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"There are necessarily two principles of beings; the one containing the series of beings organized, and finished, the other, of unordered and unfinished beings. That one which is susceptible of being expressed, by speech, and which can be explained, both embraces beings, and determines and organises the non-being.
For every time that it approaches the things of becoming, it orders them, and measures them, and makes them participate in the essence and form of the universal. On the contrary, the series of beings which escape speech and reason, injures ordered things and destroys those which aspire to essence and becoming; whenever it approaches them, it assimilates them to its own nature.
But since there are two principles of things of an opposite character, the one the principle of good, and the other the principle of evil, there are therefore also two reasons, the one of beneficent nature, the other of maleficent nature.
That is why the things that owe their existence to art, and also those which owe it to nature, must above all participate in these two principles; form and substance.
The form is the cause of essence; substance is the substrate which [it] receives the form. Neither can substance alone participate in form, by itself; nor can form by itself apply itself to substance; there must therefore exist another cause which moves the substance of things; and forms them. This cause is primary, as regards substance, and the most excellent of all."
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A lot of great things has happened lately that i suddenly realized i haven't been shooting and posting here at flickr.
I am undergoing a certain kind of hibernation state that compels me to discipline my self and suspend everything else for the sake of some other tremendous things in anticipation. I know this is a difficult stage and somehow the only strength i have is the passion that empowers my will to carry on...
"To the pure finite spirit, Liberty is what it is to the wind and elements -- a power to obey the imperious laws of its nature; a power to act on conditions, emotions and desires would arise, and be preceded, followed, or co-exist with perceptions and judgments in a necessary succession, and with a rapidity which would preclude all comparison, consideration, and determination.
This power is liberty, and is the basis of responsibility. It is simple. The mind on the condition of a body learns the laws of its nature, its activity, their conditions and objects, and thus acquires a power over itself. This is Liberty. Hence there are degrees of liberty. Hence there may be minds that possess no more freedom than the brutes that perish."
ꒌ САВУ ПРОНАШЛО СУНЦЕ! -- Низ дана пред Савин празник бијаше без трачка сунца. Дан свесрпске Славе освану са наговештајем бољег времена, али облаци се у Ротердаму још не размакоше. До почетка службе.
У току Савинданске литургије сунчеви зраци су од 20 метара широког иконостаса са много икона, одабрали баш Светог Саву; и то од врха преграде до пода. По висини три нивоа иконе Светог Саве беху обасјани светлошћу као неким природним рефлектором: у врху икона ”Свети Сава благосиља Србе”; у средини - Свети Сава између својих родитеља, светих Симеона Мироточивог и мати Анастасије; и коначно, испред овог реда на иконостасу, стоји засебни триптих са Студеничким крстом: на левим вратанцима је живописан Свети Симеон Мироточиви, на десним Свети Сава. Овде је приказан само горњи ред, са иконом ”Свети Сава благосиља Србе”.
► ▓░█ SAINT SAVA, early on in XIII century THE FOUNDER of Serbian Orthodox Church, is in its diocese parishes often venerated so much that many churches abroad bear his name, like in London or Paris. Not in Rotterdam, however, where the church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. But here too, Saint Sava's icons occupy a prominent place. Surely not the most prominent: a proper iconostasis is highly ordered so that the exact position and the particular saints are there where they belong. Just as about anything else in the seemingly rather spontaneous Orthodox Church and its services, the icons layout on the iconostasis is meticulously thought out and organised.
There are four images of the 4 saints in this capture, among which an angel, and images of 8 laymen. All at approximately 4 meters height from the floor. Icons are a bridge connecting Christians to the eternal world. The countless saints testify. The icons are reflections of the existence in a metaphysical realm, spread over the physical vectors of this life.
֎⃣ Developed from raw and edited in Affinity Photo 2.4 to resemble the experience at the spot (from memory, of course). G9 with Sigma prime 30mm f1.4, also here less sharp than the Lumix zoom to come (from file nr. 705 on) - but that might be due to Sigma's lack of the OIS.
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On the Grandfather's Bridge in Helsinki.
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A foggy morning in Amsterdam.
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Flannery O’Connor is a metaphysical realist whose philosophical and artistic starting point is not thought or a world of ideas but reality itself, what she calls what-is. O’Connor grounds her narrative art in the visible and invisible reality created by God and knowable to human beings who are composed of visible and invisible components, both body and soul, making the human person a knower, not simply a thinker.
-Understanding the Hillbilly Thomist: The Philosophical Foundations of Flannery O’Connor’s Narrative Art Paperback – August 3, 2023
by Damian Ference
009/366 -9 gennaio 2016 - La città metafisica.
January 9, 2016 - The Metaphysical Town.
#mylefteye #366così
In Explore! On July 22, 2025
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I.C.U. together with two other photographs ('Styx' and 'Again') received a distinction at the 35th National Salon of Artistic Photography in Żary 2025. The honorary patronage of the event was held by the Photoclub of the Republic of Poland Association of Artists, the official representative of Poland in the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) (Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique) based in Paris. 436 photographs by 58 authors were submitted to the competition. 97 photographs by 43 authors were qualified for the post-competition exhibition. Awards and distinctions were given to 7 authors.
Invitation: dkzary.pl/xxxv-krajowy-salon-fotografii-artystycznej-zary...
The review of the exhibition reads:
"Tomasz Grabowski presents the night city as a dark, dramatic and almost metaphysical space, in which light and shadow conduct a constant dialogue. His photographs show the city not only as a physical landscape, but also as a labyrinth of emotions, tensions and stories that pulsate in the darkness of the streets. Every light source, every spot of shadow becomes an element of the narrative about what is hidden beyond our direct sight, about what disappears and appears in the perception of the observer."
Paweł Janczaruk, Society 3 Art, Zielona Góra, 30.11.2025
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„I.C.U.” has been selected from 1189 submitted works to take part in "RITUALS" PHOTO, VIDEO AND DIGITAL VISUAL DESIGN, International Group Exhibition, 23rd to the 31st of July 2025 in Rome, Italy.
metaphysics @ red light district
Installation 'THE BODY OF LIGHT' - Immersive environment
by Margareta Hesse
A second glimpse (see also previous photo) of the Borgoricco Town Hall, a work built in the 1980s by the architect Aldo Rossi. The essential, geometric lines seem to have come out of a metaphysical painting.
A morning in Kaivopuisto Park, Helsinki.
It's technically long exposure + tripod sweep by courtesy of Alexey Titarenko who used this technique extensively in his St. Petersburg images.
This is also one of the images that can be found as 12x12 in. (30x30 cm) print in my Street Metaphysics monograph that was published a few months ago.
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credo sia la prima volta che mi reputo soddisfatto.
diafanoscopio, scacchiera stampata su carta translucida (duratrans)
Well, yes! secrets... Here's a bronze sculpture by Henk Visch (1950-) with the highfalutin name 'Secret Life in a Public Body'. It was placed here in 2009. And as enigmatic is the phrase at the top of the sundial in the facade of the late-nineteenth century (renovated) building on the right. It reads: 'Wat tijd niet oplost is geen probleem' ('What time doesn't solve in no problem'). It seems that phrase - sculpted on June 28, 1997 - is derived from a work by the Flemish metaphysical philosopher, Karel Boullart (1943-).
This is one the images in the Helsinki chapter of my new Street Metaphysics photo book.
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