Faith is Funny
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for the beautiful outfit that I am wearing in this pic <333
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The Quran describes the oppressor or tyrant as "deaf, dumb and blind", which is essentially the spiritual reality of the tyrant. He cannot hear the cries of his victims; he cannot communicate with those he oppresses because he imperiously views them as representatives of a lower order of being than himself, and thus as mere commodities to be exploited or, even worse, as plagues to be cleansed; and he cannot see the harm he does. Aristotle (d. 322 BC) reminds us that all tyrants invariably surround themselves with sycophants because they cannot bear the truth. But the tyrant also needs these sycophants because he demands tacit approval of his beliefs and actions, and most of all he fears an honest and critical view of himself. The more the tyrant's power grows, the less he tolerates dissent. What is true of the tyrant is also true of the tyrannical nation. He demands that everyone agree with him and affirm his position because he cannot see, hear or speak to anyone but himself. He believes that his vision is clear, his understanding is unsurpassed, and his words, and only his words, are worthy of utterance or consideration. As human beings, only through others can we truly see ourselves, hear ourselves and talk to ourselves; but in his fixation on himself the tyrant is totally incapable of such reflection.
(Hamza Yusuf. Introduction to the "The prayer of the oppressed")
The little man sends a letter to Santa Claus...
Skippy envisioned his universe with the help of the following amazing creations:
Bad Unicorn’s Cold World Backdrop!
Bad Unicorn's Mister Plow Truck!
NOMAD’s Novograd Street Lamp!
Serenity Style’s Urban Bus Stop!
The Forge’s Bauble Wreath!
Soy’s Graysh Day Fluorescent Lamp!
And the little adventurer wears the following cool new styles:
The Horror!’s Distancin' Visor!
COMPLEX’s Stalactite Jacket!
Not So Bad’s Anteo Turtleneck!
kunst’s Knox Boots!
All of which are available at The Men's Dept. (TMD)!
Keep believing, my friends.
And keep shining bright!
Margerethenkapelle on top of the Wiehengebirge. One of my special places since I visited a concert on a Winter evening here many years ago. October waved goodby with sunshine and warm tempereratures and we used the perfect weather for an extended hiking tour on the Wittedindsweg, a crest trail on the Wiehengebirge from Porta Westfalica in the East to the Osnabrück area in the West. Before the sun went down we visited the most interesting spots of the Eastern part of the trail.
I'd say the timing of this capture was pretty spot-on in that regard!!!
I haven't seen one up close for several months so this moment was very special on an unseasonably warm fall day
thank you for visiting!!
Created for Award Tree Challenge 220.0 ~ Mystical Light ~
All work done in MidJourney and Photoshop Beta23 .
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Thank you very much for your comments and faves, regretfully, I am finding it increasingly difficult to reply to your comments, because of my very limited time on the internet, due to constant power interruptions in South Africa. I do read and appreciate every one of them! Thanks again!!
”Shakkin’ Briggie” (St Devenick’s Bridge) over the River Dee from Ardoe to Cults, Aberdeen - opened in 1837. Funded by Rev Dr George Morison to give 700 parishioners on the north bank access to his church on the south bank (they were crossing the river by boat). You would need more than a prayer to cross on it now!
Unfortunately, I don't know the full meaning behind the many elements in this mural but the large tree and many animals are certainly key factors in their beliefs.
that one's work is terribly important :-)
Bertrand Russell
Protect the ones you love, wear a mask, take care :-)
dahlia, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Darkroom print on ilford rc new, dodge and burn, selenium, selective bleaching agfa brown.
hp5 in d76
RZ67, 90mm lens
General Watkins Conservation Area
Scott County Missouri
Photo taken on October 22, 2020
The sun is hiding were I’m standing but at the top of the hill it's brilliant beyond belief. I want to walk to the top of this hill and let this stunning sunshine rain down on me and be baptized in its brilliance.
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"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.” - Buddha
Five years ago if someone would have told me that I'd be shooting rebuilt CP SD9043AC's in maroon and grey paint in St Paul, I'd have thought they were nuts. Or high.
But here we are, doing just that on a beautiful Fall day. And these engines look GREAT! I gotta give them credit, CP really nailed it with these two Heritage units. They're on their first revenue run with train 197. Still can't believe what I saw today.
Barbed-wire in Belfast, segregating the Protestant and Catholic communities. Religion has a lot to answer for in the suffering of people throughout the world.
Seeing artist Barbara Kruger's installation at MoMA yesterday reminded me that I had seen her work installed at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC in 2016.
From the museum's website: "Large areas of the installation are devoted to open-ended questions (“WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO IS FREE TO CHOOSE? WHO SPEAKS? WHO IS SILENT?”), while the section occupying the bookstore explores themes of desire and consumption. At once addressing the individual, the museum, and, symbolically, the country, Kruger’s penetrating examination of the public sphere transforms one of the Hirshhorn’s key public spaces."
My Korner #132 - Attitude is the product of belief!
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BLOG NAME: Attitude is the product of belief!
DESIGNERS: Adorsy & Supernatural
I love this quote. An army of sheep lead by a lion will always defeat an army of lions led by a sheep. Why is the lion the king of the animal kingdom? He's not the biggest, strongest or smartest but he sure is beautifu!
Today I'm wearing:
TOP: adorsy - Juliet Coat with Top Fatpack - Maitreya/Freya
PANTS: adorsy - Juliet Pants Fatpack - Maitreya/Freya
CHOKER: .::Supernatural::. Marina Choker Fatpack
Juliet Coat/Top and Pants come in 10 single colors or fatpacks and are rigged for Freya & Maitreya. Can be worn with our without shirt and with or without sleeves. Go for the fatpack and get all the amazing fur colors to choose from.
Marina choker comes with color changing HUD with 6 color choices.
LINKS:
Adorsy Mainstore
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Adorsy Marketplace
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Kinky Event
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Supernatural Mainstore
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Supernatural Marketplace
Pride is simply your belief that you should exist as you are or as you believe you should be. Free yourself from the dogmatic view that before the church can save you, it has to curse you. We are all free to follow our hearts, and love who we want, that is a fundamental right.
Believe in the fire between us.
Fire art installation at the Lux Helsinki 2020 light arts festival in Kaisaniemenpuisto, Helsinki, Finland.
It is my ardent belief that we can all find beauty, wherever we go, if only we open our eyes and see it. I had to take a trip to see my doctor the other day and as I was waiting for the tram to go home after my consultation, I happened to notice a few pretty pink ornamental flowering almond blossoms poking through a hedge as I waited. They appeared to be saying: "peek-a-boo - we see you. Do you see us?" I'm so glad that I did see them, as I love the pink and white blossoms of the flowering almond, and they gave me a much needed smile. They are so delicate and pretty, how can one not smile when seeing them?
Spring is slowly returning to Melbourne, not that you would think so today, with extremely low temperatures and gusty winds, but when I took this photo earlier in the week, it had been a cool, yet sunny day which is typical of early spring days in Melbourne.
A spring-blooming shrub, flowering almond is a beautiful addition to any garden with sweet pink double blossoms. Sometimes the flowers are followed by small round red fruit coveted by squirrels. This shrub can grow ten to fifteen feet tall, but there is also a dwarf flowering almond (Prunus glandulosa) with pink or white flowers that grows only four to five feet tall.