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Three Sleeping Swans
Under the October Sun
the ice mirrors dark trees
At the frozen pond
I saw three sleeping swans
Hlif at the Pond in 101 Reykjavik, Iceland
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Hoy toca una de sombras; de las que yo llamo de negra sombra. Pero como todo amante de la pintura o la fotografĆa sabe, las sombras son muy importantes en un cuadro, en una fotografĆa, en una composiciĆ³n. No es algo en lo que se fije el comĆŗn de los mortales; pero son las que realzan los motivos iluminados, aquellos que queremos destacar, enfatizar. AsĆ como los taoĆstas transmitĆan hace mĆ”s de 2.500 aƱos, que todo lo que existe en el universo es una dualidad entre lo brillante, y lo oscuro, lo sombrĆo, el equilibrio en el arte estĆ” en conocer y utilizar el juego de luces y sombras, que es lo que significa eso del yin y el yang, precisamente.
Pero empecemos por la mĆŗsica, que es una de las canciones mĆ”s inquietantes, desasogueradoras de la historia de la mĆŗsica. Siento no poder poner el vĆdeo de Youtube, como es habitual, porque no la he encontrado, por eso hoy pongo el enlace a Spotify que se puede escuchar gratuitamente aunque no tengas cuenta ahĆ (Control + click). No dejĆ©is de oĆr esta mĆŗsica de la gran Shirley Horn, creadora de canciones como Here's to life...
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I watch you sleep - Shirley Horn.
...que ha sido de una poderosa inspiraciĆ³n; habla de una mujer que observa a su marido o amante mientras duerme....
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Mientras tĆŗ duermes
SonrĆes mientras duermesā¦ te observo en mitad de la noche, cuando todo estĆ” oscuro, cuando los objetos mĆ”s pequeƱos proyectan las sombras mĆ”s grandes, mĆ”s amenazadoras. Y sin que tĆŗ lo sepas, te observo en silencio. Nunca te lo he dicho, ni se lo he dicho siquiera a mis Ćntimas. Como lo de olerte los cabellos. Nunca me has dado motivos para desconfiar de ti, aparte de esa manĆa tuya, claro estĆ”, de tontear con todas esas faldas que se te ponen por delante. Siempre has tenido un magnetismo especial, de eso no cabe duda; un encanto personal que embelesa a cualquiera a poco que te trate.
Cuando eras joven, simplemente con tu presencia llamabas la atenciĆ³n; cuando entrabas en un local, las chicas abrĆan los ojos y se giraban a tu paso. Pero es que ademĆ”s es que eres inteligente, e ingenioso, y nos hacĆas reĆrā¦ y eso desarma a cualquier mujer. AsĆ fue como yo caĆ rendida a tus pies, aunque me hiciera de rogar. Y al final, fuiste a mĆ a quien elegiste de entre todas.
Pero esa sonrisaā¦ esa sonrisa mientras duermesā¦
Ya sĆ© que tĆŗ eres de esas personas que necesitan que las estĆ©n elogiando constantemente. Nunca entendĆ el porquĆ© de esa puƱetera inseguridad. Si tĆŗ vales mĆ”s que la inmensa mayorĆa de la gente, que no te llegan ni a la altura de tus zapatos. Pero los hombres sois asĆ, tenĆ©is que mear en cuanta santa farola se os pone por delante; sentir que sois el gallo del gallinero, igualito que nuestro perro Tom.
Y despuĆ©s estĆ” esta maldita educaciĆ³n mamada de mi madre desde mi mĆ”s tierna infancia, que me lleva a este servilismo emocional. O quizĆ” estĆ© impreso a fuego en nuestro ADN femenino, quiĆ©n coƱo sabe. Pero ahĆ estĆ”. Que me lleva a adorarte, a sentirte como mi protector, mi maestro, sin el que no sabrĆa moverme por este mundo caĆ³tico e imprevisible, como un niƱo desvalido cuando se pierde, por un instante, de la vista de sus padres. Y que no me vengan con monsergas las jodidas feministas de los huevos, cuando despuĆ©s te enteras que Tony, mi amiga la bollera, todo el dĆa hablando de igualdad y respeto y ella va detrĆ”s de su amante como una perra lamiendo a su dueƱa, que la putea y la engaƱa todo lo que puede, y ella la persigue humillĆ”ndose, mendigando su cariƱo y atenciĆ³n, a pesar de los desprecios que le hace, sobre todo cuando sabe que nos tiene a nosotros de pĆŗblico.
SonrĆes mientras duermesā¦ ĀæEn quĆ© otros mundos estarĆ”s en tus sueƱos? ĀæSoy yo el objeto de esos sueƱos? A veces, en esas noches eternas, en esas horas oscuras, cuando todo parece mĆ”s negro de lo que realmente es, tengo envidia de esa almohada que sostiene tus cabellos, tengo celos de las ensoƱaciones que tu rostro, en la quietud de la noche, no sabe disimular.
Pero despuĆ©s despiertas, con esa mirada tuya que llena de luz nuestra estancia, y me repites que yo soy el amor de tu vida, que quĆ© suerte haberme encontrado y conocido, que desde entonces ya supiste que no me ibas a dejar escapar nunca jamĆ”s. Y entonces, las sombras de todos los objetos de la habitaciĆ³n se reducen a su justa dimensiĆ³n. Y comprendo al fin, que cuando estĆ”s enfermo, que cuando estĆ”s bajo de moral, a la que llamas es a mĆ. La mano que te acaricia y reconforta es la mĆa, y no la de todas esas pollitas a las que embelesas con tus sonrisas. Que tu corazĆ³n y tu mente estĆ”n aquĆ, en nuestra casa, con los tuyos. Y que yo voy a estar aquĆ siempre a tu lado, esperĆ”ndote, y haciendo lo que mejor se me da, que es darte mi amor y mi vida. Pero ve con cuidado, porque ya te lo advirtiĆ³ tu madre, cuando te decĆa Ā«tĆŗ haz lo que quieras, pero ten presente que a una mujer no le puedes ganar en amar ni en odiarĀ». Aunque sĆ© que vendrĆ”n otras noches, y otros momentos oscuros en los que tĆŗā¦
TĆŗ sonrĆes mientras duermesā¦
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This owl has been a pleasure to have in my yard this summer & fall. He's very tame as owls go, completely unconcerned about me from 25 or 30 feet out. One day I managed to sneak up on him as he was sleeping. The wind was blowing hard, and the grass was soft & wet. Even so, you only get a couple shots with a DSLR before they snap to and stare you down.
He still screeches like a juvenile and quite often I can hear him during the day; I've never heard him hoot. In addition, this owl only has one operational eye. The other appears to be damaged somehow. I've watched him numerous days this summer and have taken gobs of pics, but his left eye is never open.
tonight before you go to sleep check im not hiding under your bed
Paranoid personality disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis characterized by paranoia and a pervasive, long-standing suspiciousness and generalized mistrust of others.
Those with the condition are hypersensitive, are easily slighted, and habitually relate to the world by vigilant scanning of the environment for clues or suggestions to validate their prejudicial ideas or biases. Paranoid individuals are eager observers. They think they are in danger and look for signs and threats of that danger, disregarding any facts. ( Waldinger, 1997). They tend to be guarded and suspicious and have quite constricted emotional lives. Their incapacity for meaningful emotional involvement and the general pattern of isolated withdrawal often lend a quality of schizoid isolation to their life experience
Sleeping Swan II
A re-edit of an image I took 2 years ago today. Since then I feel I have grown as a photographer in many ways including gaining far more skills in post processing.
I have been using @captureonepro for nearly a year now and as I needed to learn how it worked, it almost reset my editing approach. I think I had become too complacent and reliant on presets. I have found many benefits to Capture One Pro which I will put down in a future blog post.
This image was edited in Capture One Pro and the first thing I noticed was the colours. Capture Oneās RAW processing appeared to make the colours pop more than before.
Let me know what you think.
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This was a rare sight indeed even from day one puppy Asha sleeping or was she? I remember reading that dogs at home spend a lot of their time sleeping and especially when little pups. Asha very rarely slept during the day, she was always so full of beans from day one so that is why looking at this sleeping Asha on her first day home is a rare thing indeed. Puppy Asha was a follower and we were her flock, anybody who left the room she instinctively followed them to see where they were going. She had to know where all her flock where in the house before coming back into the living room to be with the rest of the family.
I remember very vividly the times seeing puppy Asha lying like this and thinking she was asleep and very gently getting up so as not to disturb her, but the slightest wee creek from getting up of the chair wee puppy Asha's eyes opened immediately and she was up in a flash and ready to follow you. There is a golden rule that when your dog or cat is asleep you do everything in your power not to disturb their sleep, even sit for a extra hour with them on you lap when dying to go to the bathroom until you can hold it in no more.
This rule applied to us all and when we seen puppy Asha apparently deep in sleep like this, we all tried to get up without making a sound, but none of us were ever able to get up and leave the room without puppy Asha hearing the slightest wee creek and then bouncing wide awake ready to follow. It got to the point that in the end we gave up trying to sneak out of the room quietly as not to wake her up as that was impossible to do and I do wonder if Asha was ever fast asleep in the first place...lol.
I just want to add that there is no such thing as personal space when you have a border collie, when I needed to go to the bathroom puppy Asha thought this was her own personal play time and would quickly run to find a ball or toy for me to play with her while in the bathroom. All I know is that when you have a puppy/dog who wants to play while you are in the bathroom and you know it means so much to them. You can't say NO, you just do it to make them happy. I think that is what Love is all about you do things you don't particular want to do as you know it makes that person/dog happy. When your dog is happy you are happy.
This is the memory that comes across so strongly when I look at this picture...
A wee add on...This just sprung to mind talking about personal space. I remember when puppy Asha started following me into the bathroom I felt uncomfortable with her being there, embarrassed even. Then I said to myself, well Asha does her business in front of me and not only does she do her business in front of me I have to pick it up and put it in a wee bag and dispose of it. Asha wasn't embarrassed so why should I be?. This cured me of my embarrassment...lol
Inspired by Tori Amos' Song.
You say the word
You know I will find you
Or if you need some time
I don't mind
I don't hold on
To the tail of your kite
I'm not like the girls that you've known
But I believe I'm worth coming home to Kiss away night
This girl only sleeps with butterflies ...With butterflies
So go on and fly then boy
Today is my birthday. The name Mateo means "Gift from God". I can't think of a better gift for my birthday than my sweet, adorable boy! Every day with him is a gift.
She is lucky to have this peaceful sleep. She is not aware of or care about what are all happening in our world. Let this innocent sleeps spread peace and happiness all over the world.
-In Explore