True story: A long long time ago God realized that humankind had gone terribly wrong. After thousands of years of deliberation and the failure of a global flood to solve the problem, God decided to send His own Beloved Son to die for humankind's sake. Then God tasked the Christians with the duty to spread the message of salvation and solve the human problem by appealing to and instructing individuals. It has been 2000 years. See how well God's plan has turned out?

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Janet Reilly attends Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Andrew Caulfield for Drew Altizer Photography)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Shelly Schorer and Kristi Yamaguchi attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)

Scania R TL from the Series Herpa shows World History -# 1 The Cradle of Humankind-

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Scania R TL aus der Serie Herpa präsentiert Weltgeschichte -# 1 Die Wiege der Menschheit-

from wikipedia

Sita (Sanskrit: सीता; "Sītā", Khmer: នាង សីដា?; Neang Sida, Malay: Siti Dewi, Thai: Nang Sida, Lao: Nang Sanda, Tagalog: Putri Gandingan) is the wife of Rama, the seventh avatāra of Vishnu in the Hindu tradition. She is esteemed as the standard setter for wifely and womanly virtues for all Hindu women. Understood theologically in Hinduism, Sita is an avatāra of Lakshmi, one of the forms of the Goddess or Shakti, who chose to reincarnate Herself on earth as Sita and endure an arduous life in order to provide humankind with an example of good virtues. Sita is one of the principal characters in the Ramayana, a Hindu epic named after Her husband Rama.

Sita was a foundling, discovered in a furrow in a ploughed field, and for that reason is regarded as a daughter of Bhudevi, the Goddess Mother Earth. She was found and adopted by Janaka, king of Mithila (present day Nepal) and his wife Sunayana. Upon her coming of age, a swayamwara was held to select a suitable husband for her, and she was wed to Rama, prince of Ayodhya, an avatara of Vishnu.

Ravana abducts Sita, by Ravi Varma

[edit] Exile and abduction

Main article: Ramayana

Some time after the wedding, circumstances forced Rama to leave Ayodhya and spend a period of exile in the forests of Dandaka. Sita willingly renounced the comforts of the palace and joined her husband in braving the travails of exile, even living in Dandaka forest. However, she had to endure a lot of pain as the forest became the scene for her abduction by Ravana, King of Lanka. Ravana kidnapped Sita, disguising himself as a brahmana mendicant while her husband was away fetching a magnificent golden deer to please her. All this was done to claim vengeance on Rama and his brother Lakshmana for having cut off the nose of Ravan's sister. Jatayu, the vulture-king, who was a friend of Rama's, tried to protect Sita but Ravana chopped off his wings. Jatayu survived long enough to inform Rama of what had happened.

Ravana held Sita captive in his distant island realm. She was finally rescued by Rama, who waged a famous battle to defeat Ravana. Since Sita was kept in captivity by Ravana all this time, she had to go through the 'Agni-Pariksha', the test of going through the fire, in order to prove her chastity to the world.

In Hindu dharma, every action has results irrespective of the stature of the person. A school of thought states that Rama questioned Sita on her integrity as a punishment for her questioning the integrity of Lakshmana, who had left all his comfort and served Rama and Sita for 14 years.

[edit] Later life

The couple returned to Ayodhya, where Rama was crowned king with Sita by his side. While Rama's trust and affection for Sita never wavered, it soon became evident that some people in Ayodhya could not accept Sita's long captivity under the power of Ravana.

[edit] Sita's second exile

During Rama's period of rule, an intemperate washerman, while berating his wayward wife, declared that he was "no pusillanimous Rama who would take his wife back after she had lived in the house of another man". This calumnious statement was reported back to Rama, who knew that the aspersion cast on Sita was entirely baseless. Nevertheless, his position as the ruler undermined by the ever-present possibility of slander attaching itself to his hitherto unimpeachable dynasty and personal reign. It was this train of thought that led Rama to remove Sita from his household.

Sita was thus forced into exile a second time; She was not only alone this time but also pregnant. She attempted to commit suicide by jumping into the Ganges but she was rescued by the sage Valmiki. He gave her refuge in his hermitage, where she delivered a son named Lava. Once day Sita left her son with Valmiki, and went to the river bank to fetch water. Valmiki called out for the baby but heard no response; in a state of concern, he created by his ascetic power another baby with kusha (grass) in the exact resemblance of Lava. When Sita returned, She found two sons of the same virtue because Lava came back from the forest on hearing his mother call out. She heard the story from Valmiki about why he had to create Kusha and accepted both sons as her own.

In the hermitage, Sita raised her sons alone, as a single mother.[1] They grew up to be valiant and intelligent, and were eventually united with their father. Once she had witnessed the acceptance of her children by Rama, Sita sought final refuge in the arms of her mother Bhumidevi, the Goddess Mother Earth. Hearing her plea for release from an unjust world and from a life that had rarely been happy, the earth dramatically split open; Bhumidevi appeared and took Sita away to a better world. But this part of Ramayana is disputed and it is said that Rama and Sita lived together happily, ruling their kingdom for 11,000 years (considered a common lifespan in that age, the Treta Yuga). According to this version, Sita was only sent into a 14-year exile, one year of which she spent in Ravana's kingdom.This part of the epic has been disputed. Scholars maintain it was written later than the Valmiki Ramayana. Many Hindu organizations today disown Lava-Kusha kaand and state that after Rama was crowned king there followed Rama Rajya, when everyone was happy.

[edit] Significance

The actions, reactions and instincts manifested by Sita at every juncture in a long and arduous life are deemed exemplary; Her story, Sitayanam[2] is one by which every young girl in India is raised to this day. The values that She enshrined and adhered to at every point in the course of a demanding life are the values of womanly virtue held sacred by countless generations of Indians.

A female deity of agricultural fertility by the name Sita was known before Valmiki's Ramayana, but was overshadowed by more well-known goddesses associated with fertility. According to the Ramayana, Sita was discovered in a furrow when Janaka was plowing. Since Janaka was a king, it is likely that plowing was part of a royal ritual to ensure fertility of the land. Sita is considered to be the child of the earth, produced by the union between the king and the land. Sita is a personification of the earth's fertility, abundance, and well-being.[3]

[edit] Sita's speeches in the Ramayana

While the Ramayana mostly concentrates on Rama's actions, Sita also speaks many times during the exile. The first time is in the town of Chitrakuta where she narrates an ancient story to Rama, whereby Rama promises to Sita that he will never kill anybody without provocation.

The second time Sita is shown talking prominently is when she speaks to Ravana. Ravana has come to her in the form of a Brahmin and Sita tells him that he doesn't look like one.

The most interesting of her speeches are with Hanuman when he reaches Lanka. Hanuman wants an immediate meeting of Rama and Sita, and thus he proposes to Sita to ride on his back. Sita refuses as she does not want to run away like a thief; instead she wants her husband Rama to come and defeat Ravana to save her.

When Rama wins the war, Hanuman goes to Ashok Vatika to give this news to Sita, and asks for permission to kill the female Rakshasas who have tortured her. Sita tells Hanuman an ancient story known as Na parah paap ma adate (Do not follow the sins committed by others) - one should behave according to one's dharma (righteousness) even if another has done you wrong.

Once she speaks badly to Lakshmana when he does not go after Rama to save him, but in a later part of the story she repents this.

[edit] Epithets

Deities of Sri Sita Devi (far right), Sri Rama (center), Sri Lakshmana (far left) and Sri Hanuman (below seated) at the Bhaktivedanta Manor, Watford EnglandIn common with other major figures of epic literature, Sita is known by many epithets. As the daughter of king Janaka, She is called Janaki; as the princess of Mithila, Mythili or Maithili; as the wife of Raama, She is called Ramaa. Her father Janaka had earned the sobriquet "Videha" due to his ability to transcend body consciousness; Sita is therefore also known as Vaidehi (Vaidehi Vaydehi, or Vaithegi) (Sanskrit: वैदेही)).

[edit] Etymology of the name

She is of course best known by the name Sita, which literally means furrow. The word furrow was a poetic term in ancient India, its imagery redolent of fecundity and the many blessings coming from settled agriculture. The Sita of the Ramayana may have been named after a more ancient Vedic goddess Sita, who is mentioned once in the Rigveda as an earth goddess who blesses the land with good crops. In the Vedic era, She was one of the goddesses associated with fertility. A Vedic hymn recites:

Auspicious Sita, come thou near;

We venerate and worship thee

That thou mayst bless and prosper us

And bring us fruits abundantly.

The Kausik-sutra and the Paraskara-sutra associates Her repeatedly as the wife of Parjanya (a god associated with rains) and Indra.

[edit] Other legends

Two other legends obtaining in certain versions of the Ramayana may be mentioned in connection with Sita. These legends are significant in that they do not endorse the mainstream view of Sita having been an avatara of the goddess Lakshmi.

[edit] Vedavati

Some versions of the Ramayana suggest that Sita was a reincarnation of Vedavati (an avatar of Mother Laxmi), an orphan lady who had been ravished by Ravana. The legend goes thus:

Sage Kushadhwaja was a learned and pious scholar residing in a remote hermitage. His daughter Vedavati grows up in her father's hermitage to become an ardent devotee of Vishnu, and resolves early in life to wed no one other than Vishnu. Her father refrains from stifling her aspirations, and even rejects proposals from many powerful kings and celestial beings who seek his daughter's hand in marriage. Among those rejected is Sambhu, a powerful Daitya king. Smarting under his humiliation, Shambhu seizes an opportunity and murders Vedavati's parents on a moonless night.

Vedavati continues to reside at the hermitage of her parents, meditating upon Vishnu. She is described as being inexpressibly beautiful, dressed in the hide of a black antelope, her hair matted, the bloom of her youth enhanced by her austerities. Ravana, the ruler of Lanka, once finds Vedavati seated in meditation and is captivated by her beauty. He propositions her and is rejected. Ravana mocks her austerities and her devotion to Vishnu; finding himself firmly rejected at every turn, he finally molests Vedavati, pulling her hair.

Her chastity thus sullied beyond redemption, Vedavati immolates herself on a pyre, vowing to return in another age and be the cause of Ravana's destruction. She is duly reborn as Sita, wife of Rama, and became the direct cause of Ravana's destruction at his hands. In the process, Vedavati also receives the boon she so single-mindedly sought: Vishnu, in his avatara as Rama, becomes her husband. In some versions of the Ramayana, sage Agastya relates this entire story to Rama.

[edit] Daughter of Mandodari and Ravana

A somewhat obscure legend, originating in some parts of Kerala, seeks to explain Sita's birth. This legend goes thus:

Although they were married at the end of a courtship of lyrical majesty, Ravana and his wife Mandodari grew estranged from each other since Mandodari found it impossible to condone or ignore her husband's arrogance and misdeeds. In particular, Mandodari was repelled and distraught at her husband's ravishment of the hapless Vedavati. She soon afterwards found herself pregnant, and feared that the child within her would be the harbinger of her husband's doom, as per Vedavati's awful oath. Despite her judgment of her husband, Mandodari could not condemn him; and also could not do away with a child even if her suspicions were confirmed, since Fate could not be defied. Both these considerations are quintessentially in the spirit of Hindu legend, as indeed is her chosen course of action.

Mandodari went to her father's home in mainland India, and then on a series of pilgrimages, to prevent Ravana or anybody else from finding that she was pregnant. As the birth grew near, Mandodari searched for a suitable foster-home for her child. She discovered that Janaka, the pious king of Mithila, a man of noble character and eminent lineage, was childless; the deeply sorrowful king was intent upon performing a yagya to seek the boon of a child. At this time, a female child was born to Mandodari. Soon afterwards, just before Janaka began ploughing a field to prepare for the intended rituals, Mandodari managed to spirit her baby into the field and into Janaka's path. King Janaka duly discovered the child and adopted her. Gratified at this turn of events, Mandodari returned to her husband and resumed her everyday life. The child was given the name "Sita" and grew up in king Janaka's household.

These legends build on ancient Indian traditions which hold, in wry spirit, that one's worst enemies are re-born as one's own children to fulfill the karma of one's sins.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sita

24h Radio broadcast performance from CoseCosmiche.

humankind.voyage/

16 - 17 december 2018

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Photos by Matteo Castellani

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24 hour live radio performance of sound, poetry and radio works inspired by the Universe.

Where: CoseCosmiche, Via Aleardi 11, Milan

Start: 16.00, 16th December 2018 (SUN), km 0

End: 16.15, 17th December 2018 (PLUTO), km 5.906.376.272

Radio webstream (active on 16th December): humankind.voyage:8000/spaceradio

FM: 97.3 (CoseCosmiche area)

BROADCASTING TIMETABLE: humankind.voyage

Broadcast by Alan Alpenfelt

Random Synth sound generator by Luca Xelius Martegani

Shop design: Paolo Di Benedetto

ARTISTS

Tomomi Adachi / Alan Alpenfelt / Giuliana Altamura / Alvax / Ashtoreth & Anja Aerts / Sofía Bertomeu / Vanni Bianconi / Bluenoid / Brandon Boan / Pamela Breda / Dario Buccini / Distant Fires Burning / Canary Burton & Marylou Blakeslee / Joan Cambon / Catenation / Claudio Cavalli / Gustavo Chab / Caro C / CLARA / WORRAN feat. Maud Marique & Rebecca Glover / Athena Corcoran-Tadd / Marc Cosmic / DAGGER MOTH & Marc Ribot / Maroulita De Kol / Cláudio de Pina / Marco Dibeltulu / Hazal Döleneken / Abby Donovan / Ceel Mogami de Haas / Dr Hanzo / Ducks! / Kaj Duncan David & Martin Lau / BA Denigris / Giorgio Dursi / Duty / Exotikdot / Jurgen Fonteijn / Chelidon Frame / Nicola Frattegiani / Zeno Gabaglio / Alessandro Gaffuri & Alice Diacono / Alessandro Gambato / Ghosts of Electricity / Ian Gibbins / Gigsta / Penelope Gkika / Mark Goodwin / Jared Green / Guili Guili Goulag / Stelios Hadjithomas / Ursula Häse / Werner Hasler / Juliana Herrero / Kathryn Hummel / Olga Kokcharova / Antoine Läng / Dominique LeGendre / Nicole L'Huillier & Daniela Catrileo / Lite Orchestra / LucidBLN / Luminance / William Memotone / Stephanie Merchak / Muzikačaka / Alyssa Moxley / Necromishka / Guan Ng Chor / Oikoi / Moggy Ogara / Olga Palomäki / Claudio Parodi / Georgia Pazarloglou / Mario Pegoraro / Pic Nic Radio / Fred Poulet / prOphecy sun / Rodrigo Quintanilha / Andrew Reddy / George Ridgway / Francesca Ruberto / Pekka Sassi / Katharina Schmidt / SciFiSol / Hannah Silva / Anna Stereopoulou / Syrenomelia / Lorenzo Tamai / Tavishi / Temple Music / The little typists / Walt Thisney / Vincent Tholomé / Tribes of Europe / TJ Thompson / Tonylight / Dixie Treichel / VaathV / Massimiliano Viel / Sally Walmsley / Hannah Woźniak / El Wud / Xelius / Angelina Yershova / Billy Yfantis

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ENGLISH (Italiano sotto)

The performing arts company V XX ZWEETZ in collaboration with the music label Human Kind Records has invited poets, artists and musicians to send sound works inspired by the Universe. These works will be transmitted via webradio and FM during a 24 hour radio performance from 16 to 17 December 2018 in Milan, at the Athur Cravan Foundation and thanks to the support of Cosmic Things.

During the 24 hours starting from 4pm on Sunday 16 December 2018 (GTM+1), the shop facing via Aleardi 11 in Milan will be transformed into a 'spaceship' in which an astronaut will spend a day immersed in the spatial sound.

The astronaut believes that peaceful places on Earth barely exist anymore and have been exhaustively explored, as have metaphysical ones. So he chooses Outer Space where he can freely listen and perceive himself immersed inside infinity. While drifting, he shares with us the sounds he encounters.

He will travel for 24 hours through the Solar System starting from the Sun and reaching Pluto. On his way, he will meet objects and planets that will activate the sound works collected during the "call". The rest of the journey, when no object or planet is encountered, will be defined by sounds generated randomly by a Synthesizer. The total duration of the trip is 5,906,376,272 km corresponding to 4,101,650 km for each minute of transmission.

The public can access the spacecraft freely at any time to listen to the trip with him. They can feed him, send him letters and postcards, play chess and help him spend the time when he feels alone.

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Powered in collaboration with Cose Cosmiche & V XX Zweetz

Sustained by ProHelvetia | SRKS/FSRC

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How the project was born:

It started when a sound poem on Mercury was composed as a commission by Radio Pic Nic (Bruxelles) to create works for the Sviluppo-Parallelo exhibition in 2016 at the Luzern Kunstmuseum, Switzerland.

The innate passion towards the vastness and mystery related to the Universe was so intriguing that it inspired Human Kind Records to invite other artists to contribute to something bigger.

Through the networking art concept “Freundeskreis” (circles of friends), nine artist collectives were chosen to compose for nine planets. They were invited to Milan on the 27th March 2017 for a one day lab and concert at the Galleria Giuseppe Pero. Together with art residency project CoseCosmiche and astrophysicist Luca Valenziano, we shared amongst us our artistic curiosities and responses towards the planets and the Universe.

The artists then selected their planets and returned to their own worlds to create their works.

As we know (or think we know…) Space does not stop expanding. Human Kind Records therefore decided to create a Universe of its own: humankind.voyage .

"Without a love of humankind there is no love of God.".

..Asch Sholem novelist 1880-1957

I come from a liberal Shia parentage ,my parents were uneducated , migrants from Lucknow, never forced religion down our throats.

My education I am indebted to Akthar Kashmiri who enrolled me at Private European School a Methodist primary run by White women of the British Raj.

My school fees in the ealy 50s was Rs 50 a princely amount that my dad a couturier paid..

My earliest Koranic teacher was a lame Sunni man who enjoyed beating me on my knuckles to make me recite the scriptures by heart or a like parrot.

He came from the Sunni mosque close to the Chabad or Nariman House that was in the new recently..target of terrorism at Colaba.

He would disappear during Ramzan and than come back to teach me and my sister and beating our knuckles all over again, he used a thin bamboo cane that stung like a bee.

The staple diet beyond home was the Church , the sacristy, the priests the altar boys.

as I was now enrolled by Akthar Kashmiri to Holy Name High School Convent street..

early 60s .

But it was a very fluid relationship.There was no effort by the priests to make me a Roman Catholic, though my girl friends were all Catholics.

I was a Muslim and that is the way I was bought up by my late parents.

At home we had a Mahrashtrian lady who took care of us her name was Aiee which means mother and she was a good mother , as my mother was sickly given to asthmatic attacks, Aiee bought up as on a diet of Marathi and the culture of Maharashtra.So it was Gudi Padwa , Ganesh Visarjan, Holi and Diwali ..

Though my mom forbid us to play with colors..this was the only thing she considered unIslamic..she was quite right because today the fedayeen s color the soul of Humanity with blood sprinklers.

We shifted from Wodehouse Road in the early 60s to our present ancestral home at Strand Cinema ..Colaba.

It was here in the early 70s that my friend Fazal Khan a Pathan , introduced me to Sufism, he bought me to the Dargah Bahuddin Shah Baba Marines Lines.

I visited this Shrine every Thursdays but at the same time going to Hazrat Abbas s Dargah at Dongri was a must too.

Fazal took me to Bismillah Shah Babas Dargah at VT , and the secluded one at RC Church in a military encampment , which just completed its Urus and locals are not allowed I am told because of security reasons.

Than came 17 years of alcohol I stopped all forms of religious activity.

I began going to Chor Bazar where I met Fahad Pahan,the son of the late Pesh Imam of Maqdoom Shah Baba Dargah , I had given up booze, I had reformed, he introduced me to Sakib the florist who invited me to shoot his Sandal at Mahim and the Rafaee acts of body piercing by Firoze Rafaee ..exponent of the Rafaee Art.

Through Fahad I met the Chancawalli Rafaees , late Sikandarwali Baba, who took me under his wings, thus began my journey shooting the Rafaees from one Holy Shrine to another..

I looked like a Bawa myself , I walked barefeet, than again through Sakib and Fahad I met Sarfaraz a Murid of Peersaab Fakhru Miya Hijra No6 Ajmer .

Sarfraz was my childhood friend Salims son, Salim was also Fazal Khans best friend in the old days.

He introduced me to the Peersaab Fahru Miya at Juhu ..this was the start of a Sufi journey..

I had never been to Ajmer all my life, Peersaab also took me into his wings and I began visiting Ajmer earnestly ..later on it was the Hijda attraction and their life styles that I began documenting.

One day a few years back Late Sikandar Wali Baba asked me to come to Haji Malang, I came here during Moharam, and my soul got attracted to this place, my early pictures of Haji Malang the hijdas , are here on Flickr archives, but I was not that crazy about Hijdas those days.

And I came back to Haji Malang last year with my mentor Dr Glenn Losack MD ..

This year has been bad for me , too many upheavals , marriages of my children, financial crunch, loss of my G9 Canon camera , and unending misery..till date.

I was not going to Haji Malang , Sakib called me , I had invitations from the Ketkar brothers too..my soul yearned for Haji Malang but I was crippled to Mumbai..

And than on 10 Feb 2009 I took a decision, I reached Haji Malang the Abode Of Peace .

I returned on 11 Feb 2009 , last year I made two back to back trips, but I am not young any more I tire out, my diabetic condition, my fluctuating blood sugar, and my discontinuation of morning walks at Carter Road.

So this is the magic of Haji Malang, in this series that I unfold here at Flickr, I have placed 102 files on the Uploader , this is a 4 GB Card , there is another one about 1.50GB all shot at Haji Malang.

I wont be posting the Hijda pictures today.I give myself a Hijda Break.

In a few hours from now I will head to town to shoot the Chehlum procession, and most probably participate in it too..

I only have one camera the defective Nikon D80 , so I use it to the best of my ability.

I carry the 80-200 lens but never have the opportunity to shoot with it, its a heavy one too..so I shall not take it along this time.

Yes its true I shall miss Dr Glenn Losack MD who shot the Chehlum and my head cutting called Kama Zani ..

Dr Glenn Losack snatched the dagger from my hand to cut his head I stopped him just in time ..I want him to be the Brooklyn Jew that he is.. its enough for me..it was his respect for my religiosity and his human pain he wanted to share with me and I am crying as I write this..we must convert from one human form to another human form to evolve as good human beings , this is a single greatest religiosity , without Man there is no religion at all..only a corrupt clergy calling the shots and dividing us all into fragments of human bombs..

We both are victims of a fucked life on earth Dr Losack MD and me , we both shoot Pain ..demystifying it to give you a glance of life at our end.

"There is a famous story in which the Kaiser asks Bismarck, "Can you prove the existence of God?" Bismarck replies, "The Jews, your majesty. The Jews." "

"Television and Fire"

Jeff Nisbet and Johnny Andrew Gigliotti Bailik (Godfuel)

Curated by:

Liza Mitchell

Contact:

Liza Mitchell 310-489-8998

liza4lov@aol.com

Dates:

Sept. 26th - October 29th 2009

Artist reception: Sat., Oct. 17th, 2009 6-9 PM

Preview: Sat, Sept. 26th 6-9 PM

2nd Saturday ArtWalk: Oct. 10th, 6-9 PM

Location:

309 Pine Avenue

Phantom Galleries LA Long Beach invites you to experience the imposing and vibrant paintings of Jeff Nisbet and Johnny Bailik (Godfuel). The themes of “Television and Fire” ignite the room with the two of the most culture changing inventions of humankind. Join us to explore these talented artists’ exploration and interpretations.

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Jeff Nisbet Bio

GODFUEL Bio

Jeff Nisbet Bio

‘television’ is a body of work that deals with physical application processes, light projection, and aleatory operations. It focuses on the object quality of television. Juxtaposed are tiles drawn from commercial signage, emphasizing the social politics of the television as a network for consumerism. The tiles have been consciously situated to subvert an advertising message. The true chance occurrence is the smear.

Jeff Nisbet is as an artist and curator living and working in Long Beach. After graduating with a B.F.A. in painting from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in spring 2009, he moved to Long Beach and has recently taken up the position of curator at Sipology Galerie. Jeff has been showing in Honolulu for the last three years at the Loft Gallery, the Common’s Gallery, the University of Hawaii Main Gallery, Soullenz Gallery, bar35 Bar and Gallery, and The Manifest. He has had two solo shows at the Loft Gallery, located in Honolulu’s Chinatown District, and has performed twice in April of 2008 and 2009 at Art Mania using the innards of disused computers.

www.jeffnisbet.com

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GODFUEL Bio

JOHNNY ANDREW GIGLIOTTI BAILIK (GODFUEL)

Johnny Andrew Gigliotti Bailik was born in the same steel town as the late Andy Warhol; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1989 he studied privately at the Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts and in 1992 he moved to the Cleveland, Ohio area to attend the Nationally Accredited Bliss Hall School of Fine and Performing Arts.

In 1994 Bailik organized with other fellow art students an Anti-Censorship exhibition which featured a lecture by Andres Serrano, most known for his photograph entitled "Piss Christ", as well as a speech by Dennis Barrie, who was the director of the Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinnati during the infamous Robert Mapplethorpe obscenity trial. In 1996 Bailik helped to organize a regionally legendary show entitled "Spectacle", a multi-media, collaborative, outdoor performance that contained everything from static art to interactive sculpture to extravagant performance art.

Bailik's travels and life as an artist has also made it possible for him to meet such artists as Paul Jenkins, Dennis Oppenheim, Julian Schnabel, Ed Moses, Mark DiSuvero, Dennis Hopper, and Robert Rauschenberg to name a few, as well as to work with artists of varying degrees and aesthetics.

Since 1991 Bailik's work has been primarily painting, but has also included sculpture, video, and installations. It has been displayed internationally in contemporary and modern museums, commercial galleries, and private collections. He has also won awards and grants in multi-media, video installation, and painting. Bailik moved to Los Angeles, California at the end of 1999. He states, "I have been profoundly affected by the 'City of Angels'. The energy, spirituality, diversity, the eclecticism of the culture and the land has altered my work dramatically. It is a beautiful time and place to explore." Johnny Bailik continues to live and work in his Venice studio.

(awards)

2000, 2003, 2004; J. Miletta Award in Painting

1997; Stephen Stackhouse Memorial Award in Art

1996, 1997; Butler Institute of American Art Award

1994 - 1997; Florence Simon Beecher Art Grant

1993 - 1997; Bliss Hall Fine Art Scholarship

1993; John Mitchell Award in Design

(education)

1997; BFA (Painting), Bliss Hall, Youngstown, OH.

1992; Hoyt Institute of Fine Art, Pittsburgh, PA.

(exhibitions)

2009, Phantom Galleries LA., Long Beach, CA.

2009, T. Lambert Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

2008, Joined Medea Gallery, San Pedro, CA.

2007, Final Round Art Dubai, Dubai U.A.E.

2007, DCA Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

2006, Group Show, The Brick House, Venice, CA.

2006, Group Show, Montagna Galleria, Rome, Italy

2005, DCA Gallery, Venice, CA.

2004, Joined DCA Gallery, Venice, CA.

2003, Group Show, Cleenewerck Group Show, Venice, CA.

2003, Group Show, T. Lambert Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

2001, Private Show, Curated by Kaat Cleenewerck, Venice, CA.

2001, Group Show, Montagna Galleria, Rome, Italy

2001, Solo Exhibit, Pergandy Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

2001; Solo Exhibit, T. Lambert Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

2000, Group Show, gallerie 119, Bruxelles, Belgium

1999; Solo Exhibit, T. Lambert Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

1998; Group show of selected Abstract Painting, T. Lambert Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.

1998; Solo Exhibit, Pergandy Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

1997; Solo Exhibit, "The Dissolution Series", The Artists Guild, Warren, OH.

1997; "Collaborative Project", selected group, site specific installation, Cleveland, OH.

1997; Selected pieces from "The Dissolution Series", Cedar Gallery, Youngstown, OH.

1997; Senior Exhibition, McDonough Museum of Art

1997; Juried Exhibition, McDonough Museum of Art

1996; "Spectacle", a multi-media, collaborative, outdoor performance, Cleveland, OH.

1996; Juried Exhibition, McDonough Museum of Art

1995; Juried "Works on Paper", McDonough Museum of Art

1995; "D2" Group show, Cleveland, OH.

1994; Anti-Censorship Exhibit, Bliss Gallery, Youngstown, OH.

1994; Juried Exhibition, McDonough Museum of Art

1994; Juried "Works on Paper", McDonough Museum of Art

1993; Juried Exhibition, McDonough Museum of Art

1992; Hoyt Institute of Art, Pittsburgh, PA.

1991; Hoyt Institute of Art, Pittsburgh, PA.

(positions)

2003; Ace Institute of Contemporary Art, Installations Preparator, Los Angeles, CA.

2000 - 2009; godfuel studios, Creative Director, Venice, CA.

1997; Gallery Preparator, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH.

1994 - 1997; Installations Coordinator, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH.

1993 - 1996; "The Art Association" Officer, Cleveland, OH.

(publications)

"Kunst en Culture" magazine - 2000

"Deze Week in Brussel" weekly newspaper - 2000

"The Art of Digital Imaging: Principles & Processes" by Jon Krasner 1998

"Pig Iron Press" publication featuring an article on Bailik’s work, which also covered work by Andres Serrano - 1994

Girl In black dress wearing tights dancing

This one defining skill, accomplished even by a baby, determines who and what we are. This "simple" skill has shaped us and the world around us.

500px.com/stevecorey

"Television and Fire"

Jeff Nisbet and Johnny Andrew Gigliotti Bailik (Godfuel)

Curated by:

Liza Mitchell

Contact:

Liza Mitchell 310-489-8998

liza4lov@aol.com

Dates:

Sept. 26th - October 29th 2009

Artist reception: Sat., Oct. 17th, 2009 6-9 PM

Preview: Sat, Sept. 26th 6-9 PM

2nd Saturday ArtWalk: Oct. 10th, 6-9 PM

Location:

309 Pine Avenue

Phantom Galleries LA Long Beach invites you to experience the imposing and vibrant paintings of Jeff Nisbet and Johnny Bailik (Godfuel). The themes of “Television and Fire” ignite the room with the two of the most culture changing inventions of humankind. Join us to explore these talented artists’ exploration and interpretations.

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Jeff Nisbet Bio

GODFUEL Bio

Jeff Nisbet Bio

‘television’ is a body of work that deals with physical application processes, light projection, and aleatory operations. It focuses on the object quality of television. Juxtaposed are tiles drawn from commercial signage, emphasizing the social politics of the television as a network for consumerism. The tiles have been consciously situated to subvert an advertising message. The true chance occurrence is the smear.

Jeff Nisbet is as an artist and curator living and working in Long Beach. After graduating with a B.F.A. in painting from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in spring 2009, he moved to Long Beach and has recently taken up the position of curator at Sipology Galerie. Jeff has been showing in Honolulu for the last three years at the Loft Gallery, the Common’s Gallery, the University of Hawaii Main Gallery, Soullenz Gallery, bar35 Bar and Gallery, and The Manifest. He has had two solo shows at the Loft Gallery, located in Honolulu’s Chinatown District, and has performed twice in April of 2008 and 2009 at Art Mania using the innards of disused computers.

www.jeffnisbet.com

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GODFUEL Bio

JOHNNY ANDREW GIGLIOTTI BAILIK (GODFUEL)

Johnny Andrew Gigliotti Bailik was born in the same steel town as the late Andy Warhol; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1989 he studied privately at the Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts and in 1992 he moved to the Cleveland, Ohio area to attend the Nationally Accredited Bliss Hall School of Fine and Performing Arts.

In 1994 Bailik organized with other fellow art students an Anti-Censorship exhibition which featured a lecture by Andres Serrano, most known for his photograph entitled "Piss Christ", as well as a speech by Dennis Barrie, who was the director of the Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinnati during the infamous Robert Mapplethorpe obscenity trial. In 1996 Bailik helped to organize a regionally legendary show entitled "Spectacle", a multi-media, collaborative, outdoor performance that contained everything from static art to interactive sculpture to extravagant performance art.

Bailik's travels and life as an artist has also made it possible for him to meet such artists as Paul Jenkins, Dennis Oppenheim, Julian Schnabel, Ed Moses, Mark DiSuvero, Dennis Hopper, and Robert Rauschenberg to name a few, as well as to work with artists of varying degrees and aesthetics.

Since 1991 Bailik's work has been primarily painting, but has also included sculpture, video, and installations. It has been displayed internationally in contemporary and modern museums, commercial galleries, and private collections. He has also won awards and grants in multi-media, video installation, and painting. Bailik moved to Los Angeles, California at the end of 1999. He states, "I have been profoundly affected by the 'City of Angels'. The energy, spirituality, diversity, the eclecticism of the culture and the land has altered my work dramatically. It is a beautiful time and place to explore." Johnny Bailik continues to live and work in his Venice studio.

(awards)

2000, 2003, 2004; J. Miletta Award in Painting

1997; Stephen Stackhouse Memorial Award in Art

1996, 1997; Butler Institute of American Art Award

1994 - 1997; Florence Simon Beecher Art Grant

1993 - 1997; Bliss Hall Fine Art Scholarship

1993; John Mitchell Award in Design

(education)

1997; BFA (Painting), Bliss Hall, Youngstown, OH.

1992; Hoyt Institute of Fine Art, Pittsburgh, PA.

(exhibitions)

2009, Phantom Galleries LA., Long Beach, CA.

2009, T. Lambert Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

2008, Joined Medea Gallery, San Pedro, CA.

2007, Final Round Art Dubai, Dubai U.A.E.

2007, DCA Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

2006, Group Show, The Brick House, Venice, CA.

2006, Group Show, Montagna Galleria, Rome, Italy

2005, DCA Gallery, Venice, CA.

2004, Joined DCA Gallery, Venice, CA.

2003, Group Show, Cleenewerck Group Show, Venice, CA.

2003, Group Show, T. Lambert Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

2001, Private Show, Curated by Kaat Cleenewerck, Venice, CA.

2001, Group Show, Montagna Galleria, Rome, Italy

2001, Solo Exhibit, Pergandy Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

2001; Solo Exhibit, T. Lambert Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

2000, Group Show, gallerie 119, Bruxelles, Belgium

1999; Solo Exhibit, T. Lambert Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

1998; Group show of selected Abstract Painting, T. Lambert Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.

1998; Solo Exhibit, Pergandy Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

1997; Solo Exhibit, "The Dissolution Series", The Artists Guild, Warren, OH.

1997; "Collaborative Project", selected group, site specific installation, Cleveland, OH.

1997; Selected pieces from "The Dissolution Series", Cedar Gallery, Youngstown, OH.

1997; Senior Exhibition, McDonough Museum of Art

1997; Juried Exhibition, McDonough Museum of Art

1996; "Spectacle", a multi-media, collaborative, outdoor performance, Cleveland, OH.

1996; Juried Exhibition, McDonough Museum of Art

1995; Juried "Works on Paper", McDonough Museum of Art

1995; "D2" Group show, Cleveland, OH.

1994; Anti-Censorship Exhibit, Bliss Gallery, Youngstown, OH.

1994; Juried Exhibition, McDonough Museum of Art

1994; Juried "Works on Paper", McDonough Museum of Art

1993; Juried Exhibition, McDonough Museum of Art

1992; Hoyt Institute of Art, Pittsburgh, PA.

1991; Hoyt Institute of Art, Pittsburgh, PA.

(positions)

2003; Ace Institute of Contemporary Art, Installations Preparator, Los Angeles, CA.

2000 - 2009; godfuel studios, Creative Director, Venice, CA.

1997; Gallery Preparator, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH.

1994 - 1997; Installations Coordinator, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH.

1993 - 1996; "The Art Association" Officer, Cleveland, OH.

(publications)

"Kunst en Culture" magazine - 2000

"Deze Week in Brussel" weekly newspaper - 2000

"The Art of Digital Imaging: Principles & Processes" by Jon Krasner 1998

"Pig Iron Press" publication featuring an article on Bailik’s work, which also covered work by Andres Serrano - 1994

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Subject: A walking work of art, Gregory Da Silva is more than an odd spectacle...

Contact : Gregory da silva Cape Town South Africa Cellphone: 0737507923

Email: eggman@galmail.co.za

A walking work of art, Gregory Da Silva is more than an odd spectacle - he is a symbol of Africa's many diverse cultures...

A Symbol of African Unity

In the first heady years of the African Union, the world's eyes are increasingly turned to the continent from which humankind first appeared. Beneath the seemingly impenetrable mask of violence portrayed in popular media, lies a living and thriving cultural climate which Des Warde finds well depicted by West African street artist Gregory Da Silva.

The outfit always turns heads, and each day it boasts a new feature, a new symbol of an African culture or practice.

His headdress weighs up to twenty five kilograms, his body is armoured with artifacts and his face painted with tribal patterns and an undying smile. Each day, Gregory Da Silva presents the city centre with a new display of his symbolic art.

Gregory's voice is lively and he repeatedly offers phrases and words in French. Born in Benin, West Africa, 1979, he was trained in computer science at university, but went on to found a theatre group in Benin called 'Voice of Spirit' or 'Voix de l'Esprit' which performed politically motivated as well as comic and poetic theatre at the Benin National Library.

After receiving an invitation to perform at the MASA - Market for African Performing Arts - Festival in the Ivory Coast in 2003, where he represented his country, Benin, for a week before flying to South Africa. He sold his creations at the V&A Waterfront and began to grace the streets of Cape Town with his unique form of art. It was so unique it initially led the bemused Cape Town police to put him in the back of their car and call their superiors for advice! Naturally they were advised them to let him go and Gregory now enjoys a good relationship with the city authorities...

My attention is soon turned to his artifact-laden tunic which Gregory says is about "all African tradition, all African culture[s]" and he goes on to explain some of the more prominent objects displayed.

"Everything must be life,

everything must shine, and be positive"

First, he points out the clusters of sea shells hanging around his neck, saying that in Africa these shells were "old money" and once used as currency. He explains the eggs on his head dress as being symbolic of life and says "everything must be life, everything must shine, [and] be positive". Next his hands grab the arcane black bottle near his waist to explain that in his culture, the Sangoma people would place "good spirits" in a bottle, with which they would "heal sick people [they] passed while walking on the roads".

The broken shards of mirror found on his chest bear similar spiritual significance, and are often worn by Voodoo people in Africa and are said to be a kind of window into the spiritual world, and a "way to talk to [their] ancestor[s]".

Gregory says his main inspiration or motivation is to "make people laugh" and "make people happy" and to represent different African cultures. He says he always thinks "how we can put all of Africa together to make [it] one", adding that "not one country can be forgotten".

When he is travelling in Africa, be it in Senegal, Cameroon, Mali or the Congo, the local people invariably look at him and say "ahh, that is our culture" as they see something of their own represented. "All Africa is in my clothes" he says, drawing attention again to his peerless suit.

When not walking St. Georges Mall or Green Market Square, Gregory features at the Grahamstown festival, the Hermanus Whale Festival, has been hired to receive guests at hotels and airports, and has also appeared on SABC 2 and E-TV News.

He is very popular with tourists, especially those from Italy, England, America and Germany, who frequently ask why he does not come over and do his thing in their own country. But he says his focus is on Africa. Pictures of him certainly do get back to their countries though, as Gregory says everyday "hundreds" of pictures are taken of himself, usually posing with the tourists.

Asked about his dreams and ambitions, Gregory (or the "Egg Man" or "Ei man" as he is also known) says that this year he is planning on starting an art school, which is part of his 'Project For Africa' for this year. He wants to impart creative knowledge to South African youth, giving them the power to create beautiful things and also to support themselves, all part of his ultimate venerable ambition to "[bring] Africa together to make one".

Indeed, and good luck to him.

Egg On His Face But He's Happy

Gregory da silva, A Symbol of African Unity

Who is that Guy with all the Eggs on his head that you see at all the bestest Festivals in South Africa ? His name is gregory da Silva - An Artist Comedian, Storyteller, dancer from Benin West Africa. Gregory da Silva ( Egg Man ) was born in Benin West Africa, Voodoo Country. He speaks French and English and is staying in Cape Town South Africa. Gregory da silva has appeared at many Festivals in Africa and is presently staying in Cape Town South Africa. Gregory has appeared at many Festivals in Africa :

The Masa Festival 2003 ( market for African Performing Arts) in Ivory coast West Africa,

The grahamstown Festival South African National Art Festival,

The Hermanus Whales festival,

The Darling festival, The Gariep Kimberley Festival, Innibos Film Festival Nelspruit Mpumanlanga,

Moorresberg farm Shows,

The Biltong Castle Larger Festival in Somerset East South africa,

The Stellenbosch Street Festival,

The Simonstown Penguin Festival South Africa. He performs every day in Market square Cape Town and adds an air of rio - style festivity wherever he performs. Many Tourrists from Germany, England, America, Italy, France, Belguim call Gregory : The Egg man, or Chicken Man. Very famous in Africa.

AFRICAN EXTRAVAGANZA : The National Arts Festival had its usual colourful start in Grahamstown South Africa. Here Gregory da Silva from Benin, West Africa, wears headgear adorned with African artifacts. Gregory da Silva has becomes an Institution at the National Art festival Grahamstown. Picture by ALAN EASON

A festival favourite for many years, the ubiquitous "Eggman" was back at the 2006 National Arts Festival, making an appearance at the Village Green (CuePix/daylin paul)

ABOUT EXHIBIT-A ®

Exhibit-A is not only about clothing, but bringing forth unique and innovative craftsmanship and textures inspired by nature, significant of immense passion by artists. Here artists from all over, meet together to plan out an exquisite piece of art to be crafted out and presented through apparels. However, as mentioned, it primarily focusses on wearables of art and lifestyle pieces, thus turning out into artistic_accessory enterprise rather just apparels.

The antique Exhibit-A_collection of art signifies diverse art styles, from the collaboration of unique artists, who put a lot of priceless efforts in making of these passionately crafted products, excelling in quality as well as traditional textures and detailing. The greatest inspiration comes from essentialism of nature, serving humankind to be nurtured under its shelter. Our naturally elevated designs and techniques are blend of contemporary and traditional culture. The gender neutral varieties of products are deliciously made, maintaining a delicate balance between masculinity and femineity.

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•Artistic apparels in Exhibit-A includes stratosphere jacket, crafted passionately by artists. Unlike its name, stratosphere jacket is actually a reshaped deconstructed take on formal shirt, creatively designed with color combinations similar to sky. It features usage of premium vegan leather, unlined construction and covered matte buttons in its making. Raw materials indulge 55% premium Polyester and 45% Polyurethane. The exclusive leather jacket signifies simplicity and adorable organic charm.

•Made from hand-knitted refined lambswool, the knit-down sweater is a female winter wear, with a perfect light-weight, embracing comfort. It's ideal for occasional as well as daily purposes. The purely extracted lambswool provides perfect warmth and rib knit helps it achieve a relaxed structure and elevated style. It features a bold oversized collar with a plunging neckline and drop shoulders. The rib-knit contributes to an enhanced, unique texture to the garment.

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• The Briefcase section consists of another passionately built Accordian briefcase bag crafted using premium veg tanned leather. It comprises five compartments to fit all your business essentials, including a laptop sleeve, cardholders and easy access through the front flap secured with a push clip. The unisex briefcase comes with dimensions of 11×14.75×5" (H×L×W). It's shell comprising 100 percent leather gives a glossy touch to the briefcase and offers a versatile look to the user.

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Coming up with such diverse garment varieties, we promise, you won't feel to take your eyes off. Such great pieces of attention seeking garment segment by artists excelling in terms of traditions, will sway your heart, and let express the inside you. It's long we left our culture, lost somewhere in the shine of looking forward. Come lets meet again with traditions, Let's immerse in cultures at Exhibit-A.

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PERU: THE CITY OF MACHU PICCHU

The City of Machu Picchu is world-wide considered to be one of the most famous archaeological rests of humankind. This legacy of the ancient Peruvians, builded astride among abysses of the valley of the Urubamba river, covered with vegetation, is a true city of an incredible giddiness. The City is builded in stone among the flanks of two hills belonging to the eastern mountain range of the Andes, descending into the Amazonian upper and its design gives us a clear idea of a rational organisation.

To reach it the traveller has two choices: there are auto-trams or trains to be taken in the City of Cusco until kilometre 110. Once arriving to the foot of one of the high hills a bus must be taken in Puente Ruinas (Ruinas Bridge), which gos through a spectacular road until reaching the terrace with a tourist hotel is found. From here you set out by foot to meet the ruins, located at 2,300 meters above the sea level. The alternative is the fantastic Inca Walk or Inca Trail.

Machu Picchu is enclosed by the high hills Huayna Picchu to the north; Cutija to the south; Putucusi to the east; and by the Ccollipani valley to the west. The ride leas to the entrance of the city and to various outside stone staircases which communicate towards different sections of the citadel. And it truly results impressive for the visitor to contemplate the achievements of the Inca architects, having building this stone citadel among peaks and abysses.

The mysterious city is well preserved.

Surrounding the whole citadel there are rests of the rampart measuring 5 meters per 1.80 of thickness which, according to archaeologists, makes evident a military and defensive outlook. It is calculated that there are some three thousand steps leading to squares, worship, places, houses, tillage platforms and sepulchers. In that way, a ten-door oriel is found, overlooking the citadel. Nothing has been left at random.

The military bastion raises in a semicircular shape and showing two windows. The finishing of the walls is perfect. To the north stands the Doorway of the Amarus, which entrance is formed by two perrons with diverse orifices which, it is asserted, were made for breeding vipers.

Behind the bastion there is a quadrangular court. It has walls of 4 metres height. In this place it can be appreciated nine vaulted-niches together with its stone nails. Next to the Doorway of the Amarus there is a square fountain showing an engraving seat with capacity for four persons.

The Palace of the Inca, formed by a corridor, a court and three rooms with vaulted-niches, is builded in the middle of Machu Picchu. Here is the Holy Square, of 60 square metres area, where main buildings converge, including those of religious service. The first of these is the Three-Window Temple, with three walls and same number of windows; walls are disposed in the style of an altar. The Sacerdotal Mansion is the third one. There, in an enormous room lived the High Priest , the Willac Umo.

Going up through a perron of 78 steps, you arrive to the Holy Square, where the four terraces of the Intihuatana are placed, which top is a regular polygonal. In the middle raises a quadrangular prism that served as sundial.

With regard to the oldness of Machu Picchu there are various views. The majority asserts that it is an evident sample of the Inca architecture.

I took this picture in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino. A huge display just inside the reception area celebrated the Chinese New Year. I thought this was so odd because it was about the weekend of Valentine's Day, and I figured Vegas would capitalize on it, i.e. all of the wedding chapels galore. Instead, a huge approximately 40 foot Chinese idol with massive looking gold coins strewn beneath it was the focus. The only place we found in town celebrating Valentine's Day was Walmart.

Though my hubby and I enjoyed the short vacation we took in Vegas through many of the sights and sounds that were family friendly, this aspect of blatant idol worship disturbed me. Though the displays all over town celebrating this festival were very alluring as noted above in this picture I took, those things that it represented to me is perhaps the core of humankind's separation from God--the love of money and sin. When I read these passages listed below during one of my devotions, I was reminded of the pictures I shot in Vegas and decided to post them on my flickr site:

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes, but they cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths. Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them. (Psalm 135:15-18, NIV)

The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood--idols that cannot see or hear or walk. Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts. (Revelation 9:20-21, NIV)

The result of of the love of money and sin brought to mind these like passages:

He said to me, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son. But the cowardly, the unbelieving the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters, and all liars--their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death." (Revelation 21:6-8, NIV)

Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:14-15, NIV)

The Good News after reading these very convicting passages can be found in passages like these that sum up the whole purpose of the Lord, bringing to light our many failings:

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9, NIV)

The cool thing about this grace and righteousness given freely to us as a gift is that it has a wonderful side effect: We no longer desire or love to sin because His power touches us and are inclined instead to desire to do good and love (Romans 6:1 to 8:14 and Deuteronomy 5:29). This effect does not come by reading and studying and memorizing Scripture, though it is most certainly advantageous: Through it, we discover what sin is in order to agree with Him that it is wrong and it encourages us to do good and to love and to show ourselves approved and to fellowship with Him and others along with exhorting and rebuking us in Him, etc. (1 Corinthians 1:17 to 2:16). This new desire/inclination, instead, comes through His power poured on us through His Heavenly Waterfall and His Blood and His Breath (John 19:34-35, 1 John 5:7-8, John 3:3-18, Acts 8:15-17, Acts 10:47-48, Matthew 28:19-20, Acts 19:1-7, John 20:21-22, Acts 1:5-8, Acts 2:1-4, Matthew 3:11).

Thus, the love of money (or that which is worldly) and sin within us dies

and the love to do good and to love comes to life within us, making us new creatures in Him. We no longer feel, then, when someone tells us something is sin through Scripture that he/she is trying to ruin our fun. Rather, we see it as though we are being called on by God to be in agreement with Him and that He is looking out for us because we believe He is Good. Though we may still end up sinning, the important thing is that we no longer desire/love to sin (Romans 7:15-16). The benefit of this dying and cleansing of the old sinfully desirous self is that we inherit eternal life in Christ Jesus in this life and when we physically die because we will be resurrected in both spirit and then body as Jesus was (Romans 6:23, Romans 8:17, Romans 10:9-13, 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 and 12-2 and 35-57, 1 John 4:2-3, John chapters 20-21, Luke chapter 24, Mark chapter 16, Matthew 28:1-10, Acts 1:1-3) .

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Prayer of Salvation and Fullness

If anyone reading this post has not accepted Jesus in this way to be cleansed from the love/desire of money (the worldly) and sin, may I implore the reader to do so now. If he/she doesn't know how, one may just pray something like this:

Dear, Heavenly Father, I believe You and Your Word that I have sinned. I'm so sorry for loving that which You hate and now agree with you that sin is not fun but harmful and that You are only trying to look out for me. I realize now that You are Good...so Good, in fact, that you sent Your Only Begotten Son Christ Jesus to take my place in punishment for this sin I have committed against You and others, past, present, and future. Please forgive me and cleanse me from all of this sin through Jesus' Heavenly Water and Blood poured down on me miraculously from You.

In all of these things, please just mercifully and graciously give me all of the fullness of spiritual blessings that You have in store for me, to inherit all that You Jesus so lovingly and diligently worked for. In Christ Jesus' Name, I ask You for all of this and thank and praise You for doing so.

Many people think that this kind of prayer is not necessary in receiving Christ Jesus. However, just like a marriage ceremony (or what used to be an engagement ceremony in Old Testament times) is not absolutely necessary to be married, it helps humans to have a particular event signify a new direction in life as a kind of anchor or compass in order to hold fast to a commitment made to another. I hope and pray anyone reading this post will be moved to do so.

© 4-30-2009 Victoria Tribby

[201940]

6th Annual Rogers Santa Claus Parade-benefiting the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society

photos by Ron Sombilon Gallery

www.FoodBank.BC.ca

www.RogersSantaClausParade.com

www.RonSombilonGallery.com

Event Management by Pace Group

www.PaceGroup.com

Sponsor - Cofunds

Artist - Oliver Dean

Design - 'Animal Mineral'

What inspired the design?

This design was inspired by Darwin’s Theory of evolution and the role of humankind in protecting vulnerable species.

The Giraffe stands as a clear example of “Decent with modification” through its distinctive features. Over generations, animals respond to environmental survival requirements through every biologically conceivable manner.

This striking design would mean the giraffe would be recovered in a reflective metal as an extract of mineral sourced from the home of the giraffe) to demonstrate that not only do wild animals evolve to “Reflect” survival needs but as humans we are responsible for the welfare and longevity of animals who are affected by our excavation of minerals from fragile environments.

In this Artwork, the giraffe’s identity is disguised/or shrouded by the mineral that surrounds it.

About the Sponsor

Cofunds is an ‘investment platform’. That means we enable people to buy investments simply through financial advisers and other institutions such as stockbrokers and banks. We provide the technology, tools and services to enable them to manage investments in one place, securely and online.

We’re independent as we don’t give advice and we don’t sell our own products. We launched in 2001 and are now the UK's largest platform, looking after over £40 billion of investments on behalf of roughly 800,000 people.

We employ around 700 staff and have offices in the City of London and Chelmsford, Essex.

We aim to work together as ‘One Cofunds’. This means we collaborate across our departments, so we’re all ultimately working towards our purpose ‘We make investing easier for our customers and the investors they serve.

Visit Cofunds at www.cofunds.co.uk

About the Artist

Oliver Dean is a Colchester based illustrator and community artist. He offers a flexible approach to community arts, working with groups of all ages, across a range of media and always exploring the creativity of those involved.

His illustrations focus on providing humour and originality. Oliver is currently self publishing his first children’s book; Permanent Barker, which was funded through the crowd funding website; Kickstarter.

Vida Spa at the Westin Bayshore Vancouver.

photos by Ron Sombilon Gallery

www.Vidawellness.com

www.WestinBayShore.com

www.RonSombilonGallery.com

24h Radio broadcast performance from CoseCosmiche.

humankind.voyage/

16 - 17 december 2018

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Photos by Matteo Castellani

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24 hour live radio performance of sound, poetry and radio works inspired by the Universe.

Where: CoseCosmiche, Via Aleardi 11, Milan

Start: 16.00, 16th December 2018 (SUN), km 0

End: 16.15, 17th December 2018 (PLUTO), km 5.906.376.272

Radio webstream (active on 16th December): humankind.voyage:8000/spaceradio

FM: 97.3 (CoseCosmiche area)

BROADCASTING TIMETABLE: humankind.voyage

Broadcast by Alan Alpenfelt

Random Synth sound generator by Luca Xelius Martegani

Shop design: Paolo Di Benedetto

ARTISTS

Tomomi Adachi / Alan Alpenfelt / Giuliana Altamura / Alvax / Ashtoreth & Anja Aerts / Sofía Bertomeu / Vanni Bianconi / Bluenoid / Brandon Boan / Pamela Breda / Dario Buccini / Distant Fires Burning / Canary Burton & Marylou Blakeslee / Joan Cambon / Catenation / Claudio Cavalli / Gustavo Chab / Caro C / CLARA / WORRAN feat. Maud Marique & Rebecca Glover / Athena Corcoran-Tadd / Marc Cosmic / DAGGER MOTH & Marc Ribot / Maroulita De Kol / Cláudio de Pina / Marco Dibeltulu / Hazal Döleneken / Abby Donovan / Ceel Mogami de Haas / Dr Hanzo / Ducks! / Kaj Duncan David & Martin Lau / BA Denigris / Giorgio Dursi / Duty / Exotikdot / Jurgen Fonteijn / Chelidon Frame / Nicola Frattegiani / Zeno Gabaglio / Alessandro Gaffuri & Alice Diacono / Alessandro Gambato / Ghosts of Electricity / Ian Gibbins / Gigsta / Penelope Gkika / Mark Goodwin / Jared Green / Guili Guili Goulag / Stelios Hadjithomas / Ursula Häse / Werner Hasler / Juliana Herrero / Kathryn Hummel / Olga Kokcharova / Antoine Läng / Dominique LeGendre / Nicole L'Huillier & Daniela Catrileo / Lite Orchestra / LucidBLN / Luminance / William Memotone / Stephanie Merchak / Muzikačaka / Alyssa Moxley / Necromishka / Guan Ng Chor / Oikoi / Moggy Ogara / Olga Palomäki / Claudio Parodi / Georgia Pazarloglou / Mario Pegoraro / Pic Nic Radio / Fred Poulet / prOphecy sun / Rodrigo Quintanilha / Andrew Reddy / George Ridgway / Francesca Ruberto / Pekka Sassi / Katharina Schmidt / SciFiSol / Hannah Silva / Anna Stereopoulou / Syrenomelia / Lorenzo Tamai / Tavishi / Temple Music / The little typists / Walt Thisney / Vincent Tholomé / Tribes of Europe / TJ Thompson / Tonylight / Dixie Treichel / VaathV / Massimiliano Viel / Sally Walmsley / Hannah Woźniak / El Wud / Xelius / Angelina Yershova / Billy Yfantis

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ENGLISH (Italiano sotto)

The performing arts company V XX ZWEETZ in collaboration with the music label Human Kind Records has invited poets, artists and musicians to send sound works inspired by the Universe. These works will be transmitted via webradio and FM during a 24 hour radio performance from 16 to 17 December 2018 in Milan, at the Athur Cravan Foundation and thanks to the support of Cosmic Things.

During the 24 hours starting from 4pm on Sunday 16 December 2018 (GTM+1), the shop facing via Aleardi 11 in Milan will be transformed into a 'spaceship' in which an astronaut will spend a day immersed in the spatial sound.

The astronaut believes that peaceful places on Earth barely exist anymore and have been exhaustively explored, as have metaphysical ones. So he chooses Outer Space where he can freely listen and perceive himself immersed inside infinity. While drifting, he shares with us the sounds he encounters.

He will travel for 24 hours through the Solar System starting from the Sun and reaching Pluto. On his way, he will meet objects and planets that will activate the sound works collected during the "call". The rest of the journey, when no object or planet is encountered, will be defined by sounds generated randomly by a Synthesizer. The total duration of the trip is 5,906,376,272 km corresponding to 4,101,650 km for each minute of transmission.

The public can access the spacecraft freely at any time to listen to the trip with him. They can feed him, send him letters and postcards, play chess and help him spend the time when he feels alone.

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Powered in collaboration with Cose Cosmiche & V XX Zweetz

Sustained by ProHelvetia | SRKS/FSRC

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How the project was born:

It started when a sound poem on Mercury was composed as a commission by Radio Pic Nic (Bruxelles) to create works for the Sviluppo-Parallelo exhibition in 2016 at the Luzern Kunstmuseum, Switzerland.

The innate passion towards the vastness and mystery related to the Universe was so intriguing that it inspired Human Kind Records to invite other artists to contribute to something bigger.

Through the networking art concept “Freundeskreis” (circles of friends), nine artist collectives were chosen to compose for nine planets. They were invited to Milan on the 27th March 2017 for a one day lab and concert at the Galleria Giuseppe Pero. Together with art residency project CoseCosmiche and astrophysicist Luca Valenziano, we shared amongst us our artistic curiosities and responses towards the planets and the Universe.

The artists then selected their planets and returned to their own worlds to create their works.

As we know (or think we know…) Space does not stop expanding. Human Kind Records therefore decided to create a Universe of its own: humankind.voyage .

Mercy Hospital of Folsom nurses showing humankindness during National Nurses week.

24h Radio broadcast performance from CoseCosmiche.

humankind.voyage/

16 - 17 december 2018

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Photos by Matteo Castellani

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24 hour live radio performance of sound, poetry and radio works inspired by the Universe.

Where: CoseCosmiche, Via Aleardi 11, Milan

Start: 16.00, 16th December 2018 (SUN), km 0

End: 16.15, 17th December 2018 (PLUTO), km 5.906.376.272

Radio webstream (active on 16th December): humankind.voyage:8000/spaceradio

FM: 97.3 (CoseCosmiche area)

BROADCASTING TIMETABLE: humankind.voyage

Broadcast by Alan Alpenfelt

Random Synth sound generator by Luca Xelius Martegani

Shop design: Paolo Di Benedetto

ARTISTS

Tomomi Adachi / Alan Alpenfelt / Giuliana Altamura / Alvax / Ashtoreth & Anja Aerts / Sofía Bertomeu / Vanni Bianconi / Bluenoid / Brandon Boan / Pamela Breda / Dario Buccini / Distant Fires Burning / Canary Burton & Marylou Blakeslee / Joan Cambon / Catenation / Claudio Cavalli / Gustavo Chab / Caro C / CLARA / WORRAN feat. Maud Marique & Rebecca Glover / Athena Corcoran-Tadd / Marc Cosmic / DAGGER MOTH & Marc Ribot / Maroulita De Kol / Cláudio de Pina / Marco Dibeltulu / Hazal Döleneken / Abby Donovan / Ceel Mogami de Haas / Dr Hanzo / Ducks! / Kaj Duncan David & Martin Lau / BA Denigris / Giorgio Dursi / Duty / Exotikdot / Jurgen Fonteijn / Chelidon Frame / Nicola Frattegiani / Zeno Gabaglio / Alessandro Gaffuri & Alice Diacono / Alessandro Gambato / Ghosts of Electricity / Ian Gibbins / Gigsta / Penelope Gkika / Mark Goodwin / Jared Green / Guili Guili Goulag / Stelios Hadjithomas / Ursula Häse / Werner Hasler / Juliana Herrero / Kathryn Hummel / Olga Kokcharova / Antoine Läng / Dominique LeGendre / Nicole L'Huillier & Daniela Catrileo / Lite Orchestra / LucidBLN / Luminance / William Memotone / Stephanie Merchak / Muzikačaka / Alyssa Moxley / Necromishka / Guan Ng Chor / Oikoi / Moggy Ogara / Olga Palomäki / Claudio Parodi / Georgia Pazarloglou / Mario Pegoraro / Pic Nic Radio / Fred Poulet / prOphecy sun / Rodrigo Quintanilha / Andrew Reddy / George Ridgway / Francesca Ruberto / Pekka Sassi / Katharina Schmidt / SciFiSol / Hannah Silva / Anna Stereopoulou / Syrenomelia / Lorenzo Tamai / Tavishi / Temple Music / The little typists / Walt Thisney / Vincent Tholomé / Tribes of Europe / TJ Thompson / Tonylight / Dixie Treichel / VaathV / Massimiliano Viel / Sally Walmsley / Hannah Woźniak / El Wud / Xelius / Angelina Yershova / Billy Yfantis

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ENGLISH (Italiano sotto)

The performing arts company V XX ZWEETZ in collaboration with the music label Human Kind Records has invited poets, artists and musicians to send sound works inspired by the Universe. These works will be transmitted via webradio and FM during a 24 hour radio performance from 16 to 17 December 2018 in Milan, at the Athur Cravan Foundation and thanks to the support of Cosmic Things.

During the 24 hours starting from 4pm on Sunday 16 December 2018 (GTM+1), the shop facing via Aleardi 11 in Milan will be transformed into a 'spaceship' in which an astronaut will spend a day immersed in the spatial sound.

The astronaut believes that peaceful places on Earth barely exist anymore and have been exhaustively explored, as have metaphysical ones. So he chooses Outer Space where he can freely listen and perceive himself immersed inside infinity. While drifting, he shares with us the sounds he encounters.

He will travel for 24 hours through the Solar System starting from the Sun and reaching Pluto. On his way, he will meet objects and planets that will activate the sound works collected during the "call". The rest of the journey, when no object or planet is encountered, will be defined by sounds generated randomly by a Synthesizer. The total duration of the trip is 5,906,376,272 km corresponding to 4,101,650 km for each minute of transmission.

The public can access the spacecraft freely at any time to listen to the trip with him. They can feed him, send him letters and postcards, play chess and help him spend the time when he feels alone.

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Powered in collaboration with Cose Cosmiche & V XX Zweetz

Sustained by ProHelvetia | SRKS/FSRC

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How the project was born:

It started when a sound poem on Mercury was composed as a commission by Radio Pic Nic (Bruxelles) to create works for the Sviluppo-Parallelo exhibition in 2016 at the Luzern Kunstmuseum, Switzerland.

The innate passion towards the vastness and mystery related to the Universe was so intriguing that it inspired Human Kind Records to invite other artists to contribute to something bigger.

Through the networking art concept “Freundeskreis” (circles of friends), nine artist collectives were chosen to compose for nine planets. They were invited to Milan on the 27th March 2017 for a one day lab and concert at the Galleria Giuseppe Pero. Together with art residency project CoseCosmiche and astrophysicist Luca Valenziano, we shared amongst us our artistic curiosities and responses towards the planets and the Universe.

The artists then selected their planets and returned to their own worlds to create their works.

As we know (or think we know…) Space does not stop expanding. Human Kind Records therefore decided to create a Universe of its own: humankind.voyage .

Subject: A walking work of art, Gregory Da Silva is more than an odd spectacle...

Contact : Gregory da silva Cape Town South Africa Cellphone: 0737507923

Email: eggman@galmail.co.za

A walking work of art, Gregory Da Silva is more than an odd spectacle - he is a symbol of Africa's many diverse cultures...

A Symbol of African Unity

In the first heady years of the African Union, the world's eyes are increasingly turned to the continent from which humankind first appeared. Beneath the seemingly impenetrable mask of violence portrayed in popular media, lies a living and thriving cultural climate which Des Warde finds well depicted by West African street artist Gregory Da Silva.

The outfit always turns heads, and each day it boasts a new feature, a new symbol of an African culture or practice.

His headdress weighs up to twenty five kilograms, his body is armoured with artifacts and his face painted with tribal patterns and an undying smile. Each day, Gregory Da Silva presents the city centre with a new display of his symbolic art.

Gregory's voice is lively and he repeatedly offers phrases and words in French. Born in Benin, West Africa, 1979, he was trained in computer science at university, but went on to found a theatre group in Benin called 'Voice of Spirit' or 'Voix de l'Esprit' which performed politically motivated as well as comic and poetic theatre at the Benin National Library.

After receiving an invitation to perform at the MASA - Market for African Performing Arts - Festival in the Ivory Coast in 2003, where he represented his country, Benin, for a week before flying to South Africa. He sold his creations at the V&A Waterfront and began to grace the streets of Cape Town with his unique form of art. It was so unique it initially led the bemused Cape Town police to put him in the back of their car and call their superiors for advice! Naturally they were advised them to let him go and Gregory now enjoys a good relationship with the city authorities...

My attention is soon turned to his artifact-laden tunic which Gregory says is about "all African tradition, all African culture[s]" and he goes on to explain some of the more prominent objects displayed.

"Everything must be life,

everything must shine, and be positive"

First, he points out the clusters of sea shells hanging around his neck, saying that in Africa these shells were "old money" and once used as currency. He explains the eggs on his head dress as being symbolic of life and says "everything must be life, everything must shine, [and] be positive". Next his hands grab the arcane black bottle near his waist to explain that in his culture, the Sangoma people would place "good spirits" in a bottle, with which they would "heal sick people [they] passed while walking on the roads".

The broken shards of mirror found on his chest bear similar spiritual significance, and are often worn by Voodoo people in Africa and are said to be a kind of window into the spiritual world, and a "way to talk to [their] ancestor[s]".

Gregory says his main inspiration or motivation is to "make people laugh" and "make people happy" and to represent different African cultures. He says he always thinks "how we can put all of Africa together to make [it] one", adding that "not one country can be forgotten".

When he is travelling in Africa, be it in Senegal, Cameroon, Mali or the Congo, the local people invariably look at him and say "ahh, that is our culture" as they see something of their own represented. "All Africa is in my clothes" he says, drawing attention again to his peerless suit.

When not walking St. Georges Mall or Green Market Square, Gregory features at the Grahamstown festival, the Hermanus Whale Festival, has been hired to receive guests at hotels and airports, and has also appeared on SABC 2 and E-TV News.

He is very popular with tourists, especially those from Italy, England, America and Germany, who frequently ask why he does not come over and do his thing in their own country. But he says his focus is on Africa. Pictures of him certainly do get back to their countries though, as Gregory says everyday "hundreds" of pictures are taken of himself, usually posing with the tourists.

Asked about his dreams and ambitions, Gregory (or the "Egg Man" or "Ei man" as he is also known) says that this year he is planning on starting an art school, which is part of his 'Project For Africa' for this year. He wants to impart creative knowledge to South African youth, giving them the power to create beautiful things and also to support themselves, all part of his ultimate venerable ambition to "[bring] Africa together to make one".

Indeed, and good luck to him.

Egg On His Face But He's Happy

Gregory da silva, A Symbol of African Unity

Who is that Guy with all the Eggs on his head that you see at all the bestest Festivals in South Africa ? His name is gregory da Silva - An Artist Comedian, Storyteller, dancer from Benin West Africa. Gregory da Silva ( Egg Man ) was born in Benin West Africa, Voodoo Country. He speaks French and English and is staying in Cape Town South Africa. Gregory da silva has appeared at many Festivals in Africa and is presently staying in Cape Town South Africa. Gregory has appeared at many Festivals in Africa :

The Masa Festival 2003 ( market for African Performing Arts) in Ivory coast West Africa,

The grahamstown Festival South African National Art Festival,

The Hermanus Whales festival,

The Darling festival, The Gariep Kimberley Festival, Innibos Film Festival Nelspruit Mpumanlanga,

Moorresberg farm Shows,

The Biltong Castle Larger Festival in Somerset East South africa,

The Stellenbosch Street Festival,

The Simonstown Penguin Festival South Africa. He performs every day in Market square Cape Town and adds an air of rio - style festivity wherever he performs. Many Tourrists from Germany, England, America, Italy, France, Belguim call Gregory : The Egg man, or Chicken Man. Very famous in Africa.

AFRICAN EXTRAVAGANZA : The National Arts Festival had its usual colourful start in Grahamstown South Africa. Here Gregory da Silva from Benin, West Africa, wears headgear adorned with African artifacts. Gregory da Silva has becomes an Institution at the National Art festival Grahamstown. Picture by ALAN EASON

A festival favourite for many years, the ubiquitous "Eggman" was back at the 2006 National Arts Festival, making an appearance at the Village Green (CuePix/daylin paul)

DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 22JAN16 - Jennifer Doudna, Professor of Chemistry and of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, USA, looks on during the open forum session 'Life in 2030: Humankind and the Machine' at the Annual Meeting 2016 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2016.

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/swiss-image.ch/Photo Michele Limina

I took this picture in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino. A huge display just inside the reception area celebrated the Chinese New Year. I thought this was so odd because it was about the weekend of Valentine's Day, and I figured Vegas would capitalize on it, i.e. all of the wedding chapels galore. Instead, a huge approximately 40 foot Chinese idol with massive looking gold coins strewn beneath it was the focus. The only place we found in town celebrating Valentine's Day was Walmart.

Though my hubby and I enjoyed the short vacation we took in Vegas through many of the sights and sounds that were family friendly, this aspect of blatant idol worship disturbed me. Though the displays all over town celebrating this festival were very alluring as noted above in this picture I took, those things that it represented to me is perhaps the core of humankind's separation from God--the love of money and sin. When I read these passages listed below during one of my devotions, I was reminded of the pictures I shot in Vegas and decided to post them on my flickr site:

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes, but they cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths. Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them. (Psalm 135:15-18, NIV)

The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood--idols that cannot see or hear or walk. Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts. (Revelation 9:20-21, NIV)

The result of of the love of money and sin brought to mind these like passages:

He said to me, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son. But the cowardly, the unbelieving the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters, and all liars--their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death." (Revelation 21:6-8, NIV)

Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:14-15, NIV)

The Good News after reading these very convicting passages can be found in passages like these that sum up the whole purpose of the Lord, bringing to light our many failings:

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9, NIV)

The cool thing about this grace and righteousness given freely to us as a gift is that it has a wonderful side effect: We no longer desire or love to sin because His power touches us and are inclined instead to desire to do good and love (Romans 6:1 to 8:14 and Deuteronomy 5:29). This effect does not come by reading and studying and memorizing Scripture, though it is most certainly advantageous: Through it, we discover what sin is in order to agree with Him that it is wrong and it encourages us to do good and to love and to show ourselves approved and to fellowship with Him and others along with exhorting and rebuking us in Him, etc. (1 Corinthians 1:17 to 2:16). This new desire/inclination, instead, comes through His power poured on us through His Heavenly Waterfall and His Blood and His Breath (John 19:34-35, 1 John 5:7-8, John 3:3-18, Acts 8:15-17, Acts 10:47-48, Matthew 28:19-20, Acts 19:1-7, John 20:21-22, Acts 1:5-8, Acts 2:1-4, Matthew 3:11).

Thus, the love of money (or that which is worldly) and sin within us dies

and the love to do good and to love comes to life within us, making us new creatures in Him. We no longer feel, then, when someone tells us something is sin through Scripture that he/she is trying to ruin our fun. Rather, we see it as though we are being called on by God to be in agreement with Him and that He is looking out for us because we believe He is Good. Though we may still end up sinning, the important thing is that we no longer desire/love to sin (Romans 7:15-16). The benefit of this dying and cleansing of the old sinfully desirous self is that we inherit eternal life in Christ Jesus in this life and when we physically die because we will be resurrected in both spirit and then body as Jesus was (Romans 6:23, Romans 8:17, Romans 10:9-13, 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 and 12-2 and 35-57, 1 John 4:2-3, John chapters 20-21, Luke chapter 24, Mark chapter 16, Matthew 28:1-10, Acts 1:1-3) .

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Prayer of Salvation and Fullness

If anyone reading this post has not accepted Jesus in this way to be cleansed from the love/desire of money (the worldly) and sin, may I implore the reader to do so now. If he/she doesn't know how, one may just pray something like this:

Dear, Heavenly Father, I believe You and Your Word that I have sinned. I'm so sorry for loving that which You hate and now agree with you that sin is not fun but harmful and that You are only trying to look out for me. I realize now that You are Good...so Good, in fact, that you sent Your Only Begotten Son Christ Jesus to take my place in punishment for this sin I have committed against You and others, past, present, and future. Please forgive me and cleanse me from all of this sin through Jesus' Heavenly Water and Blood poured down on me miraculously from You.

In all of these things, please just mercifully and graciously give me all of the fullness of spiritual blessings that You have in store for me, to inherit all that You Jesus so lovingly and diligently worked for. In Christ Jesus' Name, I ask You for all of this and thank and praise You for doing so.

Many people think that this kind of prayer is not necessary in receiving Christ Jesus. However, just like a marriage ceremony (or what used to be an engagement ceremony in Old Testament times) is not absolutely necessary to be married, it helps humans to have a particular event signify a new direction in life as a kind of anchor or compass in order to hold fast to a commitment made to another. I hope and pray anyone reading this post will be moved to do so.

© 4-30-2009 Victoria Tribby

…after a long walk, with the threat of heavy rain, you get to spend a good hour or two slipping and sliding, crouching and crawling along one of the oldest tunnels dug by humankind. That mud is sticky…very sticky and I’ll defy anyone to go down there and not come out covered!

It’s normal to spend a good couple of hours cleaning your camera equipment once you have been down here!

Went with a good friend Jim who, as a postman, you would have thought a long walk would have been no bother…jeez…the moaning !

All pictures copyright to www.mckenzie.photos

The full history....

The idea of a fixed link across the English Channel was first put forward in the early part of the 19th Century but concerns over national security stalled attempts to progress it.

But an Anglo-French protocol was established in 1876 for a railway tunnel under the Channel. South Eastern Railway Chairman Sir Edward Watkin and French Suez Canal contractor Alexandre Lavalley conducted exploratory works on either side of the water, coming together in 1882 under the umbrella of the Submarine Railway Company.

In 1880, No.1 shaft was sunk and a 7-foot diameter pilot tunnel begun below Abbot's Cliff, between Dover and Folkestone, 10 feet above high water level. The driving force was Captain Thomas English's rotary boring machine - 33 feet in length and powered by compressed air - which was capable of cutting 5/16" for every rotation of its cutting head, at a rate of two revolutions per minute and almost half-a-mile per month. It was though hoped that this performance could be improved over time.

In February 1881, with about 800 feet driven and the machine proven, work was refocused at a site further along the coast, accessed via the 160-foot No.2 shaft at Shakespeare Cliff. Here another pilot tunnel was started under the foreshore, progressing through lower grey chalk towards a meeting with the French pilot tunnel - which was extending from Sangatte - 11 miles out to sea. This phase of the work was expected to be complete by 1886. Machinery was being developed which would then have enlarged the heading to 14 feet in diameter before a 2-foot thick concrete lining was inserted. The approach railways would fall on a gradient of 1:80 before reaching a depth of 150 feet below the sea bed. Operational ventilation would be provided by the compressed-air locomotives used to haul the trains.

But 1882 saw the government call a halt, worried about the military implications of a land-link to Europe. Sir Edward's well-reasoned reassurances fell on deaf ears with 2,040 yards of the Shakespeare Cliff heading driven, another 897 yards at Abbot's Cliff and 1,825 yards on the French side of the Channel. Both shafts were later backfilled.

When the idea of a tunnel was revisited in both 1974 and 1988, various remedial works were carried out on the 1880s workings as a result of the new alignments potentially intersecting with them. This work discovered a number of roof falls and broken timber supports. A concrete bulkhead was installed 890 yards into the No.2 heading, effectively entombing the boring machine.

Access to the original heading has been maintained as it meets one of the drainage adits driven from the base of the cliff under the coastal railway. This joins the 1880 tunnel 70 metres from the surface, after passing beneath Shakespeare Cliff Tunnel where it has been reinforced with concrete arches. Adjacent to the junction is a timber-lined passage leading to the base of the shaft where the boring machine would have been assembled.

24h Radio broadcast performance from CoseCosmiche.

humankind.voyage/

16 - 17 december 2018

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Photos by Matteo Castellani

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24 hour live radio performance of sound, poetry and radio works inspired by the Universe.

Where: CoseCosmiche, Via Aleardi 11, Milan

Start: 16.00, 16th December 2018 (SUN), km 0

End: 16.15, 17th December 2018 (PLUTO), km 5.906.376.272

Radio webstream (active on 16th December): humankind.voyage:8000/spaceradio

FM: 97.3 (CoseCosmiche area)

BROADCASTING TIMETABLE: humankind.voyage

Broadcast by Alan Alpenfelt

Random Synth sound generator by Luca Xelius Martegani

Shop design: Paolo Di Benedetto

ARTISTS

Tomomi Adachi / Alan Alpenfelt / Giuliana Altamura / Alvax / Ashtoreth & Anja Aerts / Sofía Bertomeu / Vanni Bianconi / Bluenoid / Brandon Boan / Pamela Breda / Dario Buccini / Distant Fires Burning / Canary Burton & Marylou Blakeslee / Joan Cambon / Catenation / Claudio Cavalli / Gustavo Chab / Caro C / CLARA / WORRAN feat. Maud Marique & Rebecca Glover / Athena Corcoran-Tadd / Marc Cosmic / DAGGER MOTH & Marc Ribot / Maroulita De Kol / Cláudio de Pina / Marco Dibeltulu / Hazal Döleneken / Abby Donovan / Ceel Mogami de Haas / Dr Hanzo / Ducks! / Kaj Duncan David & Martin Lau / BA Denigris / Giorgio Dursi / Duty / Exotikdot / Jurgen Fonteijn / Chelidon Frame / Nicola Frattegiani / Zeno Gabaglio / Alessandro Gaffuri & Alice Diacono / Alessandro Gambato / Ghosts of Electricity / Ian Gibbins / Gigsta / Penelope Gkika / Mark Goodwin / Jared Green / Guili Guili Goulag / Stelios Hadjithomas / Ursula Häse / Werner Hasler / Juliana Herrero / Kathryn Hummel / Olga Kokcharova / Antoine Läng / Dominique LeGendre / Nicole L'Huillier & Daniela Catrileo / Lite Orchestra / LucidBLN / Luminance / William Memotone / Stephanie Merchak / Muzikačaka / Alyssa Moxley / Necromishka / Guan Ng Chor / Oikoi / Moggy Ogara / Olga Palomäki / Claudio Parodi / Georgia Pazarloglou / Mario Pegoraro / Pic Nic Radio / Fred Poulet / prOphecy sun / Rodrigo Quintanilha / Andrew Reddy / George Ridgway / Francesca Ruberto / Pekka Sassi / Katharina Schmidt / SciFiSol / Hannah Silva / Anna Stereopoulou / Syrenomelia / Lorenzo Tamai / Tavishi / Temple Music / The little typists / Walt Thisney / Vincent Tholomé / Tribes of Europe / TJ Thompson / Tonylight / Dixie Treichel / VaathV / Massimiliano Viel / Sally Walmsley / Hannah Woźniak / El Wud / Xelius / Angelina Yershova / Billy Yfantis

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ENGLISH (Italiano sotto)

The performing arts company V XX ZWEETZ in collaboration with the music label Human Kind Records has invited poets, artists and musicians to send sound works inspired by the Universe. These works will be transmitted via webradio and FM during a 24 hour radio performance from 16 to 17 December 2018 in Milan, at the Athur Cravan Foundation and thanks to the support of Cosmic Things.

During the 24 hours starting from 4pm on Sunday 16 December 2018 (GTM+1), the shop facing via Aleardi 11 in Milan will be transformed into a 'spaceship' in which an astronaut will spend a day immersed in the spatial sound.

The astronaut believes that peaceful places on Earth barely exist anymore and have been exhaustively explored, as have metaphysical ones. So he chooses Outer Space where he can freely listen and perceive himself immersed inside infinity. While drifting, he shares with us the sounds he encounters.

He will travel for 24 hours through the Solar System starting from the Sun and reaching Pluto. On his way, he will meet objects and planets that will activate the sound works collected during the "call". The rest of the journey, when no object or planet is encountered, will be defined by sounds generated randomly by a Synthesizer. The total duration of the trip is 5,906,376,272 km corresponding to 4,101,650 km for each minute of transmission.

The public can access the spacecraft freely at any time to listen to the trip with him. They can feed him, send him letters and postcards, play chess and help him spend the time when he feels alone.

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Powered in collaboration with Cose Cosmiche & V XX Zweetz

Sustained by ProHelvetia | SRKS/FSRC

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How the project was born:

It started when a sound poem on Mercury was composed as a commission by Radio Pic Nic (Bruxelles) to create works for the Sviluppo-Parallelo exhibition in 2016 at the Luzern Kunstmuseum, Switzerland.

The innate passion towards the vastness and mystery related to the Universe was so intriguing that it inspired Human Kind Records to invite other artists to contribute to something bigger.

Through the networking art concept “Freundeskreis” (circles of friends), nine artist collectives were chosen to compose for nine planets. They were invited to Milan on the 27th March 2017 for a one day lab and concert at the Galleria Giuseppe Pero. Together with art residency project CoseCosmiche and astrophysicist Luca Valenziano, we shared amongst us our artistic curiosities and responses towards the planets and the Universe.

The artists then selected their planets and returned to their own worlds to create their works.

As we know (or think we know…) Space does not stop expanding. Human Kind Records therefore decided to create a Universe of its own: humankind.voyage .

UNIQLO Ginza / ユニクロ銀座店

I was asked by UNIQLO to create six designs for their Nippon-Omiyage T-shirt lineup, the second three in the series were Onsen, Sakana and Animal Onomatopoeia. All using handmade typography and a connection to the subject itself.

ユニクロの「日本のお土産シリーズ」のデザインに参加させて頂きました。ハンドメイドのタイポグラフィーを使って、イメージを表現するという内容です。2013年の春夏に発売されたのは「東京」「銀座」「神戸」の三都市のお土産でした。2013年の秋冬シーズンは、日本の好きなところを何でもデザインしてもいいという内容でしたので、僕も日本人に負けないぐらい大好きな「温泉」「さかな」をモチーフにデザインしました。「温泉」のデザインでは、日本で大流行している"ゆるキャラ" もつくってみました。３つめのデザインは、音を表現する擬音語が英語と違うところ面白くて、動物の鳴き声をタイポグラフィーにしてデザインしてみました。

Sakana 魚屋

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One of the things I’ve noticed as a foreigner is that the Japanese absolutely love fish, the only Japanese people I know that don’t eat fish are those with an allergy to it. I wanted to create a t-shirt that celebrated this extreme love of fish, both as a food but also a sport, something more subtle than the obvious and overused fish imagery commonly used. Using hand printed shapes and typography I created a simple design that everyone can understand even if they can’t read Japanese.

日本人の魚の消費量の多さは、類を見ないと思います。アレルギー体質という以外の理由で、魚を食べない日本人に出会ったことがありません。魚を食べる事だけでなく、釣りをこよなく愛する方々も多くいます。そんな魚を愛する大勢の日本人の方々に敬意を評して、ハンドメイドの版画の様なイメージと文字で、日本語が読めなくても、魚を愛する想いが伝わるイメージを作ってみました。

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Encountering Neptune in 1989, NASA's Voyager mission completed humankind's first close-up exploration of the four giant outer planets of our solar system. Collectively, since their launch in 1977, the twin Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft discovered that Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune were far more complex than scientists had imagined. There was a lot more to be learned.

A NASA Hubble Space Telescope observation program called OPAL (Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy) obtains long-term baseline observations of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in order to understand their atmospheric dynamics and evolution.

"The Voyagers don't tell you the full story," said Amy Simon of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, who conducted giant planet observations with OPAL.

Hubble's image sharpness is comparable to the Voyager views as they approached the outer planets, and Hubble spans wavelengths from ultraviolet to near-infrared light. Hubble is the only telescope that can provide high spatial resolution and image stability for global studies of cloud coloration, activity, and atmospheric motion on a consistent time basis to help constrain the underlying mechanics of weather and climate systems.

All four of the outer planets have deep atmospheres and no solid surfaces. Their churning atmospheres have their own unique weather systems, some with colorful bands of multicolored clouds, and with mysterious, large storms that pop up or linger for many years. Each outer planet also has seasons lasting many years. (The James Webb Space Telescope's infrared capabilities will be used to probe deep into atmospheres of the outer planets to complement the OPAL observations.)

Following the complex behavior is akin to understanding Earth's dynamic weather as followed over many years, as well as the Sun's influence on the solar system's weather. The four distant worlds also serve as proxies for understanding the weather and climate on similar planets orbiting other stars.

Planetary scientists realized that any one year of data from Hubble, while interesting in its own right, doesn't tell the full story of the outer planets. Hubble's OPAL program has routinely observed the planets once a year when they are closest to the Earth.

"Because OPAL now spans 10 years and counting, our database of planetary observations is ever growing. That longevity allows for serendipitous discoveries, but also for tracking long-term atmospheric changes as the planets orbit the Sun. The scientific value of these data is underscored by the more than 60 publications to date that include OPAL data," said Simon.

This payoff continues to be a huge archive of data that has led to a string of remarkable discoveries to share with planetary astronomers around the world. "OPAL also interfaces with other ground- and space-based planetary programs. Many papers from other observatories and space missions pull in Hubble data from OPAL for context," said Simon.

For more information: science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-celebrates-...

Image credit: NASA, ESA, Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC), Michael H. Wong (UC Berkeley); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)

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It is 2016, has humankind attained peace yet? Will humankind attain peace by 12,016 AD? Will Jesus Christ return and beat swords into plowshares? Has God spent the last 10,000 years sleeping or on vacation or otherwise distracted? If God does exist he better show up soon since the window of opportunity regarding humankind has already closed and therefore the human species has lost its future prospects and soon enough shall also lose its present prospects.

Come visit the Cradle of Humankind! Starting in a camp reflecting the 1920s you soon cross a wide river with the wildlife veterinary station and a savanna lying behind. Or you visit a small native village near the dark jungle. Safari feeling guaranteed!

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