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430ex stage left bounced off roof, 430ex stage right in shot, cybersyncs
Il existe de nombreux sentiers de randonnées depuis les 2 entrées principales du parc , une à Muckross house et l'autre au centre-ville .
Il n'est pas rare le long de ces sentiers de faire de belles rencontres .....
It is believed that trade contacts with the Phoenicians existed from the late 10th century, and it is even assumed that Tartessos was located at this site. In addition to objects made of silver, copper, iron, ivory and stone, many thousands of fragments of clay vessels were found during excavations from around 900 to 770 B.C. in 1998. Huelva was probably an early Phoenician emporium and it was flourishing under the Carthaginians and Romans, who began to mine ore deposits. Under the Visigoths and Arabs, from whom the city was reconquered by Alfonso X the Wise in 1257, the city came to a standstill.
In 1880 it still only had 13,000 inhabitants, then it grew fast. It owes its boom to the mineral deposits on the Rio Tinto (Minas de Riotinto), as from the last quarter of the 19th century, the town became a small British colony. The reason for this was the permission granted by the Spanish government in 1873 for the mines of Riotinto to be commercially developed and utilised by the Rio Tinto Company Limited. As a result, the town and its infrastructure began to grow and the sleepy little village became a modern industrial town of the 19th century and an elegant town in the first centuries of the 20th-
The British also brought football to Spain, which led to the founding of the first football club in Spain - Recreativo Huelva - in 1889.
The unique landscape of the Badlands owes its appearance to the one material that is in short supply in Death Valley: water. The Badlands now exist in what was once a prehistoric lake. Mud and silt from the surrounding mountains washed down into the lake when what is now the national park was once a wetter environment. The silts settled to the bottom and were compressed and weakly cemented into soft rock over time. The clay minerals in the mudstone are shaped like tiny plates. These plates act like roof shingles, preventing water from penetrating the surface. The combination of the almost impermeable mudstone and Death Valley’s scant rainfall makes plant growth and soil development nearly impossible. If one looks closely at the photos, on some of the hills a layer of black rock covers the yellowish underlying layers. This is the result of volcanic debris deposited in the lake bottom when the valley was rimmed by ancient volcanoes. This layer forms a protective cap on the soft underlying sediments.
As the climate shifted, the lake dried and a geological upheaval (known as the Pacific Plate crashing into the North American Plate) caused the landscape to tilt. This tilt is easily identified in the rock strata. At Death Valley rainfall is intense but sporadic. Very long periods of drought are punctuated with drenching downpours. With so little vegetation and no soil, when water reaches the ground, there is nothing to absorb the rainfall. During Death Valley’s rain showers, water hits the surface and immediately begins to rush down the steep slopes, sweeping along particles of loosened mud. The rate of erosion can be incredible! Tiny rills are quickly carved into the soft mudstone. The more water in the downpour, the more rills are needed to carry the water away. Rills cut deeper to form gullies. Badlands are the ultimate result-- nature’s way of efficiently moving lots of water quickly.
Source: www.summitpost.org
December 28, 2013, Death Valley National Park, California.
- Le Bali Bird Park est une attraction touristique de Bali. Il est situé dans la régence de Gianyar et a une superficie de 2 000 mètres carrés. Le parc abrite plus de 1 300 oiseaux représentant plus de 250 espèces dans une volière fermée.
- Le Bali Bird Park a pour objectif de devenir un « centre d’excellence » pour la reproduction des oiseaux de paradis et des étourneaux de Bali. De nombreux oiseaux nichent dans le parc tout au long de l’année.
Le parc a été aménagé de manière à créer des habitats naturels. Il abrite une collection botanique diversifiée, avec 52 espèces différentes de palmiers, des arbres fruitiers rares de la jungle, des cycadales, des bambous et des cactus. Trois lacs du parc abritent diverses espèces d'oiseaux aquatiques. Il existe 60 enclos à oiseaux avec des habitats pour abriter la collection.
- Merci pour vos passages sur les vues, favoris et commentaires.
- Thanks all for the views, favs and comments, very appreciated.
- Mes vidéos ICI : www.youtube.com/@Poulbeau19/videos
not as the opposite but as a part of life. (Haruki Murakami)
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There is a walk along the Chisteau valley, just after Plan and Gistain in the Haute Aragon region of the Pyrenees, that crosses an old stone bridge high over a gorge. It is surrounded by giant Tilleul trees grasping at the striding slope that tumbles and runs in sheer fall colour to a glistening line of river below. The bridge's low hand rail made it ideal for filming. We always harvest the flowers of the Tilleul tree and mix it into an infusion.
The music is by Art Tatum: a virtuoso pianist recognised by Rachmaninov and Oscar Peterson as of great importance. Today's internet comments are bustling with some of the highest and most passionate praise; many by fellow pianists who are simply in awe. His seeming independence of mind behind each hand and ability to extract melody and rhythmic overlays can give the impression of two people playing, and I've seen it said that Art Tatum were the best two pianists of the modern era.
Art Tatum's speed of playing and fastness of mind can at times afford an impression of overload: Jimi Hendrix in rock, Gian Marie Volonté in acting, and Stephnie Weir in comedy all perhaps diverse expressions from this same category of fast inventive and accurate genius.
Oscar Peterson talks with Count Basie about living aside the Art Tatum from inside of the Jazz world:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAeT3Dr74Ys
Ken Burns's 2000 series on the history of Jazz has an episode "Art Tatum the art of Jazz". Seeing how Art made the stride from ragtime and then started to 'paint', at times almost in synergy with then modern artists.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXJb14qufe4
Burns's documentary shows early works on relatively basic nightclub pianos, and the 1933 recording that was transcribed for the music of this 'moving lens test' was probably not that great. The original recording has also suffered, and pops, hisses do exist. Zenph's 'The Shrine' recording studio has transcribed each original note: "with what force a key was struck, how far down the sustain pedal was pressed, when each finger moved, how each note was weighted in a complex chord and what sort of timbre was actually produced" before taking the data and sending it through a virtual Yamaha piano. The result explains Tatum's genius to the modern ear. Here this same Zenph version is played aside a musical transcription:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kACt0FM0Kf8
AJM 08.01.22
“... - Ah! patrício! Deus existe!...
No refilão daquele tormento, olhei para diante e vi... as Três-Marias luzindo na água... o cusco encarapitado na pedra, ao meu lado, estava me lambendo a mão... e logo, logo, o zaino relinchou lá em cima, na barranca do riacho, ao mesmíssimo tempo que a cantoria alegre de um grilo retinia ali perto, num oco de pau!...
- Patrício! não me avexo duma heresia; mas era Deus que estava no luzimento daquelas estrelas, era ele que mandava aqueles bichos brutos arredarem de mim a má tenção ..."
Fragmento de “Trezentas onças”, de João Simões Lopes Neto
Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Long before Jesus was born and Oklahoma existed, the Clovis people represented one of the earliest widely recognized cultures in North America, flourishing roughly 13,050–12,750 years ago. Named for the archeological site at Blackwater Draw near Clovis, New Mexico, they are best known for their distinctive fluted spear points—large, lance‑shaped tools crafted with remarkable skill and used for hunting mammoths and other Ice Age megafauna. Their mobility and adaptability allowed them to spread widely, and Clovis sites have been found across the continent.
Oklahoma holds an important place in this story. Archaeological evidence shows that early hunting peoples—including those of the Clovis tradition—were present in what is now Oklahoma by around 9500 BCE. Sites such as Burnham in northwestern Oklahoma have yielded Clovis and even possible pre‑Clovis artifacts, offering insight into how these early people moved across the plains, hunted, and adapted to changing climates. Their presence marks the beginning of a deep human history in our region, long before later cultures like the Folsom, Wichita, or Caddoan peoples emerged.
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Image created by author with Elon Musk's Grok. The Clovis people are holding a mammoth roast. It must have been a time of celebration when they brought down prey like a mammoth or a giant bison. Press L, this image is small.
Nā Mokupuni o Hawai‘i Nei - translated: The islands of our beloved Hawai‘i.
A couple of years ago I was driving along the Windward coast in search of loko (ancient Hawaiian fishponds). I was hopeful that I could make some interesting images during a bit of inclement weather.
I came across this collection of rocks just offshore in Ka‘a‘awa. Although I didn't think this was an ancient fishpond, I saw the potential for making a compelling photograph. I liked how the waves were washing over the exposed wall of stones. The stationary black volcanic rocks stood in strong contrast to the turbulent white water and cloud-filled skies.
I took a number of different exposures from different angles, and with varying wave action, confident that the location and subject matter were good, but unsure if I was "getting" a worthwhile image.
It was only after I had the film developed that I saw something meaningful (to me) and which I hadn't pre-visualized at the time of exposure. It dawned on me as I gazed at the contact sheet how much the rocks appeared as a chain of islands rising above a primordial soup.
Had my pinhole camera somehow gone back in time to photograph the moment the god Maui pulled up the islands from the bottom of the sea with his magical hook?
The image also immediately reminded me of early maps of the Hawaiian Islands, with their rough island shapes surrounded by a stained deep sea. In fact, the image evoked a distinct memory I have of a specific map from a few years prior.
In 2005, I had the opportunity to visit the Library of Congress (LoC) in Washington DC. As a guest of a friend who was a LoC map librarian, I got a personal tour of the world's greatest map collection.
My friend showed me a number of early and significant maps of Hawai‘i, but the one that really stood out and made an impression on me was dated 1837 and attributed to Simona Kalama. This rare map, one of less than a handful known to exist, is noted as the most detailed map of the Hawaiian Islands up to that time, and the first map of the Islands drawn by a Hawaiian.
My pinhole photograph borrows the title of Kalama's map for its own.
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I am honored and pleased that this photograph was selected to appear in the Contemporary Photography in Hawai‘i 2012 - a juried exhibit in Honolulu.
Exhibit details: outreach.hawaii.edu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/...
Photograph details: Archival inkjet print on 100% cotton rag paper.
Camera/film: Hand-made bamboo pinhole camera. Kodak 160 Portra NC film.
Location: Ka‘a‘awa, O‘ahu.
These furry looking beetles aren't my favorite but since they exist, I thought I might as well add this one to my album of Iowa insects.
San Felipe, Revisited, GC.............2016
This month is "Dedications Month".....Put simply it is just an excuse to post some more damn pics. So everyday (if I can) I will dedicate the "pic of the day" to people I either know on Flickr or out there in the big wide wonderful world.
If I do not dedicate something to you, please do not take offense......it is just that I forgot you existed, or couldn't be bothered about you or that your stuff is crap!!!!!!!!!........so it is nothing personal.
Hope you like the stuff............especially those people who I have ignored, owe money to or don't have large breasts.......that would be extremely gratifying...........
Dedicated to Dan Arsenault........
Palavras ao Vento
Eu sempre acreditei na vida, desde muito pequeno, que existem pessoas na nossa história que elas são tão fundamentais, mas tão fundamentais que a gente não pode mais dizer um nome sem que a gente lembre do nome dela. A gente identifica os verdadeiros amigos, as pessoas essenciais na nossa vida no momento da muita alegria ou no momento de muita tristeza: são esses dois extremos que são capazes de revelar quem a gente ama de verdade. Quando você está alegre demais, aquelas pessoas que você gostaria de tê-las ao seu lado vendo as coisas que você está vendo. Quando você está triste quais são as pessoas que você gostaria que estivessem ali segurando a sua mão? Aí você verifica os seus verdadeiros amigos. Agora, por quê que eles ficaram? É um mistério! A gente nunca sabe dizer porque aquela pessoa ficou amiga da gente. Talvez porque ela tenha tido uma sensibilidade maior que os outros não tiveram, talvez porque elas olharam pra gente de um jeito mais aperfeiçoado, porque tiveram mais paciência com a gente, tiveram mais calma. Não é assim? Os amigos que vão ficar pro resto da vida, a gente pode ter sido enjoado, mas eu sei que na hora que precisar deles eles vão está do meu lado. Só por isso a gente suporta os defeitos dos outros...porque a gente sabe que mesmo que eu esteja na miséria ela vai está ali do meu lado; mesmo que eu perca tudo que eu tenho .
Cada vez que eu me recordo a necessidade de ter alguém ao meu lado eu me lembro dessa frase:” Eu tô aqui!” Eu não faço estardalhaço, eu não crio muito barulho, eu não tô dando notícia, mas eu estou aqui!!! O tempo vai passar, as coisas vão ficar diferentes, pode ser que eu não tenha oportunidade de está aí, pode ser que eu não tenha oportunidade de chegar a tempo, mas fique sabendo que eu estou aqui!
Que bom que essa frase tem o poder de repercutir em quem ama e talvez quem ame nem sabe o quanto isso repercute, porque experimentar da misericórdia pelo lado dos fortes não sei se tem muita vantagem...
Padre Fábio de Melo
Não existe fórmula única para o sucesso, pois há diversos caminhos para se chegar lá. Você já deve ter ouvido isso diversas vezes, mas sempre vale a pena lembrar: há mais pessoas que desistem do que pessoas que fracassam.
Se você desistir, restará sempre a dúvida do "se". Nem sempre é possível conseguir da primeira vez, e isso não representa motivos para a desistência pura e simples.
Só erra quem tenta e a melhor forma de aprendizado é por meio da análise e entendimento dos próprios erros. Aprendemos muito mais com os erros do que com os acertos, mesmo porque sempre quando acertamos tocamos em frente e não damos conta do caminho que utilizamos para conseguir acertar.
Lembre-se de que quem bate esquece, quem apanha não esquece jamais, e vai sempre se lembrar do tombo ou da surra que levou e, principalmente, recordar-se-á da forma, dos atores e demais condicionantes do cenário em que o erro aconteceu.
Os alpinistas quando escalam uma montanha, os exploradores quando entram em uma caverna e os navegantes de mares abertos sempre registram o caminho trilhado para saber o que terão de fazer na viagem de retorno, ou para empreenderem uma nova viagem.
O mesmo se aplica em nossas vidas. É importante conhecer o caminho do sucesso e registrá-lo para repeti-lo novamente.
Boa sorte na conquista de sua liberdade!
Texto: Luiz Roberto Carnier. Adaptação do livro: "Marketing Silencioso - Quando a Propaganda Não é a Alma do Negócio".
Pont-à-Mousson (54)
The history of Pont-à-Mousson begins in the 11th century with the construction of a bridge which spans the Moselle and creates a road towards the Butte de Mousson. This bridge will give its name to the city. In 1572, the city was marked by the installation of the University of Lorraine. The university remained in Pont-à-Mousson until 1768, when it was transferred to Nancy. In the 19th century, the city experienced an industrial revival, with the construction in 1856 of the Pont-à-Mousson foundries, still in operation today. In 1870, Pierre Adt founded a lacquered cardboard factory. The city will long keep the monopoly of the manufacture of papier-mâché. Like many towns in the east of France, Pont-à-Mousson was greatly affected by the two world wars.
Today, the city has more than 15,000 inhabitants, and remains a dynamic, industrial and cultural city.
Source: www.abbaye-premontres.com/decouvrir-pont-a-mousson/
The Saint-Martin de Pont-à-Mousson church is a former collegiate church built from the 13th to the 15th centuries and was classified as a Historic Monument by the list of 1840.
This conventual church of the order of Antonins was built at the end of the 13th century under the name of Saint-Antoine in addition to a leper that already existed in the city.
The first consecration of the church took place in 1335. From the end of the 14th century, this first building was replaced by the current one, completed at the beginning of the 15th century.
Following the creation of the university in 1572 by Pope Gregory XIII, the church was attributed, in 1574, to the Jesuits who used it until 1768, when they were expelled from the Duchy of Lorraine .
In 1776 it was attached to the order of regular canons, which made it the chapel of the college and the Royal Military School.
On June 3, 1786 it replaces the parish church of the district of the right bank of the Moselle, under the name Saint-Martin.
Classified as a Historic Monument in 1841, its restorations were carried out by various priests, the municipality losing interest in it to the point of asking for its declassification in 1880.
In 1860 the south portal was rebuilt in the neo-Gothic style . From 1860 to 1878 the western portal was restored, sculptures were placed in the empty niches.
Source: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89glise_Saint-Martin_de_Pont-%C...
Gorillas are the largest of the apes and live in groups called troops. Troops tend to be made of one adult male or silverback, multiple adult females and their offspring. However, multiple-male troops also exist. A silverback is typically more than 12 years of age, and is named for the distinctive patch of silver hair on its back, which comes with maturity. Silverbacks also have large canine teeth which also come with maturity. Both males and females tend to emigrate from their natal groups.
Taronga zoo Sydney.
SOL
¿Que sería de nosotros si no existiera el sol? Con seguridad, no seríamos nada. Este astro que nos alumbra nuestros días y nos calienta (a veces demasiado😂😂😂) da nombre al sistema planetario en el que encuentra la Tierra. Hasta hace unos años constaba de nueve planetas. Tras un intenso debate entre los astrónomos decidieron considerar a Plutón un planeta enano y lo luego quitaron de un plumazo después de haberlo considerado durante tantísimos años. El sol, Helios, en la mitología griega, es un hermoso dios coronado por una aureola brillante que con su carro recorría el cielo cada día hasta el océano que circundaba la tierra y regresaba por la noche para reaparecer por el este al día siguiente.
Hace tiempo, escribí un ensayo titulado del mito al logos en el que planteaba que todo estaba en los mitos y que gracias a la filosofía conseguimos el paso de explicaciones tradicionales y mágicas a explicaciones científicas. Más o menos como ocurre con el pensamiento infantil que conforme madura va dejando atrás el pensamiento mágico para llegar a un pensamiento lógico; es decir, racional, libre de contradicción interna y basado en la causalidad.
Parece que, en momentos de crisis (como el de ahora) dejamos el pensamiento lógico a un lado y volvemos a ese pensamiento infantil donde prima la fantasía, donde algo puede ser bueno y malo al mismo tiempo y donde se recurre a interpretaciones no causales como que nos dominan fuerzas superiores, nos implantan chips...etc. un claro ejemplo de esta regresión en el pensamiento es la manifestación del 16 de agosto en Madrid. Sin comentarios.
Siguiendo con la palabra sol, este bonito monosílabo, tiene muchas acepciones, locuciones que empleamos y que lo contienen, muy empleado en metáforas y , por supuesto, la quinta letra de la escala musical. Do-re-mi-fa-sol...
Por hoy ya está bien soletes.
Agosto 2020
Josh Groban - "Voce Existe Em Mim" Lyric Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9otJPwb7hY&feature=mfu_in_or...
Você Existe Em Mim ~ by Josh Groban
(english version)
lyricstranslate.com/en/voce-existe-em-mim-you-exist-me.html
YOU EXIST IN ME
I’ve come to love you ‘till the end
of this rain that leads our tropical bodies.
I’ll love you until this moon that clarifies the sun lasts
without ever resting.
Love, as much as it’s needed
So, refuse the darkness, I love you
Cry, what for?
To cry is the end
You exist in me
I've come to serve love
and to land the angels of my poems
So that you never stop loving me
Shall the verses be born within God like this?
Just like the flowers that grows in every Spring
So as to pamper the gardens?
Love, as much as it’s needed!
So, refuse the darkness, I love you
Cry, what for?
To cry is the end
You exist in me
The sand licks the salt
The storm has already gone and the solution is only you and me!
The soul sips the sea which the heart has shed
And making me happy is what you do to me
Love, as much as it’s needed!
So, refuse the darkness, I love you
Cry, what for?
To cry is the end
You exist in me
Você Existe Em Mim ~ by Josh Groban
(portuguese version)
From: lyricstranslate.com
Vim amar voce ate o final
Da chuva que navega nosso corpo tropical
Espero amar voce ate durar
A lua que esclarece esse sol sem descansar jamais
Amar o quanto precisar que ame
E entao recuse a escuridao te amo
Pra que chorar
Chorar e fim
Voce existe em mim
Vim servi amor e aterrissar
Os anjos dos meus versos
Pra voce nao me deixar de amar
Serra que em deus os versos nascem assim
Como em toda primavera nascem flores
Pra mimar jardim
Amar o quanto precisar que ame
E entao recuse a escuridao te amo
Pra que chorar
Chorar e fim
Voce existe em mim
A areia lambe o sal
Ja passou o temporal e a solucao so voce e eu
A alma bebe o mar que vazou do coracao
E voce me faz me fazer feliz
O quanto precisar que ame
E entao recuse a escuridao te amo
Pra que chorar
Chorar e fim
Voce existe em mim
“things only exist if they are told/narrated”
(attributed to Alessandro Baricco);
“le cose esistono solo se vengono raccontate”
(attribuita ad Alessandro Baricco).
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This "photographic story" ideally follows the previous one, for two reasons, first because in this case too, as in the previous story we talk about "angels", they are the "Golden Angels" of San Pier Niceto (in the province of Messina), and second, because this singular and beautiful religious festival, with its procession, also takes place during the Easter period, specifically during "Holy Tuesday". The photographs that I post (not a few, I wish in this way to pay homage to the inhabitants of San Pier Niceto, who can find themselves in these photos, especially for those fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers, aunts and uncles, in seeing their beloved and very sweet "angels - angiolette"); if you look closely at some of the photographed subjects, you will notice a "temporal disconnect", in fact in some cases, the same girls are present, with two different ages, they will be dressed differently, this is because the photos were taken during Holy Tuesday of 2024 and that of 2025. The temporal sequence of the photographs does not take into account either the year in which they were taken, nor the moments attributable to the phases of the ceremony and subsequent procession.
In San Pier Niceto, on the Peloritani Mountains in Sicily, during the Holy Tuesday takes place the SS. Crucifix procession, whose roots are ancient. The Church of St. James houses and cares for the precious Crucifix, Which is brought to the procession by the streets of the country preceded by very young children, of both sexes, who imitate little Angels, Angels and Grieving young Nuns, dressed in elaborate dresses covered with many gold jewelery, sewn by handy hands that with pins, necklaces , Bracelets and many other gold jewelry applied to their little clothes, they make real works of art whose designs are reminiscent of Easter symbols. Gold for dressing is collected home from home by people who have to melt a "vote", gold that will be returned at the end of the procession. Everything begins during Lent when parents decide to dress their baby by little Angels, Angels or Grieving Nuns .The Little Angels are usually 3 or 4 year olds, the Angels are a little bigger, the Nuns are little young girls. Thus the preparations for the elaboration of the elaborate clothes begin: Parents during Lent are knocking at every door of the country, among friends and relatives, to borrow bracelets, brooches, necklaces and all the gold necessary for the composition of embroidery . The Little Angel's dress is white, short down to the knee, made up of a gold-plated bodice and a skirt with some golden embroidery; Arms are adorned by bracelets, the head is adorned by a collier, small wings (white dove feathers) sprout from behind. The Angels have a white tunic, on which sacred icons are embroidered in gold, the head is covered by a collier, wings lie on their shoulders. The Nun's dress is black, on which are stitched the crowns of the S.S. Rosary, on the head is placed a white veil, held by a rose crown. At 16:30 on Holy Tuesday, a tapping of bells together with the band's fanfare in the village, set off at the "Crucifixion Procession" of San Pier Niceto: at the foot of the Crucifix there are red roses, behind it are located branches of cypress (at the end of the event the faithful will carry with them a piece of cypress as a relic), finally the red ribbons are tied to the arms of the Crucifix, they will mark the procession of the procession until the arrival at the Mother Church, a century church to St. Peter the Apostle, where the celebration of the Holy Mass will take place (the reverse path will bring the SS Crucifix to the Church of St. James): in perfect order the faithful in religious silence, with votive candles in their hands, walk the streets of the country never crossing the red ribbons as they delimit the path of the Golden Little Angels, Angels and the Grieving young Nuns .
Questo "racconto fotografico" segue idealmente il precedente, per due motivi, innanzitutto perchè anche in questo caso, come nel racconto precedente si parla di "angeli", sono "gli Angioletti d'oro" di San Pier Niceto (in provincia di Messina), e secondo, perchè questa singolare e bella festa religiosa, con la sua processione, si svolge anch'essa durante il periodo pasquale, nello specifico durante il "Martedì Santo". Le fotografie che posto (non poche, desidero in tal modo omaggiare gli abitanti di San Pier Niceto, che possano ritrovarsi in queste foto, soprattutto per quei papà, mamme, nonni, nonne, zie e zii, nel rivedere i loro adorati e dolcissimi "angioletti - angiolette"); a ben guardare in alcuni dei soggetti fotografati, si noterà uno "scollamento temportale", infatti in qualche caso, sono presenti le stessi bimbe, con due età diverse, saranno vestite diversamente, questo perchè le foto sono state realizzate durante il Martedì Santo del 2024 e quello del 2025. La sequenza temporale delle fotografie non tiene conto nè dell'anno nel quale sono state realizzate, nè dei momenti ascrivibili alle fasi della cerimonia e successiva processione.
A San Pier Niceto, sui monti Peloritani in Sicilia, durante il Martedì Santo prende vita la processione per le vie del paese del SS. Crocifisso, le cui radici sono antichissime. La Chiesa di San Giacomo ospita e custodisce il pregevole Crocifisso, che viene portato in processione per le vie del paese preceduto da bambini anche molto piccoli, di entrambi i sessi, che impersonano Angioletti ed Addoloratine vestiti con elaboratissimi abiti ricoperti con tantissimi monili d’oro, cuciti dalle mani abili di sarte che con spille, collane, bracciali e tanti altri monili in oro applicati sui loro piccoli vestiti, realizzano vere opere d’arte i cui disegni ricordano simboli pasquali. L’oro per la realizzazione dei vestitini viene raccolto di casa in casa da persone che hanno da sciogliere un “voto”, oro che verrà restituito alla fine della processione. Tutto ha inizio durante la Quaresima, quando dei genitori decidono per “voto” di vestire il proprio bambino da Angioletto, Angiolone o Monachella.
Gli Angioletti sono solitamente bimbi di 3 o 4 anni, gli Angioloni sono un po’ più grandi, le Monachelle sono delle bambine. Così iniziano i preparativi per la realizzazione degli elaboratissimi vestiti: i genitori durante la Quaresima bussano ad ogni porta del paese, tra la cerchia di amici e parenti, per prendere in prestito bracciali, spille, collane e tutto l’oro necessario alla composizione dei ricami. Il vestito degli Angioletti è bianco, corto fino al ginocchio, composto da un corpetto ricoperto d’oro ed una gonna segnata da alcuni ricami d’oro; le braccia sono adornate da bracciali, la testa è adornata da un collier, da dietro le spalle spuntano delle piccole ali (piume di colomba bianca). Gli Angioloni hanno una tunica bianca sulla quale vengono ricamate delle icone sacre in oro, la testa è cinta da un collier, sulle spalle trovano posto delle ali. Il vestito delle Monachelle invece è nero, sul quale vengono cucite delle coroncine del S.S. Rosario, sul capo viene posto un velo bianco, trattenuto da una corona di rose. Alle 16:30 del Martedì Santo un rintocco di campane insieme alla fanfare della banda del paese, danno il via alla “Processione del Crocifisso” di San Pier Niceto: ai piedi della Croce vi sono delle rose rosse, dietro di essa trovano posto dei rami di cipresso (alla fine dell’evento i fedeli porteranno con se un pezzetto di rametto come reliquia), infine dei nastri rossi vengono legati alle braccia del Crocifisso, essi segneranno il percorso della processione, fino all’arrivo al Duomo, una chiesa cinquecentesca dedicata a San Pietro apostolo, ove si terrà la celebrazione della Santa Messa ( il percorso inverso riporterà il S.S. Crocifisso nella Chiesa di San Giacomo): in perfetto ordine i fedeli in religioso silenzio, con ceri votivi in mano, percorrono le vie del paese, non oltrepassando i nastri rossi poiché essi delimitano il percorso degli Angioletti d’oro e delle Addoloratine.
La Ribeira Sacra es uno de los lugares más singulares de Galicia y uno de los mayores tesoros escondidos de la península ibérica, se ubica a orillas del Río Miño y del Sil. Un destino en el que los ríos, el paisaje, la abundancia de monumentos románicos y sus milenarios viñedos forman un atractivo destino.
Su paisaje está marcado por los conocidos “socalcos”, viñedos en bancales situados en las laderas de las montañas. Ya que estáis en estas tierras, no perdáis la oportunidad de probar sus deliciosos vinos, que forman parte de una de las 5 denominaciones de origen vinícolas que existen en Galicia.
Los romanos ya tenían en gran aprecio estos vinos, que son afrutados y de gran presencia, ideales para disfrutar con carnes, y se decía, que una de las variantes de este vino, el Amandi se le hacía traer al César desde la Galicia romanizada.
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l-o-v-e-exists.livejournal.com/ encourages us to write the phrase on walls, carve it in trees, paint it on our bodies and scream it out loud.
“things only exist if they are told/narrated”
(attributed to Alessandro Baricco);
“le cose esistono solo se vengono raccontate”
(attribuita ad Alessandro Baricco).
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This "photographic story" ideally follows the previous one, for two reasons, first because in this case too, as in the previous story we talk about "angels", they are the "Golden Angels" of San Pier Niceto (in the province of Messina), and second, because this singular and beautiful religious festival, with its procession, also takes place during the Easter period, specifically during "Holy Tuesday". The photographs that I post (not a few, I wish in this way to pay homage to the inhabitants of San Pier Niceto, who can find themselves in these photos, especially for those fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers, aunts and uncles, in seeing their beloved and very sweet "angels - angiolette"); if you look closely at some of the photographed subjects, you will notice a "temporal disconnect", in fact in some cases, the same girls are present, with two different ages, they will be dressed differently, this is because the photos were taken during Holy Tuesday of 2024 and that of 2025. The temporal sequence of the photographs does not take into account either the year in which they were taken, nor the moments attributable to the phases of the ceremony and subsequent procession.
In San Pier Niceto, on the Peloritani Mountains in Sicily, during the Holy Tuesday takes place the SS. Crucifix procession, whose roots are ancient. The Church of St. James houses and cares for the precious Crucifix, Which is brought to the procession by the streets of the country preceded by very young children, of both sexes, who imitate little Angels, Angels and Grieving young Nuns, dressed in elaborate dresses covered with many gold jewelery, sewn by handy hands that with pins, necklaces , Bracelets and many other gold jewelry applied to their little clothes, they make real works of art whose designs are reminiscent of Easter symbols. Gold for dressing is collected home from home by people who have to melt a "vote", gold that will be returned at the end of the procession. Everything begins during Lent when parents decide to dress their baby by little Angels, Angels or Grieving Nuns .The Little Angels are usually 3 or 4 year olds, the Angels are a little bigger, the Nuns are little young girls. Thus the preparations for the elaboration of the elaborate clothes begin: Parents during Lent are knocking at every door of the country, among friends and relatives, to borrow bracelets, brooches, necklaces and all the gold necessary for the composition of embroidery . The Little Angel's dress is white, short down to the knee, made up of a gold-plated bodice and a skirt with some golden embroidery; Arms are adorned by bracelets, the head is adorned by a collier, small wings (white dove feathers) sprout from behind. The Angels have a white tunic, on which sacred icons are embroidered in gold, the head is covered by a collier, wings lie on their shoulders. The Nun's dress is black, on which are stitched the crowns of the S.S. Rosary, on the head is placed a white veil, held by a rose crown. At 16:30 on Holy Tuesday, a tapping of bells together with the band's fanfare in the village, set off at the "Crucifixion Procession" of San Pier Niceto: at the foot of the Crucifix there are red roses, behind it are located branches of cypress (at the end of the event the faithful will carry with them a piece of cypress as a relic), finally the red ribbons are tied to the arms of the Crucifix, they will mark the procession of the procession until the arrival at the Mother Church, a century church to St. Peter the Apostle, where the celebration of the Holy Mass will take place (the reverse path will bring the SS Crucifix to the Church of St. James): in perfect order the faithful in religious silence, with votive candles in their hands, walk the streets of the country never crossing the red ribbons as they delimit the path of the Golden Little Angels, Angels and the Grieving young Nuns .
Questo "racconto fotografico" segue idealmente il precedente, per due motivi, innanzitutto perchè anche in questo caso, come nel racconto precedente si parla di "angeli", sono "gli Angioletti d'oro" di San Pier Niceto (in provincia di Messina), e secondo, perchè questa singolare e bella festa religiosa, con la sua processione, si svolge anch'essa durante il periodo pasquale, nello specifico durante il "Martedì Santo". Le fotografie che posto (non poche, desidero in tal modo omaggiare gli abitanti di San Pier Niceto, che possano ritrovarsi in queste foto, soprattutto per quei papà, mamme, nonni, nonne, zie e zii, nel rivedere i loro adorati e dolcissimi "angioletti - angiolette"); a ben guardare in alcuni dei soggetti fotografati, si noterà uno "scollamento temportale", infatti in qualche caso, sono presenti le stessi bimbe, con due età diverse, saranno vestite diversamente, questo perchè le foto sono state realizzate durante il Martedì Santo del 2024 e quello del 2025. La sequenza temporale delle fotografie non tiene conto nè dell'anno nel quale sono state realizzate, nè dei momenti ascrivibili alle fasi della cerimonia e successiva processione.
A San Pier Niceto, sui monti Peloritani in Sicilia, durante il Martedì Santo prende vita la processione per le vie del paese del SS. Crocifisso, le cui radici sono antichissime. La Chiesa di San Giacomo ospita e custodisce il pregevole Crocifisso, che viene portato in processione per le vie del paese preceduto da bambini anche molto piccoli, di entrambi i sessi, che impersonano Angioletti ed Addoloratine vestiti con elaboratissimi abiti ricoperti con tantissimi monili d’oro, cuciti dalle mani abili di sarte che con spille, collane, bracciali e tanti altri monili in oro applicati sui loro piccoli vestiti, realizzano vere opere d’arte i cui disegni ricordano simboli pasquali. L’oro per la realizzazione dei vestitini viene raccolto di casa in casa da persone che hanno da sciogliere un “voto”, oro che verrà restituito alla fine della processione. Tutto ha inizio durante la Quaresima, quando dei genitori decidono per “voto” di vestire il proprio bambino da Angioletto, Angiolone o Monachella.
Gli Angioletti sono solitamente bimbi di 3 o 4 anni, gli Angioloni sono un po’ più grandi, le Monachelle sono delle bambine. Così iniziano i preparativi per la realizzazione degli elaboratissimi vestiti: i genitori durante la Quaresima bussano ad ogni porta del paese, tra la cerchia di amici e parenti, per prendere in prestito bracciali, spille, collane e tutto l’oro necessario alla composizione dei ricami. Il vestito degli Angioletti è bianco, corto fino al ginocchio, composto da un corpetto ricoperto d’oro ed una gonna segnata da alcuni ricami d’oro; le braccia sono adornate da bracciali, la testa è adornata da un collier, da dietro le spalle spuntano delle piccole ali (piume di colomba bianca). Gli Angioloni hanno una tunica bianca sulla quale vengono ricamate delle icone sacre in oro, la testa è cinta da un collier, sulle spalle trovano posto delle ali. Il vestito delle Monachelle invece è nero, sul quale vengono cucite delle coroncine del S.S. Rosario, sul capo viene posto un velo bianco, trattenuto da una corona di rose. Alle 16:30 del Martedì Santo un rintocco di campane insieme alla fanfare della banda del paese, danno il via alla “Processione del Crocifisso” di San Pier Niceto: ai piedi della Croce vi sono delle rose rosse, dietro di essa trovano posto dei rami di cipresso (alla fine dell’evento i fedeli porteranno con se un pezzetto di rametto come reliquia), infine dei nastri rossi vengono legati alle braccia del Crocifisso, essi segneranno il percorso della processione, fino all’arrivo al Duomo, una chiesa cinquecentesca dedicata a San Pietro apostolo, ove si terrà la celebrazione della Santa Messa ( il percorso inverso riporterà il S.S. Crocifisso nella Chiesa di San Giacomo): in perfetto ordine i fedeli in religioso silenzio, con ceri votivi in mano, percorrono le vie del paese, non oltrepassando i nastri rossi poiché essi delimitano il percorso degli Angioletti d’oro e delle Addoloratine.
S'il existe bien un oiseau que tout être humain sait reconnaître par le chant c'est notre siffleur noir - oiseau quasi inconnu et réfugié aux fonds des bois au 19e siècle - siffleur invétéré dès que les beaux jours reviennent; il siffle du mois de mars à septembre, excepté aux moments où il doit être plus discret, à savoir quand il nourrit sa progéniture.
Merci pour vos commentaires .
Thank you for your comments
Grazie per i vostri comment
Quisiera no existir y ser dicha en la propia dicha de la no existencia
fundirme en el elixir de la materia ser cualquier forma, de eco existencia de, eco materia y ser una célula, pero me quemó en las llamas de las preguntas que quedan en el aire,
yéndose como papel...
Con todo este silencio, que observa mí alma, en la hermana observadora de la vida,
que todo te lo da y todo te lo quita...
Tengo lagañas en los ojos de tanto llorar, no quiero este tiempo minar si no mimar en lo último que me quede..
Es horrible mirar lo material.
Nada quiero tener salvo,
tú cariño y una maleta llena de amor
La felicidad es,
un lago tenebroso,
lleno de días tenebrosos.
Un lago donde perderse o donde encontrarse, en medió de alegrías o tristezas, yo prefiero si me dejas ser,
tú alegría en vez de tú tristeza..
Hay que resguardarse, refugiarse de todo trastorno, mientras la lluvia caiga y sol no salga y no,
nos iluminé, con su cantó y su alegría, al camino de la senda hacía el olvido de la no eco existencia y ser simplemente materia o célula..
Jade. Bueno
Existen lugares especiales en los que las personas dibujan una sonrisa en su cara, sin ningún motivo concreto, creo que es cuestión de energías, magnetismo,,,,en fin, no se, …..solo se que existen.
On Friday 24 March, hundreds gathered in central London to protest the rolling out of a red carpet at Number 10 Downing Street for Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
يوم الجمعة 24 مارس 2023 ، تجمع المئات في وسط لندن للاحتجاج على طرح السجادة الحمراء في رقم 10 داونينج ستريت لرئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي بنيامين نتنياهو
ביום שישי ה-24 במרץ 2023, מאות התאספו במרכז לונדון במחאה על פריצת השטיח האדום ברחוב דאונינג מספר 10 עבור ראש ממשלת ישראל, בנימין נתניהו
Israeli liberals, angry at Netanyahu's attempt to crush the independence of the judiciary and protect himself from a corruption indictment, joined Palestinian and other activists infuriated by 56 years of Apartheid, since Israel's occupation of the West Bank in 1967.
Netanyahu is still on trial for corruption in three separate cases. In 2019 he had already been officially indicted for breach of trust, accepting bribes and fraud, and, as a consequence, he lost the support of his coalition partners in parliament. However, last November, he returned to power in coalition with the ultra-orthodox and ultra nationalist factions, forming what almost commentators agree is the most right wing government Israel has witnessed since its independence in 1948.
Israel has been rocked by massive protests and strikes ever since Netanyahu's justice minister, Yariv Levin, revealed the government's plan to overhaul the country's justice system in January. Activists pointed out that its intent was clear. To weaken judicial independence and to shield Netanyahu from corruption charges.
Resistance to the government's proposals escalated even further two days after this photograph was taken when Netanyahu returned to Israel and fired his defence minister, Yoav Gallant. Within an hour tens of thousands had taken to the streets in central Jerusalem and also surrounded Netanyahu's home.
Returning to Friday morning in London when this photo was taken, protesters waiting peacefully on the pavement opposite 10 Downing Street were doubtless surprised at the huge number of police, including dogs, deployed on Whitehall. Later, and despite heavy rain, around a hundred protesters made their way to the Savoy Hotel where Netanyahu was rumoured to be staying, where the police presence was far more low key.
Many activists carried placards such as "democracy and occupation cannot coexist" and "Free Palestine = Free Israel." They pointed out that Palestinians live in what both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have concluded is an Apartheid state, many without any access to clean water or electricity, many fearing the demolition of their homes and others the detention for lengthy periods of their relatives and children for protesting the continuing occupation. Meanwhile, Britain's ongoing military and diplomatic support for Israel make us complicit in the continued oppression of the Palestinian people.
I had a hard time getting back to the Terxture Chapter after sharing the work of fire hosted by my dear Notre Dame from three weeks ago.
There had to be a natural transition, in any kind of way possible.
That's where not living at home for the past two weeks helps.
My Appartment's empty while some construction workers / electricians / plumbers are supposed to be working in it.
So I'm camping all around the city, going from one friend's home to another, like some other kind of transition before camping in western USA for another four weeks before I head back to Paris, receptionning a looking new appartment as I do so.
That brings us to today, being the recepient of Johann's hospitality.
Johann is living on top of a fifteen stories high cliff overlooking the entire city.
Can't blame you if you don't know such place existed.
Welcome to Paris.
Welcome to Johann's.
“things only exist if they are told/narrated”
(attributed to Alessandro Baricco);
“le cose esistono solo se vengono raccontate”
(attribuita ad Alessandro Baricco).
POSTER - LOCANDINA –
< a>
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click to activate the small icon of slideshow: the small triangle inscribed in the small rectangle, at the top right, in the photostream (it means the monitor);
or…. Press the “L” button to zoom in the image;
clicca sulla piccola icona per attivare lo slideshow: sulla facciata principale del photostream, in alto a destra c'è un piccolo rettangolo (rappresenta il monitor) con dentro un piccolo triangolo nero;
oppure…. premi il tasto “L” per ingrandire l'immagine;
www.worldphoto.org/sony-world-photography-awards/winners-...
www.fotografidigitali.it/gallery/2726/opere-italiane-segn...
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This "photographic story" ideally follows the previous one, for two reasons, first because in this case too, as in the previous story we talk about "angels", they are the "Golden Angels" of San Pier Niceto (in the province of Messina), and second, because this singular and beautiful religious festival, with its procession, also takes place during the Easter period, specifically during "Holy Tuesday". The photographs that I post (not a few, I wish in this way to pay homage to the inhabitants of San Pier Niceto, who can find themselves in these photos, especially for those fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers, aunts and uncles, in seeing their beloved and very sweet "angels - angiolette"); if you look closely at some of the photographed subjects, you will notice a "temporal disconnect", in fact in some cases, the same girls are present, with two different ages, they will be dressed differently, this is because the photos were taken during Holy Tuesday of 2024 and that of 2025. The temporal sequence of the photographs does not take into account either the year in which they were taken, nor the moments attributable to the phases of the ceremony and subsequent procession.
In San Pier Niceto, on the Peloritani Mountains in Sicily, during the Holy Tuesday takes place the SS. Crucifix procession, whose roots are ancient. The Church of St. James houses and cares for the precious Crucifix, Which is brought to the procession by the streets of the country preceded by very young children, of both sexes, who imitate little Angels, Angels and Grieving young Nuns, dressed in elaborate dresses covered with many gold jewelery, sewn by handy hands that with pins, necklaces , Bracelets and many other gold jewelry applied to their little clothes, they make real works of art whose designs are reminiscent of Easter symbols. Gold for dressing is collected home from home by people who have to melt a "vote", gold that will be returned at the end of the procession. Everything begins during Lent when parents decide to dress their baby by little Angels, Angels or Grieving Nuns .The Little Angels are usually 3 or 4 year olds, the Angels are a little bigger, the Nuns are little young girls. Thus the preparations for the elaboration of the elaborate clothes begin: Parents during Lent are knocking at every door of the country, among friends and relatives, to borrow bracelets, brooches, necklaces and all the gold necessary for the composition of embroidery . The Little Angel's dress is white, short down to the knee, made up of a gold-plated bodice and a skirt with some golden embroidery; Arms are adorned by bracelets, the head is adorned by a collier, small wings (white dove feathers) sprout from behind. The Angels have a white tunic, on which sacred icons are embroidered in gold, the head is covered by a collier, wings lie on their shoulders. The Nun's dress is black, on which are stitched the crowns of the S.S. Rosary, on the head is placed a white veil, held by a rose crown. At 16:30 on Holy Tuesday, a tapping of bells together with the band's fanfare in the village, set off at the "Crucifixion Procession" of San Pier Niceto: at the foot of the Crucifix there are red roses, behind it are located branches of cypress (at the end of the event the faithful will carry with them a piece of cypress as a relic), finally the red ribbons are tied to the arms of the Crucifix, they will mark the procession of the procession until the arrival at the Mother Church, a century church to St. Peter the Apostle, where the celebration of the Holy Mass will take place (the reverse path will bring the SS Crucifix to the Church of St. James): in perfect order the faithful in religious silence, with votive candles in their hands, walk the streets of the country never crossing the red ribbons as they delimit the path of the Golden Little Angels, Angels and the Grieving young Nuns .
Questo "racconto fotografico" segue idealmente il precedente, per due motivi, innanzitutto perchè anche in questo caso, come nel racconto precedente si parla di "angeli", sono "gli Angioletti d'oro" di San Pier Niceto (in provincia di Messina), e secondo, perchè questa singolare e bella festa religiosa, con la sua processione, si svolge anch'essa durante il periodo pasquale, nello specifico durante il "Martedì Santo". Le fotografie che posto (non poche, desidero in tal modo omaggiare gli abitanti di San Pier Niceto, che possano ritrovarsi in queste foto, soprattutto per quei papà, mamme, nonni, nonne, zie e zii, nel rivedere i loro adorati e dolcissimi "angioletti - angiolette"); a ben guardare in alcuni dei soggetti fotografati, si noterà uno "scollamento temportale", infatti in qualche caso, sono presenti le stessi bimbe, con due età diverse, saranno vestite diversamente, questo perchè le foto sono state realizzate durante il Martedì Santo del 2024 e quello del 2025. La sequenza temporale delle fotografie non tiene conto nè dell'anno nel quale sono state realizzate, nè dei momenti ascrivibili alle fasi della cerimonia e successiva processione.
A San Pier Niceto, sui monti Peloritani in Sicilia, durante il Martedì Santo prende vita la processione per le vie del paese del SS. Crocifisso, le cui radici sono antichissime. La Chiesa di San Giacomo ospita e custodisce il pregevole Crocifisso, che viene portato in processione per le vie del paese preceduto da bambini anche molto piccoli, di entrambi i sessi, che impersonano Angioletti ed Addoloratine vestiti con elaboratissimi abiti ricoperti con tantissimi monili d’oro, cuciti dalle mani abili di sarte che con spille, collane, bracciali e tanti altri monili in oro applicati sui loro piccoli vestiti, realizzano vere opere d’arte i cui disegni ricordano simboli pasquali. L’oro per la realizzazione dei vestitini viene raccolto di casa in casa da persone che hanno da sciogliere un “voto”, oro che verrà restituito alla fine della processione. Tutto ha inizio durante la Quaresima, quando dei genitori decidono per “voto” di vestire il proprio bambino da Angioletto, Angiolone o Monachella.
Gli Angioletti sono solitamente bimbi di 3 o 4 anni, gli Angioloni sono un po’ più grandi, le Monachelle sono delle bambine. Così iniziano i preparativi per la realizzazione degli elaboratissimi vestiti: i genitori durante la Quaresima bussano ad ogni porta del paese, tra la cerchia di amici e parenti, per prendere in prestito bracciali, spille, collane e tutto l’oro necessario alla composizione dei ricami. Il vestito degli Angioletti è bianco, corto fino al ginocchio, composto da un corpetto ricoperto d’oro ed una gonna segnata da alcuni ricami d’oro; le braccia sono adornate da bracciali, la testa è adornata da un collier, da dietro le spalle spuntano delle piccole ali (piume di colomba bianca). Gli Angioloni hanno una tunica bianca sulla quale vengono ricamate delle icone sacre in oro, la testa è cinta da un collier, sulle spalle trovano posto delle ali. Il vestito delle Monachelle invece è nero, sul quale vengono cucite delle coroncine del S.S. Rosario, sul capo viene posto un velo bianco, trattenuto da una corona di rose. Alle 16:30 del Martedì Santo un rintocco di campane insieme alla fanfare della banda del paese, danno il via alla “Processione del Crocifisso” di San Pier Niceto: ai piedi della Croce vi sono delle rose rosse, dietro di essa trovano posto dei rami di cipresso (alla fine dell’evento i fedeli porteranno con se un pezzetto di rametto come reliquia), infine dei nastri rossi vengono legati alle braccia del Crocifisso, essi segneranno il percorso della processione, fino all’arrivo al Duomo, una chiesa cinquecentesca dedicata a San Pietro apostolo, ove si terrà la celebrazione della Santa Messa ( il percorso inverso riporterà il S.S. Crocifisso nella Chiesa di San Giacomo): in perfetto ordine i fedeli in religioso silenzio, con ceri votivi in mano, percorrono le vie del paese, non oltrepassando i nastri rossi poiché essi delimitano il percorso degli Angioletti d’oro e delle Addoloratine.
Graffiti (plural; singular graffiti or graffito, the latter rarely used except in archeology) is art that is written, painted or drawn on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within public view. Graffiti ranges from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and has existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, and the Roman Empire (see also mural).
Graffiti is a controversial subject. In most countries, marking or painting property without permission is considered by property owners and civic authorities as defacement and vandalism, which is a punishable crime, citing the use of graffiti by street gangs to mark territory or to serve as an indicator of gang-related activities. Graffiti has become visualized as a growing urban "problem" for many cities in industrialized nations, spreading from the New York City subway system and Philadelphia in the early 1970s to the rest of the United States and Europe and other world regions
"Graffiti" (usually both singular and plural) and the rare singular form "graffito" are from the Italian word graffiato ("scratched"). The term "graffiti" is used in art history for works of art produced by scratching a design into a surface. A related term is "sgraffito", which involves scratching through one layer of pigment to reveal another beneath it. This technique was primarily used by potters who would glaze their wares and then scratch a design into them. In ancient times graffiti were carved on walls with a sharp object, although sometimes chalk or coal were used. The word originates from Greek γράφειν—graphein—meaning "to write".
The term graffiti originally referred to the inscriptions, figure drawings, and such, found on the walls of ancient sepulchres or ruins, as in the Catacombs of Rome or at Pompeii. Historically, these writings were not considered vanadlism, which today is considered part of the definition of graffiti.
The only known source of the Safaitic language, an ancient form of Arabic, is from graffiti: inscriptions scratched on to the surface of rocks and boulders in the predominantly basalt desert of southern Syria, eastern Jordan and northern Saudi Arabia. Safaitic dates from the first century BC to the fourth century AD.
Some of the oldest cave paintings in the world are 40,000 year old ones found in Australia. The oldest written graffiti was found in ancient Rome around 2500 years ago. Most graffiti from the time was boasts about sexual experiences Graffiti in Ancient Rome was a form of communication, and was not considered vandalism.
Ancient tourists visiting the 5th-century citadel at Sigiriya in Sri Lanka write their names and commentary over the "mirror wall", adding up to over 1800 individual graffiti produced there between the 6th and 18th centuries. Most of the graffiti refer to the frescoes of semi-nude females found there. One reads:
Wet with cool dew drops
fragrant with perfume from the flowers
came the gentle breeze
jasmine and water lily
dance in the spring sunshine
side-long glances
of the golden-hued ladies
stab into my thoughts
heaven itself cannot take my mind
as it has been captivated by one lass
among the five hundred I have seen here.
Among the ancient political graffiti examples were Arab satirist poems. Yazid al-Himyari, an Umayyad Arab and Persian poet, was most known for writing his political poetry on the walls between Sajistan and Basra, manifesting a strong hatred towards the Umayyad regime and its walis, and people used to read and circulate them very widely.
Graffiti, known as Tacherons, were frequently scratched on Romanesque Scandinavian church walls. When Renaissance artists such as Pinturicchio, Raphael, Michelangelo, Ghirlandaio, or Filippino Lippi descended into the ruins of Nero's Domus Aurea, they carved or painted their names and returned to initiate the grottesche style of decoration.
There are also examples of graffiti occurring in American history, such as Independence Rock, a national landmark along the Oregon Trail.
Later, French soldiers carved their names on monuments during the Napoleonic campaign of Egypt in the 1790s. Lord Byron's survives on one of the columns of the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion in Attica, Greece.
The oldest known example of graffiti "monikers" found on traincars created by hobos and railworkers since the late 1800s. The Bozo Texino monikers were documented by filmmaker Bill Daniel in his 2005 film, Who is Bozo Texino?.
In World War II, an inscription on a wall at the fortress of Verdun was seen as an illustration of the US response twice in a generation to the wrongs of the Old World:
During World War II and for decades after, the phrase "Kilroy was here" with an accompanying illustration was widespread throughout the world, due to its use by American troops and ultimately filtering into American popular culture. Shortly after the death of Charlie Parker (nicknamed "Yardbird" or "Bird"), graffiti began appearing around New York with the words "Bird Lives".
Modern graffiti art has its origins with young people in 1960s and 70s in New York City and Philadelphia. Tags were the first form of stylised contemporary graffiti. Eventually, throw-ups and pieces evolved with the desire to create larger art. Writers used spray paint and other kind of materials to leave tags or to create images on the sides subway trains. and eventually moved into the city after the NYC metro began to buy new trains and paint over graffiti.
While the art had many advocates and appreciators—including the cultural critic Norman Mailer—others, including New York City mayor Ed Koch, considered it to be defacement of public property, and saw it as a form of public blight. The ‘taggers’ called what they did ‘writing’—though an important 1974 essay by Mailer referred to it using the term ‘graffiti.’
Contemporary graffiti style has been heavily influenced by hip hop culture and the myriad international styles derived from Philadelphia and New York City Subway graffiti; however, there are many other traditions of notable graffiti in the twentieth century. Graffiti have long appeared on building walls, in latrines, railroad boxcars, subways, and bridges.
An early graffito outside of New York or Philadelphia was the inscription in London reading "Clapton is God" in reference to the guitarist Eric Clapton. Creating the cult of the guitar hero, the phrase was spray-painted by an admirer on a wall in an Islington, north London in the autumn of 1967. The graffito was captured in a photograph, in which a dog is urinating on the wall.
Films like Style Wars in the 80s depicting famous writers such as Skeme, Dondi, MinOne, and ZEPHYR reinforced graffiti's role within New York's emerging hip-hop culture. Although many officers of the New York City Police Department found this film to be controversial, Style Wars is still recognized as the most prolific film representation of what was going on within the young hip hop culture of the early 1980s. Fab 5 Freddy and Futura 2000 took hip hop graffiti to Paris and London as part of the New York City Rap Tour in 1983
Commercialization and entrance into mainstream pop culture
Main article: Commercial graffiti
With the popularity and legitimization of graffiti has come a level of commercialization. In 2001, computer giant IBM launched an advertising campaign in Chicago and San Francisco which involved people spray painting on sidewalks a peace symbol, a heart, and a penguin (Linux mascot), to represent "Peace, Love, and Linux." IBM paid Chicago and San Francisco collectively US$120,000 for punitive damages and clean-up costs.
In 2005, a similar ad campaign was launched by Sony and executed by its advertising agency in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Miami, to market its handheld PSP gaming system. In this campaign, taking notice of the legal problems of the IBM campaign, Sony paid building owners for the rights to paint on their buildings "a collection of dizzy-eyed urban kids playing with the PSP as if it were a skateboard, a paddle, or a rocking horse".
Tristan Manco wrote that Brazil "boasts a unique and particularly rich, graffiti scene ... [earning] it an international reputation as the place to go for artistic inspiration". Graffiti "flourishes in every conceivable space in Brazil's cities". Artistic parallels "are often drawn between the energy of São Paulo today and 1970s New York". The "sprawling metropolis", of São Paulo has "become the new shrine to graffiti"; Manco alludes to "poverty and unemployment ... [and] the epic struggles and conditions of the country's marginalised peoples", and to "Brazil's chronic poverty", as the main engines that "have fuelled a vibrant graffiti culture". In world terms, Brazil has "one of the most uneven distributions of income. Laws and taxes change frequently". Such factors, Manco argues, contribute to a very fluid society, riven with those economic divisions and social tensions that underpin and feed the "folkloric vandalism and an urban sport for the disenfranchised", that is South American graffiti art.
Prominent Brazilian writers include Os Gêmeos, Boleta, Nunca, Nina, Speto, Tikka, and T.Freak. Their artistic success and involvement in commercial design ventures has highlighted divisions within the Brazilian graffiti community between adherents of the cruder transgressive form of pichação and the more conventionally artistic values of the practitioners of grafite.
Graffiti in the Middle East has emerged slowly, with taggers operating in Egypt, Lebanon, the Gulf countries like Bahrain or the United Arab Emirates, Israel, and in Iran. The major Iranian newspaper Hamshahri has published two articles on illegal writers in the city with photographic coverage of Iranian artist A1one's works on Tehran walls. Tokyo-based design magazine, PingMag, has interviewed A1one and featured photographs of his work. The Israeli West Bank barrier has become a site for graffiti, reminiscent in this sense of the Berlin Wall. Many writers in Israel come from other places around the globe, such as JUIF from Los Angeles and DEVIONE from London. The religious reference "נ נח נחמ נחמן מאומן" ("Na Nach Nachma Nachman Meuman") is commonly seen in graffiti around Israel.
Graffiti has played an important role within the street art scene in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), especially following the events of the Arab Spring of 2011 or the Sudanese Revolution of 2018/19. Graffiti is a tool of expression in the context of conflict in the region, allowing people to raise their voices politically and socially. Famous street artist Banksy has had an important effect in the street art scene in the MENA area, especially in Palestine where some of his works are located in the West Bank barrier and Bethlehem.
There are also a large number of graffiti influences in Southeast Asian countries that mostly come from modern Western culture, such as Malaysia, where graffiti have long been a common sight in Malaysia's capital city, Kuala Lumpur. Since 2010, the country has begun hosting a street festival to encourage all generations and people from all walks of life to enjoy and encourage Malaysian street culture.
The modern-day graffitists can be found with an arsenal of various materials that allow for a successful production of a piece. This includes such techniques as scribing. However, spray paint in aerosol cans is the number one medium for graffiti. From this commodity comes different styles, technique, and abilities to form master works of graffiti. Spray paint can be found at hardware and art stores and comes in virtually every color.
Stencil graffiti is created by cutting out shapes and designs in a stiff material (such as cardboard or subject folders) to form an overall design or image. The stencil is then placed on the "canvas" gently and with quick, easy strokes of the aerosol can, the image begins to appear on the intended surface.
Some of the first examples were created in 1981 by artists Blek le Rat in Paris, in 1982 by Jef Aerosol in Tours (France); by 1985 stencils had appeared in other cities including New York City, Sydney, and Melbourne, where they were documented by American photographer Charles Gatewood and Australian photographer Rennie Ellis
Tagging is the practice of someone spray-painting "their name, initial or logo onto a public surface" in a handstyle unique to the writer. Tags were the first form of modern graffiti.
Modern graffiti art often incorporates additional arts and technologies. For example, Graffiti Research Lab has encouraged the use of projected images and magnetic light-emitting diodes (throwies) as new media for graffitists. yarnbombing is another recent form of graffiti. Yarnbombers occasionally target previous graffiti for modification, which had been avoided among the majority of graffitists.
Theories on the use of graffiti by avant-garde artists have a history dating back at least to the Asger Jorn, who in 1962 painting declared in a graffiti-like gesture "the avant-garde won't give up"
Many contemporary analysts and even art critics have begun to see artistic value in some graffiti and to recognize it as a form of public art. According to many art researchers, particularly in the Netherlands and in Los Angeles, that type of public art is, in fact an effective tool of social emancipation or, in the achievement of a political goal
In times of conflict, such murals have offered a means of communication and self-expression for members of these socially, ethnically, or racially divided communities, and have proven themselves as effective tools in establishing dialog and thus, of addressing cleavages in the long run. The Berlin Wall was also extensively covered by graffiti reflecting social pressures relating to the oppressive Soviet rule over the GDR.
Many artists involved with graffiti are also concerned with the similar activity of stenciling. Essentially, this entails stenciling a print of one or more colors using spray-paint. Recognized while exhibiting and publishing several of her coloured stencils and paintings portraying the Sri Lankan Civil War and urban Britain in the early 2000s, graffitists Mathangi Arulpragasam, aka M.I.A., has also become known for integrating her imagery of political violence into her music videos for singles "Galang" and "Bucky Done Gun", and her cover art. Stickers of her artwork also often appear around places such as London in Brick Lane, stuck to lamp posts and street signs, she having become a muse for other graffitists and painters worldwide in cities including Seville.
Graffitist believes that art should be on display for everyone in the public eye or in plain sight, not hidden away in a museum or a gallery. Art should color the streets, not the inside of some building. Graffiti is a form of art that cannot be owned or bought. It does not last forever, it is temporary, yet one of a kind. It is a form of self promotion for the artist that can be displayed anywhere form sidewalks, roofs, subways, building wall, etc. Art to them is for everyone and should be showed to everyone for free.
Graffiti is a way of communicating and a way of expressing what one feels in the moment. It is both art and a functional thing that can warn people of something or inform people of something. However, graffiti is to some people a form of art, but to some a form of vandalism. And many graffitists choose to protect their identities and remain anonymous or to hinder prosecution.
With the commercialization of graffiti (and hip hop in general), in most cases, even with legally painted "graffiti" art, graffitists tend to choose anonymity. This may be attributed to various reasons or a combination of reasons. Graffiti still remains the one of four hip hop elements that is not considered "performance art" despite the image of the "singing and dancing star" that sells hip hop culture to the mainstream. Being a graphic form of art, it might also be said that many graffitists still fall in the category of the introverted archetypal artist.
Banksy is one of the world's most notorious and popular street artists who continues to remain faceless in today's society. He is known for his political, anti-war stencil art mainly in Bristol, England, but his work may be seen anywhere from Los Angeles to Palestine. In the UK, Banksy is the most recognizable icon for this cultural artistic movement and keeps his identity a secret to avoid arrest. Much of Banksy's artwork may be seen around the streets of London and surrounding suburbs, although he has painted pictures throughout the world, including the Middle East, where he has painted on Israel's controversial West Bank barrier with satirical images of life on the other side. One depicted a hole in the wall with an idyllic beach, while another shows a mountain landscape on the other side. A number of exhibitions also have taken place since 2000, and recent works of art have fetched vast sums of money. Banksy's art is a prime example of the classic controversy: vandalism vs. art. Art supporters endorse his work distributed in urban areas as pieces of art and some councils, such as Bristol and Islington, have officially protected them, while officials of other areas have deemed his work to be vandalism and have removed it.
Pixnit is another artist who chooses to keep her identity from the general public. Her work focuses on beauty and design aspects of graffiti as opposed to Banksy's anti-government shock value. Her paintings are often of flower designs above shops and stores in her local urban area of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Some store owners endorse her work and encourage others to do similar work as well. "One of the pieces was left up above Steve's Kitchen, because it looks pretty awesome"- Erin Scott, the manager of New England Comics in Allston, Massachusetts.
Graffiti artists may become offended if photographs of their art are published in a commercial context without their permission. In March 2020, the Finnish graffiti artist Psyke expressed his displeasure at the newspaper Ilta-Sanomat publishing a photograph of a Peugeot 208 in an article about new cars, with his graffiti prominently shown on the background. The artist claims he does not want his art being used in commercial context, not even if he were to receive compensation.
Territorial graffiti marks urban neighborhoods with tags and logos to differentiate certain groups from others. These images are meant to show outsiders a stern look at whose turf is whose. The subject matter of gang-related graffiti consists of cryptic symbols and initials strictly fashioned with unique calligraphies. Gang members use graffiti to designate membership throughout the gang, to differentiate rivals and associates and, most commonly, to mark borders which are both territorial and ideological.
Graffiti has been used as a means of advertising both legally and illegally. Bronx-based TATS CRU has made a name for themselves doing legal advertising campaigns for companies such as Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Toyota, and MTV. In the UK, Covent Garden's Boxfresh used stencil images of a Zapatista revolutionary in the hopes that cross referencing would promote their store.
Smirnoff hired artists to use reverse graffiti (the use of high pressure hoses to clean dirty surfaces to leave a clean image in the surrounding dirt) to increase awareness of their product.
Graffiti often has a reputation as part of a subculture that rebels against authority, although the considerations of the practitioners often diverge and can relate to a wide range of attitudes. It can express a political practice and can form just one tool in an array of resistance techniques. One early example includes the anarcho-punk band Crass, who conducted a campaign of stenciling anti-war, anarchist, feminist, and anti-consumerist messages throughout the London Underground system during the late 1970s and early 1980s. In Amsterdam graffiti was a major part of the punk scene. The city was covered with names such as "De Zoot", "Vendex", and "Dr Rat". To document the graffiti a punk magazine was started that was called Gallery Anus. So when hip hop came to Europe in the early 1980s there was already a vibrant graffiti culture.
The student protests and general strike of May 1968 saw Paris bedecked in revolutionary, anarchistic, and situationist slogans such as L'ennui est contre-révolutionnaire ("Boredom is counterrevolutionary") and Lisez moins, vivez plus ("Read less, live more"). While not exhaustive, the graffiti gave a sense of the 'millenarian' and rebellious spirit, tempered with a good deal of verbal wit, of the strikers.
I think graffiti writing is a way of defining what our generation is like. Excuse the French, we're not a bunch of p---- artists. Traditionally artists have been considered soft and mellow people, a little bit kooky. Maybe we're a little bit more like pirates that way. We defend our territory, whatever space we steal to paint on, we defend it fiercely.
The developments of graffiti art which took place in art galleries and colleges as well as "on the street" or "underground", contributed to the resurfacing in the 1990s of a far more overtly politicized art form in the subvertising, culture jamming, or tactical media movements. These movements or styles tend to classify the artists by their relationship to their social and economic contexts, since, in most countries, graffiti art remains illegal in many forms except when using non-permanent paint. Since the 1990s with the rise of Street Art, a growing number of artists are switching to non-permanent paints and non-traditional forms of painting.
Contemporary practitioners, accordingly, have varied and often conflicting practices. Some individuals, such as Alexander Brener, have used the medium to politicize other art forms, and have used the prison sentences enforced on them as a means of further protest. The practices of anonymous groups and individuals also vary widely, and practitioners by no means always agree with each other's practices. For example, the anti-capitalist art group the Space Hijackers did a piece in 2004 about the contradiction between the capitalistic elements of Banksy and his use of political imagery.
Berlin human rights activist Irmela Mensah-Schramm has received global media attention and numerous awards for her 35-year campaign of effacing neo-Nazi and other right-wing extremist graffiti throughout Germany, often by altering hate speech in humorous ways.
In Serbian capital, Belgrade, the graffiti depicting a uniformed former general of Serb army and war criminal, convicted at ICTY for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including genocide and ethnic cleansing in Bosnian War, Ratko Mladić, appeared in a military salute alongside the words "General, thank to your mother". Aleks Eror, Berlin-based journalist, explains how "veneration of historical and wartime figures" through street art is not a new phenomenon in the region of former Yugoslavia, and that "in most cases is firmly focused on the future, rather than retelling the past". Eror is not only analyst pointing to danger of such an expressions for the region's future. In a long expose on the subject of Bosnian genocide denial, at Balkan Diskurs magazine and multimedia platform website, Kristina Gadže and Taylor Whitsell referred to these experiences as a young generations' "cultural heritage", in which young are being exposed to celebration and affirmation of war-criminals as part of their "formal education" and "inheritance".
There are numerous examples of genocide denial through celebration and affirmation of war criminals throughout the region of Western Balkans inhabited by Serbs using this form of artistic expression. Several more of these graffiti are found in Serbian capital, and many more across Serbia and Bosnian and Herzegovinian administrative entity, Republika Srpska, which is the ethnic Serbian majority enclave. Critics point that Serbia as a state, is willing to defend the mural of convicted war criminal, and have no intention to react on cases of genocide denial, noting that Interior Minister of Serbia, Aleksandar Vulin decision to ban any gathering with an intent to remove the mural, with the deployment of riot police, sends the message of "tacit endorsement". Consequently, on 9 November 2021, Serbian heavy police in riot gear, with graffiti creators and their supporters, blocked the access to the mural to prevent human rights groups and other activists to paint over it and mark the International Day Against Fascism and Antisemitism in that way, and even arrested two civic activist for throwing eggs at the graffiti.
Graffiti may also be used as an offensive expression. This form of graffiti may be difficult to identify, as it is mostly removed by the local authority (as councils which have adopted strategies of criminalization also strive to remove graffiti quickly). Therefore, existing racist graffiti is mostly more subtle and at first sight, not easily recognized as "racist". It can then be understood only if one knows the relevant "local code" (social, historical, political, temporal, and spatial), which is seen as heteroglot and thus a 'unique set of conditions' in a cultural context.
A spatial code for example, could be that there is a certain youth group in an area that is engaging heavily in racist activities. So, for residents (knowing the local code), a graffiti containing only the name or abbreviation of this gang already is a racist expression, reminding the offended people of their gang activities. Also a graffiti is in most cases, the herald of more serious criminal activity to come. A person who does not know these gang activities would not be able to recognize the meaning of this graffiti. Also if a tag of this youth group or gang is placed on a building occupied by asylum seekers, for example, its racist character is even stronger.
By making the graffiti less explicit (as adapted to social and legal constraints), these drawings are less likely to be removed, but do not lose their threatening and offensive character.
Elsewhere, activists in Russia have used painted caricatures of local officials with their mouths as potholes, to show their anger about the poor state of the roads. In Manchester, England, a graffitists painted obscene images around potholes, which often resulted in them being repaired within 48 hours.
In the early 1980s, the first art galleries to show graffitists to the public were Fashion Moda in the Bronx, Now Gallery and Fun Gallery, both in the East Village, Manhattan.
A 2006 exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum displayed graffiti as an art form that began in New York's outer boroughs and reached great heights in the early 1980s with the work of Crash, Lee, Daze, Keith Haring, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. It displayed 22 works by New York graffitists, including Crash, Daze, and Lady Pink. In an article about the exhibition in the magazine Time Out, curator Charlotta Kotik said that she hoped the exhibition would cause viewers to rethink their assumptions about graffiti.
From the 1970s onwards, Burhan Doğançay photographed urban walls all over the world; these he then archived for use as sources of inspiration for his painterly works. The project today known as "Walls of the World" grew beyond even his own expectations and comprises about 30,000 individual images. It spans a period of 40 years across five continents and 114 countries. In 1982, photographs from this project comprised a one-man exhibition titled "Les murs murmurent, ils crient, ils chantent ..." (The walls whisper, shout and sing ...) at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
In Australia, art historians have judged some local graffiti of sufficient creative merit to rank them firmly within the arts. Oxford University Press's art history text Australian Painting 1788–2000 concludes with a long discussion of graffiti's key place within contemporary visual culture, including the work of several Australian practitioners.
Between March and April 2009, 150 artists exhibited 300 pieces of graffiti at the Grand Palais in Paris.
Spray paint has many negative environmental effects. The paint contains toxic chemicals, and the can uses volatile hydrocarbon gases to spray the paint onto a surface.
Volatile organic compound (VOC) leads to ground level ozone formation and most of graffiti related emissions are VOCs. A 2010 paper estimates 4,862 tons of VOCs were released in the United States in activities related to graffiti.
In China, Mao Zedong in the 1920s used revolutionary slogans and paintings in public places to galvanize the country's communist movement.
Based on different national conditions, many people believe that China's attitude towards Graffiti is fierce, but in fact, according to Lance Crayon in his film Spray Paint Beijing: Graffiti in the Capital of China, Graffiti is generally accepted in Beijing, with artists not seeing much police interference. Political and religiously sensitive graffiti, however, is not allowed.
In Hong Kong, Tsang Tsou Choi was known as the King of Kowloon for his calligraphy graffiti over many years, in which he claimed ownership of the area. Now some of his work is preserved officially.
In Taiwan, the government has made some concessions to graffitists. Since 2005 they have been allowed to freely display their work along some sections of riverside retaining walls in designated "Graffiti Zones". From 2007, Taipei's department of cultural affairs also began permitting graffiti on fences around major public construction sites. Department head Yong-ping Lee (李永萍) stated, "We will promote graffiti starting with the public sector, and then later in the private sector too. It's our goal to beautify the city with graffiti". The government later helped organize a graffiti contest in Ximending, a popular shopping district. graffitists caught working outside of these designated areas still face fines up to NT$6,000 under a department of environmental protection regulation. However, Taiwanese authorities can be relatively lenient, one veteran police officer stating anonymously, "Unless someone complains about vandalism, we won't get involved. We don't go after it proactively."
In 1993, after several expensive cars in Singapore were spray-painted, the police arrested a student from the Singapore American School, Michael P. Fay, questioned him, and subsequently charged him with vandalism. Fay pleaded guilty to vandalizing a car in addition to stealing road signs. Under the 1966 Vandalism Act of Singapore, originally passed to curb the spread of communist graffiti in Singapore, the court sentenced him to four months in jail, a fine of S$3,500 (US$2,233), and a caning. The New York Times ran several editorials and op-eds that condemned the punishment and called on the American public to flood the Singaporean embassy with protests. Although the Singapore government received many calls for clemency, Fay's caning took place in Singapore on 5 May 1994. Fay had originally received a sentence of six strokes of the cane, but the presiding president of Singapore, Ong Teng Cheong, agreed to reduce his caning sentence to four lashes.
In South Korea, Park Jung-soo was fined two million South Korean won by the Seoul Central District Court for spray-painting a rat on posters of the G-20 Summit a few days before the event in November 2011. Park alleged that the initial in "G-20" sounds like the Korean word for "rat", but Korean government prosecutors alleged that Park was making a derogatory statement about the president of South Korea, Lee Myung-bak, the host of the summit. This case led to public outcry and debate on the lack of government tolerance and in support of freedom of expression. The court ruled that the painting, "an ominous creature like a rat" amounts to "an organized criminal activity" and upheld the fine while denying the prosecution's request for imprisonment for Park.
In Europe, community cleaning squads have responded to graffiti, in some cases with reckless abandon, as when in 1992 in France a local Scout group, attempting to remove modern graffiti, damaged two prehistoric paintings of bison in the Cave of Mayrière supérieure near the French village of Bruniquel in Tarn-et-Garonne, earning them the 1992 Ig Nobel Prize in archeology.
In September 2006, the European Parliament directed the European Commission to create urban environment policies to prevent and eliminate dirt, litter, graffiti, animal excrement, and excessive noise from domestic and vehicular music systems in European cities, along with other concerns over urban life.
In Budapest, Hungary, both a city-backed movement called I Love Budapest and a special police division tackle the problem, including the provision of approved areas.
The Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 became Britain's latest anti-graffiti legislation. In August 2004, the Keep Britain Tidy campaign issued a press release calling for zero tolerance of graffiti and supporting proposals such as issuing "on the spot" fines to graffiti offenders and banning the sale of aerosol paint to anyone under the age of 16. The press release also condemned the use of graffiti images in advertising and in music videos, arguing that real-world experience of graffiti stood far removed from its often-portrayed "cool" or "edgy'" image.
To back the campaign, 123 Members of Parliament (MPs) (including then Prime Minister Tony Blair), signed a charter which stated: "Graffiti is not art, it's crime. On behalf of my constituents, I will do all I can to rid our community of this problem."
In the UK, city councils have the power to take action against the owner of any property that has been defaced under the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (as amended by the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005) or, in certain cases, the Highways Act. This is often used against owners of property that are complacent in allowing protective boards to be defaced so long as the property is not damaged.
In July 2008, a conspiracy charge was used to convict graffitists for the first time. After a three-month police surveillance operation, nine members of the DPM crew were convicted of conspiracy to commit criminal damage costing at least £1 million. Five of them received prison sentences, ranging from eighteen months to two years. The unprecedented scale of the investigation and the severity of the sentences rekindled public debate over whether graffiti should be considered art or crime.
Some councils, like those of Stroud and Loerrach, provide approved areas in the town where graffitists can showcase their talents, including underpasses, car parks, and walls that might otherwise prove a target for the "spray and run".
Graffiti Tunnel, University of Sydney at Camperdown (2009)
In an effort to reduce vandalism, many cities in Australia have designated walls or areas exclusively for use by graffitists. One early example is the "Graffiti Tunnel" located at the Camperdown Campus of the University of Sydney, which is available for use by any student at the university to tag, advertise, poster, and paint. Advocates of this idea suggest that this discourages petty vandalism yet encourages artists to take their time and produce great art, without worry of being caught or arrested for vandalism or trespassing.[108][109] Others disagree with this approach, arguing that the presence of legal graffiti walls does not demonstrably reduce illegal graffiti elsewhere. Some local government areas throughout Australia have introduced "anti-graffiti squads", who clean graffiti in the area, and such crews as BCW (Buffers Can't Win) have taken steps to keep one step ahead of local graffiti cleaners.
Many state governments have banned the sale or possession of spray paint to those under the age of 18 (age of majority). However, a number of local governments in Victoria have taken steps to recognize the cultural heritage value of some examples of graffiti, such as prominent political graffiti. Tough new graffiti laws have been introduced in Australia with fines of up to A$26,000 and two years in prison.
Melbourne is a prominent graffiti city of Australia with many of its lanes being tourist attractions, such as Hosier Lane in particular, a popular destination for photographers, wedding photography, and backdrops for corporate print advertising. The Lonely Planet travel guide cites Melbourne's street as a major attraction. All forms of graffiti, including sticker art, poster, stencil art, and wheatpasting, can be found in many places throughout the city. Prominent street art precincts include; Fitzroy, Collingwood, Northcote, Brunswick, St. Kilda, and the CBD, where stencil and sticker art is prominent. As one moves farther away from the city, mostly along suburban train lines, graffiti tags become more prominent. Many international artists such as Banksy have left their work in Melbourne and in early 2008 a perspex screen was installed to prevent a Banksy stencil art piece from being destroyed, it has survived since 2003 through the respect of local street artists avoiding posting over it, although it has recently had paint tipped over it.
In February 2008 Helen Clark, the New Zealand prime minister at that time, announced a government crackdown on tagging and other forms of graffiti vandalism, describing it as a destructive crime representing an invasion of public and private property. New legislation subsequently adopted included a ban on the sale of paint spray cans to persons under 18 and increases in maximum fines for the offence from NZ$200 to NZ$2,000 or extended community service. The issue of tagging become a widely debated one following an incident in Auckland during January 2008 in which a middle-aged property owner stabbed one of two teenage taggers to death and was subsequently convicted of manslaughter.
Graffiti databases have increased in the past decade because they allow vandalism incidents to be fully documented against an offender and help the police and prosecution charge and prosecute offenders for multiple counts of vandalism. They also provide law enforcement the ability to rapidly search for an offender's moniker or tag in a simple, effective, and comprehensive way. These systems can also help track costs of damage to a city to help allocate an anti-graffiti budget. The theory is that when an offender is caught putting up graffiti, they are not just charged with one count of vandalism; they can be held accountable for all the other damage for which they are responsible. This has two main benefits for law enforcement. One, it sends a signal to the offenders that their vandalism is being tracked. Two, a city can seek restitution from offenders for all the damage that they have committed, not merely a single incident. These systems give law enforcement personnel real-time, street-level intelligence that allows them not only to focus on the worst graffiti offenders and their damage, but also to monitor potential gang violence that is associated with the graffiti.
Many restrictions of civil gang injunctions are designed to help address and protect the physical environment and limit graffiti. Provisions of gang injunctions include things such as restricting the possession of marker pens, spray paint cans, or other sharp objects capable of defacing private or public property; spray painting, or marking with marker pens, scratching, applying stickers, or otherwise applying graffiti on any public or private property, including, but not limited to the street, alley, residences, block walls, and fences, vehicles or any other real or personal property. Some injunctions contain wording that restricts damaging or vandalizing both public and private property, including but not limited to any vehicle, light fixture, door, fence, wall, gate, window, building, street sign, utility box, telephone box, tree, or power pole.
To help address many of these issues, many local jurisdictions have set up graffiti abatement hotlines, where citizens can call in and report vandalism and have it removed. San Diego's hotline receives more than 5,000 calls per year, in addition to reporting the graffiti, callers can learn more about prevention. One of the complaints about these hotlines is the response time; there is often a lag time between a property owner calling about the graffiti and its removal. The length of delay should be a consideration for any jurisdiction planning on operating a hotline. Local jurisdictions must convince the callers that their complaint of vandalism will be a priority and cleaned off right away. If the jurisdiction does not have the resources to respond to complaints in a timely manner, the value of the hotline diminishes. Crews must be able to respond to individual service calls made to the graffiti hotline as well as focus on cleanup near schools, parks, and major intersections and transit routes to have the biggest impact. Some cities offer a reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of suspects for tagging or graffiti related vandalism. The amount of the reward is based on the information provided, and the action taken.
When police obtain search warrants in connection with a vandalism investigation, they are often seeking judicial approval to look for items such as cans of spray paint and nozzles from other kinds of aerosol sprays; etching tools, or other sharp or pointed objects, which could be used to etch or scratch glass and other hard surfaces; permanent marking pens, markers, or paint sticks; evidence of membership or affiliation with any gang or tagging crew; paraphernalia including any reference to "(tagger's name)"; any drawings, writing, objects, or graffiti depicting taggers' names, initials, logos, monikers, slogans, or any mention of tagging crew membership; and any newspaper clippings relating to graffiti crime.
Look at those lava flows .. there at the bottom of this photo. Look how their toes are approaching toward each other, a slow, very slow and nearly tender and sensual movement, perfectly choreographed by the most beautiful volcano that exists on this planet, Mount Etna.
Hundreds of meters further up on the mountain, the crater often referred to as "pit crater", on the eastern flank of the Southeast Crater, is releasing a huge jet of incandescent lava fragments and gas into the still-dark sky on the early morning of 12 May 2011. (I have started calling this "the four-and-a-halfth summit crater of Etna".) In its fourth paroxysm since January this year, the volcano once more manifested its awesome power, in a display that was of sublime beauty and did not threaten any human property around the volcano: this is a general rule, summit activity is of no concern for the populated areas on its flanks.
One negative effect it did produce, though. In a scenario that has reached global consciousness one year ago (due to the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull), but has been familiar to Sicily since nearly 40 years, the plume of volcanic ash generated by this paroxysm caused heavy tephra fallout toward south, including the airport of Catania. As a consequence, the airport was closed, and flights were re-routed to Palermo or cancelled altogether.
During the first phase of this paroxysm, on the evening of 11 May, my love Catherine drove up to the summit with friends, mountain guides and colleagues from the INGV in Catania, to witness this unique phenomenon close-up for the first time in her life. I stayed at home with our sleeping little Ida, and enjoyed the show from our balcony. Later, Catherine and the others descended because the activity grew menacingly strong and their observation point had been due downwind from the erupting crater, which was now starting to produce a large quantity of ash and coarser-grained scoriae (lapilli). When Catherine arrived at home, I left to watch the next phase of the paroxysm, but from a more distant, yet much more panoramic, viewpoint, Monte Fontane on Etna's east flank.
This is where I took this photograph, around 05:00 h (local time = GMT+2), with the lava fountain going strongly, rising at least 300 m high. Soon the first light of the new day would appear, bathing this scene in the most beautiful colors one can imagine (such as those in my previous photo posted here on Flickr).
Taken with a Nikon L110
Existem momentos bons, ótimos, complicados, difíceis, demorados, leves, pesados, felizes, tristes, de espera, de correria.
Enfim, são muitos momentos. Ando enfrentando alguns deles, um dia de cada vez, um dia de cada vez.
Bom domingo pra todos nós.
UPDATE on paint-peeling issue with my Honda HRV, email received on 3 November 2021. So annoying, as two spots can barely be seen and the main peeling is just one patch maybe 3" by 1". I hate to think how many weeks (months?) this could take! There is no way I can be without a vehicle for that long, so I may be forced into using a temporary car from Honda - a Honda Civic, I believe. I dread having to drive a strange vehicle, which is why I originally said no. I would only use it to get to my local shopping area.
"Our technicians have removed the tape from the vehicle and found that every other panel except for one door has peeled paint on them. At this point I will have to do up multiple additional estimates based on the bulletin to submit to Honda for approval.
This is good news and bad news for you. The good news is we have exposed the problem so you we will be able to address all of the issues at once without you having this become a recurring issue over and over. The bad news is that a relatively straightforward repair has now turned into essentially a complete vehicle refinish. Because of the substantial increase in labour hours we will have your vehicle with us for quite some time.
I will get the estimates written up and submitted to Honda for approval and once I have that back I will follow up with you."
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Four odds and ends from my archives, I am adding the description that I wrote under a different image taken on the same outing.
"There was just something I liked about seeing this row of five small granaries/sheds. Though not as photogenic as the red "Famous Five" granaries SW of Calgary, I ended up taking several shots of these rather plain ones. After just regular editing, I thought I'd try adding an editing filter and see what happened. This added so much more detail and character, so I decided I would post it. Looking at the sky, you can tell what kind of weather it was that morning - not what we wanted at all, ha.
Three days ago, on 29 September 2014, I finally drove out across the prairies to an area that lies NE of Calgary, that I had longed to go to for so many years. It must have been 30+ years ago that I first saw one particular area of the Badlands of Alberta. A few times, I had been fairly close when I went on several botany trips out that way, but when you are carpooling, you can't just go wherever you want. So, my youngest daughter and I decided that we both wanted to make this trip, All summer, we have been waiting for a day on which she didn't have to work and where the weather forecast was for no rain on the day or there had been no rain the previous day. The Bentonite Clay in the area becomes treacherously slippery when wet. The forecast for yesterday was for a mainly sunny day - at last, we were going!
I think this was the longest day of driving I had ever done, especially to, and in, an area that I'd never driven to before. For anyone who doesn't know me, I have battled a driving phobia for decades, plus I have no sense of direction, lol! Thankfully, my daughter has an amazing sense of direction, so I knew we wouldn't be stuck out on the prairies in the middle of nowhere. A typical question at too many intersections went as follows: me - "Do we go left?"; my daughter - "No, we go right", lol!
I met my daughter at 8:00 am. and I got home shortly before 9:00 pm. Much of that time was spent driving; the rest was spent wandering round three main areas - The Hoodoo Trail, Dorothy and Rowley, in different directions from the town of Drumheller (known for its remarkable dinosaur findings). The forecast was far from accurate on our drive out to the Badlands and I began to wonder if we'd made a mistake going on this trip on that particular day. However, knowing that snow would be returning very soon ("returning" because we had two snowstorms on 9 and 10 September!), I was beginning to feel rather desperate and really didn't want to risk not getting out there this year. The afternoon was less cloudy and we did have some sun.
Our main destinations were the Hoodoo Trail, the almost-ghost-town of Dorothy (calling in at Wayne as well), and the historic hamlet of Rowley that lies north of Drumheller. I had longed, for a long time, to see the two small, old churches that are to be found in Dorothy, as well as the old grain elevator. Both churches have been restored, which is good in some ways but they have lost some of their weathered character.
From Dorothy, we drove over 11 bridges to call in at Wayne, and then we then drove to Rowley to see the old grain elevators and to wander round this very small, historical place. There are actually three elevators there. Dorothy felt and looked almost deserted, whereas Rowley was beautifully kept.
From Rowley, we made our way back across the prairies to Calgary. I had planned on getting back before it got dark as I no longer like night driving and very rarely do it, but we didn't quite make it. On the return drive, the last sighting was a Great Horned Owl that was perched part way up a power pole. Well done, Rachel, spotting this welcome bird! Not easy to see in the dark. By the time I got home, I was so tired and my arms were so painful from driving, but, what a great day we had!!"
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Janelas da vida
Abra a janela do teu coração e deixe a alma arejar!
Sabe aquele o cheiro de mofo de sonhos que envelheceu e você nem se deu conta?
Deixe que o vento leve para longe... Livre se também do ranço amargo de toda mágoa e do rancor, faça uma boa limpeza na vidraça da janela do coração, garanto que você enxergará melhor a vida lá fora...
Deixe a luz inundar tudo, apagar as marcas das decepções, as tristezas das derrotas, o vicio de sofrer por sofrer e acima de tudo, permita que o sol derreta o gelo da solidão...
Apaixone-se por um sorriso e sorria junto, ilumine as janelinhas dos olhos, atraia Beija-Flores, borboletas, Vaga-lumes, ame a pessoa que o espelho reflete todas as manhãs...
Escancare a janela dos desejos e esbanje sonhos, ninguém sonha em vão, e também não é verdade que os sonhos fogem, as pessoas é que desistem, e eles morrem...
Alicerce seus desejos com bases sólidas e construa dia a dia degraus para você chegar até a sua meta, depois se aplauda, porque você conseguiu! Nisso reside o prazer...
Não permita que nenhuma sombra pesada amortalhe o sol, que nenhuma parede aprisione o vento e cale o som da vida.
Jamais se transforme em órfão da luz...
Desenhe um horizonte além da tua janela, exagere nas cores e entremeie alegria entre folhas.
Floresça todos os campos que tua vista alcança e depois, vá além muito além...
Exponha na janela toda a alegria de viver, mostre ao mundo um rosto luminoso, uma face sem rugas de preocupações, prontinha para ser acariciada, admirada e beijada...
Amplie a essência da ternura, semeia a brisa um gesto, uma frase doce ou um suspiro.
Seguramente alguma alma comovida escutará e devolverá o eco da tua voz...
Desvia teu olhar das coisas tristes e infelizes, transforme em oásis toda aridez que aparecer, jorre venturas e aventuras em abundancia, através da tua janela....
Espalhe poeira dourada de sonhos além da janela, plante flores, colha encantamento.
Permita que as sementes da felicidade se espalhem e contamine toda a terra...
Refaça tuas crenças, redima equívocos, culpas, regenere erros e falhas, distribua perdão.
Valorize o melhor de cada pessoa e principalmente o melhor que existe em você....
Abra a janela da vida e seja pleno em cada coisa ainda que pareça pequena.
Viva na forma adulta de ser criança, debruce na janela e não olhe a vida passar através dela...
Viva!
(Lady Foppa)
El Río El Durazno es un curso de agua que se encuentra en la provincia de Córdoba, Argentina. Este río nace en la ladera este del Cerro Champaquí a más de 2.500 metros sobre el nivel del mar y desciende hasta formar un valle a solo siete kilómetros de Villa Yacanto de Calamuchita.
Las aguas del río son transparentes y frías, ofreciendo playas de arena y ollas profundas de hasta seis metros para nadar.
Además, el río es ideal para practicar la pesca con devolución obligatoria y la pesca con mosca.
El paraje de El Durazno, ubicado al pie de la Sierra de los Comechingones, es conocido por su tranquilidad y belleza natural, siendo un destino popular para los amantes del relax y la naturaleza.
En la zona se pueden encontrar cabañas, posadas, hoteles boutique, campings y restaurantes, así como opciones para realizar actividades como caminatas, cabalgatas, mountain bike, safari fotográfico, senderismo y observación de aves.
Aunque el acceso al río es público, existen dos accesos principales que pueden ser limitados y costosos para algunos visitantes, lo que ha generado algunas críticas sobre la privatización del lugar.
Además, el camino hacia el río puede estar en condiciones de ripio, lo que puede dificultar el acceso para algunos vehículos
It's surprising how 3 1/2 years have passed by in the blink of an eye. It's not that I gave up or anything, no purges from this girl, I just found that the opportunity to take photos was so rare that I gave up taking them (actually the opportunity to dress was pretty rare for a couple of years).
The effort to move furniture, bring out the lighting etc was just too much, I just enjoyed the moments I had to dress, relishing the makeup and way too short dresses that I dream of wearing on my next night out...
however...
I now remember one of the reason I love taking photos. Editing and choosing the images after you've had to change back seems to extend the time you had to dress. It's kind of like surrogate dressing :)
One down side of the time gap is seeing the physical changes, I'm starting to feel old, wrinkles appearing when I smile... the answer is either I stop smiling or botox! However, I'm hoping that I've selected the images that DON'T show the wrinkles!
Imagina que no existe el Cielo
es fácil si lo intentas
sin el Infierno debajo nuestro
arriba nuestro, solo el cielo
Imagina a toda la gente
viviendo el hoy...
Imagina que no hay países
no es difícil de hacer
nadie por quien matar o morir
ni tampoco religión
imagina a toda la gente
viviendo la vida en paz...
Puedes decir que soy un soñador
pero no soy el único
espero que algún día te unas a nosotros
y el mundo vivirá como uno
Imagina que no hay posesiones
quisiera saber si puedes
sin necesidad de gula o hambre
una hermandad de hombres
imagínate a toda la gente
compartiendo el mundo
John Lennon.
.. Siempre dije.. que el lema de mi flickr, como asi el de mi vida, iba a ser este.. el que me ayudo a brotar mis sueños en las fotografias .
Puedes decir que soy una soñadora, pero no soy la unica ...
. ~*#| Star Song photographs.