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I just received this as a link on my Facebook page.
This is the first tattoo that I know of, I guess it was done 2 years ago.
Here the Dutch surrendered to General Zheng Chenggong after a one-year siege of Fort Zeelandia. The 300 survivors were allowed to carry everything of value back to Jakarta, including their slaves. Zheng Chenggong, better known in the west by his title Koxinga (國姓爺) is an interesting character: a capable if headstrong leader who was given to bouts of tactical brilliance as well as madness. He is well remembered in Mainland China, Taiwan and Japan for differing reasons: the PRC emphasized the fact that he drove away foreigners from Chinese territory in the name of the country, the Japanese (when they controlled Taiwan) emphasized his half-Japanese ancestry and his linkage to the "motherland", and Taiwan emphasized the fact that he took the island in the hopes of retaking the Mainland from the invaders, as the ROC had hoped to do.
Chihkan Tower (赤崁樓), Tainan (臺南市), Republic of China (中華民國)
www.dali.com/blog/dali-prints-surrender-of-breda/
Lithograph
Changes in Great Masterpieces
1974
By Paul Chimera
Dali Historian
(Mr. Chimera worked directly with Dali Museum founder Reynolds Morse, as the publicity director of the original Dali Museum when it was located in Beachwood, Ohio)
No artist in history was revered by Salvador Dali more than the Spanish master who painted “Surrender of Breda,” the large masterpiece depicted here, and on which Dali deftly made some eye-fooling, surrealistic changes. That artist was Velasquez, who occupied the number one spot in Dali’s list of his favorite artists, along with such other iconic painters as Vermeer and Raphael – both of whom Dali pays homage to in other graphic works from this “Changes in Great Masterpieces” series.
Scholars often cite “Surrender of Breda” as being one of the most purely Spanish paintings ever created. Salvador Dali agreed. Not only was he profoundly inspired by the genius of his 17th century precursor, but he was especially moved by his monumental canvas, which hangs in Madrid’s Prado Museum – a place Dali visited often to study the brushwork of the masters.
Remarkably, this single Velasquez picture figures in not one but two important Dali works. The first instance was in Dali’s huge and extraordinarily complex and beautifully painted canvas, “The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus” of 1959. Dali paid homage to the Velasquez painting by borrowing the flags and tall lances in the background of the earlier work and recreating them in the background of “Columbus.”
And, of course, the second instance of “Surrender of Breda’s” influence is in the present lithograph. Notice how Dali cleverly implied the illusion of a tear in the Breda work, down the middle. And then again, showing the same see-through background by virtue of the “hole” in the horse at right.
Below the main image is a small sepia reproduction of “Surrender of Breda,” accompanied by Dali’s sketch of the two main figures from the Velasquez work, one handing the key to the city off to the victor.
What a remarkable piece of Dalinian art, created the same year Dali’s Teatro-Museo Dali (Dali Theatre-Museum) opened in his birth town of Figueras, Spain. A tribute to his favorite artist. Adroit tromp l’ oil (eye-fooling) technique. Whimsical sketching. All coming together as part of what has long been considered one of Dali’s most interesting, inventive and important graphics suites.
Croatian cliff diver. We were sitting at a bar overlooking the Adriatic when a body streaked past us from above. I grabbed the camera just in time to catch the second kid in mid-flight. I'd guess it was about 100 foot drop. Totally fearless.
The Japanese surrender flag at the end of the war. The Japanese character is apparently the army unit that was surrendering.
No Escape- Diffrent edit
I don't wanna go to sleep.
Why should I when there's a world full of things to do?
No, I wanna stay up forever.
I wanna dance, I wanna sing, I wanna be free.
And if you wont do that with me, then I wanna lay here and think of you.
Or travel the world and think of you.
Or kiss your lips while I think of you
In its broadest terms, religion says
that there is an unseen order and
that our supreme good lies in rightful
relation to it.
- William James
The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.
~ Julia Cameron
Love isn't as simple as you wish it would be. On the other hand, it's nowhere near as complicated as you fear it is. My advice to you is to extinguish any itch you might have to compel love to serve any agenda whatsoever. Instead, bow down before it with all the innocence you can muster, and declare yourself ready to be its humble student and servant. Celebrate through surrender.
~ Rob Brezsny
September 1, 1939 -- May 7, 1945. What an ordeal. What a money maker.From my journal: Tues 15 Oct 2002: "On Monday we got up early-- had already purchased train tickets-- from Gare de l'Est to Epernay -> Reims. Then backtrack. [This is wrong. We went from Paris to Rheims, then Epernay, then back to Paris.] Stopped and got off at Reims. Went to see the museum in which Germans surrendered on 5 May 1945 [it was actually 7 May]. Eisenhowerama. Wandered down main drag to BAC [="Big Ass Church" ]. Windy, pleasant. Asked a man where the post office was, got a pleasant response, and understood it actually. JN sampled a sort of hotdog near the train station. A longi-sliced spicy wiener in bread. Horseradish mustard. R [Richard] declined food, should have gotten something. Then on to Epernay--"
SURRENDER
"I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.
So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything,
but only God, who makes things grow. " 1 Corinthians 3:6-7
We can put a lot of pressure on ourselves to produce "successful" kids, and there is no question that parenting requires a lot of hard work. But, what exactly is our role in the process? In this passage, Paul explains the role of a teacher. We believe it applies just as well to a family.
Parents are God's representatives in the family, and that role is crucially important. In the end, however, we have to surrender the results to God because He is the One "who causes the growth." He will grow our children into His design. While it is difficult to let go of our design and surrender our kids to God, it is God's will that they grow less and less dependent on us and more dependent on Him.
You cannot force your child to grow up to be a godly person, but you can be a godly parent. Use your children's experiences, your example and gentle exploration to "plant and water" your kids, and surrender the results to God. God Bless
Hamilton, NJ
25' tall sculpture by Seward Johnson recreating the iconic photo entitled"Unconditional Surrender" by Alfred Eisenstaedt.
This weekend's activities revolved around the Sudarshana Chakra, Lord Narayanaya's famed spiritual weapon. Known for its protection of the surrendered devotees and its destruction of all negative forces, it was a timely focus for these days of Covid-19 and the fear that seems so prevalent in the world today.
Saturday started with Guru puja, followed by Kalash puja, and then the Sudarshana Yajna began. For this event, not only the main yajna kund was used, but eight individual kunds were placed around the Sudarshana murti located in front of the main temple. Simultaneously, 50 individually-sponsored yajnas were performed on the back lawn by Residents of The Ashram. After the yajnas, Gurudev also performed an abhishekam ceremony on the large murti.
The entire event was livestreamed and commented on by Rishis and Swamis who gave insights into the significance of the Sudarshana Chakra and told personal stories. On Sunday morning, Gurudev joined the prayers to sing a variety of beautiful bhajans, too.
paramahamsavishwananda.com
bhaktimarga.org