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The serene but ruined face put me in mind of the poem. She seems so strong in spite of the ravages of smoke and decay.

self portrait in charcoal and oil on masonite, 56 x 74 cm

 

read about the technique at tachisme.blogspot.com/2010/06/harry-invictus.html

AMC - Epic finds at abandoned barn gacha

INVICTUS - Ripped Jeans interative - Blackout

 

Photos I took for a photo contest at LEA 25 - Invicutus , ended Nov 10

Unlike my norm I played with textures and shading.

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Just another little Speederbike build... this one has the name of a champion...

Young Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) Robert Lake, Kelowna, BC.

As I was taking the shot, my wife called from Watson Lake in the Yukon to let me know she is well and enjoying her epic bucket list camping/kayaking trip with her daughter a thousand miles away. The bird's pose reminded me of her favourite poem,

Invictus by William Ernest Henley....

 

Out of the night that covers me

Black as the pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be

For my unconquerable soul.

 

In the fell clutch of circumstance,

I have not winced nor cried aloud.

Under the bludgeonings of chance

My head is bloody, but unbowed.

 

Beyond this place of wrath and tears

Looms but the Horror of the shade,

And yet the menace of the years

Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

 

It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll,

I am the master of my fate:

I am the captain of my soul.

 

"Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery. "

W.E. Henly

Out of the night that covers me,

Black as the pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be

For my unconquerable soul.

 

In the fell clutch of circumstance

I have not winced nor cried aloud.

Under the bludgeonings of chance

My head is bloody, but unbowed.

 

Beyond this place of wrath and tears

Looms but the Horror of the shade,

And yet the menace of the years

Finds and shall find me unafraid.

 

It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll,

I am the master of my fate,

I am the captain of my soul.

Out of the night that covers me,

Black as the Pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be

For my unconquerable soul.

 

In the fell clutch of circumstance

I have not winced nor cried aloud.

Under the bludgeonings of chance

My head is bloody, but unbowed.

 

Beyond this place of wrath and tears

Looms but the Horror of the shade,

And yet the menace of the years

Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

 

It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll.

I am the master of my fate:

I am the captain of my soul

 

My favorite Poem

I have not winced nor cried aloud.

The "Invictus" and "Plan B" motor yachts anchored in Boston harbour (shot taken from Rita ferry)

 

"Invictus" charter-rates from: US$476,000 per week

Built: 2013, Delta Marine

Length: 66m (216.6ft)

Guests: 12

 

3-shot Panorama

 

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At the Invictus Games Opening ceremony, 10th September 2014

Imposing walls of Chimney Rock Canyon, Capitol Reef National Park

 

Panasonic ZS40 (probably shot through a handheld polarizer)

Iridient Developer

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Out of the night that covers me,

Black as the Pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be

For my unconquerable soul.

 

In the fell clutch of circumstance

I have not winced nor cried aloud.

Under the bludgeonings of chance

My head is bloody, but unbowed.

 

Beyond this place of wrath and tears

Looms but the Horror of the shade,

And yet the menace of the years

Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

 

It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll.

I am the master of my fate:

I am the captain of my soul.

  

William Ernest Henley

Sakia

02.06.12

Dhaka , Bangladesh

Schüttgutfrachter bei Speyer auf dem Rhein

or

"I'm sexy and I know it" :P

 

Walden/ Nabarro's Boys Wally on DSAM

Faceup by SDink, wig Taobao.

Adraga Beach, PNSC Portugal

Deus Sol Invictus. Nellie Vin ©Photography.

Prints 8x10in.

... as I've always maintained.

 

NEC blah Scania K410UB6 yawn. "Boa Vista"? Pffft.

 

Thanks to Translink for this one - two thumbs, well up!

   

White Widow Exclusive for The Fantasy Collective, starting september 22th.

 

Style: cubblendedfashion.wordpress.com/2015/09/20/white-widow-in...

Spaceship War!

This construction gave me immense pleasure ... the immense hard angles to get, I think the design is very different from what I've seen around ... and it is interesting / funny to have used some lego bricks that I would not normally use in my MOC's. I love this spaceship! Is well exposed in my office ... and in the future I will make a more interesting support! If I took the supporting structure (in yellow), catching with my hands ... the size of the ship is powerful, strong and consistent. I am filled with pride to have built this ship and her mine!

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For the December Diary 2011 Project

 

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(My brother Chris sent me a link to this track by Thea Gilmore - it's quite haunting and beautiful.)

 

The image I took whilst in Venice - adding a touch of winter magic.

dedicated to Paul Ewing

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Out of the night that covers me,

Black as the pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be

For my unconquerable soul.

 

In the fell clutch of circumstance

I have not winced nor cried aloud.

Under the bludgeonings of chance

My head is bloody, but unbowed.

 

Beyond this place of wrath and tears

Looms but the Horror of the shade,

And yet the menace of the years

Finds and shall find me unafraid.

 

It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll,

I am the master of my fate :

I am the captain of my soul.

 

Invictus, William Ernest Henley, 1875.

Invictus

 

Out of the night that covers me,

Black as the Pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be

For my unconquerable soul.

 

In the fell clutch of circumstance

I have not winced nor cried aloud.

Under the bludgeonings of chance

My head is bloody, but unbowed.

 

Beyond this place of wrath and tears

Looms but the Horror of the shade,

And yet the menace of the years

Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

 

It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll.

I am the master of my fate:

I am the captain of my soul.

~William Ernest Henley

  

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