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Amsterdamse Bos
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Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature...the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.
~ Rachel Carson
Another one from a year ago. It was a very cold January morning, not unlike today. We have another arctic front happening, so I woke up to -5C. Should warm up again after today.
To end a fantastic 2016 and wish you all a happy new year 2017, I'd like to post a selfie, a bit strange but introspective. I just want to dedicate it, to you all. Can't express how lucky I've been to share with you, the wonderful experiences that I've did this year. I will end with this one, a nigtht in the desert. Can't describe how much it has been suggestive to sit down, in the middle of some dunes in the Panamint region in the Death Valley, light up a cuban cigar, and enjoying the silence at the moonlight while making some selfies just for fun. This is one, me a cigar, the moon, the desert and you all my fellows. I've posed 30 seconds absolutely rigid to make this photo, and with this, I want to thank you all once more, for following my strange adventures this year. So, Happy new year and guess what comes next...
Capturing shots of the Badshahi mosque in all its splendour is an inspiring and introspective activity. A testament to Lahore's Islamic and architectural heritage, the Badshahi Mosque was built at the height of Mughal architecture during the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb. (built 1672-74).
“The most introspective of hearts tends to be the most sentimental. We cling to the smallest moments from our past because we fear that emotion will never come our way again.”
― Shannon Alder
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Another picture I dedicate to my Muse who challenged me with this idea : posing with my guitar in a street filled with people. An image that brought a sense of peace and comfort to her as soon as she saw it, so much that it inspired us the exact same music when looking at it, without even knowing ♥
Like a melody whispered to my heart, note after note, touch after touch, you are the most enchanting music I have ever heard...
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How fortunate I am that all my days are filled with moments such as this … <3
“I am made more human living in a cat's world,
when all I really want to be is more cat … “ - AP ; 0)))
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA3rnvjQ6_s
HARRY – CATHERINE HOWE
To look inside
to look outside
keep one eye open
keep one eye closed
Harry knows how
to be introspective
he sees within
and far past the end of his nose
he sees the world broad
he sees the world narrow
he knows all my foibles
my head stuffed like a marrow
like mincemeat life is tasty
like an onion layer by layer
less speed let's not be hasty
says the wisest of all soothsayer
the old bench is mended
the new wood is bare
beneath the green lies the blue paint
we know it's still there
memories are held here
from another life lived
the old and the new meld
together to give
pleasure to me and my little treasure
my little Bengal tiger
we feel so invincible
together we could climb every mountain
even conquer the Eiger.
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HBM - Happy Bench Monday
Hi everyone! Happy new week! I know I have been a bit quiet over the last several days, a bit of a blue mood that I am sure will lift in the days ahead. Thank you to my dear Flickr friends who constantly lift me up with love, true friendship and the sharing of the beauty in your lives. I know I am blessed.
I was feeling introspective (and of course, ever the introvert) so I perched here in my garden, feeling mopey and lackluster, when this guy bounded over for the sole purpose of making me smile and letting me know that he was always there when I needed a hug or a lick! Dogs are pure joy, pure love. I know I tend to be with them in a lot of the images I create, but they make me happy, and truth be told, I know that they make a lot of us happy. Furry gifts from above they are!
Sending happy light! I hope you all have a joy filled week! ♥
Capturing shots of the Badshahi mosque in all its splendour is an inspiring and introspective activity. A testament to Lahore's Islamic and architectural heritage, the Badshahi Mosque was built at the height of Mughal architecture during the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb. (built 1672-74).
Moon rays. I am a nocturnal creature who enjoys the moonlight that plays between the flass of the window, like a child enchanted with a kaleidoscope.
Ray of Light: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3ov9USxVxY
The best light to take a picture is at dawn and at sunset. Vampire light, but I prefer the night, nocturnal animal, calm, silence.
Tune (I was at Muse concert, yey): www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmwRQqJsegw
:: skin & makeup ::
raven skin // avarosa
ipanema body skin // velour
coquette lashes // warpaint
classy lips // top1salon
:: set dressing ::
bright ideas pose + stool // le poppycock
selfie backdrop // rama
:: accessories ::
ballerina short nails // cazimi
marta earrings // e.marie
hellen necklace // secrets
:: hair ::
stormy hair // doux
:: outfit ::
nyra dress // vision
Sinuosa ruta introspectiva por laberintos del pasado. Con Bóreas llegan aromas a leña quemada y a flor silvestre…Tendrá olor la Nostalgia ???...O solo serán recuerdos , perfumes de verdes montañas F.O.G.
English :
Sinuous introspective route through labyrinths of the past. With the Boreas come aromas of burned firewood and wild flower ... Will the nostalgia smell ...???... Or they will only be memories, perfumes of green mountains F.O.G.
More monks - here monks repeat scripture over and over. We are conditioned to believe that variety is the spice of life but repetition like a lullaby can soothe providing a calming and introspective perspective.
The water element has introspective qualities; it is often referred to as The Philosopher. This element fosters modesty and sensibility. Water is associated with wisdom, stamina and endurance.
(english follow)
Le Murmure des prés
Le froid intense et la neige incessante
m’ont forcé à voyager en moi, dans mes souvenirs plus chauds, déjà lointains
Et en suivant la route de mon coeur, c’est le bruissement si particulier du vent dans les prés herbacés que j’ai d’abord reconnu.
Et avec lui, l’image de ces petites fleurs modestes, mais dansantes et libres
s’est imposée.
Ne cherchez pas dans ces prés les odeurs enivrantes des fleurs odorantes de votre jardin.
Ici, l’odeur dominante est celle de la liberté. La liberté de fleurir en son temps, la liberté de danser dans le vent, la liberté de ne pas respecter une norme de beauté quelconque, la liberté de pas attendre de soins, sauf ceux des oiseaux de passage.
Au coeur de l’hiver, dans le froid et la neige intenses, j’ai écouté sans bruit le murmure du pré.
Patrice
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Whispers of the Meadows
The extreme cold and the ceaseless snow
forced me to an introspective journey through my warmest memories, already distant;
And following the road of my heart, it is the peculiar whisper of the wind in the meadow's grasses that I first recognized;
And with it, the image of these small humble flowers, but dancing and free has emerged.
Don't try to find in these meadows the exhilarating scents of the fragrant flowers from your garden.
Here, the dominant scent is the one of freedom. The freedom of blooming on its own time, the freedom of dancing in the wind, the freedom of breaking the standards of beauty, the freedom of having no worries, except those of the birds passing by.
In the heart of the winter, in the cold of the heavy snow, I listen to the quiet whisper of the meadow...
Patrice
Night photograph in a public urban space with rain reflections; urban scene featuring a silhouette and an umbrella; warm directional lighting falling on a wall with historical text; centered composition with implicit symmetry; glossy wet-pavement texture; atmospheric city mood under rain.
Fotografía nocturna en espacio público con reflejos de lluvia; escena urbana con silueta y paraguas; luz cálida dirigida hacia un muro con texto histórico; composición centrada con simetría implícita; textura brillante del pavimento mojado; ambiente atmosférico de ciudad bajo lluvia.
I don't speak with pretty words. They are mine, my feelings and experiences. Superficial, mundane or introspective. We all have a desert to cross, something we want to achieve, dreams, desires, obstacles, losses, or simply getting to know ourselves better. This desert can be crossed or it can be the journey of a lifetime.
Dummy is the debut studio album by English electronic band Portishead, released on 22 August 1994 by Go! Beat Records.
Upon release, Dummy received universal acclaim from critics. NME summed up the record by writing: "This is, without question, a sublime debut album. But so very, very sad." It observed, "From one angle, its languid slowbeat blues clearly occupy similar terrain to soulmates Massive Attack and all of Bristol hip-hop's extended family. But from another these are avant garde ambient moonscapes of a ferociously experimental nature." The review concluded that "Portishead's post-ambient, timelessly organic blues are probably too left-field, introspective and downright Bristolian to grab short-term glory as some kind of Next Big Thing. But remember what radical departures Blue Lines, Ambient Works and Debut were for their times and make sure you hear this unmissable album. (from Wikipedia)
Roads:
"Ohh, can't anybody see
We've got a war to fight
Never found our way
Regardless of what they say
How can it feel, this wrong
From this moment
How can it feel, this wrong
Storm.. in the morning light
I feel
No more can I say
Frozen to myself..." youtu.be/Vg1jyL3cr60
"Disillusioned"
Gas Works Park.
Seattle, Washington, USA.
"Tout est chaos.
A côté tous mes idéaux, des mots abimés.
Je cherche une âme qui pourra m'aider.
Je suis d'une génération désenchantée.
Désenchantée."
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"Everything is chaos.
Next to all of my ideas, damaged words.
I'm looking for a soul who will be able to help me.
I am from a disillusioned generation.
Disillusioned."
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Mylène Farmer / "Désenchantée" / 1991
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a slightly more introspective photo for this holiday season. take care, be well, and enjoy your time with friends and family.
Miksang is a Tibetan word, meaning "good eye."
It represents a form of contemplative photography based on the Dharma Art teachings of Chögyam Trungpa, in which the eye is synchronized with the introspective mind.
a song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QT5eGHCJdE
And if you're still breathing, you're the lucky ones
'Cause most of us are heaving through corrupted lungs
Setting fire to our insides for fun
Collecting names of the lovers that went wrong
The lovers that went wrong
This Western Lowlands Gorilla sits in a moment of stillness, its gaze turned slightly downward as if weighing a private thought. Soft light shapes the contours of its face and hands, revealing both strength and a surprising tenderness in its posture. The animal’s introspective mood suggests not just observation, but contemplation — a quiet pause that feels almost human in its depth.
Colossians 2:18 “Let no one disqualify you, insisting on ascetic practices and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm and inflated without cause by his unspiritual mind.”
Sending out a positive message of love, forgiveness and peace … and missing my Mum … who always taught me the right thing to do … she lives on through me <3
“How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.”
- Wayne Dyer
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8QJmI_V3j4
BY YOUR SIDE - SADE
A MOTHER'S LOVE
In silent fields I feel your hand resting gently within my own
in still waters I see your face reflecting all the love you feel
on solid bridges I feel your strength supporting me
in lichen curled and yellowed by the test of time
I feel your warmth like the sun has kissed my skin
in the fences of the fields I feel no division
I can climb the tallest fence; climb the highest tree
reach up my arms outstretched and touch the heavens
shed tears of joy as golden as the Autumn leaves
The hand that first held mine when I was just a child
was filled with my Mother's love
and though the loss of her will always be so keenly felt
as the cold November wind blows straight through me
and bends me to kneel so gently at my Mother's knee
still I feel her presence and see her face
in everything I do and say
and she is with me now; watching with a mother's grace
and directing me towards the right thing I should do
walking into light from dark shadows
my eyes had grown accustomed to the dark
but now they are all-seeing and I am all-knowing
that no-one can harm me all the while I walk my chosen path
of truth; of goodness and feel the solid ground beneath my feet
no-one can break me all the while
I bend with the wind and not against it
I walk the path that feels best beneath my feet
and I am comfortable within my own skin
and those that seek to harm me
will one day see that what they do is their karma
and with all the goodness my heart can muster
I pray for them and forgive their words that try to cut me down
I stand so tall within the protection of my Mother's eternal love
that bridges all eternity and keeps me safe
within the circle of her ever loving arms.
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Explored position: 53 on Saturday, November 20, 2021.
"...In my dream I was drowning my sorrows
But my sorrows, they learned to swim
Surrounding me, going down on me
Spilling over the brim
Waves of regret and waves of joy
I reached out for the one I tried to destroy
You...you said you'd wait
'til the end of the world"
Achtung Baby is the seventh studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, and was released on 18 November 1991 on Island Records. After criticism of their 1988 release Rattle and Hum, U2 shifted their direction to incorporate influences from alternative rock, industrial music, and electronic dance music into their sound. Thematically, Achtung Baby is darker, more introspective, and at times more flippant than their previous work. The album and the subsequent multimedia-intensive Zoo TV Tour were central to the group's 1990s reinvention, by which they abandoned their earnest public image for a more lighthearted and self-deprecating one.
Seeking inspiration from German reunification, U2 began recording Achtung Baby at Berlin's Hansa Studios in October 1990. The sessions were fraught with conflict, as the band argued over their musical direction and the quality of their material. After tension and slow progress nearly prompted the group to disband, they made a breakthrough with the improvised writing of the song "One".
The band referred to the album's musical departure as "the sound of four men chopping down The Joshua Tree".
The Rolling Stone magazine placed the record at number 124 on its 2020 list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" (from Wikipedia)
For me, this album is the pinnacle of their career, and the best rock album of the 90's.
For the 21-day photo challenge in order to celebrate Flickr's 21st birthday!
Day 14: Reflection
The whole album: www.flickr.com/photos/a_life_shot_in_blackandwhite/albums...
Given how introspective the “One Is The Loneliest Number” lyrics are and how generally downbeat the song is, one might suspect that it was inspired by a relationship break up or some other sad situation. In reality, however, Harry Nilsson was compelled to pen "One Is The Loneliest Number" after he made a phone call but got a busy signal. The “beep, beep, beep,” of the engaged telephone line caught his attention and the singer-songwriter incorporated a similar sound into the opening piano chords of his song.
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Un magnifique **portrait féminin de Science-Fiction merveilleuse**, cadré en profil rapproché et orienté vers la droite, représente une mystérieuse fille des étoiles contemplant silencieusement l’immensité cosmique. Son visage jeune et harmonieux conserve une anatomie humaine hyperréaliste, avec un front délicatement modelé, une pommette naturelle, un nez fin aux volumes crédibles, une mâchoire élégante, un menton doux et des lèvres subtilement entrouvertes. Son expression est calme, introspective et presque solennelle, comme si elle observait un phénomène céleste situé hors champ.
Son extraordinaire **œil bleu lumineux** constitue le cœur émotionnel du portrait. L’iris présente de riches nuances de bleu azur, cobalt et cyan, une pupille naturelle, de délicates structures radiales et des reflets lumineux cohérents avec l’environnement cosmique. Les paupières, les cils et l’humidité oculaire restent extrêmement réalistes, sans exagération artificielle. Le regard demeure intense mais paisible, profondément humain malgré l’univers extraterrestre qui l’entoure.
La peau claire possède une **microtexture humaine extrêmement fine et naturelle**, avec des pores minuscules de tailles irrégulières, un grain cutané non répétitif et de très légères variations de texture entre le front, la joue et le contour du visage. La peau reste jeune, lumineuse et élégante, sans aspect plastique, cireux ou artificiellement lissé, mais également sans suraccentuation des pores. Les transitions entre lumière et ombre sculptent délicatement les volumes du visage tout en conservant une douceur cinématographique.
Sa spectaculaire chevelure **argentée aux nuances bleu froid** est organisée en grandes tresses complexes et majestueuses qui enveloppent l’arrière de sa tête. Les cheveux possèdent une véritable hiérarchie naturelle entre masses capillaires, mèches irrégulières, groupes de fibres et quelques cheveux individuels. Les croisements des tresses présentent des tensions légèrement variables, des micro-occultations crédibles et de minuscules ombres de contact. Quelques cheveux périphériques extrêmement fins sont révélés par un magnifique contre-jour bleu argenté.
Une extraordinaire **coiffe-armure extraterrestre noire et bleu nuit** enveloppe son crâne, ses tempes, ses joues et son cou. Son architecture organique et futuriste semble avoir été façonnée dans une matière inconnue, sombre, légèrement métallique, parcourue de filigranes complexes et de milliers de minuscules points lumineux bleu cobalt évoquant des constellations miniatures. Les différentes plaques possèdent une épaisseur physique crédible et s’articulent naturellement autour du visage, avec de délicates micro-occultations et ombres de contact aux interfaces entre la peau et l’armure.
La coiffe se prolonge vers le cou et les épaules en une armure cosmique fluide aux courbes élégantes, dont les lignes semblent suivre les trajectoires d’un champ stellaire. Des réseaux lumineux extrêmement fins parcourent la matière noire, accompagnés de petites concentrations d’éclats bleus semblables à des poussières d’étoiles emprisonnées dans le matériau. La technologie reste mystérieuse et merveilleuse, sans câbles industriels, mécanismes terrestres ou surcharge mécanique.
Derrière elle s’étend un **cosmos profond et spectaculaire**, dominé par des noirs veloutés, des bleus nuit, du cobalt et des nuances cyan. Une immense structure nébulaire lumineuse traverse diagonalement la partie droite de l’image, composée de poussières stellaires, de nuages cosmiques translucides et de concentrations d’étoiles d’intensités différentes. Certaines étoiles apparaissent comme de minuscules points lointains tandis que quelques astres plus lumineux produisent de délicats éclats naturels. La profondeur spatiale doit sembler immense, avec plusieurs plans de poussières, nébuleuses et champs stellaires.
Un puissant **rim light bleu argenté** dessine le contour des tresses, de la coiffe et de l’armure, séparant magnifiquement le personnage du fond cosmique. Le visage reçoit une lumière plus douce et sculptée, avec des transitions progressives et naturelles. Les micro-lumières de l’armure produisent uniquement de faibles interactions lumineuses locales, sans contaminer artificiellement la peau ni transformer le portrait en scène néon.
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A magnificent wondrous Science-Fiction female portrait, framed in a close-up profile and facing right, depicts a mysterious daughter of the stars silently contemplating the vastness of the cosmos. Her young, harmonious face retains hyperrealistic human anatomy, with a delicately modeled forehead, a natural cheekbone, a refined nose with believable volume, an elegant jawline, a soft chin, and subtly parted lips. Her expression is calm, introspective, and almost solemn, as though she were observing a celestial phenomenon beyond the frame.
Her extraordinary luminous blue eye forms the emotional heart of the portrait. The iris displays rich shades of azure, cobalt, and cyan, with a natural pupil, delicate radial structures, and highlights consistent with the cosmic environment. The eyelids, eyelashes, and ocular moisture remain extremely realistic, without artificial exaggeration. Her gaze remains intense yet peaceful, profoundly human despite the extraterrestrial universe surrounding her.
Her fair skin has an extremely fine and natural human microtexture, with tiny pores of irregular sizes, non-repetitive skin grain, and very subtle variations in texture across the forehead, cheek, and facial contours. The skin remains youthful, luminous, and elegant, without a plastic, waxy, or artificially smoothed appearance, while also avoiding overemphasized pores. The transitions between light and shadow delicately sculpt the facial volumes while preserving cinematic softness.
Her spectacular silver hair with cool blue undertones is arranged into large, complex, majestic braids that envelop the back of her head. The hair displays a true natural hierarchy between larger masses, irregular locks, groups of fibers, and a few individual strands. The intersections of the braids show slightly varying tension, believable micro-occlusions, and tiny contact shadows. A few extremely fine peripheral hairs are revealed by a magnificent silver-blue backlight.
An extraordinary black and midnight-blue extraterrestrial headdress-armor envelops her skull, temples, cheeks, and neck. Its organic, futuristic architecture appears to have been shaped from an unknown, dark, subtly metallic material, threaded with intricate filigree and thousands of tiny cobalt-blue lights resembling miniature constellations. The different plates have believable physical thickness and articulate naturally around the face, with delicate micro-occlusions and contact shadows at the interfaces between skin and armor.
The headdress extends toward the neck and shoulders into flowing cosmic armor with elegant curves whose lines seem to follow the trajectories of a star field. Extremely fine luminous networks run across the dark material, accompanied by small concentrations of blue sparks resembling stardust trapped within the surface. The technology remains mysterious and wondrous, without industrial cables, terrestrial mechanisms, or mechanical clutter.
Behind her stretches a deep and spectacular cosmos dominated by velvety blacks, midnight blues, cobalt, and cyan hues. An immense luminous nebular structure crosses the right side of the image diagonally, composed of stardust, translucent cosmic clouds, and concentrations of stars with varying intensities. Some stars appear as tiny distant points, while a few brighter celestial bodies produce delicate natural flares. The spatial depth should feel immense, with multiple layers of dust, nebulae, and star fields.
A powerful silver-blue rim light traces the contours of the braids, headdress, and armor, beautifully separating the character from the cosmic background. The face receives softer, sculpted illumination with gradual and natural transitions. The armor’s micro-lights create only subtle localized interactions with the surrounding light, without artificially contaminating the skin or turning the portrait into a neon scene.
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