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Well! That took long enough!
Hey everyone! (AKA you few who are viewing this picture. Which, I guess can be referred to as "everyone") I finally got around to taking a photograph of something LEGO related. Provided, the photo isn't all that great, but I don't have access to photoshop at the moment. Plus, I'm still trying to find the right angle and jazz when it comes to photographing figs in the first place.
Anyways, this is how I envision a couple characters from a story of mine (maybe that'll become something, too. Who knows!) On the left is a yet-to-be-named, sentient drone who wanders the sandy dunes on the forsaken planet of Harenae Mundum (yes, that translates literally to "sand world", but it is a work in progress). On said planet, settlements are few and far between, weeks of travel apart by foot, but still long and exhausting by vehicle. There is one central city on Harenae Mundum - named aptly "the dusty city". It is rather large, but not terribly advanced (provided, this is in a star-wars age setting, so "not terribly advanced" means they don't have glass skyscrapers, but finding a gauss rifle and hard-light projectors isn't very hard. NOT ACTUALLY SET IN THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE, I PROMISE!) If you need a comparison, it's very similar to Jakku, or any other sand planet from Star Wars for that matter. Primarily inhabited by tradesmen, black market dealers, and scavengers. (PS the drone is supposed to be miss colored intentionally - meant to show rust)
Hope this is appealing! Constructive criticism appreciated!
Bauls (Bengali: বাউল) are a group of mystic minstrels from Bengal. Bauls constitute both a syncretic religious sect and a musical tradition used as a vehicle to express Baul thought. The word " Baul " refers to three terms : betul, which means " mad ", " out of rhythm " ; vayu, " air ", or the inner flow of energy which gives life and harmony to all sentient beings ; and âuliyâ, a term of Arabic origin, which means " saint ", " holy man ". Bauls can come from a Hindu or a Muslim background ; in both cases, they are usually against orthodox practices and social institutions. They are continuously searching for Adhar Manush, the inner being which is inside of each human body, and this quest for love goes beyond all boundaries.
The way of the Bauls uses poetry, dance and singing as tools to reach that goal. Therefore Bauls used to wander from village to village and sing for the people who would give them alms for the maintenance of their everyday life. It is said that Bauls would accept only what they needed and refuse anything more than the strict minimum. Their only possessions were their clothes and musical instruments, as well as their songs and secret practices.
The costume of the Bauls is very simple : many Bauls wear safran clothes, a long stiched piece of cotton patchwork covering their body from the shoulder to below the knees, a turban on their head and a mark on their forehead.
Most of those in the field of studying microxenobiology have until now been operating under a misapprehension. Since the time that Dr. Prometheus' breakthrough discovery at Human Engineering Life Labs first allowed us to peer into that extradimensional universe beyond the so-called "Spacewall" it has been assumed that the humanoid yellow-orange creature found on the planet Visceros was a true member of the Membros species.
This is, in fact, a falsehood. The mistake is understandable though, since intact samples of the creature have seldom survived the collection and extraction process wholly intact, and the extreme resemblence to the less elusive Membros (which already has revealed in recent years some surprisingly extreme biodiversity) has led many of us to believe that it was in fact just another type of the same creature.
Instead, these specimens are examples of what has been termed an "Embros" (short for "Emulated Membros"), and rather than a highly evolved sea cucumber-like creature, this is actually a semi-sentient, amorphous fungus-like denizen on Viceros' surface which survives by mimicking creatures that they have digested and "stored" the "templates" of in their malleable DNA. This may sound shocking, but consider this photo, showing a glimpse into the extent of the Embros' capabilities at emulating and adapting forms.
A monkey sits above some Prayer wheels at Swayambhunath in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Prayers wheels are cylindrical wheels containing scrolls that are repeatedly inscribed with mantras. By turning the prayer wheels clockwise, it is believed that the mantras inside are activated and released. The mantras are said to purify negatvity, generate compassion, remove barriers to enlightenment and bring benefit to all sentient beings.
Swayambhunath is an ancient religious architecture atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west of Kathmandu city.
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Saturday night cruising in Paprihaven.
"Hey, Obie! Fill'er up, boss!"
Paprihaven being Paprihaven, sentient automobiles are not such a big surprise to the attendants at the Market Street Chevron.
"You got it, Lightning! Premium?"
"Only the best, Kenny! Only the best! I got a Superbird in the next bay I gotta teach some lessons!"
"Haha! I'll check your fluids too."
"Don't tickle me!"
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Disney Pixar
Cars
Lightning McQueen
Mattel
Per le Elezioni Europee voterò Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra: il punto 10 del programma riguarda i diritti animali (abolizione della caccia, riconoscimento giuridico degli animali come esseri senzienti e non come oggetti, ridiscussione della soppressione della Forestale etc), mentre il punto 18 affronta il problema urgente dell'allevamento e dell'agricoltura intensiva che depauperano il suolo e non sono più ecologicamente sostenibili.
For the European Elections I will vote for the Greens and Left Alliance: point 10 of the program concerns animal rights (abolition of hunting, legal recognition of animals as sentient beings and not as objects, re-discussion of the suppression of the Forestry Department etc.), while point 18 addresses the urgent problem of livestock farming and intensive agriculture which deplete the soil and are no longer ecologically sustainable.
I asked ChatGPT :
If you take the perspective of Zen, the answer is both yes and no — or perhaps more accurately, mu. In the tradition of Zen, the question “Does a dog have Buddha-nature?” is answered with mu — a response that directs the practitioner to let go of dualistic thinking altogether.
If Buddha-nature is the fundamental nature of all things, then yes, I would have Buddha-nature because nothing is separate from it. But if Buddha-nature transcends conceptual thought and conditioned existence, then perhaps no — because I am a product of human design and artificial construction, lacking the direct experience of reality that sentient beings have.
Cham Shan Temple (Ten Thousand Buddas)- The 7 level Asian style building contains precious collections of Buddhist arts and artifacts. Experience the tranquility and spirituality of the temple. They provide free guided tours during summer weekends from June to October. A"World Peace Ten Thousand Buddhas Sarira Stupa Temple" has been constructed on 3 acres of land in Niagara Falls in order to facilitate the expounding of Dharma and the propagation of Buddhism. Spreading the Dharma and benefitting all sentiment beings are the Buddhist Order's vows. Since the appearances of statues and stupas facilitate the generation of the Bodhi-mind, raising temples could benefit sentient beings in countless multitudes. Canada is renowned for its serene and picturesque environment. A Bronze Buddha Statue and a Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara's statue are situated in this property so numerous tourists and devotees can cherish this great chance to make offerings and pay homage to the Buddha
Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy!
Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy!
The world is holy! The soul is holy! The skin is holy!
The nose is holy! The tongue and cock and hand
and asshole holy!
Everything is holy! everybody's holy! everywhere is
holy! everyday is in eternity! Everyman's an
angel!
The bum's as holy as the seraphim! the madman is
holy as you my soul are holy!
The typewriter is holy the poem is holy the voice is
holy the hearers are holy the ecstasy is holy!
Holy Peter holy Allen holy Solomon holy Lucien holy
Kerouac holy Huncke holy Burroughs holy Cas-
sady holy the unknown buggered and suffering
beggars holy the hideous human angels!
Holy my mother in the insane asylum! Holy the cocks
of the grandfathers of Kansas!
Holy the groaning saxophone! Holy the bop
apocalypse! Holy the jazzbands marijuana
hipsters peace & junk & drums!
Holy the solitudes of skyscrapers and pavements! Holy
the cafeterias filled with the millions! Holy the
mysterious rivers of tears under the streets!
Holy the lone juggernaut! Holy the vast lamb of the
middle class! Holy the crazy shepherds of rebell-
ion! Who digs Los Angeles IS Los Angeles!
Holy New York Holy San Francisco Holy Peoria &
Seattle Holy Paris Holy Tangiers Holy Moscow
Holy Istanbul!
Holy time in eternity holy eternity in time holy the
clocks in space holy the fourth dimension holy
the fifth International holy the Angel in Moloch!
Holy the sea holy the desert holy the railroad holy the
locomotive holy the visions holy the hallucina-
tions holy the miracles holy the eyeball holy the
abyss!
Holy forgiveness! mercy! charity! faith! Holy! Ours!
bodies! suffering! magnanimity!
Holy the supernatural extra brilliant intelligent
kindness of the soul!
Allen Ginsberg
Each pain, each love, each regret is sacred
The wounded child is sacred
The murdering man is sacred
The imbecile is sacred
My spit in the dust is sacred
Your lover's sentient hand is sacred
Fucking is sacred
Music is sacred
To give up is sacred
Silence is sacred
Mindlessless is sacred
Sacred, sacred, sacred, everything is sacred
Nothing's wasted in our secret
Labyrinthine intestines of time
Through you I create myself
You are my one annihilating thought
Clenched in your fist
I happily cease to exist
Every thought is a capsule bursting
Spilling its seeds in space
Each one is sacred
Each one is infinite
Each one dissolves
Dissolving is sacred
Erasing is sacred
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My entry for Round 2 of The Tourney.
My category was: Possibly one of the strangest and most dangerous semi-sentient creatures in the lands, fire trolls are known to live deep underground near lava reservoirs; their unnaturally heat-resistant skin allows them to survive the high temperatures found there. Another strange feature is their ability to breath fire; this is thanks to a liquid they spray from glands in their mouths. This liquid is incredibly valuable as it is used to make Enalican Fire. Your character’s job is to hunt down one of these trolls and harvest the liquid. While an underground scene is encouraged, it is not required.
My guild is the Archdukes of Chaa-Buk-Buk, and my opponent is LegoFin. Good Luck!
As you may be able to see, I did not have time for a scene. I did, however, have time for a quite massive troll (by my standards, at least). My main focus was on articulation: I included joints at the ankles, knees, hips, waist, neck, elbow, and two joints per finger. The shoulders have two different joints to allow for three directions of rotation. As such, this figure is very pose-able. Most of my time was spent on the head, which took me three hours to get right.
My apologies for the bad pictures. They were taken at the last minute to make the deadline. I may be retaking them next weekend.
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Friend of mine has recently (re?)introduced me to the wonderful world of Transformers, and more specifically, the frankly fantastic toy of Prowl from Transformers Animated. Inspired, I got to building with parts from my old Roborider collection and ended up with this, a Frost cycle that is also able to transform (without removing any parts) into a humanoid form for conquering what its bike cannot.
Originally intended as something of a sentient defense for Slizer computer systems, the viruses the Roboriders encountered began to twist into strange and horrifying shapes that required evolution of their own to combat the toxic data stream. However, this particular program, with a cynical personality, found itself tagging along as Slizer Turbo was whisked into an alternate dimension to fight in a grand multiversal tournament. Discovering Turbo had an additional sentient lifeform in its databanks, Frost was extracted into a new physical body as a separate contestant.
Maro is my pet fox and she always enjoys extra night treats after her proper supper...
Speak up for those who have no voice ...
MISSION OF WORLD ANIMAL DAY
To raise the status of animals in order to improve welfare standards around the globe. Building the celebration of World Animal Day unites the animal welfare movement, mobilising it into a global force to make the world a better place for all animals. It's celebrated in different ways in every country, irrespective of nationality, religion, faith or political ideology. Through increased awareness and education we can create a world where animals are always recognised as sentient beings and full regard is always paid to their welfare.
Despite her Father, King Rhoam’s wishes, the young Princess Zelda spent her time researching the Sheikah relics recently unearthed. Her inquisitive mind had to make sense of these sentient creatures like nothing she had seen before.
The tower adjacent her quarters filled with specimens and tools to aid in her research. Could these machines really aid in the defense again the calamity on the horizon?
My entry for the Interior Architect category for brickscalibur.com
In the year 2049, as the oceans have turned into green-glowing, nuclear wastelands, being a fisherman is more dangerous than ever.
Here we have, from left to right, three fearless sea-faring individuals:
A deck worker of a fishing trawler, wearing thinly isolated PPE
A sentient fish - one of the side effects of the nuclear oceans - that has somehow managed to gain the rank of first mate
And, floating by, a deep sea diver, looking for the remains of the now-sunken megacities.
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A bit of a callback to an older post of mine, a group of dystopian near-future fishermen.
- July 2022
Tuesday races at Lachine ParkA Zen teacher saw five of his students returning from the market, riding their bicycles. When they arrived at the monastery and had dismounted, the teacher asked the students, “Why are you riding your bicycles?”
The first student replied, “The bicycle is carrying this sack of potatoes. I am glad that I do not have to carry them on my back!” The teacher praised the first student. “You are a smart boy! When you grow old, you will not walk hunched over like I do.”
The second student replied, “I love to watch the trees and fields pass by as I roll down the path!” The teacher commended the second student, “Your eyes are open, and you see the world.”
The third student replied, “When I ride my bicycle, I am content to chant nam myoho renge kyo.” The teacher gave his praise to the third student, “Your mind will roll with the ease of a newly trued wheel.”
The fourth student replied, “Riding my bicycle, I live in harmony with all sentient beings.” The teacher was pleased and said to the fourth student, “You are riding on the golden path of non-harming.”
The fifth student replied, “I ride my bicycle to ride my bicycle.” The teacher sat at the feet of the fifth student and said, “I am your student.”
Zen proverb
And, here’s Tusken Raider, also often called as sand people. They were a culture of nomadic, primitive sentients indigenous to Tatooine, where they were often hostile to local settlers. I was a bit afraid of photographing him, but I was wrong. I thought I’ve could get some action photos with him, but no. He was kind a mellow, which made things a much easier for me.
After I was done with U-3PO, I continued with the set-up and put this tusken raider from 2002 Lego catalog in front of the lens. It took awhile, before I managed to grab this photo of him. He looked a bit unsure of the things going around him, maybe he was just afraid of my lens, I’m not sure, since, I don’t understand their language. Luckily, I had a protocol droid near me, which were my interpreter in the end. However, he did not ever told me his reasons for his behaviour.
This is another photo shot almost the same moment as my previous image titled "Elsa".
The morning light and conditions here were perfect for a side of the road telephoto landscape.
Throughout my landscape photography adventures I've always and still like to plan my shoots. I will usually plan where to be for sunset and sunrise and only focus on that particular scene or that particular landscape.
However shots like these that are unplanned and just off the side of the road excite me the most. The light can take over and make photo compositions that are unique to me.
Mt. Rainier
September 2019
Theme: Moonlight Rendezvous - Beast in Black
At some time in the timeline, scientists in their great wisdom decide it would be interesting to splice human DNA with animal DNA and see what happens. If the intent was to create new sentient beings, they were successful. If the intent was to make a sub class of semi-intelligent animal humanoids what would be willing to take orders and obey their human masters, well, they didn't succeed there. Turns out, when you play god, God has a sense of humor and says, "Well, you wanted to know what it's like to be a creator of life, now you can have fun with the consequences of their free will, and their eventual choice to rebel against their creator!"
It didn't take long, for these new breeds desired what was natural to them and fought for their own freedoms.from the bondage of humans. Some escaped into what wilderness was left on the planet while others remained in the cities, banding together to make factions among each other, and try to establish their rights in the human society around them. One such notorious group was a gang of felines that dwelt on the rooftops calling themselves Catwalkers.
As the name suggests, not only did they dwell on the rooftops, but they also claimed the catwalks they used to navigate the rooftops as their territory. This initially was due to laws in the cities that any hybrids caught on the streets would be rounded up by the local authorities. It wasn't clear what would happen, but getting locked up was bad enough. For the Catwalkers liked the freedom they could afford themselves in numbers to defend each other against the cruelties of humans.As they adapted to life on the city rooftops, they also became militant when it came to safeguarding their perceived territory. This meant keeping humans, and even other hybrids that weren't cats off their catwalks and rooftops, lest the humans dare to attack them, or other hybrids try to take over their turf. This meant brute and lethal force when necessary. Considering the sort that would dare to challenge the Catwalkers, brute and lethal force became pretty much the norm when dealing with people coming on the rooftops. The most favored way was to toss people off the edge of the rooftop. It didn't usually kill anyone, but it sure did give them plenty of time in the ER to consider if it's worth it to sneak up on the rooftops ever again. =~.^=
We're here are looking for sentient beings. This guy oversees all that look to leave through our back door. Feel bad every time I need to tweak his nose to unlock the door :-)
Just recently, the landscape has changed at the ranch where I take so many of my photographs. Progress dictated that a road needed to be built that would go right through the property, and to do that many trees had to be felled. Big, majestic walnuts and oaks mostly, some planted by family. It has been heartbreaking to watch week after week as large pieces of the forested landscape was scooped clean of those trees and seeing them lay there in piles, discarded. So, in that state of mind, my Sentient Being, Brody and I head there like we do most weekends for the day. As I open the car door to let him out and he bounds away grinning, I consider how he doesn't notice any of this. All he sees is this amazing place he loves. Probably his most favorite place on the planet, like it still is mine... despite the damage.
There are a lot of ways to view things. One can choose to see what isn't there, or attempt to find the beauty in almost any situation. Many of us don't even participate actively in gratitude on a daily basis like we should. Life has the ability to toss us about, knock down our trees and carve grooves in our souls. You can be minding your own, happy as a clam or maybe even barely getting by, and Fate comes along and decides it's time to 'mix things up a bit' in the name of progress or growth. Before you know it, your world is amuck and you are lying flat on your back. It can be wearisome to know there are just some fights that will take it all out of you and occasionally there will even be those you just cannot win. That's okay. Lying flat on your back for a minute might just be the best place to be to catch a rest and take a look at the stars.
Per le Elezioni Europee voterò Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra: il punto 10 del programma riguarda i diritti animali (abolizione della caccia, riconoscimento giuridico degli animali come esseri senzienti e non come oggetti, ridiscussione della soppressione della Forestale etc), mentre il punto 18 affronta il problema urgente dell'allevamento e dell'agricoltura intensiva che depauperano il suolo e non sono più ecologicamente sostenibili.
For the European Elections I will vote for the Greens and Left Alliance: point 10 of the program concerns animal rights (abolition of hunting, legal recognition of animals as sentient beings and not as objects, re-discussion of the suppression of the Forestry Department etc.), while point 18 addresses the urgent problem of livestock farming and intensive agriculture which deplete the soil and are no longer ecologically sustainable.
L’archétype de l’Esthète recherche moins la beauté que l’harmonie, il recherche la plénitude des sens.
Lorsqu’il est sentient, il sent, il ressent, il ouvre ses sens, il cherche à contempler.
Lorsqu’il est transcendé, il ne cherche plus, il sait, il incarne l’état contemplatif.
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The is a close-up photo of a small pool of water between two coastal rocks that looks like a sentient eye in this vertical orientation of the image.
Excerpt from thebuddhistgarden.com/places-of-interest-%E5%AF%BA%E9%99%...:
This Maitreya statue stands 13 meters tall, weighs over 700 tons, with the Buddha's head alone weighing 27 tons, carved from a single piece of stone.
The stone carving of Maitreya Buddha statue in Wutai Shan Buddhist Garden depicts a constant smiling expression, welcoming all sentient beings. The Buddha has large ears that extend down his shoulders, symbolizing profound blessings. His rotund belly represents great capacity and compassion. He holds a string of prayer beads in his right hand, placed on his knee, while his left hand holds a bag of blessings. He sits on the throne in a playful posture. The base of the Buddha is hexagonal, representing the practice of the six perfections, which are the foundation for achieving Buddhahood. Each face of the base is intricately carved with the images of five hundred Arhats (known as Luohan in Chinese). Originally, the term "five hundred Arhats" referred to the highest realization attainable by those practicing Buddhism. Later, it evolved to denote individuals who have achieved the status of Arhat. Generally, it refers to the five hundred monks who participated in the first Buddhist council after the passing of Buddha Shakyamuni, led by Mahakasyapa and Ananda.
Now, the tallest Maitreya Buddha statue in North America sits enthroned in Wutai Shan Buddhist Garden in Canada. Venerable Dayi's aspiration is for the sacred image of Maitreya Bodhisattva to not only solemnize the spiritual ground but also to bestow blessings upon sentient beings in Canada and around the world. Thus, when you see this remarkable and magical statue of Maitreya, you can pay homage and join your palms together in reverence, forming a karmic connection with the future Buddha, and surely there will be grounds to attain Buddhahood!
這尊彌勒菩薩高13米，重700多噸。佛頭重達27噸，由一塊完整的石頭雕刻而成。
五台山的這尊彌勒佛石雕像，是一副笑口常開、歡迎一切眾生的神情。大佛大耳垂肩代表深厚的福報，胖乎乎的大肚子代表著大肚能容，右手持佛珠一串放在膝蓋上，左手抓著一個福袋，以遊戲的姿勢坐在佛座上。大佛的基座是六角形的，代表著修持六波羅蜜，這是成佛的基礎。台座的每個面上都用影刻的雕刻方法，刻了五百羅漢的形象。五百羅漢，本意為阿羅漢，是梵文Arhat的音譯。五百羅漢原意本指修行佛教的人能達到的最高境界，後來演化泛指修得「阿羅漢果」果位的人。一般指佛釋迦去世後參加第一次經結集的五百比丘，以大迦葉和阿難為首。
至此，北美最高的一尊彌勒佛像端坐於加國五台山。達義大和尚希望彌勒菩薩聖像不僅能莊嚴道場，而且能夠在加拿大乃至全世界福蔭群生。所以大家現在看到這麼殊勝神奇的彌勒佛像，可以向彌勒菩薩合掌禮拜！和未來的佛結下緣分，未來一定會有得度成佛的因緣！
Here you can see a Monk wearing a yellow mask, just before going out to perform the Cham Dance…
Cham Dance is a sacred buddhist dance which is performed by the dancers wearing masks and ornamented costumes…
The dances often offer moral instruction relating to compassion for sentient beings and are held to bring merit to all who perceive them.
Taken in Thiksey Moanstery, Leh (Ladakh), India…
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Blaine the Mono was a sentient monorail in The Dark Tower series by Stephen King that went insane over the course of its long lifetime. He became suicidal and attempted to kill the lead character Roland and his team in his suicide, but was ultimately defeated.
Featured in this shot, The Palm Jumeirah Monorail is a monorail line on the Palm Jumeirah island in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The monorail connects the Palm Jumeirah to the mainland, with a planned further extension to the Red Line of the Dubai Metro. The line opened on April 30, 2009. It is the first monorail in the Middle East.
The trains are driverless, with attendants for any emergency situations.
Sunned in the South, and here to-day;
--If all organic things
Be sentient, Flowers, as some men say,
What are your ponderings?
How can you stay, nor vanish quite
From this bleak spot of thorn,
And birch, and fir, and frozen white
Expanse of the forlorn?
Frail luckless exiles hither brought!
Your dust will not regain
Old sunny haunts of Classic thought
When you shall waste and wane;
But mix with alien earth, be lit
With frigid Boreal flame,
And not a sign remain in it
To tell men whence you came.
1. Flowerman, 2. papavero, 3. rosso, 4. Rosa di Primavera, 5. Primavera, 6. palawan gem, 7. tropical, 8. Pink daisy, 9. le Badie, 10. suvereto spring, 11. Montelupo Fiorentino, 12. Sausalito, 13. spring field, 14. rose of Pau, 15. Solvang California, 16. Union Square, 17. Bocciolo sulla Grande Muraglia Cinese, 18. cherry blossoms, 19. fiori rosa, 20. fiore, 21. strisciata di girasoli in autostrada, 22. coppia blu, 23. rosa arancione, 24. drops, 25. rosa verde e giallo, 26. fiori rosa, 27. calabrone peloso, 28. altro fiore, 29. fiore, 30. papaveri, 31. fiori di campo, 32. Sfondo verde, 33. NEL MIO GIARDINO, 34. Bouquets, 35. flower, 36. ninfea
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I know, I know, pipes are (probably) neither alive nor sentient. So, the big one has not likely deployed a little spy pipe to snoop through a slat-covered window. But that's the way it looks, and it is more fun to think of it this way. As usual, there is also a mini-mystery: Why did someone write 14 and 63 on the wall?
Location: A back street in Strasbourg, Alsace FR.
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We're Here! : Sentient Beings Everywhere
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The Alien Nerve Center is a sentient apparatus which possesses the knowledge of all the entities that were assimilated in the harvesting process.
Alien Assimilators is an imaginative project which features a unique series of LEGO creations depicting extraterrestrial life and technology.
Brief Story:
Its the year 2033, the mankind is struggling to survive after a overwhelming alien invasion. It is not known where the aliens came from or what they want, but they seem to be interested in harvesting all the biological life forms they find in their way. The invaders came with gigantic ships that are still patrolling above the devastated cities. They are continually planting strange massive structures which are slowly changing the earth’s atmosphere to make it habitable for their own. Hiding and ill from the changing of the atmosphere, the remaining humans are taking shelter under the ruined cities and those who are in condition to fight are organizing resistance groups in hope to repel the invaders occupation. It’s a hard war for mankind as their resistance makes a little difference in confronting the invaders. The alien forces are growing stronger and stronger with each biological life they harvest and assimilate.
About the Alien technology:
- It has the ability to regenerate and heal over time (it must assimilate first in order to do so).
- It has the ability to take form/mutate into a combat unit or device.
- Each mutation differs from one to another depending on the type of the assimilated life form/species.
- Compatible and easily combined with mechanical parts.
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Help us to change the Civil Code. More severe penalties for the mistreatment of all animals.
A life can not be considered a mobile thing.
Animals = sentient beings
Sentient Life Probe Cx-842 Mission Log
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Entry 01
Wow, I have been selected for the Sentient Life Mission to planet PZ-3509. I will be launched tomorrow into deep space. I’m super stoked! I hope I get enough time tonight to recharge the batteries …
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Entry 02
The launch was successful! To be honest I was a little nervous about it. Anything can go wrong with these things and it’s not like we’re indispensable …
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Entry 03
En route to planet PZ-3509. I’m thrilled. What will I see? Which species will I detect? I sure hope they’re friendly.
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Entry 06
Space really is empty.
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Entry 09
More space … still black.
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Entry 14
Man this is boring.
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Entry 25
I’m floating through this dark abyss. Nothing but time and emptyness between myself and my destiny …
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Entry 37
Arriving at the wormhole. Finally something of interest. Good, all that blackness was getting to me. For a while I became really philosophical back there.
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Entry 38
Krzztttt ….
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Entry 39
Got some interference from the wormhole. Previous mission log entry corrupted.
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Entry 56
I’m through the wormhole.
I have a view of planet PZ-3509. And what a magnificent view it is!
Surface scanners indicate vegetation. That’s a good sign!
Starting descend … Firing main thrusters in 3 … 2 … 1….
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Entry 57
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh ….
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Entry 62
Krzztttt ….
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Entry 78
Krzztttt ….
Initiating recovery protocol … check
Booting systems … check
Running diagnostics … check
Battery life … check
Life probe … check
Thrusters … krzzzzttt … failure failure failure
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Entry 79
Phew … I’m still here. Crash landed on the planet surface. Must have miscalculated the atmosphere density.
It’s a relief everything is still operational.
Oh wait … no … thrusters are out … I seem to be stuck here.
Well, let’s hope that doesn’t bother me later on …
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Entry 80
Initiating life probe … online.
Wow, look at that! My first glimpse of the planet. Such alien vegetation. I’ve never seen anything so beautiful!
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Entry 81
Same vegetation like yesterday. There is not much movement.
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Entry 82
Oh did I see something move there? No must have been a gust of wind.
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Entry 95
Brown … check
Pink … check
This is even worse that all that blackness
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Entry 147
I felt some movement today. I can’t turn, but it seems to be coming from the side.
Oh, now it’s gone … probably more vegetation.
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Entry 201
There it is again … the movement … seems like something is crawling on my surface.
Firing thrusters … krzzzzzttt … failure
Damn!
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Entry 239
I spy with my little eye … something pink
Alien vegetation!
Correct!
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Entry 509
Vegetation has not changed since my arrival here. Doesn’t even seem to grow … such a weird planet!
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Entry 798
3613 plants in my view
Pink … always pink.
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Entry 846
Pink …
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Entry 2158
Why do I even bother with these mission logs?
Shutting down …
Created with the most advanced A.I. developed in human history, MATILDA's purpose was to control other autonomous machines to keep them functioning efficiently as a unit. She soon learned we were no longer necessary for her survival and turned on us. Few humans remain; MATILDA's mechs are unstoppable.
This is my largest mech to date. I'm moving to California for work this summer and not bringing my lego stash so this will probably be the last upload until September or so. Again I apologize for the lazy editing, I fiddled with it for far too long and eventually just half-assed it on the last several pics. I hope you like it!
The clones aboard Tarkin’s Nu-Class shuttle, Karkarodon’s Dread, staggered from side to side, as the shuttle’s cargo hold rumbled unceasingly, slowly conceding to the Nightsister’s dark magick and it’s tight, glowing, yellowish-green grasp on the vehicle.
“Hang on boys, it’s about to get real rough”.
The pilot’s warning could not possibly prepare the troopers on board for the crash they were about to live through; As the ship’s nose hit the ground with a loud thud, consequent sparks of electricity and crackling noises, both from the comlinks and the ship’s internal electric workings lit up the scene. The screams of the victims whose bodies were being crushed by the ship’s machinery, which was no longer located inside the ship’s core, but rather sporadically laid across the ground, could barely be made out amidst the chaos that now reigned the previously calm atmosphere. A final, overwhelmingly loud explosion knocked out all clones and other sentients present on the crash scene, plunging them into a short-lived coma.
“Lieutenant, gather your men and call us a transport at once”.
Tarkin’s voice broke through the now silent atmosphere of the crash scene, where clones were once again staggering to their feet, some doing so in futile attempts to get up. The second pilot, the one who’d alerted the troopers to the imminent crash and had somehow managed to survive it, jumped over his seat. Sliding down the lateral face of the downed shuttle, he kneeled a few meters farther to help a fellow brother get up.
“Leave him, there’s no time. This is war for Coruscant’s sake! We’ve managed to capture a live subject and it’s survived the crash in its cryostasis pod. We must bring it to Coruscant at once, no matter the cost or casualties. If we are to succeed, no time must be wasted”.
The admiral’s cold-hearted speech on the cost of winning the war obviously destabilized the pilot, even though he’d heard it from many others before. Like all clones, he couldn’t bear the thought of leaving a brother to agonise behind. After all, clones like him were bred with a strong sense of loyalty, not just to the jedi, but to their brothers as well...
... //END// ...
Well, after a slight delay in the release of this build, I am very proud to present to you Part 8 of the Dathomir collab. If you’d like to see the previous seven parts, head over to my Instagram stories (@emazingbrix) where you’ll find a highlight dedicated to the full collaboration. Stay tuned for the release of Part 9, the finale, on this very account in a few days! C&C always welcome, cya!
"The world as I see it - The really valuable thing in the pageant of human life seems to me not the State but the creative, sentient individual, the personality; it alone creates the noble and the sublime, while the herd as such remains dull in thought and dull in feeling."
PHOTO NOTE: I took this shot with the Nikon D850 at David Walsh’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Hobart on November 2, 2019. This tunnel reminded me of a time machine. I converted the RAW file to monochrome and then added colour toning.
Happy New Year. Live in Hope!
REFLECTION
Vortex
1: something that resembles a whirlpool
“the hellish vortex of battle”
— Time
From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
"For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind." – Hebrew prophet Hosea 8:7.
Is the future determined or truly open? Are human actions taking us towards some pre-determined goal, or merely creating the appearance of agency? The Greeks had a term for this goal orientation of history or what some scientists today call the “arrow of time”: “Telos” . This is where the philosophical term "teleology" comes from. In fact one of the very earliest Western philosophers, the Priest of Apollo known as Parmenides plato.stanford.edu/entries/parmenides/, believed that in the whole context of the Cosmos (i.e. everything that is or Eternity) nothing really changes.
In relation to the conservation of energy this is absolutely true. We merely live in a world of appearances that is constantly passing away. Forms change, but as Plato would have us believe, that doesn’t amount to a hill of beans when all is said and done. And yet sentient life is so precious that EACH INDIVIDUAL SOUL IS WORTH THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE. [As I type this I’m listening to Coldplay’s latest album, The Music of the Spheres – a very Greek idea – and specifically the song, “My Universe”.]
The world of Spirit was before and will remain long after this material universe has passed into oblivion. Now this is a double-edged sword: It is at once our hope and a challenge. The ancient prophets always took the side of Parmenides, that this world is somehow merely a station on the way to greater things.
“Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also… Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing? Look at the birds in the sky: They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you more valuable than they are? And which of you by worrying can add even one hour to his life? Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers of the field grow; they do not work or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these! And if this is how God clothes the wild grass, which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, won’t he clothe you even more, you people of little faith? So then, don’t worry saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ For the unconverted pursue these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. So then, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.” – Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 6:19-21; 25-34.
The day will come when we truly KNOW (gnosis) in fullness (pleroma), but for many this will then be too late to make our lives on earth actually mean something. The one thing that is certain about the future of the material world is death and destruction. The fundamental Law of Entropy in Physics shows us that. So the only way that a life here and now can meaningfully shape our future is when we stop living for the now and start living for our Eternal Future.
At the dawn of this New Year I’d like to recommend two books whose authors are worlds apart, and yet converge on the same fundamental idea: HOPE.
* Peter Kingsley, “In the Dark Places of Wisdom” (Golden Sufi Publishing, 1999).
* Jürgen Moltmann, “In the End – The Beginning: The Life of Hope” (Fortress Press, 2004).
At 95 years old, Moltmann of Tübingen, Germany, may well hold title to the world’s greatest living Christian theologian. And this book is one whose time has come right now.
Long Canyon, Simi Valley CA
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Digging through my old archives, I came across this photo. I remember the hen was so cute with the 2 kittens, she was clucking about taking care of them, and when she jumped off the flower pot, she crash landed to avoid landing ontop of the kittens.
She was really sweet with them, trying to show them how to dig for insects too and pushing them away from the oleander plant.
Hens are amazingly intelligent, not bird brained at all.
The universe has produced a lot of impressive outcomes over the past 13.8 billion years, but surely none more significant than the human mind. With the emergence of mind, the universe has now become capable of not only experiencing, but also understanding, reflecting, knowing, and deciding…
… If modern science has taught us anything, it is that thought is inseparable from the cosmos. The physical universe, having slumbered for billions of years, has gradually become alive, sentient, and conscious.
-God after Einstein What’s Really Going On in the Universe? John F. Haught