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1501-1504.
Young biblical hero in meditative pose who, with the help of God, defeats an enemy more powerful than him. An almost imperceptible sling emphasizes the victory of innocence and intellect over brute force.
The sling and the stone were covered with gold leaf, but the sculpture was installed in Piazza della Signoria and the golden details were removed by the action of time.
The original position of the statue would be on one of the buttresses of the Duomo of Santa Maria dei Fiori. However the final result of the work was so exceptional that a commission was set up to discuss the fate of the work. Names such as Leonardo da Vinci - who defended the positioning of the work on the Loggia of Piazza della Signoria - and Boticelli - that defended its original position were part of this commission.
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“For in it may be seen most beautiful contours of legs, with attachments of limbs and slender outlines of flanks that are divine; nor has there ever been seen a pose so easy, or any grace to equal that in this work, or feet, hands and head so well in accord, one member with another, in harmony, design, and excellence of artistry”.
Giorgio Vasari, from his “Lives of the most excellent painters, sculptors and architects”.
If anyone in this work has an objection to being in it, please let me know and I will delete it, or try and change it thank you. Hopefully, when you understand the reason for this work you will not object.
After researching a little I have chosen the colours red,
Red = Love, Passion, Strength, Power, Danger, Excitement, Energy.
Orange, Orange = Warmth, Creativity, Adventure, Freshness, Happiness, Attraction, Success. Yellow,
Yellow = Optimism, Cheer, Happiness, Warmth, Caution, Energy, Intellect.
Green, Green = Nature, Growth, Wealth, Luck, Envy, Freshness, Quality. Blue,
Blue = Trust, Calm, Sadness, Peace, Loyalty, Depth, Authenticity. Purple, Purple = Royalty, Nobility, Wisdom, Luxury, Imagination, Mystery, Spirituality. White, White = Purity, Simplicity, Innocence, Peace, Cleanliness, Emptiness, Goodness and black, Black = Sophistication, Formality, Sorrow, Boldness, Elegance, Death, Mystery. Also, the infinity symbol which I have used in plain black, and also all of the colours above, gives you an appreciation of what I am trying to portray. I chose the abstract circles because the circle is considered the symbol of unity. In my circles I have abstract people living, working, and playing together in unity. I hope that my message comes across clearly, that I desire all people to enjoy friendships with everyone despite their differences. We can learn so much from each other's differences and become better people for it as well as a close-knit community, which is surely better than hate, division, and war! Food for thought, my friends.
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The term nous (rhymes with “juice”) is important in Orthodox spirituality and the Fathers. Nous originally referred simply to the intellect, the means by which one could apprehend truth. In the New Testament, St. Paul often used nous in its ordinary Greek cultural sense of “mind.” The Fathers of the Church also used the word nous and other terms from Greek culture and philosophy; however, through their use in the Church, these terms acquired a specific Christian meaning. Among the Fathers, nous became a theological “term of art”—in other words, it has a specific and specialized meaning.
Nous has been defined and described in various ways. In Orthodox theology, nous refers not to the rational operation of the mind but to that part of the soul that allows the human person to know God, “the purest part of the soul, the eye of the soul.”2 “Man has two centers of knowing: the nous, which is the appropriate organ for receiving the revelation of God that is later put into words through the reason, and the reason which knows the sensible world around us.”
The Fathers frequently referred to the nous, and it has a very specific role in theology according to their experience and understanding. The Fathers rejected the idea that one could acquire knowledge of God by discursive reasoning (dianoia). True knowledge of God is gained through purification of the intellect (nous), and this comes about only with prayer. A famous statement known to all Orthodox theologians is, “The true theologian is one who prays.” A purified intellect grows in its knowledge of God through spiritual experience, not through dialectical reasoning, application of philosophical techniques, or the acquisition of mental skills. “The knowledge of reason is consequently of lower order than spiritual knowledge, apprehension or perception [of divine truth], which is the function of the intellect [nous] and is beyond the scope of reason.”
-Thinking Orthodox: Understanding and Acquiring the Orthodox Christian Mind Copyright ©2020 Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou
Every great Culture begins with a mighty theme that rises out of the pre-urban countryside, is carried through in the cities of art and intellect, and closes with a finale of materialism in the world cities.
- Oswald Spengler, Decline of The West (1926)
Curiositas is that vain and illusory knowledge which is really ignorance, because it is the exercise of our intellect not in search of truth but merely to flatter our own self-satisfaction and pride.
--The Spirit of Simplicity, Jean-Baptiste Chautard OSCO, Translated by Thomas Merton
Sadly, we have to leave the beach and travel to the last destination of this Indian trip. It was bittersweet for me. But along with spending time on a house boat, I wanted to revisit the beautiful city of Cochin.
Cochin is rich in history from the days of sea faring trade and despite adapting to modern technology it remains a charming and almost quaint city. Along the short journey to reach the city, there were many shops and beautiful handicrafts to buy.
I have now been to India four times. At first, the Hindu gods bewildered me. There are so many. Then some started to become familiar to me like old friends. I began to smile when I recognized them.
Ganesha is one of the best known deities in India. He is the god of beginnings and the deva of intellect and wisdom. He also is the patron of letters. He seems to do all of this effortlessly in this statue, doesn't he?
Der menschliche Geist kehrt, wenn er von einer neuen Idee gefordert wurde, nie zu seiner Ausgangsposition zurück.
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John Mayer - Waiting On the World to Change
Cambia el mundo
Crea un complot contra todo aquello que se interpone en el intelecto y que te imposibilita "confeccionar" cosas inusuales. Si sientes pánico, constrúyelo poco a poco sometiendo al miedo y ello te facultará a "distorsionar" tu universo...
Change the world
Create a plot against everything that stands in the intellect and that makes it impossible to "make" unusual things. If you feel panic, constrúyelo little by little submitting to fear and this will empower you to "distort" your universe ...
Changer le monde
Créez un complot contre tout ce qui est dans l'intellect et qui empêche de "faire" des choses inhabituelles. Si vous ressentez la panique, constrúyelo vous soumettez petit à petit à la peur et cela vous permettra de "déformer" votre univers ...
Cambia il mondo
Crea una trama contro tutto ciò che si trova nell'intelletto e ciò rende impossibile "creare" cose insolite. Se ti senti in preda al panico, costruilo a poco a poco invadendo la paura e questo ti autorizzerà a "distorcere" il tuo universo ...
María
(sunset in Brazil)
* "existe um caminho que vai dos olhos ao coração sem passar pelo intelecto." Chesterton
* "there is a path that goes of the heart to the eyes without going through the intellect." (Chesterton, writer english)
"The color yellow is the color of the mind and the intellect"
Plain Tiger or African Monarch (Danaus chrysippus)
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COLOUR ME COLOURS
Like the heavens and the skies
Like the deep seas so wide
When I am confident and true
When I have faith in you
Colour me blue, colour me blue
Like the royals of Great Britain
Like the noble in truth and ambition
In my wisdom, dignity and pride
In my mystery and grandeur so wise
Colour me purple, colour me purple
Like fire and blood
Like the intensity of a flood
In my strength and passion
In my desire, love and emotion
Colour me red, colour me RED
Like the warmth of the tropics
Like the sun, my daily tonic
When I am determined and creative
When I am happy and attractive
Colour me orange, colour me orange
Like a smile so warm
Like joy even in a storm
When I am cheerful and happy
In my intellect, when I am savvy
Colour me yellow, colour me yellow
When I am all these and more
When I am despised and adored
With the colours of the rainbow
With the colours that make me glow
Colour me colours, colour me colours
Poem by Ozioma Ogbaji
To my women with the utmost respect, intellect
We often forget and neglect intuition can see through illusive intent, listen to it
Just listen, just listen, oh
I found myself searching for a way to prevent, the detriment
And giving the impression that if you express to him what a woman needs
His comprehension is definite
But there’s a difference between understanding and honoring your word
And I’m articulate, he’s a good listener
But I’m hesitant ’cause he’s gonna fuck up anyways
No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter. It is possible that the infusoria under the microscope do the same. No one gave a thought to the older worlds of space as sources of human danger, or thought of them only to dismiss the idea of life upon them as impossible or improbable. It is curious to recall some of the mental habits of those departed days. At most terrestrial men fancied there might be other men upon Mars, perhaps inferior to themselves and ready to welcome a missionary enterprise. Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us. And early in the twentieth century came the great disillusionment.
The opening chapter of The War of the Worlds
by H. G.
Red Weed is the plant that supposedly gives Mars its dull red colour. It is one of the several types of plants brought to Earth possibly accidentally by the invading Martians, but the only one that truly was able to adapt and grow widespread on Earth. When it is exposed to water, it grows and reproduces explosively, flooding the neighboring countryside as it clogs streams and rivers.
In a whimsical clash of urban and rural worlds, a curious border collie finds itself standing guard over an unexpected bunch of city raccoons who have laid claim to the garden shed. Amidst the lush greenery of the garden, with trees swaying gently in the breeze and barrels and pots scattered about, the scene is one of delightful chaos. The border collie, with its keen intellect and playful spirit, eyes the raccoons with a mixture of curiosity and bemusement, unsure whether to bark in defense or join in the mischief. It's a comical tale of city meets garden, where even the most unexpected encounters can lead to laughter and lightheartedness.
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Note: This was Kaelyn's scene that I photobombed with Minimal buildings because it was too well decorated. Thank you Kaelyn!
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Credits
∘ MINIMAL
MINIMAL - Washington Building 02
MINIMAL - Washington Building 03
MINIMAL - Washington Street -Street Sign-
∘ Dead Unicorn
Dead Unicorn - Potting Shed (Rustic)
∘ [Rezz Room]
[Rezz Room] Border Collie Adult
[Rezz Room] Raccoons
∘ Pitaya
Pitaya Indoor plants
Pitaya Garden set plants
∘ Konoha
Konoha Prunus lanie - Park Tree 1
Konoha "Jest" Bushes
Konoha Osteospermum lunita
∘ [Merak]
[Merak] Birdhouse chair - decor
[Merak] Rustic chair pot - decor
∘ [ zerkalo ]
[ zerkalo ] Amelia vintage teapot planter
[ zerkalo ] Old garden - barrel
[ zerkalo ] Viviana plant pot - snake plant
∘ ..::THOR::..
..::THOR::.. Greenery set
..::THOR::.. Spring treasures set
∘ Hive
hive // Devi's ivy overhanging plant
hive // Kentia palm plant
hive // Macrame hanging plant
∘ Dust Bunny
dust bunny . flagstone path . mossy . straight @ anthem
dust bunny . Quirky planters elephant
dust bunny . Pilea peper plant
dust bunny . meadow hives . open hive . natural . bees
∘ KOPFKINO
KOPFKINO Garden Corner - Amphoras
KOPFKINO Garden Corner - Pottery Clay
∘ Misc
Apple Fall Kent Wall Set - Post, Short
Kalopsia Old plants
Muniick Devil's Ivy in Ceramic Planter
Soy. Reed Screen [Sudare] Light
DAD "Daisy in round metal pot white"
Ariskea Echo hanging ivy plant
Sisyphe au vingt-et-unième siècle
Ascète Sisyphe homérique,
Réclusionnaire en Tartare,
Pour Asopos ton entraide,
De belle Egine retrouvée
Zeus en rancune colérique,
De Thanatos de toi roublard,
De ce rocher pente raide,
D'enfer sans trêve répéter.
Du nihiliste Sisyphe,
De Camus désenchaînera,
Une raison de délivrance,
De nietzschéenne doctrine
De l'abîme, sorti des griffes,
De ta vie recommencera,
Chaque jour de vie abondance,
Ton coeur, bonheur en vitrine.
Le Sisyphe contemporain,
Triste siècle de déraison,
Même ici sans incongruité,
Juste pour désir de liberté,
Plus n'être encore le suzerain,
Du canevas de sa raison,
Trimer dans les limbes tapés,
D'une société erronée.
Une absurde vie servile,
Un job sans considération,
Qui profite à un ordre,
De chevillards de l'intellect,
Tous Sisyphe dans nos villes,
Se battre sans exaltation,
Tâchez de fuir la horde,
De cette vie de bagne abject.
Michaël Overberg
Did we ever fight for real? Well, I guess it looks like we did.
Thanks for being part of my sLife and for bringing laughters and good memories, my one and only brother.
And Yes you did hit me hard on my head. Ouch! My head is still spinning!
::: The Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started :::
In this context, there's no disrespect
So, when I bust my rhyme, you break your necks
We got five minutes for us to disconnect
From all intellect collect the rhythm effect
Obstacles are inefficient
Follow your intuition, free your inner soul
And break away from tradition
'Cause when we beat out, girl it's pullin' without
You wouldn't believe how we wow shit out
We burn it 'til it's burned out
Turn it 'til it's turned out
Act up from north, west, east, south
Everybody, everybody, let's get into it
Get stupid
Get retarded,
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Tripod : Not Used
Location:Anchuruli, Kerala, India
(adj.) *«Frette»:
1. French canadian slang word (pronounced fret)......If you don't know what this word means here is how to find out.........look at this image a few seconds and what you feel is what it is!..........and it also means that you don't live in Quebec!
Feeling the «frette»!, Frozen waves on the St-Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada.
PixQuote:
"One should never forget that seeing and producing an effect of nature is not a matter of intellect, but of feeling...I avoid being conventional as much as possible."
-Carl Frieseke
where familiar, everyday words, placed within a special context, can soar above the intellect and touch subtle reality in a unique way :-)
Paul Caponigro
HMM!! Justice Matters! No one is above the law!
backlit leaf, Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve, cary, north carolina
2023 Photo 283/82: No, cairn terriers aren't the only dogs that tilt their heads, but cairns' head-tilts are by far the cutest, and they also are a proven sign of superior canine intellect. Here, Tooth Barkington the cairn terrier, known far and wide for his cuteness and intelligence, demonstrates an exemplary head tilt. ©2023 | John M. Hudson
#Sweet_Tooth #tooth_vader #pocket_puppy #NOT_a_karen_terrier #naughty_bits #little_nurse_dog #little_monster #rat_patrol #canicula_invictus #little_bits #mighty_bitey #the_bad_dog_in_a_good_dogâs_body #obnoxiousteenager #bigbadtooth #littlebigtooth #MrT #T_Wrecks #TERRIERANYSAURUS_WRECKS #thetooththewholetoothandnothingbutthetooth #toothbarkington #tinyjawsofdeath #happylittlemonsters #cairnterrieristshaveweaponsofmastication #pterrieranadon #terrieranysaurusrex #velocirapterrier #pawsofdestruction #razortoothterrier
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Ludovico Einaudi - Experience (Simplemente maravilloso)
"Sueños y abstracciones"
Cómo en un cuadro de Kandinsky , transmitir un sentimiento a través de la música que refleje la unión, entre un rítmo único, abducente, melódico, hipnotizante, mediante un "lenguaje" prodigioso y fascinante para conseguir ese "equilibrio cromático" entre la jerga de la abstracción y los sueños "pigmentados", es de grandes intelectos y de genios.
"Dreams and abstractions"
Like in a painting by Kandinsky, transmit a feeling through music that reflects the union between a unique rhythm, abducent, melodic, hypnotizing through a prodigious and fascinating "language" to achieve that "chromatic balance" between the jargon of abstraction and "pigmented" dreams, is of great intellects and geniuses.
"Rêves et abstractions"
Comme dans un tableau de Kandinsky, transmettez une sensation à travers une musique qui reflète l'union entre un rythme unique, abducent, mélodique, hypnotisant et un "langage" prodigieux et fascinant pour atteindre cet "équilibre chromatique" entre le jargon de l'abstraction et des rêves "pigmentés", est de grands esprits et de génies.
"Sogni e astrazioni"
Come in un dipinto di Kandinsky, trasmettere un sentimento attraverso la musica che riflette l'unione tra un ritmo unico, abduttivo, melodico, ipnotizzante attraverso un "linguaggio" prodigioso e affascinante per raggiungere quel "equilibrio cromatico" tra il gergo di astrazione e sogni "pigmentati", è di grandi intelletti e geni.
María.
- Augustus Hare.
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One more shot from Pfeiffer State Beach. Took this one as I reached the beach when I got about 2 minutes to shoot the bridge head on without anyone walking through the frame. I like this shot a little better than the one where the sun is setting through the arch.
Thanks for visiting. Hope you all have a good day..
What is useless and destructive is to imagine that enlightenment or virtue can be found by seeking for fresh stimulation. The monastic life is a refusal of any view that will make human maturity before God dependent on external stimulus, ‘good thoughts’, good impressions, edifying influences and ideas, Instead, the monk must learn to live with his own darkness, with the interior horror of temptation and fantasy. Salvation affects the whole of the psyche; to try to escape boredom, sexual frustration, restlessness, unsatisfied desire by searching for fresh tasks and fresh ideas is to attempt to seal off these areas from grace. Without the humiliating and wholly ‘unspiritual’ experiences of cell-life –the limited routine of trivial tasks, the sheer tedium and loneliness –there would be no way of confronting much of human nature. It is a discipline to destroy illusions. The monk has come to the desert to escape the illusory Christian identity proposed by the world; he now has to see the roots of illusion in himself, in his longing to be dramatically and satisfyingly in control of his life, the old familiar imperialism of the self bolstered by the intellect.
---The Wound of Knowledge The Wound of Knowledge Christian Spirituality from the New Testament to St John of the Cross, ROWAN WILLIAMS
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— We murder to dissect.
—William Wordsworth, “The Tables Turned”
Yellow. Yellow is a color associated with sun. It symbolizes optimism, energy, joy, happiness and friendship. It might also stand for intellect. On the contrary, yellow can indicate jealousy, betrayal, illness and danger.Mar 8, 2016
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“For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.”
― John Milton, Areopagitica
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I stick with him like velcro,
But never aspire to out-show.
I’m malleable like playdough,
Yet my intellect is pseudo
An echo of his maestro?
Whatever the fellow’s mojo,
I’m his shadow
And this is me in this photo.
For the Macro Mondays theme - Orange and Blue
“Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us.”
― H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
Just as iron rusts from disuse...
even so does inaction spoil the intellect.
(Leonardo da Vinci)
Crazy Tuesday - Rust
(photo by Freya)
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and art that excites the most astute minds—and one that can be practiced by any imbecile :-)
Nadar
HPPT! Truth Matters!
zinnia, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
The Reality – I wanted to show the reality that dominates not only the life of this primate, but our lives also. We are the prisoners of our biology and our limited intellect. The evanescent nature of our short lives and hopelessness in the face of imminent death, defines our ultimate limitation. The constrains imposed by our crude society, religion, economy and other factors of human civilization, draws me to see the great cage similar to this one, which holds this fellow and will be the place of his death. In the future, things may change for the better – I see the signs. But our generation may not be able to profit from the changes that will come. Like the countless people that came before us, death will catch up with all of us who lives in the present. It is the ultimate cage and ultimate limiter of life. This is “The Reality”.
When a generous individual can no longer meditate discursively, “he should learn to remain in God’s presence with a loving attention and a tranquil intellect”, even though this seems like idleness to him. Soon he will find little by little that a “divine calm and peace with a wondrous, sublime knowledge of God, enveloped in divine love, will be infused into his soul”.
-THOMAS DUBAY, S.M. FIRE WITHIN St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and the Gospel—on Prayer