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Ego is like the cloak that shadows the spirit - always doubting, always seeking validation from outside of itself, it is controlling, manipulating, and often driven by primal needs.
Its that voice that tells you - you cannot do this, that voice that makes you feel insecure. Or that voice that tells you to cheat - it will be ok. It is like the voice of the demon that constantly needs to control you. It constantly pumps itself up in order to make you feel good and desperately seeks validation from others. It cringes and becomes the victim when under scrutiny. It disarms you in so many ways.
Spirit on the other hand sits quietly in the background, not judging, just 'being' waiting silently for you to acknowledge and tap into this great fountain of wisdom laying dormant inside of you.
Spirit never doubts, spirit never judges, spirit just 'is' your greatest reservoir that never needs validation. It is your authentic self that knows all things.
When man has exhausted everything outside of himself - only then may he turn in on himself and discover the greatest gift of all - that which lays dormant inside of him.
Society has orchestrated it this way - not wanting you to gain this power that is within each of us.
Taken at Lana (Now Closed)
"I'm tired..." She said, sliding down on the ground, hovering over to rest, her hair cascading down over her face.
A wet nose poked her forehead till she felt warm furs caressing her chest. Her arms wrapped around tight, face pressing into the softness and comfort. A sigh of relief escaped her lips.
"What benefit does fighting bring you anyway?" The lone one asked.
She took a moment to think of that question. "Validation? Answers? Truths?" She shrugged her shoulders. "Justice..." she whispered.
"And when you win, is it worth it?"
"Sometimes..." she admitted. "Other times I just accept...defeat."
[16:37] Zack Kaul: HI :) your one picture called defeat made me think of a poem by that name www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE8taOWjVbc
P.S. Really loved the poem Zack shared so I'm sharing it too!
A troubled mind
Trenches of dirt too deep
With its vines intertwined
It planted the seed
Wailful words it was condemned to believe
Were the catalyst that set it free
A deluded mind speaks the truth in lies
Fabricating your fables with its self deceit
Scrutiny will not bury the seed
Validation from tenacious eyes is not what it seeks
A seed is what it chooses to be
But you, the product of its never ending story
Is this all you amount to be?
A jester within the twisted web you weave
Vengeance lies in what will become obsolete
As the truth is something you will never reach
A seed finds comfort behind the distorted belief
That everything is exactly as it seems
You, the blind pilot behind the windshield of dreams
The key lies in the bullet that remains with me
A troubled mind has learned to breathe
Through false affirmation that you buried it to sea
When signals set your ship to sail
Pray that the person awaiting you is not me
Dear 2024,
Thank you for showing me that I can set and maintain boundaries; thank you for validating my trust in my intuition; and thank you for reminding me that I should expect no one but myself to put me first, never again compromising myself for anyone.
I am looking forward to starting this new year out fresh. I have more goals than I can possibly accomplish, so there is plenty to keep me busy. I hate New Year's Resolutions, so I started them a few weeks early. Not everyday is going to be easy with big gains, but everyday is a step forward. Nothing is getting in the way of my future. Hello 2025.
xoxo,
Me
SEEKING VALIDATION.
A Meditation on Life’s Journey.
Navigating through life is more a matter of asking the right questions to the answers you seek.
Not all answers give the complete truth, if that question is vague or hesitant.
Often considering the question in full before asking opens up doors to inner truths that you were withholding from yourself.
The answer will come unbidden, all you have to do is recognise that truth.
Wasn't allowed to go to BullFest and I turned down Lehigh's C&C for the month — but it's clear I made the right choice.
Blind explores our denial of the studied, validated, stated, detailed crisis of climate change for which we are collectively responsible : natural, economic, social and demographic disasters during the coming years. And yet we do almost nothing, but continue our frenzy of senseless consumption and expend our energy in war.
Blind is the first part of a three-part installation, “The fifth season”, that questions our tendency to follow a path of self-destruction. It is related to the imminent threat of dramatic consequences for all living species as a result of climate change.
Story of the picture : "The story of Antigone"
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Blind closes friday July 22th at 12 pm.
It can be visited at the gallery La Maison d'Aneli
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Milena Carbone's art studio
Novels - art photography - dance performance
Used and abused
he left me there,
with broken bones
right on that floor.
I couldn’t feel
the pain no more
as I rolled into a ball
of grief and disbelief,
crying the silent tears
of shame and blame.
He broke into my home
that night,
destroyed my world
of smiles and butterflies.
He scratched my soul
so deep,
it left a scar
for me to keep.
But scratched is not broken,
I’ll take it as a token
to appreciate and validate
the good things in my life.
My arms are open
for the broken
because I know
how deep that pain can go.
I still hand out my smile
when I feel that someone
didn’t have one in a while.
I refused to stay abused,
I do enjoy life.
You wonder why and how?
Because I can, I’m still alive!
© Sonja Arroyo 2010
Note: Take your time to hurt and heal but refuse to stay a victim...life is too beautiful. I think that everyone carries their own scratches.Sending all my love and good energy to my flickr peeps :-))
Proof that I got the shaft with the celebrity look-alike heritage thingy. Bastards. Looking for validation and keep coming up short.
The Search For Validation. 💟
Last time I checked, there wasn’t a scale for kindness, morality or sense of humour. There wasn’t a grade system for your ability to be swept away inside a beautiful song, or a book, or a poem. There’s no number that can be assigned to the impact your art can have on others, or the way your lover holds you when you come home defeated after a bad day.
I love social media, and I think it can bring all kinds of beautiful things into people’s lives - connection, art, sharing someone else’s joys, the bond of humanity across cultures. Social media essentially brought me a career in something I love, so I owe social media quite a lot.
That said, I’ve found it quite difficult to separate my art from the number that sits next to it. I’ve struggled with not questioning myself when faced with 200+ souls clicking a button to unfollow my work each time I share a new piece. Social media is rewiring us to find our validation in our phone screens, and I can promise you - it’s not there.
I’ve decided to start up a blog - somewhere with no measurements or numbers - to put all my thoughts and behind the scenes. My first post is the making of this image, as well as my journey of social media, and how it’s affected my self esteem. It feels exciting to be taking care of my “art & soul” (see what I did there?) a bit better!
Nikon D750
Nikon 24 - 120 f/4
1/125 | f/8 | 24mm | iso 250
Subject (me) lit with single B800 in large octabox camera left @ 1/2 power. Strobe fired with Phottix Atlas II and scene composed in, and shutter triggered using Camranger Mini
Validation is a wonderful thing. In fact, I would argue that all of us need validation in the things that we do. It’s a vital part of what keeps us going. If you’ve ever received a compliment on one of your photographs, or even something like an award, then you know the sense of pride and accomplishment that comes with it—and the renewed vigor with which you go out to create new, even better photographs than the ones that earned you those accolades in the first place.
All of this is a natural, normal phenomenon that is quite healthy and perhaps even vital to keep us going. But there is a dark side to validation, too. There are times, I think, when the need for validation is so extremely deep that it just goes too far.
It is, I think, imperative that we all occasionally take a moment for self-reflection into this matter. I have seen instances in which the drive for validation was so overwhelming that it ultimately not only soured an individual’s taste for their passion, but even led to estrangement among former friends all sharing that same passion.
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And so when I speak of this idea that we need to sometimes introspect on our own need for validation, what I would say is this: The first thing we must do is we must search within ourselves and learn why it is that we feel driven to create photographs. This means digging deep into our own psyches to ferret out the true reasons for doing it.
Truth be told, there can be so many reasons to get into photography. The need to be recognized for a talent can be one of them, but perhaps you also feel compelled to learn about the subjects you are photographing. Maybe you have a scientific interest in photography and painting with light. Perhaps there is just something about manipulating color, light, or geometry that appeals to you and leaves you feeling satisfied on a deep level.
Any number of these things can be reasons, or you could have reasons of your own—and in fact, you could find that there is not one singular reason to create, but a variety of them. I suspect that variety is the answer for most people. Photography is art, science, and constant learning all wrapped into one, which means it will scratch a great many of our itches at once.
As I’ve said, you will probably also find that the need for validation is one of the reasons why you create photographs. This is where things get tricky because, on the surface, there is absolutely nothing wrong with pursuing validation and recognition for your efforts. Of course those of us who are passionate about our art will want to show it to people. We’re excited for what we’ve created, we hope others will like it, too, and when they do, that validates us and our excitement.
If we put the need for validation on a spectrum, then this is the healthy end of the spectrum. Now, what lies at the unhealthy end of the spectrum?
On the unhealthy side, things start to distort. Here, you will find validation is king. All other things come secondary to that need. Creating photographs is no longer about a passion for colors or geometry. It’s no longer about learning about your subject material. It’s no longer focused on a person’s fascination for the science behind the art.
In a nutshell, when the need for validation takes over and becomes an unhealthy thing, the victim’s photography is no longer about producing a quality, meaningful product. Rather, it becomes a mass-produced thing in which the victim seeks to create as many “good” photographs as rapidly as they can so that once the buzz dies down from their last project, they have something to show to get that buzz going again.
And this is where the validation turns into a vicious cycle—or perhaps more accurately, a downward spiral into not only bitterness, but also the opposite of the intended goal, which is the lack of validation.
You see, when this goes far enough, people will excitedly throw their mass-produced work out into the world—perhaps on social media or elsewhere. Except, this work was produced only with validation in mind, which leads to work that carries no real meaning or interest for most people. Thus, the work gains no attention, and the artist remains unvalidated. But the need to get that validation is so great that after the work flops, they hastily toss something new out, hoping it will capture what the previous work did not.
It’s a sad cycle—and worse, the people trapped in it are often so focused on this need to get that validation that they stop listening to their peers. It’s almost like an addiction. The goal is to get the fix, and everything else is drowned out by this need. While the world may be telling someone stuck in this cycle to slow down, to put meaning and personal growth ahead of the praise, they just can’t. And I’m sure you can see where this would create conflict, not only of the internal kind, but among groups of peers, too. So what is the lesson here? It’s that all things are best when in balance. Of course, we all want validation—and we all need and deserve it, too. But when validation becomes the primary objective, it can become a dangerous beast.
Now go and enjoy the beauty of God’s creation through your lens.
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Beautiful light and waves from shores of Maui made my day for me to find a composition where the waves were making a whirlpool type movement around the rock...Heck of an experience
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"Demoralizing off-hand rejections, the feeling that you’re missing out on ‘real life’ because you’re pouring yourself into your passion, the belief that you don’t deserve the recognition you've received — these are problems every creative deals with on a monthly, weekly, and sometimes even daily basis.
But many rejections are just the standard prequel to your first sale; those people who aren't missing out on ‘real life’ often envy those whose lives are ruled by passion instead of convention; and ‘impostor syndrome‘ goes hand-in-hand with well-deserved success."
This is definitely something that resonates with me. Rejection is a tough thing for me to deal with since my work is so personal to me.
This past month I was the featured photographer for GEM magazine which is very exciting! You can see the online version here: www.magcloud.com/webviewer/871716?__r=&s=v
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The new 2018 "Freightliner Cascadia Evolution i" being road tested on I-84 near Hermiston, OR in April 2016 by Daimler North America's Product Validation(Test Fleet). The Cascadia Evolution i has a re-designed front end for increase aerodynamics.
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We were so high up that we could barely hear the ground assault.
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What a view, I think, trying to look out instead of down. Vulture droids decorate the evening sky, and a light wind drowns out every noise in the vicinity.
Except for the noise of my squad.
“I scuffed some yellow off my arm during the climb,” Checkmate whines.
“This new paint just doesn’t hold up,” Habit agrees. “I think they changed the ingredients.”
“But it’s more vibrant now,” I say.
Clawdite shuts off his comm device and then joins us.
“I’ve checked in with Breacher squad,” he says. “Now we wait.”
He does a double-take at Checkmate’s arm. “Did you scuff my paint job?”
“It’s the new paint,” Checkmate says. “Habit said so.”
“Yeah,” Habit says. “They changed the ingredients.”
“But it’s so much brighter now!” Clawdite snaps.
I throw my hands up in validation. “Exactly.”
We get quiet. There’s something in the distance . . . Marching.
I peer between a stack of crates and see a small patrol of battle droids.
One of their heads jerks in our direction. “Hey, what’s that?”
“I don’t see anything,” another answers.
“Over there; the bright yellow.”
Habit and Checkmate exchange a look.
Once the droids are within a few meters of our hiding spot, we roll a handful of droid poppers along the ground toward them. Sizzling fills the air, and they collapse.
Then the bickering starts.
“I wonder how they saw us,” Habit says, like he doesn’t know exactly how.
Clawdite and I shake our heads.
“We’re never hearing the end of this,” I say.
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Teth has been on my list of things to build for years now, so it was a blast getting to finally build it. Thanks for checking this out!
They are not all here believe me...just sifting through stuff to pack...or not to pack....this is the original Moleskine tower
Using the ticket machine at the tram stop - even here you can see Covid's effect as the machine opposite the couple (facing the camera) is deactivated to avoid passengers being too close together.
If you have been subjected to an entirely new environment – say, a completely new city/country/culture and were unsure of how to conduct yourself, chances are that you have observed what everyone around you does, for social cues, and followed them. Right?
Mimicry is likely a subconscious tribal-level survival skill. Visually signaling “I am one of you” meant “I am not an invader/enemy” and hoping it works. Whew!
So, when meeting someone new, if you have mimicked their body language, posture, or behavior to try to ‘fit in’ and/or accommodate the environment, it is highly probable that you were seeking social validation, even if you didn’t really realize it. It’s instinctual.
As Nora, seeking to “fit in” as an authentic woman was a life goal for many years.
In all this time, I just wanted to convincingly, and unhesitatingly, be perceived as a female: certainly by men, but; more importantly by women.
Evidence of success was elusive.
Sure, acceptance/compliments by trans or other CDs was welcome. The recent honor as PTG Magazine Cover Girl is an example. It definitely feels good!
Flattering comments by male admirers has also been encouraging. Thanks!
Yet, my ego has yearned for experience with unknowing, but accepting GG’s to achieve true social validation. This has rarely happened.
I’ve learned that GG’s who are paid for services such as photography, makeovers, sales of garments, hair etc. – do not count. Regardless of how friendly these women have been – the relationship is transactional. We are “friends” only if I remain their customer. I’ve learned this the hard way. Sigh.
At this stage in my life, after a lot of time/$ investment, this realization saddens me beyond words.
Nora
PS - With a refreshed perspective, the importance of few priceless friendships with other's like me has become magnified. Thanks again my friends - you are more important than you will ever know.
A Titan-ic success: Here is Webb’s first look at Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. Because Titan has a dense atmosphere, its surface is hidden in visible light. Enter Webb’s infrared eye, which captured clouds as well as bright & dark patches on its surface.
Titan is unique in the solar system. It is the only planetary body other than Earth that has rivers, lakes, and seas. Rather than water, they are made up of “hydrocarbons” — molecules like ethane and methane.
The two clouds seen by Webb validate long-held predictions that clouds form in the northern hemisphere during Titan's late summer, when the Sun warms its surface. Follow-up observations by the Keck Observatory also revealed clouds, confirming seasonal weather patterns.
Note that this is Webb science in progress and has not yet been peer reviewed. Scientists are still analyzing data and have more observations planned, which will probe the composition and surface of this region in ways even the Cassini spacecraft could not.
Read more about Webb’s latest observations: blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/12/01/webb-keck-telescopes-team-...
Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, A. Pagan (STScI). Science: JWST Titan GTO Team
Image description:
Side-by-side images of Saturn’s moon Titan, captured by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera on November 4, 2022. Left image labeled “lower atmosphere and clouds” is various shades of red, from nearly black to nearly white. Three bright spots are labeled. Spot along the edge at 11 o’clock is labeled “Cloud A.” A larger, brighter spot at 1 o’clock is labeled “Cloud B.” A nearly white, crescent-shaped spot along the bottom from about 5 to 7 o’clock is labeled “Atmospheric Haze.” Right image labeled “atmosphere and surface,” is shades of white, blue, and brown. Clouds A and B are bright spots in the same locations as in the left-hand image. Cloud A, at 11 o’clock, is quite small and subtle. Cloud B, at 1 o’clock, is brighter and appears larger than in the left-hand image. Three surface features are labeled: Dark patch near Cloud A labeled “Kraken Mare.” Dark patch in middle lower right quadrant labeled “Belet.” Bright patch just inside the edge at about 4 o’clock labeled “Adiri.”
I have read so many personal stories this past couple of weeks, and each one has touched me. One of the recurring themes that has come out of these stories is that each of us, at different times in our lives, need hope and validation in order to live life well.
Some illnesses like multiple sclerosis, crohn's disease, fibromyalgia, lyme disease are difficult to diagnose as the symptoms can be mistaken for so many illnesses or it is so difficult to accurately describe what the symptoms are like that often those symptoms are dismissed by ourselves and the medical profession. While waiting for diagnosis we may lose hope and begin to doubt ourselves ... and before long a negative spiral of emotional and mental distress compounds our ability to cope. All we need is hope and validation.
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