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I believe that this was an exhibition of the 2015 Design Matters awards for building design.
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from riverside to templeside
beyond Yaowarat
every move matters
Visiting Bangkok’s Chinatown for the first time on foot and all by myself felt like going on an exciting first date—thrilling and full of anticipation. Once I arrived at Wat Mangkon station, I felt free, ready to explore the jam-packed streets of Yaowarat and its quiet back alleys. As I wandered at my own pace, every moment felt special because I didn’t know what to expect. The element of surprise was what excited me the most. I ventured into hidden alleys, searching for the unexpected. Every corner offered something new. My eyes wandered eagerly, drawn to anything out of the ordinary.
For those who have never been to Bangkok’s Chinatown, words and photos can never fully capture the immense experience of exploring Yaowarat. The real energy, the excitement, and the vibrant chaos can only be felt by being there.
By the end of the day, I knew I fell in love. I held my camera one last time before gently tucking her away into my backpack, as if saying goodbye to a dear companion and my date for today.
I know I will be back—again and again—to relive the excitement. If there was something I missed this time—a lost contact, a missed connection, an old fashioned tea house, a relaxing coffee bar, a photo spot and my inspiration —the second time around will be even better than the first.
It doesn't matter how old Kachina is, she can still roll around, play like a little kitten, and be adorable.
Here are a couple of Black Lives Matter murals in downtown Raleigh that were created after the death of George Floyd. These can be found on South Wilmington Street in Raleigh, NC.
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A community member holds a sign reading "Black Lives Matter" with George Floyd's name and heart symbols, after he was killed by a Minneapolis Police officer.
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.
not Rich...not Poor...not a Preacher, nor a Teacher...not a poet or a prophet... whomever you may be... just Live Life the Best you can...& at the end of the day, you will SEE the only thing that really matters is the LOve in your Heart, and the Kindness & Compassion you shared and Gave Freely to Others ~
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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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.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
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
Man was matter, that was Snowden`s secret.
Drop him out the window and he`ll fall.
Set fire to him and he`ll burn.
Bury him and he`ll rot like other kinds of garbage.
The spirit gone, man is garbage.
That was Snowden`s secret.
Ripeness was all.
I`m cold, Snowden said. I`m cold.
There, there, said Yossarian.
There, there.
Joseph Heller
The skógafoss impresses with its size and beauty - the water plunges vertically without intermediate 60m over a steep slope, which was once the coastline islands, into the deep. Nothing bothers the free fall of the water
I need to return to posting my own images rather than photographs of other people's work but this image is too important not to share. I came across this image at Camp des Milles. As a former teacher, I believe this image conveys far more eloquently the paramount importance of education today than anything that I could strive to produce.
Here is another transitions seasons image. The new growth has yet to take over around a down cottonwood limb and it shows in stages. I really like the transition of this scene for a minimalist series. Every series needs a transition at the end. I was ready for some green at the time I found this in the unedited stash and I have been whittleing away at them. Many trees, reeds, grasses and cattails were just starting to come around in the late spring. This February has been a real coaster ride. Today was back up to over freezing but expect snow tomorrow. Time to rename the country to Koch-istan; ir's long past a one man one vote democracy.
I made another loop of the path while the day held but the breeze was gone and there were no ripples on the waters. I am out here at Golden Ponds, the Longmont, Boulder County greenbelt and rec area . I wandered the green space and took some detail shots that were available, I shot a few more pictures and baled for the evening..
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
‘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’.
So close no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trust in who we are
And nothing else matters
Placard: "Justice for Sheku Bayoh"
Sheku Bayoh died after being restrained by police in Kirkcaldy in 2015. The family are waiting after six years for the outcome for an inquiry into his death. They believe that he would not have died had he been white and that there were striking similarities between the case and that of George Floyd, the 46-year-old black man whose death in Minneapolis sparked anti-racism demonstrations around the world.
Location: St Andrew Square, Edinburgh - in the background is the statue of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742 – 1811) who was the Scottish Lord Advocate and an MP and a contentious figure, provoking controversies that resonate to this day. While Home Secretary in 1792 and first Secretary of State for War in 1796 he was instrumental in deferring the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade. Slave trading by British ships was not abolished until 1807. As a result of this delay, more than half a million enslaved Africans crossed the Atlantic. Dundas also curbed democratic dissent in Scotland.