Global Village 2 (post 1 - give a globe to 5)
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* While I was actually on holiday I posted a shot of the view from our cottage on a cloudy murky morning . I was hoping at some point that I would get the view in better light and as you can see I was lucky . This was the first sight when we opened the front door and for someone who lives in a city it was a real tonic. This is a panorama stitched from 3 shots
Must take the opportunity to wish Joni Mitchells masterpiece Blue a happy fifty year old birthday greeting . Listening to the record this week it still sounds so fresh and insightful . The song “ A case of you “ is probably my favourite song by anyone. I have listened to it thousands of times and it still moves me . Thanks Joni
THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT TO MY STREAM. I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD NOT FAVE A PHOTO WITHOUT ALSO LEAVING A COMMENT .
Thank you, my dear friends, for your wonderful comments and kind support. I'm still trying to catch up with visiting everyone's Photostream. If I haven't visited your page lately, it doesn't mean I've forgotten about you. It simply means I haven't had a chance to get to you yet. I'd rather spend quality time to write you an insightful comment than to rush to it. Have a lovely day, my dear friends!
sim: Longing/Missing Melody
uber: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Celestine/159/160/23
Tune In:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edwsf-8F3sI
Written By: Coen Brothers
Directed By: Coen Brothers
Produced By: HBO Films
Executive Producer:
Maggie Runo
Cinematographer : Twain Orfan
The Critics Have Spoken !
'My heart strings really pulled when Miss Runo was on one knee and became the Duck Whisperer. She actually spoke 'Duck'. There was no 'google translator' . She saved that baby duck's life. It was, for me, a very poignant moment ! '~ [ Lake Seven-Phoenix CineAction/Canada]
'I couldn't figure out Twain's role in the movie. The Coen Brothers seem to want him in two different roles. One minute he is telling this guy in the woods to flip a quarter and to put it in a special place ? Is Twain suppose to be Javier Bardem ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B_rRmkbA9I Then they have Twain take Miss Runo's hand and safely guide her out of the woods. So he's this 'hero' .. I found the movie cinematically beautiful, but confusing ! [Sabrine Maruti ~ Rolling Stone Magazine]
'I found Twain's use of lighting to be pretty good this time around. He used a proper amount of LED lighting around the trees. Cinematically speaking I'd give him good marks. His acting skill set ? Well , .... that's another matter completely.' [L'Homme Magazine ]
'I really enjoyed working with the Coen Brothers on this movie. It was well written and directed. The duck talking scene was insightful and I had to dig deep within myself to feel what they would, and I found it ! Working with Twain was easy. I don't know why people complain about his mesh not smelling good ? He seemed to bathe daily. [shrugs] He was a great acting partner and great in his role. His cinematography was outstanding !' [Maggie Runo ~ Executive Producer, Actress, Very Popular Hollywood Star, Hounded by people for her cursive Autograph]
'So I used a Canon XF705 Professional 4K Ultra HD camcorder with Wi-Fi® for the filming. The weather conditions were perfect most days. I had Optic neuritis when I was in my twenties, and it left me with some blind spots in my left eye. So, I'd look up at the sky, then look at the trees. I knew I'd need a lot of professional crayons to fill in various areas on the hundreds of movie cells. I asked Miss Runo if she would help me. Maggie has always been there for me. Always ! Maggie picked out a large set of crayola crayons for me. Then she told me I'd probably need a lot of red orange for filler. Well. Maggie was right. She's really very wise as a Producer and in all ways. I can't thank her enough ! [Twain Orfan ~ Cinematographer]
I am very honored that the image made it to second place in the "Taken March 2021" contest of Flickrology. Thanks for organizing the contest, the great images participating and the many insightful and constructive comments !
A small and common babbler found in the countryside and sighted always in flocks much like the other babblers. They are noisy chatterboxes though delightful to watch and shoot. The birds are found in the scrub and underbush often flying from one bush to the other looking for small insects.
On this occasion though, the birds were singing and try to mate - my first such sighting. The males were not successful since the female wasn't interested, but it was an insightful experience to watch the birds sing from the same perch and wait for females to respond. The female did get a bit closer, but almost immediately became disinterested and flew far away taking a few of the males with her. The birds are not sexually dimorphic though - I assumed the genders based on the behaviours.
Thank you so much in advance for your views, feedback and faves.
♬ but I miss you in the mornings when I see the sun... ♬
the things:
Konoha - Quercus ella - Avenue set @ We <3 Roleplay (25% discount during the event) One Oak tree,
7 Seasonal textures, hanging moss can be removed in edit, and a 2nd version with ferns
Space Cadet - relief smoke @ mainstore
Tetra - chill t-shirt @ mainstore
Stealthic - Retreat @ mainstore
This insightful Russian documentary on the personal life of the Dalai Lama had been removed from this site and just now I found it restored and decided to accompany the documentary with a collage.
Please take time to view. It's difficult to find. (Only itunes Australia has it for rent/sale)
In the documentary "Sunrise/Sunset", the Dalai Lama states one does not have to be a believer to attain Enlightenment.
This truth might appeal to you as it does to me.
Also inspired by the Dalai Lama’s baggy eyes in this film, I’ve increased my own practices :)
www.cultureunplugged.com/play/8467/Sunrise-Sunset--Dalai-...
My own recent sunset (including orange ring around the Buddha) photos taken from house viewing window following a torrential rain provide the collage base followed by that gifted by A. Walden. Thank you Alan.
Namaste
jana
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the protected remains of the old Cathedral in Coventry, which was bombed out during WWII and serves as a War Memorial nowadays, showcase the former beauty of its windows without the blasted stained glass, which allows the visitor to look through to the surrounding buildings to three sides and the new Cathedral to one side. A very impacting sight indeed.
Insightful Windows Wednesday!
This picture is part of an exhibition that I have been working on for the past months, I have done 8 pictures of Lighthouses that are Exhibited at FOCUS Gallery.
Taken @ ~ The Blackwood Farm ~
Enlightenment:
Insightful and open-minded. You are able to see the world with great clarity, without attachment to preconceived ideas about people, places, and things. This enables you to observe the world without jumping to conclusions.
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Holly was a good girl and she always had insightful things to say
Remembered funny anecdotes and
Knew the name of each species of bird by heart.
She could reach for things so high others couldn’t even see them.
But when Holly grew to a certain age, she blossomed
And when she blossomed, she was treated differently
Admired for her beauty and not her personality.
Others stopped truly seeing her for who she was.
This did not feel comfortable to Holly.
She enjoyed making people laugh and wonder
About deep philosophical questions.
She liked witnessing their gestures
when they thought she wasn’t looking.
She did not relish in attention over temporary attributes
And did not wish to make herself stand out
As if she were a most important tree in a busy forest.
Or, the only one left standing after a fire.
And so Holly dug holes in herself
At first, the holes were just little scrapes but then
the holes grew deep enough for insects
and small animals to burrow
She liked the feeling of an opening, a window here and there
And Holly was very happy
Because she now found a use for herself
in the art of both living, giving,
and forgiving.
**All poems and photos are copyrighted.**
A month ago, I quoted some analysts saying that it won't last more than 3 months and now here we are right at the endgame. As Graham E Fuller -- formerly vice-chair of the National Intelligence Council, having served as Station Chief in Kabul for the CIA -- put it succinctly in his blog on 16th this month :
" The final end of the government in Kxxx is at hand as the inexorable logic of regime collapse gains momentum. It seems more of a surprise to current policymakers than to those many observers with a long-time familiarity with the country’s dynamics. It will not be pleasant to watch, but it has long been inevitable given the utterly unrealistic ambitions and poor policy execution that Washxxx has maintained in Afgxxx. Unfortunately, those darker, but more insightful views on the entire enterprise have long been largely stifled by our media...
... it is the overall decline of Amxxx domestically and geopolitically that is the telltale sign of its deeper weakness; there is an increasing international belief that the UX is living inside a fantasy bubble of denial about maintaining its global hegemony. If the 20-year UX military presence in Afgxxx had actually ever shown any serious concrete advancement towards concrete goals, that would be one thing. But the neocons are ever content to throw good money after bad in the blind pursuit of hegemony — even in the very heart of “the graveyard of empires...
But Washxxx’s focus on Afgxxx in reality has had very little to do with establishing a better and more equitable society for the Afgxxx... "
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On another occasion, I opined that ( amongst the Russian cellists ) " the audience have probably heard too much of Rostropovich, too little of Daniil Shafran, rarely of Knushevitsky, hardly of Yakov Slobodkin, mostly due to the monopoly of the media! Has it occured to them that the order should be the other way round ? " That is to say, if one is really looking for genuine artists and musicians instead of virtuoso, showmanship, playing to the tune of propaganda narratives :
www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rachmaninoff+cello+
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovuH2eWyykY
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Clara Schumann's pupil Carl Friedberg, who was 3 years older than Rachmaninoff and was rather closely associated with Kreisler, Carl Flesch, Schnabel and having collaborated directly with Mahler :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6mWDbui258
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DOWN IN THE VALLEY (RUSSIAN FOLK SONG) - IVAN SKOBTSOV
We at Flickr are incredibly fortunate to have with us one of the all-time greats of photography, www.flickr.com/photos/bill_dane/.
Bill has been making joyful, inventive and insightful work since the 1960s. He's been acknolwledged by people like John Szarkowski and other major authorities in the medium. He continues to push the boundaries today with exciting images that expand our notion of what a photograph can be.
If you don't know Bill's work I recommend not losing any more time before checking him out.
How interesting to know that tarantulas are not naturally very aggressive and they are rarely lethal. Like any other animals, they will defend themselves once cornered.
Just in case you decided to keep Chilean rose tarantula as a pet, here is a very insightful link to read: www.thesprucepets.com/pet-chilean-rose-tarantulas-1237348
For more useful information about this tarantulas, please visit:
National Geographic Traveler Magazine is a reference for anyone who enjoys travel, fine photography and insightful journalism. At the end of November 2008, the magazine published a top 109 of the most authentic destinations worldwide. The historic city centre of Ghent ranked third!
What a surprise! Not that Ghent is an authentic, real city filled with excellently preserved buildings, monuments and art treasures, but the real surprise is that the city is recognised for these qualities! And there’s more. Ghent is praised for its “brilliant mix of a wonderful past and a contemporary, vibrant city”.
Ghent can boast the title of highest-ranking city, preceded only by Austria’s Wachau Valley and the area around the Rideau Canal in Ontario, Canada. Prestigious destinations such as Lyon, York, Dublin, Istanbul, Cape Town, Munich and many others are ranked after the city of Ghent.
A month or so ago, I quoted some analysts saying that it won't last more than 3 months and now here we are, right at the endgame. As Graham E Fuller -- formerly vice-chair of the National Intelligence Council, former Station Chief in Kabul for the CIA -- put it succinctly in his blog on 16th this month :
" The final end of the government in Kxxx is at hand as the inexorable logic of regime collapse gains momentum. It seems more of a surprise to current policymakers than to those many observers with a long-time familiarity with the country’s dynamics. It will not be pleasant to watch, but it has long been inevitable given the utterly unrealistic ambitions and poor policy execution that Washxxx has maintained in Afgxxx. Unfortunately, those darker, but more insightful views on the entire enterprise have long been largely stifled by our media...
... it is the overall decline of Amxxx domestically and geopolitically that is the telltale sign of its deeper weakness; there is an increasing international belief that the UX is living inside a fantasy bubble of denial about maintaining its global hegemony. If the 20-year UX military presence in Afgxxx had actually ever shown any serious concrete advancement towards concrete goals, that would be one thing. But the neocons are ever content to throw good money after bad in the blind pursuit of hegemony — even in the very heart of “the graveyard of empires...
But Washxxx’s focus on Afgxxx in reality has had very little to do with establishing a better and more equitable society for the Afgxxx... "
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On another occasion, I opined that ( amongst the Russian cellists ) " the audience have probably heard too much of Rostropovich, too little of Daniil Shafran, rarely of Knushevitsky, hardly of Yakov Slobodkin, mostly due to the monopoly of the media! Has it occured to them that the order should be the other way round ? " That is to say, if one is really looking for genuine artists and musicians instead of virtuoso, showmanship, dancing to the tune of propaganda narratives :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_X5_cBftUc&list=RDGMEM8h-ASY...
www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rachmaninoff+cello+
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovuH2eWyykY
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Clara Schumann's pupil Carl Friedberg, who was 3 years older than Rachmaninoff and was rather closely associated with Kreisler, Carl Flesch, Schnabel and having collaborated directly with Mahler :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6mWDbui258
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Beethoven's Violin sonatas, Haskil & Grumiaux
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HILbYu16eHg
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Enrico Caruso, Una Furtiva Lagrima, 1904, remastered
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t936rzOt3Zc
Enrico Caruso - E lucevan le stelle 1904. Digitally remastered.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TjEoAXzJ9E
Torna a surriento
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsVk9sGiDcc
Ch'ella mi credo libero
Psalm 78:2 “I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past.”
This is dedicated to a very good friend Bill....Wildcardpoet.
He is an extremely intelligent...insightful...talented artist in his own right. He rewrote a testimonial for me and I treasure his friendship emmensely!!!!!
Love ya' Bill you are great!!!!!!.....HUGS!!!..xxxx
LARGER VIEW for YOU
I remember being fascinated by the vastness of cherry orchards the first time I visited Old Mission Peninsula about 40 years ago. After all, Traverse City and environs was the "Cherry Capital of America".
Over the years we've revisited many times, and each year there seems to be more vineyards and new upscale housing, and fewer cherry orchards. To be sure there are still wonderful orchards, but the peninsula has become a bit more diversified.
Update: Thanks Ger Bosma for another insightful comment. Here's what I learned:
Michigan remains a top producer of cherries in the US, but the State of Washington has emerged as major competition, even selling eating cherries in Michigan! Michigan wineries do make cherry wine, but that is obviously a minor product...major production is of grape wine. Talked at length with a cherry farmer, and he explained the unique hazards of having $300000 on the trees that can only be harvested in a 2 week window.
The morning sun glints off of mountain sides and slinks in and out of clouds banks from a previous night's thunderstorms in Eddy Montana; meanwhile, the daily MRL gas local is seen making its rounds between Missoula and Thompson Falls. Off the cuff trip to Montana V3 is on the books, with this one being the best yet. Special thanks as always to Mr. Tom Danneman for the always insightful information.
*Working Towards a Better World
SALON.COM
www.salon.com/2015/08/06/donald_trump_is_america_why_the_...
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! xo❤️
We enjoyed a very unique tour through the historic and eerie, murderous London of the past in this Ghost Necrobus. Extremely enjoyable with an actress and a colleague of hers puiling all the strings to give the passengers a fun and insightful tour through all places London that have seen murder, executions, historic death tolls, plagues, ghostly appeareances etc. Delightfully presented and enacted and still some new facts to learn.
National Geographic Traveler Magazine is a reference for anyone who enjoys travel, fine photography and insightful journalism. At the end of November 2008, the magazine published a top 109 of the most authentic destinations worldwide. The historic city centre of Ghent ranked third!
What a surprise! Not that Ghent is an authentic, real city filled with excellently preserved buildings, monuments and art treasures, but the real surprise is that the city is recognised for these qualities! And there’s more. Ghent is praised for its “brilliant mix of a wonderful past and a contemporary, vibrant city”.
Ghent can boast the title of highest-ranking city, preceded only by Austria’s Wachau Valley and the area around the Rideau Canal in Ontario, Canada. Prestigious destinations such as Lyon, York, Dublin, Istanbul, Cape Town, Munich and many others are ranked after the city of Ghent.
I was so excited to get a picture done by the amazingly talented Seashell Dench and afterwards she surprised us with an offer to do a pic of Anubis and I together. While shooting she said, " Love is not always looking at each other,..but looking in the same direction." ..and the insightful truth of the statement really hit home and touched us both. Sea,..thank you so much. <3
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That's my motorcycle, Melissa, parked at the beach.
The title of this photo is the same as the title of one of my abstract paintings I produced about 33 years ago when I was somewhat landlocked in West Texas and the beach was not a significant or regular part of my life. But the title of my painting was both insightful and prophetic, and now I have spent many happy days of my life at the beach.
visionary
/ˈvɪʒ(ə)n(ə)ri/
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adjective
1.
thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom.
"a visionary leader"
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inspired
imaginative
creative
inventive
insightful
ingenious
enterprising
innovative
perceptive
intuitive
far-sighted
prescient
discerning
penetrating
sharp
shrewd
wise
clever
talented
gifted
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idealistic
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unworkable
unfeasible
out of touch with reality
fairy-tale
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ivory-towered
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head-in-the-clouds
2.
relating to or having the ability to see visions in a dream or trance, or as a supernatural apparition.
"visionary dreams"
noun
a person with original ideas about what the future will or could be like.
"he is a visionary keen on policy-making"
My stress-squeezed week is almost free of its greasy, choking grip.
In lieu of any meaningful commentary where I say words that are funny, insightful, or interesting, I offer only this picture. And a promise that I'll get back to saying more interesting things -- ideally, on your photostreams -- post-Friday.
All right.
Good talk, I'll see you out there.
A different perspective that is adjacent to the usual has the potential to be insightful.
Terrific Thursday to you. Let's get some stuff done.
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From childhood to youth and from youth to old age, humans strive to earn respect and admiration from others. We constantly seek validation, trying to prove ourselves worthy in the eyes of others. But the world remains unimpressed, never satisfied with our efforts.
If you're simple and genuine, the world mocks you, calling you naive or weak. If you're intelligent and insightful, it envies you, feeling threatened by your wisdom. If you keep to yourself, it labels you arrogant or aloof. If you're friendly and outgoing, it calls you a flatterer or people-pleaser.
In the end, you'll leave this world quietly, wondering what it was all about. You'll ask, "What was the point of this life?" And nobody will have the answer.We realize too late that true fulfillment comes from within, not from external validation.
Source: www.facebook.com/groups/169859751815174/permalink/8315815...
By the lake before dusk
*I do hope you find a calm and a sense of serenity by the beach rather than a " lovely portrait" when you view this photo :P
I don't mean to be rude but I find fake comments on my work to be insulting. I'm sure many of you experience this before. But I really appreciate all new and old contacts I've met here who we had shared many insightful conversations and inspired one another here in the Flickr community :)
Everyone should stop what they are doing and listen to this...it's insightful and so apt.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-tru...
**All photos are copyrighted**
Mark Twain
*** I'm adding this so there's no confusion in my interpretation of Twain's quote, and to follow up on Peter's insightful observation in this quote: Man = Homo Sapien, not Male, so it could just as easily be a question of man or woman.
(In the French translation, anyway.)
Vivitar 55mm f/2.8 Auto Macro (Komine)
'The Understanding' is not a logical action.... but an insightful process of the viewers whole ego.
Two and a half decades ago, I started running independent photo workshops, and one of the participants - Alan, a very good photographer and an insightful human being - invited me to visit him if I ever happened to be in the Ottawa area. Alan was a few years older than me. He lived in a big old rural farmhouse. One winter, on the way home after visiting my mom in Québec, I spent two days with Alan.
We went out shooting early the morning after a fabulous snowfall - all sparkly light and fluffy snow. I was selling a lot of photos to calendar publishers in those years, and must have been yammering on about it when Alan said something that struck home: "James! Life is not a calendar shot!"
Wow.
He was right.
When I look back at my body of work from the previous decade, it was probably my least interesting and creative period. I had become too immersed in trying to be "successful" and was in danger of losing my way as an artist.
The image on this page is definitely NOT a calendar shot. No bright sunny skies. No trees framing a scene. In fact, the "scene" does not exist, and the trees are in the middle, not around the edges. Just aspens, stripped of their leaves by the turn of the seasons. Nope, I can't imagine any calendar editor would be remotely interested in this one. I don't even know how "good" it is. Good nature photos are usually about graphic simplicity, and this is exactly the opposite. But it appeals to me. It really does.
And at this stage of my life, I'd rather fail in a creative effort than be successful via a tried-and-true formula.
My wise friend passed away a few years ago. I was pleased to see that he had some success of his own - gallery exhibitions of his big abstract images. Thank you, Alan, for your directness and clarity; it meant a lot to me.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2025 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Measured bars of red & white rhythms in corrugated waves, light & dark, and syncopated bolts!
Thanks to my friend Phil pointing out that it's the colours of the Canadian flag, I've re-titled this photo to reflect that insightful observation.
Perhaps that's why the architects chose this bold red colour to clad the building and use white for the trim, along with huge cedar beams to support the roofs.
~Attire:
Asteria - "Anna" Top & Skirt
~Shoes:
Pure Poison - Evana Sandals
~Hair:
FAGA - Abundant Hairstyle
~Accessories:
NANIKA - Antsy Bracelet Gold
VeM Maillsace Clutch
Confident NoseCuffs
[POM] Jane Necklace - Chain
- Secrets - Bloom Arms & Legs Jewelry
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"Representin My Zodiac In Fashion"
♐️I was born on November 30, under the Zodiac of the Sagittarius! I am a Fire sign and I tend to like warm reds, vibrant colors like sunny yellows or bright fuchsia's and mellow oranges as well as Earth colors.
♐️ Sag Quote:
"As forgiving as they are, Sagittarius doesn't mind distancing themselves from people, so don't test them." ~Unknown
♐️Meaning of an Sag:
"S.A.G.I.T.T.A.R.I.U.S: Spontaneous. Adventurous. Genuine. Intelligent. Tireless. Tactful. Alluring. Robust. Insightful. Upbeat. Sharp-witted."
A little of York from the river bank. The boats ready for river tours and the surrounding building give a insightful look into the some of the city.
If you aren't an Ansel Olson fan yet, you will be once you click here. Please explore his stream, as you will be inspired. Flickr is lucky to have him.