: no-repeat;

overflow: hidden;

height: 0px;

width: 0px;

}

div#dynamic_logo img[IMG]http://www.google.com/logos/high-resolution/elmo-1200x800.jpg[/IMG] {

padding-left: 125px;

height: 200px;

right: 300px !important;

padding-right: 215px;

background: url(www.google.com/logos/high-resolution/elmo-1200x800.jpg) no-repeat scroll left top;

}

div#logo img[IMG]http://www.google.com/logos/high-resolution/elmo-1200x800.jpg[/IMG] {

height: 200px;

width: 0px;

padding-left: 125px;

right: 300px;

background: url(www.google.com/logos/high-resolution/elmo-1200x800.jpg) no-repeat scroll left top;

}

div#dynamic_logo img[IMG]http://www.google.com/logos/high-resolution/elmo-1200x800.jpg[/IMG], div#logo img[IMG]http://www.google.com/logos/high-resolution/elmo-1200x800.jpg[/IMG] {

opacity:0;filter:alpha(opacity=0);zoom:1

}

/*bm------ End Plurk Creature Removal ------bm*/

Backdrop: . FOXCITY. Photo Booth - Poolside

Spoiled

closereprise.blogspot.com/2025/01/240.html

 

old friendship <3

Today I visited Strokestown House, Co. Roscommon.

I had planned an exterior shoot of the Strokestown area for a particular project and left blue sky in Boyle. However, half way to Strokestown, the cloud decended and bleached my beautiful sky! My proposed shots needed a rich blue sky - not gonna happen today. Rather than be content with a wasted journey, I thought on my feet and put some energy into an interior project instead, this turned out to be Strokestown House.

If you have not yet visited this place - you should. I found the staff extremely helpful and accommodating. I am grateful to Catherine, John and Ronan for their help. I was allowed to photograph as much as I pleased in all public-access areas. I didn't go mad though, I focused on 'light illuminating the interior'. It took me almost two hours to take eight shots.

Interiors can be difficult to shoot if you wish to convey the natural beauty of window light. Straight off - it is next to impossible to achieve without multiple exposures.

I usually spend a bit of time looking first, camera hand held - standing, eye-level, squat, even sometimes lie on the floor. What lens to use. Get it right in the frame, verticals/horizontals - are they parallel to the edges of the frame, what is the subject here ... details.

Once I've found my spot, I get the tripod and compose the shot, I have no problem (where possible) moving objects to different positions within the frame to get what I want. Then its camera settings. I always shoot in RAW.

For this shot; ISO 100. White Balance Cloudy (there was zero colour adjustment made to this image during processing). Aperture set to f/16 for sharpness all the way through. For the lens I was using (Nikkor 17-55mm 2.8G) I find best performance at f/16 or 18 aperture not at f/22 as you might expect. I used a cable release and set the camera 'mirror-lock to 'up' position to avoid camera shake. Finally, I experiment with shutter speed settings to determine the exposure for Highlights (so as to retain detail in the bright window) - 0.6seconds. I subsequently took three more exposures to cover mid-tones and shadows - 1.6, 3.0 and 5.0 seconds. Bang, bang, bang. Ya, ya, I know, sounds painful but believe me, if you want to learn about your camera you need to experiment. If you don't want to spend ages fixing mistakes in Photoshop, try getting in right in the camera as much as possible.

 

In CS2, the RAW files were processed for tone and contrast only. Layers were blended and the image finished with a mild touch of sharpening using a high-pass filter.

  

Gare de Liège-Guillemins.

Architect: Santiago Calatrava.

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ALBANIA

 

Albanian Trilogy: A Series of Devious Stratagems

 

Armando Lulaj

 

Commissioner: Ministry of Culture. Curator: Marco Scotini. Deputy Curator: Andris Brinkmanis. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

 

ANDORRA

 

Inner Landscapes

 

Roqué, Joan Xandri

 

Commissioner: Henry Périer. Deputy Commissioner: Joana Baygual, Sebastià Petit, Francesc Rodríguez

 

Curator: Paolo de Grandis, Josep M. Ubach. Venue: Spiazzi, Castello 3865

 

ANGOLA

 

On Ways of Travelling

 

António Ole, Binelde Hyrcan, Délio Jasse, Francisco Vidal, Nelo Teixeira

 

Commissioner: Ministry of Culture, Rita Guedes Tavares. Curator: António Ole. Deputy Curator: Antonia Gaeta. Venue: Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello - Palazzo Pisani, San Marco 2810

 

ARGENTINA

 

The Uprising of Form

 

Juan Carlos Diste´fano

 

Commissioner: Magdalena Faillace. Curator: Mari´a Teresa Constantin. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale – Sale d’Armi

 

ARMENIA, Republic of

 

Armenity / Haiyutioun

 

Haig Aivazian, Lebanon; Nigol Bezjian, Syria/USA; Anna Boghiguian Egypt/Canada; Hera Büyüktasçiyan, Turkey; Silvina Der-Meguerditchian, Argentina/Germany; Rene Gabri & Ayreen Anastas, Iran/Palestine/USA; Mekhitar Garabedian, Belgium; Aikaterini Gegisian, Greece; Yervant Gianikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi, Italy; Aram Jibilian, USA; Nina Katchadourian, USA/Finland; Melik Ohanian, France; Mikayel Ohanjanyan, Armenia/Italy; Rosana Palazyan, Brazil; Sarkis, Turkey/France; Hrair Sarkissian, Syria/UK

 

Commissioner: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia. Deputy Commissioner: Art for the World, Mekhitarist Congregation of San Lazzaro Island, Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Italy, Vartan Karapetian. Curator: Adelina Cüberyan von Fürstenberg. Venue: Monastery and Island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni

 

AUSTRALIA

 

Fiona Hall: Wrong Way Time

 

Fiona Hall

 

Commissioner: Simon Mordant AM. Deputy Commissioner: Charles Green. Curator: Linda Michael. Scientific Committee: Simon Mordant AM, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Max Delany, Rachel Kent, Danie Mellor, Suhanya Raffel, Leigh Robb. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

AUSTRIA

 

Heimo Zobernig

 

Commissioner: Yilmaz Dziewior. Curator: Yilmaz Dziewior. Scientific Committee: Friends of the Venice Biennale. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

AZERBAIJAN, Republic of

 

Beyond the Line

 

Ashraf Murad, Javad Mirjavadov, Tofik Javadov, Rasim Babayev, Fazil Najafov, Huseyn Hagverdi, Shamil Najafzada

 

Commissioner: Heydar Aliyev Foundation. Curators: de Pury de Pury, Emin Mammadov. Venue: Palazzo Lezze, Campo S.Stefano, San Marco 2949

 

Vita Vitale

 

Edward Burtynsky, Mircea Cantor, Loris Cecchini, Gordon Cheung, Khalil Chishtee, Tony Cragg, Laura Ford, Noemie Goudal, Siobhán Hapaska, Paul Huxley, IDEA laboratory and Leyla Aliyeva, Chris Jordan with Rebecca Clark and Helena S.Eitel, Tania Kovats, Aida Mahmudova, Sayyora Muin, Jacco Olivier, Julian Opie, Julian Perry, Mike Perry, Bas Princen, Stephanie Quayle, Ugo Rondinone, Graham Stevens, Diana Thater, Andy Warhol, Bill Woodrow, Erwin Wurm, Rose Wylie

 

Commissioner: Heydar Aliyev Foundation. Curators: Artwise: Susie Allen, Laura Culpan, Dea Vanagan. Venue: Ca’ Garzoni, San Marco 3416

 

BELARUS, Republic of

 

War Witness Archive

 

Konstantin Selikhanov

 

Commissioner: Natallia Sharanhovich. Deputy Commissioners: Alena Vasileuskaya, Kamilia Yanushkevich. Curators: Aleksei Shinkarenko, Olga Rybchinskaya. Scientific Committee: Dmitry Korol, Daria Amelkovich, Julia Kondratyuk, Sergei Jeihala, Sheena Macfarlane, Yuliya Heisik, Hanna Samarskaya, Taras Kaliahin, Aliaksandr Stasevich. Venue: Riva San Biagio, Castello 2145

 

BELGIUM

 

Personnes et les autres

 

Vincent Meessen and Guests, Mathieu K. Abonnenc, Sammy Baloji, James Beckett, Elisabetta Benassi, Patrick Bernier & Olive Martin, Tamar Guimara~es & Kasper Akhøj, Maryam Jafri, Adam Pendleton

 

Commissioner: Wallonia-Brussels Federation and Wallonia-Brussels International. Curator: Katerina Gregos. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

COSTA RICA

 

"Costa Rica, Paese di pace, invita a un linguaggio universale d'intesa tra i popoli".

 

Andrea Prandi, Beatrice Gallori, Beth Parin, Biagio Schembari, Carla Castaldo, Celestina Avanzini, Cesare Berlingeri, Erminio Tansini, Fabio Capitanio, Fausto Beretti, Giovan Battista Pedrazzini, Giovanni Lamberti, Giovanni Tenga, Iana Zanoskar, Jim Prescott, Leonardo Beccegato, Liliana Scocco, Lucia Bolzano, Marcela Vicuna, Marco Bellagamba, Marco Lodola, Maria Gioia dell’Aglio, Mario Bernardinello, Massimo Meucci, Nacha Piattini, Omar Ronda, Renzo Eusebi, Tita Patti, Romina Power, Rubens Fogacci, Silvio di Pietro, Stefano Sichel, Tino Stefanoni, Ufemia Ritz, Ugo Borlenghi, Umberto Mariani, Venere Chillemi, Jacqueline Gallicot Madar, Massimo Onnis, Fedora Spinelli

 

Commissioner: Ileana Ordonez Chacon. Curator: Gregorio Rossi. Venue: Palazzo Bollani

 

CROATIA

 

Studies on Shivering: The Third Degree

 

Damir Ocko

 

Commissioner: Ministry of Culture. Curator: Marc Bembekoff. Venue: Palazzo Pisani, S. Marina

 

CUBA

 

El artista entre la individualidad y el contexto

 

Lida Abdul, Celia-Yunior, Grethell Rasúa, Giuseppe Stampone, LinYilin, Luis Edgardo Gómez Armenteros, Olga Chernysheva, Susana Pilar Delahante Matienzo

 

Commissioner: Miria Vicini. Curators: Jorge Fernández Torres, Giacomo Zaza. Venue: San Servolo Island

 

CYPRUS, Republic of

 

Two Days After Forever

 

Christodoulos Panayiotou

 

Commissioner: Louli Michaelidou. Deputy Commissioner: Angela Skordi. Curator: Omar Kholeif. Deputy Curator: Daniella Rose King. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, Sestiere San Marco 3079

 

CZECH Republic and SLOVAK Republic

 

Apotheosis

 

Jirí David

 

Commissioner: Adam Budak. Deputy Commissioner: Barbara Holomkova. Curator: Katarina Rusnakova. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

ECUADOR

 

Gold Water: Apocalyptic Black Mirrors

 

Maria Veronica Leon Veintemilla in collaboration with Lucia Vallarino Peet

 

Commissioner: Andrea Gonzàlez Sanchez. Deputy Commissioner: PDG Arte Communications. Curator: Ileana Cornea. Deputy Curator: Maria Veronica Leon Veintemilla. Venue: Istituto Santa Maria della Pietà, Castello 3701

 

ESTONIA

 

NSFW. From the Abyss of History

 

Jaanus Samma

 

Commissioner: Maria Arusoo. Curator: Eugenio Viola. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, campo San Samuele, San Marco 3199

 

EGYPT

 

CAN YOU SEE

 

Ahmed Abdel Fatah, Gamal Elkheshen, Maher Dawoud

 

Commissioner: Hany Al Ashkar. Curator: Ministry of Culture. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

FINLAND (Pavilion Alvar Aalto)

 

Hours, Years, Aeons

 

IC-98

 

Commissioner: Frame Visual Art Finland, Raija Koli. Curator: Taru Elfving. Deputy Curator: Anna Virtanen. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

FRANCE

 

revolutions

 

Céleste Boursier-Mougenot

 

Commissioner: Institut français, with Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. Curator: Emma Lavigne. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

GEORGIA

 

Crawling Border

 

Rusudan Gobejishvili Khizanishvili, Irakli Bluishvili, Dimitri Chikvaidze, Joseph Sabia

 

Commissioner: Ana Riaboshenko. Curator: Nia Mgaloblishvili. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale – Sale d’Armi

 

GERMANY

 

Fabrik

 

Jasmina Metwaly / Philip Rizk, Olaf Nicolai, Hito Steyerl, Tobias Zielony

 

Commissioner: ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office. Deputy Commissioner: Elke aus dem Moore, Nina Hülsmeier. Curator: Florian Ebner. Deputy Curator: Tanja Milewsky, Ilina Koralova. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

GREAT BRITAIN

 

Sarah Lucas

 

Commissioner: Emma Dexter. Curator: Richard Riley. Deputy Curator: Katrina Schwarz. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

GRENADA *

 

Present Nearness

 

Oliver Benoit, Maria McClafferty, Asher Mains, Francesco Bosso and Carmine Ciccarini, Guiseppe Linardi

 

Commissioner: Ministry of Culture. Deputy Commissioner: Susan Mains. Curator: Susan Mains. Deputy Curator: Francesco Elisei. Venue: Opera don Orione Artigianelli, Sala Tiziano, Fondamenta delle Zattere ai Gesuati, Dorsoduro 919

 

GREECE

 

Why Look at Animals? AGRIMIKÁ.

 

Maria Papadimitriou

 

Commissioner: Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs. Curator: Gabi Scardi. Deputy Curator: Alexios Papazacharias. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

BRAZIL

 

So much that it doesn't fit here

 

Antonio Manuel, André Komatsu, Berna Reale

 

Commissioner: Luis Terepins. Curator: Luiz Camillo Osorio. Deputy Curator: Cauê Alves. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

CANADA

 

Canadassimo

 

BGL

 

Commissioner: National Gallery of Canada, Marc Mayer. Deputy Commissioner: National Gallery of Canada, Yves Théoret. Curator: Marie Fraser. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

CHILE

 

Poéticas de la disidencia | Poetics of dissent: Paz Errázuriz - Lotty Rosenfeld

 

Paz Errázuriz, Lotty Rosenfeld

 

Commissioner: Antonio Arèvalo. Deputy Commissioner: Juan Pablo Vergara Undurraga. Curator: Nelly Richard. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale - Artiglierie

 

CHINA, People’s Republic of

 

Other Future

 

LIU Jiakun, LU Yang, TAN Dun, WEN Hui/Living Dance Studio, WU Wenguang/Caochangdi Work Station

 

Commissioner: China Arts and Entertainment Group, CAEG. Deputy Commissioners: Zhang Yu, Yan Dong. Curator: Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation. Scientific Committee: Fan Di’an, Zhang Zikang, Zhu Di, Gao Shiming, Zhu Qingsheng, Pu Tong, Shang Hui. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale – Giardino delle Vergini

 

GUATEMALA

 

Sweet Death

 

Emma Anticoli Borza, Sabrina Bertolelli, Mariadolores Castellanos, Max Leiva, Pier Domenico Magri, Adriana Montalto, Elmar Rojas (Elmar René Rojas Azurdia), Paolo Schmidlin, Mónica Serra, Elsie Wunderlich, Collettivo La Grande Bouffe

 

Commissioner: Daniele Radini Tedeschi. Curators: Stefania Pieralice, Carlo Marraffa, Elsie Wunderlich. Deputy Curators: Luciano Carini, Simone Pieralice. Venue: Officina delle Zattere, Dorsoduro 947, Fondamenta Nani

 

HOLY SEE

 

Commissioner: Em.mo Card. Gianfranco Ravasi, Presidente del Pontificio Consiglio della Cultura. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale – Sale d’Armi

 

HUNGARY

 

Sustainable Identities

 

Szilárd Cseke

 

Commissioner: Monika Balatoni. Deputy Commissioner: István Puskás, Sándor Fodor, Anna Karády. Curator: Kinga German. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

ICELAND

 

Christoph Büchel

 

Commissioner: Björg Stefánsdóttir. Curator: Nína Magnúsdóttir. Venue: to be confirmed

 

INDONESIA, Republic of

 

Komodo Voyage

 

Heri Dono

 

Commissioner: Sapta Nirwandar. Deputy Commissioner: Soedarmadji JH Damais. Curator: Carla Bianpoen, Restu Imansari Kusumaningrum. Scientific Committee: Franco Laera, Asmudjo Jono Irianto, Watie Moerany, Elisabetta di Mambro. Venue: Venue: Arsenale

 

IRAN

 

Iranian Highlights

 

Samira Alikhanzaradeh, Mahmoud Bakhshi Moakhar, Jamshid Bayrami, Mohammed Ehsai

 

The Great Game

 

Lida Abdul, Bani Abidi, Adel Abidin, Amin Agheai, Ghodratollah Agheli, Shahriar Ahmadi, Parastou Ahovan, Farhad Ahrarnia, Rashad Alakbarov, Nazgol Ansarinia, Reza Aramesh, Alireza Astaneh, Sonia Balassanian, Mahmoud Bakhshi, Moakhar Wafaa Bilal, Mehdi Farhadian, Monir Farmanfarmaian, Shadi Ghadirian, Babak Golkar, Shilpa Gupta, Ghasem Hajizadeh, Shamsia Hassani, Sahand Hesamiyan, Sitara Ibrahimova, Pouran Jinchi, Amar Kanwar, Babak Kazemi, Ryas Komu, Ahmad Morshedloo, Farhad Moshiri, Mehrdad Mohebali, Huma Mulji, Azad Nanakeli, Jamal Penjweny, Imran Qureshi, Sara Rahbar, Rashid Rana, T.V. Santhosh, Walid Siti, Mohsen Taasha Wahidi, Mitra Tabrizian, Parviz Tanavoli, Newsha Tavakolian, Sadegh Tirafkan, Hema Upadhyay, Saira Wasim

 

Commissioner: Majid Mollanooruzi. Deputy Commissioners: Marco Meneguzzo, Mazdak Faiznia. Curators: Marco Meneguzzo, Mazdak Faiznia. Venue: Calle San Giovanni 1074/B, Cannaregio

 

IRAQ

 

Commissioner: Ruya Foundation for Contemporary Culture in Iraq (RUYA). Deputy Commissioner: Nuova Icona - Associazione Culturale per le Arti. Curator: Philippe Van Cauteren. Venue: Ca' Dandolo, San Polo 2879

 

IRELAND

 

Adventure: Capital

 

Sean Lynch

 

Commissioner: Mike Fitzpatrick. Curator: Woodrow Kernohan. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale - Artiglierie

 

ISRAEL

 

Tsibi Geva | Archeology of the Present

 

Tsibi Geva

 

Commissioner: Arad Turgem, Michael Gov. Curator: Hadas Maor. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

   

ITALY

 

Ministero dei Beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo - Direzione Generale Arte e Architettura Contemporanee e Periferie Urbane. Commissioner: Federica Galloni. Curator: Vincenzo Trione. Venue: Padiglione Italia, Tese delle Vergini at Arsenale

   

JAPAN

 

The Key in the Hand

 

Chiharu Shiota

 

Commissioner: The Japan Foundation. Deputy Commissioner: Yukihiro Ohira, Manako Kawata and Haruka Nakajima. Curator: Hitoshi Nakano. Venue : Pavilion at Giardini

   

KENYA

 

Creating Identities

 

Yvonne Apiyo Braendle-Amolo, Qin Feng, Shi Jinsong, Armando Tanzini, Li Zhanyang, Lan Zheng Hui, Li Gang, Double Fly Art Center

 

Commissioner: Paola Poponi. Curator: Sandro Orlandi Stagl. Deputy Curator: Ding Xuefeng. Venue: San Servolo Island

   

KOREA, Republic of

 

The Ways of Folding Space & Flying

 

MOON Kyungwon & JEON Joonho

 

Commissioner: Sook-Kyung Lee. Curator: Sook-Kyung Lee. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

   

KOSOVO, Republic of

 

Speculating on the blue

 

Flaka Haliti

 

Commissioner: Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. Curator: Nicolaus Schafhausen. Deputy Curator: Katharina Schendl. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale - Artiglierie

   

LATVIA

 

Armpit

 

Katrina Neiburga, Andris Eglitis

 

Commissioner: Solvita Krese (Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art). Deputy Commissioner: Kitija Vasiljeva. Curator: Kaspars Vanags. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

   

LITHUANIA

 

Museum

 

Dainius Liškevicius

 

Commissioner: Vytautas Michelkevicius. Deputy Commissioner: Rasa Antanaviciute. Curator: Vytautas Michelkevicius. Venue: Palazzo Zenobio, Fondamenta del Soccorso 2569, Dorsoduro

   

LUXEMBOURG, Grand Duchy of

 

Paradiso Lussemburgo

 

Filip Markiewicz

 

Commissioner: Ministry of Culture. Deputy Commissioner: MUDAM Luxembourg. Curator: Paul Ardenne. Venue: Cà Del Duca, Corte del Duca Sforza, San Marco 3052

   

MACEDONIA, Former Yugoslavian Republic of

 

We are all in this alone

 

Hristina Ivanoska and Yane Calovski

 

Commissioner: Maja Nedelkoska Brzanova, National Gallery of Macedonia. Deputy Commissioner: Olivija Stoilkova. Curator: Basak Senova. Deputy Curator: Maja Cankulovska Mihajlovska. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale - Sale d’Armi

   

MAURITIUS *

 

From One Citizen You Gather an Idea

 

Sultana Haukim, Nirmal Hurry, Alix Le Juge, Olga Jürgenson, Helge Leiberg, Krishna Luchoomun, Neermala Luckeenarain, Kavinash Thomoo, Bik Van Der Pol, Laure Prouvost, Vitaly Pushnitsky, Römer + Römer

 

Commissioner: pARTage. Curators: Alfredo Cramerotti, Olga Jürgenson. Venue: Palazzo Flangini - Canareggio 252

   

MEXICO

 

Possesing Nature

 

Tania Candiani, Luis Felipe Ortega

 

Commissioner: Tomaso Radaelli. Deputy Commissioner: Magdalena Zavala Bonachea. Curator: Karla Jasso. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale – Sale d’Armi

   

MONGOLIA *

 

Other Home

 

Enkhbold Togmidshiirev, Unen Enkh

 

Commissioner: Gantuya Badamgarav, MCASA. Curator: Uranchimeg Tsultemin. Scientific Committee: David A Ross, Boldbaatar Chultemin. Venue: European Cultural Centre - Palazzo Mora

   

MONTENEGRO

 

,,Ti ricordi Sjecaš li se You Remember "

 

Aleksandar Duravcevic

 

Commissioner/Curator: Anastazija Miranovic. Deputy Commissioner: Danica Bogojevic. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero (piano terra), San Marco 3078-3079/A, Ramo Malipiero

   

MOZAMBIQUE, Republic of *

 

Theme: Coexistence of Tradition and Modernity in Contemporary Mozambique

 

Mozambique Artists

 

Commissioner: Joel Matias Libombo. Deputy Commissioner: Gilberto Paulino Cossa. Curator: Comissariado-Geral para a Expo Milano 2015. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

   

NETHERLANDS, The

 

herman de vries - to be all ways to be

 

herman de vries

 

Commissioner: Mondriaan Fund. Curators: Colin Huizing, Cees de Boer. Venue: Pavilion ar Giardini

   

NEW ZEALAND

 

Secret Power

 

Simon Denny

 

Commissioner: Heather Galbraith. Curator: Robert Leonard. Venue: Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Marco Polo Airport

   

NORDIC PAVILION (NORWAY)

 

Camille Norment

 

Commissioner: OCA, Office for Contemporary Art Norway. Curator: Katya García-Antón. Deputy Curator: Antonio Cataldo. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

   

PERU

 

Misplaced Ruins

 

Gilda Mantilla and Raimond Chaves

 

Commissioner: Armando Andrade de Lucio. Curator: Max Hernández-Calvo. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale – Sale d’Armi

   

PHILIPPINES

 

Tie a String Around the World

 

Manuel Conde, Carlos Francisco, Manny Montelibano, Jose Tence Ruiz

 

Commissioner: National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), Felipe M. de Leon Jr. Curator: Patrick D. Flores. Venue: European Cultural Centre - Palazzo Mora

   

POLAND

 

Halka/Haiti. 18°48’05”N 72°23’01”W

 

C.T. Jasper, Joanna Malinowska

 

Commissioner: Hanna Wróblewska. Deputy Commissioner: Joanna Wasko. Curator: Magdalena Moskalewicz. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

   

PORTUGAL

 

I Will Be Your Mirror / poems and problems

 

João Louro

 

Commissioner/Curator: María de Corral. Venue: Palazzo Loredan, campo S. Stefano

   

ROMANIA

 

Adrian Ghenie: Darwin’s Room

 

Adrian Ghenie

 

Commissioner: Monica Morariu. Deputy Commissioner: Alexandru Damian. Curator: Mihai Pop. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

   

Inventing the Truth. On Fiction and Reality

 

Michele Bressan, Carmen Dobre-Hametner, Alex Mirutziu, Lea Rasovszky, Stefan Sava, Larisa Sitar

 

Commissioner: Monica Morariu. Deputy Commissioner: Alexandru Damian. Curator: Diana Marincu. Deputy Curators: Ephemair Association (Suzana Dan and Silvia Rogozea). Venue: New Gallery of the Romanian Institute for Culture and Humanistic Research in Venice

   

RUSSIA

 

The Green Pavilion

 

Irina Nakhova

 

Commissioner: Stella Kesaeva. Curator: Margarita Tupitsyn. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

   

SERBIA

 

United Dead Nations

 

Ivan Grubanov

 

Commissioner: Lidija Merenik. Deputy Commissioner: Ana Bogdanovic. Curator: Lidija Merenik. Deputy Curator: Ana Bogdanovic. Scientific Committee: Jovan Despotovic. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

   

SAN MARINO

 

Repubblica di San Marino “ Friendship Project “ China

 

Xu De Qi, Liu Dawei, Liu Ruo Wang, Ma Yuan, Li Lei, Zhang Hong Mei, Eleonora Mazza, Giuliano Giulianelli, Giancarlo Frisoni, Tony Margiotta, Elisa Monaldi, Valentina Pazzini

 

Commissioner: Istituti Culturali della Repubblica di San Marino. Curator: Vincenzo Sanfo. Venue: TBC

   

SEYCHELLES, Republic of *

 

A Clockwork Sunset

 

George Camille, Léon Wilma Loïs Radegonde

 

Commissioner: Seychelles Art Projects Foundation. Curators: Sarah J. McDonald, Victor Schaub Wong. Venue: European Cultural Centre - Palazzo Mora

   

SINGAPORE

 

Sea State

 

Charles Lim Yi Yong

 

Commissioner: Paul Tan, National Arts Council, Singapore. Curator: Shabbir Hussain Mustafa. Scientific Committee: Eugene Tan, Kathy Lai, Ahmad Bin Mashadi, June Yap, Emi Eu, Susie Lingham, Charles Merewether, Randy Chan. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale – Sale d’Armi

   

SLOVENIA, Republic of

 

UTTER / The violent necessity for the embodied presence of hope

 

JAŠA

 

Commissioner: Simona Vidmar. Deputy Commissioner: Jure Kirbiš. Curators: Michele Drascek and Aurora Fonda. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale - Artiglierie

   

SPAIN

 

Los Sujetos (The Subjects)

 

Pepo Salazar, Cabello/Carceller, Francesc Ruiz, + Salvador Dalí

 

Commissioner: Ministerio Asuntos Exteriores. Gobierno de España. Curator: Marti Manen. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

   

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

 

Origini della civiltà

 

Narine Ali, Ehsan Alar, Felipe Cardeña, Fouad Dahdouh, Aldo Damioli, Svitlana Grebenyuk, Mauro Reggio, Liu Shuishi, Nass ouh Zaghlouleh, Andrea Zucchi, Helidon Xhixha

 

Commissioner: Christian Maretti. Curator: Duccio Trombadori. Venue: Redentore – Giudecca, San Servolo Island

   

SWEDEN

 

Excavation of the Image: Imprint, Shadow, Spectre, Thought

 

Lina Selander

 

Commissioner: Ann-Sofi Noring. Curator: Lena Essling. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

   

SWITZERLAND

 

Our Product

 

Pamela Rosenkranz

 

Commissioner: Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Sandi Paucic and Marianne Burki. Deputy-Commissioner: Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Rachele Giudici Legittimo. Curator: Susanne Pfeffer. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

   

THAILAND

 

Earth, Air, Fire & Water

 

Kamol Tassananchalee

 

Commissioner: Chai Nakhonchai, Office of Contemporary Art and Culture (OCAC), Ministry of Culture. Curator: Richard David Garst. Deputy Curator: Pongdej Chaiyakut. Venue: Paradiso Gallerie, Giardini della Biennale, Castello 1260

   

TURKEY

 

Respiro

 

Sarkis

 

Commissioner: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. Curator: Defne Ayas. Deputy Curator: Ozge Ersoy. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale – Sale d’Armi

   

TUVALU

 

Crossing the Tide

 

Vincent J.F. Huang

 

Commissioner: Taukelina Finikaso. Deputy Commissioner: Temate Melitiana. Curator: Thomas J. Berghuis. Scientific Committee: Andrea Bonifacio. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

   

UKRAINE

 

Hope!

 

Yevgenia Belorusets, Nikita Kadan, Zhanna Kadyrova, Mykola Ridnyi & SerhiyZhadan, Anna Zvyagintseva, Open Group, Artem Volokitin

 

Commissioner: Ministry of Culture. Curator: Björn Geldhof. Venue: Riva dei Sette Martiri

   

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

 

1980 – Today: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates

 

Abdullah Al Saadi, Abdul Qader Al Rais, Abdulraheem Salim, Abdulrahman Zainal, Ahmed Al Ansari, Ahmed Sharif, Hassan Sharif, Mohamed Yousif, Mohammed Abdullah Bulhiah, Mohammed Al Qassab, Mohammed Kazem, Moosa Al Halyan, Najat Meky, Obaid Suroor, Salem Jawhar

 

Commissioner: Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation. Curator: Hoor Al Qasimi. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale – Sale d'Armi

   

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Joan Jonas: They Come to Us Without a Word

 

Joan Jonas

 

Commissioner: Paul C. Ha. Deputy Commissioner: MIT List Visual Arts Center. Curators: Ute Meta Bauer, Paul C. Ha. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

   

URUGUAY

 

Global Myopia II (Pencil & Paper)

 

Marco Maggi

 

Commissioner: Ricardo Pascale. Curator: Patricia Bentancour. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

   

VENEZUELA, Bolivarian Republic of

 

Te doy mi palabra (I give you my word)

 

Argelia Bravo, Félix Molina (Flix)

 

Commissioner: Oscar Sotillo Meneses. Deputy Commissioner: Reinaldo Landaeta Díaz. Curator: Oscar Sotillo Meneses. Deputy Curator: Morella Jurado. Scientific Committee: Carlos Pou Ruan. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

   

ZIMBABWE, Republic of

 

Pixels of Ubuntu/Unhu: - Exploring the social and cultural identities of the 21st century.

 

Chikonzero Chazunguza, Masimba Hwati, Gareth Nyandoro

 

Commissioner: Doreen Sibanda. Curator: Raphael Chikukwa. Deputy Curator: Tafadzwa Gwetai. Scientific Committee: Saki Mafundikwa, Biggie Samwanda, Fabian Kangai, Reverend Paul Damasane, Nontsikelelo Mutiti, Stephen Garan'anga, Dominic Benhura. Venue: Santa Maria della Pieta

   

ITALO-LATIN AMERICAN INSTITUTE

 

Voces Indígenas

 

Commissioner: Sylvia Irrazábal. Curator: Alfons Hug. Deputy Curator: Alberto Saraiva. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

 

ARGENTINA

 

Sofia Medici and Laura Kalauz

 

PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA

 

Sonia Falcone and José Laura Yapita

 

BRAZIL

 

Adriana Barreto

 

Paulo Nazareth

 

CHILE

 

Rainer Krause

 

COLOMBIA

 

León David Cobo,

 

María Cristina Rincón and Claudia Rodríguez

 

COSTA RICA

 

Priscilla Monge

 

ECUADOR

 

Fabiano Kueva

 

EL SALVADOR

 

Mauricio Kabistan

 

GUATEMALA

 

Sandra Monterroso

 

HAITI

 

Barbara Prézeau Stephenson

 

HONDURAS

 

Leonardo González

 

PANAMA

 

Humberto Vélez

 

NICARAGUA

 

Raúl Quintanilla

 

PARAGUAY

 

Erika Meza

 

Javier López

 

PERU

 

José Huamán Turpo

 

URUGUAY

 

Gustavo Tabares

   

Ellen Slegers

     

001 Inverso Mundus. AES+F

 

Magazzino del Sale n. 5, Dorsoduro, 265 (Fondamenta delle Zattere ai Saloni); Palazzo Nani Mocenigo, Dorsoduro, 960

 

May 9th – October 31st

 

Organization: VITRARIA Glass + A Museum

 

www.vitraria.com

 

www.inversomundus.com

   

Catalonia in Venice: Singularity

 

Cantieri Navali, Castello, 40 (Calle Quintavalle)

 

May 9th - November 22nd

 

Organization: Institut Ramon Llull

 

www.llull.cat

 

venezia2015.llull.cat

   

Conversion. Recycle Group

 

Chiesa di Sant’Antonin, Castello (Campo Sant’Antonin)

 

May 6th - October 31st

 

Organization: Moscow Museum of Modern Art

 

www.mmoma.ru/

   

Dansaekhwa

 

Palazzo Contarini-Polignac, Dorsoduro, 874 (Accademia)

 

May 7th – August 15th

 

Organization: The Boghossian Foundation

 

www.villaempain.com

   

Dispossession

 

Palazzo Donà Brusa, Campo San Polo, 2177

 

May 9th - November 22nd

 

Organization: European Capital of Culture Wroclaw 2016

 

wroclaw2016.pl/biennale/

   

EM15 presents Doug Fishbone’s Leisure Land Golf

 

Arsenale Docks, Castello, 40A, 40B, 41C

 

May 6th - July 26th

 

Organization: EM15

 

www.em15venice.co.uk

   

Eredità e Sperimentazione

 

Grand Hotel Hungaria & Ausonia, Viale Santa Maria Elisabetta, 28, Lido di Venezia

 

May 9th - November 22nd

 

Organization: Istituto Nazionale di BioArchitettura - Sezione di Padova

 

www.bioarchitettura.it

   

Frontiers Reimagined

 

Palazzo Grimani, Castello, 4858 (Ramo Grimani)

 

May 9th - November 22nd

 

Organization: Tagore Foundation International; Polo museale del Veneto

 

www.frontiersreimagined.org

   

Glasstress 2015 Gotika

 

Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti, Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, San Marco, 2847 (Campo Santo Stefano); Chiesa di Santa Maria della Visitazione, Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli, Dorsoduro, 919 (Zattere); Fondazione Berengo, Campiello della Pescheria, 15, Murano;

 

May 9th — November 22nd

 

Organization: The State Hermitage Museum

 

www.hermitagemuseum.org

   

Graham Fagen: Scotland + Venice 2015

 

Palazzo Fontana, Cannaregio, 3829 (Strada Nova)

 

May 9th - November 22nd

 

Organization: Scotland + Venice

 

www.scotlandandvenice.com

   

Grisha Bruskin. An Archaeologist’s Collection

 

Former Chiesa di Santa Caterina, Cannaregio, 4941-4942

 

May 6th – November 22nd

 

Organization: Centro Studi sulle Arti della Russia (CSAR), Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia

 

www.unive.it/csar

   

Helen Sear, ... The Rest Is Smoke

 

Santa Maria Ausiliatrice, Castello, 450 (Fondamenta San Gioacchin)

 

May 9th - November 22nd

 

Organization: Cymru yn Fenis/Wales in Venice

 

www.walesinvenice.org.uk

   

Highway to Hell

 

Palazzo Michiel, Cannaregio, 4391/A (Strada Nova)

 

May 9th - November 22nd

 

Organization: Hubei Museum of Art

 

www.hbmoa.com

   

Humanistic Nature and Society (Shan-Shui) – An Insight into the Future

 

Palazzo Faccanon, San Marco, 5016 (Mercerie)

 

May 7th – August 4th

 

Organization: Shanghai Himalayas Museum

 

www.himalayasmuseum.org

   

In the Eye of the Thunderstorm: Effervescent Practices from the Arab World & South Asia

 

Dorsoduro, 417 (Zattere)

 

May 6th - November 15th

 

Organization: ArsCulture

 

www.arsculture.org/

 

www.eyeofthunderstorm.com

   

Italia Docet | Laboratorium- Artists, Participants, Testimonials and Activated Spectators

 

Palazzo Barbarigo Minotto, San Marco, 2504 (Fondamenta Duodo o Barbarigo)

 

May 9th – June 30th; September 11st – October 31st

 

Organization: Italian Art Motherboard Foundation (i-AM Foundation)

 

www.i-amfoundation.org

 

www.venicebiennale-italiadocet.org

   

Jaume Plensa: Together

 

Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore

 

May 6th – November 22nd

 

Organization: Abbazia di San Giorgio Maggiore Benedicti Claustra Onlus

 

www.praglia.it

   

Jenny Holzer "War Paintings"

 

Museo Correr, San Marco, 52 (Piazza San Marco)

 

May 6th – November 22nd

 

Organization: The Written Art Foundation; Museo Correr, Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia

 

www.writtenartfoundation.com

 

correr.visitmuve.it

   

Jump into the Unknown

 

Palazzo Loredan dell’Ambasciatore, Dorsoduro, 1261-1262

 

May 9th – June 18th

 

Organization: Nine Dragon Heads

 

9dh-venice.com

   

Learn from Masters

 

Palazzo Bembo, San Marco, 4793 (Riva del Carbon)

 

May 9th – November 22nd

 

Organization: Pan Tianshou Foundation

 

pantianshou.caa.edu.cn/foundation_en

   

My East is Your West

 

Palazzo Benzon, San Marco, 3927

 

May 6th – October 31st

 

Organization: The Gujral Foundation

 

www.gujralfoundation.org

       

Ornamentalism. The Purvitis Prize

 

Arsenale Nord, Tesa 99

 

May 9th – November 22nd

 

Organization: The Secretariat of the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2015

 

www.purvisabalva.lv/en/ornamentalism

   

Path and Adventure

 

Arsenale, Castello, 2126/A (Campo della Tana)

 

May 9th – November 22nd

 

Organization: The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau; The Macao Museum of Art; The Cultural Affairs Bureau

 

www.iacm.gov.mo

 

www.mam.gov.mo

 

www.icm.gov.mo

   

Patricia Cronin: Shrine for Girls, Venice

 

Chiesa di San Gallo, San Marco, 1103 (Campo San Gallo)

 

May 9th – November 22nd

 

Organization: Brooklyn Rail Curatorial Projects

 

curatorialprojects.brooklynrail.org

   

Roberto Sebastian Matta. Sculture

 

Giardino di Palazzo Soranzo Cappello, Soprintendenza BAP per le Province di Venezia, Belluno, Padova e Treviso, Santa Croce, 770 (Fondamenta Rio Marin)

 

May 9th – November 22nd

 

Organization: Fondazione Echaurren Salaris

 

www.fondazioneechaurrensalaris.it

 

www.maggioregam.com/56Biennale_Matta

   

Salon Suisse: S.O.S. Dada - The World Is A Mess

 

Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi, Dorsoduro, 810 (Campo Sant'Agnese)

 

May 9th; June 4th - 6th; September 10th - 12th; October 15th - 17th; November 19th – 21st

 

Organization: Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia

 

www.prohelvetia.ch

 

www.biennials.ch

   

Sean Scully: Land Sea

 

Palazzo Falier, San Marco, 2906

 

May 9th – November 22nd

 

Organization: Fondazione Volume!

 

www.fondazionevolume.com

   

Sepphoris. Alessandro Valeri

 

Molino Stucky, interior atrium, Giudecca, 812

 

May 9th – November 22nd

 

Organization: Assessorato alla Cultura del Comune di Narni(TR); a Sidereal Space of Art; Satellite Berlin

 

www.sepphorisproject.org

   

Tesla Revisited

 

Palazzo Nani Mocenigo, Dorsoduro, 960

 

May 9th – October 18th

 

Organization: VITRARIA Glass + A Museum

 

www.vitraria.com/

   

The Bridges of Graffiti

 

Arterminal c/o Terminal San Basilio, Dorsoduro (Fondamenta Zattere al Ponte Lungo)

 

May 9th - November 22nd

 

Organization: Associazione Culturale Inossidabile

 

www.inossidabileac.com

   

The Dialogue of Fire. Ceramic and Glass Masters from Barcelona to Venice

 

Palazzo Tiepolo Passi, San Polo, 2774

 

May 6th - November 22nd

 

Organization: Fundaciò Artigas; ArsCulture

 

www.fundacio-artigas.com/

 

www.arsculture.org/

 

www.dialogueoffire.org

   

The Question of Beings

 

Istituto Santa Maria della Pietà, Castello, 3701

 

May 9th - November 22nd

 

Organization: Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei (MoCA, Taipei)

 

www.mocataipei.org.tw

   

The Revenge of the Common Place

 

Università Ca' Foscari, Ca' Bernardo, Dorsoduro, 3199 (Calle Bernardo)

 

May 9th – September 30th

 

Organization: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University Brussels-VUB)

 

www.vub.ac.be/

   

The Silver Lining. Contemporary Art from Liechtenstein and other Microstates

 

Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi, Dorsoduro, 810 (Campo Sant'Agnese)

 

October 24th – November 1st

 

Organization: Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein

 

www.kunstmuseum.li

 

www.silverlining.li

   

The Sound of Creation. Paintings + Music by Beezy Bailey and Brian Eno

 

Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello, Palazzo Pisani, San Marco, 2810 (Campo Santo Stefano)

 

May 7th - November 22nd

 

Organization: ArsCulture

 

www.arsculture.org/

   

The Union of Fire and Water

 

Palazzo Barbaro, San Marco, 2840

 

May 9th - November 22nd

 

Organization: YARAT Contemporary Art Organisation

 

www.yarat.az

 

www.bakuvenice2015.com

   

Thirty Light Years - Theatre of Chinese Art

 

Palazzo Rossini, San Marco, 4013 (Campo Manin)

 

May 9th - November 22nd

 

Organization: GAC Global Art Center Foundation; The Guangdong Museum of Art

 

www.globalartcenter.org

 

www.gdmoa.org

   

Tsang Kin-Wah: The Infinite Nothing, Hong Kong in Venice

 

Arsenale, Castello, 2126 (Campo della Tana)

 

May 9th - November 22nd

 

Organization: M+, West Kowloon Cultural District; Hong Kong Arts Development Council

 

www.westkowloon.hk/en/mplus

 

www.hkadc.org.hk

 

www.venicebiennale.hk

   

Under the Surface, Newfoundland and Labrador at Venice

 

Galleria Ca' Rezzonico, Dorsoduro, 2793

 

May 9th - November 22nd

 

Organization: Terra Nova Art Foundation

 

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Ursula von Rydingsvard

 

Giardino della Marinaressa, Castello (Riva dei Sette Martiri)

 

May 6th - November 22nd

 

Organization:Yorkshire Sculpture Park

 

www.ysp.co.uk

   

We Must Risk Delight: Twenty Artists from Los Angeles

 

Magazzino del Sale n. 3, Dorsoduro, 264 (Zattere)

 

May 7th - November 22nd

 

Organization: bardoLA

 

www.bardoLA.org

   

Wu Tien-Chang: Never Say Goodbye

 

Palazzo delle Prigioni, Castello, 4209 (San Marco)

 

May 9th - November 22nd

 

Organization: Taipei Fine Arts Museum of Taiwan

 

www.tfam.museum

   

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On all our tours I encourage our guests to also shoot verticals, not only horizontals. Magazines for instance, are all based on verticals, so if you ever want your picture to grace the cover or to be published on a full page, you'll need to shoot verticals as well.

 

A little while back I got an email from British Airways, asking whether I had a vertical version of my famous picture The Edge, of an elephant at Victoria Falls. And as a matter of fact I did, I just never processed it. When I started processing the image, I wondered why I hadn't done it earlier - the vertical version seems to make more sense because you can actually see the height of the falls and you can see all the water falling down.

 

Anyway, British Airways published the shot and I was happy they had given me a good reason to dive into my image library again.

 

Here's the background story that I wrote for the horizontal version:

 

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It's hard enough to make original pictures, but with some subjects it simply borders the impossible.

 

When I was at Victoria Falls last year, I thought about the billions of photographs that must have been taken there, and I almost decided to just visit the place without my camera. That was until I spoke with some of the local people, who told me that they had seen a bull elephant crossing the Zambezi river the day before. During my research I had not seen any images of the falls with an elephant in it, so I decided to stay a few extra days and try my luck.

 

The course of the Zambezi is dotted with numerous tree-covered islands, which increase in number as the river approaches the falls. As the dry season takes effect, the islets on the crest become wider and more numerous, and with the water level of the Zambezi dropping, once submerged walkways and fresh foraging possibilities present themselves. This elephant was apparently aware of this.

 

On the third day I left very early with a small boat to reach my location. On my way to the edge I suddenly saw the lone bull wading through shallow parts of the river, but it was far away and light levels were low, so I decided to continue to the falls. I took some sunrise shots and half an hour later I saw the elephant approaching the falls. I quickly collected my gear and moved carefully towards the edge where the water plummeted into a 360ft chasm - not particularly nice when you're afraid of heights... I set everything up in order to include as much as possible of the falls and made a composition. Luckily the elephant was aware of my preference to shoot into the light, so his position couldn't be better.

 

After I took the shots, I knew I had just witnessed and captured something very special. Later that day local people confirmed this by telling me that they had never seen an elephant so close to the edge of the falls before - exactly what I wanted to hear!

 

This image was featured as a double page spread in National Geographic, and won First Prize in the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards.

 

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If you would like to join me on our next photo tour in Zambia and learn everything about wildlife photography, please check out my website for more information and tour impression video clips:

 

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Hope to see you there!

 

Marsel

 

©2013 Marsel van Oosten, All Rights Reserved. This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer.

Soonest Mended

 

BY JOHN ASHBERY

 

Barely tolerated, living on the margin

In our technological society, we were always having to be rescued

On the brink of destruction, like heroines in Orlando Furioso

Before it was time to start all over again.

There would be thunder in the bushes, a rustling of coils,

And Angelica, in the Ingres painting, was considering

The colorful but small monster near her toe, as though wondering whether forgetting

The whole thing might not, in the end, be the only solution.

And then there always came a time when

Happy Hooligan in his rusted green automobile

Came plowing down the course, just to make sure everything was O.K.,

Only by that time we were in another chapter and confused

About how to receive this latest piece of information.

Was it information? Weren’t we rather acting this out

For someone else’s benefit, thoughts in a mind

With room enough and to spare for our little problems (so they began to seem),

Our daily quandary about food and the rent and bills to be paid?

To reduce all this to a small variant,

To step free at last, minuscule on the gigantic plateau—

This was our ambition: to be small and clear and free.

Alas, the summer’s energy wanes quickly,

A moment and it is gone. And no longer

May we make the necessary arrangements, simple as they are.

Our star was brighter perhaps when it had water in it.

Now there is no question even of that, but only

Of holding on to the hard earth so as not to get thrown off,

With an occasional dream, a vision: a robin flies across

The upper corner of the window, you brush your hair away

And cannot quite see, or a wound will flash

Against the sweet faces of the others, something like:

This is what you wanted to hear, so why

Did you think of listening to something else? We are all talkers

It is true, but underneath the talk lies

The moving and not wanting to be moved, the loose

Meaning, untidy and simple like a threshing floor.

 

These then were some hazards of the course,

Yet though we knew the course was hazards and nothing else

It was still a shock when, almost a quarter of a century later,

The clarity of the rules dawned on you for the first time.

They were the players, and we who had struggled at the game

Were merely spectators, though subject to its vicissitudes

And moving with it out of the tearful stadium, borne on shoulders, at last.

Night after night this message returns, repeated

In the flickering bulbs of the sky, raised past us, taken away from us,

Yet ours over and over until the end that is past truth,

The being of our sentences, in the climate that fostered them,

Not ours to own, like a book, but to be with, and sometimes

To be without, alone and desperate.

But the fantasy makes it ours, a kind of fence-sitting

Raised to the level of an esthetic ideal. These were moments, years,

Solid with reality, faces, namable events, kisses, heroic acts,

But like the friendly beginning of a geometrical progression

Not too reassuring, as though meaning could be cast aside some day

When it had been outgrown. Better, you said, to stay cowering

Like this in the early lessons, since the promise of learning

Is a delusion, and I agreed, adding that

Tomorrow would alter the sense of what had already been learned,

That the learning process is extended in this way, so that from this standpoint

None of us ever graduates from college,

For time is an emulsion, and probably thinking not to grow up

Is the brightest kind of maturity for us, right now at any rate.

And you see, both of us were right, though nothing

Has somehow come to nothing; the avatars

Of our conforming to the rules and living

Around the home have made—well, in a sense, “good citizens” of us,

Brushing the teeth and all that, and learning to accept

The charity of the hard moments as they are doled out,

For this is action, this not being sure, this careless

Preparing, sowing the seeds crooked in the furrow,

Making ready to forget, and always coming back

To the mooring of starting out, that day so long ago.

  

John Ashbery, “Soonest Mended” from The Double Dream of Spring. Copyright © 1966, 1970 by John Ashbery. Reprinted with the permission of Georges Borchardt, Inc. on behalf of the author.

 

Source: The Mooring of Starting Out: The First Five Books of Poetry (Ecco Press, 1997)

 

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Ο Θεός λέει:«Καθώς η θάλασσα δεν ήταν πλέον σιωπηλή, η ζωή άρχισε να γεμίζει και τους ουρανούς. Ένα-ένα τα πουλιά, μικρά και μεγάλα, πετούσαν στον ουρανό από το έδαφος. Αντίθετα από τα πλάσματα της θάλασσας, εκείνα είχαν φτερά και πούπουλα που σκέπαζαν τις λεπτές και χαριτωμένες φιγούρες τους. Χτυπούσαν τα φτερά τους με περηφάνια και επεδείκνυαν αγέρωχα το υπέροχο φτέρωμά τους και τις ειδικές λειτουργίες και ικανότητες που τους χάρισε ο Δημιουργός. Πετούσαν ψηλά με ευκολία και δεξιότητα, ανάμεσα στον ουρανό και στη γη και μέσα από αγρούς και δάση… Ήταν τα αγαπημένα πλάσματα του αέρα και τα αγαπημένα πλάσματα όλων. Σύντομα θα αποτελούσαν τον σύνδεσμο μεταξύ ουρανού και γης και θα μετέφεραν τα μηνύματα σε όλα τα πράγματα… Κελαηδούσαν, εφορμούσαν χαρωπά, σκόρπιζαν κέφι, γέλιο και παλμό σ’ αυτόν τον μέχρι τότε άδειο κόσμο… Χρησιμοποιούσαν το καθάριο τους μελωδικό κελάηδισμα και τα λόγια που είχαν στην καρδιά τους για να υμνούν τον Δημιουργό για τη ζωή που Εκείνος τους χάρισε. Χόρευαν χαρωπά για να δείξουν την τελειότητα και το θαύμα της δημιουργίας του Δημιουργού και θα αφιέρωναν ολόκληρη τη ζωή τους στο να γίνουν μάρτυρες της εξουσίας του Δημιουργού μέσα από την ιδιαίτερη ζωή που Εκείνος τους χάρισε…... »

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