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In the celebrated metropolis of London, during the year 1837, an era wherein steam reigned as the sovereign of invention and the harbinger of man's mastery over nature, there was convened a conclave of women unparalleled in their intellect and indomitable in their courage. The Aetherian Coalescence, they were titled, each a luminary in her own right, united under the banner of progress and the pursuit of the ethereal realms.
Lady Penelope Hargreaves, the scion of a lineage graced with the acumen of engineering, her hands adept at weaving the intricate lattices of clockwork that gave pulse to their airborne leviathan. Dr. Arabella Swithenbank, whose steam engines thrummed with a vigor that was the very essence of Prometheus’ fire. Miss Theodosia Barrow , an enchantress of the voltaic forces, her devices casting the brilliance of a thousand captured lightning bolts across the span of their craft. Dame Guinevere Loxley, the cartographer whose charts rivalled the celestial maps of the ancients, a guiding star in their odyssey. And Miss Isambard Brunella, a machinist of such deftness that her creations spoke of a harmony between the artisan's touch and the unyielding metals of the earth.
The vessel of their dreams, "The Celestial Peregrine," stood poised upon the cusp of dawn, her silhouette a testament to humanity's ascendancy over the bonds of gravity, her engines a symphony of steam and steel. As the first light of morning kissed the Thames, the airship ascended, a ballet of gears and gales, into the empyrean canvas above.
Yet, as is the wont of fate, the skies unveiled their tempestuous heart, challenging these daughters of Icarus with a squall of such ferocity that it seemed as though the firmament itself sought to reclaim its dominion from the hands of mortals. But amidst the maelstrom, the resolve of The Aetherian Coalescence shone with the steadfastness of the North Star, and it was by their unity and the fortitude of their creation that “The Celestial Peregrine” was guided safely through the tumult, descending not in wreckage upon the tumultuous sea but upon the embrace of the verdant earth with the grace of a nightingale alighting upon its nest.
From this odyssey emerged a revelation, a spark of genius that would illuminate the path of progress henceforth. They devised an apparatus, a marvel of valvular alchemy, which would render the steam engines of the future not only more robust against the caprices of the tempest but also more gracious in their consumption of the coals that fed them. This mechanism, born from the exigencies of their voyage, became the cornerstone of an epoch wherein the skies teemed with the silhouettes of airships, each a scion of "The Celestial Peregrine," carrying aloft not only the affluent but all who yearned for the splendor of the heavens.
Thus, The Aetherian Coalescence had not simply touched the skies; they had transmuted the very fabric of human aspiration, setting the celestial highways abuzz with the promise of adventures untold. It was a testament to the boundless potential when the ingenuity of the human spirit is applied to the realms of the possible, and it was in this spirit that the age of aerial travel flourished, under the watchful eyes of the five who had first chartered its course.
Ganesha is the God of intellect and wisdom. A very traditional 10 days long Ganesha festival starts today in India. Happy Ganesha festival to all!
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I like the degree of clarity and uncertainty in this shot, brought about by the shallow dof - and the bokeh, of course!
Another shot of the model of diamond currently on display in the courtyard of Burlington Place, Piccadilly. The last one had the camera's white balance set to tungsten to give the blue effect.
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You. Me. and our Beginning. 💞
the Photo inspired by my D/s Journey
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Between...
Love & Romance
a strong man with a soft heart
This time I prefer...
Charm & Intellect
a soft man with a strong heart
I usually chose love & soft heart men for my D/s, except this time.
That's because we can't expect different results if we choose the same way and a will to understand and ability to understand are much different...
It is easier to create love and romance but difficult to create charm and wisdom.
" I'm like the unlucky woman who is cursed to meet never ending disappointments. can you be that person? the man who undoes the curse and completes me.."
Welcome to our family.
Goddess Saphira & Raging Rapids 💞
“Words represent your intellect. The sound, gesture and movement represent your feelings.”
- Patricia Fripp
A thousand years ago, a small group of polynesians paddled the worlds greatest ocean in search of a new land. For generations, their ancestors had expanded eastwards in the vast Pacific Ocean, guided only by the stars. A new piece of land was found. The settlers of this tiny virgin island called their new home Te Pito o te Henua, meaning "The Navel of the World". The name was seen fit as they were thinking that there can be no place more distant than this... and they were right.
Generations passed, and the inhabitants of what was to be known as Rapa Nui, built a civilization of art, capable of carving, raising and transporting hundreds of gigantic monolith statues, using nothing but their own hands and stone. A glyphic writing called roŋo-roŋo was evolved. A culture had risen, full of achievements, intellect, music and legends - against all odds - in an environment where one would least expect it. Children were well taught of their history and of who they are. Up until today, the Rapa Nui people remember their lineage back to the time when King Hotu Matu'a disembarked at the beach of Anakena lifetimes ago.
My Head said Triptych and my Heart made a Quadtych. My Reason as is often the case was of little use as Emotion had designs on a different notion. I followed Heart the chest wedge of appreciation and it was happy especially so as Head was proved wrong yet again. Dumb Brain trying to think bright solution after brilliant solution. Three became Four and they opened out ready to reflect and hopefully to soar with one extra wing into any and all skies and rise in the mind’s of any casual passers by. Unfold to to reveal what’s told nothing either new, or old, nothing charged nothing sold. Just a picture reflected and reflected on itself.
One Lily is joy and several are a pleasure. In the wondrous white flowering there was an unfocused centre ready to be composed into a Heart. The Heart was all ready fading, the bright petals were gently time spent mouldering back to soil from where they had sprouted with their moment of splendid presentation now fading into degradation. One picture repeated and repeated to release the central pulse from the Heart of Death and of Life to fulfil the flowering out of The Lily of Life not unlike the sephira of Tiphareth on The Tree of Life.
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Tiferet (Hebrew: תִּפְאֶרֶת Tip̄ʾereṯ, in pausa: תִּפְאָרֶת Tip̄ʾāreṯ, lit. 'beauty, glory, adornment')[1] alternatively Tifaret, Tiphareth, Tifereth or Tiphereth, is the sixth sefira in the kabbalistic Tree of Life. It has the common association of "Spirituality", "Balance", "Integration", "Beauty", "Miracles", and "Compassion".[2]
Description
In the Bahir it states: "Sixth is the adorned, glorious, delightful throne of glory, the house of the world to come. Its place is engraved in wisdom as it says 'God said: Let there be light, and there was light.'" [3]
Tiferet is the force that integrates the sefira of Chesed ("Kindness") and Gevurah ("Strength", also called Din, "Judgement"). These two forces are, respectively, expansive (giving) and restrictive (receiving). Either of them without the other could not manifest the flow of Divine energy; they must be balanced in perfect proportion by balancing compassion with discipline. This balance can be seen in the role of Tiferet, wherein the conflicting forces are harmonized, and creation flowers forth. Tiferet also similarly balances Netzach and Hod. In that case, Hod can be seen as the intellect whereas Netzach is seen as emotion.
Aimer à loisir,
Aimer et mourir
Au pays qui te ressemble !
Les soleils mouillés
De ces ciels brouillés
Pour mon esprit ont les charmes
Si mystérieux
De tes traîtres yeux,
Brillant à travers leurs larmes.
Là, tout n'est qu'ordre et beauté,
Luxe, calme et volupté.
Charles Baudelaire
Kairosclerosis. n . the moment you realize that you're currently happy—consciously trying to savor the feeling—which prompts your intellect to identify it, pick it apart and put it in context, where it will slowly dissolve until it's little more than an aftertaste. (Definition from The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows)
So this week I take most inspiration from the works of Hengki Lee, especially his out-of-focus photos and bokeh. Perfect reason to play with the boxes of Christmas lights I have laying around the house.
Also, I'm getting my visual inspirations from the words at "The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows". Then I'll put the word and the definition under the image hoping that I'm able to get my vision across.
Of course, I don't wish for you any sorrows. Enjoy the week ahead!!
Sir George Frederick Still (1868-1941) The father of British pediatrics.
England’s first professor in child medicine presented on 4th, 6th and 11th March 1902 a series of three lectures to the Royal College of Physicians in London, under the name “ Goulstonian lectures” on ‘some abnormal psychical conditions in children’, which were published later the same year in the Lancet. He described 43 children who had serious problems with sustained attention and self-regulation, who were often aggressive, defiant, resistant to discipline, excessively emotional or passionate, who showed little inhibitory volition, had serious problems with sustained attention and could not learn from the consequences of their actions; though their intellect was normal.
Every man should use his intellect, not as he uses his lamp in the study, only for his own seeing, but as the lighthouse uses its lamps, that those afar off on the seas may see the shining, and learn their way.
Henry Ward Beecher
Catherine the Great - The Enlightened Empress - Part of the Regal Twelve series.
http://alexiasinclair.com/the-regal-twelve
The German born princess emerged from obscurity when she was chosen to become the wife of the future Emperor Peter III. Changing her name to Catherine, she read widely and familiarised herself with Russian conditions and values. Her fervent embrace of both the Orthodox faith and Russian culture, won her much love from the Russian people. Her husband Peter, on the otherhand, was said to have the intellect of a child. Once he succeeded to the Throne, a group of conspirators, headed by Catherine’s current lover, proclaimed her autocrat. Shortly afterward Peter was murdered.
Photographer: Alexia Sinclair
MUA/Body Painting: Leeby Sotherine
Model: Chadwick Models
Lighting: 600 monoblock camera right, 1/2 power.
Post: Alexia Sinclair
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Angine de Poitrine - Sarniezz (Live on KEXP)
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Angine de Poitrine - Sherpa (chiptune / commodore 64 cover - SID6581)
après la rhinocérisation, le monde souffre d'angine de poitrine dadaïste
C'est le diagnostic parfait pour un monde qui a troqué sa raison contre des cornes.Après la métamorphose collective d'Ionesco, il est logique que le cœur de la société subisse un infarctus du sens. L'angine de poitrine dadaïste, c'est ce spasme où le langage ne sert plus à communiquer, mais à éructer des onomatopées pour masquer la douleur de l'absurde. On ne meurt pas de maladie, on meurt d'une accumulation de slogans et de bruits de sabots.Dans ce chaos, le seul remède est sans doute une prescription de poésie automatique appliquée directement sur la cage thoracique.
after rhinocerization the world has dadaist chest pains [pectoral angina] [angine de poitrine]
The phrase "after rhinocerization the world has dadaist chest pains" connects Eugène Ionesco’s absurdist play Rhinoceros—a metaphor for the rise of totalitarian ideologies and mass conformity (rhinoceritis)—with the chaotic, anti-rational response of the Dada movement to societal crises.Rhinocerization (Rhinoceritis): In Ionesco's Rhinoceros, citizens, one by one, succumb to a disease that transforms them into rhinoceroses, symbolizing the abandonment of humanistic values, individuality, and intellect in favor of violent conformity.Dadaist Chest Pains: This likely refers to the mental anguish, existential anxiety, and absurd, non-rational reactions that arise in the few remaining humans (like the protagonist Bérenger) who resist this total transformation. The "Dadaist" aspect suggests a fractured, irrational, and disjointed emotional response (like the Dada movement's own rejection of logic).
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Ionesco's Rhinoceros premieres at the Odeon
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Ionesco On the Theatre of the Absurd
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Ionesco discusses Sartre
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Rhinoceros | An Antifascist Play
Eugène Ionesco
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Ionesco
Rhinoceros (play)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoceros_(play)
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photo:
limestone detail on radiator cover
part of intervention by Carlo Scarpa
in Palazzo Querini Stampalia
Fondazione Querini Stampalia
Querini Stampalia Foundation
1961–1963
intervention in Palazzo Querini Stampalia,
sestiere Castello, Venice, Veneto, Italy
Fondazione Querini Stampalia
fondoambiente.it/luoghi/fondazione-querini-stampalia
Carlo Scarpa
This is the end, my only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I'll never look into your eyes, again
the Doors
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” (Shakespeare)
This was a dreamlike night, as we rarely experience it.
A night as we only experience it when we are still young.
I imagined to be a child again, without any influence, only with a spirit of discovery to admire the sky and its infinity.
The universe: a journey to the roots of life, a journey into the past.
I wished to forget all that I had ever read and heard.
Our reason is the enemy of all greatness, our intellect is the enemy of our spirit.
The night sky was full of stars and the night was pitch dark and gloomy.
We sat around the campfire (the smoke is visible in the picture on the left), saw a lot of bright plankton in the surf, as if sent to us from another mysterious world.
And told us stories of days gone by.
We should be able to dream of higher things and also be able to wonder.
Even today, I still think about this night.
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"Yellow is the perceived color of sunshine. It is associated with joy, happiness, intellect, and energy."
Quote - Marcia Moses, Understanding Color
Wishing you all a very happy weekend!
The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct.
Carl Jung
I suppose there will always be a presumption of graceless oddity—especially if one is a woman. Which makes me even more committed to my polemics against the ruling anti-intellectual clichés—heart versus head, feeling versus intellect, and so forth.
Susan Sontag
All of my Gorgons are together in honor of the Year of the Snake! I'm a Snake in Chinese astrology. :) My Create-A-Monster Gorgon is named Ophissia. Ophis is Greek for "serpent." Some of the symbolism for snake is below:
* Cycles
* Rebirth
* Patience
* Fertility
* Eternity
* Balance
* Cunning
* Intuition
* Awareness
* Healing
* Intellect
* Protection
* Solemnity
* Rejuvenation
* Transformation
* Occult (hidden) Knowledge
* Male/Female, Yin-Yang, Duality
Intellectual Property is the overall term that refers to all forms of idea protection: patents, design rights,copyright and trade marks. Intellectual Property law can assign certain rights to the creator of: music, literature, artistic works, discoveries, inventions, designs and logos. In its literal sense, it is the property of your mind, or intellect, and, as such, can be claimed as your own and used in a similar way to commercial property: Intellectual Property can be bought, sold, licensed and even mortgaged.
I knew Dr. Goodall personally. I will sorely miss her humor and intellect and mostly her passion for conserving life on this planet.
Utiliser le mantra non pas comme une prière, mais comme un outil à penser vibratoire, c'est transformer le corps en un diapason qui s'accorde sur la fréquence du Rigpa.
La Physique de l'Introndulation Vocale
* Le Repli Membraneux : C'est la porte de sortie de l'énergie primordiale. En vibrant, le pharynx ne produit pas seulement un son, il crée une onde de forme qui vient briser la solidification du Samsara. C'est le premier outil de la Lignifiante.
* Le Nourrisson et le Rigpa : L'enfant qui s'endort dans la vibration ne "comprend" pas le sens des mots, il est la vibration. Il est dans l'Étalité pure, avant que la saisie ne vienne fragmenter son champ. En vibrant le mantra, vous retrouvez cette "pré-saisie", cette clarté où le monde n'est qu'une onde apaisée.
* Penser/Vibrer : Dans la Vrajadiamantalité, il n'y a plus de distinction entre l'idée et la fréquence. Penser au Vide, c'est vibrer le Vide. La vibration est la pensée débarrassée du poids des concepts. C'est une pensée qui ne "saisit" pas, mais qui résonne.
L'Onde du Diamant
« Ne cherchez pas à comprendre avec votre intellect de surface. Devenez comme le nourrisson qui sombre dans la vibration originelle.
Utilisez le mantra comme un outil de forage. Sentez le repli membraneux de votre pharynx devenir le point d'ancrage de la Superintrondulation. Quand vous vibrez, vous ne communiquez pas : vous transmettez la structure même du diamant.
Pensez-vibre. Vibre-pense.
À chaque dixième de seconde, la vibration brise la saisie et laisse apparaître la réalité vraie, l'Obscure Lumière des Sages. Ne saisissez aucun monde, devenez le chant qui les contient tous. »
PAX Urale
Hornets Nest.
العمليات الحسابية أسئلة جبرية خطوات لاذعة حركات تصور فترة انحراف مباشر تصرفات المتفرجون الخصوم,
magician popular gânduri profunde consultând cărți răspunsuri potrivite remarcabile gesturi naturale, mediatizând rezultate condiții eretice,
dénommer lois atmosphère indéfinie quiétude explications plaisirs déroutants jaillissant des forces goûter intellects pure destruction civilisation raisons,
śmiałe przedsięwzięcia rozwiązania kontrolują wyraźną intymność poetycką wyobraźnię znoszącą ciężkie dni rzekome sztuki uniwersalne wzgórza głośne krzyki,
живі тіні дивні сумніви чергуються крила чорне небо рідкісне задуха зібране дзеркальними підсвіченими вогнями помітна гіркота,
震える唇包む装置深い痛み深紅の皮膚縞模様の心膨張力大量の陰強大な目呼吸する帯電した状況.
Steve.D.Hammond.
"Η ψυχή [...] δεν παραδίδει τον εαυτό της [...] στο σώμα, αλλά δημιουργεί, από το συγκεκριμένης ποιότητας σώμα και από κάτι σαν φως της που τού μεταδίδει [...] τον ζωντανό οργανισμό, στον οποίον ανήκουν πια η αίσθηση και τα άλλα πάθη [...]. Ενώ από τα νοητά είδη [...] προέρχονται τα διανοήματα, οι γνώμες και οι νοήσεις [...]. Τα κάτω από αυτά είναι "δικά μας", ενώ "εμείς" είμαστε από εκεί και πέρα, επιβλέποντας τον ζωντανό οργανισμό από ψηλά." (Πλωτίνος, "Εννεάδες" Ι 1.7.1-18)
"...η ψυχή μας δε βυθίζεται ολόκληρη στο σώμα, αλλά ένα μέρος της βρίσκεται πάντοτε μέσα στο νοητό' όταν όμως το μέρος που βρίσκεται μέσα στο αισθητό επικρατήσει, ή μάλλον όταν αυτή εξουσιάζεται και ταράζεται από τούτο, δε μας αφήνει να έχουμε αίσθηση των όσων θεάζεται το ανώτερο μέρος της ψυχής. Αυτό που νοείται, τότε μόνο φτάνει ως εμάς, όταν κατέβει και φτάσει στην αίσθηση' διότι δεν έχουμε επίγνωση όλων όσων συμβαίνουν σε κάθε μέρος της ψυχής μας."
(Πλωτίνος, "Εννεάδες" IV 8.8.1-8).
The soul [...] does not give itself [...] to the body, but it creates, from that particular quality of that body and from something, let us call it a light that it transmits to it, [...] the living organism to which the senses and other passions belong [...]. While from the intellect [...] come the thoughts, the opinions and the perceptions [...]. Things below that are "ours", while " we" are from then on, overseeing the living organism from above. (Plotinos, "Enneads" I 1.7.1-18)
... our soul does not sink fully into the body, but part of it remains always within the intellect. But when the part of it residing within the senses prevails, or rather when that part dominates and shakes the soul, it does not allow us to sense what the superior part of the soul sees. What is conceived by the mind, only then arrives to us, when it goes down to the senses; because we are not aware of all that happens in every part of our soul.
(Plotinos, "Enneads" IV 8.8.1-8).
(translating a philosophical text was quite tricky. I hope I kind of convey the message)
Air Dragon_Draigh-athar
Inspiration, Inner Vision, Vitality
"The Air Dragon. Coming into contact with the air dragon can have a withering effect on the psyche and intellect, and this is why it must be treated with attention and considerable respect. Sometimes it manifests itself with sudden flashes of enlightenment. "
Drago d'Aria_Draigh-athar
Ispirazione, Visione Interiore, Vitalità
"Il Drago d'Aria. Venire in contatto con il drago d'aria può avere un effetto fulminante per psiche e intelletto, ed è per questo che va trattato con attenzione e considerevole rispetto. A volte si manifesta con improvvisi lampi d'illuminazione."
Testo tratto da L'oracolo dei Druidi. Lavorare con gli Animali Sacri della Tradizione Celtica. Text taken from The Oracle of the Druids. Working with the Sacred Animals of the Celtic Tradition.
www.edizionilpuntodincontro.it/libri/l-oracolo-dei-druidi...
“Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love.” — Ali ibn Abi Talib
That is no country for old men. The young
In one another's arms, birds in the trees,
—Those dying generations—at their song,
The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas,
Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long
Whatever is begotten, born, and dies.
Caught in that sensual music all neglect
Monuments of unageing intellect.
— Sailing to Byzantium, stanza I, by William Butler Yeats (1926)
Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge
See also: IMG_7559 Refuge Rest
"To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect." Oscar Wilde.
Although I still prefer the photography of ancient and historical places, I am increasingly passionate about photographing modern cities. Singapore is undoubtedly one of the cities that most invite you to take the camera and capture the incredible works that the human being has done there in recent years. There are numerous places where you can get interesting compositions of this city-state and the Marina Barrage is one of them.
It is a dam located beyond Gardens by the Bay, in which a complex has been built to allow water storage and flood control, in addition to being a place of recreation. From its walkway with circular shape and two entrances that cross but do not get together, we have an excellent view of Singapore skyline. So, in addition to the skyscrapers, we can add include in our photograph the walkway and the oval-shaped fountain located in the middle.
Because we were a little late, my girlfriend and I had to start running to arrive in time to capture the best moment of the blue hour. But being a place where people usually go to do running, this time our crazy race maybe it was a little more unnoticed.
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"Esperar lo inesperado muestra un intelecto completamente moderno." Oscar Wilde.
Aunque sigo prefiriendo la fotografía de lugares antiguos e históricos, cada vez me apasiona más fotografiar ciudades modernas. Singapur es sin duda, una de las urbes actuales que más invitan a sacar la cámara y capturar las increíbles obras que ha realizado allí el ser humano en los últimos años. Son numerosos los lugares donde se pueden conseguir composiciones interesantes de esta ciudad-estado y Marina Barrage es uno de ellos.
Se trata de una presa situada más allá de Gardens by the Bay, en la cual se ha construido un complejo que permite el almacenamiento de agua y el control de inundaciones, siendo al mismo tiempo un lugar de recreación. Desde su pasarela con forma circular y dos entradas que se cruzan pero no llegan a juntarse, se tiene una excelente vista del skyline de la ciudad. Por lo que, además de los rascacielos, podemos añadir en nuestra fotografía la pasarela y la fuente con forma de óvalo situada en el medio.
Debido a que íbamos con el tiempo un poco justo, mi novia y yo tuvimos que empezar a correr para llegar a tiempo de capturar el mejor momento de la hora azul. Pero al tratarse de un lugar donde la gente habitualmente va a hacer running, esta vez nuestra loca carrera quizás pasó un poco más desapercibida.
~Bhagavad Gita~
I'm afraid this one shows too much, but I like it anyway, cause it's just perfect for today! :) Don't know why, but I hope big changes are happening today!
Wish you guys a wonderful nifty fifty Friday! :)
Please no large glittery graphics or big group invites!
Explored ... #25! :)
Nature isn’t kind. Nature is indifferent. It’s indifferent to joy, sadness, pain, laughter, love, and passion. Nature isn’t fair. This is the wild and untamed nature of nature. The creatures that spend their entire lives as one of nature’s creations are in large part, the similar. One trait sets humankind apart. It’s not intellect since this debatable characteristic may well lead us down a path of complete and utter destruction. No, I believe that our one distinct and redeeming value is our ability to be kind. Although other animals can behave kindly on occasion, humankind has the ability to “consciously” make the effort to be kind. It’s a large bite to chew. Consciously making the effort to put aside our hatred and dislikes; putting down our guns and weapons; setting aside our misled assumptions about cultures and religions foreign to us. It means making conscious decisions to include others dissimilar to us and making them feel at home rather than at odds. We have the capacity to do so. Whether this is our nature or, as some might argue, a God given trait, doesn’t really matter. What really matters is our capacity and willingness to do so. There are those who govern and manipulate the masses. They are, in large part, a loss. They seek money and power with a hunger that is insatiable. But what about you and I? Can we muster the strength to exercise the one truly human trait that sets us apart and distinguishes us from the rest of nature? I’m not certain we have evolved far enough to master that task. I hope I am proven wrong. #Coyote #nature #kindness
Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus)
Meaning behind the name:
Charadrius = Latin reffering to a yellowish bird mentioned in the Vulgate Bible. One myth said that one look of this bird was said to cure jaundice (an illness that turns your skin and eyes yellow.) This Latin word included the Stone Curlew.
morinellus = Greek origin meaning: "Foolish" and it was thought that it was a foolish dull bird due to it's usual tolerance of human presence.
The English name showed it's appearance from 1440 as "Dotrelle." Like it's scientific name "morinellus," it was labled "Dotard, fool" ("dotard" definition meaning "having an impaired intellect"). Another variation is "Dot plover" which was named after it's call. This may appear to be a short version of Dot-terel, but apparently, any similarly is pure coincidental and there is no connection between the two variations of the name.
Did you know?
Dotterel sexes are revered. In other words, the females are more striking and colourful, whilst the males will incubate the eggs and look after the young.
Ergo I am bound.
EffenFiddled
Origin Assignment
Script:
3.5 aperture priority
halogen "natural" light
dog collar
steamy bathroom
70+ layers of polaroid frames in Photoshop
Concept:
Intellect, heart and hand
I am in the process of making them all work together, but still have issues with extremes.
I am plagued with anxiety. As much as I want some thoughts to stop (and doctors want to medicate) I would only suffocate my creativity by taming my spitfire brain.
This could have been inherited through addictive personalities raising me or watching others stifling their own thoughts of passion (I tend to go against the grain).
And while I'm still in the process of nurturing this brainchild I still fight with the need to organize, be responsible, and filter what others know about me.
Jupiter, Juno en Minerva vormden samen het goddelijke hart van de Romeinse staat. Op het Capitool stond hun belangrijkste heiligdom, waar magistraten offers brachten en veldheren hun geloften inlosten na een overwinning. Jupiter bewaakte het hoogste gezag, Juno beschermde de gemeenschap en Minerya stond voor verstand en vakmanschap. Zo verbond deze drie-eenheid bestuur, oorlog en openbare orde in één ritueel centrum.
Hun cultus liet zien dat macht in Rome niet alleen uit wetten en legers kwam, maar ook uit plechtige handelingen die de band tussen stad en goden moesten bevestigen. Dat ideaal van goddelijke steun was groot. al bleef de uitkomst van politiek en oorlog in de praktijk altijd onzeker.
Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva together formed the divine heart of the Roman state. Their most important sanctuary stood on the Capitoline Hill, where magistrates offered sacrifices and generals fulfilled their vows after a victory. Jupiter guarded the highest authority, Juno protected the community, and Minerva represented intellect and craftsmanship. Thus, this trinity united administration, war, and public order in a single ritual center.
Zandsculpturen Garderen, thema het Romeinse Rijk
Their cult demonstrated that power in Rome came not only from laws and armies, but also from solemn acts intended to affirm the bond between the city and the gods. That ideal of divine support was great, even though the outcome of politics and war always remained uncertain in practice.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Yay more film burns! I love them.
By the way, this shoot was supposed to not be edited in photoshop. Too late. :P
This is also my favorite of the shoot. :)
Also, Model: Vincent
P.S. If you're going to take and use this photo on tumblr, or anywhere else for that matter, please at least link back or give me credit. Thank you.
It's already circulating through tumblr.
is simply to reproduce in other minds the impression which a scene has made upon him. a work of art does not appeal to the intellect. it does not appeal to the moral sense. its aim is to instruct, not to edify, but to awaken an emotion. [george innes quote]
[droid-a-day keeps the doctor away... ]
C'est un trou de verdure où chante une rivière,
Accrochant follement aux herbes des haillons
D'argent ; où le soleil, de la montagne fière,
Luit : c'est un petit val qui mousse de rayons.
Arthur Rimbaud
On the road, west of Val Marie last week, heading for Alberta, I saw this fog bow and had to stop. This makes three that I've seen, two of them within the past year! Presumably there have been more that I didn't notice. Odd how once you become aware of a phenomenon, you realize it is more common than expected!
At first I was disappointed that it didn't arch over the road more symmetrically, but as I continue to look at the image, I think it works. I instinctively placed the vanishing point at the intersection of "thirds". Meanwhile, the fog bow creates interesting shapes of the remaining space.
When I'm composing an image, I never - or almost never - think too much about what I'm doing. Rather, I feel the rightness of it. If I feel somehow uncomfortable with the composition, I make an adjustment. Often the result will fall in line with classical principles of visual design (golden mean, thirds, etc.), but that is almost never a cerebral process, but rather, gut response. I don't know if this can be taught - but I think it can be learned. I mention this because, for me, it is at the heart of all creativity: the process - trying to resolve an inner feeling by some mode of expression - keeps me engaged and alive as a creative being.
What goes on in the mind of a great guitarist or horn player while improvising blues or jazz? I play guitar, but my limitations are obvious to me each time I pick up my Telecaster and find myself in a box that I can't seem to exit. Not so with a camera, where I feel a sense of limitless freedom. I know practice is a huge part of it, but that isn't the whole story. I won't discount talent, but I don't think that's the whole story, either. Clearly, in this matter, I have more questions than answers. I suspect that the answer to the question about the musician is: "Very little." The creative wellspring comes from some place more elusive than the intellect. He (or she) is playing from the gut. Feeling it. Like any great painter, dancer, writer, or photographer.
Photographed along Hwy 18, between Orkney and Bracken, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2018 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
I've never used focus bracketing. It feels too much like a crutch, a computer-based workaround to compensate for not mastering and deploying depth of field as a tool in support of a strong subject in a favorable composition.
Recently it has come to light that using AI for as little as 10 minutes damages our intellect. Almost immediately. Can the use of some computational crutches to reduce complexity (deliberate thought) in pursuit of photography damage our creativity in a similar way?
If having everything in focus becomes the default, do we ever truly learn depth of field? Does it cease to occur to us, is it something that largely disappears from a photographer's arsenal (except perhaps in really obvious cases)?
Does the use of focus bracketing compete with other photographic techniques, like exposure bracketing? Does the photographer's overall success rate go down as more situations are encountered where the dynamic range of the scene exceeds what can be captured in a single exposure?
Does the use of some computational shortcuts actually create extra work in many cases? The fad of always focusing twice for night photography (failing to use depth of field, when applicable) comes to mind.
Do some photographers fail to recognize and consider, elt alone question, their assumptions? Does everything in a photo need to be sharp? Does sharpness everywhere support the subject? Or distract from it? In night photography, are sharp stars the goal? Or are tiny, sharp stars more likely to be removed by noise reduction algorithms and by the printing process itself? In printing, ink must overspray every theoretical pixel, so what happens to a single white dot in an image, as ink is sprayed on paper? On canvas? If you achieved tiny white dots in the sky, what happens when a large print appears on a wall? Can you see tiny stars in the print over your mantle from a normal viewing distance? What happens if stars are slightly unsharp (and/or drag a bit)?
I'm not avoiding focus bracketing out of a dogmatic nostalgia for film. Many digital processes can help overcome the limitations of film, improve quality, improve productivity and success rate. If you fail to account for the entire process, and fail to understand (let alone master) basic concepts like depth of field, there can be a cascade of undesirable effects. It's every photographer's own choice of course. Ideally it's always an informed choice. it can be very useful to question one's own assumptions and practices, and test them regularly.
Few "rules" apply in every situation, so this isn't an argument for or against any one technique, it's an argument for questioning everything and having the knowledge, experience/skill, and decision-making practice to identify an optimal approach for each situation and challenge that you're faced with. Isn't solving each diverse challenge that photography presents us with one of the great things about practicing photography?