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This weekend was set aside for the pursuit of ambition. I decided it perfectly plausible that I can change my entire life by sending out a few beautifully and wittily worded emails to choice and influential recipients in the art and literature worlds. They will see a ‘Flickr of something’ in me and hurriedly write back, begging for a meeting. So, I set about finding said influential recipients….. and I didn’t get much further.
During these, so called ‘weekends of ambition’ the first thing to do is to keep the Writers & Artists Yearbook 2010 firmly closed.
After half an hour leafing through it I had decided that it was probably simpler to have the creative part of my brain lobotomised so that I no longer feel any artistic yearnings. The chapter about the best lobotomy surgeon to consult is conveniently at the back of the book after you have looked through the rest and become thoroughly despondent.
The submission parameters are terrifying:
“Non-fiction German women’s issues only”
“Cricket themed poetry only, submit only via handwritten cricket pads”
“True stories of abused childhoods and violent erotica only, no cookbooks”
“Work must be printed, bound in hardback with dust jacket, already published and with a booker prize imminent.”
I hold the Sunday papers largely responsible for my extreme frustration; they feed me hope over my muesli. There will be, without fail two or three articles in the magazines telling you about an artist/singer/writer’s path to success. I always pore over this kind of article as though I am reading a treasure map, ‘Where is it, where is it?’ No, not the ‘X marks the spot’ but the oh so precious and only important bit where they tell you exactly how they made the transition from sitting in the corner of a greasy spoon ‘being creative and wishing’ to being signed up with some hot shot publisher, agent or gallery.
Guardian Weekend just the other day told of Carmen Herrera, an artist who became a success at the age of 94. We hear how she found her artistic direction, how her work was rejected from countless galleries, how she painted every day for hours, blah, blah, blah, cut to the chase….
‘After those first paintings were bought in 2004, word spread quickly and other pieces were sold. I was in shock for days. Now I have pieces in collections all over the world.’
Oh for god’s sake! Where was this work on display? I thought you said no one would show it. Who bought the pieces? How did word spread? Did you have an agent? How did you get an agent?! What the f**K?!!!!
So after burning The Writers and Artists Yearbook 2010, punching the bed 50 times and failing to send a single email to anybody of any importance I decided instead to go out.
Don’t whatever you do go into a branch of Hollister on one of your down days.
Remember that feeling at school when the popular, attractive kids made you feel like you had intruded on their private members club and tainted it with ugliness when you entered the common room? Want to relive it? Go to Hollister.
The California originated store’s signature interior look is ‘darkness’ and the desired atmosphere; a feeling of unwelcome intrusion on some kind of frat party.
I manage to get in without bashing my shins on the invisible vintage furniture but fail to avoid breaking through the middle of a gaggle of plaid shirted, pouty lipped girls and boys all busily flirting – the main part of their job description.
In fact this ploy works, they simultaneously intimidate whilst creating envy and longing in the oh so plain and uninteresting clientele. We all wish we could be in a world where the next opportunity to flirt by the denim cut offs is all that matters, and because of that feeling we buy 10 pairs of denim cut offs, convinced that they must be infused with this superficial magic.
Their cunning low light ploy is obvious, if you moan about the fact that you can’t see anything then you are too old to be in there. Similar to the blindfolding of racehorses as they go into the stalls it is also less stressful to fork out 50 quid on a t shirt if you can’t actually see it. I’m not sure why they actually have changing rooms as I could get changed in the corner of the shop without anyone seeing me and the only way I was actually able to judge how I looked when I did finally get into the equally dim changing room was by the disdainful sneer of the girl manning it. That must mean these jeans look bloody amazing! I’m having them!
I imagine a sight to behold at the end of the day when the shop shuts. 50 part-time models stagger out of the front doors blinking like pit ponies. They stumble home blue toed in flip flops with white sticks clacking, a long line, each holding onto the pubic mound surfing waistband of the model in front.
Show: Voltapagina - Circo Patuf
She emerges from the dark. Unseen until the very last moment. She moves with delicacy. She faces her new challenges with the innocent curiosity of a sweet child. She’s dragging an old trunk. Her baggage is heavy, but precious. She can’t read the incomprehensible instructions to inflate a huge balloon, but she is determined to succeed and she does so with a pure attitude. No matter what.
No matter who they follow
No matter where they lead
No matter how they judge us
I'll be everyone you need
No matter if the sun don't shine
Or if the skies are blue
No matter what the end is
My life began with you
Boyzone is making me all nostalgic ... their songs take me back to my school days when I'd listen to FM 100's 2-hour long english music based programme every night like crazies. Those were some days!
Beautiful!
Oh and the water splashed look amazing when viewed large :)
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Mural at the Jardins de les Tres Xemeneies, Barcelona.
CATALÀ
Black Lives Matter (BLM) (en català: les vides dels negres són importants) és el nom d'un moviment activista sorgit als Estats Units a les comunitats afroamericanes i que realitza campanyes contra la violència racista exercida vers les persones negres que s'ha anat reproduint durant el mandat del president Barack Obama. BLM organitza regularment protestes entorn de les víctimes que han estat mortes per agents de policia estatunidencs. El grup també es manifesta de manera més general en contra de la brutalitat policial i per qüestions racials viscudes als Estats Units. VIQUIPÈDIA
ENGLISH
Black Lives Matter (BLM) is an organized movement favoring non-violent civil disobedience in protest against alleged incidents of police brutality against Afro-American people.[An organization known simply as "Black Lives Matter" exists as a decentralized network with over 30 chapters worldwide, while a larger Black Lives Matter movement exists consisting of various separate like-minded organizations such as Dream Defenders and Assata's Daughters. The broader movement and its related organizations typically advocate against police violence towards black people, as well as for various other policy changes considered to be related to black liberation.
In 2013, the movement began with the use of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social media after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of African-American teen Trayvon Martin in February 2012. The movement became nationally recognized for street demonstrations following the 2014 deaths of two African Americans: Michael Brown—resulting in protests and unrest in Ferguson, a city near St. Louis—and Eric Garner in New York City.Since the Ferguson protests, participants in the movement have demonstrated against the deaths of numerous other African Americans by police actions and/or while in police custody. In the summer of 2015, Black Lives Matter activists became involved in the 2016 United States presidential election.[10] The originators of the hashtag and call to action, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi, expanded their project into a national network of over 30 local chapters between 2014 and 2016.[11] The overall Black Lives Matter movement, however, is a decentralized network and has no formal hierarchy. WIKIPEDIA
hand painted.. still dont own an airbrush.. using cans and brushes.
photo credit go's to: www.flickr.com/photos/andreacebukin
"Mind over matter" - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_over_matter
check in detail: www.flickr.com/photos/breakone/5239665191/in/photostream/
2010
Every time I walked past Arturo Di Modica (1941-2021)’s Charging Bull at Bowling Green, there were dozens of tourists swarming around the animal’s head to have their picture taken. Some people ignored the bull’s head and concentrated on the other end, usually cradling the taurine family jewels...
Black lives matter.
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You’re Not Black – Amy Saunders
I sit with them at lunch
Fried chicken on my plate
I eat with a knife and fork
“You’re not black, if you don’t use your hands to eat”
Yet I know that hands tied up the strange fruit on the trees in the south
The fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop*
I don’t recognise the Caribbean music, or the Afrobeats
I only know of Liszt, Chopin and Ludovico Einaudi
Whose names you’ve probably never heard
“You’re not black, if you don’t know this beat”
Yet, I am familiar with the beat of pounding
Pounding of sugar cane, the whipping of backs
The cries and screams of my ancestors
Ring loud in my head centuries later
So how dare you? How dare you put me down!
Question my ethnicity, I’m still a shade of brown
And I’m sorry if I don’t live up to your ‘black norms’
But I live in a world with segregated dorms
Society crushes me, tells me I’m ugly
But copies my features, they must think it’s funny
I’m not trying to in any way be mean
But I live in a society covered in white sheen
Sorry to Bother You, but I should Get Out
’Cause The Hate U Give leaves me with no doubt
That I am not The Help, the help that you need
But the Hidden Figures are clear to see
That I should stop trying to be ‘Black’ and just try to be
Me
*from ‘Strange Fruit’ by Abel Meeropol
A top 15 winner of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2019, Amy Saunders was only 13 years old when she wrote this poem.
Poznan, Poland
Stary Rynek
Spotted this guy playing a classical version of Metallic's "Nothing Else Matters" while wandering the Old Market square.....super cool version too! So much happening down here on the weekends right now....everyone is loving the sun! :) Besides....this guy has the best socks of all time!
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Part of my vintage Japan stationery/printed matter collection; NFS.
I've had both for a long time - finally scanned tonight so I could put in archival storage.
Leica MP
Leica Summicron 35mm f/2 IV "King of Bokeh"
Ferrania P30
Adox Silvermax Developer (1+29)
11 min 20°C
Scan from negative film
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Street musician Dominic Del Principe, Bethesda Terrace Arcade, Central Park, New York.
Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM (ambient light)
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But not in the way you would assume. For example, I hadn't touched a camera in months until this moment in time where something so small and seemingly insignificant filled me with a curiosity and passion I thought had long been left to the wayside. So to all my loyal Flickr Friends and lovely contacts: I am back, and hopefully this time to stay. Please take this simple photograph as a sign from me to you. In the next few days I'll be getting back into the swing of things. Forgive me for being a crap contact, I plan to change that. Better days to come <3
Some people seemed to get all sunshine, while others recieve all shadow. Turning that shadow into your inspiration though, is a sure path to new light ...
‘Omnis ars imitatio est naturae.’ Seneca
HAR HOLLANDS
Har Hollands (1956) graduated in 1983 from
the ‘Eindhoven University of Technology’,
at the department of ‘Architecture and Urban Planning’.
From 1984 till 1998, he worked as lighting designer
at the ‘Lighting Design and Application Centre’ of ‘Philips Lighting’.
In 1998 he started the office for architectural lighting:
‘Har Hollands Lichtarchitect’.
I was impressed by the spontaneity, passion and excellent organization at very short notice of the "Black Lives Matter" march through central London yesterday.
The aim of the marchers was to highlight the low value seemingly placed on black lives in response to the fatal shootings by U.S. police officers of Philando Castile, a 32 year old cafeteria supervisor in St. Paul, Minnesota and Alton Sterling, a 37 year old father of five in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The marchers initially assembled at the South Bank before crossing the river into Westminster. Many of them shouted "Black Lives Matter" and "Hands Up Don't Shoot" as they first passed parliament at about 19.30 and then Whitehall, Piccadilly, Regent Street, Broadcasting House and Oxford Street.
Friday's protest was the first of several planned in London against police brutality and racism which organizers were keen to stress was a worldwide problem.
Black Lives Matter was established in July 2013 following the acquittal of George Zimmerman, a neighbourhood watch officer who fatally injured a 17 year old black high school student, Trayvon Martin, in Florida and it has subsequently become an international movement campaigning against the perceived relative acceptability of violence against black people.
The British Guardian newspaper recently calculated the number of people in the United States killed by law enforcement officials - in 2015 that reached a record level of 1134 young black men and the statistics showed that they were nine times more likely to be victims than the average American and five times more likely than young white men. ( The Guardian 31 December 2015 ).
You can find out more about the goals of "Black Lives Matter" and also about out how to help through their website -
CPKC's "Every Child Matters" orange painted GE leads train 246 past the signals north of Touhy Ave. in Niles IL.
Interstellar dust & matter Looking towards the inner spurs of our galaxy, Milkyway, from the wonderful star party at mt Parnon, Sparta 10th National Annual Star Party of Greek Amateur Astronomers Special thanks to the Astronomical Union of Sparta! Banquet of interstellar dust matter and looking at the internal threads of our galaxy somewhere between Centaur Sagittarius, Scutum and Serpens Cauda. The Galactic Center is the rotational center of the Milky Way. The estimates for its location range from 7.6 to 8.7 kiloparsecs (about 25,000 to 28,000 lightyears) from Earth in the direction of the constellations Sagittarius, Ophiuchus, and Scorpius where the Milky Way appears brightest. There is strong evidence consistent with the existence of a supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center of the Milky Way. text bit.ly/2bblTJz The main disc of our galaxy has a diameter of 80,000 to 100,000 light-years, the perimeter 250 to 300 000 light years and a thickness of about 1,000 light years. It consists of 200 up to 400 billion stars. If we define a natural scale and assume that the Milky Way has a diameter of 130 km, the solar system would have a length of 2 mm. The Galactic Halo extends over a diameter of 250,000 and 400,000 light years. As reported extensively in the galaxy structure below, new research has shown that the disk extends much more than we thought until last. Officially, since 2005, the Milky Way is now considered to be a large barred spiral galaxy SBbc type the Hubble sequence (small barred spiral helix) with a total mass of 600 to 3,000 billion solar masses (M☉) [5] [6], comprising from 200 to 400,000,000,000 stars. The galactic disk has an estimated diameter of about 100,000 light years. The distance of the Sun from the center of the galaxy is estimated at 26,000 light years. The disc is protuberant in the center and symperikleietai from the so-called thick disk. The Sun (and thus the Earth and the Solar System) is quite close to the inner ring of the Arm of Orion, local cloud, at 7,94 ± 0,42 kpc from the Galactic Center. The distance between the local arm and immediately nearest, the Perseus Arm, is of the order of 1 · 1019 m (6.500 light years). The Sun and by extension the solar system, located in what scientists call the Galactic Habitable Zone. The direction of the Sun's path (apix or corymb), refers to the direction of the Sun as it travels in the Galaxy. The general direction of galactic motion of the Sun is near the constellation Hercules, at an angle of approximately 86 degrees from the Galactic Center. The orbit of the Sun in the Galaxy is expected to be approximately elliptical with the addition of influences from the galactic arms and uneven mass distribution. We are currently 1/8 of the track before perigalaxio (the shortest distance from the center of the Milky Way). The solar system takes about 225-250000000 years to complete an orbit (one Galactic Year), so speculation has performed approximately 20-25 orbits during its lifetime. The orbital speed of the Solar System is 217 km / sec, ie. One light-year every 1,400 years, and 1 AU in 8 days. Canon eos 6D, Skywatcher EQ6 unguide, EF 85mm f1.2 LII, 85mm f/2.8, Iso800, 7X240sec, DSS, PS
So close no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trust in who we are
And nothing else matters
Although we don't like to admit it, guys compare sizes!
It doesn't matter what it is and we all know it. Car engines, model trains, garden hoses, it doesn't matter and we all know it. Guys compare sizes and bigger is always better.
In this case it's one of the valves from the ships engine that these fellows were sizing up. Just looking at this I can imagine the thoughts these fellows are having....
#1. "Yeah that's just like my valve, nice and straight".
#2. "I remember when my valve was that big".
#3. "My valve is only this big but it still works great"!
#4. "Hope my valve still works when I get to your age".
A contest that has gone on since the beginning and has no sign of ever stopping.
I actually got to have a nice conversation with one of the engineers about the ship's propulsion and my Navy experiences. I tried to wrangle a trip down to the engineroom control but unfortunately got denied. Security reasons don't you know...
The different departments on the ship put items on display in the atrium, highlighting the best features of their department. There were displays from engineering, medical, catering, housekeeping, etc. Gives the passengers an opportunity to see what goes on behind the scenes and shows exactly what it takes to keep the ship running shipshape.
For those in the Show Your EXIF group you should note that the actual lens used is a Tamron AF 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 Di-II VC All-in-One Zoom for Canon APS-C Digital SLR. It's a well known issue and for some crazy reason it always shows up as a Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8, a lens I've never owned or used!
These young Indigenous women helped organise a rally in support of the families of First Nations peoples whose children were stolen from them and placed in what are ironically called "residential schools" that operated in Canada from 1838 until as recently as 1996. These schools were designed to assimilate First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, aged 4-16, into "western" civilisation.
In essence, they were concentration camps in which these children were abused, undernourished, fed rotting food and received little to no health care if they became sick. An unknown number died and they are slowly being discovered in unmarked graves. Most often, families were not informed their children had died. The total discovered so far has been 1148. These schools were financed by the federal government and administered by "christian churches".
This is a shameful period of Canada's history and all Canadians should be disgusted, outraged and angered by this, for all intents and purposes, government and religious genocide. There have been calls to prosecute the government, as well as the christian churches for crimes against humanity.
Inspired by the Tom Robinson Band stencil logo from the "Power in the Darkness" LP (1978). www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL-DXu1KUEo
For me, damselflies are much more difficult to photograph than dragonflies. The damsels are around, but they are tiny...particularly if you consider the important head /upper body part.
This is my latest attempt. When this one landed so cooperatively, it made me wish I had brought the longer lens along.