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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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Filename - DSC_0638 Mtn Layers view toward LA SClNR 2013
Following the Son...
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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
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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.
Sala di Donatello.
David, 1440-1450, Donatello.
Donatello created a totally unusual image of the slender young biblical pastor. David is an efebo teenager whose nakedness implies the humility and courage that overcomes arrogance and brute force. The impurity between the subject of biblical civic education and ancient mythology is also expressed by the extraordinary ribboned hat crowned with a laurel wreath reminiscent of the winged hat of Mercury.
You have to keep in mind that it was the first unsupported naked statue to be carved since the classical era. His most famous work.
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There are no indications of contemporary responses to the David. However, the fact that the statue was placed in the town hall of Florence in the 1490s indicates that it was not viewed as controversial. In the early 16th century, the Herald of the Signoria mentioned the sculpture in a way that suggested there was something unsettling about it: "The David in the courtyard is not a perfect figure because its right leg is tasteless." By mid-century Vasari was describing the statue as so naturalistic that it must have been made from life. However, among 20th- and 21st-century art historians there has been considerable controversy about how to interpret it.
Goliath's beard curls around David's sandaled foot, as if the young hero is running his toes through his dead opponent's hair. Goliath is wearing a winged helmet. David's right foot stands firmly on the short right wing, while the left wing, considerably longer, works its way up his right leg to his groin.
The figure has been interpreted in a variety of ways. One has been to suggest that Donatello was homosexual and that he was expressing that sexual attitude through this statue. A second is to suggest that the work refers to homosocial values in Florentine society without expressing Donatello's personal tendencies. However, during the Renaissance sodomy was illegal, and over 14,000 men had been tried in Florence for this crime. So this homosexual implication would have been dangerous. A third interpretation is that David represents Donatello's effort to create a unique version of the male nude, to exercise artistic licence rather than copy the classical models that had thus far been the sources for the depiction of the male nude in Renaissance art.
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!
On Explore! December 6, 2007! #352
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Wonder of innocence!
A short guide of accomplishment that you will find nowhere else on the practice of spiritual I Ching in your life! For the I Ching… all acts of your life outside… are spiritual… that your thoughts are realistic or not!
1. The experience of the I Ching is acquired in daily practice with regularity… by living to the full!
2. No need to question him or force anything as advocated in all tutorials… you pick and translate the responses into action depending on how your heart fill with… no risk of mistakes interpretation !
3. Regularly, to deal with certain situations in your life, you need to step back… to study the effects of a project on your environment! The I Ching will help you to determine if this is the right time to act or not to act!
4. The regular practical experience will teach you to when you step back to analyse! Once you understand that this way is according to the universe that your previous situation… you would discovered that the Invisible just waiting to protect you from the outside world in all areas of your life!
5. The I Ching is the best only in situations under your control! For example… you should make travel by road or air at a given moment you choose… it will tell you if there is a danger or not at this precise moment! Another example… you receive a message that you do not understand… such as hexagram # 57, communication, changing in hexagram # 3, difficulty… watch what will happen in the minutes that followed… it could be a phone whose subject is the difficulty! You should know that the I Ching captures all the intentions of the others about you! Fascinating… right? :)))
If you want to take this way of life with a light heart … your inner Guide is ready since the beginning of the humanity … to help and protect you!
Finally as an example… here is a small code meanings for each of the hexagrams that I use regularly:
# 1 Inner Guide, Heaven, Creation, Soon, Tomorrow # 2 Me, Ego, Earth, Responsiveness, Overture # 3 Difficulty # 4 Apprenticeship, Study, Children # 5 Waiting # 6 Conflict # 7 Politics, Governments # 8 Union, Friendship, Solidarity # 9 Vision # 10 Action, March # 11 Peace, Serenity, Harmony, Agreement with my inner Guide # 12 Stagnation, Denial, No agreement with my inner Guide # 13 Community, Mails # 14 Wealth # 15 Humility # 16 Enthusiasm, Music # 17 Continuation # 18 Housework, Order # 19 In the short term, Approach # 20 Future vision, Planning # 21 Investments Market Exchange # 22 Beauty , Design # 23 Loss # 24 Return # 25 Innocence, Nature # 26 Great opportunity # 27 Physical and spiritual food # 28 Renunciation # 29 Running water, My Wild River, Money, Danger # 30 Light, Clarity, Sun # 31 Influence, Application # 32 Time, Eternity # 33 Removing # 34 Stop # 35 Great progress # 36 Darkness, Black, Evening, Night, Evil # 37 Family, House, Home # 38 Opposition # 39 Obstacle # 40 Liberation, Freedom # 41 Decrease # 42 Growth # 43 Fees, Expenses, Resolution # 44 Meeting # 45 Gathering, TV # 46 Writing, Effort # 47 Tiredness, Disease, Sleeping, Exhaustion # 48 Bank, Cooperation # 49 Revolution, Change # 50 News, Novelty, I Ching # 51 Awakening, Thunder # 52 Meditation, Immobilization, Mountain, Reflexion # 53 Gradual progress # 54 My soulmate, Marriage, Women # 55 Abundance, Art, Fullness # 56 Travel, Car # 57 Communication, Wind # 58 Inner joy, Joy # 59 Media # 60 Limitation # 61 Truth, Trust # 62 Transition # 63 The end, Agenda # 64 Not finished
Some of the hexagrams are related to a person as # 54 for my soul mate… many of you are identified by one of the hexagrams! :)))
Very happy and interesting comment of JucaFii... I add comment too!!! :)))
Merveille de l’innocence!
Un petit guide d’accomplissement que vous ne trouverez nulle part ailleurs sur la pratique du Yi King spirituel dans votre quotidien! Pour le Yi King… tous actes de votre vie extérieure… sont spirituels… que vos pensées soient réalistes ou non!
1. L’expérience du Yi King s’acquiert dans la pratique quotidienne régulière… en y mordant à pleines dents!
2. Pas besoin de l’interroger ou de forcer quoi que ce soit comme le préconise toutes les guides d’utilisation… vous tirez et traduisez les réponses obtenues en actes selon ce que votre cœur perçoit… ainsi pas de risques d’erreurs grossières d’interprétation!
3. Régulièrement, face à certaines situations de votre vie, vous avez besoin de prendre du recul… d’étudier les effets d’un projet sur votre environnement! Le Yi King vous aidera à déterminer si c’est le bon moment pour agir ou ne pas agir!
4. L’expérience pratique régulière vous enseignera à quel moment vous retirer pour digérer vos expériences! Lorsque vous aurez compris que le chemin parcouru est plus en accord avec l’univers que votre situation antérieure… vous aurez découvert que l’Invisible ne demande qu’à vous protéger du monde extérieur dans toutes les situations de votre vie!
5. Le Yi King n’excelle que dans les situations sous votre contrôle! Par exemple… vous devez prendre la route ou l’avion à un moment déterminé… vous craignez l’avion… il vous indiquera s’il y a danger ou non à ce moment précis! Un autre exemple… vous recevez un message que vous ne comprenez pas… comme par exemple l’hexagramme #57, la communication, se transformant en hexagramme #3, la difficulté… surveillez bien ce qui va se passer dans les minutes qui vont suivre… il se peut que ce soit un téléphone dont le sujet est cette difficulté! Il faut savoir que le Yi King capte toutes les intentions des autres vous concernant! Fascinant n’est-ce pas?
Si vous souhaitez prendre la route de la vie le cœur léger… votre Guide intérieur n’attend que cela… sa mission… vous aider et vous protéger!
En terminant à titre d’exemple voici un petit code de significations pour chacun des hexagrammes que j’utilise régulièrement:
#1 Guide intérieur, Ciel, Création, Bientôt, Demain #2 Moi, Égo, Terre, Réceptivité, Ouverture #3 Difficulté #4 Apprentissage, Étude, Enfants #5 Attente #6 Conflit #7 Politique, Gouvernements #8 Union, Amitié, Solidarité #9 Vision #10 Action, Marche #11 Paix, Sérénité, Harmonie, Accord avec le Guide #12 Stagnation, Négation, Refus, Pas d’accord du Guide #13 Communauté, Courriels, Courriers #14 Richesse, Avoir, Biens #15 Humilité #16 Enthousiasme, Musique #17 Continuation, La suite, Poursuivre #18 Ménage, Mise en ordre #19 À court terme, Approche #20 Vision future, Plan #21 Placement, Marché, Bourse #22 Beauté, Design #23 Perte #24 Le retour, Revenir #25 Innocence, Nature #26 Grande occasion #27 Nourriture physique et spirituelle #28 Renoncement #29 Eau courante, Ma rivière sauvage, Argent, Danger #30 Lumière, Clarté, Soleil #31 Influence, Demande #32 Temps, Durée, Éternité #33 Retrait #34 Halte #35 Gros progrès #36 Obscurité, Noir, Soir, Nuit, Mal #37 Famille, Maison #38 Opposition #39 Obstacle #40 Libération, Liberté #41 Diminution #42 Croissance #43 Frais, Dépenses, Résolution #44 Rencontre #45 Rassemblement, Réunion, TV #46 Rédaction, Effort #47 Fatigue, Maladie, Dormir, Épuisement #48 Banque #49 Révolution, Changement, Agenda #50 Nouveauté, Yi King #51 Éveil, Tonnerre #52 Méditation, Immobilisation, Montagne, Réflexion #53 Progrès graduel #54 Mon âme sœur, Épouser, Femme #55 Abondance, Art, Plénitude #56 Voyage, Automobile #57 Communication, Internet #58 Joie, Cinéma #59 Diffusion, Média, Perte de biens #60 Limitation #61 L’essence intérieur, Vérité, Confiance #62 Transition, Économie #63 La fin, l’ordre #64 Pas terminé
Certains de ces hexagrammes sont en rapport avec une personne comme le #54 pour mon âme sœur… plusieurs d’entre vous sont identifiés par un de ces hexagrammes!!! :)))
Un commentaire très intéressant de JucaFii... j'ai émis un commentaire aussi!!! :)))
Requiem… Mozart!!!
This is an image of IC1396 or the Elephant's Trunk Nebula in the constellation Cepheus. A star-forming region 2400 light years away, images like this fill me with gratitude and humility as I contemplate the vastness of the universe and the beauty of nature at all scales. I am grateful and amazed at the technology that allows the capture of such images from my yard in the middle of city (Idaho Falls). It is such an amazing time to be alive!
"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.
Pramukh Swami Maharaj Shatabdi Mahotsav was celebrated from 15 December 2022 to 15 January 2023.
On 13 January 2023, Mahant Swami Maharaj expressed with great thoughtfulness and tenderness: “I wish to place the dust from the Pramukh Swami Maharaj centenary celebration grounds on my head, so please collect the dust and bring it to me.”
Thereafter, an incident unfolded revealing his humility and devotion which can be witnessed in this video - An Unthinkable Tribute ❤
Can one be passionate about the just, the
ideal, the sublime, and the holy, and yet commit
to no labor in its cause? I don't think so.
∆ Mary Oliver
“Attention Is the Beginning of Devotion” Mary Oliver
Carving of a young hersman of the african maasai tribe many of who grow to be over 8 feet tall,, gentle giants of the human race...Respected or trust,,peace, and humility,, a fine example to all the rest of the human race
God Loves Humility
God loves humility. Could that be why he offers so many tips on cultivating it?
Assess yourself honestly. Romans 12:3 says, “Don’t cherish exaggerated ideas of yourself, but try to have a sane estimate of your capabilities.”
Don’t take success too seriously. Deuteronomy 8:13 warns, “When your silver and gold increase your heart will become proud.” Ponder your success and count your money in a cemetery, and remember neither of the two is buried with you.
Celebrate the significance of others. Philippians 2:3 says, “In humility consider others better than yourselves.”
Speak humbly. 1st Samuel 2:3 warns, “Let no arrogance come from your mouth.” Don’t be cocky. People aren’t impressed with your opinions. In Galatians 6:14, Paul said, “The cross of our Lord Jesus Christ is my only reason for bragging!” So if you need to brag—brag about that!
From Traveling Light - Max Lucado
When I reached up the mountain top
Alone I was for certain
Till higher yet, 2 vultures shot
Out of the blue azure
They came between the sun and me
And cast their lumbering shadows
A rush of blood then stitched my cheek,
Humility was sown.
Where are you going? Wait! Don’t you see how beautiful I am?! WHAT? That the true beauty is hidden inside? …
Don’t go away - PLEASE - stay here for a while with me.
I … I will learn a humility …
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