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Minimalism.... ABC Art....extreme simplification of form, as by the use of basic shapes and monochromatic palettes of primary colors, objectivity, and anonymity of style.
Back and slowly catching up! ( Explore #411)
Shot with the Olympus E-M1, a great lightweight travel camera, on the streets of New York City.
In the richest country in the world, where the richest 1%, including the former billionaire President of the USA, pay little or no taxes, this is a tragic and deplorable condition. Nobody in America should be without a home.
Glacial lake, Emmons Moraine trail, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
I have always found it puzzling that a lake of such a beguiling hue has not been bestowed with a name. Yet there it sits, nameless, an empty space on the map when much smaller lake "dots" have their respective names noted beside them. And in hiking guides and trip reports it is typically referred to only as "the glacial lake on the Emmons Moraine trail".
The lake lies tucked away in a cirque at 5000 feet/1520 meters, fed by the White River flowing out of the Emmons Glacier on the northeast slopes of Tahoma/Mount Rainier. (And it is the glacial flour in the water that gives it the turquoise color.) After a steep, scrambling climb up and over a ridge from the river crossing below, a tantalizing glimpse of the water appears through the trees, and when the trail finally opens up to a view of the lake, the color is dazzling. Especially on a day like last weekend, with cloudless skies and strong mountain sunlight.
And perhaps remaining nameless gives this lovely lake some anonymity to hide behind, as I was able to enjoy the views of it for a good length of time in near-solitude on a warm and sunny day.
Rama IV Road ~ Samphanthawong District ~ Bangkok, Thailand
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 360, f/6.3, 220mm, 1/500s
Inspired, always , by the magnificent Venice carnival.
This celebration lasts for several weeks in February and March, ending with Martedi Grasso, or Mardi Gras, which marks the beginning of Lent. The festival supposedly began in 1162, in celebration of Venice’s victory over Aquileia. However, mask-wearing in the Venetian lagoon could go back as far as the 9th century.
In a city with such a rigid social system, Carnival fever conferred many cherished freedoms. The most important was anonymity. For some weeks of the year, anyone could be who they wanted to be, whether it was a peasant mixing with aristocrats at their masked balls.
At its decadent height during the 18th century, Carnival would begin the first Sunday in October, taking over just about half the year. The Catholic Church eventually had to forbid Carnivalesque celebrations on holy days, meaning that there was a lot of celebration going on, even on holy days. The comedies, masquerades and gambling houses would draw all kinds of international visitors to the city.
Unfortunately, all this came to an end when the Serenissima Republic fell to Napoleon in 1797. It was an era in which many old ways of life were coming to an end and modernity arrived in Venice in its own way. The Carnival was banned and all the celebrations and rituals associated with it were shut down. Venice was independent no more.
The Carnival wouldn’t be brought back until 1979 after two centuries of war and tumult, when the government began to redevelop the modern Carnival by bringing back the traditional events. Carnival season now floods the streets with tourists and mask shops have popped up all over the city, revitalizing the craft. It’s a postmodern version of the pre-modern festival.
Saragossa, Spain
San Pablo street
Artist: ABOVE, Year: 2012
Tavar Zawacki formerly known as 'ABOVE' (born 1981) is an American abstract artist living and working between Berlin, Germany, and Bali, Indonesia. For twenty years (1996–2016) Tavar Zawacki created and signed all of his artworks with his street artist pseudonym, 'ABOVE'. Tavar was born and raised in California until the age of 19, at which time, Zawacki bought a one-way flight from California to Paris, France, bringing with him a backpack full of art supplies, all the money in his bank account ($1,500 USD), and a 'rise above your fears' approach to starting his art career. Starting in Paris in 2000, Tavar transitioned from painting traditional letter style graffiti of A-B-O-V-E, to his 'Above arrow' icon that represented his optimistic mentality to 'rise above fears, challenges, and anything holding you back from your goals.' During a 20-year period, the artworks of ABOVE could be seen in over 100 cities spanning 50 countries around the world.
In January 2017, Zawacki decided to step out of his self-imposed shadow of anonymity, and start creating, and signing artworks with his real birth name – allowing more freedom of creative exploration, as well as liberation from the arrow icon he has associated himself with. Tavar Zawacki's painting styles with his large scale mural works, as well as his indoor fine art are characterized by the use of hard-edge painting, color field, geometric abstraction, Op art, and trompe-l'œil painting styles. Zawacki has been showcasing his work in galleries and creative institutions around the world since 2005.
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BLOG NAME: The Masquerade!
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Hiding my identity! I'm not going to reveal who I am until after midnight. It's time for some privacy and anonymity without any backlash or retribution. Ready to mingle with the elite!
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Never forget that actions can have consequences. You can also feel too safe behind the anonymity of your computer. Tick Tack biaaaaatch;)
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Buren is a town and municipality in the Betuwe region of the Netherlands. The name originated from the word the Dutch word “buren”, which means neighbour.
The earliest known settlement of the region occurred as early as 772.The castle was built by the Lords of Buren and was first mentioned in 1298. The town was granted city rights in 1395 by Sir Alard IV of Buren which led to the construction of a defensive wall and a moat, significant portions of which still stand. In 1492, the region was promoted to a county but had limited economic influence due to its geographic isolation. By 1574, the previously Catholic parish church of Saint-Lambert became Calvinist Reformed Protestant.
The Castle eventually came into the possession of the House of Orange, the royal family of the Netherlands. The Dutch royal family has been known to use the name van Buren as an alias to give themselves some degree of anonymity. William III of England obtained the title Buren. The Dutch royal family, still use this as a title. The Castle was gradually demolished between 1804 and 1883. The eighth president of the United States, Martin Van Buren, traced his ancestry to inhabitants of the city, who had taken the surname Van Buren after relocating to the Dutch colony of New Netherland in what is now the state of New York.
On Sunday, July 26, 2020, after 14 years in anonymity, I learned the name of this lovely town on the Catalan coast. I shot this on my way from Barcelona to my ancestral home town of Palamos. Thank you so much Toni for sharing this information with me.
‘Marubi’ – from Photo Library to a Museum of Photography
The National Museum of Photography ‘Marubi' was established as an absolute need to identify and promote the photographic archive created by the Marubi Dynasty and other city of Shkodra photographers, a cultural heritage unique in its kind.
At the center of the museum project is the legacy of the ‘Photo-Studio Marubbi', founded in 1856 by Pietro Marubbi, an Italian painter and photographer who came and settled in Shkodra at the time. The activity of the studio over the years, was directed and enriched by three generations of photographers, until the early 1950s, time when Gegë Marubi was forced to give oneself up to the communist collective anonymity, by joining other photographers in the photography unit of the former Repair-Services Cooperative.
In 1970 was founded the Marubi Photo-Studio with around 500,000 negatives in various techniques and formats.
""Graffiti is one of the most free art expressions of the world; you don’t do it for money nor for an institution, it’s free expression and it liberates yourself creatively from a lot of restrictions."
Quote — Roa
This is the last wall Roa made in his home town (Ghent, Belgium), somewhere around 2009. Meanwhile Roa became a legend and his work can be found worldwide.
Location: Tempelhof , 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Info - www.streetartbio.com/roa :
""Street artist Roa is a muralist from Ghent, Belgium whose work has often been recorded and photographed, but very little is known about the artist and even less is documented.
At a very young age Roa remembers wanting to be an archaeologist or something adventurous and collecting little skulls from birds and rodents to draw at home. He grew up in the eighties and naturally was inspired by the American life; music, skating and so forth. The love for music, more in particular hip-hop, quickly joined his curiosity in graffiti. Like most muralists, he began by spraying throw-ups under bridges and walls. During his early years, Roa expressed an active, eclectic mix of styles. At the time, there was not prevailing movement in Belgium. As time went on, the scene’s evolution further evolved as foreign visitors left behind an assorted collection of talents and skills. Slowly but sure Roa became addicted to the nature of urban art.
Roa is primarily known for his strong obsession for animals and rodents. He often combines life, death, and life after death in his murals, which quickly distinguishes him amongst traditional muralists. His animals are painted to include skeleton and internal organs, making the sight even more realistic. The artist states, "Organs are the vital substances of our body and they represent a lot of the symbolism which I like!" One's love for animals could not be expressed nearly as much as our artist Roa. This mysterious Belgian muralist has created hundreds of murals through Europe. He has also traveled to other locations around the world.
His preferred forms of methods to paint are by using spray paint or acrylic paint. In fact, most of his work is created through a mixture of black, white, and gray scale colors. At times, the muralist prefers to sketch, especially those large murals. He first began his artistic career by paining buildings and warehouses in his hometown. Nowadays, his distinctive black and white style street artwork can found worldwide.
Some major cities, where his work can be found include London, New York, Berlin, Warsaw, Madrid, Moscow, Los Angeles, Mexico City and Paris.
Muralist Roa's true obsession for animals is unparalleled and he uses this obsession to paint for inspiration. Roa uses native animals based on the location he is painting in. For example, if he goes to a specific location filled with roosters, like Mexico, then he will paint a rooster. Not only does this make him a standout artist, but his attention to detail is phenomenal. He truly has a pure passion for painting. Roa simply paints to paint- no other reason.
Roa’s work has been turning heads across the street art community by bringing birds, rodents, and other animals back into the consciousness in the areas they once inhabited. Although the street art is generally conveyed in a very natural matter, even his dead animal paintings seem at peace. Not only that, but his extra large scale black and while local rodents may be viewing the image at work from nearby.
Roa’s anonymity has kept his work and his spirit free.""
Being in the country is like being in a dream – one doesn’t quite know who one is. There is an anonymity to it all – that strange human creature that is me, one among all. – Meia Geddes
There is nothing quite like the freedom that exudes from nature. Vast landscapes and distant horizons give us a sense of liberation, that is why we love being in the country, where we can be anonymous and free, without any constraint.
There are a few of these striking ducks now, at Bushy park. Normally shy and retiring, staying out of trouble, around the edges of the ponds, especially at the present, as the park becomes more popular with the warmer weather. We found this pair in a quiet section of a woodland area, along a narrow strip of water running perpendicular, and close to a path, lying down afforded me some anonymity from the ducks. They were protected by bushes and overhanging trees, but very close. Slowly...... they drifted away, from the noise....... of the clattering shutter......
Mmmmmm.....Z6.....maybe......
Taken with the ever so lightweight (fabulous) Nikon 500mm 5.6 pf......and the ever so noisy Nikon d850.......
The anonymity of this being remained forever. - Part 4 of my small collection of pictures inspired by a particular ''person'' in recurring dreams as a child. He walked away, staring at my bedroom window.
ENG: A frontal view of the anonymity of the metropolis Berlin. Industrialized Apartment Block idyll in the Berlin district of Reinickendorf.
GER: Ein frontal Blick auf die Anonymität der Metropole Berlin. Plattenbau idylle im Berliner Bezirke Reinickendorf.
iColorama, Trimaginator, Stackables, Superimpose. "there I find
traveling
manicured
suburban sidewalks
the familiar wine
of obscurity;
ever
present
unremarkable
unspoken
torment of anonymity
ever so
neatly folded
behind
thin red doors,
a lost-soul veneer
of sadness"
~ from "Poems as I Travel"
by Clint Cline
The theme for "Smile on Saturday" on the 24th of December is "selfie in a bauble". If you know me, you know that my anonymity is important to me, but I do enjoy a challenge too. So this is a bit of an oblique portrait with my camera blocking off part of my face, but it is me nonetheless, wearing a Father Christmas hat to add to the festive theme of the photo and the current time, considering it is Christmas Eve. The bauble is one that hangs on my Christmas tree this year. I hope you like my selfie in a bauble, and that it makes you smile.
As this is the last “Smile on Saturday” before Christmas, I should just like to take this opportunity to wish everyone in the group a very happy Festive Season. May it be filled with happiness and joy for you all.
Or woman.
I read an article recently about the frustrations of the average working person. One of the biggest, and most common, was the feeling of not being known, their work not being seen, feeling like "just a body", a vague and fuzzy presence among so many others.
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Here's a shape for the LeLutka Simone Bento mesh head. Though it was made while wearing the Maitreya Lara mesh body, it looks great with both the SLink Physique and my favorite of the Belleza bodies, Isis.
Included in the box:
ONE copyable modifiable shape
ONE eyebrow shape
ONE style and information notecard
Please enjoy, and never hesitate to contact me should you have any questions or concerns!
Easter procession in Artà, Mallorca/Spain
At the annual commemoration of the Passion of Jesus, celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods and fraternities in the small town of Artà, that perform penance processions on the streets.
The procession was accompanied by intense mystical drumbeats that went under the skin.
The sight of the Brotherhood with their pointy hats may be disturbing, but it is an old Catholic tradition and has nothing to do with the xenophobic club in the US.
For some reason, the pointy hat discussion raises its head every Semana Santa. One theory is that the pointy hats (capirotes) have their origins in the Spanish Inquisition, when convicts were paraded through the streets of their town as a penance, wearing coloured conical hats to indicate the crimes they were charged with. Over time, the hats changed to cover the face as well (so offenders could keep their anonymity) and grew in height as a way of drawing attention to God, rather than the wearer. Over time, the conical headdress became associated with penitence and was adopted accordingly by the Catholic Church in Spain.
I hadn't taken my tripod with me for space reasons and regretted it that evening.... All photos are therefore freehand photos.
When you chose me—
love chose—
I came out of the great anonymity
from everyone, from nothing.
Till then
I was never taller than
the sierras of the world.
I never sank deeper
than the maximum
depths marked out
on maritime charts.
And my gladness was
sad, as small watches are
without a wrist to fasten to,
without a winding crown, stopped.
But when you said: you,
to me, yes, to me singled out,
I was higher than stars,
deeper than coral.
Pedro Salinas
It's hard to believe that it's February. Look at all the colors. In the reserve the tangle is starting too slowly convert itself into the thick. Green is popping out little by little on every stick. Soon the birds will again have their anonymity back in the rookery area.