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I live in this country for 48 years, after 5 years of living here, I became an American citizen and served in the army from which I already retired, I am proud to live in a free country that respects the right to freedom, everything bad or negative that any ideological divisive says about us put it in doubt, I come from a country that was beautiful, where we all loved each other with respect, then everything changed with an iron dictatorship that said they came to give us rights and equality, it was all a cruel trap, we lost everything until the intrinsic right to freedom, I lost everything, family, friends and my right, so they deported me after keeping me a prisoner in their dungeons. Now they try to deceive us, but I know them very well... Wake up, get up, because you are free, never believe in hollow promises from the left.
Tulip mania was a period during the Dutch Golden Age when contract prices for some bulbs of the recently introduced and fashionable tulip reached extraordinarily high levels, and then dramatically collapsed in February 1637. It is generally considered to have been the first recorded speculative bubble or asset bubble in history.
In many ways, the tulip mania was more of a hitherto unknown socio-economic phenomenon than a significant economic crisis. It had no critical influence on the prosperity of the Dutch Republic, which was one of the world's leading economic and financial powers in the 17th century, with the highest per capita income in the world from about 1600 to 1720.
The term "tulip mania" is now often used metaphorically to refer to any large economic bubble when asset prices deviate from intrinsic values.
This tulip is from our garden.
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Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom, officially Hohe Domkirche St. Petrus, Latin: Ecclesia Cathedralis Sanctorum Petri, English: High Cathedral of Saint Peter) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is a renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1996. It is Germany's most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day, currently the tallest twin-spired church at 157 m (515 ft) tall.
Construction of Cologne Cathedral commenced in 1248 and was halted in 1473, leaving it unfinished. Work restarted in the 19th century and was completed, to the original plan, in 1880.
The cathedral is the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe and has the second-tallest spires. The towers for its two huge spires give the cathedral the largest façade of any church in the world. The choir has the largest height to width ratio, 3.6:1, of any medieval church.
Cologne's medieval builders had planned a grand structure to house the reliquary of the Three Kings and fit its role as a place of worship for the Holy Roman Emperor. Despite having been left incomplete during the medieval period, Cologne Cathedral eventually became unified as "a masterpiece of exceptional intrinsic value" and "a powerful testimony to the strength and persistence of Christian belief in medieval and modern Europe"
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prunus mume, japanese flowering apricot,'Kobai', sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Empty cars and important cargo for the production of copper ore at Freeport McMoRan's Morenci, AZ, mine ascend the slope comfortably in excess of 5% out of Clifton behind a five-pack of diversely-liveried GP38s; audible each and every discrete, gunshot-like exhaust note beating against the surrounding rock faces in a cacophony intrinsic to the roots blown 645 design. At notch 8 engine speed of 900 crankshaft revolutions per minute, each two-stroke 645-cubic inch cylinder ignites 15 times every second. With 16 cylinders apiece, each engine fires off 240 shotgun-like blasts skyward every second. With 5 GP38s humming together in perfect harmony, this consist emits a cool 1,200 individual detonations every second. Now you understand why every second of the madness is so captivating.
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Loss of Identity
Liquid life feeds on the dissatisfaction and frustration that the ego feels with respect to itself, which renounces its identity, its social role, its intrinsic value
Momentos, rescatar momentos de la insoportable levedad de la memoria. La fotografía tiene algo relajante, algo que permite apreciar la fuerza intrínseca de los momentos, la magia sorprendente de la luz. La fotografía otorga tiempo a los ojos y a la mente para apreciar, saborear, aprehender, capturar, retener... La fotografía amansa la ferocidad de un mundo donde todo pasa muy rápido, un mundo que devora los momentos.
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Moments, rescue moments of the unbearable lightness of memory. Photography has something relaxing, something that allows us to appreciate the intrinsic strength of the moments, the surprising magic of the light, it gives time to the eyes and the mind to appreciate, taste, apprehend, capture, retain ... The photography tames the ferocity of a world where everything happens very fast, a world that devours moments.
What is this Snowy Owl about to do? A tremendous prize of nothing but my eternal admiration will go to the winner. Has zero monetary or intrinsic value.
Per il tema di oggi, ho voluto usare un oggetto di estrema flessibilità scegliendo degli "Slinkies" che con loro movimento intrinseco di grande flessibilità e bellezza sono capaci anche, di creare rifrazione della luce e riflessi in un caleidosco di colori.
For today's theme, I wanted to use an extremely flexible object by choosing "Slinkies" which with their intrinsic movement of great flexibility and beauty are also capable of creating refraction of light and reflections in a kaleidoscope of colours.
Pour le thème d'aujourd'hui, j'ai voulu utiliser un objet extrêmement flexible en choisissant des "Slinkies" qui avec leur mouvement intrinsèque de grandes souplesse et beauté sont également capables de créer des réfractions de la lumière et des reflets dans un kaléidoscope de couleurs.
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Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom, officially Hohe Domkirche St. Petrus, Latin: Ecclesia Cathedralis Sanctorum Petri, English: High Cathedral of Saint Peter) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is a renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1996. It is Germany's most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day, currently the tallest twin-spired church at 157 m (515 ft) tall.
Construction of Cologne Cathedral commenced in 1248 and was halted in 1473, leaving it unfinished. Work restarted in the 19th century and was completed, to the original plan, in 1880.
The cathedral is the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe and has the second-tallest spires. The towers for its two huge spires give the cathedral the largest façade of any church in the world. The choir has the largest height to width ratio, 3.6:1, of any medieval church.
Cologne's medieval builders had planned a grand structure to house the reliquary of the Three Kings and fit its role as a place of worship for the Holy Roman Emperor. Despite having been left incomplete during the medieval period, Cologne Cathedral eventually became unified as "a masterpiece of exceptional intrinsic value" and "a powerful testimony to the strength and persistence of Christian belief in medieval and modern Europe"
Everyone has car trouble, even Santa ...... my thanks to Blaise Arnold for the use of his original image. Hope he likes the changes. You can preview his great work here: www.flickr.com/photos/131463287@N06
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What makes an object treasured is not its intrinsic value, but rather what it represents and the memories that it engenders. I offer up this wedding ring, a simple band symbolizing 50 years of marriage to Kathleen (as of this past weekend).
Clouds are more than just intrinsically beautiful; they also serve as a canvas for light and color.
They are born, they grow, travel vast distances across the sky and then disappear into nothingness. They are in a constant state of changing shape, size and in some cases color and brightness
The Lady of the Lake
by Scott, Sir Walter
The rocks, the bosky thickets, sleep
So stilly on thy bosom deep,
The lark's blithe carol from the cloud
Seems for the scene too gayly loud.
My dear friend Franziska www.flickr.com/photos/m_f_d/ suggested this wonderful Walz to match the picture!
Waltz No. 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich
Do not ask me to remember,
Don’t try to make me understand,
Let me rest and know you’re with me,
Kiss my cheek and hold my hand.
I’m confused beyond your concept,
I am sad and sick and lost.
All I know is that I need you
To be with me at all cost.
Do not lose your patience with me,
Do not scold or curse or cry.
I can’t help the way I’m acting,
Can’t be different though I try.
Just remember that I need you,
That the best of me is gone,
Please don’t fail to stand beside me,
Love me ’til my life is done.
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Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom, officially Hohe Domkirche St. Petrus, Latin: Ecclesia Cathedralis Sanctorum Petri, English: High Cathedral of Saint Peter) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is a renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1996. It is Germany's most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day, currently the tallest twin-spired church at 157 m (515 ft) tall.
Construction of Cologne Cathedral commenced in 1248 and was halted in 1473, leaving it unfinished. Work restarted in the 19th century and was completed, to the original plan, in 1880.
The cathedral is the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe and has the second-tallest spires. The towers for its two huge spires give the cathedral the largest façade of any church in the world. The choir has the largest height to width ratio, 3.6:1, of any medieval church.
Cologne's medieval builders had planned a grand structure to house the reliquary of the Three Kings and fit its role as a place of worship for the Holy Roman Emperor. Despite having been left incomplete during the medieval period, Cologne Cathedral eventually became unified as "a masterpiece of exceptional intrinsic value" and "a powerful testimony to the strength and persistence of Christian belief in medieval and modern Europe"
Cómo empezar de nuevo, cómo tras haber construido todo un escenario de emociones, usos y costumbres, podemos ser capaces de superar el limbo del cambio a una nueva vida, esa etapa en la que uno está lleno de sentimientos arraigados a los que ya no puede dar salida.
Sólo queda encontrar un estado de quietud, y ser consciente de qué partes de ti eran debidas a, y para la vida en el antiguo escenario, y qué partes son instrínsecas a nosotros mismos y queremos conservar.
La clave, luchar contra la frustración de que lo que estaba ya no está, y de que lo que somos nosotros y es bueno no debe marchar. Lo más duro, transformar las vivencias con la pintura aun fresca en memorias talladas en madera; dejar de dar aire a la llama de la ilusión y la emoción, pues asusta el que no se pueda volver a encender.
Así que aquí me encuentro, con la alegría de los ecos de una emoción pasada, la frustración de no comprender cómo el mundo humano se haya convertido en un conjunto de entidades de gestión de recursos que nada tienen de humano, y sintiendo el frío de la distancia, el miedo de alargar mi brazo y no encontrar nada, la terrible sensación de haberme ido sin intentarlo todo.
La llama aun alumbra las noches, es la única luz, y es lo que yo decida ahora: todo o nada. Dejaré que el tiempo y su brisa decida mantenerla o apagarla, mientras sueño dentro de mi concha.
How to start over, how after having built a whole scenario of emotions, uses and customs, we can be able to overcome the limbo of changing to a new life, that stage in which one is full of deep-rooted feelings that one can no longer give way
It only remains to find a state of stillness, and be aware of which parts of you were due to and for life in the old scenario, and which parts are intrinsic to ourselves and we want to keep.
The key, fight against the frustration that what was there is no longer, and that what we are and is good should not go. The hardest, transforming the experiences with the paint still fresh into memories carved in wood; stop giving air to the flame of illusion and emotion, because it scares the fact that it cannot be relit.
So here I am, with the joy of the echoes of a past emotion, the frustration of not understanding how the human world has become a collection of resource management entities that have nothing human about them, and feeling the cold of the distance, the fear of stretching out my arm and finding nothing, the terrible feeling of having left without trying everything.
The flame still lights up the nights, it is the only light, and it is what I decide now: all or nothing. I will let time and its breeze decide to maintain it or turn it off, while I dream inside my shell.
Another photo of the beaches of San Simeon. Best viewed at the largest size.
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I was trying to convey the energy and movement and colors intrinsic to a pow wow and don't know which image does the best in capturing it....this photo or the next. Opinions welcomed!
A female Red-winged blackbird from a walk last weekend. I hear they are one of the most incorrectly identified birds. I don't really know much about that but I do know their intrinsic beauty is often way under valued. I have seen them with 5 or more dragonflies in their mouth at once to feed their little ones. They must be amazing fliers to accomplish that feat. Credit where credit is due.
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There are certain buildings that are so intrinsic to a particular location, that they become part of the landscape, quite literally in this instance.
This gorgeous orange rorbuer is such an iconic scene that it is impossible to pass by without stopping to take a photograph. The main difference that I see moving forward is the inclusion of a new wooden platform that extends over the water inlet in front of the rocks in the bottom of the frame to have photographers stood in a safe place instead of by the roadside.
On this particular occasion, the snow came in and completely hid the mountain behind the rorbuer, which always creates a more serene image.
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When we see something beautiful in nature that moves us, it stirs something within us. A promise of something beyond what we can experience with our limited senses. Something more profound than anything we can know with the thinking mind. It’s something that you feel deeply. Sometimes, it can move you to tears. German sociologist and writer Hartmut Rosa calls this resonance. “[Resonance is a] kind of relationship to the world, formed through affect and emotion, intrinsic interest, and perceived self-efficacy, in which subject and world are mutually affected and transformed.”
We can experience resonance in a variety of ways, not only in nature, and we can learn to welcome these experiences through stillness and alertness. Resonant moments make life beautiful and worth living and are essential for our collective evolution.
If you are interested in reading more, I recommend The Uncontrollability of the World by Hartmut Rosa. The following interview with Rosa is also excellent: Episode 8 - Resonance and Uncontrollability.
The first modern Christmas card was sent in 1843, commissioned by Sir Henry Cole in London, who wanted a simpler way to send holiday greetings. Designed by artist John Callcott Horsley, the card depicted a family celebrating and scenes of charity, kicking off the tradition of commercial Christmas cards, with about one thousand printed initially for a shilling each. By the time this three dimensional card of the Adoration of the Magi was produced in 1905, production values and printing quality had improved vastly, as this chromolithographed card shows.
I am not an overly religious person, but I know there are a number of my Flickr friends and followers, for whom their religious beliefs are an intrinsic part of them, and others gain comfort and valuable insights about life lessons and how to navigate our ever more complex world from readings of their Holy texts. Regardless of whether you are religious or not, or whether you read the Bible, the Torah, the Qur'an or something else entirely, one cannot deny the valuable lessons our Holy texts teach. They teach us to have humility, be kind to our fellow human beings, compassionate, caring and considerate.
So this Christmas, amongst all the tinsel, festive garlands and baubles, please take a moment to show kindness, compassion, care and consideration to those around you. I firmly believe that you reap what you sow, so making a difference starts with you. You have great power at your very fingertips to make a positive difference to someone with a single gesture: a kind word, a smile, a helping hand or an act of generosity.
The festive season is one of good cheer and goodwill to all, and this world needs as much of that as we can muster collectively.
Merry Christmas!
The intrinsic relationship between theology and depth theology is indicated by Heschel when he says: "The primary issue of theology is pretheological." In other words, depth theology, which explores the pretheological religious situation, is the issue of theology. The task at hand is to go beneath theological formulations and reflect upon those "acts which precede articulation and defy definition," says Heschel. "The time has come to break through the bottom of theology into depth theology.
--John C. Merkle, The Genesis of Faith-The Depth Theology of Abraham Joshua Heschel, pg. 51
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The CNR Station
The Brampton station was built in 1907 by the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR), which was later acquired by Canadian National Railways (CNR). The building was subsequently taken over by Via Rail, and is now used by Via and GO Transit for passenger service.
The GTR experienced an era of remarkable profitability at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, which led the company to rebuild many of their stations, including this one. This larger and grander structure represents the optimism of the company, as well as the aspirations of the local community. Rail connections in Brampton facilitated the existence of several commercial enterprises, including flower cultivation for widespread markets.
The station combines the wide-arched opening of the Romanesque Revival with certain details of the Arts and Crafts Movement. The general organization of the facades and the disposition of internal spaces adhere to a pattern that GTR stations followed at the time.
Brampton’s growth and prosperity are intrinsically linked to the development of the railway. The first railway era in Brampton coincided with the provisions of social institutions, the consolidation of church congregations, and the selection of Brampton as the county seat. During the second railway era, additional social and municipal infrastructure emerged, as did large-scale industry. Significant industries such as Haggert’s Foundry established themselves. Perhaps most indicative of the role of the railway is the cluster of warehouses and businesses around the station grounds. Many of the industrial buildings can still be found today, among them the Hewetson Shoe Factory and Dominion Skate building.
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I looked at the weather forecast last night on my 'Clear Outside' weather app and the promise of mist until around 9am was predicted. I thought long and hard about where exactly I wanted to be and yet despite having shot Lake Bled on around five occasions recently, I really could not resist returning, not least because it's only a five minute drive for me.
However this morning I opted not to return to my usual vantage point, the wooden boardwalk, but to try and capture a selection of images that as others put it 'classic Nicholson'. So on arriving at the car park next to the campsite (3 EUR an hour, ouch), I wandered down to the wooden jetty opposite and set up the camera. There are a couple of beautiful, simple, wooden Pletna boats by the lakeside and so I started with them but noticed a couple of minutes later the rocks and wooden posts that line the edge of the walkway.
So I turned my attention to them while continuing to feature the iconic church island in the centre of the frame in the background. The mist was very prevalent which provided me with seemingly endless compositional possibilities. It is fair to say that I was in my element and I am never happier than when capturing images that are intrinsically mine in style.
The colour in the sky was subtle this morning but the church was visible for most of the time that I was there but I have a couple of images where it disappeared altogether. Once I had finished with this particular area, I drove up the road to another car park which allowed me a brisk ten minute walk down to the water's edge to photograph the island 'head on' as it was. The composition has the entrance to the island visible, along with the countless number of steps that take you up to the church but I shall share that another day.
To finish my morning's shoot, I took the steps to the Cafe Belvedere, which enjoys an elevated position over the lake and it gave me a lot of enjoyment watching life continuing below me. Pletna boats being powered by an electric motor around the lake, fishermen trying to land the odd fish or two in their small boats, and kayakers taking an early morning cruise around the island while ducks quacked, birds sang and life, in general, felt great. Oh, what a time to be out enjoying nature.
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Being a loyal employee, I have only had three jobs over the last quarter of a century. During those twenty five years, I have been fortunate enough to work with some very lovely people, including the manager who hired me in 1999. When my fifth anniversary at that workplace came around, the company policy was to give me a very generous gift voucher for one of a range of large department stores to mark my years of dedicated service. Now, I like to shop, and my manager knew that. However, she also knew that I love and collect antiques, and that a well considered, hand chosen gift would be far more precious to me than a voucher, however generous. So, my manager asked me whether I would be agreeable to her taking the voucher for herself and in return buying me a gift to the same value that would intrinsically be worth far more to me. I readily agreed, and her reasoning was exactly right. What she gave me is far more precious to me than its monetary value because of the thought she put into it, and today I still treasure it. She gave me a beautiful Victorian writing satchel of deep brown leather which dates from around 1860. It has a moss green moiré silk interior with pockets for paper ink bottles, a blotter and pens and pencils, and it features sterling silver decorative edging. Slipped inside one of the pockets within the interior was a beautiful card which reads as follows,
“When I found this, I thought it was a bit special, just like someone I know who has achieved five years of dedication and service.
I thought it rather apt given your passion for writing and your love of all things stylish and well crafted. I hope you like it as much as I do. Can’t you just imagine the fine figure of its original owner!
On behalf of all your friends and colleagues, thank you for the contribution you have made.
Remember to always follow your heart and your dreams.”
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" for the 16th of November is "handles". This writing satchel, which I love and cherish, which always reminds me of that wonderful five year work anniversary, also has a very beautiful and tactile handle of plaited leather and I couldn’t think of a better example of a more beautiful handle for this week’s theme than it! I hope that you like my choice for this week’s theme and that it makes you smile, as much as this gift still makes me smile twenty years later!
Just tell me if you tired of Rail images or I'll keep putting them on.
They are unashamedly my favourites and always a challenge to capture well..
I know I always talk about the birds status but after 70 years of watching, Ive been greatly saddened by the loss and decline of our birds.
Now even political nonsense & PC dribble threatens their existence.
Im too old to physically do much in regards conservation but this forum gives me an opportunity to highlight their beauty, intrinsic value and champion their plight....
Brooklyn Bridge Park part of the "Black Atlantic" art installation
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Agali Awamu (Togetherness), 2022
Leilah Babirye (b. 1985, Kampala, Uganda; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) presents two new groups of monumental wood sculptures in white pine. She carved these figurative forms by hand and chainsaw, drawing on her training in traditional African techniques. Babirye has embellished them by burning, burnishing, and adorning them with welded metal and found discarded materials in ways that transform the refuse into something spectacular, showing its intrinsic value. These sculptures, which she calls “trans queens,” are intended to “stand proud as beacons of freedom that welcome an international LGBTQ+ community.”
Now working with AI art software. Tribute to Norman Rockwell ....
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Of course, it almost never does; that's what makes it so boring :-)
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HGGT!!
one of the many occasions we biked over this stream on the Virginia creeper trail, southwestern virginia
Para todos mis amigos de Flickr.
To all my Flickr friends.
Tengo amigos que no saben cuánto son mis amigos. No perciben el amor que les profeso y la absoluta necesidad que tengo de ellos.
La amistad es un sentimiento más noble que el amor; permite que el objeto de ella se divida en otros afectos, mientras que el amor tiene intrínseco los celos, que no admiten la rivalidad.
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A veces, me sumerjo en pensamientos sobre alguno de ellos. Cuando viajo y estoy delante de lugares maravillosos, me cae alguna lágrima porque no están junto a mí, compartiendo aquel placer… Si alguna cosa me consume y me envejece es que la rueda furiosa de la vida no me permite tener siempre a mi lado, habitando conmigo, andando conmigo, hablando conmigo, viviendo conmigo, a todos mis amigos, y principalmente a los que sólo desconfían o tal vez nunca van a saber que son mis amigos!
Vinicius de Moraes. Poeta, compositor e intérprete de canciones. Nació el 19 de octubre de 1913 en Río de Janeiro, Brasil
I have friends who don't know how much they are my friends. They don't perceive the love I profess for them and the absolute need I have for them.
Friendship is a nobler sentiment than love; it allows the object of it to divide itself into other affections, while love has an intrinsic jealousy, which doesn't allow rivalry.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sometimes, I lose myself in thoughts about some of them. When I travel and I am in front of wonderful places, a tear falls because they are not with me, sharing that pleasure... If anything consumes me and ages me, it is that the furious wheel of life does not allow me to always have all my friends by my side, living with me, walking with me, talking with me, living with me, especially those who are only suspicious or perhaps will never know that they are my friends!
Vinicius de Moraes.
✿ NO WAR ✿
My very first protest in Chicago was just a couple of months after arriving when 911 happened. "My grief is not a cry for war" and "Not in my Name" were chanted all along Michigan Avenue. It was the most massive feeling as I am from a much smaller city and I was such a disillusioned 21 year old at the time that I thought surely our government had to listen to so many citizens and not wage war. Wasn't I so cute back then?
Sometimes, I feel like I've never really stopped protesting. There is also daily resistance. An act of kindness in everything you do. An intrinsic value placed on those who are not white, not cis gendered, not able bodied, not heterosexual, and not wealthy. I think I heard it best when someone said, "I don't know how to convince you that you should care about others."
And here we are...all over again and again. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results. I feel like I have fallen into a black hole and am living in a dark warped reality since election day. I know it's important to resist but I doubt anything I have the power to do will do much good to stop this maniac. I can try to make life better for my students and families and be there for my own friends and family and that's about it. I feel a constant sense of doom.
Still, it's good to look to the left. Then, look to the right. In front, behind you...use your peripheral vision and your depth perception and realize that you are far from alone in your outrage and that Trump does not have anything near a mandate in this country, no matter how many hateful and ignorant people there are. Just for a moment, tell yourself that there are still more good people than bad people.
A photo of the crowd from above that I found online a video of NYC followed by a post of an aerial view of Chicago:
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This was while I was trying out my new Nikkor 55-200mm VR lens. I was particularly struck at how lonely this swing was looking, as if to suggest all the children were missing and the last vestige of their joy and innocence was left abandoned. It's like finding a lost teddy bear, wet and spattered with dirt, it's fabric designed smile actually looks melancholy of the whole experience. We feel it like a vibrational consciousness and I sometimes ask if this is intrinsically abound to our being to feel such compassion toward inanimate objects, especially when the situation of children is involved, possibly a reflection of ourselves.
I hope everyone has had a great weekend, new week ahead and so as always, thank you! :)
(a set of six)
There's something intrinsically funny (to me) about playing with a cinder block. Guru took his time exploring these 2 cinder blocks, inside the cat enclosure.
“Many pictures turn out to be limp translations of the known world instead of vital objects which create an intrinsic world of their own. There is a vast difference between taking a picture and making a photograph.” – Robert Heinecken
I truly miss making a photograph... And please click, click...much better.
Hideo Furuta is an artist of international standing, with many public commissions across the UK and in Japan. Creetown owed its growth to the business of granite extraction, and the local quarries were indeed what originally brought artist Hideo Furuta to the town. The local silver granite is intrinsic to the design of the square, and echoed in the solidity of the traditional architecture of the buildings that surround it.
The design for the new town square was a collaboration between artist, landscape architect and community and relates to the natural, cultural and built heritage of Creetown.
NGC 2419 is at a distance of about 300,000 light years from the solar system and at the same distance from the galactic center.
NGC 2419 bears the nickname "the Intergalactic Wanderer," which was bestowed when it was erroneously thought not to be in orbit around the Milky Way. Its orbit brings it further away from the galactic center than the Magellanic Clouds, but it can (with qualifications) be considered as an element of the Milky Way. At this great distance it takes three billion years to make one trip around the galaxy.[7]
The cluster is dim in comparison to more famous globular clusters such as M13. Nonetheless, NGC 2419 is a 9th magnitude object and is readily viewed, in good sky conditions, with good quality telescopes as small as 102mm (four inches) in aperture. Intrinsically it is one of the brightest and most massive globular clusters of our galaxy, having an absolute magnitude of -9.42[3] and being 900,000 times more massive than our Sun.
Identical to previous posting except added normal oil painting effect at 60%. I think both options have intrinsic value.
As Asian Americans, we owe the Black community for leading the way and fighting alongside us to allow us the rights we have today. We must support Black Lives Matter and spread the word to other Asian Americans in order to combat the anti-Black racism that is prevalent in our country and communities.
"If the Asian American consciousness must be emancipated, we must free ourselves from our conditional existence."
Through silence, we allow others to control whether we belong and where we belong. Are we unassimilable aliens, or intrinsically American? Do we seek adjacency to whiteness, or coalitions of color? By speaking out now, we answer these questions for ourselves.
► █░▓ Yesterday I witnessed and filmed one of the most beautiful weddings of my life... At a moment I thought... well I can’t attend my son’s wedding, but am instead blessed with this one... —big HUGS TO 👑AIDAN AND ANASTASIA👑, our illuminated heroes now united in Christ’s Glory, with my best wishes for their harmonious marriage and a solid place booked in eternity. I may be overemotional, but only the camera's viewfinder prevented a few tears from coming out of my eyes at the sight of this couple in the ceremony. Being intrinsically Christian, it had all the virtues of our Lord — His humility, the modesty, the standing elevation. The greatest pomp & circumstance of which were — but who ever needs more! — the firm, solemn, stately nobility of the 21 year old bridegroom, and the radiating, uplifted beauty of the 19 year old bride. To them I congratulate and devote this upload, with Vera’s short story (originally in Russian) that can serve as a reminder for the moments of temptation which are not to our will’s short-lived laps. Those moments are bound to come...
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Everything that happens, it all leads to... something.
The commuter train is delayed for about 20 minutes, and everyone on the platform is tired and grumpy, after work, wanting to go home, so we're waiting. No one announces when the train will arrive, like "information coming up." Finally, the train arrives, everyone sullenly boards, sits frowning, waiting for departure. And then a breathless, ruddy-cheeked guy with a cake tied with a ribbon rushes into the car and shouts into the phone: "Can you imagine, today is the most incredible day of my life! I was just running out of inertia, in despair, I was terribly late! And they are standing there, waiting for me! I'm coming! I'll make it to you on time! Hurray, right?!"
And we all smiled and relaxed, as if we'd all been waiting on the platform specifically so he could get there with his cake. Here we are, rolling, smiling, carrying a cake...
Vera Khiteeva
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Alles wat er gebeurt, leidt tot... iets.
De forensentrein heeft ongeveer 20 minuten vertraging en iedereen op het perron is moe en chagrijnig. Na het werk wil iedereen naar huis, dus we wachten. Niemand kondigt aan wanneer de trein aankomt, zoiets als "wacht op informatie". Eindelijk arriveert de trein, iedereen stapt nors in, zit fronsend te wachten op vertrek. En dan rent een buiten adem zijnde, roodwangige man met een taart met een lint eromheen de trein in en roept in de telefoon: "Kun je je voorstellen, vandaag is de meest ongelooflijke dag van mijn leven! Ik was helemaal uitgeput, wanhopig, ik was verschrikkelijk laat! En zij staan daar, op me te wachten! Ik kom eraan! Ik kom op tijd! Hoera, toch?!"
En we glimlachten allemaal en ontspanden ons, alsof we allemaal speciaal op het perron hadden gewacht zodat hij er met zijn taart kon zijn. Hier zijn we dan, rijdend, glimlachend, met een taart in de hand...
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Всё, что ни делается, — всё к... чему-нибудь
Задерживается электричка минут на 20, на перроне все уставшие и злые, после работы, домой хочется, ждём. Никто не объявляет, когда поезд придёт: типа «ждите информации». Наконец-то электричка приезжает, все угрюмо грузятся, сидят насупившиеся, ждут отправления. И тут влетает в вагон запыхавшийся румяный парень с тортом, перевязанным ленточкой, и кричит в телефон: «Ты представляешь, сегодня самый фантастический день в жизни! Я бежал уже просто по инерции, в отчаянии, я опаздывал страшно! А она стоит, ждёт меня! Я еду! Я к тебе успеваю! Ура же?!»
И мы все такие заулыбались, расслабились, как будто мы все специально ждали на перроне, чтобы он успел к ней со своим тортом. Едем вот, улыбаемся, торт везём...
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Credits: Julia//Все грани прекрасного (All Facets of Beauty)//