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Dordrecht - The Netherlands
Oh simple thing where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
Two B pencils do not make a 2B pencil:-) Although these are 2 B pencils. A word joke and variation of the existing simular cartoons.
Mirabelka szu szu suggested the color peach cause it's a fruit as well.I'm just peachy: is a cynical way to say that you're not happy at all! Mirabelka also came up with:Salmon,Plum,Lime and Oyster:-) The Peach looking paper turned pink in the scan!:-)
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A language joke: The Dutch word "handelaars" = "traders" in English. "Laars" is the Dutch word for a "Boot". Hand has the same meaning in both languages.
.....and then I got lost in what she was saying. So I stopped playing with my blocks and paid closer attention.
A small bit of word play on a Wednesday morning.
I am little and they are big......... It's such a bad joke, it becomes funny again.The Shark is only sniffing.
Wordplay, turns into gun play
And gun play turns into pillow talk
And pillow talk turns into sweet dreams
Sweet dreams turns into coffee in the morning
Credits: Gridspirations
A fantasy white little snake. A request from Iss zzy (check out her paintings) to draw a special snake:-)
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The Dutch word "geitenbreier", literally "goat knitter". It means softy/looser.
Created for the "Award Tree" group's "Red and White Fudge" challenge.
The title is a pun on Russian Suprematist artist, El Lissitsky's famous painting, "Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge", an abstract pro-Communist piece from the time of the Revolution.
I espouse no ideologies here of any stripe, but merely felt a "formal" connection to Lissitsky in the sharp shapes and outlines and the Red, Black & White colour scheme. His title came to mind and I thought it fun and ironically appropriate to wordplay on his title.
The original shot was taken of a sale window for one of the city's finest, most upscale china and dinnerware shops, William Ashley. So my piece here is intended to be both fun with the pun, but also a somewhat different political jab in the direction of consumerism. In the end though, it's about creating an abstracted piece from the everyday.
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(No English caption this time - there is no translation for this wordplay ;-) Zaungast literally means fence guest and is used as a term for an onlooker)
Robin on a fence.
Seen in a landscape protection area in Achim near Bremen - Lower Saxony - Germany.
Rotkehlchen auf einem Zaun.
Gesehen im Landschaftsschutzgebiet in Achim bei Bremen.
This album's name is dedicated to my favourite game of all time Elder Scrolls Online and race of all time, The Argonians (reptile humanoids). There's a story for you to read below about some of them towards the bottom.
What does Ku Vastei mean? Read below
By Lights-the-Way, Mystic of the Mages Guild
It is hard to describe the culture of my people. Often my tongue stumbles as I try to explain, but it is my hope that ink and quill will give me time enough to gather my thoughts. And perhaps, though such writing, I will finally connect the parts of me that now feel so divided; my homeland of Murkmire and my new life within the Mages Guild.
These journals are to become my ku-vastei. And, as I write that, I can think of no better topic to begin with.
Ku-vastei roughly translates to "the catalyst of needed change," though such a direct translation in no way does justice to the original meaning. Another translation could be "that which creates the needed pathway for change to occur" or even "the spark which ignites the flame which must come into being."
Perhaps a more direct analysis should be first presented. Ku-vastei is a noun, a thing or person. Vastei directly translates to change, an important part of my culture. Ku is harder to speak of. It is that which leads to change, though not that which creates change. An important role, as stagnation is a fate worse than death.
Take a boulder which sits atop a cliff, teetering in place. It must fall eventually. The ku-vastei does not push the boulder off the cliff; rather, it picks the pebble which holds the rock in place. And so it falls, not by a push, but by a pathway cleared.
Ku-vastei is revered, just as change itself is revered, for to look back at what was means to stumble as you move forward. Sometimes, a little push in the right direction is all someone needs to remember such wisdom. Other times, they may need to be shoved.
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Naka Desh Tribe
by Emmanubeth Hurrent, the Wayfarers' Society of Wayrest
My guide, Names-the-Orchids, took me deep into the swamp to meet a little-known tribe called the Naka-Desh, or Riverbacks. Few Imperials venture far enough into Black Marsh to meet the People of the River, and the Naka-Desh see little benefit in traveling beyond the boundaries of their Hist's roots. For that reason, most perceive them as a secretive and mysterious tribe. This misconception is made all the more amusing by the Riverbacks' boundless hospitality.
We approached the Riverbacks' territory via ferry boats. Our expedition encountered tribal sentries almost immediately. They floated to the surface of the water like turtles or crocodiles. I was struck by the wideness of their faces, the largeness of their eyes, and the broad webs adorning their forearms and throats. The Hist clearly provided the "right skin" for the locale. Riverback territory is more water than land—a drowned marsh navigable by small rafts, canoes, and little else.
Names-the-Orchids greeted them with a series of low croaks. They cheerfully repeated the sound before lifting themselves onto our boat. Neither of the sentries seemed familiar with Cyrodilic, so our guide had to interpret. She told us that the Riverbacks demanded tribute in the form of a riddle before they would grant passage. I detected no threat behind the demand. It seemed like more of an invitation than an order. I've no talent for wordplay, but I shared a children's riddle about doorknobs that practically every Imperial knows. As soon as Names-the-Orchids translated it, the two sentries clapped their hands. One of them pressed his forehead to mine, croaked twice, then both vanished into the water as suddenly as they appeared.
We spent four days among the Riverbacks—all but one of them on rafts fishing. Riverback fishing resembles traditional fishing in name only. Rather than hook and line, the Naka-Desh use large river fish called osheeja gars. Each osheeja is secured by a strange harness and bridle. When the Argonians find an abundant fishing spot, they release the predatory gars and let them snatch up the fish. As soon as an osheeja bites a fish, the Argonians pull their pets to the side of the boat and claim the fish for themselves. I asked Names-the-Orchids how it works. Apparently, the bridle prevents the gar from swallowing. She assured me that the osheejas are well-cared for, though. Until they grow too old, of course, whereupon they too are eaten.
Our time with the Riverbacks was not without frustration. Of all the Argonians I have met, the Naka-Desh were by far the least curious. Other than riddles, they had no appetite for anything we brought. They refused our food, took no particular interest in our tales, and did not even ask for our names. This disinterest combined with their boundless hospitality made most of the expedition uncomfortable. Names-the-Orchids chided us for thinking kindness demands reciprocity. As always, even these small disappointments teach us valuable lessons.
["the tribe is not currently in the game but in the world of the game"]
I drew wings on the first version and I also needed a simple design to practice drawing on black paper.
‘The Key to Lock-Down’. Keep busy physically & mentally during your Lock-Down, social networking & photography is a good start. If you can’t get out at home, or don’t have a garden then try jogging up & down stairs! What ever you come up with do STAY IN folks to stay VIRUS FREE and to NOT be a vehicle to pass it on to others, Alan:-)
366 - I’ve decided to do this to force me to pick up a camera other than when we are away on our travels (they will be posted as normal) - I will be interested to see what transpires, they will be varied I’m sure so we’ll see where inspiration takes me over the course of the year, hopefully at the end of it I will be a better photographer. Feel free to critique as you see fit, but please don’t feel obliged, I anticipate they will not be to all tastes. Have a great year and if you also have embarked on a 365 project then good luck in seeing it through, Alan:-)
For the interested I’m growing my Shutterstock catalogue regularly here, now sold 38 images :- www.shutterstock.com/g/Alan+Foster?rid=223484589&utm_...
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I met a professor who used elaborate gear to take gigapixel composites of flat concrete surfaces, with texture but without perspective. Intentional wordplay on “concrete” and “abstract”. A how-to book from a local library said the essential challenge in abstraction was division of the plane. This guy I just googled,
thevirtualinstructor.com/blog/abstract-non-objective-art
distinguishes Representational (realistic), Abstract (distorting reality), and Non-Objective (devoid of reality). Maybe Hilla Rebay would agree.
Oxalis triangularis, ten-image focus stack, cropped 16:9.
26 Oct 2021; 11:15 CDT; Velvia +