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Herengracht 23/12/2024 19h01
It looks like a pile of stones floating in the Herengracht. At the left the Treeftsteeg.
SELF REFLECT
Gali May Lucas (UK)
Amsterdam Light Festival
Amsterdam Light Festival is an annual light art festival in Amsterdam. Artists, architects and (light) designers from all over the world bring their light artworks and installations alive during the festival every winter.
Edition #13 is from 28 November 2024 until 19 January 2025. In total 27 light artworks will illuminate the iconic canals of Amsterdam. For Amsterdam Light Festival 2024-2024 the theme is Rutuals. Rituals have traditionally helped us through all kinds of transformations; from past to future, from winter to summer, from youth to adulthood. Light plays a vital role in many rituals, as a vibrant symbol of joy, energy and life. We use fireworks to usher in the new year, candles to commemorate, and midsummer fires to welcome the solstice. Light adds something mystical and sacred to a ritual like no other element can. And rituals unify. Rituals bring people together.
That’s why we celebrate Amsterdam750 with light. With art. With each other. With Edition 13: Rituals.
“Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark.” - [George Ilis]
viewed better when: LARGER.
Like every one of my self portraits, it all begins with a spark... That spark quickly grows into an idea, that idea than gradually becomes a bright light, illuminating what I want to do, but blinding me from the things I should be doing....
That seems to be my problem, that the things I HAVE to do are overshadowed by the things I WANT to do... and in turn consequences are made...
Two sides of the opposite coin. On one hand I hold close my ideas/creativity and protect/nourish that which makes me unique. And on the other hand, there are times where I wish I could turn my mind off and not let it roam to the places it typically pays visits too, thus losing out on ideas that i probably won't be able to get back... and I wish it was as simple as jotting my ideas down on paper, but typically when that happens, and I finally revisit it, it's too late, the motivation is gone, and the final product looks nothing like what originally popped in my head.
And it is because of these sporadic moments that must be taken advantage of that I end up losing out on hours of sleep because my mind will be circling with ideas about shoots, projects, work, concepts, money, etc...
[sigh]
There needs to be a balance... an in-between... if only I could find it.
but enough of hearing me go on and on about nothing, i'm about to turn in for the night, have an exam in the afternoon. good night flickr, sleep tight.
*click*
At some point in my life I began reflecting in a way I had never done before. I looked deep within myself for a greater truth. I realize through this practice that fear drives me and all of us to make decisions in our lives which keep us from coming to terms with our thoughts and emotions. In my sleep, I become more than one person and I am able to make discoveries about myself in the past, present and future. I use the the wisdom of these guides to help me become a more balanced and blissful individual.
Here is a dream entry on April 29th, 2012:
"In my dream, I see myself as a boy becoming a man. When a boy becomes a man he must go on a lone quest into the jungle where the lions roam. I went there but I brought a scared young girl with me, and I protected both of us. The wild animals did not bother me because I could stay calm and see them as a part of myself. I knew we were just learning to be gods."
I watched the brilliant Red Road last night, and thought how the use of cameras (in the film's case CCTV) affect our behaviour and consume our thoughts.
Self Doubt
My selfreflecting mind ends in doubt.
To leave this state of consciousness
I need to stay aware of my inner duality
I watch the process of contradictorily thinking and accept it.
That’s all. I doubt what I just have said... ;-)
HKD
Das beobachtende Bewusstsein
Vision meiner inneren Dualität
Der Beobachter.
Ich beobachte.
Ich wähle nicht.
Das beobachtende Bewusstsein
nimmt seine innere und äußere
Widersprüchlichkeit deutlich wahr.
Daraus ergeben sich flexible Handlungen.
Frei von Anhaftung.
HKD
"Always Tomorrow"
performed/written: Gloria Estefan
I've been alone inside myself far too long
I never really wanted it that way but I let it happen
If I could do it all again
My life would be
Infinitely better than before
I wouldn't waste a moment
Make time for laughing with my friends
Make love make music make amends
Try to make a difference
Try to love
Try to understand
Instead of just giving up
I'd use the power at my command
But there's always tomorrow
To start over again
Things will never stay the same
The only one sure thing is change
That's why there's always tomorrow
I guess it took a little time for me to see
The reason I was born into this world
and what I'd have to go through
Before I finally realize that I could be
Infinitely better than before, definitely stronger
I'll face whatever comes my way
Savor each moment of the day
Love as many people as I can along the way
Help someone who's given up
If its just to raise my eyes and pray
(chorus)
Before your last setting sun
And everything your heart has longed for
Has yet to be won
Yes there's always always always tomorrow
Though people come and they go
But if you've brought some love to their lives
Then you've got something to show
Always tomorrow
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6dhw1IpCt8
This dress is the ugliest dress I have ever bought. I liked the style but hated the pattern. Anyways, when I wore it....my aunt just loved it. I thought it was cute. She said it reminded her of a blouse she made with almost the same pattern. Just thought I'd share that with you.
Texture and thanks to: night-fate-stock.deviantart.com/art/a-brown-texture-10269...
"serenata arquicúbica", de mário del nunzio, com o próprio tocando guitarra. série rupturas, sesc vila mariana, 16 de setembro de 2010.
foto: danilo barros.
"Those who judge the most are the least happy and may never find the key to true happiness and love" -ℓȋℓȋ Dec29 @1:59pm
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This is my version of the "Young Fella in the Mirror" pic that Flickr often use on their title page.
an evening of self-reflection and photography. Meditation through a lens.....it's called focusing. :)
06-12-08
Erik Guttridge, Gallery Director of Grey Gallery during Kimberly Trowbridge's - Self -Reflect Show - Seattle WA - Opening Night
All the same hundreds off tree on side off the road and one off them I passes by, that's just how I felt.