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This guy was in the middle of a moment, he stood very still for quite some time, he wasn't on the phone, didn't seem to waiting for anyone or anything. It reminded of why I had to stop wearing suits.
Rhapsody on a Windy Night
Twelve o'clock.
Along the reaches of the street
Held in a lunar synthesis,
Whispering lunar incantations
Dissolve the floors of memory
And all its clear relations,
Its divisions and precisions,
Every street lamp that I pass
Beats like a fatalistic drum,
And through the spaces of the dark
Midnight shakes the memory
As a madman shakes a dead geranium.
Half-past one,
The street lamp sputtered,
The street lamp muttered,
The street lamp said, "Regard that woman
Who hesitates towards you in the light of the door
Which opens on her like a grin.
You see the border of her dress
Is torn and stained with sand,
And you see the corner of her eye
Twists like a crooked pin."
The memory throws up high and dry
A crowd of twisted things;
A twisted branch upon the beach
Eaten smooth, and polished
As if the world gave up
The secret of its skeleton,
Stiff and white.
A broken spring in a factory yard,
Rust that clings to the form that the strength has left
Hard and curled and ready to snap.
Half-past two,
The street lamp said,
"Remark the cat which flattens itself in the gutter,
Slips out its tongue
And devours a morsel of rancid butter."
So the hand of a child, automatic,
Slipped out and pocketed a toy that was running along the quay.
I could see nothing behind that child's eye.
I have seen eyes in the street
Trying to peer through lighted shutters,
And a crab one afternoon in a pool,
An old crab with barnacles on his back,
Gripped the end of a stick which I held him.
Half-past three,
The lamp sputtered,
The lamp muttered in the dark.
The lamp hummed:
"Regard the moon,
La lune ne garde aucune rancune,
She winks a feeble eye,
She smiles into corners.
She smoothes the hair of the grass.
The moon has lost her memory.
A washed-out smallpox cracks her face,
Her hand twists a paper rose,
That smells of dust and old Cologne,
She is alone
With all the old nocturnal smells
That cross and cross across her brain."
The reminiscence comes
Of sunless dry geraniums
And dust in crevices,
Smells of chestnuts in the streets,
And female smells in shuttered rooms,
And cigarettes in corridors
And cocktail smells in bars."
The lamp said,
"Four o'clock,
Here is the number on the door.
Memory!
You have the key,
The little lamp spreads a ring on the stair,
Mount.
The bed is open; the tooth-brush hangs on the wall,
Put your shoes at the door, sleep, prepare for life."
The last twist of the knife.
-- T. S. Eliot
Interview/feature in culture magazine CityPictorial (China). The magazine has a reach of over 45 cities and 400.000 readers.
de•vour (d`-vour)
tr.v. de•voured, de•vour•ing, de•vours
1. To eat up greedily.
2. To destroy, consume, or waste.
3. To take in eagerly:
4. To prey upon voraciously.
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Bank restriction note
Mock banknote by George Cruikshank (1792-1878), UK, 1819
In 1818 while walking down Ludgate Hill in London, George Cruikshank saw two women hanging from the gallows for forging banknotes. Cruikshank's response was a gruesome parody of a banknote showing Britannia devouring infants and the pound symbol as the hangman's noose, while the cashier's signature is replaced by 'J[ack] Ketch', a notoriously incompetent executioner of the 17th century. Cruikshank and his publisher earned about £700, a fortune at the time, from this venture.
[British Museum]
Part of I object: Ian Hislop's search for dissent
(September 2018 – January 2019)
A wide variety of objects are on display in the exhibition – from graffiti on a Babylonian brick to a banknote with hidden rude words, from satirical Turkish shadow puppets to a recently acquired ‘pussy’ hat worn on a women’s march. See what tales these objects tell – sometimes deadly serious, often humorous, always with conviction. Unlock the messages and symbols these people used, and get closer to understanding them...
This history in 100(ish) objects shows that people have always challenged and undermined orthodox views in order to enable change. They even did so despite the establishment usually taking a pretty dim view – for most of history you could expect a gruesome punishment, up to and including death, for this kind of subversive behaviour. This suggests that maybe we are programmed to dissent – it’s just part of who we are. Ultimately, the exhibition will show that questioning authority, registering protest and generally objecting are an integral part of what makes us human.
[British Museum]
Bank restriction note
Mock banknote by George Cruikshank (1792-1878), UK, 1819
In 1818 while walking down Ludgate Hill in London, George Cruikshank saw two women hanging from the gallows for forging banknotes. Cruikshank's response was a gruesome parody of a banknote showing Britannia devouring infants and the pound symbol as the hangman's noose, while the cashier's signature is replaced by 'J[ack] Ketch', a notoriously incompetent executioner of the 17th century. Cruikshank and his publisher earned about £700, a fortune at the time, from this venture.
[British Museum]
Part of I object: Ian Hislop's search for dissent
(September 2018 – January 2019)
A wide variety of objects are on display in the exhibition – from graffiti on a Babylonian brick to a banknote with hidden rude words, from satirical Turkish shadow puppets to a recently acquired ‘pussy’ hat worn on a women’s march. See what tales these objects tell – sometimes deadly serious, often humorous, always with conviction. Unlock the messages and symbols these people used, and get closer to understanding them...
This history in 100(ish) objects shows that people have always challenged and undermined orthodox views in order to enable change. They even did so despite the establishment usually taking a pretty dim view – for most of history you could expect a gruesome punishment, up to and including death, for this kind of subversive behaviour. This suggests that maybe we are programmed to dissent – it’s just part of who we are. Ultimately, the exhibition will show that questioning authority, registering protest and generally objecting are an integral part of what makes us human.
[British Museum]
Édition 2019
Cette édition se déroulera du 21 au 23 juin 2019.
Le line-up est dévoilé:
Alien Weaponry, All Them Witches, Anthrax, Aorlhac, Architects, Banane Metalik, Batmobile, Beartooth, Blackberry Smoke, Blackrain, Bliss Of Flesh, Brutus, Böhse Onkelz, Cancer Bats, Cannibal Corpse, Carach Angren, Carcass, Carpathian Forest, Cave In, Cemican, Clutch, Combichrist, Conan (en), Cradle Of Filth, Cult Leader, Cult Of Luna, Dagoba, DDent, Deadland Ritual, Death Angel, Def Leppard, Deicide, Demons & Wizards, Descendents, Devourment, Diamond Head, Dool [archive], Dream Theater, Dropkick Murphys, Eagles Of Death Metal, Eisbrecher, Embryonic Cells, Emma Ruth Rundle, Emperor, Employed To Serve, Enter Shikari, Envy, FM, Fumanchu, Gloryhammer, Godsmack, Gojira, Gold, Graveyard, Hank Von Hell, Hellhammer, Hygral, Immolation, Impaled Nazarene, Insanity Alert, Khaos-Dei, King Diamond, Kiss, Klone, Koritni, Lamb of God, Last Temptation, Le Bal Des Enrages, Les Wampas, Like A Storm, Lofofora, Lucifer's Child, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mad Sin, Mantar, Mass Hysteria, Me First And The Gimme Gimmes, Messa, Morning Again, Municipal Waste, My Sleeping Karma, Myrkur (Folkesange), Nasty (de), No Fun At All, No One Is Innocent, Nova Twins, Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals, Psycroptic, Punish Yourself, Radio Moscow, Refused, Revocation, Richie Kotzen, Sham69, Skáld, Skindred, Slash Featuring Miles Kennedy And The Conspirators, Slayer, Sonata Arctica, Stinky, Stone Temple Pilots, Sum 41, Sumac (en), Tesla, Testament, The Adicts, The Amsterdam Red Light District, The Creepshow, The Dwarves, The Fever 333, The Interrupters, The Living End, The Necromancers, The Obsessed, The Ocean, The Rumjacks, The Sisters Of Mercy, Tool, Tormentor, Tremplin Voice Of Hell, Trivium, Trollfest, Uada, Ultra Vomit, Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats, Valley Of The Sun, Venom Inc., Vltimas, Vomitory, Whitechapel, Whitesnake, Wiegegood, Within Temptation, Will Haven, Wolfheart, YOB, ZZ Top
Le Hellfest, également appelé Hellfest Summer Open Air, est un festival de musique français spécialisé dans les musiques extrêmes, annuellement organisé au mois de juin à Clisson en Loire-Atlantique. Sa forte fréquentation le fait figurer parmi les plus importants festivals de musique français. Il est aussi l'un des plus grands festivals de metal en Europe et le premier en France.
Il trouve son origine dans un autre festival musical, le Furyfest, qui se tenait de 2002 à 2005 dans différents lieux de la région des Pays de la Loire ; le Hellfest en prend la suite en 2006 puis connaît, en quelques années, une hausse continue de sa fréquentation, passant de 22 000 pour la première édition à 152 000 entrées payantes en 2015.
Sa programmation est avant tout centrée sur le hard rock, le heavy metal et le metal alternatif pour les deux scènes principales, tandis que chacune des quatre autres scènes du festival est dédiée à un style plus particulier comme le black metal, le death metal, le punk hardcore, le doom metal ou le stoner rock, s'assurant ainsi la présence de groupes et d'artistes internationaux de renom comme Scorpions, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, ZZ Top, Motörhead, Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kiss, Guns N' Roses, Black Sabbath, Linkin Park, Alice Cooper, Korn, Slipknot, etc., tout autant que celle de groupes plus spécialisés dans leur genre : Slayer, Megadeth, Sepultura, Cannibal Corpse, Anthrax, etc.
Le Hellfest est élu trois fois « Meilleur grand festival » (2014, 2015 et 2017), « Meilleur camping » (2015 et 2016), « Meilleure ambiance » (2013) par le site Festival Awards.
Hellfest, also called Hellfest Summer Open Air, is a French rock festival focusing on heavy metal music, held annually in June in Clisson in Loire-Atlantique. Its high attendance makes it the French music festival with the largest turnover. It is also one of the biggest metal festivals in Europe and the first to exist in France.
It originated in another music festival, the Fury Fest, held from 2002 to 2005, in different areas of Pays de la Loire. Hellfest took over in 2006 and over the years has seen a continuous rise in visitors, from 22,000 in the first edition, to 55,000 tickets sold per day in 2017
Amis metalleux, voici l’info que vous attendez tous : les dates de la quinzième édition du Hellfest. Lors de la conférence de presse de cet après-midi, dimanche 23 juin, les organisateurs ont annoncé les dates à ne pas manquer : les 19, 20, et 21 juin 2020.
Pour la programmation, il faudra encore patienter. Mais pour vous faire saliver un peu, on peut déjà vous dire qu’un bar Hellfest va ouvrir à Paris.
Bank restriction note
Mock banknote by George Cruikshank (1792-1878), UK, 1819
In 1818 while walking down Ludgate Hill in London, George Cruikshank saw two women hanging from the gallows for forging banknotes. Cruikshank's response was a gruesome parody of a banknote showing Britannia devouring infants and the pound symbol as the hangman's noose, while the cashier's signature is replaced by 'J[ack] Ketch', a notoriously incompetent executioner of the 17th century. Cruikshank and his publisher earned about £700, a fortune at the time, from this venture.
[British Museum]
Part of I object: Ian Hislop's search for dissent
(September 2018 – January 2019)
A wide variety of objects are on display in the exhibition – from graffiti on a Babylonian brick to a banknote with hidden rude words, from satirical Turkish shadow puppets to a recently acquired ‘pussy’ hat worn on a women’s march. See what tales these objects tell – sometimes deadly serious, often humorous, always with conviction. Unlock the messages and symbols these people used, and get closer to understanding them...
This history in 100(ish) objects shows that people have always challenged and undermined orthodox views in order to enable change. They even did so despite the establishment usually taking a pretty dim view – for most of history you could expect a gruesome punishment, up to and including death, for this kind of subversive behaviour. This suggests that maybe we are programmed to dissent – it’s just part of who we are. Ultimately, the exhibition will show that questioning authority, registering protest and generally objecting are an integral part of what makes us human.
[British Museum]
Édition 2019
Cette édition se déroulera du 21 au 23 juin 2019.
Le line-up est dévoilé:
Alien Weaponry, All Them Witches, Anthrax, Aorlhac, Architects, Banane Metalik, Batmobile, Beartooth, Blackberry Smoke, Blackrain, Bliss Of Flesh, Brutus, Böhse Onkelz, Cancer Bats, Cannibal Corpse, Carach Angren, Carcass, Carpathian Forest, Cave In, Cemican, Clutch, Combichrist, Conan (en), Cradle Of Filth, Cult Leader, Cult Of Luna, Dagoba, DDent, Deadland Ritual, Death Angel, Def Leppard, Deicide, Demons & Wizards, Descendents, Devourment, Diamond Head, Dool [archive], Dream Theater, Dropkick Murphys, Eagles Of Death Metal, Eisbrecher, Embryonic Cells, Emma Ruth Rundle, Emperor, Employed To Serve, Enter Shikari, Envy, FM, Fumanchu, Gloryhammer, Godsmack, Gojira, Gold, Graveyard, Hank Von Hell, Hellhammer, Hygral, Immolation, Impaled Nazarene, Insanity Alert, Khaos-Dei, King Diamond, Kiss, Klone, Koritni, Lamb of God, Last Temptation, Le Bal Des Enrages, Les Wampas, Like A Storm, Lofofora, Lucifer's Child, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mad Sin, Mantar, Mass Hysteria, Me First And The Gimme Gimmes, Messa, Morning Again, Municipal Waste, My Sleeping Karma, Myrkur (Folkesange), Nasty (de), No Fun At All, No One Is Innocent, Nova Twins, Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals, Psycroptic, Punish Yourself, Radio Moscow, Refused, Revocation, Richie Kotzen, Sham69, Skáld, Skindred, Slash Featuring Miles Kennedy And The Conspirators, Slayer, Sonata Arctica, Stinky, Stone Temple Pilots, Sum 41, Sumac (en), Tesla, Testament, The Adicts, The Amsterdam Red Light District, The Creepshow, The Dwarves, The Fever 333, The Interrupters, The Living End, The Necromancers, The Obsessed, The Ocean, The Rumjacks, The Sisters Of Mercy, Tool, Tormentor, Tremplin Voice Of Hell, Trivium, Trollfest, Uada, Ultra Vomit, Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats, Valley Of The Sun, Venom Inc., Vltimas, Vomitory, Whitechapel, Whitesnake, Wiegegood, Within Temptation, Will Haven, Wolfheart, YOB, ZZ Top
Le Hellfest, également appelé Hellfest Summer Open Air, est un festival de musique français spécialisé dans les musiques extrêmes, annuellement organisé au mois de juin à Clisson en Loire-Atlantique. Sa forte fréquentation le fait figurer parmi les plus importants festivals de musique français. Il est aussi l'un des plus grands festivals de metal en Europe et le premier en France.
Il trouve son origine dans un autre festival musical, le Furyfest, qui se tenait de 2002 à 2005 dans différents lieux de la région des Pays de la Loire ; le Hellfest en prend la suite en 2006 puis connaît, en quelques années, une hausse continue de sa fréquentation, passant de 22 000 pour la première édition à 152 000 entrées payantes en 2015.
Sa programmation est avant tout centrée sur le hard rock, le heavy metal et le metal alternatif pour les deux scènes principales, tandis que chacune des quatre autres scènes du festival est dédiée à un style plus particulier comme le black metal, le death metal, le punk hardcore, le doom metal ou le stoner rock, s'assurant ainsi la présence de groupes et d'artistes internationaux de renom comme Scorpions, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, ZZ Top, Motörhead, Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kiss, Guns N' Roses, Black Sabbath, Linkin Park, Alice Cooper, Korn, Slipknot, etc., tout autant que celle de groupes plus spécialisés dans leur genre : Slayer, Megadeth, Sepultura, Cannibal Corpse, Anthrax, etc.
Le Hellfest est élu trois fois « Meilleur grand festival » (2014, 2015 et 2017), « Meilleur camping » (2015 et 2016), « Meilleure ambiance » (2013) par le site Festival Awards.
Hellfest, also called Hellfest Summer Open Air, is a French rock festival focusing on heavy metal music, held annually in June in Clisson in Loire-Atlantique. Its high attendance makes it the French music festival with the largest turnover. It is also one of the biggest metal festivals in Europe and the first to exist in France.
It originated in another music festival, the Fury Fest, held from 2002 to 2005, in different areas of Pays de la Loire. Hellfest took over in 2006 and over the years has seen a continuous rise in visitors, from 22,000 in the first edition, to 55,000 tickets sold per day in 2017
Amis metalleux, voici l’info que vous attendez tous : les dates de la quinzième édition du Hellfest. Lors de la conférence de presse de cet après-midi, dimanche 23 juin, les organisateurs ont annoncé les dates à ne pas manquer : les 19, 20, et 21 juin 2020.
Pour la programmation, il faudra encore patienter. Mais pour vous faire saliver un peu, on peut déjà vous dire qu’un bar Hellfest va ouvrir à Paris.
Imagine that the blue ball in the Earth and imagine that Roxy is some giant space creature that goes from solar system to solar system devouring planets.
That's what Roxy's imagining. Honest, I can see it in her eyes.
AMERSFOORT, 27-10-2020 ,Dierenpark Amersfoort Dutchnews, Halloween treat for the animals in Amersfoort Animal Park
The elephants, tigers and prairie dogs in Amersfoort Animal Park discovered an eerie surprise in their enclosure today. “Halloween is just around the corner and that means there are plenty of pumpkins harvested. This offers a great opportunity to surprise our animal residents with this "creepy vegetable", "says Team Leader Willem Verdonck.
Each species reacts differently to the striking orange fruits. “The Siberian tigers crept right up to the pumpkins to devour them with skin and hair. The herd of elephants took a careful look, after which the animals crushed the nutmeg pumpkins with their enormous legs, ”Willem explains. "The prairie dogs were just a little shocked when they discovered the spooky-faced pumpkins in their enclosure," jokes the zookeeper. “We had hidden hay and fruit in the hollowed-out pumpkins for these animals. After studying the pumpkins from a distance, they came to sniff carefully and then threw themselves on all the goodies with the whole group. ”
The pumpkins are given a beautiful destination in the Amersfoort zoo. “Previously they showed off as autumn decoration in the window of vegetable supplier Smeding Groenten en Fruit, now it is a nice surprise for the elephants, tigers and prairie dogs,” says Willem. In addition to the animal inhabitants, visitors also come across pumpkins; not for food, but as a suitable Halloween decoration during their autumn visit to Amersfoort Zoo.
Halloweentraktatie voor de dieren in DierenPark Amersfoort
De olifanten, tijgers en prairiehondjes in DierenPark Amersfoort ontdekten vandaag een griezelige verrassing in hun verblijf. “Halloween staat voor de deur en dat betekent dat er volop pompoenen worden geoogst. Dit biedt een mooie kans om onze dierbewoners te verrassen met deze ‘griezel-groente’,” vertelt Teamleider Willem Verdonck.
Elke diersoort reageert anders op de opvallende oranje vruchten. “De Siberische tijgers slopen direct op de pompoenen af om deze volgens met huid en haar te verslinden. De olifantenkudde nam juist voorzichtig een kijkje waarna de dieren de muskaatpompoenen alsnog verpletterden met hun enorme poten”, legt Willem uit. “De prairiehondjes sprongen nog net niet op van schrik, toen zij de pompoenen met griezelige gezichten ontdekten in hun verblijf”, grapt de dierverzorger. “Voor deze dieren hadden wij hooi en fruit in de uitgeholde pompoenen verstopt. Nadat zij de pompoenen van een afstandje hadden bestudeerd, kwamen zij voorzichtig snuffelen en stortten zich daarna met de hele groep op al het lekkers.”
De pompoenen krijgen in het Amersfoortse dierenpark een mooie bestemming. ”Eerder pronkten zij als herfstdecoratie in de etalage van groenteleverancier Smeding Groenten en Fruit, nu is het een leuke verrassing voor de olifanten, tijgers en prairiehondjes”, vertelt Willem. Naast de dierbewoners, komen ook de bezoekers pompoenen tegen; niet om van te eten, maar als passende Halloween-decoratie tijdens hun herfstbezoek aan DierenPark Amersfoort.
Sens was an important place in medieval times. Upto the 11th century the Archbishop of Sens hold the title "Primate of the Gauls and Germania". Thomas Becket lived in Sens for some time, when he was forced to leave England. Here Thomas met Pope Pope Alexander III. In 1141 Bishop Henri Sanglier here caused the condemnation of Peter Abelard.
Bishop Henri Sanglier was well connected to the leading political figures. He and Abbot Suger de Saint-Denis were close friends - and had similar architectural ideas. Abbot Suger decided around 1137 to rebuild the Church of Saint-Denis. Bishop Henri started the construction of this cathedral around 1140.
It is still discussed, which church is older, as this would be the oldest early Gothic church in France. While in Saint Denis (130kms northwest) the building process came to an halt for some time, the choir of the cathedral in Sens was completed already in 1168.
It is sure, as Suger´s church in Saint Denis was an abbey church, the "Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Sens" is the oldest Gothic cathedral in France.
Of course, there were many alterations done later. After the southern tower of the western facade collapsed in 1267 it got rebuilt within the next decades. When Pope Alexander III consecrated the cathedral in 1164 it may not have been fully completed. On 27 May 1234 Louis IX (aka "Saint Louis") married Marguerite de Provence, who was 13 years old at that time.
This was the start of the Gothic architecture, but - not surprising - many capitals are still Romanesque. Here are frightening winged creatures of hell, devouring poor souls - and a smiling cow in the left upper corner.
War in Europe devours souls, leaving scars unseen. It weighs heavily on young women and girls, their minds racing, searching for escape routes in a world growing darker. Ominous clouds gather over their lives, casting long shadows over dreams once filled with light. It is a sorrowful truth that yet another generation—like those before them in the Cold War—must be stripped of the carefree, bright, and joyous youth they were meant to have.
The Vanishing Dawn
They were meant to dance in golden light,
to chase the winds with laughter bright.
Yet war carves silence through their days,
a shadow weaving through their ways.
Soft hands that once traced petals’ bloom,
now clutch at futures wrapped in gloom.
Their whispered dreams, like birds, take flight,
yet falter in the endless night.
No letters penned in moonlit grace,
no love unshaken, no embrace.
Only the weight of echoes deep—
a stolen youth, a loss they keep.
They gaze upon a cloud-draped sky,
where hope still flickers, yet runs dry.
And though their voices press the dark,
the world forgets their quiet mark.
Three Haikus
War drinks tender youth,
stealing light from dreaming eyes,
leaving ghosts behind.
Midnight skies grow fierce,
carrying the weight of fear—
dawn is far away.
Laughter fades to dust,
shadows gather in their place,
songs left unfinished.
Finished this a while ago but never had the chance to post it. The poem is 'A Memory Of the Players In a Mirror at Midnight' by James Joyce.
They mouth love's language. Gnash
The thirteen teeth
Your lean jaws grin with. Lash
Your itch and quailing, nude greed of the flesh.
Love’s breath in you is stale, worded or sung,
As sour as cat's breath,
Harsh of tongue.
This grey that stares
Lies not, stark skin and bone.
Leave greasy lips their kissing. None
Will choose her what you see to mouth upon.
Dire hunger holds his hour.
Pluck forth your heart, saltblood, a fruit of tears:
Pluck and devour!
The artist William Webster Hawkins made this sketch of himself in a room at Abbott's accommodation house, Featherston (in the Wairarapa) around 1867. He notes that he would have been ‘devoured alive’ had he not been quick in dressing, and vows ‘not to stay there the night again if I can help it’.
Ref: E-370-006-2. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. natlib.govt.nz/records/22308421
new round of We ♥ RP opened up today and the Dark Style Fair kicked off a few days ago, so I've been poking around to see what I could find. answer: a lot.
CREDITS.
skin. PLASTIK
eyes. CLEMMM @ we ♥ RP
hair. MOON @ TDSF
eyelashes. BEETLEBONES
eyeliner and shadow. ATOMIC
bloody mouth. PLASTIK
headdress. AISLING
dress/collar/shoulderguards. AISLING @ we ♥ RP
hands. SLINK
bloody nails and hands. CLEMMM
poses. GLITTERATI & DEL MAY
A cat devoured a small fish at Paya Beach, Tioman Island in Malaysia. Vacation with me in my blog: Tioman!
*Note: More pics of Pets, Dogs, Cats and other Domestic Animals in my Domestic Animals Album.
Although they are much smaller than their larger cousins, these Devourers drink the fluids from their victims.
This book/catalogue contains all the images from the series "Devour"
17x17cm. 52 pages. Great quality. Get it here
de•vour (d`-vour)
tr.v. de•voured, de•vour•ing, de•vours
1. To eat up greedily.
2. To destroy, consume, or waste.
3. To take in eagerly:
4. To prey upon voraciously.
A demonic aberration created from necromantic energy in the depths of the abyss. They steal the corpses of their victims, trapping them in their own body, and then feed off their souls to fuel further rampages.
While I very much enjoyed the two weeks we spent exploring the beautiful coral reefs of Cabo Pulmo, I must admit I was fairly disappointed with the poor water conditions we endured. I was expecting June in southern Baja to be nothing but warm, clear water. Perhaps somewhere in the neighbourhood of 30-50ft with an average temperature hovering in the high 70s to low 80s. Unfortunately the word "atypical" was thrown out a lot by locals and an exceptionally strong south wind kept things quite stirred up. The best visibility we saw likely topped out at a hazy 15 feet and I fear that is being very generous. The amount of particulate matter in the water made wide-angle photography endlessly frustrating and in fact left me shooting principally macro the entire time...
On the few days I did venture out with my 8" dome I did manage a shot or two of an acceptable nature. This particular scene was common along the shallow reefs of Los Arborlitos. The immature Cortez Rainbow Wrasse were constantly zipping in and out of every crack and crevice along the reef like packs of hungry dogs, devouring any tiny morsel they could find. Similarly, the Sunset Wrasse would wait and watch the Cortez, waiting for a feeding frenzy before they bullied their way in to take part in the feasting.
It is a shame the conditions were so poor as the fish and reef at Cabo Pulmo are truly spectacular and I feel I couldn't quite capture them to their full extent. Still, it was a lovely experience and somewhere I will certainly be revisiting!
I stirred this spider into activity by using the flash early in the morning. I think it is devouring parts of its own web to reclaim the energy to live another day.
I hope it doesn't rain the whole day, I want to get a proper DSLR macro shot of this beasty.
Kind of a zombie but not quite, a Devourer is to a zombie what a tyrannosaurus rex is to a chicken. Formerly a mass murderer in life, a Devourer lives to do nothing more than absorb the souls of the living, thus increasing its own strength. At their weakest, Devourers are the size of humans, with reaching entrails that suck blood. But soon after, they grow to reach ten feet in size, and become like this one - capable of trapping the souls of their victims within their belly cavity. But given enough time, they become truly titanic, and impale multiple souls on their claws. Devourers also retain the intelligence they had in life, making them truly dangerous opponents.
Date: February 2011
Location: Navacerrada, Madrid
Model: Fany (www.fotoplatino.com/fp14198)
Photographer & processing: Miguel Aguilera (miguelaguileraforero.fotoplatino.com)
This book/catalogue contains all the images from the series "Devour"
17x17cm. 52 pages. Great quality. Get it here
de•vour (d`-vour)
tr.v. de•voured, de•vour•ing, de•vours
1. To eat up greedily.
2. To destroy, consume, or waste.
3. To take in eagerly:
4. To prey upon voraciously.
A VW Amarok Canyon in Bremen.
Fun fact: Amarok is the name of a gigantic wolf in Inuit mythology. It is said to hunt down and devour anyone foolish enough to hunt alone at night. Unlike real wolves who hunt in packs, Amarok hunts alone.
And a jolly time was had by all.
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