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Having been convinced he’s no concert pianist, Stormtrooper Bruce digs deep to find some hidden talent for the upcoming talent contest being held during Festival Alley. He knows he can bake, but what else can he possibly do?
Stormtrooper Bruce: OK, guys, I know we’re all excited about movie night tonight, but I want to see what you think about this? I’ve been practicing weeks and I think I’ve finally nailed it.
TK-1110: Dude! Give it a rest. Just bake something amazing the P will love and leave it at that.
Fett: Yeah. I’ve heard what you’ve been putting these guys through. You should still have a ton of that X-o’-tiQ chocolate left. And you know who loves chocolate!
TK-432: Wait? You-Know-Who? Is Lord Voldemort a judge?
STB: OK, guys. Prepare to be wowed!
Hello, Mr. Yoda. Say, have you heard - we’ve been trying to find those droids for ages. Any ideas?
STB using his Yoda voice - Do or do not. There is no try.
STB: Mr. Yoda, in you’re opinion, can anyone join the Dark Side?
STB using his Yoda voice: Fear is the path to the dark side, fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.
STB: Mr Yoda, Can you teach me any Jedi mind tricks?
STB using his Yoda voice: You must unlearn what you have learned.
TK-432: Wow! That was awesome. I never saw your lips move!
TK-1110: Not to rain on your parade, but the whole point of being a ventriloquist is being able to see that your lips don’t move. Um, you’re wearing a helmet, dude.
Fett: I get it. That’s what makes this so funny. A Ventriloquist Trooper? Hilarious! But you should know - it’s Master Yoda, not Mr. I can think of at least two judges on this ship who might take off points.
STB using his Yoda voice: Always two there are, no more, no less.
Chewie: Graaagh, yawllol! Trrrqlargh!
TK-432: I’m so loving this! No paint, no musical torture, no Medic Droids. Let’s get on with the movies, unwrap our gifts, and eat!
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He's given me the runaround for the last couple of months , but finally got him.. And the first kingfisher with the sigma 150-600 C
Giant replica of Salvador Dali's 'Persistence of Time' sculpture in Piazza San Francesco, with the church of San Francesco d'Assisi in the background.
Matera, Italy
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Chloe usually has no interest in fetching sticks or chasing balls. She waits in the shallows to snatch the prize from the dogs that have done the hard work of searching and swimming. It's as though she considers herself "management", (by virtue of breeding) and other dogs are relegated to the tasks of "labor"--fetching, catching, and searching.
The beach today was packed with many mutts and their masters. Even my daughter's two boys (Snoopy and Romeo) joined Chloe, Coco, and Bo on the daily beachcombing stroll. The opportunity to show off and dominate turned Chloe into a baller. She put on a show that LeBron would have envied. No other dog touched the ball without contending with her. Only little Snoop challenged her.
Chloe is all about the adoration of the crowd, and stroking her doggie ego. Snoop is only about the ball. He demands it. He never gives up. When the Big Girl gets distracted by head pats and praise, that's when the little Snoopster streaks in and snatches the rock away. At the end of the day, they all had their tails between their legs and slept on the ride home. As Rasheed would have said,
Tribute to the iPod Touch & Salvador Dali's surreal painting "The Persistence of Memory"
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Surrealism is a cultural movement and artistic style that was founded in 1924 by André Breton. Surrealism style uses visual imagery from the subconscious mind to create art without the intention of logical comprehensibility.
The movement was begun primarily in Europe, centered in Paris, and attracted many of the members of the Dada community. Influenced by the psychoanalytical work of Freud and Jung, there are similarities between the Surrealist movement and the Symbolist movement of the late 19th century.
Some of the greatest artists of the 20th century became involved in the Surrealist movement, and the group included Giorgio de Chirico, Man Ray, René Magritte, and many others.
The Surrealist movement eventually spread across the globe, and has influenced artistic endeavors from painting and sculpture to pop music and film directing.
The greatest known Surrealist artist is the world famous Salvador Dali.
The Persistence of Memory (Salvador Dali)
La persistencia de la memoria (1931) or The Persistence of Memory is the most famous painting by artist Salvador Dalí. The painting has also been popularly known as Soft Watches, Droopy Watches, The Persistence of Time or Melting Clocks.
The well-known surrealistic piece introduced the image of the soft melting pocket watch. It epitomizes Dalí's theory of 'softness' and 'hardness', which was central to his thinking at the time.
Although fundamentally part of Dalí's Freudian phase, the imagery predicts his transition to the scientific phase, which occurred after the dropping of the atomic bomb in 1945. The imagery can be read as a graphic illustration of Einstein's theory of relativity, depicting gravity distorting time.
It is possible to recognize a human figure in the middle of the composition, in the strange "monster" that Dalí used in several period pieces to represent himself - the abstract form becoming something of a self portrait, reappearing frequently in his work.
In general the tree means life, but, in this case, it has the same function as the rest of the elements in the picture: to impress anxiety and, in a certain way, terror, although it is likely that it was conceived as a functional element on which to drape one of the watches. The golden cliffs in the upper right hand corner are reminiscent of Dalí's homeland, Spain, and are derived from the rocks and cliffs at Cape Creus, where the Pyrenees meet the sea. It was there that Dalí and his wife Gala went for solitude
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I am always fascinated by little plants that take hold in imposing walls. It's interesting to think that given enough time, these plants can make huge walls crumble.
Found in the middle of Old Town, Quito.
Updated title thanks to Jeanne!
Female mallard in a snowy Ontario winter. She just emerged from water flowing in the historic remains of the 1st Welland Canal and was just cresting the bank, eating snow as she went.
With any luck, today I should be on my way home with a 'bucket load' of images from a return Algoma Getaway with some photographer friends. Last time was 2023 when we attended a guided photography workshop. This time, with knowledge from the last trip and the collective mind of our group we planned our own. Images from this recent trip will surely follow, but since I'm up and on the road, here's a previously unpublished image from last time ...
blogged here: djenglandphotography.blogspot.com/2025/10/photo-of-week-2...
Even though squirrels can really be a source of annoyance around our bird feeders, you really have to admire their persistence and acrobatic skills. This one slid down the pole hook from our roof and is about to drop down to the suet feeder. From there he hangs upside down swinging up every few seconds to grab a bite.
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
The slogan “Press On” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
- Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933)
That which is new builds upon the old. Each new flash of discovery standing out on its own, while the structure that allowed them to be fades away. Windows become doors, dust becomes massive, building to a new existence.
Taken with an Olympus XA4 camera on home redscaled Temu branded film. The film is nominally described as ISO 400, but previous experience shows that it is more like ISO 100. After redscaling it, I set the camera to ISO 25, which seems to have been about right. Developed in the Bellini C41 kit.
Picture from Beartooth Highway that runs between Montanan and Wyoming. Snow can be found here all year long.
A Persistence of Time is a short film that explores how our everyday world is always moving forward in time, without us being aware of the persistent and constant change taking place before us.
Flickr cuts off the last almost full minute. But please, click here to view A Persistence of Time in it's HD entirety.
I've been absent from Flickr for a while. This film is why.
“The persistence of some of the international media for referring to the Persian Gulf as the Gulf demonstrates the fact that they don't know or don't want to use the correct, historical name of the Persian Gulf. But this contagious “ignorance” (let’s just call it “ignorance”, for now) has recently moved up a level.”
Read the rest of my article on
sharp-pencils.blogspot.com/2008/02/its-called-persian-gul...
Another view of a monumental asbestos mine tailings dump in Vermont, USA; a peek toward the peak. Signs of weathering and erosion are evident as gravity and time continue to perpetuate the persistent toxic threat.
Star trails in fading twilight
A wheel of life invisible to our eyes
Frozen frames half-a-minute
Layered on a plane of electromagnetic
Existence.
The nice couple sitting next to me at the bar finally gave in to my pleading and took a couple of pics of me
Photography by Korey
No it's not a piggy-in-the-middle contest it's a first day photo pf Jojo. I looked a bit of a sight but the previous day I just went into the PDSA and grabbed a few things I might wear that night as an experiment or challenge so it was hardly surprising then that I wasn't all the convincing lol. Obviously I had potential because with persistence you can see from the photos either side how I grew into the Jojo you see today, the one of the left being taken very recently. Still it's amazing to think it all started exactly twenty-years ago in 2005. At first I wasn't fussy about wigs which is a shame as it stops me wanting to show them, but at the time I thought I would never be passble so why try to fool people just let them think what they want to think. Yes I know I do things differently to most people.
Only the most wild and stubborn fireworks burst
through pavement cracks.
#myweekofmacro #365project #flowers #wildflowers #persistence
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Outlining a Theory of General Creativity . .
. . on a 'Pataphysical projectory
Entropy ≥ Memory ● Creativity ²
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Study of the day:
"L'éthique c'est l'ethos grec, c'est le "caractère" dans la poétique d'Aristote, c'est le "séjour" pour Heidegger, c'est la place qu'on occupe, l'espace et le temps où l'on se tient. Il est directement rattaché à l’aidôs qui vient de Hades (Aidês), le dieu de l'enfer, de la mort. L’aidôs est défini par Aristote dans l’Éthique à Nicomaque comme la crainte de subir l’ignominie, une forme d’anticipation de la honte qui serait éprouvée en cas de manquement aux valeurs d’honneur, de justice, au regard des autres, et puni de la mort par Zeus lui même, lorsqu'il confia à Hermès le soin de donner aux hommes homométhéens le sens du respect, de la mesure, de la justice, en un mot : de la dignité.
L'éthique est au-delà de la morale. La morale est une collection de règles prévues pour résoudre les problèmes connus d'un lieu et d'un temps donnés. L'éthique est la capacité d'inventer des solutions pour résoudre des problèmes nouveaux, que la morale n'avait pas prévu, mais qui n'exigent pas moins respect, justice, honneur, au regard du bien commun, passé, présent et futur, et qui dépasse l'intérêt individuel de chaque mortel, en tant qu'il sait qu'il est mortel.
La morale est une mémoire, l'éthique est une incessante création."
"The ethics comes from the greek ethos, the "character" in the poetics of Aristotle, the stay for Heidegger, this is the place we are occuping, the space and the time we are staying in. It is intimately attached to the aidos, of Hades (Aidês), the god of hell and death. The aidôs is defined by Aristotle in the Nicomachean Ethics as the fear to suffer the ignominy, as a form of anticipation of shame that would be proven if case of failure in honor, justice, respect. Ignominy punishable by the death by Zeus himself, when giving to Hermes the mission to bring to the homomethean human creatures the sense of respect, of measure, of justice, in one word : of dignity.
Ethics is beyond morality. The moral is a collection of rules for solving known problems in a given place and a given time. Ethics is the ability to invent solutions to solve new problems, that morality not planned, but who need also respect, justice, honor, considering the common goods, passed, present and future, and that goes beyond the individual interest of each mortal creature, knowing it is mortal.
Morality is a memory, ethics is an incessant creation."
( d'une scholie de Bernard Stiegler - L'éthique, parlons-en ! )
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