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There's a stunning nativity scene currently on display at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City and I was determined to get over and see it for myself before Christmas arrived. It's worth the effort.
Traditionally called a "presepe," it was created by Francesco Artese, the first Italian artisan to have a presepe displayed in St. Peter's Square, Rome in 2012, during the pontificate of Benedict XVI, as an expression of artistic excellence of both religious and Italian cultural tradition.
The presepe portrays the landscape of Basilicata, Italy as part of the universe where Jesus was born.
The figurines are a little over 10" high, made of terracotta and dressed in the typical costumes of the Basilicata region of the 1930's.
The architecture is made of polystyrene covered by a layer of resin stucco with elements of metal, wood and terracotta.
If you're interested, here's some more about this beautiful handcrafted scene from the brochure I picked up while visiting...
"The portrayal of the Nativity concentrates on the tenderness that the Madonna has toward her child as she gently caresses his face, while an equally tender St. Joseph watches over his family. These three characters are carved in one block to symbolize the solidity of their family and at the same time the common destiny that awaits them. This is not an image of royalty but of the profound simplicity and humility that are the expression of the typical rural life.
In this Presepe, the presence of an emigrants’ family is particularly important as it brings to mind the many Italians who decided to emigrate to the United States in the last century. It also symbolizes the suffering of living abroad, far from the motherland, and the hopes and dreams of many men and women worldwide who are forced to leave their native countries.
The background of the Nativity is the Crypt of the Original Sin, the oldest example of rupestrian art in Southern Italy. Because of its theological and artistic importance, as well as its mural paintings, it has been defined as the "Sistine Chapel" of rock-hewn churches. Maestro Artese has reproduced some of the extraordinary frescoes of the Crypt showing the Creation and the Original Sin, as well as those in the three apses with the triarchies of the Apostles, the Archangels and the veneration of the Virgin Mary.
The farming world of Southern Italy opens its doors to the Holy Family of Nazareth so that the entire town seems to become a dwelling for them. The scenery is of unique beauty, light effects show the starry night and the sunny day. The visitor is invited to live a day in the enchanted atmosphere of long ago and discover the ongoing Mystery."
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.
Perhaps the greatest lessons for a photographer are not in learning to master camera technique, but in learning the true meaning of humility and how to dance in a spirit of cooperation.
~ Courtney Milne
Friends come and friends go, but sometimes, if you're lucky, friends become family, people you'd move heaven and earth for to see them happy and content. They showed me kindness, trust, humility and safety and I will forever be grateful.Thank you so much
Before revealing itself,
life bows.
As if it knew
that being born is also an act of respect.
Prima di mostrarsi,
la vita si china.
Come se sapesse
che nascere è anche un atto di rispetto.
Während sich die meisten das Ärgernis in Frankreich angetan haben, saß ich so gut wie mutterseelenallein am Altmühlsee und hab dieses Schauspiel verfolgt. Ab und zu ist weniger auch mehr.
Foto und Bea: www.waahnsinnsgestaltungen.de
Its stalk was bent, it hung its head
As if to hide from view.
And yet it was a lovely flower,
Its colour bright and fair;
It might have graced a rosy bower,
Instead of hiding there.
Yet thus it was content to bloom,
In modest tints arrayed;
And there diffused a sweet perfume,
Within the silent shade.
Then let me to the valley go
This pretty flower to see;
That I may also learn to grow
In sweet humility.
Jane Taylor
whim·si·cal
1. playfully quaint or fanciful, esp. in an appealing and amusing way.
"a whimsical sense of humor" synonyms:fanciful, playful, quaint, quizzical, curious, fantastical,
2. acting or behaving in a capricious manner. synonyms:capricious, fickle, changeable,
Food For Thought:
by Chuck Swindoll "Learning Humility"
"Father God, we all have hopes and aspirations. We all have dreams. And though there is nothing wrong with these, how easy it is to be driven by them. How easy it is to feel that if our dreams don't come true, we've somehow not been loved by You. We've been trained to take care of ourselves—a fine idea that has gone to seed. It's all about my stuff, my rights, my promotion, my salary, my place, my name . . . how ugly! How unchristian. We acknowledge before You that this life is not about us or our expectations.
Thank You that You never miss a person. When it's time for promotion, You won't be late. When it's time for rewards, You won't forget. So, at this awesome moment, we bow before Your mighty throne. We acknowledge that You've been good to us when we've not deserved it. You've cared for us when we've been careless. You've loved us when we've been terribly unloving, and You've met our needs when we didn't even stop to think about what we ought to be giving to You and Your work. You faithfully and graciously and constantly pour out Your good things upon us. Thank You for Your deliverance. Thank You for Your discipline.
Teach us in these tender days the value of genuine humility—of a self-forgetful life. We ask this so that we might become for You messengers whose message makes sense because our lives are like Your Son's life—the One who is gentle and humble of heart.
We pray in His name, for His glory. Amen.
Clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time. —1 Peter 5:5–6
See also Matthew 11:29; 16:21–26; Luke 14:11; Philippians 2:3–8.
- See more at: www.insight.org/resources/devotionals/learning-humility.h...
Have a GREAT day! and Enjoy Him, cause' He sure enjoys you!
Thank you as always for your amazing inspiration my very talented friends!
What a blessing you are! I treasure you!
National flower of Turkey and Iran, the tulip belongs to genus, Tulipa which contains 109 species. The peculiar shape and different colors of tulip makes it one of the most loved flowers on earth. If you visualize a tulip flower, the first thought/feeling that engulfs the mind is that of comfort and coziness. Tulips are flowers which bloom at the beginning of spring season; being the first flowers to bloom along with daffodils and crocuses, the tulips are associated with a new beginning. These flowers are found in various colors naturally; different flower meanings are associated with these different types. There is one more thing which need to be shared about tulips before moving on to the descriptions about their meaning. The tulip is not very bright and also not too elaborate in shape. Size of the tulip is compact and not too big. All these attributes make the tulip one of the most popular flowers. Let us find more about what do tulips mean through this article.
White Tulips Meaning: Qualities such as purity, innocence and humility are associated with white tulips. The attribute of forgiveness also is used in reference with the white color. The quality of forgiveness therefore, naturally gets associated with white tulips. A bouquet of white tulips is therefore, suitable for the purpose of seeking forgiveness/apologizing. Remembrance and respect is displayed through white tulips; tulip flowers can however, also be used in funeral ceremonies......Buzzle.com
Sheer beauty and silence overwhelms and encompasses everyone who visits here. In awe, with complete respect and humility they can only whisper to each other.
Waiting with humility and appreciation for the moonrise as the last color of the sunset yields to the night sky.
Have a beautiful night everyone!
Colossians 3:12-13
12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
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È di pochi giorni fa la notizia che il Museo Nivola di Orani rischia la chiusura a causa del drastico taglio dei finanziamenti regionali. Un altro piccolo gioiello - una preziosa teca all'interno della quale sono conservati i capolavori di uno dei più grandi scultori Sardi del '900 - rischia di chiudere i battenti e sparire. Un'altra grave perdita per il patrimonio Artistico Sardo. E poi ci si lamenta se la nostra Cultura non viene valorizzata! Un applauso a chi ha autorizzato i tagli al Museo e questa nuova rovina, ai geni che stanno distruggendo ciò che di buono abbiamo in quest'Isola!
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Il Sito Ufficiale del Museo Nivola
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A new portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II following her 90th birthday by expressionist painter Stephen B. Whatley. The artist realised that there has not been, to his knowledge, a painting made of Her Majesty at The State Opening of Parliament; as she has done once a year for 63 years.
As with all his work Whatley sought to a deep essence of his subject and the painting was inspired by charcoal drawings and notes made watching the live BBC television broadcast of The Queen, wearing the Imperial State Crown, reading her address to Parliament on May 18; followed by notes made re-watching film footage.
A major contribution to his capturing Queen Elizabeth was the artist's memory of meeting and talking to the monarch in person in 2004, at a grand reception, at the Tower of London - for which Whatley was commissioned in 2000 to paint a series of 30 paintings, depicting the history of The Tower. He was touched by an aura of gentle humility in Her Majesty's presence.
Stephen B. Whatley's Tower of London commission is permanently reproduced outside London's Tower Hill Station, throughout Tower Hill Underpass, the main entrance portal to Her Majesty's Tower of London - a permanent art exhibit on show in London.
HM The Queen's Speech 2016 by Stephen B. Whatley
Oil on canvas,
30 x 24in/76 x 61cm
An old dictionary definition of humility is: "A freedom from arrogance that grows out of the recognition that all we have and are comes from God." True humility does not produce pride but gratitude. It’s a freedom from the ‘me first’ self-life curse, the soil from which true happiness can grow.
Enter through the very low "Door of #Humility" into the Church of the #Nativity in #Bethlehem ExploreTraveler.com
"Will Tahu find the humility and patience to earn deeper knowledge of fire and learn that not everything can be taken by force?"
Fourth creature of the series to make the G2 creatures into large and powerful elemental masters. Ikir came to completion in one day after I began tinkering with his head design. It's a good feeling when a moc comes together straightforwardly.
As usual, I recycled the head, but gave the creature different eyes from the rest. Boat studs made for great bird eyes in this case.
With Ikir, I thought that Tahu's challenge is basically the fact that he can't reach the flying bird. Assuming Tahu is fairly hot tempered, his trial is to learn that he can't simply force and take everything he wants. Instead, with Ikir, he must learn to earn, wait, give and compromise until he finds the connection he needs with Ikir.
"I will make you a LIGHT to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth." Isaiah 49:6
PRAYER
"O Father, give us the humility which realizes its ignorance, admits its mistakes, recognizes its need, welcomes advice, accepts rebuke. Help us always to praise rather than to criticize, to sympathize rather than to discourage, to build rather than to destroy, and to think of people at their best rather than at their worst. This we ask for thy name’s sake. (Prayer of William Barclay, 20th century) ~ www.dailyscripture.net
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Okay... I get braggers rights... I actually one 1st place for this image in the challenge link listed below, check it out...
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Filename - DSC_0638 Mtn Layers view toward LA SClNR 2013
Following the Son...
Blessings,
Sharon 🌻
God's Beauty In Nature is calling us into a deeper relationship with Him...
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Convallaria , commonly known as the Lily of the Valley, symbolizes in language of flowers- sweetness; return to happiness; humility; perfect purity
•Convallaria is a native of Europe, being distributed also over North America and Northern Asia, but in England it is very local as a wild flower.
All parts of the Lily of the Valley are considered to be poisonous. It has been used in medicines and herbal remedies for heart and epilepsy.
•In the Victorian classic, The Language of Flowers, the Lily of the Valley is said to symbolize the return of happiness. Named for its native habitat (the Latin word "convallis" means enclosed valley)
•The flower is also known as Our Lady's tears since, according to Christian legend, the lily of the valley came into being from Eve's tears after she was driven with Adam from the Garden of Eden.
According to another legend, Lilies of the Valley also sprang from the blood of Saint Leonard of Noblac during his battles with a dragon.
Other names include May Lily, May Bells, Lily Constancy, Ladder-to-Heaven, Male Lily and Muguet.
•The name "Lily of the Valley" is also used in some English translations of the Bible in Song of Songs 2:1, although whether or not the Hebrew word "shoshana" (usually denoting a rose) originally used there refers to this species is uncertain.
I was trying to set up for a photo in the beautiful Mazatlan Cathedral, being as reverent as possible, when this man came forward and placed himself on the stairs to the altar in humble prayer. A touching scene. I wondered about his story.
More such unique moments from...Bethlehem
That image I have taken during my walks at Jerusalem amazing streets.....
My pilgrimage to Holy Land-march'09
My good dear Friends.....
Have a peaceful day....!!!
Thank you for all comments ,invites and Favs....
Yours
Bea pilgrim;)
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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 awkward 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).
Quote: James M. Barrie (1860 - 1937)
Today I tried out my camera. A Canon Powershot SX10IS. I also decided to try uploading to Flickr directly from iPhoto. The new version has a built in widget for Flickr. How cool is that? My only complaint is I cannot do the titles and descriptions using iPhoto. I will most likely stay with the Flickr uploader for Macs.
Explore Highest position: 216 on Monday, July 13, 2009
Okay this is PROBABLY the last request -- but I do, with all humility and Buddhist prostration, ask for your vote for the Bloggies! I'm in the "Photography" section.
Thank you to my fans! Here are your favorite pics: the most Popular Pictures you dig from my stream. Thanks for the comments!
This shot looks great: Large on Black
I am headed to the Ukraine today. I'll be spending the weekend in Chernobyl taking pictures, which I have gotten special permission to enter the Exclusion Zone. There are several ghost towns around Chernobyl, like Pripyat, which was designed as a Soviet communist panacea, but now a radiated husk of a city. I will also be in Kharkov, on the Russian border, as well as Kiev. I hope to find some interesting shots for you!
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.
There are more coming but I am curious what you think.
E qualche volta è difficile sorridere...
Life is a long lesson of humility...
La vie est une longue leçon d'humilité...
Život je dlouhá lekce pokory...
One of my favorite things I made this year used wonky stars...and I decided then that I wanted to do a quilt block using them so when I found Zonnah's Tutorial, I squealed in delight and promptly started cutting out my fabric! Love it!