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Silver & Gold
Here Are My Christmas Presents for You my Flickr Friends ...
I love making people laugh ... Do you ?
♥ I Will soon Send You my Real Real Gifts ... Love & Peace ♥
~ Pervasive Materialism & Consumerism ~
Matter & Mind
Is Matter the only Reality in the World ?
In the Platonic Academy in Athens it was taught that Divine Simplicity is identical to the "attributes" of God. Goodness,Truth,Eternity,Graciousness,Holiness,Righteousness,
Simplicity,Truthfulness,Veracity,Oneness,Mission,Love ...
Matter & Mind ...
♥ Soon with You with Peace & Love ... ♥
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""Near the teahouse you find a famous and unique stone water basin, with water continually flowing for ritual purification. This is the Ryōan-ji Tsukubai, which translates as "crouch"; because of the low height of the basin, the user must bend over to use it, in a sign of reverence and humility.
The shape mimics an ancient Chinese coin, the sentiment is the opposite of materialism.
Tsukubai are usually of stone, and are often provided with a small ladle, ready for use. A supply of water may be provided via a bamboo pipe, called a kakei.
The famous tsukubai shown here stands in the grounds of the Ryoanji Temple (龍安寺 or 竜安寺, Ryōanji), Kyoto, Japan in Kyoto, and was donated by the feudal lord Tokugawa Mitsukuni.
The kanji written on the surface of the stone are without significance when read alone. If each is read in combination with 口 (kuchi) - the shape of the central bowl - then the characters become 吾, 唯, 足, 知 which translates literally as "I only know plenty" (吾 = ware = I, 唯 = tada = only, 足 = taru = plenty, 知 = shiru = know).
The underlying meaning, variously translated as "what one has is all one needs", or "learn only to be content" reflects the basic anti-materialistic teachings of Buddhism."""
Information - WiKi
""Tsukubai has an unique inscription; if it is not raining, you see four Chinese characters on each side of it and it means: "I only learn to be content" or “I am content with what I am”.
He who learns only to be contented is spiritually rich, while the one who doesn't learn to be contented is spiritually poor even if he is materially wealthy. This concept is important in the Zen spirit.""
Information - from the brochure
The temple and its gardens are listed as one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, and as an UNESCO World Heritage.
In the forest alongside the little Liffey River in Tasmania - so different from its namesake in Dublin - the gentle flow of the water over this tessellated platform, catches the golden glow of sunlight. Birds can be heard singing in the trees. If you want a place to calm the soul, I can't think of many better than right here.
People who grew up in harmony with the land - people indigenous to it - speak of places like this as having spirit. The spirit of place is not just a catchy phrase, I believe it is the truth of our relationship to the world.
Modernity (and its intellectual motor of rationalism) is really a state of Forgetfulness. We forget because we can't forgive ourselves for losing the Garden of Eden (I'm speaking in the language of mythology here because it has a deep psychological truth). Modernity is a flight from everything that reminds us of this horrible detachment between "the world we have made" and Spirit.
So we spend our lives running from things. We run from God, from Spirit, from real emotions, from Nature itself. Occasionally in places like this we catch a glimpse of what life could have been like, but then we quickly remind ourselves that we are really rational beings and there is nothing at all here to see except material "reality".
But that's the fatal flaw in Materialism, because it cuts us off from the River of Life. Science can tell us approximately how old the world is, and even our universe. But it cannot measure Eternity or even tell us why we are here.
But dangle your feet in this cool water. Literally chill out. Turn off and tune in (and you don't need Timothy Leary's drugs for that). Tune in to the "vibrations" of Spirit. Find yourself in Nature again.
Here Are My Christmas Presents for You my Flickr Friends ...
I love making people laugh ... Do you ?
♥ I Will soon Send You my Real Real Gifts ... Love & Peace ♥
~ Pervasive Materialism & Consumerism ~
Matter & Mind ...
Is Matter the only Reality in the World ?
In the Platonic Academy in Athens it was taught that Divine Simplicity is identical to the "attributes" of God. Goodness, Truth,Eternity,Graciousness,Holiness,Righteousness,Simplicity,
Truthfulness,Veracity,Oneness,Mission,Love ... Matter & Mind ...
♥ Soon with You with Peace & Love ... ♥
♥ I so much Thank You for your Visits,Invites & Comments ♥
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.
Mahatma Gandhi
The world says: "You have needs -- satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don't hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expand your needs and demand more." This is the worldly doctrine of today. And they believe that this is freedom. The result for the rich is isolation and suicide, for the poor, envy and murder.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
Socrates
When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.
Shirley Chisholm
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Antonio Francesco Gramsci (22 January 1891 – 27 April 1937) was an Italian Marxist philosopher, journalist, linguist, writer and politician. He wrote on philosophy, political theory, sociology, history and linguistics. He was a founding member and one-time leader of the Communist Party of Italy and was imprisoned by Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime.
Gramsci wrote more than 30 notebooks and 3,000 pages of history and analysis during his imprisonment. His Prison Notebooks are considered a highly original contribution to 20th-century political theory. Gramsci drew insights from varying sources – not only other Marxists but also thinkers such as Niccolò Machiavelli, Vilfredo Pareto, Georges Sorel and Benedetto Croce. The notebooks cover a wide range of topics, including Italian history and nationalism, the French Revolution, fascism, Taylorism and Fordism, civil society, folklore, religion and high and popular culture.
Gramsci is best known for his theory of cultural hegemony, which describes how the state and ruling capitalist class – the bourgeoisie – use cultural institutions to maintain power in capitalist societies. The bourgeoisie, in Gramsci's view, develops a hegemonic culture using ideology rather than violence, economic force, or coercion. Hegemonic culture propagates its own values and norms so that they become the "common sense" values of all and thus maintain the status quo. Cultural hegemony is therefore used to maintain consent to the capitalist order, rather than the use of force to maintain order. This cultural hegemony is produced and reproduced by the dominant class through the institutions that form the superstructure.
Gramsci also attempted to break from the economic determinism of traditional Marxist thought, and so is sometimes described as a neo-Marxist. He held a humanistic understanding of Marxism, seeing it as a "philosophy of praxis" and an "absolute historicism" that transcends traditional materialism and traditional idealism.
"I conclude that the relationship between brain and consciousness is like that between two dancers who always move together, but sometimes with one and sometimes the other taking the lead." John Hick, the New Frontier of Religion and Science (2006). Fuji X-Pro3 plus Samyang tele lens at F5.6, contre-jour, reflector.
And, perhaps more importantly, why should you think of me?
Symbolic Spiral Meaning
Perhaps it's most prolific appearance is in Celtic symbology where we see the spirals decorating a myriad of their ancient artifacts. In Celtic art and symbolism, we can intuit a few meanings from the forcefully present spiral...
In terms of spirituality, the spiral symbol can represent the path leading from outer consciousness (materialism, external awareness, ego, outward perception) to the inner soul (enlightenment, unseen essence, nirvana, cosmic awareness). Movements between the inner (intuitive, intangible) world and the outer (matter, manifested) world are mapped by the spiraling of archetypal rings; marking the evolution of humankind on both an individual and collective scale.
Moreover, in terms of rebirth or growth, the spiral symbol can represent the consciousness of nature beginning from the core or center and thus expanding outwardly. This is the way of all things, as recognized by most mystics.
Single Spiral
The single spiral is fairly common and may represent growth, birth or an expansion of consciousness.
Antonio Francesco Gramsci (22 January 1891 – 27 April 1937) was an Italian Marxist philosopher, journalist, linguist, writer and politician. He wrote on philosophy, political theory, sociology, history and linguistics. He was a founding member and one-time leader of the Communist Party of Italy and was imprisoned by Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime.
Gramsci wrote more than 30 notebooks and 3,000 pages of history and analysis during his imprisonment. His Prison Notebooks are considered a highly original contribution to 20th-century political theory. Gramsci drew insights from varying sources – not only other Marxists but also thinkers such as Niccolò Machiavelli, Vilfredo Pareto, Georges Sorel and Benedetto Croce. The notebooks cover a wide range of topics, including Italian history and nationalism, the French Revolution, fascism, Taylorism and Fordism, civil society, folklore, religion and high and popular culture.
Gramsci is best known for his theory of cultural hegemony, which describes how the state and ruling capitalist class – the bourgeoisie – use cultural institutions to maintain power in capitalist societies. The bourgeoisie, in Gramsci's view, develops a hegemonic culture using ideology rather than violence, economic force, or coercion. Hegemonic culture propagates its own values and norms so that they become the "common sense" values of all and thus maintain the status quo. Cultural hegemony is therefore used to maintain consent to the capitalist order, rather than the use of force to maintain order. This cultural hegemony is produced and reproduced by the dominant class through the institutions that form the superstructure.
Gramsci also attempted to break from the economic determinism of traditional Marxist thought, and so is sometimes described as a neo-Marxist. He held a humanistic understanding of Marxism, seeing it as a "philosophy of praxis" and an "absolute historicism" that transcends traditional materialism and traditional idealism.
De Bijenkorf met regen is fantastisch.
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Thank you for group-invitations. I do appreciate.
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In de voetgangerstunnel "Verboden te fietsen"
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"No PERFECT CAMERA? No PERFECT GEAR?....do not let materialism kill your creativity. Show the whole world your creativity through your photos and let us change the way others see things."
Proud to see Ikaria included in the “The Blue Zone” ...
*The Etched Volcanic Rocks Painted with Pelagic Sediments had so many stories to share with me.
*Ikaria,the island where people forget to Die.What’s their secret? I had read so many articles about that,but I wanted to find out myself.There must be something behind “The Blue Zone” ...
*Ikaria has been inhabited since at least 7000 BC by the Neolithic pre-Hellenic race of Pelasgians.
*According to mythology Icarus, ignoring his father’s Daedalus advice, after escaping their imprisonment in Crete, flew very high, resulting in melting his wax feathers, falling and drawing in the sea somewhere around the island. His father buried his body on this island,which was named Ikaria to commemorate the daring youngster*
*Ikarians are open, relaxed, friendly people who greet you with a genuine smile.They seem to laugh in the face of modern life- the greedy rush through time,the loss of identity through globalization and homogenous life styles, consumerism, and materialism.
They have always been self-sufficient people,mainly shepards,farmers,fisherman, shop owners and craftsmen.They farm their own land with most households growing their own supply of organic fruit and vegetables.
"in the “The Blue Zone” :
*The Italian island of Sardinia
*Okinawa, Japan
*Loma Linda, California
*Costa Rica’s isolated Nicoya Peninsula
*Ikaria, an isolated Greek island
♥ If you Want to Live Longer,Come with Me my Flickr Friends,but don't Fly very High ~ Always Thankful for your visits & comments ♥
www.rd.com/health/conditions/island-people-forget-to-die/
www.island-ikaria.com/culture/ikarians.asp
www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/31/ikaria-greece-longe...
When I was scouting some locations a little while back I came across a beautiful little pastoral valley barely 15 minutes from where we live in Launceston. That's the wonder of living in a regional town, you are never far from reconnecting with nature - and how we all need to recharge our weary batteries.
Living in a big city you need to be like the "Energizer Bunny", all go, go go. But unless you take some time out, a burn out is almost inevitable. And I'm not talking about a physical burnout (although that happens), it's something more spiritual I think. It's why large cities around the world have become the bastions of materialism and prescription drugs (let's not even use that oxymoronic term, "recreational drugs" here). Human beings need to recharge their batteries in Nature. And so I planned to get some early morning shots at Turners Marsh.
Last week we had a full moon, but skies haven't been all that clear recently (good early Spring rains). But when I arrived just before dawn at one of my locations, there was the full moon in all its glory as it was setting just as the sun was coming over the hills in the east.
The most famous piece of music about moonlight was composed in 1890 by Claude Debussy (1862-1918), but not published for another 15 years. Inspired by a poem of the same name by Paul Verlaine, it "depicts the soul as somewhere full of music ‘in a minor key’ where birds are inspired to sing by the ‘sad and beautiful’ light of the moon.
If you'd like to understand the effect this music has on the brain, then take a few minutes to read this informative article. The right kind of music also has the power to tap into nature and recharge our weary cells.
thenotesofscience.wordpress.com/2014/07/10/how-debussys-c...
Christmastree in the straat. the Last days of 2022.
"No PERFECT CAMERA? No PERFECT GEAR?....do not let materialism kill your creativity. Show the whole world your creativity through your photos and let us change the way others see things."
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Please feel free to use my images any way you like.I do not feel the need to "own" them. its only a picture.
*Working Towards a Better World
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Livingston_Seagull
Jonathan Livingston Seagull, written by Richard Bach, is a fable in novella form about a seagull learning about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection. It was first published in 1970 as "Jonathan Livingston Seagull — a story." By the end of 1972, over a million copies were in print, Reader's Digest had published a condensed version, and the book had reached the top of the New York Times Best Seller list, where it remained for 38 weeks. In 1972 and 1973, the book topped the Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States. In 2014 the book was reissued as Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition, which added a 17-page fourth part to the story.
Plot
The book tells the story of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a seagull who is bored with daily squabbles over food. Seized by a passion for flight, he pushes himself, learning everything he can about flying, until finally his unwillingness to conform results in his expulsion. An outcast, he continues to learn, becoming increasingly pleased with his abilities as he leads a peaceful and happy life.
One day, Jonathan is met by two gulls who take him to a "higher plane of existence" in which there is no heaven but a better world found through perfection of knowledge. There he meets other gulls who love to fly. He discovers that his sheer tenacity and desire to learn make him "pretty well a one-in-a-million bird." In this new place, Jonathan befriends the wisest gull, Chiang, who takes him beyond his previous learning, teaching him how to move instantaneously to anywhere else in the Universe. The secret, Chiang says, is to "begin by knowing that you have already arrived." Not satisfied with his new life, Jonathan returns to Earth to find others like him, to bring them his learning and to spread his love for flight. His mission is successful, gathering around him others who have been outlawed for not conforming. Ultimately, the very first of his students, Fletcher Lynd Seagull, becomes a teacher in his own right, and Jonathan leaves to teach other flocks.
Part one
Part One of the book finds young Jonathan Livingston frustrated with the meaningless materialism, conformity, and limitation of the seagull life. He is seized with a passion for flight of all kinds, and his soul soars as he experiments with exhilarating challenges of daring aerial feats. Eventually, his lack of conformity to the limited seagull life leads him into conflict with his flock, and they turn their backs on him, casting him out of their society and exiling him. Not deterred by this, Jonathan continues his efforts to reach higher and higher flight goals, finding he is often successful but eventually he can fly no higher. He is then met by two radiant, loving seagulls who explain to him that he has learned much, and that they are there now to teach him more.
Part two
Jonathan transcends into a society where all the gulls enjoy flying. He is only capable of this after practicing hard alone for a long time and the first learning process of linking the highly experienced teacher and the diligent student is raised into almost sacred levels. They, regardless of the all immense difference, are sharing something of great importance that can bind them together: "You've got to understand that a seagull is an unlimited idea of freedom, an image of the Great Gull." He realizes that you have to be true to yourself: "You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way."
Part three
In the third part of the book are the last words of Jonathan's teacher: "Keep working on love." Through his teachings, Jonathan understands that the spirit cannot be really free without the ability to forgive, and that the way to progress leads—for him, at least—through becoming a teacher, not just through working hard as a student. Jonathan returns to the Breakfast Flock to share his newly discovered ideals and the recent tremendous experience, ready for the difficult fight against the current rules of that society. The ability to forgive seems to be a mandatory "passing condition."
"Do you want to fly so much that you will forgive the Flock, and learn, and go back to them one day and work to help them know?" Jonathan asks his first student, Fletcher Lynd Seagull, before getting into any further talks. The idea that the stronger can reach more by leaving the weaker friends behind seems totally rejected.
Hence, love, deserved respect, and forgiveness all seem to be equally important to the freedom from the pressure to obey the rules just because they are commonly accepted.
Part four
In 2013 Richard Bach took up a non-published fourth part of the book which he had written contemporaneously with the original. He edited and polished it and then sent the result to a publisher. Bach reported that it was a near-death experience which had occurred in relation to a nearly fatal plane crash in August 2012, that had inspired him to finish the fourth part of his novella.[1] In February 2014, the 138-page Bach work Illusions II was published as a booklet by Kindle Direct Publishing. It also contains allusions to and insights regarding the same near-death experience. In October 2014, Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition, was reissued and includes part four of the story.
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2019 oct 24
abstract optical materialism macropaintograph with household materials
Camera: Pentax K-50 16 Mpixel Digital SLR + Carl Zeiss Jenna 2.8/ 50mm via extension tube
“We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly enlightened or peaceful or intelligent. Nevertheless, we have soil good enough to cultivate; we can plant anything in it.”
― Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
Picture made with Leonardo.AI of Second Beach
Pano-Sabotage with some bump-ups in colour saturation. So this is 99% straight out of the camera.
This is as close as I get to creating a "Christmas" or "Holiday" image. Being in retail and NOT supportive of the rampant materialism of what the Season has become, I tend to let this time of year go by without so much as a peep. But things are changing around this holiday. This is the first year in my entire life that I've seen stores putting their Christmas wares on sale to get people into stores. They're just not doing it.
Some have pointed to unprecedented sales via .com services - people chosing NOT to shop in actual stores, but to simply just order their gifts and have them delivered. Convenient, yes, but utterly impersonal. Finding that gift, the one that surprises you, rewarding yourself for all your shopping with a little something for yourself and jostling with the crowds, as stressful as it is at the time, all of that is taken away in simple efficiency.
Large corporations reap the profits of .com shopping and all the small merchants lose their shirts and their businesses as we march lemming-like more and more each year to a totally "corporate" society. All difference, individuality and uniqueness of invention is quietly euthanized in the smarm of artificial delights, such as this window, concocted by corporate merchandizers and market analysts. Electric, Plastic, Distraction. A glittering daze to blind the sight from seeing what monstrous 'machines' are doing behind the scene.
Some have also suggested an unspoken unease in the market place as we enter the final stretch to January 20, 2017. We'll find out soon enough .....
I don't wish to splash cold water on anyone's enjoyment of the Season, no matter how we each celebrate it, or not. My family and I, for the first time in a while, are going to have a very traditional Christmas dinner as we realize that we won't always have each other. Being together is what's MOST important for us. We've dropped everything else around the Season and just want to relish in each others' company. I wish you all the best of the spirit of the season, in whatever way makes you the happiest !!!!!
That serious analysis aside, this window was artistically too much to resist. I Pano-Sabotaged it with my iPhone, "pumped up the volume" of the colour and spiced it up a bit with some processing. The super indulgence of the image seemed to call out for it. Good to "go BANG" again.
Click on Image to Enlarge !
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Music Link: "Pump up the Volume", M/A/R/R/S. Thanks to MichaeLynn Borich for their comment below that lead me to choose this piece of music to very appropriately connect with this image. :-)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9gOQgfPW4Y
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© Richard S Warner ( Visionheart ) - 2016. All Rights Reserved. This image is not for use in any form without explicit, express, written permission.
My Website: visionheartblog.wordpress.com
Every great Culture begins with a mighty theme that rises out of the pre-urban countryside, is carried through in the cities of art and intellect, and closes with a finale of materialism in the world cities.
- Oswald Spengler, Decline of The West (1926)
........an enucleated mother probably purposely blinded begging with her child.
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A billion people on this planet live way below the poverty level
and live in horrendous conditions.
The West is to be congratulated for its prosperity and high standard of living thought and technology
However we all live on this planet, together
for materialism is certianly no panacea for happiness, success and inner tyranny.
"If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one."
M Theresa
Siem Reap
We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.” Immanuel Kant
Hunger is not an issue of charity. It is an issue of justice.
-Jacques Diouf
Photography’s new conscience
Proud to see Ikaria included in the “The Blue Zone” ...
[ Explored ] 13 Mar.2015 # 201
*The Etched Volcanic Rocks Painted with Pelagic Sediments had so many stories to share with me.
*Ikaria,the island where people forget to Die.What’s their secret? I had read so many articles about that,but I wanted to find out myself.There must be something behind “The Blue Zone” ...
*Ikaria has been inhabited since at least 7000 BC by the Neolithic pre-Hellenic race of Pelasgians.
*According to mythology Icarus, ignoring his father’s Daedalus advice, after escaping their imprisonment in Crete, flew very high, resulting in melting his wax feathers, falling and drawing in the sea somewhere around the island. His father buried his body on this island,which was named Ikaria to commemorate the daring youngster*
*Ikarians are open, relaxed, friendly people who greet you with a genuine smile.They seem to laugh in the face of modern life- the greedy rush through time,the loss of identity through globalization and homogenous life styles, consumerism, and materialism.
They have always been self-sufficient people,mainly shepards,farmers,fisherman, shop owners and craftsmen.They farm their own land with most households growing their own supply of organic fruit and vegetables.
"in the “The Blue Zone” :
*The Italian island of Sardinia
*Okinawa, Japan
*Loma Linda, California
*Costa Rica’s isolated Nicoya Peninsula
*Ikaria, an isolated Greek island
♥ If you Want to Live Longer,Come with Me my Flickr Friends,but don't Fly very High ~ Always Thankful for your visits & comments ♥
www.rd.com/health/conditions/island-people-forget-to-die/
www.island-ikaria.com/culture/ikarians.asp
www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/31/ikaria-greece-longe...
2019 nov 19
abstract optical materialism macropaintograph with household materials
Camera: Pentax K-50 16 Mpixel Digital SLR + Carl Zeiss Jenna 2.8/ 50mm via extension tube
Catchy and vivid colors of this organge flower made me to take this macro shot. Orange is often described as an energetic color, attenton gettng, spiritual (Buddhist monks wear orange robes that symbolize simplicity and letting go of materialism). It may call to mind feelings of enthusiasm and excitement. Orange is seen as a high-energy color and that`s why I called this image New Morning.
2019 oct 31
abstract optical materialism macropaintograph with household materials
Camera: Pentax K-50 16 Mpixel Digital SLR + Carl Zeiss Jenna 2.8/ 50mm via extension tube
Stedelijk Museum; Studio Drift; Coded Nature
Materialism; Pencil; 2018
All the materials needed to build a pencil.
One of my favorite shop-windows in The Hague.
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"Please feel free to use my images any way you like.I do not feel the need to "own" them. It is only a picture.
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"No PERFECT CAMERA? No PERFECT GEAR?....do not let materialism kill your creativity. Show the whole world your creativity through your photos and let us change the way others see things."
2019 nov 16
abstract optical materialism macropaintograph with household materials
Camera: Pentax K-50 16 Mpixel Digital SLR + Carl Zeiss Jenna 2.8/ 50mm via extension tube
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"Please feel free to use my images any way you like.I do not feel the need to "own" them. It is only a picture.
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>>To be seen in Flickr-group "Creative Composition" and others<<
"No PERFECT CAMERA? No PERFECT GEAR?....do not let materialism kill your creativity. Show the whole world your creativity through your photos and let us change the way others see things."
Look at dancing in the first comment & the music is here: : youtu.be/7BKObqw3xq0
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"Please feel free to use my images any way you like.I do not feel the need to "own" them. It is only a picture.
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>>To be seen in Flickr-group "Creative Composition" and others<<
"No PERFECT CAMERA? No PERFECT GEAR?....do not let materialism kill your creativity. Show the whole world your creativity through your photos and let us change the way others see things."
ONE WORLD
ONE PLANET
TWO NEIGHBORHOODS:
1000's of miles apart
the world of the
impoverished
downtrodden
disenfranchised
surrounding a world of
materialism, things, facade, snobbery, arrogance, haughtiness, cosmetic and self indulgence.
humans caught at times in a vicious cycle they cannot escape...............
both share a lot in common
Welcome to NYC
Photography’s new conscience
Meisje in "blauw"
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"Please feel free to use my images any way you like.I do not feel the need to "own" them. It is only a picture.
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>>To be seen in Flickr-group "Creative Composition" and others<<
"No PERFECT CAMERA? No PERFECT GEAR?....do not let materialism kill your creativity. Show the whole world your creativity through your photos and let us change the way others see things."
Louwman - museum The Hague, The Netherlands
permanent collection and mural
louwmanmuseum.nl/en/about-the-museum/
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"No PERFECT CAMERA? No PERFECT GEAR?....do not let materialism kill your creativity. Show the whole world your creativity through your photos and let us change the way others see things."
The lotus (Sanskrit and Tibetan padma) is one of the Eight Auspicious Symbols and one of the most poignant representations of Buddhist teaching.
The roots of a lotus are in the mud, the stem grows up through the water, and the heavily scented flower lies pristinely above the water, basking in the sunlight. This pattern of growth signifies the progress of the soul from the primeval mud of materialism, through the waters of experience, and into the bright sunshine of enlightenment.
Though there are other water plants that bloom above the water, it is only the lotus which, owing to the strength of its stem, regularly rises eight to twelve inches above the surface.
According to the Lalitavistara, "the spirit of the best of men is spotless, like the lotus in the muddy water which does not adhere to it."
According to another scholar, "in esoteric Buddhism, the heart of the beings is like an unopened lotus: when the virtues of the Buddha develop therein, the lotus blossoms; that is why the Buddha sits on a lotus bloom."
The lotus is one of Buddhism's best recognized motifs and appears in all kinds of Buddhist art across all Buddhist cultures. Scrolling lotuses often embellish Buddhist textiles, ceramics and architecture.
Every important Buddhist deity is associated in some manner with the lotus, either being seated upon a lotus in full bloom or holding one in their hands. In some images of standing Buddhas, each foot rests on a separate lotus.
The lotus does not grow in Tibet and so Tibetan art has only stylized versions of it, yet it appears frequently with Tibetan deities and among the Eight Auspicious Symbols.
The color of the lotus has an important bearing on the symbology associated with it:
White Lotus (Skt. pundarika; Tib. pad ma dkar po): This represents the state of spiritual perfection and total mental purity (bodhi). It is associated with the White Tara and proclaims her perfect nature, a quality which is reinforced by the color of her body.
Pink Lotus (Skt. padma; Tib. pad ma dmar po): This the supreme lotus, generally reserved for the highest deity. Thus naturally it is associated with the Great Buddha himself.
Red Lotus (Skt. kamala; Tib: pad ma chu skyes): This signifies the original nature and purity of the heart (hrdya). It is the lotus of love, compassion, passion and all other qualities of the heart. It is the flower of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion.
Blue Lotus (Skt. utpala; Tib. ut pa la): This is a symbol of the victory of the spirit over the senses, and signifies the wisdom of knowledge. Not surprisingly, it is the preferred flower of Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom.
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2019 sept 25
abstract optical materialism macropaintograph with household materials
Camera: Pentax K-50 16 Mpixel Digital SLR + Carl Zeiss Tessar 2.8/50mm via extension tube