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... initially, for a couple weeks, I had no idea what film or camera I took this with. I had todo some detective work. this is what I get for waiting so long between developments the past year and 3 months. But really, was kind of neat that I don't know...
I am fond of the idea that you can be casually strolling along a sandy beach and unknowingly be a part of an artistic moment of creativity/beauty/whathaveyou. In short, every moment we exist is a moment we are participating in something outside of ourselves, or larger than ourselves, whether we are aware of it or not.
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Introduction
Best Gospel Song | How Great Is Our God | "How God Rules Over All Things"
From the moment you come crying into this world,
you begin to perform your duty.
In the plan and ordination of God, you assume your role,
and begin the journey of life.
Whatever your background or the journey ahead of you,
none can escape the orchestration and arrangement that Heaven has in store,
and none are in control of their destiny,
for only He who rules over all things is capable of such work.
Since the day man came into existence,
God has been steady in His work,
managing this universe and directing the change and movement of all things.
Like all things, man quietly and unknowingly
receives
the nourishment of the sweetness and rain and dew from God.
Like all things, man unknowingly lives under the orchestration of God’s hand.
The heart and spirit of man are held in the hand of God,
and all the life of man is beheld in the eyes of God.
Regardless of whether or not you believe this,
any and all things, living or dead,
will shift, change, renew, and disappear according to God’s thoughts.
This is how God rules over all things.
from The Word Appears in the Flesh
>Eastern Lightning, The Church of Almighty God was created because of the appearance and work of Almighty God, the second coming of the Lord Jesus, Christ of the last days. It is made up of all those who accept Almighty God's work in the last days and are conquered and saved by His words. It was entirely founded by Almighty God personally and is led by Him as the Shepherd. It was definitely not created by a person. Christ is the truth, the way, and the life. God's sheep hear God's voice. As long as you read the words of Almighty God, you will see God has appeared.
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Introduction
Best Gospel Song | How Great Is Our God | "How God Rules Over All Things"
From the moment you come crying into this world,
you begin to perform your duty.
In the plan and ordination of God, you assume your role,
and begin the journey of life.
Whatever your background or the journey ahead of you,
none can escape the orchestration and arrangement that Heaven has in store,
and none are in control of their destiny,
for only He who rules over all things is capable of such work.
Since the day man came into existence,
God has been steady in His work,
managing this universe and directing the change and movement of all things.
Like all things, man quietly and unknowingly
receives
the nourishment of the sweetness and rain and dew from God.
Like all things, man unknowingly lives under the orchestration of God’s hand.
The heart and spirit of man are held in the hand of God,
and all the life of man is beheld in the eyes of God.
Regardless of whether or not you believe this,
any and all things, living or dead,
will shift, change, renew, and disappear according to God’s thoughts.
This is how God rules over all things.
from The Word Appears in the Flesh
Eastern Lightning, The Church of Almighty God was created because of the appearance and work of Almighty God, the second coming of the Lord Jesus, Christ of the last days. It is made up of all those who accept Almighty God's work in the last days and are conquered and saved by His words. It was entirely founded by Almighty God personally and is led by Him as the Shepherd. It was definitely not created by a person. Christ is the truth, the way, and the life. God's sheep hear God's voice. As long as you read the words of Almighty God, you will see God has appeared.
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While walking I came upon a hidden, low muddy area , where 20 or so egrets were feeding. They erupted like a cloud when they saw me, and I was only able to capture the end of the fly-up. Interesting photo op but I felt really bad that I unknowingly interrupted them.
Noki passed away a couple of weeks ago. This is the last image I took of him, unknowingly, some time before his condition got worse. This will also be the last photo I'll upload of him. Miss you, buddy. Rest in peace.
This place feels like a still from an animation and I'm in awe.
We tried some Chinese Herbal Cusine today (at 福慧根湯) and I unknowingly ticked off something from a bucket list I never knew I had - Sleep at a restaurant: CHECK!
Such a surreal experience.
Catch up with you tomorrow!
#6361 - 2025 Day 151/365: Corfe Castle with early morning sea fret beginning to clear.
Ancestor Walk, Purbeck, May 2025
My ancestors back from my paternal great grandmother Ellen Mary Ricketts were all from these villages in Purbeck: Wareham, Wool, East Stoke, Winfrith Newburgh, East Knighton and East Lulworth. It is perhaps no surpise that I have always been drawn here, unknowingly.
My 3x great grandparents Edmund Ricketts and Mary Anna Battrick moved to Brighton in the 1860s. For interest the primary names in the line are Ricketts, Battrick, Runyard and Galton. I've traced them back so far to 1691.
I've been feeling a little nostalgic lately so I've been editing pictures from a few years ago.
This one is from last summer <3
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September 9, 2023 - Lexington Nebraska
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Early September 2023...
Gear Packed & Primed! Drove west from Kearney out to Lexington Nebraska area. Once the warnings started to fire out in West Central Nebraska. It was time to do my thing. It was to see one of the last supercells of the summer of 2023 & I wasn't gonna miss out. This truly had incredible, beautiful structure. Was tornado warned & had all the right elements for what I do.
No I didn't see a Tor-nader that day. I got a few snaps of what I think was a wall cloud to the cell northwest of my location.
I was there for the structure & I got those incredible snaps... It is what I came for!
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I travel a lot of roads LESS TRAVELED than most in Nebraska due to what I do. After the Lexington Nebraska event.. I had to shoot back a few miles due my proximity to the storm.
As I traveled west then south from Overton Nebraska .. Via Nebraska Road "748" heading west. My normal spot was taken due to harvesting from the farmers. Cows were in my favorite spot. So a drove a few miles to the west. I had been by here about 1000+ times but never realized there there was an historical marker here.
So unknowingly, as I pulled into this little area with no power-lines I found a new place to take snaps but it has some historical value. Thought I would add this link for those of you that are curious about this Famous Nebraska Historical Marker.
The Plum Creek Massacre
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September 9, 2023 - Lexington Nebraska
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Early September 2023...
Gear Packed & Primed! Drove west from Kearney out to Lexington Nebraska area. Once the warnings started to fire out in West Central Nebraska. It was time to do my thing. It was to see one of the last supercells of the summer of 2023 & I wasn't gonna miss out. This truly had incredible, beautiful structure. Was tornado warned & had all the right elements for what I do.
No I didn't see a Tor-nader that day. I got a few snaps of what I think was a wall cloud to the cell northwest of my location.
I was there for the structure & I got those incredible snaps... It is what I came for!
*** PERSONAL NOTE***
I travel a lot of roads LESS TRAVELED than most in Nebraska due to what I do. After the Lexington Nebraska event.. I had to shoot back a few miles due my proximity to the storm.
As I traveled west then south from Overton Nebraska .. Via Nebraska Road "748" heading west. My normal spot was taken due to harvesting from the farmers. Cows were in my favorite spot. So a drove a few miles to the west. I had been by here about 1000+ times but never realized there there was an historical marker here.
So unknowingly, as I pulled into this little area with no power-lines I found a new place to take snaps but it has some historical value. Thought I would add this link for those of you that are curious about this Famous Nebraska Historical Marker.
The Plum Creek Massacre
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This is no ordinary Common Blue butterfly, but it is the reason for me discovering the Black Hairstreak butterfly at Ketton Quarry Nature reserve, which unknowingly to me was only a few feet away to the left of this Blue at the time of taking this image. A very special Common Blue.
Left forlorn alongside a gravel road in the countryside to collect dust while slowly deteriorating each year, a farmhouse, once full of sound and activity, now holds only faint memories for the descendants of a family who long ago moved on.
Judging from the appearance of this once vibrant home, there is a good chance no one is alive from the eager young family that once lived there. Their lives centered on growing crops, taking care of livestock, and dreaming of the days of promise that lie ahead. Today, what once was the center stage of their lives is now forsaken.
Driving along rural roads in most parts of Minnesota, sights like this are quite common. Some deserted farm places have ramshackle buildings holding down the fort, while others have witnessed building after building collapse into a pile of rubble, sometimes even the house itself.
One experience I have observed that makes me a little wistful is to run into members of a family whose parents and grandparents grew up in places like this, but now, a couple of generations later, that lifestyle is a piece of history of which they have no firsthand knowledge.
But, when folks whiz by former homes like this, stirring up dust that finds its way to add to the coating of desolation, unknowingly, they are passing someone’s history.
(Photographed near Cambridge, MN)
Super excited to say that I am officially beginning a 100 days of summer project (huge thanks to mary jo for coming up with the idea)! I really need something that'll keep me on my toes this summer, that'll keep me clanging up against the chaos in the blistering heat.
So here's to the young and unweathered in the dreamy unknowing, to day one/100 of this new tangled mess of a project that -- fingers crossed -- I'll actually be able to finish!
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This is a pointillist work I made with blue, red and black ink on paper. I just love Marilyn Manson's personality and crazy style! Everybody should have an aura...
Please, see my other portrait of Marilyn Manson
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Biography
Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), better known by his stage name Marilyn Manson, is a professional musician. He is the lead singer of the industrial metal band that bears the same name. His stage name is formed from the names Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson.
Brian Hugh Warner was born on January 5th 1969 in Canton, Ohio. He attended Heritage Christian School. After transferring to and later graduating from Canton's GlenOak High School, Warner moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida with his family. While living in Fort Lauderdale, he studied journalism and theater at Broward Community College, and became the assistant entertainment editor of BCC's student newspaper, the Observer.
Romance
Warner's first serious relationship was with Melissa "Missi" Romero. As explained in his autobiography, during the production of "Antichrist Superstar," Missi became pregnant with Warner's child, but had an abortion during her second trimester. He has also been linked to Traci Lords and Jenna Jameson. Jameson wrote about her sexual encounter with Manson in her autobiography, How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale in which she noted him as being "massively endowed". Manson was engaged to Rose McGowan, but their relationship ended around the time he became involved with burlesque dancer and fetish model model Dita Von Teese. Manson photographed Von Teese for the December 2002 issue of Playboy. Manson and Von Teese wed in December 2005 in the Irish home of friend Gottfried Helnwein. Von Teese filed for divorce as of December 2006. The divorce came through in January 2007. In April of 2007, Marilyn Manson's girlfriend, Evan Rachel Wood, admitted that they were actually a couple.
Marriage
Manson and Dita Von Teese started dating on Manson's 32nd birthday, and Manson proposed three years later on March 22, 2004. On December 3, 2005 (court documents say November 28), the couple was married in a non-denominational ceremony at Gurteen Castle in Kilsheelan, County Tipperary, Ireland, the home of Gottfried Helnwein. The wedding was officiated by surrealist film director and comic book writer Alejandro Jodorowsky. Dita Von Teese wore a royal purple silk taffeta gown by Vivienne Westwood, complete with train and petticoats worn over a Mr. Pearl couture corset, topped off by a tricorne hat by Stephen Jones, while Manson wore a John Galliano black silk taffeta tuxedo with velvet trim and a hat also crafted by Stephen Jones. They reportedly exchanged vows in front of approximately 60 guests, including burlesque dancer Catherine Delish, Lisa Marie Presley, Eric Szmanda, David Lynch, Jessicka and Christian Hejnal, and Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne. Vogue magazine ran a multiple-page feature on the wedding in its February 2006 issue. Just before his own wedding, Manson criticized Britney Spears' wedding to Kevin Federline, in which they celebrated by wearing personalized tracksuits: "If you're going to do something like getting married, it should have a sense of celebration to it. It should be grand and not in tracksuits!"
As of January 30, 2007 Manson and Dita Von Teese reportedly split after her filing for divorce due to "irreconcilable differences" according to Von Teese. ET.com along with People Magazine has claimed that Manson was having an extramarital affair with actress Evan Rachel Wood, which may or may not be the true cause of the split. Manson's alcohol abuse and distant behaviour have also been cited as cause for the split. It has also been claimed that Manson was not aware of Von Teese's filing for divorce and moving out of their home at the time that the story was published, conceivably due to his reported stay in Paris, France. Von Teese reportedly took their two cats and two dachshunds, Greta and Eva, with her when she left. Manson fought for custody of the two cats, but only received one of them.
Evan Rachel Wood attended the grand opening of Manson's new Celebritarian Corporation Gallery of Fine Art and among the most notable artworks were two portraits of Evan. She will also co-star in his upcoming horror film Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll.
In music
Jessicka of the band Jack Off Jill was an early friend of Manson's, her band opened most of his South Florida shows. He not only produced most of the band's early recordings but also played guitar on the song "My Cat" and helped name the band. Manson later wrote the liner notes for the band's album Humid Teenage Mediocrity, a collection of early Jack Off Jill recordings.
In early 1993, after being instructed by his new label, Interscope Records, not to play any local shows, Manson formed Mrs. Scabtree. Mrs. Scabtree was a side project between he and newly hired Jeordie White. Manson played drums, while White (dressed as a black woman) shared vocal duties with then girlfriend Jessicka from Jack Off Jill who wore a blonde wig. Mrs. Scabtree only played two shows in South Florida.
Manson has helped or provided full scores for several major motion pictures, although several of his pieces have been cut, and his name dropped from the credits. Some of his more notable soundtrack score contributions include The Matrix, From Hell and Resident Evil.
Manson appeared as a guest on rapper DMX's album Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood for the track "The Omen", produced by Swizz Beats, and has performed (with the rest of the band) on stage with Eminem as background music in the song "The Way I Am".
Manson sang vocals on "Break You Down" off of the Washington, DC-based industrial rock band gODHEAD's 2000 Years of Human Error album. This album is distinguished for being the only one released on Manson's vanity label Posthuman Records.
In film and television
Manson made a cameo appearance as a doctor in the Murderdolls' music video "Dead in Hollywood", and also appears in the Nine Inch Nails music video "Starfuckers, Inc.", as well as "Gave Up", and Eminem's "The Way I Am" music video.
His first appearance in a film was in the role of a pornographic actor in David Lynch's Lost Highway, in 1997. He also had a minor role in former love interest Rose McGowan's 1998 film Jawbreaker and a supporting role in 2003's Party Monster, which is based on the events leading up to and the murder of Angel Melendez by the infamous Michael Alig of club kid fame, where Manson portrayed a psychotic drag queen named Christina . Manson made a cameo appearance in The Hire: Beat the Devil, a short film in the BMW films series (starring Clive Owen as the Driver), which featured James Brown as himself, and Gary Oldman as Satan. His most talked-about film cameo was in the Michael Moore political documentary Bowling for Columbine discussing the motivations of the perpetrators and allegations that his music was somehow a factor. He played himself, in animated form, on an episode of the television series Clone High, in which he sang a song about nutrition and the food pyramid. He is featured prominently throughout Not Another Teen Movie, and covered the song "Tainted Love" for its soundtrack.
His music is frequently featured on the show C.S.I.. The character on the show, Greg Sanders, is a big fan of Manson and the actor who plays him, Eric Szmanda, is a personal friend of Manson's.
Manson was featured in the 2004 film The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, and was set to appear in Abelcain, directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, and Living Neon Dreams in 2005, although both of these projects are still unreleased as of 2007. He will also be seen as a bartender in an upcoming vampire movie starring Lucy Liu called Rise and possibly has pending roles in Abelcain, RISE and other projects.
Manson has produced 23 music videos, most of which have gone beyond the scope of a normal performance video and been well received by critics for their imagery and direction. Manson’s three most recent released videos – Personal Jesus, (s)AINT and Heart-Shaped Glasses – were voluntarily funded with his own money (to a sum of $1,500,000) and largely not that of the record company. Manson stated in June 2006 that he saw himself "as more a student of film than of music".
In July 2005, Manson told Rolling Stone that he was shifting his focus from music to filmmaking - "I just don't think the world is worth putting music into right now. I no longer want to make art that other people--particularly record companies--are turning into a product. I just want to make art."
By 2006 Manson was working on his directorial debut, Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll, but has since put the project off until November 2007 to focus on recording Marilyn Manson's sixth studio album, Eat Me, Drink Me, followed by a world tour. The film is said to feature special effects using a magician rather than computer-generated imagery.
In graphic art
From the beginning Manson has been a recreational painter, the oldest of his surviving pieces dating back to 1995-1996, but it was after his 1998 Grey period that Manson began his career as a watercolour painter. In 1999 he made five-minute concept pieces and sold them to drug dealers with their knowledge that they would accumulate in value over time. Gradually Manson became more drawn to watercolors as an art form in itself, and instead of trading them, kept them and continued to paint at a proficient rate.
This manic creativity resulted in an exhibit for his art, The Golden Age of Grotesque, held at the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions Centre on between September 13 and 14, 2002. The reaction to his paintings was largely positive with one critic comparing them to Egon Schele's pieces and describing them as heartfelt and sincerely painted, and Art in America went as far as to liken them to the works of a " psychiatric patient given materials to use as therapy ". Others however saw less merit in the works stating that the value was in the celebrity.
Two years later almost to the day, during September 14 and 15, 2004, Manson held his second exhibit on the first night in Paris and the second in Berlin, Trismegistus, which was also the title of the center piece of the exhibit – a large three headed Christ painted onto an antique wood panel. Again the reception to the works could be described as mixed but was largely in favour of the artist.
Manson opened his own an art gallery, The Celebritarian Corporation Gallery of Fine Art, on October 31, 2006 in Los Angeles for which his third exhibition (by invitation or appointment only after the opening night) was the inaugural show. From April 2 until April 17, 2007 Manson's recent works were be on show at the Space 39 Modern & Contemporary in Florida.
A coffee table art book is in the works, initially titled The Death of Art. The last given title was Quintif. It will be published by the makers of Flaunt magazine.
40 pieces from this show were ported to the Gallery Brigitte Schenk in Cologne, Germany to be publicly exhibited from June 28 until July 28, 2007. After this they will return to the Space39 Modern & Contemporary Gallery thus leaving Manson's own gallery in Los Angeles temporarily without his own work until 2008.
The price of Manson's works has been a somewhat controversial point for fans and critics alike, with most fans realistically unable to afford the paintings save for fine art editions and lithographs. Manson's prices though are realistic and reasonable considering the long-term value at a time when prices for contemporary art have never been higher.
During his European tour 2007 Manson has exhibited his paintings in Germany, Russia and Switzerland.
In other areas
Manson provided the voice of the alien Edgar in the 2005 first-person shooter video game Area 51, which also featured David Duchovny. Marilyn Manson also appears (as himself) as a playable character in the video game Celebrity Deathmatch. Allegedly, the artist posed nude for photos prior to his rise to fame. The pictures appeared in the March 1999 issue of Honcho.
Professional fallouts
Trent Reznor
One of Manson's high-profile relationships, the defunct friendship with Trent Reznor, has been marked with mutual bitterness and perhaps vendetta. This started in the mid-90s, when Manson was due to make a track that would appear on the soundtrack to David Lynch's Lost Highway, but instead Reznor was the one who wrote a song, "The Perfect Drug", for the film. In 1999, it seemed the two artists had patched their differences, as Manson made an appearance in the video for the Nine Inch Nails song "Starfuckers, Inc."
In 2004, Reznor was asked whether he had plans to do any covers; he sarcastically replied, "I was really hoping to do something unique and pertinent - like do an exact copy of "Personal Jesus" - but it was already taken."
In a 2005 interview, Manson said Reznor's Nothing Records had lost the master recordings of Manson's first three albums. He implied it was Reznor's intention, "Now that Nothing Records doesn't exist, I think there's only one of two people responsible for that. Out of those two people, there's only one that really has an opinion of me that is voiced very often."
Twiggy Ramirez
In May 2002 Twiggy Ramirez left the band, citing differences in perspective on the future of the band. He went on to play bass for A Perfect Circle and Nine Inch Nails. During this time, Manson claimed in interviews that he and Ramirez were still close friends, while Ramirez maintained that he rarely spoke to Manson. In an interview in February of 2006 Twiggy stated he was willing to record an album with Marilyn Manson if the right conditions were met. In Autumn 2006, Manson and Ramirez were photographed together at numerous parties in Los Angeles, in amicable poses.
In January 2008 it was announced that Ramirez had reunited with the band as live bassist for the last leg of the Rape of the World tour as well as co-writer of the band's seventh studio album. In an interview with The Heirophant on January 11, 2008, Manson revealed that the reconciliation with Ramirez was not as abrupt as it initially seemed, and that the two had been occasionally communicating with each other since speaking at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California prior to the Winter European leg of the Rape of the World tour.
John 5
John 5's reasons for leaving Marilyn Manson were cited as being mutual, despite the mysterious nature of his sudden firing by Manson's manager in 2004.
John was quoted at the time as saying about the incident, "I don't know. . . I was nothing but nice to him," he continued. "I never screwed up onstage — well not really badly — and I did everything I could to get along with him. Maybe, just maybe, it had something to do with the fact that I don't drink or do drugs, and he's not like that at all. Maybe he held that against me. I don't know. He never said." John 5 was notorious among fans as being drug and alcohol free.
Before the incident, Manson had assaulted John on stage, notably, Manson kicked John in the face during a televised performance, leading to a brief confrontation in front of a packed and roaring audience (available on YouTube). This was during the intro to "The Beautiful People", when played at the Rock AM Ring 2003.
Also, during the tour John maintains that Manson spoke about matters other than business only once, "It was on my birthday, and he turned to me and said, "Happy birthday, faggot" — then walked away."
Despite this, John maintains he respects Manson, citing his skilled production style and his love for the band's music. John was already a fan of the band before joining in 1998. In response to a question regarding the reason for the split with Manson, John 5 was quoted by Vintage Guitar Magazine as saying, "(laughs) At the end of the last tour, I decided I really wanted to do this solo thing and that I had to devote all my time to it. The split with Manson was totally amicable. It wasn't one of those big breakups. We're friends. I wish there was some good dirt, but there's not (laughs)!"
In an interview prior to the January 19, 2008 performance in Orlando, Florida, Marilyn Manson revealed that John 5 would make a guest appearance during the show, stating: "I'll have [John] come on stage and play songs with us this first show. It would practically be the Holy Wood lineup." This guest appearance ultimately did not take place, however.
Madonna Wayne Gacy
Before leaving the band nothing was heard of Madonna Wayne Gacy for over a year. In an exclusive conference conducted by Marilyn Manson in April 2007, he revealed the upcoming album Eat Me, Drink Me was recorded in collaboration between himself and Tim Skold. Essentially this meant Gacy did not partake in the album, but not ruling out the possibility of him performing as live keyboardist on the upcoming tour. Later, Manson revealed that Chris Vrenna (who previously drummed for the band during Ginger Fish's hiatus in 2004) would be performing as live keyboardist on the tour, in Gacy's place.
On August 2, 2007, Gacy filed a lawsuit against Marilyn Manson seeking a back pay of $20 million dollars. Gacy claimed Manson has been using the band's money for personal interests, among which are his collection of Nazi paraphernalia, his drug addictions, his wedding with Dita Von Teese and the production of Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll.
On December 20, 2007, Manson countersued Gacy. As a reaction to the lawsuit Gacy filed against Manson in August, Manson claims, "keyboardist Stephen Bier did not carry out obligations to take part in master recordings [of Eat Me, Drink Me], concerts [of the Rape of the World tour] and the selling of band merchandise," according to this report which states that Manson is seeking unspecified general and special damages.
Insight
Even though he is known mostly for his music, which some refer to as crude and grotesque, Manson is a very intelligent and insightful man. In interviews he is always well spoken and is calm to the people who challenge him. Most people see his music as delivering the wrong message, but Manson states that his message was to be creative.
Causes
•In 2002, Manson worked with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to make the wish of a boy with a life-threatening disease come true. 16-year-old Andrew Baines from Tennessee had a wish to sing back-up vocals for a "big" band; Manson jumped on the task and took Baines under his wing to make his dream come true. Manson invited Baines to the studio on August 27, 2002, where he let Baines perform backing vocals for the then-upcoming album, The Golden Age of Grotesque. "Yesterday, I spent the afternoon with Andrew, who reminded me the things I create are only made complete by those who enjoy them. I just want to simply say, 'thank you' to Andrew for sharing such an important wish with me," Manson said, according MarilynManson.com.
•In 2005, Manson donated a signed collector's edition mask to Music for Relief to help victims of the 2004's Boxing Day Tsunami; this auction raised $155.
•In January 2006, Manson contributed a hand-painted guitar from the Six-String Masterpieces - The Dimebag Darrell Art Tribute to the Little Kids Rock auction. For every $100 raised by the product, Little Kids Rock would provide one low-income child with an instrument and lessons – Manson's guitar raised $6,250.
•In 2006, Manson became a benefactor of Project Nightlight, an LA area foundation that uses short films, music, and apparel to grab teenagers attention and inspire them to speak out against sexual and physical abuse. Manson afforded Project Nightlight a stand at the opening of his art gallery, and in April 2007 gave the charity a print of his painting Eve of Destruction and a framed collector's edition mask.
Legal history
Marilyn Manson was first arrested in Florida on December 27, 1994 after a concert at Jacksonville's Club 5 for "violating the adult entertainment code." Manson was detained for 16 hours before been released without charge. Bizarrely police believed Manson had performed oral sex on stage with a man (when in fact it was Jack Off Jill vocalist Jessicka wearing a fake penis) and thrown either his or the man's penis into the crowd. On February 5, 2001 in Marino, Italy Manson suffered what is to date his only other post-concert arrest when he was accused of blasphemy having worn the outfit of a cardinal on stage during the song "Valentine's Day". Soon after the detention it was ascertained that Manson had not committed a crime and it appeared the legal troubles were over until the next day when Manson was arrested in Bologne on charges of public indecency relating to a 1999 show where it was alleged Manson had exposed his penis. Manson was released and the charges dropped, notably the arrests came a week after two teenagers brutally murdered an Italian nun which some less reputable sections of the Italian press blamed on Manson's music.
Sexual misconduct
In a civil battery suit, David Diaz, a security officer from a concert in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 27, 2000, sued for $75,000 in a Minneapolis federal court. After two days deliberation the jury decided that Manson's alleged molestation had been part of the show and that he had not overstepped his boundaries as an artist, ruling in favor of Manson and against Diaz.
Manson was charged with "sexual misconduct" on August 16, 2001 after Joshua Keasler filed a complaint that as he was providing security for a July 30 concert Manson had allegedly spat on his head, wrapped his legs around him and began to gyrate his penis along his neck.
Oakland County prosecutor David Gorcyca said that "It was offensive, crude and rude. This was not something that was orchestrated or choreographed as part of the act. The security guard was an unknowing and unwilling participant and, ironically, while he was there for protection... was sexually assaulted." The charge, punishable with up to two years imprisonment, was accompanied with a charge of disorderly conduct. The complaint came with an arrest warrant but Manson thwarted this by posting a $25,000 personal bond. In a one-day December 28, 2001 trial the presiding Judge dismissed the charge of "sexual misconduct" as Manson had in his view "gained no sexual gratification from the act." Manson pleaded "no contest" to the outstanding lesser charge, which carried only up to three months imprisonment, and was ordered to pay $4,000 in fines. After the trial Keasler pursued a civil lawsuit against Manson that was dropped when the two settled out of court in February 2004.
Lawsuits
•In 1997, former Marilyn Manson guitarist Scott Mitchell Putesky filed a lawsuit against Manson seeking unpaid royalties for his contributions to the band's output up to that period, including the band's recently released second studio album Antichrist Superstar. The case was concluded in 1998, although the outcome was confidential.
•On January 4, 1999, SPIN editor Craig Marks filed an assault and battery lawsuit against Manson in the New York Supreme Court. Marks alleged that Manson, upset at not making the cover of SPIN, the lawsuit specifically alleged Manson had yelled "I can kill you, I can kill your family, I can kill everyone you know!" before two of Manson's bodyguards were said to have charged him and held him against the wall and threw him to the floor after which it was alleged Manson had said, "That's what you get when you disrespect me." The case was dropped when, weeks later, Marks was fired from SPIN over financial irregularities.
•On April 2, 2002, Maria St. John filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court accusing Manson of providing her adult daughter, Jennifer Syme, with cocaine and allowing her to drive while under the influence. The case was settled out of court.
•On August 2, 2007, former Marilyn Manson keyboardist Stephen Bier filed a breech of contract lawsuit against Marilyn Manson seeking $20,000,000 in damages. Bier claimed Manson has used the band's money for personal interests, among which are his collection of Nazi paraphernalia, addictions to cocaine and Valium, his $300,000 wedding with and $150,000 engagement ring given to Dita Von Teese and the production of Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll as well as Lewis Carroll memorabilia, human skeletons and taxidermy. Manson's lawyers responded in January 2008 with a 101-page rebuttal of the claims, the case will be tried by jury in November 2008 in the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Major label discography
•Portrait of an American Family (1994)
•Smells Like Children (1995)
•Antichrist Superstar (1996)
•Remix and Repent (1997)
•Mechanical Animals (1998)
•The Last Tour on Earth (Live) (1999)
•Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) (2000)
•The Golden Age of Grotesque (2003)
•Lest We Forget (The Best Of) (2004)
•Eat Me, Drink Me (2007)
Filmography
•Lost Highway (cameo, 1997)
•MTV Video Music Awards (commercial, 1998)
•Jawbreaker (cameo, 1999)
•Clone High (cameo, 2000)
•From Hell (score, 2001)
•Not Another Teen Movie (score, 2001)
•Resident Evil (score, 2002)
•Bowling for Columbine (interview, 2002)
•The Hire: Beat the Devil (cameo, 2003)
•Party Monster (2003)
•Doppelherz (director, 2003)
•The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (cameo, 2004)
•House of Wax (2005) (acting, score)
•Abelcain (2007)
•Living Neon Dreams (2007)
•Rise (cameo, 2007)
•Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll (acting, directing, writing, score, 2008)
Bibliography
•The Long Hard Road out of Hell (1998)
•Holy Wood (Unreleased)
Trivia
•All Manson's tattoos were done at Tattoos By Lou in Miami, Florida over a four-year span starting in 1991, until a new tattoo emerged in early-2007.
•In the 1990s, an Internet rumor spread stating Josh Saviano (who played Paul Pfeiffer in 1980s drama The Wonder Years) grew up to become Marilyn Manson. As of 2007, Josh Saviano is a licensed attorney in New York. He has, however, commented on the rumor, and thinks it is neat people believe him to be in a "goth band".
•Contrary to what some may deem "common knowledge", Manson has not had any ribs removed for the purpose of autofellatio. "If I really got my ribs removed," he said in the The Long Hard Road out of Hell autobiography, "I would have been busy sucking my own dick on The Wonder Years instead of chasing Winnie Cooper."
•In an E! interview, Manson revealed that he owns a Nintendo DS. "My friend got me this little Japanese lawyer game; it's fucking amazing," he said in reference to Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. He also mentioned that he was "pretty good at Mario Kart".
•In an interview with MTV in 2002 Manson revealed that for most of his paintings he uses a children's Alice in Wonderland tin. He also uses a 1920's mortician paint kit originally used for retouching cadavers.
•Manson has Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, an erratic, rapid heartbeat.
•Manson, who cites David Bowie as being his biggest influence, claims his favorite songs by him are "Quicksand", "Ashes to Ashes", and "We Are the Dead". He even proposed to his ex-wife, Dita Von Teese, during a David Bowie concert (at the time Bowie was performing "Be My Wife") .
•Pets Manson has had in his life include the childhood dog, an Alaskan malamute named Aleusha, an orange tabby named O.J. which he found on the steps of Christian school, four Devon Rex cats named Aleister, Edgar, Herman, and Lily, and two dachshunds named Greta and Eva. After the divorce of Manson and ex-wife Dita Von Teese, Von Teese won the custody of both dachshunds and Aleister. For Manson's 39th birthday on January 5th, 2008, girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood gave him a new cat, Charlie (Manson), as a birthday gift.
•When asked in 2007 by Rolling Stone what his current favorite playlist was, Manson chose among Radiohead's "Exit Music (For a Film)", Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" and David Bowie's classic "We Are the Dead".
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“Located in the rural area of Midlothian, southwest of Chandler. This two-room schoolhouse was constructed by the WPA in 1936-1937. It is a one-story rectangular building with a double gabled roof, and native sandstone walls. The entrances on the south and west have a typical WPA arched entrance, sheltering single doors. The windows throughout have been boarded with wood and painted a rust color. Behind this boarding on the east side is a row of ribbon windows in each classroom. The building has a stone chimney, and exposed rafter tails.
In years past, the school building was occupied as Midlothian Church. The church no longer meets here, but on Friday evenings, the building is the gathering place for residents in the surrounding area, who come for a potluck meal and gospel music. Over the south entrance, a sign reads: Midlothian Mission Music. Unknowingly, we arrived on a Friday evening, and out here in the rural boondocks, the place was rockin’. We’ll be back for sure, for some home cooking and lively music.
But in mystical literature, which obviously implies communication through images, symbols and ideas, we find that contemplation in “unknowing” is generally accompanied by unusual poetic and theological gifts, whenever the fruit of contemplation is to be shared with others.
-The Climate of Monastic Prayer,
Thomas Merton and Sarah Coakley
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sliding (figuratively) on Uncle Tom's Trail steps
this was one of those fun mistakes when you unknowingly push the shutter button
since it looks like sliding (I wasn't actually falling), I amped it up a little more for HSS
I shot this in 2017 with my friend Amy Parrish who came to visit me at my home. She helped me shoot this on medium format film, and I edited this file only slightly for contrast. What a beautiful experience - to be taken out of your normal routine.
Creativity is a funny thing. The word itself implies a spontaneity of unknowing in the process, but we do fall into routines. It is my goal to surprise myself within my art. Too often I don't. Too often I'm simply satisfied that I did what I meant to do. That isn't enough. This image reminds me of that.
I will always fall into creativity circuits where everything feels the same. There will also always be moments when I wake up from that cycle and I desperately search for something new.
All in it's time. Delicate, like invisible hands pushing you forward.
the framework of one referencing a plurality as the - framework knowingly - or unknowingly breaking the fourth - wall for all - the world is a stage from one perspective referencing a plurality as the framework
Double exposure over expired
Tesco ISO 400 film (Repackaged Solaris colour fg400)
Original pictures were taken summer 2002 by my sister, and unknowingly double exposed by myself in november 2024.
This and the pictures posted over the next few days are an exploration of our past that has forced us to confront some difficult truths.
Please see the album description for a more in-depth explanation.
A dream we carry with us
And the hopes that we hold
As we rise from the ash into gold
We reach for the impossible
As unreal it may seem
Still we sail 'cross the ocean
And follow the dream
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXthTXR5fOo
We sailed out in the morning
As the winter turns to spring
Undestined and unknowing
Of what tomorrow brings
Towards the blue horizon
Leaving all we have behind
Our yearning hearts will guide us to find
The moon and stars above us
Will lead us to the shore
My heart will be my compass
And you will be my north
We forecast stormy weather
And pro-and-con our moves
But what have we achieved ...
One day arriving
Behind the far blue
Where you'll find me waiting
And I will find you too
As unreal it may seem
We will sail 'cross the ocean
And become the dream
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Dear John,
This war is awful. It doesn't start to set it until you've experienced it, nothing like I've ever felt before. Our battalion tried to make a move out of our trench, unknowing of what would happen. The whistles blew and our captain climbed the ladder, followed by several other men, only to get riddled with German ammunition. The rest of the battalion tried to charge forward but mortar fire cut us short. We received quick orders to retreat back into the trenches, dragging wounded along with us. I vividly remember a man laying out in no man's land. He was screaming for his mother, I don't think he realized both his legs were severed at the knee. One soldier tried to go and drag him back but a German sniper was ready for him. The soldier dropped like a sack of potatoes next to the man yelling for his mother, slowly dying on the ground. Its been almost 15 minutes after we retreated, wounded are everywhere and medical supplies are running low. Along side that, the war is taking a toll of us mentally. Just moments ago medical personnel was bringing a man back to the makeshift med station, he looked as he was possessed by satin himself. Don't worry though, I hear talk that this war may be over soon. Hopefully it's true.
Your brother,
Issac Benson
Last season I clocked a bit over 1500 kilometers of bone-powered commuting by rotating a shaft instead of rolling chain to propel myself forward. This winter has been so unusual here with completely snow free and plus degrees days that I've already started to pedal my beloved classic chainless bike again since I'm simply not a fan of the air-conditioned cage (car) no matter the type (it just makes prople fat and rude). The World is changing, I guess I just semi-unknowingly balance things out as it comes.
Press "L".
Rittreck View 5x7" (13x18cm), Fujinon W 210mm f5.6 with 1 cm front fall, Efke PL100m film developed in Ethol UFG 1+5 single shot, wet-mounted drumscan.
A view of Black Mountain across Henry's Lake and Henry's Slough as unknowingly at the time, a most amazing sunset was setting up.
My wife and I had just come in from a walk around our property. We were unknowingly just 10 minutes ahead of big Momma and her 2 cubs.
They all got a good drink, and the cubs got a quick bath.
Music has always been vitally important to me, perhaps because I have been surrounded with it since birth. My parents are both very musical and pour their talent in to their faith, and I've probably had more experience with live music than the average person. But it was all christian, all church, all prayer meetings. Is this something I would change? I don't think so. Sometimes, the music I experienced was transcendent.
There is no replacement for joining your voice with others, as one, entangled together in the beauty, the emotion, the purity of feeling. I don't think I could go back, not in the same way.
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Double exposure over expired
Tesco ISO 400 film (Repackaged Solaris colour fg400)
Original pictures were taken summer 2002 by my sister, and unknowingly double exposed by myself in november 2024.
This and the pictures posted over the next few days are an exploration of our past that has forced us to confront some difficult truths.
Please see the album description for a more in-depth explanation.
...underneath the same big sky. Two individuals. reaching out and connecting, holding hands, perhaps, in a big, wide open world.
The song, sung during the 1986 Disney film "An American Tail" by a young brother and sister who have become separated but wistfully long to find each other again, even as they unknowingly are in the same city neighborhood (as best I can remember), was also recorded for the end titles by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram and became a hit, not to mention a very effective earworm. (I am a sucker for romance, and for irony, even à la Disney. Also for earworms.)
Or, just enjoy the photo for its minimalism. HTT!
They’re underneath your bed…running across your forehead…
While capturing this photo along the beaches of Ft. Pickens Florida this past March, I grinned ear to ear from the joy-filled memories of a night that included the Sand Crab. Memories of a night that brought a small band of misfit youths to nearly be arrested by four different police officers in four different locations. Cindy Lauper famously sang about how girls just want to have fun…and they do. Please know upfront that in this story I was merely the innocent host trying to show my future bride and cherished friends a good time. But then alcohol got involved…
It was the summer of 1984 when I got the call that my then fiancé Joann, and friends Terry and Nikki (Last names withheld due to possible statute of limitations issues) were making the drive from Jeffersonville Indiana to Charleston South Carolina to visit Mark and I. Unfortunately, Mark had duty the evening of their arrival, thus passing the hosting responsibility to a much younger John Dattilo…who’s hosting experience at the time consisted of asking if a guest would like a beer. So that is exactly what I asked when the ladies arrived after the 10-hour drive. A unanimous yes was received.
Officer encounter #1: Not having much money at the time, it was decided we would drive to the Charleston Air Force Base to buy the beer. It was worth the drive to save a buck or two but we also knew that historically, any rule broken while on base would result in tickets/arrest of visiting Navy personnel. We provided them the same courtesy if visiting our bases as well. Knowing that the USAF MPs keyed in on open containers, as host it was my responsibility to share this insight. Just as the warning was exiting my mouth, the distinctive sound of an ice-cold beverage being opened echoed from the back seat. In that same second, blue lights appeared in my rearview mirror. The front gate was in sight, we almost made it.
While providing all my credentials to the officer, I explained how the ladies were visiting from Indiana and we needed alcohol. I’m sure all three ladies were providing the saddest of eyes as an act of contrition as he inspected the inside of the car. A warning was offered (maybe the first ever received by a sailor) and my information was returned. Before departing he offered me that little grin that said…three girls, you squids (a term of endearment for a sailor) crack me up! We departed the base, feeling very lucky and heading for the beached of the Isle of Palms.
Officer encounter #2: Believing at the time that it was a sin to let cold beer get hot, our first stop after the base was to get ice for the cooler. Sitting in the parking lot of a roadside convenience store, I had just finished icing down the beer (a huge, time-honored responsibility of any good host) when a sheriffs car pulled alongside. Being over 21, I knew there was no problem this time. We spoke briefly as he passed between our cars. His kind southern smile instantly disappeared when he looked inside the car and viewed an open bottle of rum. For the second time in the last 20 minutes, I was handing an officer my license and registration.
For the next few minutes, the officer informed us of all the fines and penalties that he could impose. However, due to all four of us providing the saddest possible looks (Google “Cartoon Puss in Boots sad look” if interested in how we looked), he took the open rum bottle, provided us with a warning and sent us on our way. Driving from the parking lot we felt so lucky…having no idea that we were only half way there!
Officer encounter #3: At sunset we arrived safely at a remote area of the beach as far from any other people and officers of the law as possible. I remember caring the heavy cooler through the deep, loose sand…trying to be a good host…acting as if it wasn’t heavy. It was a cool evening as I also remember wearing a red hoodie with large white letters spelling out INDIANA…unknowingly, the hoodie would come back to haunt me in just a few hours!
We sat and consumed many beers that evening near the dunes. There may well have been some other harder libations consumed…this part is a blur. I know we took dozens of polaroid pictures, none with duck-lips as we were way too cool for such a pose! Pictures that I would pay heavily to have now and wonder if they may still exist. It was a very dark night, so a couple of flashlights were brought out. Within minutes we were chasing sand crabs up and down the beach…difficult to catch sober…impossible when not.
The movie Ghostbusters was a huge hit and apparently, we had all seen it as someone started calling us “Crabbusters” leading us to begin singing the song “They’re underneath your bed, running across your forehead…who are you goanna call…Crabbusters!!” What a great night it was, laughing so hard, I remember tears in my eyes as I knew this night would live in my memory forever.
We were less that a hundred yards away from the cooler, chasing crabs in all directions when the bright white lights way down the beach were noticed. So many lights and so bright, at first, I thought it was a UFO! We all stopped and stood silently in the darkness and it came closer and closer. I had no idea that the local police department had a beach patrol, we quickly learned that they did and what it looked like. The vehicle stopped by our cooler, now surrounded by empty beer cans and shined a side mounted spot light on all of our stuff. Without noticeable reaction, he turned off the side light and proceeded directly towards us. We quickly agreed to do the right thing and deny any knowledge of our mess.
As the officer came to a stop, he immediately asked it that was our cooler up near the dunes, and like a group of overly caffeinated chickens we all started telling him at the same time that it wasn’t ours…the most suspicious response we could have given. We then started telling him that we saw someone farther up the beach and it may be theirs. He seemed to be ok with the new information and slowly started driving away. It was then that one of our chickens took the lie to the next level, running next to the police car telling the officer that they were a mile or so up the beach. Without response, he immediacy made a U-turn, driving now strait back to the cooler. We all stood in shock as someone muttered the words…” oh no, the pictures!!”
To this day, the walk back to the cooler has been my longest. When we arrived, the officer was out of his car, squatted down next to the cooler with a flashlight in one hand and a fist full of polaroids in the other. We just stood there…all looking very sad with slumped shoulders…for the third time that evening. I’ll never forget seeing that man luminated face as he flipped to the next picture, one of me wearing the bright red hoodie…looking intently at the picture, then shining his flashlight into my chest and then back on the photo. A brilliant way to express the word gotcha!! It was then that the chorus of chickens returned, only this time expressing sorrow. As he stood up, he expressed how he didn’t appreciate being lied to (He would have died if he knew he was the third officer of the evening…but the first lie) and what we could be charged with. By the grace of God, we were granted a third warning and told to clean up our mess and go. It was decided that we should return to the safety of Marks apartment to continue the nights festivities.
It was an hour of the night that I rarely see anymore when we arrived back at Marks. Having great neighbors, we could have stayed in the apartment and continued the party as long as desired…that would have been the smart thing to do. Why start now with good decisions.
Officer encounter #4: The decision was made to go swimming in the complexes swimming pool…a pool that had been closed many hours before. Since we were on a first name basis with the manager, we authorized ourselves access. I thought we were being quiet, but I guess not since the police were there as if we call 911 ourselves. We were rounded up for a one-way discussion of the word trespassing, provided a fourth warning and told to conclude the party.
We decided to listen this time as the ladies were going to be visiting for a few more days and we needed to pace ourselves!
Since that night, now 37 years ago, sand crabs have always made me smile.
Seht ihr den Mond dort stehen?
Er ist nur halb zu sehen
und ist doch rund und schön.
So sind wohl manche Sachen,
die wir getrost belachen,
weil unsre Augen sie nicht sehn.
Matthias Claudius (1740-1850)
English translation:
Look at the moon so lonely!
One half is shining only
Yet she is round and bright;
Thus oft we laugh unknowing,
At things that are not showing
that still are hidden from our sight.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRPhn-FLZ3Y
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In 2003 the Laxey Mines Research Group began an ambitious project to rebuild the former Snaefell Mine Waterwheel on the Valley Gardens at Laxey.
The Snaefell Mine was situated at the head of the Laxey Valley and was the most successful of a number of small mines in the Laxey area. Sadly, the mine was to earn its place in Manx history in May 1897 as the scene of the Island's worse mining disaster. An underground fire had filled the mine with carbon monoxide gas and twenty miners died when they unknowingly descended the shaft into the deadly but odourless gas.
Contemplations on truth are futile as we are, all, holders, read creators, of our own truth. We are proud. We are stubborn. We are mostly, and at times unknowingly, after our own demise. We read life to fit in our story.
One of the reasons I enjoy photography is how it allows me to suspend the truth and document my own creation on film. A simple shift in angle, a distortion of lights and lines, an intent to frame and reframe to bring something in, to leave something out, and there behold! You have your own truth, have written your story or have written yourself into the story.
I released the shutter (unknowingly) just as Jack's head struck one of the pincushion flowers scattering the petals everywhere.
"am i wrong in looking out for my own well being? who knows?
it makes me sick to my stomach, regardless.
i've unknowingly stumbled across so many insecurities lately that i feel like a different person at times."
fact #77: i've made a huge mistake. and while i should spend several moments dwelling on regret, i won't. i want to learn.
An old decommissioned military drone refurbished for use in the industrial sector. Back in the day, It was unknowingly loaded with a corrupt version of the "Rambo" AI software. The corrupt AI made this particular drone a very efficient and brutal killer. Some would say homicidal. Therefore it was thought to be defective and was subsequently decommissioned. Once a ruthless killing machine, it is now used in a factory that manufactures the new generation of military drones. Coincidence? I think not! (Insert robot uprising story here.)
The wild and free, the thoughts and the dance,
The melting of fears, that lost moments last chance,
The strum of a Guitar, the voice you blocked out,
The shock and the fear, the letting go of doubt,
That drop of your stomach, that flood of what if,
The glance that rises your heart rate, remembering that kiss,
The song that still plays, the voices so loud yet you cannot hear,
The broken next morning, letting go again and wiping away the tear,
The streak of unknowing, that determination to moving on,
That flooded drowning feeling, the walls you keep leaning on,
The sorrow, the desperation, the sweetness of nothing at all,
The anger, the passion, the feeling of fuck you, Fuck you all,
The intertwining memories, the waking of another day,
The wanting something gone, But saying Nope, Not today
on the cement leaf is a stone with the beginnings of a wasp nest which I unknowingly disturbed. I had only moved the stone 30cm when I noticed the wasp flying around looking for something which I believe was the nest it had started.
This White-crowned Sparrow is perch on top of highly polished train track and I unknowingly caught it's partial reflection.
This beautiful foal is getting bigger but yet small enough to fit his head perfectly through the fence. Unknowingly he casts adorable glances to all that pass by just beckoning us to love him...
November 11, 2017, at Circasia, Quindío, Colombia.
This is a Yellow-backed Oriole (Icterus chrysater) feeding an immature Shiny Cowbird. This is normal behavior. Cowbirds do not raise their own young. The female deposits her eggs in the nests of another species. In this case a pair of Yellow-backed Orioles has unknowingly adopted a Shiny Cowbird.
The Yellow-backed Oriole (Icterus chrysater) is a medium-size Icterid that resident in Belize, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela. Interesting to note that the species is absent from Costa Rica
Enough with light
Tell me one more time
My blood, your line
Is this you inside?
Death to the living
The flame has no living heart
In the order of life, they know you there
As you saw it, your plan, a real shot in the dark,
Came a little too late, is over
Calling the children
Conception and dying
Silent, but screaming
Damage done to the flesh, what they say in the name of the
Damage done to the heart is the start of the end
Damage done to my soul, I know, it goes with my
Damage done to my life, cursing loud at the chaos
You're here, you're gone
It's not fair, I'm lost
Your God, your fear
Was it worth the price?
Pray for the children you lost along the way
Still remember the names, and faces
Cold, and abandoned
They cry, their fate put in your hands
When it's over, they come to haunt you
Wasted confusion
Deadly illusion
Nightmare intrusion
One more soul to the call, for all, in silence comes
Two more souls to the call, for all, and in time
Three more souls to the call, they fall, unknowing that
Four more souls to the call won't be all, and you know it
Sacrifice, wasted knife
Destiny redefined
Someone chooses you
Lucky one, close your eyes
Your family knows you're here
Calling the children
Conception and dying
Silent, but screaming
Damage done to the flesh, what they say in the name of the
Damage done to the heart is the start of the end
Damage done to my soul, I know, it goes with my
Damage done to my life, cursing loud at the chaos
One more soul to the call, for all, in silence comes
Two more souls to the call, for all, and in time
Three more souls to the call, they fall, unknowing that
Four more souls to the call won't be all, and you know it
SURPRISE!
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I always liked building caves, but never really had much luck. The most with my recent (last year's) diorama "Never really safe..." to which I shall not link.
Minutes before taking this photograph, I was practicing a lower altitude flyby with a drone just a few feet above the trees in this picture, and unknowingly flew past a bald eagle perched quietly on a branch in one of the trees. I didn't notice the majestic bird until later that night when I was reviewing the footage on my computer back at home. During the flight, I didn't see the bald eagle because of a slight glare from the sun reflecting off my mobile phone which I use for the remote control display. I am quickly learning how easy it is to miss the things my eyes and brain would normally pick up on if it were me flying through the air instead of the drone. However, if it were actually me flying through the air, the bald eagle surely would have attacked, and that's a long way to fall to the ground with a quick, hard, and painful landing, so I am thankful for the drone. I just need to solve the glare issue for the next flight.
Loads from Emmett, West Virginia work their way toward Logan and points beyond via the former C&O Logan Sub. The scene here is Man, West Virginia. I unknowingly at the time recreated a photo from the 60's almost exactly here. In said photo, there are multiple cars spotted at various spurs and the roads in the background are packed with traffic (not to mention some of those roads are gone). The branch off to the left goes out to Lorado, West Virginia where the still active Elk Lick loadout is.