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It says more in an honest way than either Romney or Obama said in their over 2 billion dollar campaigns for the presidency.
Candidates for all offices in the election cycle of 2012 spent about 7 billion dollars total. I wonder if anyone genuinely feels better about his or her life after a favored candidate won. What, in fact, was won? Does anyone other than the few people whose lobbyists (over 40,000 lobbyists?) successfully prevent their immense incomes from being shared with workers know?
A couple true bugs...two image stacking...macro shot using Nikon D90 + Micro-NIKKOR 55mm lens ( reverse lens )...one of many shots from Pertandingan Fotografi Apresiasi Ekohidrologi Tasik Dan Wetland Putrajaya 2014...
She's true blue and happy about it!
I had intended to make a delicious and satisfying mess and then add ink, but it turned out fine with just the watercolor, so - believe it or not - I'm not adding ink!
Watercolor in the 7 by 10" ProArt sketchbook.
Da sinistra: Antonio Notaro / Nellino Franzese / Michele Falco @ Calcio Saponato 2011 II Edizione (Forum dei Giovani di Saviano - NA)
The Bayon temple forms the heart of the old capital of Angkor Thom and is one of the highlights of a visit to Cambodia, second only to nearby Angkor Wat as a marvel of ancient Khmer architecture. At first glance one can be forgiven for thinking it isn't architecture at all but some kind of natural rock formation, its many towers resembling rocky outcrops pointing at the sky. The true nature of these towers is only revealed as one approaches and sees the multitude of huge carved faces smiling down from them, a feature for which this temple is justly renowned.
Built in the late 12th or early 13th century by King Jayavarman VII, the temple was originally intended as a Hindu place of worship but was soon after adapted to Buddhist use when the state religion of Angkor shifted from one faith to the other. As a result the identity of the great faces is uncertain, some see them as the benign face of Buddha or the bodhisatva Lokesvara while others maintain that the Hindu god Brahma is the more likely candidate. It has also been considered that they may respresent King Jayavarman VII himself owing to the resemblance of surviving statues of him, which have the same serene smile. Whatever the truth of their identity, the cast their serene gazes over visitors from all directions and make a visit to the temple's upper terraces (from where they can be seen at close quarters) all the more memorable.
The temple is formed by an enormous (and craggy looking) central stupa surrounded by many smaller towers with faces carved on all four sides arising from raised terraces. Around the entire temple is a (formerly) covered corridor adorned with an extensive sequence of reliefs depicting historical and mythological scenes. This would normally be a major attraction in itself, but most visitors will only see certain sections of the reliefs as the more impressive architectural flourishes of the temple's heart inevitably command the most attention.
The Bayon temple is a place that has fascinated me ever since childhood when I first saw images from my mother's visit here in the 1960s. There is simply no other ancient monument quite like it!
.................... is deeper in meaning than mere words, and is important for its result, not petty rhetoric. Those who can verbalize their happiness have little happiness to speak of. My love has grown so much that I can't tell even half of it in words.
* A paraphrasing of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
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