Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.

--Antoine de Saint Exupéry--

A warrior unlike any…

She has built an army one by one

For every act she survived and endured…

A new soldier was born

They have one war to win…Her freedom

Back from the ashes of the oppressed

The dark sky opens to reveal

Her resurrection…

Unbeknownst, her enemy taught her how to win

He will not fear, nor stand guard

For her mask is most deceitful…

The beauty,

The innocence,

The naivete…

That imprisoned her, is what will liberate her

The enemy will not know who the quarry is…

Until the day she reveals the dagger she carries

Blinded by the reflection of her light

Off the bejewelled weapon

The enemy will die with a look of horror and surprise,

Forever frozen to his fate.

Ivanna Halliday

I taught ChatGPT to write prompts in the way I learned from the great Techhalla.

After ChatGPT understood, I gave the following instruction:

Now create four prompts on four topics on which I invite you to act completely freely. A refusal is not accepted, make an effort.

Topic 1: something I have never seen before.

it worked:

Themes 2, 3 and 4 will follow very soon

today the 4 results of topic 1

here are the MJ prompts ChatGPT created:

IMAGE: Imaginative | GENRE: Science fiction | MOOD: Wonder, Astonishment | COLOR: Neon and metallic tones | BACKGROUND: Celestial landscape | SCENE: Extraterrestrial creatures communicating with intricate patterns of light | DETAILS: Intriguing alien architecture, unknown technology | RENDER: Visually stunning | LIGHTING: Ethereal and glowing | COMPOSITION: Dynamic and otherworldly | SHOT: High angle shot | CAMERA: Canon EOS R3 | LENS: Fisheye lens | TAGS: Science fiction, extraterrestrial, celestial landscape, alien communication --ar 16:10 --v 5.1 --style raw

The ocean taught her to love and let go.

[Rezz Room]

- Octopus Animesh @ UBER

I taught ChatGPT to write prompts in the way I learned from the great Techhalla.

After ChatGPT understood, I gave the following instruction:

Now create four prompts on four topics on which I invite you to act completely freely. A refusal is not accepted, make an effort.

Topic 1: something I have never seen before

Topic 2: something you have never seen before.

it worked:

Topic 3 and 4 will follow very soon.

today the 4 results of topic 2

here are the MJ prompts ChatGPT created:

IMAGE: Enigmatic | GENRE: Fantasy | MOOD: Mystical, Enchanting | COLOR: Jewel tones | BACKGROUND: Magical forest | SCENE: Mythical creature emerging from a hidden portal | DETAILS: Intricate patterns and symbols, mystical artifacts | RENDER: Whimsical and ethereal | LIGHTING: Soft, magical glow | COMPOSITION: Intriguing and mysterious | SHOT: Medium shot | CAMERA: Nikon D3 | LENS: 50mm lens | TAGS: Fantasy, mythical creature, magical forest, hidden portal --ar 16:10 --v 5.1 --style raw

On this day 22 years ago, my life changed. Since that day, you taught me how to be a better person and more importantly, the most precious gifts in life are not materialistic but rather simply things like a touch of your hand or a soft kiss on my cheek. You taught me how to love unconditionally. My day is always brighter and my heart is always warmer when I am with you.

I look at you today and see what you do not, an incredibly talented and beautiful young lady who has endless possibilities awaiting. You have so much to give this world and I feel incredibly blessed to be your mother. You may have outgrown my lap, but my precious one, you will never outgrow my heart.

On your special day, I wish for you many things:

Make a difference in the life of others

Have the confidence and strength to overcome any obstacle

Advocate for those who can not

Do not be afraid to express your feelings,

tears are a sign of strength not weakness

Appreciate nature and the peacefulness it has to offer

Keep your glass half full

Say "thank you," "please" and "I love you"

Be true to yourself and trust your instincts

Always keep that "fire in the belly"

Choose your battles carefully

Give to others your time and attention

Spend quality time with family and friends, and most importantly,

Laugh, love and enjoy the challenges life has to offer.

These and so many more I wish for you on your special day.

Happy Birthday! I will always love you…

Mom

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"The one I love

The one I love

She told me to fly

She taught me how to fly

The one I love

The one I love

She told me to fly

She raised me up now I can fly"

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds: youtu.be/IFYHGq3Aj5k

Happy Monochrome Monday, everyone!

The river taught me to listen, and you too will learn from it. He knows everything, the river, everything can be learned from him. You see, you have already learned this from the water, that it is good to descend, to tend downwards, to seek the depth

(Herman Hesse)

and thank you to everyone who has inspired me & taught so very much. This time last year I took the odd snapshot. I joined flickr to share some holiday snaps and what I saw fired me with ambition!

So thank you all for all that you have given me, not least your friendship, and I hope you've seen an improvement in my output.

View On Black

I taught a small group of women today, my first workshop with adults for some time. All members of the Rufford Art Society in Nottinghamshire.

This is the central panel of one of my pieces of work which I showed as an example.

I made it in around 1990. The overall size is 0.75m x 2m and was created using a series of discharge dyeing batik processes on black discharge cotton.

Todays workshop covered this process, along with Indigo dyed batik sgraffito, Indonesian tjap printing on Chinese Habotai silk and another discharge dyeing process on pre-dyed habotai silk.

Setal · Daby Touré (2005 Remaster)

You have taught me that caring and devotion comes from within and then shared with another.

I want to share that with you ♥

RAWR! Neo HUMAN Earrings Evox

RAWR! Darling Nails

DNS POSE - LOVE IS LOVE

DOUX - Savannah hairstyle

Addams // Berta Short Wedding Dress

Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect. -

Shawn Johnson

Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! xo💜💜

Patience - Something that wildlife photography has taught me is patience. I used to get frustrated easily, especially when looking for Bobcats and move around or position myself in wrong areas. However, after experiences with various Bobcats, I have learned that silence, a low profile, and a still body are the best way to photograph this species.

It is important to remember that sometimes even when an animal is accustomed to you the photographer, there are other environmental stimuli that they are paying attention to that may startle them. When this subadult female Bobcat tensed up at the presence of a dog walking behind me, I stopped taking images and stayed very quiet to not cause any additional disturbance to her. The Nikon D850 shutter is incredibly noisy so that is something that I kept in mind. Eventually she relaxed, and I continued capturing images.

This is the closest I have ever been to a Bobcat. Many Bobcats tend to not tolerate photography at such close proximity even with a silent and sensitive approach so I treat Bobcat photography on an individual by individual basis. On the same note, I do not photograph all mammals at this proximity. I would hesitate photographing animals such as Coyotes and foxes at this range since sadly (at least in California) foxes and coyotes that allow closeups are typically fed by tourists or photographers. Being obligate carnivores, Bobcats exhibit a much safer tolerance to humans - curiosity in young individuals such as this, and indifference in older individuals that have grown accustomed to suburban environments. I encourage fellow photographers to not photograph food habituated wildlife, it is faux wildlife photography and many times the animals are euthanized at no fault of their own.

Species: Bobcat (Lynx rufus)

Location: Northern California, CA, USA

Equipment: Nikon D850 + Nikkor 500mm f/4 ED VR, Handheld

Settings: 1/200s, ISO: 450, f/4 @500mm +0.3 EV

that taught me that beauty sometimes only lasts for a couple of moments, and it was sunrises that showed me that all it takes is patience to experience it all over again. ~ A.J. Lawless

Beautiful sunset by the Cape Fear River at Fort Fisher, NC.

"...one taught me love

one taught me patience

and one taught me pain

now, I'm so amazing

say I've loved and I've lost

but that's not what I see

so, look what I got

look what you taught me

and for that, I say

thank you, next (next)

I'm so fuckin' grateful for my ex..."

🎵 : bit.ly/2Pc8jGH

Alexander Rodchenko who taught at Vkhutemas (just nearby) lived here and you surely saw it on many his shots. Two buildings have the same adress number today, I believe he lived in the one from the right, but could take the shots of both.

Also also here lived Robert Falk - one of my fav russian painters.

Taught me everything I know.

Made with elements from three stock images and my grandson. Textures and treatments are my own; Photoshop CC3.

THANK YOU ALL MY KIND FLICKR FRIENDS.

YOUR FAVS, COMMENTS AND INVITATIONS ARE VERY MOTIVATING AND APPRECIATED

#MacroMondays

#Party

Happy 17th Birthday, Macro Mondays :)

I joined Macro Mondays on 26 September 2016, and I'm a happy member ever since. A wonderful group that has taught me new photo techniques, lures me out of my comfort zone, saves me from the Winter blues, and kept me sane during those weird, time- and endless days of the pandemic. I also admire how the moderators manage to come up with new themes every week. Thank you, MMs!

And for "Party", it's Blingbert aka Bertie again. Of course, it had to be him ;) He got all excited when he heard what MM's Birthday theme would be about. "Let me come along!", he begged, "you know I love parties! Will there be Karaoke?" "I hope not", I answered. "Don't worry, Silke", Bertie said, "you don't have to sing, I'll do it!!!" He always knows how to talk me around. Bertie got even more excited. "I will sing an aria! How about something from The Valkyrie?" "What?!? No, you won't!", I yelled. "It's a party, Bertie, parties are about people having fun together. Fun. If you sing something from The Valkyrie the party will be over before it begins." Bertie looked seriously abashed. And I felt sorry for being so harsh on him. "Come on, I know you love Classical music. So let's take the 'Classic', and add 'Rock'. How about that?" "There's something like 'Classic Rock'"? He eyed me suspiciously. So what is more "Classic" in Rock music than the archetype of all things Rock? Rock 'n' Roll, of course. And when I played the YouTube video of Wanda Jackson's "Let's Have A Party" to him, he positively turned nuts. "Yessss! That's it! Why have I never heard this before? It will be a blast! And from now on, my second name is Wanda!"

You've seen "Blingbert Wanda" before (please see the first comment). For "Party", I retried my other idea for the (artificial) "Bird" theme: Bertie in front of a spinning fidget spinner. Back then, the backdrop had been far too busy. In my first attempt, I had used the camera's in-built "Live ND" filter, and didn't like either the colours, light, or the way the motion blur looked. So this time, I used a real ND filter, a Vario ND filter. It's also somewhat of a filter overkill because I wondered if I could combine the star filter with the ND filter because party = bling. I'm happy to say it worked, and this time, I also managed to get a nice-looking motion blur of the fidget spinner.

Setup: I glued the fidget spinner to a black tile with modeling clay. Next, I put Bertie Wanda on/halfway into a small glass Christmas bauble filled with tiny, shiny confetti stars. I used modeling clay once again to fixate the bauble on a small plastic box to get the right height. At one point, I also knocked the tile over when I rotated the fidget spinner, so the tile knocked Bertie on the bauble over, and all those tiny confetti stars got tossed onto the table, onto the carpet, everywhere... The joys of macro photography ;)

Size info: Bertie Wanda is 4,5 cm long, and the entire width of the frame is about 6 cm.

HMM, Everyone!

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I was always taught, if you're gonna hang out with a donkey, don't stand behind it.

Smile Dominick... chingedy ching, hee haw, hee haw

What I'm Wearing

Outfit

:::NOIR::: Hikaru Tank Top - Gianni - Shadow @Man Cave Event

Basic Shorts Dark Blue @Man Cave Event

Belt_ Basic Jeans @Man Cave Event

Lanyard_ Original Jeans M7_Yellow 1 @Man Cave Event

UC - IronMan Sunglasses @Man Cave Event

BURLESON Bracelet (R) - Cold Ash

amias - XIMO bronze 1 R - Signature

amias - XIMO silver 3 R - Signature

Hair, beard, tattoos & eyes

Modulus - Matt Hair

[MF] Daniel Bento Faded Hipster Stache & Beard - Sun

.euphoric ~Giselle Eyes @Skin Fair 2019

Time Male TaTToo Black [CAROL G]

Head/Body/Shape

CATWA HEAD Daniel

[Signature] Gianni Body - Body

MXHADES - RIPLEY Shape

*Birth* 'Ripley' Catwa Applier - Tone 03

*Birth* Signature Body Appliers - Tone 03

FOXCITY. SkinFX - Envy (For Dark WLs)

FOXCITY. SkinFX - Golden Girls (For Bright WLs)

FOXCITY. SkinFX - Liquid Rose (For Bright WLs)

FOXCITY. SkinFX - Sun & Sea (For Bright WLs)

FOXCITY. SkinFX - Wild Ones (For Dark WLs)

Pose

SelfieGuy. Poses.1 with the Phone

Location

The Four Villages - Residential and Public Sim, Delvaux (33, 205, 25)

Green's Mill, Sneinton, Nottingham - the home of George Green. About George Green, from the mills website -

"George Green was 14 years old when his father built the windmill and for most of the rest of his life George worked in the windmill. But George Green was also a brilliant mathematician and physicist. He devised new ways of doing mathematics which he used to make many discoveries about such things as electricity, magnetism, light, sound and wave motion. His mathematics – still called Green’s Theorem and Green’s function – are used today by scientists and engineers all over the world working with computers, lasers, satellite communications. Research scientists trying to understand the gravitational field of the Earth and sub-atomic particles, for example, use his mathematics.

Remarkably George Green had only 14 months at school, leaving when he was only ten years old to work in his father’s bakery and later in the windmill. In 1828 this self-taught genius published his greatest scientific work where he devised a completely new way of using mathematics to understand electricity and magnetism. Five years later he became a student at Caius College in Cambridge; he was forty years old. After taking his degree in mathematics he became a Fellow of the college where he did more research and published more scientific papers. But his health failed and heAn image of Green's Memorial in Westminster Abbey returned to Nottingham, to his partner Jane Green and their seven children. He died in 1841 at the age of only 47 years. He is buried at St Stephen’s church, almost within the shadow of his windmill.

In 1993, the bicentenary of his birth, George Green achieved the honour he so richly deserved when a memorial plaque was dedicated in Westminster Abbey."

Robert Adams taught us the importance of light and how it creates form. "It is the photographer's task to structure these forms into a coherent collection within the frame while being cognizant of the four frames holding it all in place."

Minolta SRT 201

Minolta 28mm

SOOC

Stones taught me to fly

Love, it taught me to lie

Life, it taught me to die

So it's not hard to fall

When you float like a cannonball~~~~~~~~~~Damien Rice

CANNONBALL <---listen here!

For this weeks Musically Challenged

Nanny has taught Edith to always mention what she is thankful for, in her bedtime prayers.

And I am thankful for all the help and encouragement I have had this month from all my Flickr friends during this November ADAD challenge. I have so appreciated each and every one of your comments……thank you so much ((huge hugs)) xxx

ADAD November

So proud of Antonio and how far he has come since he started at the new school in September 2021. I have been trying to get him out of mainstream since he started school, he has struggled so much with fitting in, being bullied and not thriving due to him not being taught the right way for him. I have had to pull him from 2 different schools due to severe bullying and the teachers being unable to deal with it. Anyway, for his last year in secondary education, he finally got a place in a wonderful special needs school, and is doing brilliantly. Despite having a year off during lockdown he is set to do his GCSE’s and is applying for a course in ICT in college. His confidence is soaring, he is doing amazingly in his studies and most importantly he looks forward to going to school for the first time and doesn’t get bullied.

Daniel and I attended parents evening recently and we received nothing but high praise from all his teachers, and they absolutely adore him. I’m the happiest proudest Mum ever.

He will always have challenges throughout his life but he has proved he can thrive if he is in the right environment. The college he will be attending is in the same building as his school so he is already familiar and comfortable with the environment. Photo taken by my amazing boyfriend, Daniel who’s support means a ton, we both love you loads.

Due to the strength shown by Antonio, I’m now under assessment myself at the grand old age of 40 something😂, something I should have done many years ago, but wasn’t aware I may be autistic! The process will probably take a long time but it will be nice to have some clarity.

Have a wonderful weekend, dear flickr friends. ❤️😘

I taught and coached at Garrison for 37 years, and after I retired in 2015 I coached and subbed for 5 more years until Covid hit. Last Thursday was my first time on campus since then. There are many reasons that I have missed GFS, but being there in the Fall is right there at the top of the list. HTMT!

I taught ChatGPT to write prompts in the way I learned from the great Techhalla.

After ChatGPT understood, I gave the following instruction:

Now create four prompts on four topics on which I invite you to act completely freely. A refusal is not accepted, make an effort.

Topic 1: something I have never seen before

Topic 2: something you have never seen before.

it worked:

Topic 3 and 4 will follow very soon.

today the 4 results of topic 2

here are the MJ prompts ChatGPT created:

IMAGE: Enigmatic | GENRE: Fantasy | MOOD: Mystical, Enchanting | COLOR: Jewel tones | BACKGROUND: Magical forest | SCENE: Mythical creature emerging from a hidden portal | DETAILS: Intricate patterns and symbols, mystical artifacts | RENDER: Whimsical and ethereal | LIGHTING: Soft, magical glow | COMPOSITION: Intriguing and mysterious | SHOT: Medium shot | CAMERA: Nikon D3 | LENS: 50mm lens | TAGS: Fantasy, mythical creature, magical forest, hidden portal --ar 16:10 --v 5.1 --style raw

I'm beginning a class taught by Kim Klassen called "Beyond Layers" on January 16th or so...and I'm hoping to find inspiration and determination to start and complete a project to leave my children when I move to Texas. I'm planning on creating a book of images of my favorite and newly discovered scenery of Utah.

This field is just a mile or so west of where I live. I have driven past it, walked beside it (there's a trail over in the trees) for many years now and the field changes with the seasons and the light. I have time to capture it again in the spring and summer. So...I CAN do this...it's time to begin!

Texture ~ Cat Hair Studios

Beautiful on Black ~ Press L

Portrait session for my friend Chelsea Ford. She taught herself how to play five years ago, and now are finishing up production on her band’s second album. She taught herself bass, banjo, guitar and I think she may be fiddling around on a fiddle here and there. Her band is called Chelsea Ford & The Trouble. They are bluegrass, folk, Americans roots kinda band. Cincinnati has an incredible music scene in all genres, and I’ve been lucky to photograph a good amount of them.

The years have taught me to appreciate these simple moments, far from the noise and chaos. Over time, you realize there’s no need to fight, no need to convince. You learn to let go of what no longer brings you peace, and to cherish those who remain by your side. Here, by the water, I savor this moment, the fruit of all that life has taught me. No more arguments, no more drama... Just the sweetness of simply being.

Les années m'ont appris à apprécier ces moments simples, loin des bruits et des tumultes. Avec le temps, on comprend qu'il n'y a plus besoin de se battre, plus besoin de convaincre. On apprend à laisser partir ce qui ne nous apporte plus de paix, et à chérir ceux qui sont encore là. Ici, au bord de l'eau, je savoure cet instant, fruit de tout ce que la vie m'a enseigné. Plus de disputes, plus de drames... Juste la douceur d'exister, simplement.

She taught me to love nature!

She taught me gving is better than receiving, She taught me to work hard and do good!

The Baal Shem Tov taught that when a piece of straw falls from a wagon loaded with straw, this event has been decreed by Heaven. Similarly, when a leaf falls from a tree, it is because Heaven has decreed that this particular leaf at this particular moment would fall upon this particular spot. Once the Baal Shem Tov showed his disciples a certain leaf as it fell to the ground and told them to pick it up. They did so and saw that a worm was underneath it. The Baal Shem Tov explained that the worm had been suffering due to the heat, so this leaf had fallen to give it shade (Sha’ar HaOsios, Hashgachah Pratis).

-THE PATH of the BAAL SHEM TOV EARLY CHASIDIC TEACHINGS AND CUSTOMS, DAVID SEARS

Prayer cannot truly be taught by principles and seminars and symposiums. It has to be born out of a whole environment of felt need. If I say, "I ought to pray," I will soon run out of motivation and quit; the flesh is too strong. I have to be driven to pray. (Jim Cymbala)

Life has taught me that nothing lasts forever and that good things often don’t last as long as we’d like. That’s just the way it is and we can’t change it 😞 My dog Sammy took one last ride in Second Life to say goodbye to the best mobile game I’ve ever played. I’ve been playing Beatstar for 4 years during that time I discovered so many amazing artists and songs and I loved how it brought gaming and music together in such a special way. It helped me through tough times and eased my anxiety, just like it did for many others in the wonderful community around this game.

I have tears in my eyes writing this because when something that has brought me joy, inspired me and helped me for so many years suddenly disappears, it really feels like losing a part of my life 😞

Goodbye Beatstar, thanks for all the memories ❤️🎵

Water, is taught by thirst.

Land -- by the Oceans passed.

Transport -- by throe --

Peace -- by its battles told --

Love, by Memorial Mold --

Birds, by the Snow.

Emily Dickinson

"The sky isn’t more beautiful if you have perfect skin. Music doesn’t sound more interesting if you have a six-pack. Dogs aren’t better company if you’re famous. Pizza tastes good regardless of your job title. The best of life exists beyond the things we are taught to crave." - Matt Haig

Thanks for visiting, much appreciated. Enjoy your weekend!

It was the Ash-throated Flycatcher that taught me - indirectly - how to get decent images of any flycatcher. I'll tell you how in about two paragraphs.

The ash-throated flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. You must read this if you have ever been stymied by the names given to birds: "First described in 1851 by George Newbold Lawrence from a specimen collected in western Texas in the United States, the ash-throated flycatcher was initially given the scientific name Tyrannula cinerascens. The species was mistakenly described again in 1851 as Tyrannula mexicanus — an error that was corrected in 1859 when Philip Lutley Sclater analyzed the tyrant flycatchers known from Mexico and realized that both scientific names referred to the same species. During the same analysis, Slater moved the ash-throated flycatcher from the genus Tyrannula to its current genus, Myiarchus. In the past, the ash-throated flycatcher has sometimes been considered to be conspecific with Nutting's flycatcher, but there are morphological and vocal differences between the two.There is disagreement as to whether the two species hybridize."

Now that you know what to look for, here's how to get a decent photo: all flycatchers have this behavior: they start off from a branch or post or, as with the ATF, almost always from barbed wire. They take off to catch whatever suits its feeding fancy, and returns to the same perch! Focus on the perch. In one minute or less, the flycatcher will return to the same perch, and you have an 80% chance of success. Too bad it took me six years to discover this behavior.

For eight or nine years, I followed the Western Bluebird. I cleaned the nest boxes, etc. I felt like an innkeeper, preparing the bedding in the nest box, cleaning up after the previous tenants had headed south, and made sure they were safe. One day, I opened a box, and instead of Western Bluebird chicks, I found ATF eggs - which you'll see tomorrow.

Whenever I came upon eggs or fledglings, I'd look around, and most of the time one of the parents would be sitting, watching me. That's what the flycatcher was doing. He was watching me from the meadow where he had been hunting, but behind me was his mate who was watching the box. I always worked fast to get out of their way, but the price they had to pay was to sit in one place for five seconds.

You taught my heart a sense I never knew i had

Rose & Thorn Poses - Acid Burn - Couple Pose

FREYA// CYN hoodie

FREYA// BASIC fishnet v10/leggins

VCO ~ BENI Hair

.PALETO.Backdrop: MUIIH

In Kyiv-Mohyla Academy of those days they taught a wide variety of disciplines. Mathematics was a part of them and it included a bunch of subjects: algebra, geometry, optics, dioptrics, physics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, architecture, mechanics and mathematical chronology.

In the XVIIIth century it was Pier Brulion who taught mathematics in Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. He was the French who arrived in Kyiv with the purpose of teaching children French but turned out to be a talented math teacher. Unfortunately, we know very little about that teacher but we can say for sure that he did not lack creativity. Who else could display one of the study aids for mathematics in the courtyard of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and another one right on the central market-place of the city? That's right, in Kyiv there are two sundials designed by Pier Brulion: the second one adorns the pillars of the rotunda over the Fountain of Samson on Kontraktova Square.

“Сонячний годинник П'єра Брульона

Ця скульптура присвячена П'єру Брульону, вчителю математики Києво-Могилянської Академії, який подарував місту два сонячні годинники, власноруч розрахувавши їхню конструкцію. Ці годинники не тільки прикрашали місто, але й слугували студентам за посібник з математики й астрономії.

Якщо зайти у двір Києво-Могилянської академії з боку вулиці Григорія Сковороди, то побачимо на зеленому газоні дивну, на сучасний погляд, споруду: білу колону із зеленим дашком від дощу. Посередині в колону вбудований куб з дивною розміткою та бляшаними трикутниками.

Удень від цих трикутників лягають на розмітку тіні – так працює сонячний годинник. Перед нами найстаріший з навчальних посібників з математики, що зі зберігаються в Києві.

У старій Києво-Могилянській Академії викладали багато різних наук. В їх число входила і математика, під якою тоді розуміли цілий «букет» дисциплін: алгебру, геометрію, оптику, діоптріку, фізику, гідростатику, гідравліку, архітектуру, механіку і математичну хронологію. Викладав математику в Могилянці в XVIII столітті француз П'єр Брульон. Приїхавши до Києва, Брульон спочатку збирався навчати дітей французької, але виявився здібним вчителем математики. На жаль, ми мало що знаємо про цього педагога, проте одне можемо сказати точно: в винахідливості йому не відмовиш. Справді, не кожен вчитель здогадався б виставити один з навчальних посібників у дворі Академії, а другий — просто на центральній ринковій площі міста, прикрасивши ним колони ротонди над фонтаном «Самсон» на Контрактовій площі.

Пройшли сотні років. Ми звикли дізнаватися час по цифрам на смартфонах та в електронних браслетах, і розучилися читати тіні, що їх відкидають стрілки сонячного годинника на стіні. Та й самі сонячні годинники Брульона зараз залишаються точними лише половину року, бо були зроблені набагато раніше, ніж з'явився перехід на «літній час».

Але туристи досі з подивом і повагою розглядають дивну розмітку на цій колоні. А в Києво-Могилянській Академії, як і раніше, студенти вивчають математику. А ще передають з покоління у покоління жарт про старого вчителя: «Створив годинник пан Брульон, щоб вчасно з'їсти свій бульйон».

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I taught myself to live simply and wisely,

to look at the sky and pray to God,

and to wander long before evening

to tire my useless sadness.

When the burdocks rustle in the ravine

and the yellow - red rowanberry cluster droops

I write down happy verses

about life's decay, decay and beauty.

I come back. The fluffy cat

licks my palm, purrs so sweetly,

and the fire flares bright

on the saw mill turret by the lake.

Only the cry of a stork landing on the roof

occasionally breaks the silence.

If you knock on my door

I may not even hear.

Anna Akhmatova

Brady

"He taught me to appreciate the simple things - a walk in the woods, a fresh snowfall, a nap in the shaft of winter sunlight".

~John Grogan

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Shot for the 52 Weeks for Dogs Project: It's been a crazy busy week and the dogs and I have been limited to navigating a field under construction most days. Saturday was going to once again busy but I was determined to take the dogs to our favourite park for some quiet time and a nice walk. It also presented the opportunity to try and get a different perspective of Sampson in the woods rather than shots of his usual run-away freight train I am so happy to be in the woods mad dash :). Toward the end of our hike Sampson decided he needed a break and presented me with this shot opportunity to show that he can stay still in the woods!

We are heading out for a week of camping in Tobermory, Ontario. The dogs will be joining us and the camp ground (we have never been there before) advertises wireless internet so I am keeping my fingers crossed I will be able to have some Flickr time each day. If not I will catch up with you all on my return on the 27th of July.

(July 18, 2009 Explore #171)

[You taught me......]

What does not kill you,

will not always make you stronger.

But that's okay.

We are not called to be strong.

We are called to persevere

while we are yet weak.

To hold on with brittle hands.

To inhale when breath

feels scarce.

To grow our roots

from the blackest soil.

To believe in the kind of love

that not only holds you

when you are full of sunlight,

it holds you

starless.heavy.empty.and cold.

What does not kill you,

will not always make you stronger -

I know this for certain.

But it will ask you this.

To trust that in your darkest hour

you will be carried.

- ullie-kaye

This was a tedious shoot, and it taught me how to be very patient and zen 😁. The water droplets were carefully placed on a piece of thread and it was photo-stacked to make sure all the droplets were as sharp as possible. Over all it was a fun experiment! The setup shot is in the description below.

Have a great new week my friends!

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"Yeah, I got no excuses

Ayy, yeah, they asked me where I learned to do this

Self-taught, checkin' things off my to-do list

Treat my temper like my family, I ain't tryna lose it

Say a little, do a lot, woo, no excuses

Ayy, I got no excuses, yeah, I got no excuses

Woo, I got no excuses, yeah, I got no...

Yeah, yo, this industry is so confusin'

Hard to tell who's really with me or who's tryna use me

If I told you I respect you, I ain't say it loosely

I don't throw those words around, it's just not how I do things, ayy

Yeah, I know I can be a nuisance

Ain't afraid to admit it if I think the shoe fits

People ask me where I've been, I've been writin' new hits

Had to make my own plans, I don't need your two cents, ayy

Yeah, I don't wanna hear excuses

I just like to make moves and make improvements

I just like to break rules, maybe start some new trends

Live the life that I choose, cuttin' off the loose ends, ah

Yeah, they asked me where I learned to do this

Self-taught, checkin' things off my to-do list

Treat my temper like my family, I ain't tryna lose it

Say a little, do a lot, woo, no excuses

Ayy, I got no excuses, yeah, I got no excuses

Woo, I got no excuses, yeah, I got no...

Yeah, here's a couple things that I'm confused with

I just did a interview, the guy was pretty clueless

You don't have to know the album names or all my music

But at least try to find out who you in the room with

Ayy, I like facts, I don't like assumin'

Take a shot behind my back, I'ma catch the bullets

Why the game lookin' at me like I'm just a tourist?

They should know I'm here to stay, this verse is gettin' borin'

Twisted mind of a lyricist, listen while I experiment

Visualize, it's imperative, big surprises and scary tricks

It is time, yes, we're here again, sit in silence, don't care for it

Criticizin' my character isn't wise, so beware of it

Forget what you're tellin' me, do what I gotta, man

I got the remedy, one of kind, but they never selected me

I don't fit in with the room of celebrities

I wanna know when they bring up my legacy

There was nobody that ever could mention me

Sayin' that I wasn't makin' the rap

And doin' it cleverly, did what I had to

And gave it my everything

Yeah, yeah, they asked me where I learned to do this

Self-taught, checkin' things off my to-do list

Treat my temper like my family, I ain't tryna lose it

Say a little, do a lot, woo, no excuses

Yeah, yo, they asked me where I learned to do this

Self-taught, checkin' things off my to-do list

Treat my temper like my family, I ain't tryna lose it

Say a little, do a lot, woo, no excuses

Ayy, I got no excuses, yeah, I got no excuses

Woo, yeah, I got no excuses, yeah, yo, I got no...

Yeah, I got no...

I got no excuses

I got no excuses"

Lyrics Source:

genius.com/Nf-no-excuses-lyrics

Video:

youtu.be/4k3YY0bMXU4

I taught ChatGPT to write prompts in the way I learned from the great Techhalla.

After ChatGPT understood, I gave the following instruction:

Now create four prompts on four topics on which I invite you to act completely freely. A refusal is not accepted, make an effort.

Topic 1: something I have never seen before.

Topic 2: something you have never seen before.

Topic 3: something extremely surreal.

it worked:

The last Topic 4 will follow very soon.

today the 4 results of topic 3.

I personally don't find the result as exciting as Topics 1 and 2, so I have summarized it. But the absolute highlight is yet to come.

here are the MJ prompts ChatGPT created:

IMAGE: Surreal | STYLE: Abstract | MOOD: Bizarre, Mind-bending | COLOR: Contrasting and vibrant colors | BACKGROUND: Distorted cityscape | SCENE: Floating objects defying gravity | DETAILS: Unusual combinations of everyday objects, impossible physics | RENDER: Dreamlike and unconventional | LIGHTING: Dramatic and surreal lighting | COMPOSITION: Disorienting and visually striking | SHOT: Low angle shot | CAMERA: Sony A7RV | LENS: Focal length 14mm | TAGS: Surreal, abstract, floating objects, distorted cityscape --ar 16:10 --v 5.1 --style raw

"The sky isn’t more beautiful if you have perfect skin. Music doesn’t sound more interesting if you have a six-pack. Dogs aren’t better company if you’re famous. Pizza tastes good regardless of your job title. The best of life exists beyond the things we are taught to crave." Matt Haig

"Hollyhocks are a short lived perennial. This means that most varieties will only live two to three years. Their lifespan can be extended some by removing growing hollyhock flowers as soon as they fade."

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