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Welcome to Poppyday.
Most people, at least most of those I know, strive for a high degree of order, structure and predictability in their lives. But maintaining this state required an incredible amount of energy. Because basically we are constantly fighting against a law of nature, which always strives in the direction of the greatest possible disorder (entropy). This force has basically created (or at least made possible) everything that exists in the universe over millions of years.
This disorder, which we also like to call chaos, causes so many random events and combinations that a constant development process can unfold. Any creative process requires a minimum of this chaos.
This is not to say, of course, that the order is fundamentally opposed. As with almost everything, it's all about finding the right balance.
This photo here, of a bird vetch (at least I think it is one) huddled in a beautifully textured field of barley and poppies, is meant to symbolize that. The order is gone. But do I still see the picture as interesting without those purple flowers?
With that in mind, I invite you to allow a healthy dose of chaos into your life this week. Everyone decides for themselves what level is healthy. But I can assure you that you will notice this quite quickly once this point has been passed.
Die Schönheit des Chaos
Willkommen am Mo(h)ntag.
Die meisten Menschen, zumindest, die meisten die ich kenne, streben in Ihrem Leben nach einem hohen Mass an Ordnung, Struktur und Planbarkeit. Doch diesen Zustand aufrecht zu erhalten erfordert unfassbar viel Energie. Denn im Grunde kämpfen wir dabei ununterbrochen gegen ein Gesetz der Natur, welche stets in Richtung der größt möglichen Unordnung (Entropie) strebt. Diese Kraft hat über millionen von Jahren im Grund alles erschaffen (oder dies zumindest ermöglicht) was im Universum existiert.
Diese Unordnung, die wir auch gern als Chaos bezeichnen, verursacht so unfassbar viele zufällige Ereignisse und Kombinationen, dass sich daraus ein steter Entwicklungsprozess entfalten kann. Jeder kreative Prozeß bedarf eines Mindestmasses an diesem Chaos.
Das soll natürlich nicht heißen, dass Ordnung grundlegend abzulehnen ist. Auch hier kommt es, wie bei fast allem, auf die richtige Balance an.
Dieses Foto hier, in dem sich eine Vogel-Wicke (glaub ich zumindest) in ein wundervoll strukturiertes Gersten- und Mohnfeld gedrängt hat, soll dies symbolisieren. Schon ist die Ordnung dahin. Doch sehe das Bild ohne diese lila Blüten noch genau so interessant aus ?
In diesem Sinne lade ich Euch ein, in dieser Woche ein gesundes Mass an Chaos in Eurem Leben zuzulassen. Welches Mass das Gesunde ist entscheidet dabei jeder für sich. Doch ich kann Euch versichern, Ihr werdet das recht schnell merken, wenn dieser Punkt überschritten ist.
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Our ancestors strived with the
momentous job of survival
Still, they really wanted to be artists.
So, in the free time they didn’t actually have,
they would hunt for any natural canvas and
gather whatever tool they could find.
Scratch and scrawl to their heart's delight.
We know a little bit about who we were
when the cost of living was much less
and the cost of death was much higher.
Because we see the drawings
in the oldest museums
and the need for communication
still existing in ourselves.
You think that art is dormant
Hibernating for a season
or a several centuries.
But it lives inside of you.
The need to express oneself
is exactly what makes us human.
Only, we no longer own our own caves.
The real estate has just become too expensive
Profit over people is a reality
And so we take over public spaces
as if they were still ours
telling the world
in broken up fragments
about how we really miss our former selves.
**All poems and photos are copyrighted**
War is not a game! Stop the hate, start the love!!!
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
"With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world"
Desiderata
Max Ehrman
ערב ראש השנה תשע"ז
שנה טובה!
"Lord Jesus, help me to always trust in your saving grace, especially when I am tempted and put to the test. Help me to be faithful to you and give me the courage and strength to resist temptation, especially the temptation to compromise or to be indifferent to your word."
Copyright© 2010 Kamoteus/RonMiguel RN
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When, in loopy lupin land, all around him the masses have lost their heads, this tired, storm ridden maverick lupin stands alone, relentlessly pushing towards the light.....
In our garden
*Working Towards a Better World
Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain. -
Douglas Coupland
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“Everyone strives after the law,” says the man, “so how is that in these many years no one except me has requested entry?” The gatekeeper sees that the man is already dying and, in order to reach his diminishing sense of hearing, he shouts at him, “Here no one else can gain entry, since this entrance was assigned only to you. I’m going now to close it.”
—Franz Kafka, “Before the Law”
Hanksville, Utah
20-10-2022; 01:00 UTC 325;37;4
The Alban Tower and the bell tower of Katedralja Orthodhokse 'Ngjallja e Krishtit' in the city center of Tirana, Albanien.
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“The mountains are calling and I must go.”
John Muir (also known as "John of the Mountains")
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Langwiedboden at an altitude of 2000 meters, an intermediate mountain station for climbing to the Top of Salzburg viewing platform at an altitude of 3029 metres.
Kitzsteinhorn mountain in the Central Eastern Alps, Austria
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See my new pictures in the "My Travels" album:
Summit of the foothills
www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/52467503895
The magical world of alpine glaciers
www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/51321325971
Journey to the emerald lake
www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/51306512183
Tranquil autumn morning on the alpine lake
www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/51291984294
The last rays of the alpine sun
www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/51277565722
Road not to be forgotten
www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/51262706747
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Стремление к высоте
"Горы зовут, и я должен идти".
Джон Мьюир (известный также как "Джон гор")
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Лангвайдбоден на высоте 2000 метров, промежуточная горная станция для подъема на смотровую площадку "Вершина Зальцбурга", 3029 метров.
Гора Кицштайнхорн, Центрально-Восточные Альпы, Австрия
Happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
La felicità sta nell’assenza della lotta per la felicità.
Chang-Tzu
Shirt: [ ERAUQS ] - Will Shirt w/ Tank Top
Skin; leLAPEAU - Evo X - Noel Skin
Head: LeLUTKA Eon Head 3.1
Necklace: ROZOREGALIA_hi/low*NECKLACE(Propose)
Hair: Vango. Rick
Pose/furniture: Cheeky Pea, Ethereal hanging bed and Ethereal Arbour (Kustom 9)
Hair: Truth, Candy - variety
Mesh Head: S@R, Hybrid Avatar Head - Nea Milky-White
Head Band: +half-deer+, Forest's Tale Flower Crown
Body: Belleza, Venus - V3
Bracelets: .tsg. Candy (group gift)/ +half-deer+, Forest's Tale - Petals and pearls bracelet
Dress: Moon Amore, Selene Dress - Pink
While still striving for that "perfect" B&W flower shot, I decided to try cherry blossoms. Didn't quite work out perfectly, but I like it.
Paper, Ink 2021
Illustration to poetry of Natalya Hrebionka devoted to Japan.
Shadow of humility
A path in the dark.
I don't know where they lead
Reflections.
Striving for heights,
I lose earthly comfort.
Shadow of humility.
Fates are fickle,
Fate is mysterious.
The world inhaled deeply
A faded leaf.
© Natalya Hrebionka 2021
Тень смирения
Тропа в темноте.
Не знаю, куда ведут
Размышления.
Стремясь к высоте,
Теряю земной уют.
Тень смирения.
Переменчивы судьбы,
Загадочен рок.
Мир вдохнул полной грудью
Поблекший листок.
© Natalya Hrebionka 2021
Mitt bidrag till Fotosöndag och veckans tema «vårkänslor».
My contribution for this week's theme «spring feelings»; for the Swedish photo group Fotosondag.
If you're going to do something, strive to do it better than anyone else. Do it all the way. If you're going to half-ass it, why bother?
[Ashly Lorenzana]
The most accomplished street artist in Launceston is Kreamart. His identity is unknown (a local version of Banksy), but looking at this work he could well be a professional signwriter.
The message is one we should all take to heart whatever we do.
"Il mare insegna ai marinai sogni che poi i porti spengono." Bernard Giradeau.
Prima o poi bisogna trovare il coraggio di uscire fuori dal porto, per non dimenticare quanto più emozionante è il solcare il mare.
Buona giornata
PS: Foto di archivio, un bellissimo tramonto illumina le barche, ormai vuote, dei pescatori di un piccolo porto del sud della Sicilia. Foto scattata a mano libera con obbiettivo grandangolare, 10mm.