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"When pride comes, then come disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom"
- Psalm
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Moss is one of my favorite plants, a true pioneer and resilient survivor. But one needs a degree of humility to notice this hero in the shadows.
After a volcano erupts and the harsh lava has completely cooled down, one of the first plant colonizers is going to be moss. Spongy and soft, it covers the lava's sharp edges with a thick, green cushion.
Moss is a producer, since it takes in water and nutrients through its tiny leaves and at the same time absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis. Mosses are therefore able to survive without soil, taking up rainwater and mineral salts through the whole of their body surface. Now, that's something!
And if that's not enough, it's able to tolerate severe drying yet recovers immediately in the first rain shower. It lives and grows in modesty, at a rate of about 1 cm per year.
There are 500-600 different species of mosses here in Iceland and one of the most abundant species is called the woolly fringemoss, which you can see in this image, taken in the National Park of Snæfellsjökull, in the Snæfellsnes Peninsula.
“It ain't the heat...... it's the humility.”
Yogi Berra
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~Charles de Montesquieu on humility quotes (French Politician and Philosopher, 1689-1755)
What makes humility so desirable is the remarkable thing it does to us; it gives us the ability to be close and worship God. Have a blessed Holy Wednesday!
With deep devotion and humility, the elderly pilgrim holds a khata in her hands as she stands in a long line of people offering a gift to Buddha during the Tibetan New Year celebrations at Kirti monastery close to township Aba in the Sertha Golok Nomad region.
Leica M6; Summilux M 1,4/35 mm (Aspherical 1. ltd. Version), Fuji Neopan 400; dev. with Ilford ID 11; sol. 1:1
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"Shine your soul with the same egoless humility as the rainbow does, and no matter where you go in this world or
the next, love will find you, attend you, and bless you."
~Aberjhani
You showed great thoughtfulness, generosity, humility, and creativity. A kind-hearted soul, I will truly miss your words, and mails. Bless you, my friend.
Along the path that harrows at the top of the hill from there, you can admire the peaks. You see them in the majestic solemn enchantment like a god and you owe them to venerate them with your heart that beats, with humility you approach their feet raising your eyes to the top and sighing only remains to you. So powerful and almost alone as queens of peace, they seem like the abodes of saints and your pilgrim ascent will bring you close to God. Cime di Lavaredo Italy
It is with humility that I share with you some exciting news!
I am honored to be featured on the cover and in an article in the very cool Eclipse Magazine! This is the image I did for the cover.
Here is a link to the magazine which just hit the newsstands today:
Keep shining everyone, and thank you for all the kindness and support that you share with me. I am so grateful to be part of our incredible universe.
Agfa Box 44 from 1930s
expired Kodak Portra 160, pushed two stops
Inspired by the movie 'Wings of desire' and its remake 'City of angels', I wanted to do this project for a long time. I even started it some time ago as self-portraits wearing long, leather, black jacket:
www.flickr.com/photos/toguko/4741327405/
But this time, I thought I would do something different. I think the use of the traditional, red, Chinese dress was more for the visual reasons in the beginning. Then I started to think what I wanted to show in this project. And the word 'nostalgia' came to my mind in a natural way - the use of an old camera, expired films, dress from another era, showing longing for the past. But when I developed the films, I was disappointed with the results. I was hoping they would look like old photographs. The colours came out more vivid than when using normal kodak portra 160 (perhaps because mine was expired and pushed two stops when developed). I felt that this is not what I wanted and also that it is not really my style. I guess I had some expectations about the whole thing.
And then I thought that I did the best I could, given the tools I have at the moment (I had to sell all my equipment for personal reasons and only kept my grandfather's camera for sentimental reasons and was left with few boxes of kodak portra 160 that I didn't sell) and that the final results were actually not up to me. I felt that this was a great lesson of humility, letting go, diminishing my ego and expectations, trying to deal with my 'control freak' and perfectionist side. So my new idea for the name of this project is 'humility', for the reasons above but also because of the small figure in the vastness of the landscapes (universe) as I am trying to show how small and insignificant we all are.
The other thing I thought about is what does the model feel/experience. What is her perspective? I feel not many people think about that. So I asked her. She said that in the beginning, the posing didn't feel natural to her, she felt akward standing there looking at all these landscapes in front of her. But in later shots, she started to relax, closed her eyes and meditated.
Changed the name of the project to 'h&n' (for humility&nostalgia but also here&now).
I wonder what you think.
Humility is the true key to success. Successful people lose their way at times and often embrace and overindulge from the fruits of success.
very silent and focused, aware of their core selves. ... They never persuade, nor do they use manipulation or aggressiveness to get their way. They listen. If there is anything they can offer to assist you, they offer it; if not, they are silent :-)
― Sanaya Roman
HFF!!
raindrops on rose, little theater rose garden, Raleigh, north carolina
I would be perfect :-)
Ted Turner
HFF!!
waterlily, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Neighbors gave us this red-flowered plant before moving far away a decade ago. One of many nice ways to remember them.
For Girls Theme Week Live: 7 Heavenly Virtues
Humility (modesty, opposes Pride) Modest behavior, selflessness, and the giving of respect. Giving credit where credit is due; not unfairly glorifying one's own self.
Near my wild river...!!!
To embrace the world, it takes a certain lightness, a certain receptivity, a certain humility, some inner joy i think ...!!! Ü
A philosophical and impressionnist photo safari concentrated mainly on a daily basis (or almost) on my small piece of planet of 55 000 square feet …!!!
A Thoreau "waldennienne" approach …!!!
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Pour se mettre en lumière...!!! Ü
Près de ma rivière sauvage …!!!
Pour embrasser le monde, il faut une certaine légèreté, une certaine réceptivité, une certaine humilité, un peu de joie intérieure je pense ...!!! Ü
Un safari photo philosophique et impressioniste au quotidien concentré essentiellement (ou presque) sur un petit morceau de planète de 55 000 pieds carrés ...!!!
Une démarche "waldennienne" à la Thoreau …!!!
A Flickr friend gave me this piece of driftwood when they came to Toronto to visit us.
Smile on Saturday theme: Cracked
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
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Demut ist die höhere Form der Liebe.
Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), in Bengali: Ravindranath Thakur, indischer Dichter und Philosoph, Nobelpreisträger für Literatur 1913
Explore. January 28, 2009.
defiance and humility...
depending on the situation...
choose your pick.
(Behind-the-scene: Photographed last Fall. One of Lucio's very first shots. All settings used were on default, I believe. You would notice that the date is off. A branch sticking out of one of my River Birches. This was the day I knew we were going to be great buddies. Lucio and I. :P)
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Interestingness: #77.
The Human Abstract
(William Blake)
Pity would be no more
If we did not make somebody poor,
And Mercy no more could be
If all were as happy as we.
And mutual fear brings Peace,
Till the selfish loves increase;
Then Cruelty knits a snare,
And spreads his baits with care.
He sits down with holy fears,
And waters the ground with tears;
Then Humility takes its root
Underneath his foot.
Soon spreads the dismal shade
Of Mystery over his head,
And the caterpillar and fly
Feed on the Mystery.
And it bears the fruit of Deceit,
Ruddy and sweet to eat,
And the raven his nest has made
In its thickest shade.
The gods of the earth and sea
Sought through nature to find this tree,
But their search was all in vain:
There grows one in the human Brain.
Taken near São Luiz Gonzaga-RS (southern Brasil). Lomo script applied.
Note: posted in Cream of the Crop as a personal favorite.
Orion Orbits Overhead On Stunning Starry Seaside Sky - IMRAN™
The cluster of stars often known as Orion’s Belt is one of the most familiar sights in the sky. It has fascinated humankind for millennia. Who knows if there are living creatures in the universe that also have views of this combination of heavenly bodies. I’m sure the shape would have to be significantly different ... unless their planet happened to be in the same exact linear alignment as our Earth’s position relative to the points of light making up that imaginary figure.
They are all different distances from earth. I was thinking about how the lights from some of the key stars took so many different periods to hit my eyes when I gazed upon them.
Light from one of them that I captured in this image left the star when Jesus was living, 2000 years ago. The light from another of the points is actually from a combination of stars with one revolving around the other every 1500 years. That is about the time since Prophet Muhammad was alive in Mecca.
Just the thought of the cosmic insignificance of our planet and our individual existences sent a shudder down my spine, as did the chilly Florida winter night as I stood seaside at home looking up at the sights past the palm tree. As I clicked the photo on the warm iPhone in the palm of my hand, I felt a warmth in my heart and a fire in my soul....
I got to see these stars’ lights from almost the exact times when God’s favorite prophets had likely looked up towards the stars near their last days on earth. And Allah, the One God, still has given insignificant me, standing alone on the shore on this cold night, on this tiny insignificant planet, to have unlimited powers.... of imagination, thought, and faith.... to achieve anything I dream, desire and decide. God willing.
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This is a long overdue thank you for Laura for her sweet testimonial. Spend sometime to visit her photostream and I guarantee you will be in awe of her talent and creativity. She just uploaded some free textures for us to use.
Btw I just realized that I have been using whithering roses to convey my appreciation. I think I should've used fresh flowers instead. In my defense, I think flowers still look pretty even when they are whithering, especially roses. That's why I love them. :)
Have a lovely weekend my flickr friends. And oh... Spring, come sooner puh-leease. I've had enough of this cold weather and snow.