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Enchanting and almost other-worldly this nature at night time. While flowers may slumber, certain critters are at their most active, and moonlight can cast an eerie glow over plant life that makes the ordinary seem somehow extraordinary.
Add whiz-bang lighting, cutting-edge special effects and music – all courtesy of Canadian multi-media company Moment Factory – and the result is like nature on steroids.
Moment Factory is the company that brought the popular Light Cycles experience to the Botanic Garden during Illuminate Adelaide in 2021 and 2022, so expectations are understandably high for its new 1.7km night-time trail, Resonate, which creative director Gabriel Pontbriand says is “inspired by our human capacity for emotional and physical resonance with the environment”.
Unlike Light Cycles, which began at the Garden’s Ginkgo Gate, Resonate starts at the North Terrace entrance, where a noticeboard urges audiences to “awaken your senses, attune to nature”. A map highlights the six immersive experiences we will encounter across the self-guided walk: Beginnings, Transformations, Belonging, Winterings, Memories and Aliveness.
The first of these centres on a lake, where shards of light move above the water in a pattern choreographed to a pulsing soundtrack. They appear to emerge from the depths amid the hovering mist and reach into the sky before dissolving back into the water, eventually shooting back up like fireworks as the music intensifies.
Transformations, one of the standout installations, takes place under the canopies of the Moreton Bay figs along Murdoch Avenue. As visitors walk beneath the towering trees bathed in a kaleidoscope of changing colours, a cacophony of percussive music builds like a gathering storm, the surround sound enveloping us in its beats like a nightclub DJ. Created in collaboration with Montreal folk quartet The Barr Brothers, and fusing musical composition with a range of sound effects, the soundscape throughout Resonate is an integral part of the experience, enhancing its immersive quality.
Further along, the single path diverges into several different tracks, all of which weave through a garden of pink and blue and green glowing “flowers” dotted across the grass. Belonging is an ethereal kind of space with colourful projections drawing us to different locations to watch imagery that appears like effervescent bubbles rising up from undulating sands.
There is a decent walk between each installation, which could build anticipation or impatience, depending on your mindset. But no one could be disappointed when they come to Winterings, which transforms the Bicentennial Conservatory into a kind of infinite magic forest, with the edges of the glass building invisible as visitors make their way across the elevated walkway amid palms and other rainforest plants bathed in green and blue light.
Perceptions of space and depth dissolve as we are transfixed by beams reaching down from above like friendly aliens, with the ethereal music enhancing the transcendental experience in the conservatory. This is one space in Resonate you’ll be reluctant to leave
Further on, we encounter Memories, in which a large circle of chairs is arranged around a beacon of light that sways across the night sky. Here, visitors are encouraged to stop and “remember who still lights your way”, but it’s noticeable on this night that few people take the time to take a seat before moving on to the final experience, Aliveness. Here, an Afro-Celtic soundtrack plays as lights snake up a large tree like parasitic vines, bringing it to life with colours that dance across the trunk and branches in sync with the music. It’s a beautiful visual interpretation of sound, although it lacks the wow factor of the Palm House installation that marked the finale of Light Cycles.
It’s easy to become blasé about experiences such as this; audiences are conditioned to constantly expect more and more dramatic effects from multi-media events, and Resonate relies on a similar ethos and technology as Light Cycles, despite following a different trail. But for this reviewer, at least, the magic is just as strong.
The key to getting the most out of Resontate is to move slowly and spend sufficient time within the installations to fully absorb them and also appreciate the natural environment they seek to enhance. Enjoy the special effects, but also look beyond them: take in the reflections on the water, the earthy scent of the gardens, the glow of the moonlight, the underlying beauty of the night-time flora and fauna.
On leaving Resonate and walking past Illuminate Adelaide’s Base Camp food and beverage area in Rundle Park, we noticed a couple of people looking up into a tree. There, blithely washing itself on a branch and ignoring the humans below, was a tiny possum – a reminder, if any was needed, that nature at night is pretty cool all by itself.
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Created by British artist Tony Cragg, Resonating Bodies (1996) consists of a pair of bronze sculptures resembling giant musical instruments. One resembles a lute, the other, a tuba. This playful work is based on the concept that all physical bodies—including ourselves—are constantly enveloped by various energy forms from heat, light, sound, and gravity to magnetic waves, x-waves even radio and TV signals. The sculpture displays these forces with a wave-like relief on its surfaces. The work is set on the ground at the end of the tree-lined walks at the entrance to Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Park with its whimsical design and gargantuan scale, the work invites touching and interaction. Tony Cragg is one of Britain's most inventive contemporary sculptors; his works are known for embracing a wide variety of materials, textures, and conceptual approaches. He created World Events, a statue for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and was the recipient of the Turner Prize in 1988.
Photo showing an impression of the performance "Resonate".
Dancer Aakash Odedra (UK) and choreographer Lewis Major (AU) approached the Ars Electronica Futurelab with a really fascinating concept. They were interested in investigating whether and how it would be possible to audiovisually and cybernetically represent the distorted, chaotic way people with legasthenia experience language and literature.
Credit: Florian Voggeneder
I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the outcast.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
Allah’s peace be upon Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W), the glorious Prophet of Islam, and on his Companions and his followers.
TASAWWUF
"There is no doubt that Tasawwuf is an important branch of Islam. The word itself may have been derived form the Arabic word "Soof" (Wool) or from "Safa" (cleanliness), but its foundation lies in one’s personal sincerity in seeking Allah’s nearness and trying to live a life pleasing to Him. Study of the Quran, the Hadith, and the practical life of the holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) and his faithful Companions provide unmistakable support to this reality." (Hazrat Moulana Allah Yar Khan (R.A)
SUFISM, AN ESSENTIAL PART OF ISLAM
Doubts exist not only in the minds of the Muslim faithful but also among the Ulema, notably the exoteric about Tasawwuf and its votaries. Often they lead to misunderstanding, as if Shariah and Tariqah were two separate entries, or that Tasawwuf was some obscure discipline foreign to Islam, or that it was altogether above the established laws and injunctions of our Religion. To help remove these misgivings and to reassure seekers, as well as scholars, our Sheikh Hazrat Moulana Allah Yar Khan (R.A), Sheikh Silsila Naqshbandia Awaisia, wrote Al-Jamal Wal Kamal, Aqaid-O-Kamalaat Ulmai-e-Deoband, Binat-e-Rasool (S.A.W), Daamad-e-Ali (R.A), Dalael-us-Salook, Ejaad-e-Mazhab Shia, Hayat-un-Nabi (S.A.W), Hayat Barzakhia, Ilm-o-Irfan, Niffaz-e-Shariat Aur Fiqah-e-Jaferia, Saif-e-Owaisi, Shikast-e-Ahdai Hussain and Tahkeek Halal Haram books.
BIOGRAPHY
Sheikh Allah Yar Khan was born in Chakrala, a remote village of Mianwali District of Pakistan, in 1904. He completed his religious education in 1934. The very year, he met Shaykh Abdul Rahim, who took him to the shrine of Shaykh Allah Deen Madni. By Divine Will his spiritual connection was right away established with the saint of the 10th century Hijra (sixteenth century) and he started receiving spiritual beneficence. His sublime education in Sufism, signifying progressive spiritual growth and advancement, continued for about twenty-five years. In 1962 he was directed to carry out the propagation of Prophetic blessings - a noble mission that he accomplished with singular enthusiasm and devotion for a period spanning half a century. Anybody who visited him was duly rewarded with a share of spiritual bliss as per his/her sincerity and capacity. Shaykh Allah Yar Khan's mission produced men and women of deep spiritual vision and distinction.
Although Hazrat Moulana Allah Yar Khan (R.A) have lived a major portion of his life as a scholar, with the avowed mission of illuminating the truth of Islam and the negation of fallacious sects, and this would appear quite removed from Tasawwuf, yet the only practical difference between the two, namely the use of the former as a media to expound the truth, and the latter to imbue people with positive faith. Nevertheless, people are amazed that a man, who until the other day, was known as a dialectician and a preacher of Islam, is not only talking of Mystic Path, but is also claiming spiritual bonds with the veteran Sufi Masters of the Past. This amazement is obviously out of place in the view of Quranic injunction: This is the bounty of Allah which He gives to whom He wills. (62:4)
THE PURIFICATION OF THE SOUL
The purification of the soul always formed part of the main mission of the Prophets; that is, the dissemination and propagation of the Devine Message. This responsibility later fell directly on the shoulders of the true Ulema in the Ummah of the last Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W), who, as his genuine successors, have continued to shed brave light in every Dark Age of materialism and sacrilege. In the present age of ruinous confusion, the importance of this responsibility has increased manifold; of the utter neglect of Islam by Muslims has not only driven them to misery, but also grievously weakened their bonds of faith in Allah and His Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W). The decay in their belief and consequent perversion in their conduct has reached a stage that any attempt to pull them out of the depth of ignominy and the heedless chaos of faithlessness, attracts grave uncertainties and apprehensions rather than a encouraging will to follow the Shariah, to purify the soul and to reform within. The Quranic Verse: Layers upon layers of darkness… (24:40) provides the nearest expression of their present state.
SHARIAH & SUFISM
Any action against the Sunnah (Prophet’s way of life) cannot be called Sufism. Singing and dancing, and the prostration on tombs are not part of Sufism. Nor is predicting the future and predicting the outcome of cases in the courts of law, a part of Sufism. Sufis are not required to abandon their worldly possessions or live in the wilderness far from the practical world. In fact these absurdities are just its opposites. It is an established fact that Tazkiyah (soul purification) stands for that inner purity which inspires a person’s spirit to obey the holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W). If a false claimant of Sufism teaches tricks and jugglery, ignoring religious obligations, he is an impostor. A true Sheikh will lead a believer to the august spiritual audience of the holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W). If you are fortunate enough to be blessed with the company of an accomplished spiritual guide and Sheikh of Sufism, and if you follow his instructions, you will observe a positive change in yourself, transferring you from vice to virtue.
ISLAM, AS A COMPLETE CODE OF LIFE
Islam, as a complete code of life or Deen, was perfected during the life of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W). He was the sole teacher and his mosque was the core institution for the community. Although Islam in its entirety was practiced during that blessed era, the classification and compilation of its knowledge into distinct branches like ‘Tafsir’ (interpretation of the Quran), Hadith (traditions or sayings of the holy Prophet- SAWS), Fiqh (Islamic law), and Sufism (the soul purification) were undertaken subsequently. This Deen of Allah passed from the holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) to his illustrious Companions in two ways: the outward and the inward. The former comprised the knowledge defined by speech and conduct, i.e., the Quran and Sunnah. The latter comprised the invisible blessings or the Prophetic lights transmitted by his blessed self. These blessings purified the hearts and instilled in them a passionate desire to follow Islam with utmost love, honesty and loyalty.
WHAT’S SUFISM
Sufism is the attempt to attain these Barakah (Blessings). The Companions handed down Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) teachings as well as blessings to the Taba’een. Their strong hearts were capable of infusing these blessings into the hearts of their followers. Both aspects of Islam were similarly passed on by the Taba’een to the Taba Taba’een. The compilation of knowledge and its interpretation led to the establishment of many schools of religious thought; famous four being the Hanafi, the Hanbali, the Maliki, and the Shafa'i, all named after their founders. Similarly, in order to acquire, safeguard and distribute his blessings, an organized effort was initiated by four schools of Sufism: The Naqshbandia, the Qadria, the Chishtia, and the Suharwardia. These schools were also named after their organizers and came to be known as Sufi Orders. All these Orders intend to purify the hearts of sincere Muslims with Prophetic lights. These Sufi Orders also grew into many branches with the passage of time and are known by other names as well. The holy Quran has linked success in this life and the Hereafter with Tazkiyah (soul purification). He, who purified, is successful. (87: 14) Sufi Orders of Islam are the institutions where the basics of Tazkiyah (soul purification) and its practical application are taught. They have graded programs in which every new seeker is instructed in Zikr-e Lisani (oral Zikr) and is finally taught the Zikr-e Qalbi (Remembrance in heart).
ZIKR-E QALBI
However, in the Naqshbandia Order, Zikr-e Qalbi is practiced from the very beginning. Adherence to the Sunnah (Prophet’s way of life) is greatly emphasized in this Order, because the seeker achieves greater and quicker progress through its blessings. The essence of Zikr is that the Qalb should sincerely accept Islamic beliefs and gain the strength to follow the Sunnah with even greater devotion. ‘If the heart is acquainted with Allah and is engaged in His Zikr; then it is filled with Barakaat-e Nabuwwat (Prophetic blessings) which infuse their purity in the mind and body. This not only helps in controlling sensual drives but also removes traces of abhorrence, voracity, envy and insecurity from human soul. The person therefore becomes an embodiment of love, both for the Divine and the corporeal. This is the meaning of a Hadith, “There is a lump of flesh in the human body; if it goes astray the entire body is misguided, and if it is reformed the entire body is reformed. Know that this lump is the Qalb”.’
PAS ANFAS
Recent History Khawajah Naqshband (d. 1389 CE) organized the Naqshbandia Order at Bukhara (Central Asia). This Order has two main branches – the Mujaddidia and the Owaisiah. The former is identified with Sheikh Ahmed Sirhindi, known as Mujaddid Alif Sani (literally: reviver of the second Muslim millennium), a successor to Khawajah Baqi Billah, who introduced the Order to the Indo- Pakistan sub-continent. The Owaisiah Order employs a similar method of Zikr but acquires the Prophetic blessings in the manner of Khawajah Owais Qarni, who received this beneficence from the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) without a formal physical meeting. The Zikr employed by the Naqshbandia is ‘Zikr-e Khafi Qalbi’ (remembrance of Allah’s Name within the heart) and the method is termed ‘Pas Anfas’, which (in Persian) means guarding every breath. The Chain of Transmission of these Barakah, of course, emanates from the holy Prophet- SAWS.
SPIRITUAL BAI’AT (OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
It is necessary in all Sufi Orders that the Sheikh and the seekers must be contemporaries and must physically meet each other for the transfer of these blessings. However, the Naqshbandia Owaisiah Order goes beyond this requirement and Sufis of this Order receive these Barakah regardless of physical meeting with their Sheikh or even when the Sheikh is not their contemporary. Yet, it must be underscored that physical meeting with the Sheikh of this Order still holds great importance in dissemination of these Barakah. Sheikh Sirhindi writes about the Owaisiah Order in his book ‘Tazkirah’: ‘It is the most sublime, the most exalted, and the most effective…and the highest station of all others is only its stepping stone.’ By far the greatest singular distinction of the Naqshbandia Owaisiah Order is the honor of Spiritual Bai’at (Oath of Allegiance) directly at the blessed hands of the holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W).
SHEIKH HAZRAT MOULANA ALLAH YAR KHAN (R.A)
The Reviver Sheikh Allah Yar Khan was born in Chikrala, a remote village of Mianwali District of Pakistan, in 1904. He completed his religious education in 1934. The same year, he met Sheikh ‘Abdul Rahim, who took him to the shrine of Sheikh Allah Deen Madni. By Divine Will his spiritual connection was immediately established with the saint of the 10th century Hijra (sixteenth century CE) and he started receiving spiritual beneficence. His sublime education in Sufism, signifying progressive spiritual growth and advancement, continued for about twenty-five years, after which he was directed to undertake the propagation of Prophetic blessings - a noble mission that he accomplished with singular zeal and dedication for a period spanning half a century. Anybody who visited him was duly rewarded with a share of spiritual bliss commensurate with his/her sincerity and capacity. Sheikh Allah Yar Khan’s mission produced men and women of deep spiritual vision and eminence. He authored eighteen books, the most distinguished being Dalael us-Sulook (Sufism - An Objective Appraisal), Hayat-e Barzakhiah (Life Beyond Life) and Israr ul- Haramain (Secrets of the two holy Mosques). He was undoubtedly one of the most distinguished Sufi saints of the Muslim Ummah and a reviver of the Naqshbandia Owaisiah Order. He passed away on 18 February 1984 in Islamabad at the age of eighty.
THE CHAIN OF TRANSMISSION OF NAQSHBANDIA OWAISIAH
1. Hazrat Muhammad ur-Rasool Allah (Sall Allah-o Alaihi wa Sallam), 2. Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (Radhi Allah-o Unho), 3. Hazrat Imam Hassan Basri (Rahmat Ullah Alaihi), 4. Hazrat Daud Tai (Rahmat Ullah Alaihi), 5. Hazrat Junaid Baghdadi (Rahmat Ullah Alaihi), 6. Hazrat Ubaid Ullah Ahrar (Rahmat Ullah Alaihi), 7. Hazrat Abdur Rahman Jami (Rahmat Ullah Alaihi), 8. Hazrat Abu Ayub Muhammad Salih (Rahmat Ullah Alaihi), 9. Hazrat Allah Deen Madni (Rahmat Ullah Alaihi), 10. Hazrat Moulana Allah Yar Khan (Rahmat Ullah Alaihi).
THE SPIRIT OR RUH
The spirit or Ruh of every person is a created reflection of the Divine Attributes and it originates in Alam-e Amar (Realm of Command). Its food is the Light of Allah or the Divine Refulgence, which it acquires from the Realm of Command through the holy Prophet Muhammad (may Allah’s choicest favors and peace be upon him), whose status in the spiritual world is like that of the sun in the solar system. The Quran refers to him as the ‘bright lamp’. Indeed, he is the divinely selected channel of all Barakah. All Exalted Messengers themselves receive these Barakah from him.
LATAIF
The human Ruh also possesses vital organs like the physical body; through which it acquires its knowledge, food and energy. These are called Lataif (singular Latifah: subtlety). Scholars of various Sufi Orders have associated them with specific areas of the human body. The Naqshbandia Owaisiah Order identifies these Lataif as follows. First - Qalb: This spiritual faculty is located within the physical heart. Its function is Zikr. Its strength increases one’s capacity for Allah’s Zikr. Second – Ruh: The site of this Latifah, which is a distinct faculty of the human Ruh, is on the right side of the chest at the level of Qalb. Its primary function is concentration towards Allah. Third – Sirri: This is located above the Qalb and functions to make possible Kashf. Forth – Khaffi: This is located above the Ruh and functions to perceive the omnipresence of Allah. Fifth – Akhfa: This is located in the middle of chest, at the centre of the first four Lataif and makes it possible for the Ruh to perceive the closeness of Allah, Who is closer to us than our own selves. Sixth – Nafs: This Latifah is located at the forehead and functions to purify the human soul. Seventh – Sultan al-Azkar: This Latifah is located at the top centre of the head and serves to absorb the Barakah of Allah into the entire body, so that every cell resonates with Zikr.
FIVE EXALTED MESSENGERS OF GOD
There are Five Exalted Messengers among the many known and unknown Messengers of Allah. They are Hazrat Muhammad, Hazrat Nuh (Noah), Hazrat Ibrahim (Abraham), Hazrat Musa (Moses), and Hazrat Esa (Jesus), peace be upon them all. Hazrat Adam is the first Prophet of Allah and the father of mankind. Each Latifah is associated with a particular Prophet. The Barakah and lights from Hazrat Adam (peace be upon him), descend on the first Latifah Qalb; its lights are reflected from the first heaven and are yellowish. The second Latifah is associated with Hazrat Nuh and Hazrat Ibrahim (peace be upon them). Its lights descend from the second heaven and appear as golden red. The lights descending upon the third Latifah are from Hazrat Musa (peace be upon him) and are white. One the fourth Latifah, the lights of Hazrat Esa (peace be upon him) descend from the fourth heaven and are deep blue. The fifth Latifah receives its Barakah directly from the holy Prophet Muhammad (may Allah’s choicest favors and peace be upon him). The lights associated with this Latifah are green, descend from the fifth heaven, and overwhelm all the first four Lataif. The Lights descending upon the sixth and seventh Lataif are the Divine Lights, whose color and condition cannot be determined. These are like flashes of lightening that defy comprehension. If Allah blesses a seeker with Kashf, he can observe all of this. The vision is slightly diffused in the beginning, but gradually the clarity improves.
SULOOK
Stages of the Path After all seven Lataif of a seeker have been illuminated with Divine Lights through Tawajjuh of the Sheikh and his Ruh has acquired the ability to fly, the Sheikh initiates its journey on the sublime Path of Divine nearness. The Path is known as Sulook, and its stages are not hypothetical imaginations but real and actually existing stations on the spiritual Path. These are also referred to as Meditations, because a seeker mentally meditates about a station while his/her Ruh actually ascends towards it. The first three stations that form the base of whole Sulook are described as; Ahadiyyat, a station of Absolute Unity of Divinity. It is above and beyond the seven heavens. It is so vast a station that the seven heavens and all that they encompass are lost within Ahadiyyat as a ring is lost in a vast desert. Its lights are white in color. Maiyyat station denotes Divine Company, ‘He is with you, wherever you might be.’ This station is so vast that Ahadiyyat along with the seven heavens beneath are lost within it as a ring is lost in a desert. Its lights are green in color. Aqrabiyyat station denotes Divine Nearness, ‘He is nearer to you than your life- vein.’ Again, Aqrabiyyat is vast as compared to Maiyyat in the same proportion. Its lights are golden red and are reflected from the Divine Throne. It is indeed the greatest favor of Almighty Allah that He blesses a seeker with an accomplished Sheikh, who takes him to these sublime stations. The final station that a seeker attains to during his/her lifetime becomes his/her Iliyyeen (blessed abode) in Barzakh and his/her Ruh stays at this station after death.
ZIKR
Why is Zikr Necessary for Everyone? Allah ordains every soul in the Quran to Perform Zikr. This not only means reciting the Quran and Tasbeeh but also Zikr-e Qalb. It is only through Zikr-e Qalbi that Prophetic Lights reach the depths of human soul and purify it from all vice and evil. Zikr infuses a realization of constant Divine Presence and a seeker feels great improvement in the level of sincerity and love towards Allah and the holy Prophet- SAWS. Such levels of sincerity, love and feelings of Divine Presence can never be obtained without Zikr. It would be a mistake to believe that Zikr may be a requirement only for the very pious and virtuous people. Zikr provides the Prophetic blessings which are in effect the life line of every human soul. It transforms even the most corrupted humans into virtuous souls by bringing out the best in them. The fact is that Zikr is the only way to achieve true contentment and satisfaction in life. The holy Quran has pointed to this eternal fact that it is only through Zikr Allah that hearts can find satisfaction. Such satisfaction and peace are the ultimate requirements of every person, regardless of religion, race and ethnicity. Practicing Zikr regularly removes all traces of anxiety and restlessness, and guides the human soul to eternal bliss and peace.
KHALIFA MAJAZEEN
Hazrat Moulana Allah Yar Khan (R.A), during his life time in 1974, presented a nomination list to Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W), during Maraqba, of expected Khalifa Majazeen for Silsila Naqshbandia Awaisia. Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) approved some names, deleted some of the names, and added down the name of Major Ghulam Muhammad as also Khalifa Majaaz of Silsila Naqshbandia Awaisia (which was not previously included in the list)
The approved names at that time included:
1. Mr. Muhammad Akram Awan Sahib,
2. Mr. Sayed Bunyad Hussain Shah Sahib,
3. Mr. Major Ahsan Baig Sahib,
4. Mr. Col. Matloob Hussain Sahib,
5. Mr. Major Ghulam Muhammad Sahib of Wan Bhachran Mianwali,
6. Mr. Molvi Abdul Haq Sahib,
7. Mr. Hafiz Abdul Razzaq Sahib,
8. Mr. Hafiz Ghulam Qadri Sahib,
9. Mr. Khan Muhammad Irani Sahib,
10. Mr. Maolana Abdul Ghafoor Sahib,
11. Mr. Syed Muhammad Hassan Sahib of Zohb.
These Majazeen were authorized to; held Majalis of Zikar (Pas Anfas) in their respective areas, arrange Majalis of Zikar in neighboring areas, train them on the way of Sulook, prepare them for Spiritual Bai’at (Oath of Allegiance), and present them to Sheikh Hazrat Moulana Allah Yar Khan for Spiritual Bai’at at the Hand of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W), in the life of Hazrat Moulana Allah Yar Khan (R.A), and were all equal in status as Khalifa Majaaz of Hazrat Moulana Allah Yar Khan (R.A).
Presently we are following Hazrat Major ® Ghulam Muhammad Sahib, Khalifa Majaaz of Hazrat Moulana Allah Yar Khan (R.A).
Enchanting and almost other-worldly this nature at night time. While flowers may slumber, certain critters are at their most active, and moonlight can cast an eerie glow over plant life that makes the ordinary seem somehow extraordinary.
Add whiz-bang lighting, cutting-edge special effects and music – all courtesy of Canadian multi-media company Moment Factory – and the result is like nature on steroids.
Moment Factory is the company that brought the popular Light Cycles experience to the Botanic Garden during Illuminate Adelaide in 2021 and 2022, so expectations are understandably high for its new 1.7km night-time trail, Resonate, which creative director Gabriel Pontbriand says is “inspired by our human capacity for emotional and physical resonance with the environment”.
Unlike Light Cycles, which began at the Garden’s Ginkgo Gate, Resonate starts at the North Terrace entrance, where a noticeboard urges audiences to “awaken your senses, attune to nature”. A map highlights the six immersive experiences we will encounter across the self-guided walk: Beginnings, Transformations, Belonging, Winterings, Memories and Aliveness.
The first of these centres on a lake, where shards of light move above the water in a pattern choreographed to a pulsing soundtrack. They appear to emerge from the depths amid the hovering mist and reach into the sky before dissolving back into the water, eventually shooting back up like fireworks as the music intensifies.
Transformations, one of the standout installations, takes place under the canopies of the Moreton Bay figs along Murdoch Avenue. As visitors walk beneath the towering trees bathed in a kaleidoscope of changing colours, a cacophony of percussive music builds like a gathering storm, the surround sound enveloping us in its beats like a nightclub DJ. Created in collaboration with Montreal folk quartet The Barr Brothers, and fusing musical composition with a range of sound effects, the soundscape throughout Resonate is an integral part of the experience, enhancing its immersive quality.
Further along, the single path diverges into several different tracks, all of which weave through a garden of pink and blue and green glowing “flowers” dotted across the grass. Belonging is an ethereal kind of space with colourful projections drawing us to different locations to watch imagery that appears like effervescent bubbles rising up from undulating sands.
There is a decent walk between each installation, which could build anticipation or impatience, depending on your mindset. But no one could be disappointed when they come to Winterings, which transforms the Bicentennial Conservatory into a kind of infinite magic forest, with the edges of the glass building invisible as visitors make their way across the elevated walkway amid palms and other rainforest plants bathed in green and blue light.
Perceptions of space and depth dissolve as we are transfixed by beams reaching down from above like friendly aliens, with the ethereal music enhancing the transcendental experience in the conservatory. This is one space in Resonate you’ll be reluctant to leave
Further on, we encounter Memories, in which a large circle of chairs is arranged around a beacon of light that sways across the night sky. Here, visitors are encouraged to stop and “remember who still lights your way”, but it’s noticeable on this night that few people take the time to take a seat before moving on to the final experience, Aliveness. Here, an Afro-Celtic soundtrack plays as lights snake up a large tree like parasitic vines, bringing it to life with colours that dance across the trunk and branches in sync with the music. It’s a beautiful visual interpretation of sound, although it lacks the wow factor of the Palm House installation that marked the finale of Light Cycles.
It’s easy to become blasé about experiences such as this; audiences are conditioned to constantly expect more and more dramatic effects from multi-media events, and Resonate relies on a similar ethos and technology as Light Cycles, despite following a different trail. But for this reviewer, at least, the magic is just as strong.
The key to getting the most out of Resontate is to move slowly and spend sufficient time within the installations to fully absorb them and also appreciate the natural environment they seek to enhance. Enjoy the special effects, but also look beyond them: take in the reflections on the water, the earthy scent of the gardens, the glow of the moonlight, the underlying beauty of the night-time flora and fauna.
On leaving Resonate and walking past Illuminate Adelaide’s Base Camp food and beverage area in Rundle Park, we noticed a couple of people looking up into a tree. There, blithely washing itself on a branch and ignoring the humans below, was a tiny possum – a reminder, if any was needed, that nature at night is pretty cool all by itself.
Resonate is in the Adelaide Botanic Garden until July 30 as part of Illuminate Adelaide.from In daily.
Enchanting and almost other-worldly this nature at night time. While flowers may slumber, certain critters are at their most active, and moonlight can cast an eerie glow over plant life that makes the ordinary seem somehow extraordinary.
Add whiz-bang lighting, cutting-edge special effects and music – all courtesy of Canadian multi-media company Moment Factory – and the result is like nature on steroids.
Moment Factory is the company that brought the popular Light Cycles experience to the Botanic Garden during Illuminate Adelaide in 2021 and 2022, so expectations are understandably high for its new 1.7km night-time trail, Resonate, which creative director Gabriel Pontbriand says is “inspired by our human capacity for emotional and physical resonance with the environment”.
Unlike Light Cycles, which began at the Garden’s Ginkgo Gate, Resonate starts at the North Terrace entrance, where a noticeboard urges audiences to “awaken your senses, attune to nature”. A map highlights the six immersive experiences we will encounter across the self-guided walk: Beginnings, Transformations, Belonging, Winterings, Memories and Aliveness.
The first of these centres on a lake, where shards of light move above the water in a pattern choreographed to a pulsing soundtrack. They appear to emerge from the depths amid the hovering mist and reach into the sky before dissolving back into the water, eventually shooting back up like fireworks as the music intensifies.
Transformations, one of the standout installations, takes place under the canopies of the Moreton Bay figs along Murdoch Avenue. As visitors walk beneath the towering trees bathed in a kaleidoscope of changing colours, a cacophony of percussive music builds like a gathering storm, the surround sound enveloping us in its beats like a nightclub DJ. Created in collaboration with Montreal folk quartet The Barr Brothers, and fusing musical composition with a range of sound effects, the soundscape throughout Resonate is an integral part of the experience, enhancing its immersive quality.
Further along, the single path diverges into several different tracks, all of which weave through a garden of pink and blue and green glowing “flowers” dotted across the grass. Belonging is an ethereal kind of space with colourful projections drawing us to different locations to watch imagery that appears like effervescent bubbles rising up from undulating sands.
There is a decent walk between each installation, which could build anticipation or impatience, depending on your mindset. But no one could be disappointed when they come to Winterings, which transforms the Bicentennial Conservatory into a kind of infinite magic forest, with the edges of the glass building invisible as visitors make their way across the elevated walkway amid palms and other rainforest plants bathed in green and blue light.
Perceptions of space and depth dissolve as we are transfixed by beams reaching down from above like friendly aliens, with the ethereal music enhancing the transcendental experience in the conservatory. This is one space in Resonate you’ll be reluctant to leave
Further on, we encounter Memories, in which a large circle of chairs is arranged around a beacon of light that sways across the night sky. Here, visitors are encouraged to stop and “remember who still lights your way”, but it’s noticeable on this night that few people take the time to take a seat before moving on to the final experience, Aliveness. Here, an Afro-Celtic soundtrack plays as lights snake up a large tree like parasitic vines, bringing it to life with colours that dance across the trunk and branches in sync with the music. It’s a beautiful visual interpretation of sound, although it lacks the wow factor of the Palm House installation that marked the finale of Light Cycles.
It’s easy to become blasé about experiences such as this; audiences are conditioned to constantly expect more and more dramatic effects from multi-media events, and Resonate relies on a similar ethos and technology as Light Cycles, despite following a different trail. But for this reviewer, at least, the magic is just as strong.
The key to getting the most out of Resontate is to move slowly and spend sufficient time within the installations to fully absorb them and also appreciate the natural environment they seek to enhance. Enjoy the special effects, but also look beyond them: take in the reflections on the water, the earthy scent of the gardens, the glow of the moonlight, the underlying beauty of the night-time flora and fauna.
On leaving Resonate and walking past Illuminate Adelaide’s Base Camp food and beverage area in Rundle Park, we noticed a couple of people looking up into a tree. There, blithely washing itself on a branch and ignoring the humans below, was a tiny possum – a reminder, if any was needed, that nature at night is pretty cool all by itself.
Resonate is in the Adelaide Botanic Garden until July 30 as part of Illuminate Adelaide.from In daily.
Photos of part three of the series of workshops on 'Professional Readiness', 'Professional Development' and 'Storytelling for leadership', as part of Imbuto Foundation's Youth Empowerment and Mentorship Programme, which since 2007 implements an array of activities on a national scale, to fully engage, educate and empower young people.
This third part of the series of workshops was attended by scholars and mentees from different parts of the country.
The two day workshop was led by Solange Impanoyimana from Resonate, a Rwanda-based organisation that primarily trains women to build on their strengths and create change in their communities, these workshops designed to empower a total of 650 youth, began with the theme of ‘Professional Readiness’ (1st Workshop), and continued with the topic 'Professional Development' (2nd Workshop) and finally 'Storytelling for Leadership'.
The two day workshop was held in Rwamagana, at Avega Rwamagana on 15 and 16 June 2016.
The 21st annual Charles Dickens Festival
The Dickens Festival is a celebration of the author of A Christmas Carol, featuring the Village of Port Jefferson magically transformed into the Dickensian era with streets filled with roaming characters such as Father Christmas, Dickens Mayor, Scrooge, the Town Crier and the beloved chimney sweeps.
The 21st Annual Dickens Festival concludes with a Parade of Puppets and ceremony at Village Hall on Sunday evening.
Charles John Huffam Dickens an English writer and social critic born in 1812 in Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period, Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in 1843.
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Charles Dickens author:
Oliver Twist (1839)
The Old Curiosity Shop (1841)
A Christmas Carol (1843)
The Chimes (1844)
The Cricket on the Hearth (1845)
The Battle of Life (1846)
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain (1848)
David Copperfield (1850)
A Child's History of England (1853)
The Haunted House (1859)
A Holiday Romance (1868)
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Street Character Performances inclued
Terry Ryan Vlahos performing in Scrooge as Mrs. Emily Cratchit (Bob Cratchit's wife and mother of Timothy "Tiny Tim" Cratchit) based upon the 1843 novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Four shows:
Saturday 2pm
Saturday 5pm
Sunday 12noon
Sunday 2pm
Terry Ryan Vlahos performing in Oliver! as Mrs. Corney – matron at Oliver's workhouse based upon the 1839 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Four shows:
Saturday 1pm
Saturday 4pm
Sunday 1pm
Sunday 3pm
Ryan Janek Wolowski Victorian Englishman street character performance
Saturday 5 to 9:30pm
Tapestry Boston based vocal ensemble presents an evening of Kalanta (traditional Greek carols) Village Center 7 - 8:15pm
Theresa Irene Wolowski street character performance as
Charles Dickens older sister Mrs Frances Fanny Elizabeth Dickens Burnett born in 1810
Dickens Through December
December 10th 2016
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The Dickens Festival takes place in The Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson in the Town of Brookhaven on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York.
Directions:
LIRR Long Island Rail Road to Port Jefferson
Long Island Expressway to Exit 62
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The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 1837 till 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence for Britain.
Terry Ryan Vlahos and Ryan Janek Wolowski Victorian era family members - grandparents
Elizabeth McDOUGALL was born December 8th 1895 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Thomas Joseph RYAN was born Sep 8th 1896 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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Authors Washington Irving (USA) and Charles Dickens (England) are both often credited for creating Christmas classics in the 1800's that still resonate with people today
Washington Irving (1783 - 1859)
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. 1820
Fifth installment
"Christmas"
"The Stage Coach"
"Christmas Eve"
"Christmas Day"
"Christmas Dinner"
Author Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) "A Christmas Carol" 1843
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Additional famous Christmas story:
"A Visit from St. Nicholas" 1823
Clement Clarke Moore USA
with the quote:
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night"
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Believed Christmas origins:
Christmas Tree - Germany
Advent wreath - Germany
Electric Christmas Lights - USA 1880
Christmas Cards - England 1843
Befana Christmas Witch - Italy
Santa Claus (Saint Nicholas) - Greece (area now Turkey)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - USA 1939
Birthplace of Jesus, Bethlehem, (area now Palestine)
Poinsettia red flowers - México
First documented snowman Netherlands 1380
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December 3rd 2016
Photos of day two of the series of workshops on 'Professional Readiness', 'Professional Development' and 'Storytelling for leadership', as part of Imbuto Foundation's Youth Empowerment and Mentorship Programme, which since 2007 implements an array of activities on a national scale, to fully engage, educate and empower young people.
This workshop was attended by District Supervisors, Coordinators, and Caregivers among other groups of people that work under various programs implemented by Imbuto.
Led by Ayla Schlosser and Solange Impanoyimana from Resonate, a Rwanda-based organisation that primarily trains women to build on their strengths and create change in their communities, these workshops designed to empower a total of 650 youth, began with the theme of ‘Professional Readiness’ (1st Workshop), and continued with the topic 'Professional Development' (2nd Workshop).
The two day workshop was held in Kigali, at Croix Rouge (Red Cross) on 10 and 11 June 2016.
Like a photo of yourself, taken from far far away.
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It’s been a weird day, and this is probably going to get super personal, and I’ve been writing this in my head for the past 3 days, but…here goes.
So, I don’t know. When you stop and think about a year, it’s almost like, an expected milestone to something good/bad happening. You know that all babies turn one. Anniversaries of deaths hit you around the year mark. Happy and sad things, alike, have major milestones - and usually, realizing that a whole 12 months has gone by, is a big one.
For some reason, though, it hit me on the way to a doctor’s appointment today, and on the way to the post office yesterday, and it’s been 11 months since the morning that my life took a sharp right turn and I walked away from a life that I once thought was going to be the best life.
And it’s shockingly not that moment that resonates in my mind (although I’m sure that at the actual 12 month mark, that morning will seem very surreal). What hit me the most is how much has happened in the past eleven months.
How much of what I’ve said that I wanted over the past 5 years, suddenly came to be in the past 336 days (yes, I calculated that).
I went on a vacation.
I live in a house.
I have a dog.
Ok, so basically that’s it - but those things start to feel really big after you’ve wanted them for so many years, and it constantly feels like your friends are accomplishing them, all around you, while you’re standing still.
I guess the point of this, is a reminder to anyone, that you can get out. You can get out, and you can move on, and it can be beautiful. It’s going to be really fucking hard, and you’re going to cry and you’re going to drink a lot of wine and you might eat a lot of Chipotle. And you might go through a lot of gas because sometimes all you can do to keep your mind out of the rabbit hole of bad-things, is drive with the windows down.
And. That’s. o.kay.
Because then one day, 11 months later, you’ll find yourself in the same car, with the windows down, and the same playlist on, and it’ll dawn on you, that you’re ok. Maybe you're only relatively ok, but your windows are down and you’re breathing and you’ve gone on vacation and you have a dog and a house, and the relative enormity of all of those things, is enough to make that moment seem ok.
I’m glad that things have beyond sucked (for reasons that I won’t even get into on the internet, and maybe I should…because, courage, and helping other people and all of that…but I’m not brave enough yet. Maybe some day.), because it eventually makes the sunny days even sunnier. And the puppy snuggles even cuddlier (that’s a word, right?). And the cozy blankets even cozier.
For now, I think I’m just going to choose to celebrate the next month, because, well, I think the quote goes: you haven’t come this far, to only make it this far.
Right?
Long Live Food
2012
Digital Print
This work was commissioned for the non-halal E.A.T. Food Village in Kuala Lumpur. Poodien was briefed to create a mural that would resonate with the majority Chinese clientele and relate to their culture and histories. He extracted images from posters in the socialist realist style that were commonplace in China from the 1950s to the late 1970s. These fragments were digitally edited and rearranged into this mural. One other element, the 'Little Red Book', was digitally manipulated and replaced with Apple iPads, to symbolise the 'new' China that emerged after the economic reform of 1978. Poodien's manipulation of the propaganda images points to the nostalgia and blatant commercialisation that attend to these images today, which all too easily ignore or abandon recent meanings and histories.
Belgrade New Media Festival
March 16/17 2012, Belgrade, Serbia
Producer: Maria Jelesijević
Music: Nevena Glušica
Video: Ivan Šijak (www.mechanicalduck.com)
Video: vimeo.com/37871296
Contribution at Boys of Summer - Too Hot For Words
MATTHEW BELLAMY from MUSE
Custom Taeyang by Sheryl Designs
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Cgines, a person I admire a lot for her photography work, invited me to contribute at her magazine:
Too Hot For Words - A Boys of Summer Publication
You can download the complete issue at:
It was a pleasure for me to collaborate. We had to make a photosession inspired in a text. I chose my little Matthew Bellamy since he's my favorite singer, and recreated the last section of his:
videoclip BLISS, one of my favorite MUSE songs. ^__^
The sentence inspiring this session is:
Everything about you resonates happiness
Now I won't settle for less
I want the peace and joy in your mind
Give me the peace and joy in your mind
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Cgines, persona a la que admiro por su trabajo con la fotografía, me invitó a participar en su revista en el:
Too Hot For Words - A Boys of Summer Publication
Podéis descargar la revista completa en:
Para mí fue un placer poder colaborar con ella. Teníamos que hacer una sesión inspirándonos en un texto. Yo escogí a mi pequeño Matthew Bellamy por ser mi cantante favorito. En la sesión recreo la parte final en el espacio de su:
videoclip BLISS, una de mis canciones favoritas de MUSE. ^__^
El texto en la que esta sesión se inspira es:
Todo sobre tí desprende felicidad
Ahora no me conformaría con menos
Dáme la paz y alegría de tu mente
Quiero la paz y alegría de tu mente
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Everything about you is how I wanna be
Your freedom comes naturally
Everything about you resonates happiness
Now I wont settle for less
Give me all the peace and joy in your mind
Everything about you pains my envying
Your soul cant hate anything
Everything about you is so easy to love
Theyre watching you from above
Give me all the peace and joy in your mind
I want the peace and joy in your mind
Give me the peace and joy in your mind
Everything about you resonates happiness
Now I wont settle for less
Give me all the peace and joy in your mind
I want the peace and joy in your mind
Give me the peace and joy in your mind