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“A man devoid of hope and conscious of being so has ceased to belong to the future.”

Un homme dépourvu d'espoir et conscient de l'être a ainsi cessé d'appartenir au futur

― Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

Hopelessly carrying on their shoulders all the burden of the world, which will crush them

Hey you ! Out there in the cold

..........would you help me to carry the stone ?................

.................Don't give in without a fight.............

.........Hey you, don't tell me there's no hope at all..........

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Sometimes a title seems obvious to me while taking the photo

...;...probably one of the most symbolic pictures I have ever taken

C'est l'image la plus symbolique que j'ai jamais prise et le titre s'est (malheureusement) imposé à moi quand j'ai cadré dans mon viseur .

Désolée pour le pessimisme :( .....

Anish Kapoor exhibition -Monumenta " Leviathan" 2011. Le Grand Palais .Paris .France

Anish Kapoor is so visionary

This exhibition really inspired me, I took many pictures

Don't worry ,I don't intend to post all of them now -:)) .One more later ,maybe .......

Ben oui ,il m'en reste encore beaucoup mais je vous ferai grâce du reste..peut-être encore une ...

Désolée ,c'est du réchauffé :)))))....Mais je poste si peu ....

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Nikon D300 Settings: 1/100 ƒ/5.6 ISO 200 70 mm

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I wish everyone a great Summer

Thank you for taking the time to stop by

Happy Sliders Sunday... HSS !!

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Je remercie les aimables administrateurs pour leurs invitations , désolée d'être si lente , manque de temps Je fais ce que je peux

SVP , pas d'invitation dans des groupes multi-niveaux , je veux dire plus de 3 ou 4

Ni le temps , ni la patience de compter mes awards pour 7,8 ,9 niveaux et même plus (!!)

Je préfère consacrer un peu de temps pour des concours ;)

Pas d'invitation non plus dans les groupes privés , à moins que vous m'invitiez aussi à devenir membre , afin que je puisse voir le groupe

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Please !

# No invitation to private groups,( unless you also send me an invitation to the group )

# nor to multi-level groups, I mean more than 3 or 4 levels

Neither time nor patience to count my awards for 6,7, 8 and even up to 10 or 12 (!!!) levels

But I like contests and prefer to take time for them ;))

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this sign in jeffersonville sums up my feelings about our president and those planning to run. i think anyone that 'wants' to be president is the last person we should allow to be president.

visit him here

Sad Astronaut lost in a new world. One world without your love...

Music by LAGWAGON (one of my favorites punk-rock band): itunes.apple.com/us/album/resolve/id291582595

YUP

comments anyone?

MEME SOURCE: knowyourmeme.com/memes/what-people-think-i-do-what-i-real...

View On Black

If only it were that easy.

Found this on the Red Line on the way to the Long Winters with Christine and Drew. We were much amused.

1. re(a)d(y) apple, 2. incapatanare, 3. apple evolution

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

i know this is a little different from what you might expect to find on my Flickrstream but sometime life has a way of turning a series of unfortunate events into 10 hours sitting in Accident & Emergency with 3rd degree burns on two of your fingers thanks to the unforeseen danger that is a tea light and a pair of vans shoes

Funny because true?

Here comes a statement soon,

and wooot?! no crop?!

that's true.

the good thing about that is that you get a far bigger picture (2848 x 4272) which is this pictures originaI size:)

and an OMG detaiI; I got 1500-something views on my stream yesterday! Which was 1/8 of aII i have:p Woooot?!:P

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B l a c k M a g i c

sad story :(

Belmar, New Jersey, USA

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Metallica is an American heavy metal band based in San Rafael, California. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles when vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield responded to an advertisement posted by drummer Lars Ulrich in a local newspaper.

Metallica: Sad But True (MetOnTour - Toronto, Canada - 2017)

MetallicaTV - Published on Jul 25, 2017

youtu.be/rs2PEDrmRfo

Filmed at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on July 16, 2017.

i couldn't believe my own eyes.

Goodbye pretty painted lady. It's a jungle out there.

too close for comfort

It's Christmastime…

There's no need to be afraid

At Christmastime, we let in light and we banish shade

And in our world of plenty we can spread a smile of joy

Throw your arms around the world at Christmastime

But say a prayer…

Pray for the other ones

At Christmastime it's hard, but when you're having fun

There's a world outside your window

And it's a world of dread and fear

Where the only water flowing is the bitter sting of tears

And the Christmas bells that ring there are the clanging

chimes of doom

Well tonight thank God it's them instead of you

And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmastime

The greatest gift they'll get this year is life

(Oooh) Where nothing ever grows

No rain nor rivers flow

Do they know it's Christmastime at all?

(Here's to you) raise a glass for everyone

(Here's to them) underneath that burning sun

Do they know it's Christmastime at all?

Feed the world

Feed the world

Feed the world

Let them know it's Christmastime again

Feed the world

Let them know it's Christmastime again

Band Aid - Bob Geldof & Midge Ure

Do they know it's Christmastime at all?

#Dortmund-Rheinische Straße

More self-serving, order-amongst-the-chaos photography to soothe my stressful soul. This was actually taken over a year ago while I was still living out at the lake house and couldn't even remember what the world stressful meant. God, that was a fun summer.

Anyway, I'm still here. I hate this week, but it will be over soon, thankfully. Just need to finish drafting a case evaluation summary, go to an early morning hearing tomorrow, and then once I get through the day, I can start gearing up for the big Michigan v Michigan State game on Saturday. My friend/wedding planner is throwing a huge tailgate and I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am about it. Thinking about the fun that will be had on Saturday has been getting me through this stressful week.

Anyway, I just needed a little break. I've had way too much coffee, but I'm still exhausted. I could use a nap, but I just don't have the time. So instead, I'm going to get back to work. Can I get a yaaaaaay responsibility? :)

Listening to cover songs of Metallica will never feel the same, now tha I have heard them from the Masters themselves. Watching them play Master of Puppets was enough for me to feel satisfied. I was very disappointed with St.Anger Album, but they resurrected themselves with a much better album this time with Death Magnetic. I was skeptical of James's voice, but he laid all my doubts to rest. Not only can he still sing and play, but has the same energy. Lars was as usual pounding away on the drums like a maniac, Robert playing the bass like its a toy, and Kirk was his usual Mr.Cool. Concert had great sound, fantastic laser lighting, and some pyrotechnics to go with it as well.

Videos

Metallica's Intro song - The Ecstasy of Gold

Master of Puppets - Live at the Prudential Center

The Day That Never Comes

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#Dortmund-irgendwo

Mclemore House, c.1800. Franklin County, NC. Taken back in July.

Holga 120N

Ilford HP5 plus 400

MongKok, HongKong

This is my dear friend, Daisy. Isn't she cute?!? In addition to being such a wonderful gal, she has an awesome collection of vintage dresses! We did a photo shoot a while ago, and snagged this one of her taking her 10 minute break...lol... I just came around the corner and shot it. It ended up being one of my favorites, and with her permission, she let me post it.

Thanks, hun! I know it is kind of dark, but I just didn't feel like tweaking with it....

She is the best pal a girl could have. We laugh and get crazy and manic-ly feed off of eachother's creativity!!!! What more could a girl ask for? :)

where some people are spending the holidays. 12.24.2010

Photo by Marian Swanson in Tacoma, Washington, December 6, 2008.

Book is about the slum priest in these Youtube trailers to the documentary Little Gods of Mercy I and II

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I inscribe copies of my book with a saying that's attributed to Siddhartha: "Point toward the moon."

Ultimately, that means to focus on the most important lesson that has been taught to humanity, advice handed down by Confucius, Siddhartha (aka the Buddha), Jesus Christ, Rabbi Hillel (great sage of Judaism), Muhammad, and given today by the modern-day Dali Lama. In their own way and words, they all stress the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Be kind and thoughtful and caring. Be selfless.

In the book I explain how I returned to the slums of Bangkok to hang out with a cantankerous Catholic because in the cordoned-off corner of the world, where poor children were sick and dying and/or orphaned, I'd found magnanimous joy. In the children. After filing my stories on sex trafficking in 2000, I returned to Father Joe's slum to find out why the abused, abandoned, orphaned and/or HIV-infected children of Mercy hopped and skipped and whistled and played at a faster clip than the kids in my own affluent cul-de-sac. Faster even than the two boys in my own home. In effect, I returned to find out what in God's name did Father Joe know that I didn't know.

It's not complicated, in my opinion. It took me two years and a lot of writing to figure it out, but I'm a slow learner. This stuff is actually very simple. Good energy and bad energy flow through us minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day, and our decisions  rooted primarily in selfless or selfish intent  steer us toward the good, not-so-good or downright negative energy that is finally expressed in our words, actions and thoughts. None of this happens in isolation. We are all connected. For example, if I am existing in a negative flow of energy and I'm a jerk to my kids, then my kids feel crappy and might be jerks to your kids, who will probably return home with hurt and negative feelings that are expressed in various ways. Unless, of course, they're like little Buddhas or something.

Selfless energy is divine, i.e. the fruit of the spirit (love, peace, patience, joy, self-control, etc.; see Galatians). Selfish energy ("The root of all evil is the love of money" or, as a Tibetan proverb warns, "Cherishing yourself leads to all suffering") is ego-centric. It's also human instinct.

Father Joe says in the book, Christ never said there wouldn’t be suffering, but all of life is not suffering. “We have this tendency in us to goof off, and we have a tendency in us to do really dumb things—in some of us, that tendency gets really strong. But life is not about suffering. Jesus came along and said, I will give you a way of thinking and a way of acting and a set of ethics, and if you live this way, yes, shit is going to happen, but you will basically be happy. If you live this way, act this way, treat people this way, it will all be OK.”

Five centuries before Christ, the Buddha taught that nirvana — blissful emancipation from the carnal desires and attachments that lock humankind to perpetual suffering and rebirth —is found only through a learned, diligent mind and a compassionate heart. It’s the same basic lesson that ran through Christ’s teachings. Muhammad, who showed up about five centuries after Christ, said many of the same things. Renounce material gain and selfish comfort in favor of selfless action.

All three — the Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad, in that order and historical symmetry —warned of the cravings that blind and bind humankind to ignorance, greed, lust, jealousy, anger, apathy, fear, hatred, and so on. It’s the poison pumping through the veins of narcissism.

The source of the magnanimous energy that lights an orphanage/children's AIDS hospice in the mucky, fetid squatter slums of Bangkok, aka Father Joe's The Mercy Centre, is selfless behavior. From the founding priest, Fr. Joe, to the volunteers and staff and, finally, to the kids who live and sleep and study together and help one another (I've seen a deaf kid leading a blind one, etc.) Mercy swims in selfless energy.

We can too. It's our choice. We are all co-creators.

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In case you're interested ... 'tis the season for this sort of book:

Amazon in the USA or Amazon Canada or Amazon France or Amazon Germany or Barnes & Noble

¿No les ha pasado que se despiertan con una mega-resaca y dicen en ese momento, no, ya no vuelvo a tomar nunca jamas, pero al otro dia van a una fiesta y siguen tomando como si nada de lo anterior hubiera ocurrido?

I do things you dream about doing.

I'm not bragging. I'm just sharing.

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Evidence that fall is one the way -- Some of the Goldfinches are starting to shed their spring-summer outfits. If you view this large you can see it better....Plus the amazing way they hang on and bend over backwards to use this type of feeder.

she's playing along with me! I asked for a Benny Hill Salute, but, she had never heard of him, so this is close enough.

Hate, I’m your hate.

I’m your hate when you want love.

Pay, Pay the price..

Pay for nothing’s fair..

Hey, I’m your life

I’m the one who took you there.

Hey, I’m your life

And I no longer care.

I’m your dream, make you real..

I’m your eyes when you must steal..

I’m your pain when you can’t feel..

Sad but true.

I’m your truth, telling lies..

I’m your reasoned alibis..

I’m inside open your eyes,

I’m you.

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