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Cacti are thorny plants that grow in dry and arid areas because they have the capacity to store water inside. They are very resistant and love sunlight.
In the many visits I made to the cactus area in the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro I was surprised by the delicacy of the flowers in contrast to the plant.
Here I present two species with flowers of very delicate texture and beautiful colors.
Echinocereus cinerascens with flower in lovely mauve color, and 12cm in diameter.
Joshua Tree National Park, California
Alone you wait
For rains that never come
They praise your strength
And marvel at the way you thrive
But no one ever thinks to ask
Hey, are you okay?
They never see the days
You bend until you nearly break
Or plummet down in free-fall
With no safety net beneath
Your solitary soul is all
On which you can depend
Yet you carry on and search within
Brave the dark til sunrise comes
Then they return to say
‘How beautiful and strong’
It isn't an easy life for a foliage tree in the middle of a conifer monoculture. The ground is usually over acidified and there is not much light finding its way down here. And still, there are, even on places like this, some specimens struggeling through and holding steady. What we see in our woodlands, we can notice in our society as well. Here, its necessary to hold on too, when You are different ore you think different than your surrounding environment. There will also be tried to assimilate or exclude You. But finally, disorder is the natural state of any system. From a certain point on, its impossible to stop it.
Für einen Laubbaum ist das Leben in einer Monokultur von Nadelbäumen keine leichte Sache. Der Boden ist in der Regel übersäuert und es gibt nicht viel Licht, was auf den Boden dringt. Trotzdem gibt es, auch in dieser Umgebung einzelne Exemplare, die sich durchkämpfen und behaupten.
Was wir in unseren Wäldern sehen, sehen wir auch in unserer Gesellschaft. Auch hier gilt es durchzuhalten wenn du anders bist oder anders denkst als Dein Umfeld. Auch hier wird versucht werden Dich anzugleichen oder auszuschließen. Doch schlußendlich ist die Unordnung der natürliche Zustand eines jeden Systems. Ab einem bestimmten Punkt lässt sie sich nicht mehr aufhalten.
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resilience
noun [ U ]
the ability to be happy, successful, etc. again after something difficult or bad has happened.
We´re all in on this together and we´re going to survive.
Let´s make the world a better place....
Kolmannskuppe shows us how we shouldn´t do it.
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La resilienza appartiene a chi traccia strade dove c’erano ostacoli, a chi camuffa una caduta con un magnifico volo, a chi sa che qualcosa sta nascendo, proprio lì, sotto quel sasso arido e sterile che tutti ignorano.
Fabrizio Caramagna
Resilience belongs to those who trace roads where there were obstacles, to those who disguise a fall with a magnificent flight, to those who know that something is being born, right there, under that arid and sterile stone that everyone ignores.
Fabrizio Caramagna
Essential in all areas....whether accumulating water for future needs...or resetting the mind and body in natures landscapes.
Nothing much worth mentioning in between other than the release of Huawei's CFO and perhaps the subsequent interview of her Alstom counterpart from France...
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Heifetz en vivo en Paris - live in Paris with exceptional sound qualities
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsfMaslQt1U
Virginia Zeani: Bellini - I Puritani, 'O rendetemi la speme... Qui la voce... Vien, diletto
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdOvAmc044Q
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Francescon Merli, a not so well known but marvelous vocalist :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNg-b13I8v4
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Nicola Martinucci: "Nessun dorma" ( 1996 )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1Fmayo-c3o
Antonio Cortis - Nessun Dorma - 1929
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIi4kJTx1uk
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Georgi Nelepp - "the most exciting" Bolshoi tenor amongst Ivan Kozlovsky, Georgi Vinogradov, and Sergei Lemeshev -Charles Haynes calls Nelepp "the most exciting" of them, with a compelling ring and a sense of urgency - Eleazar`s aria - La Juive
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMNeuWM5Fgw&list=RD69_YHJ1O8D...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpHMcgtiIK8
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Riccardo Stracciari ~ Il balen (1917)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvptueEvytw&list=RDHvptueEvyt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL1uRmP61h8
DOWN IN THE VALLEY - IVAN SKOBTSOV
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILrqO16q0ac
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu0rzgRV_Ks
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MARIO FILIPPESCHI - Rigoletto "La donna è mobile" ( '56 )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHqIY8Jx6dM
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Othello's Willow Song
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQtOfHBaNqM
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Daniele Barioni, "with the most beautiful tenor voice of our age. Had he not slipped away ( because of the premature death of his wife?), we all have to eat radishes..." according to Mario del Monaco in 1959
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEP4A1Z4w5U
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKs89DBhHUk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ootHoKvoUIo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIn9PENl00U
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wXA70c5ePE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FtFSIFUdHs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvYXDrGrKek
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Titta Ruffo ( 1877- 1953, Hybrid Verismo school )
Walter Legge: "From the his first phrase the audience was vanquished by the overwhelming beauty of his voice—manly, broad, sympathetic, of unsurpassed richness. Such ease of production, such abundance of ringing high Gs! But more: Ruffo's infinite subtlety, variety of tone-colour, interpretive insight and sincerity, his magnificent control, stupendous breathing powers, and impeccable phrasing stamped him as a genius."
Both Battistini and Ruffo displayed exceptional vocal agility and control plus the ability to sustain a long legato line.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpC2v8VbQWI&list=RDpcGrpLAH3Q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcGrpLAH3QQ&list=RDpcGrpLAH3Q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrRd0-YgAsk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nwhj8dlFxk&t=188s
He shared the same vocal teacher with:
Mattia Battistini ( 1856 – 1928, essentially a Bel Canto singer )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB23GBDlAnM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEYOJT6N9fI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yvpjz29tAE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB23GBDlAnM&list=RDMMpB23GBDl...
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Forgotten Great Baritones VIII : Granforte
( "He shares the pre-Warren "Big Three" designation, along with Stracciari & Ruffo! " )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgJOD3wk0hM&list=RDag_j3rYtHh...
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LA GRANDE NOTTE A VERONA 1988
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRzhM4qkUEw&t=1909s
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Somehow Backhaus is one of my favourite pianists, and his 5 Beethoven Piano Concertos here are newly mastered:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg29kX1lUg8
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Having stumbled into this astounding performance by Julian Sitkovetsky :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmbO-XmI5lM
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Lauri-Volpi canta A te o cara (in tono - in Re maggiore) dai Puritani di Bellini
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DREGB2x0naE
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Ricardo Odnoposoff plays Zigeunerwiesen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pWCgE_KbiU
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3hAFJ6vL_4
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Rudolf Kehrer ( Solo pianist of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and professor at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. In 1961, he won the All-Union Contest )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KejspsnuvnM
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The Little known Horowitz Recital in Moscow, 92
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VQUgrX3H8A
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Mischa Levitsky (1898-1941) - a student of Michalowski, Stojowski, and Dohnanyi - Gluck-Sgambati Melodie from Orfeo, 1923
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfzvszq8duY&list=RDZfzvszq8du...
Mendelssohn Rondo capriccioso in E Major Op.14
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NBAr9tSRnc
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Mario Basiola, teacher of Beniamino Gigli, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi among many other successful singers: La favorita
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S9F3oKwuSQ
Barbiere di Siviglia "Largo al factotum"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJRC6W9RYHU
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Halina Czerny-Stefańska: Chopin, Grande polonaise brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 22 (Remastered 2021)
it's snowing here today. no green grass or new flowers. i continue my study of "dead brown things." i love these little leaves that still hang—mightily and gracefully—from tree branches.
O Superman - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfpi2H8tOE
The words were snapped at Laurie Anderson's exhibit at the Hirshhorn - hirshhorn.si.edu/exhibitions/laurie-anderson-the-weather/
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Cacti are thorny plants that grow in dry and arid areas because they have the capacity to store water inside. They are very resistant and love sunlight.
In the many visits I made to the cactus area in the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro I was surprised by the delicacy of the flowers in contrast to the plant.
This is Tacinga palmadora, very common in the hinterlands of Northeast Brazil. The color of the flower oscillates between red and intense orange.
was hiking through a narrow slot canyon when I came upon a tree growing in the deep sand. What a surprise! Beautifully framed by the towering rocks, it seemed to belong there even though the growing conditions are harsh.
I haven't taken the time to identify this species of groundcover but am always taken by its appearance and resurgence when the snows of winter fade away and before any other green appears. An evergreen maintaining its leaves and berries throughout the year, this was taken a few days ago....it is now again buried beneath yet another fresh snowfall which graces the landscape this morning.
in the greenhouse during the time of corona.
Polaroid SLR 680, b&w polaroid 600 film.
**my laptop has a new battery, but now the power cord doesn't work.
my weather station is winking at me even after I replaced all the batteries.
I got leon's flu so I will be off for a bit.
I know things could be worse.
Lots of shit going on IRL, it’s nice to bounce in and take a random snapshot in SL and focus my brain power on something other than work.
Antonieta Dress _ Moon Amore
Hyalin stockings _ AZOURY @ Kinky maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Liberty%20City/140/128/32
Nimue Mask _ Zibska @ Ritual maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Shimmering%20Lake/206/67/2506
Satinights ( hair & mask ) _ *Vanity Hair* @ Mainstore maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Azures%20Echo/152/52/1051
taken @ Digital Art - Cammino e Vivo Capovolto ( Retrospect )
Even with a hunk of a wing missing, this beautiful monarch managed to fly around beautifully. A real testament to a butterfly's resilience.
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i have a long swath of garden bed that’s all coneflower, which has bloomed for months. each time i think it’s done, another bloom appears, reaching toward the light. these new blooms—the whole garden bed—teaches me about resilience, hope, beauty, imperfection, and grace.
If you think you have a hard life... Think again!
(photo taken on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada)
Came across this weather beaten tree while hiking on Bodmin Moor. Used a 10 stop filter to help give a sense of movement.