Striving Amateurs
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No matter how difficult the last times have been, we should all strive to add some magic around us.
It would be fantastic if we could do it every day of life, but especially at this time of year when those who love us, even from a distance, will be thinking and wishing us the best!
Merry Christmas to all my Flickr friends and contacts!
May we go through these difficult times with hope in our hearts. ❤
We all strive to be the best we can be, whether that be for family, work, friends etc. How often do we take the time to be the best we can be for ourselves? How often do we take the time to recognise how beautiful we are, as souls, as beings? How often do we tell ourselves that we are enough...just as we are? It has taken me 44 years to start asking myself this question.
Last night, my son, who has complex needs and disabilities, hugged me tightly and said "I love you mummy". Not because he was asked to, but because he wanted to. "You're the best mummy in the world".
After I held him tightly and told him how much I love him, he wriggled free and was lost in his spinning world again.
But to me, that was the world, that was everything. And I allowed myself to see, for the first time in 44 years, that despite everything, I must be the best for my son, does this mean I can also be the best for me?
Epiphanies are best shared with people you truly admire and respect, which is why I'm sharing this 💜
This image was taken BEFORE the boardwalk bollard lights switched on for the evening.
Striving to be creative with my presentations, I lined up the extremely bright setting sun directly behind the fixture to produce the effect of an electric source.
The scenic, Steveston Heritage Fishing Villiage is a charming fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC on the Mighty Fraser River
Definitely one of British Columbia's best kept secrets.
Series: Steveston by Romance
I 💖 Steveston
Canada
The stars on the night sky above Lisbon are striving with the lights of the city and the famous bridge Ponte 25 de Abril. This is for sure one of my favourite photos from my trip to Portugal.
It took me at least half an hour to find my way throught the narrow alleys down to the old docks at the river Tejo. But it was absolutely worth it, even if I have to admit that I did get some greeps when I walked alone in the darkness through the deserted and partly ruinous harbor installation to get to this point.
For all friends of lost places, this must be a highlight what I will explore at daylight on my next visit.
Die Sterne am Nachthimmel über Lissabon wetteifern mit den Lichtern der Stadt und der berühmten Brücke Ponte 25 de Abril. Dies ist definitiv eins meiner Lieblingsfotos von meiner Reise nach Portugal.
Es hat mindestend eine halbe Stund gedauert, bis ich einen Weg durch die engen Gassen hinunter zu den alten Docks am Ufer des Tejo gefunden hatte. Doch es hat sich absolut gelohnt, auch wenn zugeben muss, dass es mich schon etwas gegruselt hat, als ich allein im Dunkeln durch die verlassenen und teilweise verfallenen Hafenanlagen zu diesem Punkt gelaufen bin.
Für alle Lost Place Freunde ist dies bestimmt ein Highlight, welches ich mir bei meinem nächsten Besuch einmal bei Tageslicht anschauen werde.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
First of all, apologies for not having been around. I’ve been following his example of staring into the distance and striving for a complete state of comatose oblivion. And obviously, this worked rather well for me and him. Even though I recently picked up the camera again, did not really find anything worthwhile to record. My lack of motivation was and is a contributing factor.
Merry Christmas to all of you and having the best of intentions to post some more. Same as last year, I still dislike Christmas songs intensely, so I am using this one as an alternate.
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**
"With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world"
Desiderata
Max Ehrman
ערב ראש השנה תשע"ז
שנה טובה!
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
When our leaders understand that no weapon or ammunition is conducive to dialogue for peace and stop manufacturing and buying them, then peace will be reborn for the good and happiness of humanity.... → Unfortunately this is an utopia, but I say it anyway !
"This world is a cage of fools where war, peace, love, hate, anger, jubilation, boredom, pleasure, martyrdom follow one another in turn and play on us".
Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
Buddha
In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.
Deepak Chopra
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Melody Beattie
Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.
George Orwell
Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.
Stephen Sondheim
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️❤️❤️
“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.
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
I have. been looking for ideas and read the following article that I have based this work upon:
The Mystery of Life
Muhammad Taqi Ja'fari
Positive Mysticism
www.al-islam.org/mystery-life-muhammad-taqi-jafari/positi...
I hope that my work makes sense to you!
With heartfelt and genuine thanks for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day, be well, keep your eyes open, appreciate the beauty surrounding you, enjoy creating, stay safe and laugh often! ❤️❤️❤️
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
Dante strives for everlasting peace within her lands. The promise of all Dragon hatchlings continues to hold fast awareness that our waters, land and skies are forever protected. Dare not loop toward battle at us as your conflict will encounter clashes of great defeat. Vanquish those thoughts before your eyes outwit your mind. Just know we rest well and our strength nuzzles within each swinging branch, Continued
Mitt bidrag till Fotosöndag och veckans tema «vårkänslor».
My contribution for this week's theme «spring feelings»; for the Swedish photo group Fotosondag.
Tunnel through the rhododendron, Scaly Mountain Trail, Nantahala National Forest
Pentax K-1
SMC Pentax 1:5.5 55mm
Iridient Developer
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.
Ausgehend vom kreisrunden, zentralen Platz, auf dem ein Friedhof zu finden ist, streben ein paar Straßen dem Wasser entgegen. Hier stehen ausschließlich Häuser aus vergangenen Jahrhunderten. Alle Gräber des Friedhofs zeigen übrigens nach Osten. Vielleicht konnte sich der Stadtteil in dieser Form nur erhalten, weil über Jahrhunderte Holm eine Insel war. Erst 1933 wurde das Fischerquartier mit dem Festland verbunden.
Starting from the circular, central square, where a cemetery can be found, a few streets strive towards the water. Only houses from past centuries stand here. By the way, all graves in the cemetery point to the east. Perhaps the district was only able to survive in this form because Holm was an island for centuries. It was not until 1933 that the fishing quarters were connected to the mainland.