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Clinging defiantly to the sheer rock face, these alpine trees stand as symbols of resilience and life in one of nature's harshest environments. Shot in the Italian Dolomites, this scene captures the quiet strength and rugged beauty that define this area. Stark contrast between the soft greens of the pines and the brutal texture of the ancient stone tells a powerful story of endurance, solitude, and natural artistry.
Hovland, MN on the North Shore of Lake Superior. This old dock is in the very small village of Hovland on the North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota. The crumbling dock, imposing clouds, distance to the horizon, the heavy presence of water, and the wooded peninsula jutting across the scene all lend to me a sense of the slow but inexorable passage of time. Poignant and rich in metaphor, the dock slides, slowly but relentlessly into its own oblivion in the timeless expanse of eternity.
A Bergdorf Goodman window display, reworked from the Inspired Gifts series in a minimalist way with tinges of The Persistence of Memory by artist Salvador Dalí.
Dali would be proud.
Strobist:
1 sb600 camera right, about 6 ft' high, 1/8 power, bare, into 43'' reflective umbrella.
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Dark is the light,
The man you fight,
With all your prayers, incantations,
Running away, a trivial day,
Of judgment and deliverance,
To whom was sold, this bounty soul,
A gentile or a priest ?
Who victored over, the Seljuks,
When the holy land was taken
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
Was it the riches, of the land,
Powers of bright darkness,
That lead the noble, to the East,
To fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
We must call upon our bright darkness,
Beliefs, they're the bullets of the wicked,
One was written on the sword,
For you must enter a room to destroy it, destroy it, destroy it
No International security,
No Call of the righteous man,
Needs a reason to kill a man,
History teaches us so,
The reason he must attain,
Must be approved by his God,
His child, partisan brother of war,
Of war, we don't speak anymore,
Of war, we don't speak anymore,
Of war, we don't speak anymore,
Of war, we don't speak anymore,
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
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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:
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rectO-persO | E ≥ m.C² | co~errAnce | TiLt
The Steve Knight jazz trio is back to giving their free concerts on the lawn of Senn High School for the season, and I couldn't be happier. If you like the mellow guitar tones of Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell, I'll bet you'd like Knight.
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Edgewater Glen, Chicago, Illinois.
Sunday, June 4, 2023.
A Bergdorf Goodman window display, reworked from the Inspired Gifts series in a minimalist way with tinges of The Persistence of Memory by artist Salvador Dalí.
The Persistence of Dream: Echo of a Body in Suspension
A light meanders over the languid body, sliding like an electric whisper, a wave caressing space without ever stopping. It skims the skin, brushes against it, marking it with a spectral shiver, as if the visible hesitated to settle, as if the moment refused to be captured.
The scene is bathed in a soft, almost liquid glow, where the body seems to float on the border between wakefulness and dream. A spectral gleam dances, twisting and shifting, an elusive presence oscillating between matter and ether. Is it an inner force seeking expression? A thought materializing in the mist of reality?
The figure’s gaze, gentle yet questioning, seems to embrace this shifting light like a silent dialogue. Perhaps it is a thread connecting them to another reality, a path toward immaterial escape. The flesh is not restrained, but it allows itself to be traversed by the intangible, by this luminous trace undulating like an untamed memory.
A work that speaks of dissolution and connection, of a fluid and uncertain presence, of a world slipping away between shadows and clarity. A wave of light trying to write an ephemeral truth upon the skin of silence.
I ended up at the Golden Ponds Park and Recreation area where I shot the grasses and wondered what to shoot then found this sample of the persistence of nature. Not of memory; Dali was a genius on a level beyond most. I've looked that painting over and over that is incredible and less than the size of a letter. I've also seen the Art in Jewels collection. Fantastic if you ever have a chance.
This view is next to pond #1. It speaks to the persistence of nature not Monsanto. If only the Chinese elm could be eradicated here; that takes persistence of gardener.
In early May the recent snows have increased our snowpack and left us with a greater than !00% sequestered moisture. We have left enough moisture to wring out over the midwest tornado areas. I notice the rightie governor is now talking leftie to FEMA and the rest of the administration. Seems to be weak on stand alone state's rights today. I thought all of them had private insurance and elementary school shelters. Wrong again! Rick Perry still wants to walk with their own Texas money even though he is mute currently. I remember Texas is a net user of federal money that is well over 100% of what they contribute. Perhaps Texas will get theirs soon? Any particular reason to Unite the States in a union for shared protection and benefit? I don't suppose this storm has something to do with that 400 ppm CO2 in the world's atmosphere? That's been debunked by the paid fossil fuel scientists. grin. Back to the future? Hell no, back to the Jurassic! Triassic, anyone!
“The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.” Publius Cornelius Tacitus
The name "Century Plant" is applied to several agaves. This is Agave utahensis ssp. kaibabensis. It appears to have been hit by a freeze as it was blooming, but since it puts all of its life into this one bloom, it has persisted.
Grand Canyon - Thunder River Trail - Century Plant persistance in blossoming
Persistence and patience was a rewarding lesson for me. Kept returning to a favorite location for a few days until the lighting was ideal...
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church is in Union Hill, an unincorporated town west of New Prague, Minnesota. The area began to be settled in 1852 by a group of Germans from the Rhenish Provinces between Bonn and Trier in the west of Germany. They were categorized as Prussian immigrants because at that time, Prussia controlled the area. Many of the settlers were related and/or had previously known each other.
It took years of struggle for the Union Hill settlers to be allowed to build their own church. In 1860, they built a log church but were not allowed to consecrate it because it was too close to existing churches. A second church was built and used for about a year when suddenly it was forced to close because of its small size and its proximity to the church at Heidelberg.
By 1867 there were 44 families settled in Union Hill, and they were finally granted permission to build their own church. The parish was placed in the hands of the Franciscan Fathers in 1875, and under the leadership of Francisan Father Fabian Rechtiene, a new Gothic-style brick church was completed in 1883. That is the church that still stands today.
There is a short history of the church and Union Hill that was written in 1967 for their 100 year anniversary. It was called "The Early Settlers of St. John's Parish at Union Hill in 1867" (click the title to go there).
You can also find further info in a 2015 article called "150 years is reason to celebrate in Union Hill" on TheCatholicSpirit.com website.