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es que yo a ella la AMO:$ es tan linda !
*bueno ahora no mucho , por que como que todos la aman ahora 77
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“I am deep and not that easy.
When it comes to love on one on one.
I have many layers to peel, many levels, many hurdles to overcome.
Hiding in a cloak of an innocent smile.
I am not that gullible as it seems
Be forewarned for those who wants to endure.
Wanted: a lover and a warrior.
Ready to fight win and conquer
If you are half baked you won't survive.
If mind is chaotic and not laser focused.
A fickle heart, unfaithful, weak to temptation,
Is not what I wanted, not needed.
If you failed the challenge, un-capable to win.
You are free to leave like the wind.
I won't chase you, I won't bother you.
You came, you saw, you gave up.
The shelves are too high and marked top priced.
I wish you best of luck.
To find a perfect match.
A lot lose, lower, cheaper perhaps?
But don't get it twisted and don't get it mixed.
If you don't really know for sure.
Just because I said I love you. doesn't mean I'm in love with you.
For there is that love I give for any one whose non-selfish.
It is universally sweet, platonic warm friendship.
But the winner takes all, who endures to the end.
True love promised, desired and eternal.
For a soulmate, twin flame, the great lover who never gives up.
No space between the two and knows no time.
Heart beats in symphony, they vibrates and in synced in perfect unison”
― Nikki Firefly
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Single fixed cat looking for a purely platonic relationship. Enjoys hunting, stalking, and killing small animals and birds...but has a softer side, too. Enjoys napping in the afternoon sun and the occasional public bath. Will tolerate some affection until he's had enough, and then will give a kindly nip to say, "back off". Thinks he is is God's gift to the world, and has lovely green eyes. On second thought, is pretty happy all on his own. P.S. This profile pic was taken with the Tamron 45mm f/1.8 VC and is uncropped. One of the unique aspects of the lens is how closely it can focus for a 50mm(ish) lens. This is shot using only available light.
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In geometry, a dodecahedron (Greek δωδεκάεδρον, from δώδεκα dōdeka "twelve" + ἕδρα hédra "base", "seat" or "face") is any polyhedron with twelve flat faces. The most familiar dodecahedron is the regular dodecahedron, which is a Platonic solid.
A bouquet of yellow roses brings to mind all of the sunny, cheerful feelings of warmth and happiness. In contrast to the romantic meanings attributed to other roses, the yellow rose is purely a symbol for friendship. This gives it a unique place in the pantheon of roses. Yellow roses can send the perfect message of appreciation and platonic love without the romantic connotations of other colors. They can represent feelings of joy and delight, and are an ideal way to brighten someone's day who may be feeling down. There is perhaps no other flower that is able to bring out a smile in quite the same way as a Yellow Rose!
I was pleased to see my Flickr friends respond personally to yesterday's post: www.flickr.com/photos/writing/22397438563/in/photostream/ . Your comments have caused me to ponder even more than I usually do the nature and source of and reason for evil. That was a question for which my father could never find the answer. I want to point out that I am a realist about what is called the "real world". However, I believe we confuse 'real' and 'true'. I believe the destruction of evil is the 'easy' path. I believe a world of peace and healing is a far more difficult undertaking and that people believe it will never happen. And so it doesn't. And, really, for some reason... it can't. However, we can make personal choices to visit the 'real world' and live in a deep understanding of the Platonic principles of truth, beauty and goodness.
Thank you for your important responses. Thank you to Julius for "seeing" that in this hat image, I had placed a child in the centre. I will never give up my vocation to protect children. My career was built around that.
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Ellyn, the word peace seems increasingly distant and so precious and so the word hope. I tried to understand something about this.I tried to figure out where is the beginning, but it's so messy and complicated. We are all involved, we are part of a mechanism that is further and further away from peace ....and unfortunately from healing.
I wish it was that easy Ellyn but we are dealing with a form of totalitarianism dressed up in religious garbs. History suggests regimes and ideologies like this are not enable to reason so some form of force will very sadly be required. Hitlers regime was not ended by pacifism.
Nice sentiments Ellyn but in the real world certain elements would see such words as weakness I'm afraid and would just be scornful.
they say that "history does not repeat itself" - "historians do"
this is not a war for religious reasons or ideologies. it's pure barbarism, cancerous, and without a clear end in sight. thank you for your dedication to the innocent victims Ellyn.
This is an important wish. It can not and must not give rise to a war between religions and ethnicities. ciao
Noble sentiments Ellyn
too many tragedies...
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In fondo tutte le fotografie sono come le ombre platoniche proiettate sulle pareti della caverna, o come quest’ombra spettrale dell’irradiato di Hiroshima, transverberato dalla luce atomica - esempio perfetto del cliché istantaneo. Stessa proiezione "acheiropoietica" di quella del sudario del Cristo (oggetto indipendente dalla nostra volontà, l’ombra è in sé stessa un segno acheiropoietico). Le immagini più pregnanti sono quelle più vicine a questa scena primitiva di un’iscrizione fantomatica e più lontane dall’intervento umano.
All things considered all the photos are as the platonic shades projected on the walls of the cavern, or as this ghostly shade of the radiated of Hiroshima, transreflected from the atomic light - perfect example of the instant cliché. Same projection "acheiropoietic" of that of the shroud of the Christ (object independent from our wish, the shade is in itself same a sign acheiropoietic). The most meaningful images are those more neighbors to this primitive scene of an imaginary registration and more distant from the human intervention.
Jean Baudrillard
Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend
From Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (note --I'm glad my husband prefers brunettes)
The French are glad to die for love
They delight in fighting duels
But I prefer a man who lives
And gives expensive jewels
A kiss on the hand may be quite continental
But diamonds are a girl's best friend
A kiss may be grand but won't pay the rental
On your humble flat, or help you at the automat
Men grow cold as girls grow old
And we all lose our charms in the end
But square-cut or pear-shaped
These rocks don't lose their shape
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
Tiffany's! ........Cartier!.......Black Star, Frost, Gorham
Talk to me Harry Winston,tell me all about it!
There may come a time when a lass needs a lawyer
But diamonds are a girl's best friend
There may come a time when a hard-boiled employer
Thinks you're awful nice
But get that ice or else no dice
He's your guy when stocks are high
But beware when they start to descend
It's then that those louses go back to their spouses
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
I've heard of affairs that are strictly platonic
But diamonds are a girl's best friend
And I think affairs that you must keep liaison ic
Are better bets if little pets get big baguettes
Time rolls on and youth is gone
And you can't straighten up when you bend But stiff back or stiff knees
You stand straight at Tiffany's
Diamonds!!... Diamonds!!...
- I don't mean rhinestones -
But Diamonds, Are A Girl's Best, Best Friend
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Do you realise that the symbol used to represent pi….you know, that horrible 3.141….thing you had to learn about at school in maths for calculating the circumference or area of a circle….., originated in North Wales?
The first calculation of pi was made by Archimedes of Syracuse (287–212 BC), one of the greatest mathematicians of the ancient world, but it was a much less famous man called William Jones who introduced that symbol ‘π’ which until then was just a Greek letter.
William Jones was born sometime around 1675 on the island Anglesey in the parish of Llanfihangel Tre’r Beirdd, about four miles west of the town which is now Benllech. He had a humble up-bringing and was raised on a small farmstead by his parents Siôn Siôr (John George Jones) and Elizabeth Rowland. However his talent for mathematics quickly became apparent when he attended a charity school at Llanfechell. It was to be his only formal education. His aptitude for the subject ensured that he would not follow in the family footsteps. A local squire and landlord of the distinguished Bulkeley family, heard of his skill and took him under their patronage. They arranged for him to work in a merchant’s counting house in London.
It was only the first of many journeys. Between 1695 and 1702 he served in the Royal Navy, sailing to the West Indies during which time he taught mathematics on board a man-of-war, en-route learning about navigation. He was present at the battle of Vigo in October 1702 when the English successfully captured the Spanish treasure fleet as it was returning to the port in north-west Spain under French escort. Ignoring the obvious riches of silver to be had, he went in search of other booty according to an 1807 memoir by Baron Teignmouth, ‘... literary treasures were the sole plunder that he coveted.’
On his return he published A New Compendium of the Whole Art of Navigation which he dedicated to a benefactor John Harris, a writer, scientist and Anglican priest who had taken him under his wing. Back in the capital, his voyages over, he became a mathematics teacher in coffee houses and as a private tutor to the son of the future Earl of Macclesfield. He also became tutor to Philip Yorke, later 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), who became Lord Chancellor and provided an invaluable source of introductions for his tutor.
In those circles, Isaac Newton had already mentioned to the Admiralty the benefit of sending mathematicians to sea. So inevitably it was only a matter of time before Jones came to the attention of Newton after reading “Jones’s Synopsis”, in which the younger man explained Newton’s methods for calculus as well as other mathematical innovations. It was in this book that Jones first used the Greek symbol ‘π’ to denote the pi. More significantly he used it as a constant number - 3.141...
Before Jones, approximations such as 22/7 and 355/113 had also been used to express the ratio. Explaining its use, he wrote: ‘... the exact proportion between the diameter and the circumference can never be expressed in numbers...’. Hence, a symbol was required to represent an ideal that can be approached but never reached. For this Jones recognised that only a pure platonic symbol would suffice.
In 1708 Jones was able to acquire an extensive library and archive, which contained several of Newton’s letters and papers written in the 1670s. The following year he applied for the mastership of Christ’s Hospital Mathematical School, despite references from Newton and Edmund Halley (the astronomer who calculated the orbit of the comet, now named after him) but he was turned down. Jones went back into private teaching but thanks to the papers he had acquired he was able to help his old mentor Newton resolving a dispute with German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz, over which of the men first invented calculus.
In 1712 Jones joined the committee set up by the Royal Society to determine which of them invented calculus. He was now firmly in the mathematical establishment.
He married twice, firstly the widow of his counting-house employer, whose property he inherited on her death.He remarried in 1731, to Mary, the 22-year-old daughter (30 years his junior) of cabinet-maker George Nix, with whom he had three children.
And therein lies the story of ‘π’ and it’s origins in North Wales. My photo is actually of part of some derelict structure of the Penmaenmawr quarry, the quarry that has removed the top one third of this granite mountain. But I thought it looked like ‘π’ standing high above the North Wales Expressway.
I took this video during breakfast yesterday morning while Ollie was singing to the neighbor's cat, Ertha Kitty, through the window. Ollie does it every time he sees her, even if we're not around. He sings entire verses!
I believe Ollie really would like to meet her and have a (platonic) friendship.
It's quite a contrast with Dot, who introduced herself to Ertha by exchanging hisses and thereafter seldom deigned to look at her.
I'm sorry to say Ollie's friendship will be unrequited because he's not allowed outdoors by himself and Ertha is a one-person cat who, after almost two years, still flees if we approach too closely.
Here are lots of bubbles in a clear bowl of soapy water sitting on a dark background out in the sun today. This is my photo for the Macro Mondays group, with the theme of "Circles". For some reason, the best circular bubbles are around that little clear "lake" on the edge of my photo. The larger bubbles aren't perfect, but I figure they aspire to circle-ness in a Platonic sense. I don't understand all the reflections in this photo. HMM! (San Marcos Pass, 8 April 2018)
Situado en El ágora de Atenas, era el centro de la actividad comercial, social y política de la antigua ciudad de Atenas. Era, entre otros, el lugar donde los atenienses se reunían para discutir sus leyes y decidir el futuro político de su ciudad, el cual solía depositarse en manos de aquellos que mejor dominasen el arte de convencer. La filosofía de Sócrates, o, con más exactitud, los inmortales diálogos platónicos (y la academia de Platón, cuyas puertas estuvieron abiertas durante más de ocho siglos) le dieron a nuestra forma de pensar, unas bases imperecederas, nacidas en el seno de un grupo de amigos de la sabiduría que se oponía a aquella democracia, del ágora, que dejaba el futuro de la ciudad en manos de sofisticados oradores.
Hasta las reformas de Clístenes era el lugar de concentración de la Ekklesía (Asamblea). El ágora ateniense se convirtió en una zona residencial durante las ocupaciones romana y bizantina. Lo cual se vio indiscutiblemente en las nuevas formas implantadas en cuanto al arte de discutir.
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Located in the agora of Athens, was the center of commercial activity, social policy and the ancient city of Athens. It was, among others, the place where the Athenians met to discuss their laws and decide the political future of their city, which used to be deposited in the hands of those who were fluent better the art of convincing. The philosophy of Socrates, or, more accurately, the immortals platonic dialogs (and the academy of Plato, whose doors were open for more than eight centuries) gave to our way of thinking, a basis everlasting, born in a group of friends of the wisdom that is opposed to the old democracy, the agora, which left the future of the city in the hands of sophisticated speakers.
Until the reforms of Cleisthenes was the place of concentration of the Ekklesia (Assembly). The Athenian agora became a residential area during the Roman and Byzantine occupations. This was undeniably in the new forms implanted on the art of discuss.
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Quan parlem d'un any terrestre o sideral ens estem referint bàsicament al temps orbital del planeta Terra, és a dir: al mateix temps que triga aquest planeta a fer una volta completa al voltant del Sol, exactament 365 dies 6 hores 9 minuts 9,76 segons. Si parléssim de l'any còsmic o galàctic, estaríem afirmant que és el temps transcorregut en una òrbita del Sol al voltant del centre de la Via Làctia (uns 220 milions d'anys), i coneixem l'any platònic com el temps en què l'eix de la Terra descriu un cercle complet en l'esfera celeste causa de la precessió (uns 25.800 anys). També sabem que el temps és relatiu. Els mitjans de comunicació acostumen a fer balanços del que ha passat en aquest espai de temps. Fa uns dies quan passejava amb el meu amic Xavier, li van pregar que donés la seva opinió sobre l'any que ara s'acaba. Es va quedar pensatiu atraient l'atenció del periodista i els curiosos que s'acostaven, i quan tots esperàvem el seu personal inventari digué simplement: "que ha estat una bona merda". Així va ser i així ho explico. Que el cicle de 365 dies 6 hores 9 minuts 9,76 segons, que ara contínua sigui fantàstic.
Cuando hablamos de un año terrestre o sideral nos estamos refiriendo básicamente al tiempo orbital del planeta Tierra, es decir: al tiempo que tarda dicho planeta en dar una vuelta completa alrededor del Sol, exactamente 365 días 6 horas 9 minutos 9,76 segundos. Si habláramos del año cósmico o galáctico, estaríamos afirmando que es el tiempo transcurrido en una órbita del Sol en torno al centro de la Vía Láctea (unos 220 millones de años), y conocemos el año platónico como el tiempo en el que el eje de la Tierra describe un círculo completo en la esfera celeste debido a la precesión (unos 25.800 años). También sabemos que el tiempo es relativo. Los medios de comunicación acostumbran en hacer balances de lo ocurrido en ese espacio de tiempo. Hace unos días cuando paseaba con mi amigo Xavier, le pidieron su opinión sobre el año que ahora se acaba. Se quedó pensativo atrayendo la atención del periodista y los curiosos que se acercaban, y cuando todos esperábamos su personal inventario dijo simplemente: “ que ha sido una buena mierda”. Así fue y así lo cuento. Que el ciclo de 365 días 6 horas 9 minutos 9,76 segundos, que ahora continua sea fantástico.
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Etymological meaning of the Chrysanthemum Flower.
It’s surprisingly easy to remember the scientific name for this flower because it’s Chrysanthemum, the same as the common name for gardening varieties. However, the exhibition varieties used by florists and arrangers were divided into their own genus known as Dendranthema.
The mums in your yard are likely part of the Chrysanthemum group, while the bouquet sent by the florist contains all or mostly Dendranthema flowers.
Aside from small Latin differences, all Chrysanthemums share a common Greek source for their name. The words Chrysos, meaning gold, and Anthemon, meaning flower, were combined to reflect the beauty and value of this blossom. This name carries over the Chinese and Japanese translations, which literally mean gold flower or blossom as well.
The Chrysanthemum was first cultivated from wild blossoms by the Chinese,since importation in 1798.
Some varieties sport daisy-style blooms with a single row of petals around a central core, while others are so ruffled and doubled they look like pom-poms instead and obscure the core, like this here.
Meaningful Botanical Characteristics of the Chrysanthemum Flower
The Chrysanthemum is far more versatile than many other decorative flowers. While they don’t provide a very strong smell when growing, there’s a delicate and sweet aroma released when certain types are used for food.
Chinese cooks add the blooms to soups and stir fries that need a hint of floral to balance out more strongly flavoured or musky ingredients.
The greens are also used for brightening up salads and fried dishes.
You can try your hand at making your own sweetly scented Chrysanthemum tea if you have access to flowers that were never treated with pesticides.
Speaking of pesticides, organic pyrethins are extracted from this plant to keep bugs away from people, pets, and plants. NASA studies even found potted Chrysanthemums improve air quality!
The Chrysanthemum Flower’s Message Is…
Support your friends with loyalty and love, especially when they’re facing an obstacle or recovering from a life-changing event.
Remember to honour the cycle of life, both at its end and with new beginnings.
As a bloom of great importance, the Chrysanthemum symbolises concepts like:
Lasting friendship and non-romantic affection
Support from your family and loved ones
Cheerfulness and good spirits, including cheering up a sad person
Rest and recovery after a long trial or challenge
Enduring life and rebirth, especially the birth of a child
Loyalty and devotion, both romantic and platonic
Have a super day and thanx for your ever welcome comments and visit, M, (*_*)
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If you focus on just one colour at a time, you can see that each colour is a triangular pyramid, for a total of 5 intersecting pyramids.
This is a stellated polyhedron that my mathematician father and I made from scratch when I was about 12. We used only a geometry set, my father's complicated calculations, mayfair cover stock, glue and some tempera paints. And some dental floss to hang it from the kitchen ceiling, where it and 2 others hung for over a decade. "Stellated polyhedron" just translates as "many-sided shape with star-like protrusions" (rather than the geometric solids that are faceted rather than spiky). My friend Doug calls them platonic solids rather than polyhedra, and that is the sort of nerdy conversation that goes on around here.
To make all these models, my father consulted the excellent vintage text "Mathematical Models, 2nd Edn" by H. M. Cundy and A.P. Rollett, Oxford University Press, 1951. You can usually find used copies of it on Abebooks.
For more information, read the description for the whole set.
Short article on our models is here: blog.ounodesign.com/2009/04/29/stellated-polyhedra-mathem...
That girl sitting on the bench... ohh. ". Why does she not correspond my affection? says the the sculpture.
So the Platonic year
Whirls out new right and wrong,
Whirls in the old instead;
All men are dancers and their tread
Goes to the barbarous clangour of a gong.
W. B. Yeats
2009 Review. When I first heard about "Octo" being a part of the University's 800th Anniversary celebrations I went, "Oh no! What a gimmick!" We would be seeing this plastic thingy or unofficial mascot all over the place for the full year. Octo (800) was, I was told by a University official, an "it" and not a s/he. Very PC:-)
I have to admit that I got to like Octo as the year progressed. I even took "IT" for a meal at the University Centre. Here she -- I mean IT -- is resting on the carpet near the bar! She, er it, just lay there, and gave me these funny looks. My pulse raced and I whispered a sweet nothing, "Octo, my love, you look gorgeous". In an abstract and platonic love kind of way, I mean:-)
So, as the sun sets on the 800th Anniversary celebrations and Octo disappears down Trinity Lane, we raise over hands to wave it goodbye. (This would make a great love story, I think:-)
More Octo photos (not mine) at the 800th Anniversary website .
A Hagoromo Intermediate Incurve Chrysanthemum.
It’s surprisingly easy to remember the scientific name for this flower because it’s Chrysanthemum, the same as the common name for gardening varieties.
However, the exhibition varieties used by florists and arrangers were divided into their own genus known as Dendranthema.
The mums in your yard are likely part of the Chrysanthemum group, while the bouquet sent by the florist contains all or mostly Dendranthema flowers.
Aside from small Latin differences, all Chrysanthemums share a common Greek source for their name.
The words Chrysos, meaning gold, and Anthemon, meaning flower, were combined to reflect the beauty and value of this blossom.
This name carries over the Chinese and Japanese translations, which literally mean gold flower or blossom as well.
The Chrysanthemum was first cultivated from wild blossoms by the Chinese, since importation in 1798.
Some varieties sport daisy-style blooms with a single row of petals around a central core, while others are so ruffled and doubled they look like pom-poms instead and obscure the core, like this here.
Meaningful Botanical Characteristics of the Chrysanthemum Flower
The Chrysanthemum is far more versatile than many other decorative flowers.
While they don’t provide a very strong smell when growing, there’s a delicate and sweet aroma released when certain types are used for food.
Chinese cooks add the blooms to soups and stir fries that need a hint of floral to balance out more strongly flavoured or musky ingredients.
The greens are also used for brightening up salads and fried dishes.
You can try your hand at making your own sweetly scented Chrysanthemum tea if you have access to flowers that were never treated with pesticides.
Speaking of pesticides, organic pyrethins are extracted from this plant to keep bugs away from people, pets, and plants.
NASA studies even found potted Chrysanthemums improve air quality!
The Chrysanthemum Flower’s Message Is:
Support your friends with loyalty and love, especially when they’re facing an obstacle or recovering from a life-changing event.
Remember to honour the cycle of life, both at its end and with new beginnings.
As a bloom of great importance, the Chrysanthemum symbolises concepts like:
Lasting friendship and non-romantic affection
Support from your family and loved ones
Cheerfulness and good spirits, including cheering up a sad person
Rest and recovery after a long trial or challenge
Enduring life and rebirth, especially the birth of a child
Loyalty and devotion, both romantic and platonic
Have a super day and thank you for your ever welcome comments and visit, M, (*_*)
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As a bloom of great importance, the Chrysanthemum symbolises concepts like:
Lasting friendship and non-romantic affection
Support from your family and loved ones
Cheerfulness and good spirits, including cheering up a sad person
Rest and recovery after a long trial or challenge
Enduring life and rebirth, especially the birth of a child
Loyalty and devotion, both romantic and platonic
Have a super day and thanx for your ever welcome comments and visit, M, (*_*)
And for more of my other work or if you want to purchase, visit here: www.indigo2photography.com
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“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.”
― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets
Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo, 30 July 1511 - Florence, 27 June 1574) Lorenzo il Magnifico among philosophers and men of letters - Room of Lorenzo il Magnifico - Palazzo Vecchio, Florence
Figlio di Piero il Gottoso e nipote di Cosimo il Vecchio, Lorenzo de 'Medici (1449-1492) portò avanti l'opera iniziata dai suoi antenati, monopolizzando il controllo politico ed economico sulla repubblica fiorentina. Credendo che un equilibrio tra gli stati italiani avrebbe tenuto a bada le interferenze straniere, ha rafforzato la sua reputazione promuovendo accordi di pace e alleanze. Fu chiamato Il Magnifico per la sua eccezionale abilità intellettuale. Patrono dell'Accademia platonica, autore di poesie e prose in lingua volgare, sofisticato collezionista e protettore di artisti del calibro di Michelangelo Buonarroti, ha influenzato i gusti della sua epoca, favorendo lo sviluppo e la diffusione della tendenza umanistica del Rinascimento fiorentino.
Son of Piero il Gottoso and grandson of Cosimo il Vecchio, Lorenzo de 'Medici (1449-1492) continued the work begun by his ancestors, monopolizing political and economic control over the Florentine Republic. Believing that a balance between the Italian states would keep foreign interference at bay, he strengthened his reputation by promoting peace agreements and alliances. He was called The Magnificent for his exceptional intellectual ability. Patron of the Platonic Academy, author of poems and prose in the vernacular, sophisticated collector and protector of artists of the caliber of Michelangelo Buonarroti, he influenced the tastes of his time, promoting the development and diffusion of the humanistic tendency of the Florentine Renaissance.
Retractable Tetrahedron - 96 units.
Retractable Octahedron - 192 units.
Retractable Icosahedron - 240 units.
Was completed in 2 weeks, for the Israeli Origami Convention #4 in Jerusalem.
Insanity.
Based on Francis Ow Mun Yin 60 degrees units.
I’m not exactly a person living for a sunny day. But I liked the way one of the snappers I meet argued to me about it. "If I realised that relationship I was having didn’t spark my joy I would forget convenience and look for something more fulfilling”. After all, there might be a similarity with sunsets. For, if it’s platonic, then there isn’t an emotional baggage and we can love it all.
The Royal Chapel of Granada (Spanish: Capilla Real de Granada) is an Isabelline style building in Granada, Spain. Constructed between 1505 and 1517, it was originally integrated in the complex of the neighbouring Granada Cathedral. It is the burial place of the Spanish monarchs, Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand, the Catholic Monarchs. Apart from these historical links, this building also contains a gallery of artworks and other items associated with Queen Isabella.
The interior of the chapel follows the same model as the Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes in Toledo. It has four side chapels, creating the form of a Latin cross and a nave with a Gothic ribbed vault. The choir has a centered arch down to its base, and a crypt.
The passage to the presbytery creates a luminous effect to symbolize the sun and the light of justice (in an Albertian, Neo-Platonic sense). There is a hierarchy of the transept dedicated to mausoleum, which is separated by a monumental decorated grille forged by Bartolomé Ordoñez.
In the center of the transept lie the tombs of Isabella and Ferdinand by Domenico Fancelli and Joanna and Philip (by Bartolomé Ordóñez). The tombs are set high and mark their priority and are almost at the height of the altar (symbolizes the closeness of the kings to God).
Discovered by Five X Five.
I found that the long friction pins have the best clutch power. Still a slight pain to coax together, but not the nightmare I was having with the short frictionless ones.
A. and P. are good friends. They may look cozy, but they are purely platonic, I assure you.
The pattern for the owls is for sale here
Something I remembered on the weekend after it came up in conversation.
There is a lady blogger here who I once was very good friends with; we had a pretty deep platonic mutual support thing happening. No skin on skin business at all, swear. Her husband got super pissed about it regardless, and eventually sent me a glorious email threatening me and my family. Before it devolved that far though, he once dismissed my relevance as a person with this comment. "All you've got is sexy. ANYONE can be sexy."
Really?
All debate aside on whether I actually am sexy, or whether it truly is all I have to offer the world - okay I make really good scrambled eggs as well so HA fuck you Scott - what do you think? Do you think anyone can be sexy? Is it just looks and how well you can fill a pair of jeans? Or can you carry it off with a dose of braggadocio and fake panache?
What's sexy to you guys?
Another raw shot from SL. YAY for long weekends, amirite?
Paper: 5cm DC kraft paper
Modules: 2, 4, 10
Model: Ekaterina Lukasheva
Book: Modular Origami Kaleidoscope p. 71-4
I love 60°-Modules as they are very versatile and allow to build three of the platonic solids. This is especially nice for the stars which appear at two of the vertices of the octahedron and the icosahedron.
To all my Flickr Friends for your support and friendship... THANK YOU!
Yellow roses have a shorter, albeit no less fascinating, history than other roses. It wasn't until around the 18th century that yellow roses were discovered growing naturally in parts of the Middle East.
Throughout history, the color yellow has been closely associated with the sun. As the source of light and warmth, the sun is integral to life on Earth, and has been worshiped in many early societies. It should come as no surprise that the color of the sun would hold many positive connotations. In many Eastern cultures, for example, the color yellow represents joy, wisdom and power. However, in Europe at the time of the introduction of these roses, the color yellow carried much more negative overtones. Consequently, yellow roses were long used as a symbol for jealousy and dying love. As time went on, however, the more universal meanings connected with the color yellow have come to prevail and entwine themselves with the yellow rose. Today yellow roses are more commonly associated with joy and friendship.
A bouquet of yellow roses now brings to mind all of the sunny, cheerful feelings of warmth and happiness. In contrast to the romantic meanings attributed to other roses, the yellow rose is purely a symbol for friendship. This gives it a unique place in the pantheon of roses. Yellow roses can send the perfect message of appreciation and platonic love without the romantic subtext of other colors. They can represent feelings of joy and delight, and are an ideal way to brighten someone's day who may be feeling down. There is perhaps no other flower that is able to bring out a smile in quite the way that a yellow rose can.
Ergo...>>>
"If you'd like to brighten someone's day go and surprise the person with yellow roses." ;o)
Our story comes from a risk of expulsion, we are actually always been basically anarchist, we are the worst example. We had never had a special relationship, we three , but it was a bench and some thought astral to bond as sisters. Actually this family is much larger, we are eight sisters, each with its own fool personality . There are few occasions where we can spend time together, just like old times. Our friendship has tied in a short time and it has upset our everyday convintions. We need each other because we need ideals. We are an erupting volcano, we are the four elements that cry in the name of our platonic love, we are a changing climate, which assembles the pieces of our history to lead us to struggle together, to not give up in the face of challenges ahead. The fate made us take different paths and we are aware that it will not be a forever union , but we laugh, we'll talk, we'll travel, we run, cry and scream together by now we are winning; if it is necessary we will sacrifice, if necessary, we shall fight in the name of sisters, and in our little inch of life we will be endless. All together, the 8 of the list.
La nostra storia nasce da un rischio di espulsione, effettivamente siamo sempre state tendenzialmente anarchiche, siamo l'esempio peggiore.
Non avevamo mai avuto un rapporto particolare, noi tre, ma è bastata una panchina e qualche pensiero astrale per legarci come sorelle.
In realtà questa famiglia è molto più larga, siamo otto sorelle, ognuna con la propria folle personalità.
Sono poche le occasioni un cui riusciamo a trascorrere del tempo tutte insieme, come ai vecchi tempi.
La nostra amicizia si è legata in poco tempo e ci ha scombussolato nel midollo del quotidiano.
Abbiamo bisogno l'una dell'altra perchè necessitiamo di ideali.
Siamo un vulcano in eruzione, siamo i quattro elementi che gridano in nome del nostro amore platonico, siamo un continuo mutamento climatico, che assembla i pezzi della nostra storia per indurci a lottare insieme, a non arrenderci di fronte alle sfide che ci aspettano.
Il destino ci ha fatto prendere strade diverse e siamo consapevoli che non sarà un'unione perenne, ma noi rideremo, parleremo, viaggeremo, correremo, piangeremo e urleremo assieme perchè per ora stiamo vincendo noi; se è necessario ci sacrificheremo, se è necessario, combatteremo in nome di sorelle, e nel nostro piccolo centimetro di vita saremo infinite. Tutte assieme, le 8 della lista
Diletta Culla, Martina Nehring, Jona Veliu, ex caserma Piave, Treviso
My entry for the 2018 Bio-Cup's Eliminatories round.
Based off the Platonic element of Æther (aka ether or Quintessence), the pure essence which holds together the celestial bodies and all other elements.
Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo, 30 July 1511 - Florence, 27 June 1574) Lorenzo the Magnificent on the diet of Cremona - Room of Lorenzo il Magnifico - Palazzo Vecchio, Florence
Figlio di Piero il Gottoso e nipote di Cosimo il Vecchio, Lorenzo de 'Medici (1449-1492) portò avanti l'opera iniziata dai suoi antenati, monopolizzando il controllo politico ed economico sulla repubblica fiorentina. Credendo che un equilibrio tra gli stati italiani avrebbe tenuto a bada le interferenze straniere, ha rafforzato la sua reputazione promuovendo accordi di pace e alleanze. Fu chiamato Il Magnifico per la sua eccezionale abilità intellettuale. Patrono dell'Accademia platonica, autore di poesie e prose in lingua volgare, sofisticato collezionista e protettore di artisti del calibro di Michelangelo Buonarroti, ha influenzato i gusti della sua epoca, favorendo lo sviluppo e la diffusione della tendenza umanistica del Rinascimento fiorentino.
Son of Piero il Gottoso and grandson of Cosimo il Vecchio, Lorenzo de 'Medici (1449-1492) continued the work begun by his ancestors, monopolizing political and economic control over the Florentine Republic. Believing that a balance between the Italian states would keep foreign interference at bay, he strengthened his reputation by promoting peace agreements and alliances. He was called The Magnificent for his exceptional intellectual ability. Patron of the Platonic Academy, author of poems and prose in the vernacular, sophisticated collector and protector of artists of the caliber of Michelangelo Buonarroti, he influenced the tastes of his time, promoting the development and diffusion of the humanistic tendency of the Florentine Renaissance.
im alive! sort of. been crazy busy with my store and rl but recently did this pic of my wifey(platonic) and i!
Yellow roses have one of the happiest rose color meanings. Throughout history, yellow has been closely associated with the sun, making these roses excellent for cheering people up. Yellow roses send a message of appreciation and platonic love without the romantic subtext of other colors. The color represents feelings of joy and delight.
7DOS gold Macro Monday
Love is an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment. Love is also a virtue representing all of kindness, compassion, and affection; and "the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another".
Love may also be described as actions towards others based on compassion, or as actions towards others based on affection.
Love may refer specifically to the passionate desire and intimacy of romantic love, to the sexual love of eros, to the emotional closeness of familial love, or the platonic love that defines friendship.
Love may be understood as part of the survival instinct, a function to facilitate the continuation of the species.
Vera Röhm - text cubes
Vera Röhm’s ‘text cubes’ belong to the thematic group of Wandering Shadows which the artist has been working on since 1983, Her investigations into shadow phases, changes in shadows and shadow sculptures led her to the short but brilliant sentence by German philologist Johann Leonhard Frisch (1666-1743):
Night is the earth's shadow.
The Platonic forms, black as night, create a formal unity, each language has its own cube.
The laser-cut sentences have a white satin glass backing and the aluminum cubes are brightly illuminated from within. Thus ‘Die Nacht ist der Schatten der Erde’, ‘nacht is de schaduw van de aarde’ or ‘öö maa vari’ shines out at the observer in different fonts selected specifically for each language.
since 2005 she created 66 cubes in 66 languages
Centre for International Light Art, Unna