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As nomads, Saharawis were distinct from Berber Tuareg nomads to their east, as well as from black African farmers to the south, and semi-nomadic or sedentary Berbers to their immediate north. Saharawi society is highly stratified along tribal, caste and gender lines. Until the late 1950s most Saharawis were still nomadic. Their lives began to change rapidly when the territory's rich mineral resources became known to the West. The Western Sahara has rich iron ore and phosphate deposits onshore, as well as suspected offshore oil reserves.
My drawing of Mancha Type A Motor that was at the Chollar Mine Adit (Tourist) at Virginia City, Nevada until sold in 2009. The over-ride bumper was not applied to that particular Motor but the idea came from another photograph of an actual Mancha in service somewhere else. This will provide a better seat area for an additional person to ride safely.
The drive arrangement is my adaptation of an donor electric motor and chaindrive from a forklift.
If you would have told me 10 years ago as a 12 year old that my words and actions could effect others, I would have called you crazy. However, that was my dream.
I wanted to be the person who had a voice to say things for others. It's natural for human beings to be afraid to speak what they believe. Criticism is harsh to feel.
I've heard it all.
"You won't make it."
"You are taking a huge risk here... what if it doesn't work out? Then what are you going to do?"
"Really? Ha, just remember that I told you so when you fall right on your face."
I told you so would be the words I historically tell those people. Yet I chose not to say that to them.
I don't care about being in the spotlight. Yes I am wearing a brand new t-shirt straight from the package. It's wrinkled and you know what. I don't care if anyone judged me by a fabric of clothing. This is a representation to show everyone that you do not have to be perfect all the time to be right. Just be yourself and those who care about you will accept it.
All I care about is being positive and happy... hoping that others can find those emotions in their own lives.
Now I'm here. And whether I like it or not, there is a spotlight on me.
So my life, is now our life.
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El agresor limita el acceso. Aísla, segrega, separa, corta las vías de escape.
Secuestra; borrar todo vínculos familiares, laborales y sociales. Crea dependencia emocional, económica, afectiva… busca poseer completamente.
Totaliza la relación: los celos son un primer síntoma.
I was sitting at my table wondering about things as I often do after the sunsets when I decided to play with a ceramic piece of art I own, a vintage basket and a simple light.
This was the result
'So I play my game, my desperate pretending game,
with a facade of assurance without
and a trembling child within.
So begins the glittering but empty parade of masks,
and my life becomes a front.
I idly chatter to you in the suave tones of surface talk.
I tell you everything that's really nothing,
and nothing of what's everything,
of what's crying within me.
So when I'm going through my routine
do not be fooled by what I'm saying.
Please listen carefully and try to hear what I'm not saying,
what I'd like to be able to say,
what for survival I need to say,
but what I can't say.
(...)
Who am I, you may wonder?
I am someone you know very well.
For I am every man you meet
and I am every woman you meet'.
(Charles C. Finn, 1966)
The nature of man comes into existence with birth, whereas the feelings are produced when there is contact with external things. There are three grades of human nature.
The three grades of nature are: superior, the medium, and the inferior. The superior is good, and good only. The medium may be led to be either superior or inferior. The inferior is evil, and evil only.
In discussing human nature, Mencius said, "Man's nature is good." Hsun Tzu said, "Man's nature is evil." And Yang Hsiung said, "Man's nature is a mixture of good and evil."
Now to say that nature is good at first but subsequently becomes evil, or bad at first and subsequently becomes good, or mixed at first and is now either good or evil, is to mention only the medium grade and leave the superior and inferior grades out of account and to take care of one case but to lose sight of the other two.
-excerpts from "An Inquiry on Human Nature" by Han Yu; which appears in chapter 27 of "A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy" by Wing-Tsit Chan
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kodachrome64 smacks up Photoshop from here to Sunday.
This self portrait of myself is supposed to illustrate my friends are a large part of my life, but photography always seems to find a way to filter through. The assignment was create a series to illustrate something in your life.
Models on top - Aaron Beasley and Karly Schultz
Models on bottom - Tyson Monroe and Cody Larkin