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A Kumbum (Tibetan: "One hundred thousand holy images"; Wylie: Sku-'bum) is a multi-storied aggregate of Buddhist chapels in Tibet. It forms part of Palcho Monastery.
The first Kumbum was founded in the fire-sheep year 1427 by a Gyantse Prince Rabten Kunzang Phak. It has nine lhakangs or levels, is 35 metres (115 ft) high surmounted by a golden dome, and contains 77 chapels which line its walls. Many of the statues were damaged during the Cultural Revolution but have since been replaced with clay images, but they lack the artistic merit of the originals. The 14th century murals showing Newari and Chinese influences, survived much better.
The Kumbum or great Gomang སྒོ་མང༌(many-doored / the stupa is said to have 108 gates) chorten at Gyantse is a three dimensional mandala, meant to portray the Buddhist cosmos. The Kumbum, like other mandalas, which are portrayed by a circle within a square, enables the devotee to take part in the Buddhist perception of the universe and can depict one's potential as they move through it. Mandalas are meant to aid an individual on the path to enlightenment. The Kumbum holds a vast number of images of deities throughout its structure with Vajradhara (Sanskrit:Vajradhāra, Tibetan: rdo rje 'chang (Dorje Chang), English: Vajraholder), the cosmic Buddha, at the top.
The world from your back door seems so wide, the house so tiny it is from inside. The box that you're still living in I cannot see for why, you think you've found perception doors but they open to a lie.....Hawkwind 'Mask of Morning'
This image was born from a fascination with the unpredictable movements of smoke, this ephemeral dance that lasts only for a moment. By capturing this fleeting instant and transforming it through digital processing into this electric blue hue, I wanted to create a bridge between the tangible world and pure abstraction.
The simplicity of the composition, reduced to its most basic expression - a curved line on a black background - represents an exploration into minimalist photography. The choice of blue is not random: it brings a mystical, almost cosmic dimension to an otherwise ordinary phenomenon.
This photograph is part of my approach to exploring the boundaries between real and imaginary, where each image becomes an invitation to see beyond the visible, to question our perception of the everyday.
I am aware that I am transgender and definitely harbour an inner desire to be female. However, I was born a boy and have lived as a man all of my life and have o plans to transition into being a woman full time. This may sound contradictory if i am so sure of how I want to be but the reality is despite this I do have a male life I have no desire to give up or jeopardise as I have a wife and family that mean far more to me than my inner desire.
Also, I am aware that part of me genuinely loves the whole dressing up and transformation process, I will admit I find it thrilling and adventurous and I find trying to create a female appearance and adopt a convincing persona and behaviour as a woman an exciting challenge. It appeals to my need to be female and other aspects of myself I know exist.
When refer to other aspects I know that since I was a young teenager I have loved the idea of being a boy that dresses up as a girl and try to pass himself off as a girl. I also enjoyed the thrill of acting like a girl and residing as a female. It clashed hugely with my upbringing and the knowledge I was only attracted to females and not males. Daring to act and look like a girl and behave as one is something that continues to be an adventure.
I am a frustrated actor at heart and I always admired talented female impersonators in my youth, in fact I still do. it’s not the over the top drag queen I admire but those men who could create convincing female appearances and had the confidence to walk out on stage or a film set as a woman and act as if they were actually female. I too wanted to be such a performer. I know the word transvestite is unpopular, but embracing transvestism was move that brought great reward for me and a chance to perform, albeit in private, in the guise of a woman. In fact the reality was I was not actually performing just dressing up for the part. I loved doing this though and always felt more confident appearing as a woman.
My efforts at trying to achieve a believable female appearance and persona are driven by my inner transgender feelings but the thrill of physically changing my male body by shaving, genital tucking, adding shaping garments, using make-up, wigs and wearing female costume, literally casting aside my male self is, for me, a daring thing and I love doing it.
I never became he female impersonator or the actor that played cross-dressing/transvestite roles but I am keen to give it a go more and more these days. It is all highly indulgent but it is also undeniably great fun. To this end I have been thinking more about creating different female appearances for myself and portraying these women on camera. I love the challenge it presents and though I intend to attempt these female appearances as still photos my most exciting challenge is to see if I can make videos in which I perform as these female characters. I feel I will have a huge amount of fun and it will involve a lot of make-up, lots of dresses, lots of high heels and lots of self belief that I can become female for the period I am in character..
I am feeling a building inner excitement and a confidence I have always lacked building within me about the prospect of finely fulfilling my dream of female impersonation. I still need to develop some ideas and characters but I am looking forward to the moment of stepping ‘on set’ in the role of a woman.
We all cross-dress as women for various reasons. I’ve realised my own reasons and motivations are varied and at times complex to understand. One thing I have always known though is my dream of being a female impersonator, as opposed to a drag queen. By that i mean looking like a woman for real as opposed to an over the top presentation or parody. I want to play the role straight and as a heterosexual woman and attempt to be in the persona one hundred percent.
To this end I think you have to push your efforts to look female quite far and try and subtly have elements that add up to a realistic feminine perception. This can be things such as a willingness to shave your legs, chest and arms, pluck and shape your eyebrows, tight genital tucking, changing posture and movement and be willing to cross the gender line in your head to respond as a woman rather than a man. It also involves a sense, or so I believe, in pushing certain costumes and feeling confident stepping on camera wearing them.
One such costume I was terrified of yet desired to try out was the swimsuit as for a man this physically challenging. I did attempt this on occasion over the years but it took until recently for me to feel more confident about it. The genital tucking has a big psychological effect on this, once they were hidden it gave a significant boost to my confidence in regard to what I could wear as a woman. I loved it!
This picture was the early stages of me finally following my dream of performance as a female impersonator and I will admit I was thrilled to step onto the small photo set I had setup and imagine I was about to head out on stage in make-up, wig, high heels and swimsuit. It is al happening in private rather than a theatre but I was definitely having a fun time!
"Our hearts are wild creatures, that's why our ribs are cages."
-Unknown
Oh goodness, I wish you could see this one in person, the depth didn't translate back into photo very well! Whitney is a dancer and the grace I hoped to capture seemed effortless for her!
Growing up, the sighting of a butterfly was magical. They were so delicate, free, and always sought out beauty (in the form of flowers). It seemed perfect to have a butterfly represent a heart then. The roses and wings are emerging from a rib cage that has been cut out of the canvas.
** As a reminder, these are manually edited photographs, not straight paintings **
[...] Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world [...]
-- Quote by Hans Margolius
Nikon D200, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8, 50mm - f/4 - 1/500s - HDR 5xp +2/-2EV
Oasi di Ninfa, Italy (June, 2012)
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Attitudinal Perceptions.
Erros contraditórios ensinando filósofos argumentos preguiçosos erudição mundo dormência frutos impiedade poder escasso entendimento danos ocultos,
Umsichtige Texte Manifestierende Autoritäten Eifersucht einfache Rede Kommentatoren über Manieren kognitive Vorteile eifrige Unterschiede Grammatik-Essenz,
Predikat tilfeldige tanker demonstrative prinsipper umiddelbare definisjoner omfavne festede ting umulig å diversifisere sannheter meninger ideer kastet,
simba Makonye chaienda leafs anyerere kutya dewy mumipata vacheche unotya agovane mukuru kudanana kugamuchirwa vanoziva nyoka maduku zvakaipa mhinduro,
Επική εμπειρία αυτοσχεδιάζει ομοιότητες λογοτεχνικά πρότυπα υποθέσεις απαιτητικές αντιλήψεις ρευστών μυθοποιημένα εμπόδια συστήματα απομίμησης κοινοβουλευτική,
盲目の敵を嘲笑する精神的な痛みの陰鬱な脳凶暴な茂み様々な吠え声古い眉間の無限の悲しみの不信者の夜.
Steve.D.Hammond.
Day 350. 12/06/2011
We,humans like to have perceptions about things- people, countries, cultures, etc.
We perceive things from what we hear from others, who has probably heard it from somebody else.
The perception about Islamic women is one such example. Westerners think those females are caged and nothing more. Fortunately, thats not the truth.
Just because she covers herself, doesn't mean she's oppressed. Islam has given men and women equal rights.
Please dont generalise, and please dont have false perceptions about things you dont know about.
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Day 350! Expected some flowers on my stream? Or something happy go lucky? Sorry to disappoint you guys then:p.
Tierpark Hagenbeck, Hamburg, Germany
Asiatischer Elefant***Asian elephant***Elephas maximus
Ein Rüssel ist eine verlängerte Nase mit Nasenlöchern (Rüsselloch). Bei Elefanten ist der Rüssel ein äußerst feinfühliges und langes Organ, das im Lauf der Phylogenese aus Oberlippe und Nase entstand. Etwa 40.000 zu Bündeln verflochtene Muskeln machen den Rüssel sehr beweglich. Der Rüssel enthält kein Nasenbein oder andere Knochen. Er besteht ausschließlich aus Muskelgewebe und ist das auffälligste anatomische Merkmal der Elefanten.
Der Rüssel ist ein Multifunktionsorgan, welches als Tast- und Greiforgan, zur Atmung und Geruchswahrnehmung sowie als Waffe und Drohmittel und als Saug- und Druckpumpe beim Trinken dient. Während der Rüssel des afrikanischen Elefanten in zwei fingerartigen Fortsätzen endet, ist es beim asiatischen Elefanten nur einer.
An seiner Spitze befinden sich empfindliche Tasthaare, die kleinste Unebenheiten wahrnehmen. Quelle: Elefanten-Wikipedia
A trunk is an extended nose with nostrils (proboscis hole). Elephants, the proboscis is an extremely sensitive and long body which arose in the course of phylogeny from upper lip and nose. About 40,000 muscles interwoven into bundles make very mobile trunk. The trunk contains no nasal bone or other bones. It consists entirely of muscle tissue and is the most striking anatomical feature of the elephants.
The proboscis is a multi function body, which serves as the key and grasping organ, respiratory and odor perception and as a weapon and threat and suction - and pressure pump when drinking. While the snout of the African elephant in finger-like two-way ends, there's only one at the Asian elephant.
At its peak, sensitive button hair, which perceive the smallest bumps are located.
Source Elephant Wikipedia
Depending on where we stand, the view of the world is blurred to some degree. Change your position change your view.
My attempt to photograph what I see, not what I know is there... opens the door to creative thinking and curiosity for the viewer.
"Some people could be given an entire field of roses and only see the thorns in it. Others could be given a single weed and only see the wildflower in it. Perception is a key component to gratitude. And gratitude a key component to joy." - Amy Weatherly
HBM!
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