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According to Robert Frank's existential argument for monochrome. Black & White are the colours of photography. To me they symbolise the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is subject.
However I have uploaded both versions of the Dancer in the darkness to explore tones, textures, shape, form, and saturation. I think the monotone version has a bit of a nostalgic feel and appeal.
Dieu est un fumeur de havanes
Je vois ses nuages gris
Je sais qu'il fume même la nuit
Comme moi ma chérie
Serge Gainsbourg
I have been going through an "origami existential crisis" lately, because I basically was rusty at first and it really scared me, blah blah blah, anyway. Actually being able to finally fold and completely assemble both of the Quadra-Hadra-Pudra-Phedron and the Ditrigonal Dodecadodecahedron was a huge thing for me and it helped me actually get my self-esteem to a normal level (aka way too high). BUT AGAIN, I'M RAMBLING. I just wanted to say that for some reason I preferred folding the Woven compound of 5 octahedra, even though it was waaaaay harder for me to wrap my head around the weaving. It just feels solid, dense, and it's way more stable than both the QHPP and the DDD.
But hey, they still have all been a lotta fun to fold.
[all models designed by Daniel Kwan ]
SHE WRITES TO ME ABOUT the experience of being in several places when she is walking through a city. The physical space, but also the overlapping spaces of dreams, memories, and desires. She observes that the possibilities of any city are infinite, often frightening in the variety of combinations they present.
SHE SENDS ME A PHOTOGRAPH ON THE THRESHOLD OF HERSELF , about to become someone else, someone other. Do all the borders crossed cancel us out, reducing us to zero?
"I sometimes look into the face of my dog Stan and see a wistful sadness and existential angst, when all he is actually doing is slowly scanning the ceiling for flies."
~ Merrill Markoe
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It was one of those existential cries to the Universe asking for some kind of sign to be shown that I would know who I am and why I was living my life…to do what? I was up in the air, flying to Europe and feverishly writing in my journal as thick salty tears poured from my eyes onto my notebook. It was a time in my life when I had to let go over and over. These were the years of grieving the loss of my husband, changes in my work and feeling tremendous tension around the next part of my life. As words poured out on the page, I distinctly remember challenging the Great Unknown to prove to me that I’m not deluding myself on my journey of constant self-exploration and that we are indeed connected to every point in space. I wanted proof in that moment so desperately. When I was done,
I closed the notebook and slipped it into the pocket of the seat in front of me. I sat back as the light in the cabin was dimming and a large movie screen descended slowly. Those were the days before the personal digital devices so everybody watched the same film. I settled back in my chair and started to relax. Usually there was a short featurette of some kind to warm up the audience and my heart skipped a beat when I heard what it was about. The pleasant rolling voice of a woman spoke as the camera focussed on a beautiful elephant being prepared for a sacred ceremony. The voice said:
“Today we will take you to India to meet a special elephant named “Prem”. He is being prepared for a ceremony to celebrate the Goddess Ganga and to take a dip in the river of the same name. Who is Ganga and what does she stand for? We will explore this in the following film.”
Cue Twilight Zone theme.
Prem means Love in Sanskrit. The elephant was an embodiment of Love itself. Love has its own profound Intelligence and leads us to unknown heights. In a time of a world pandemic and massive unrest, each of us is never alone. When we cry out to the Great Mystery and we deeply listen, an answer comes like a still small voice and in some rare cases even a whole movie.
I wish you courage and strength friends xxxooo
Feel free to interpret the photo [what does it mean?] in comments left below. Or feel free not to. Whatever you do, remember that you will be defining your essence by the way in which you respond. If you ignore the issue while being aware of it, you will enter a state of bad faith.* It's all up to you.
*in a state of bad faith one denies one's own consciousness or awareness in the face of changing reality
This image represents THE TOTALITY OF REALITY UP TO JANUARY 16, 2011.
Me + my boat + bad decisions 💣.
Oars? Decorative ♀️. Motivation? Lost . GPS? Lol 🚫.
Damsel in distress but too stubborn to yell ️. Peaceful drowning vibes 😴⚓💀
Taco Cat is having an existential crisis ... (Is he a palindrome? Or a t-shirt design? Or both?)
For the shirt.woot derby
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KENqo_h8qvc
Marvin & Miles ... Gare du Nord ( Sexy vibes for pre week end ! )
Photo of one of my stolen originals
2005 lac Waterloo
2_ducks_Stuckinthemiddle
Warmth or love they seek ?
Or same thing ?
Great thursday
Guy
NOT ONE. TWO.
Seahorse - Borealnz - thank you again
Debris in water - Terri Lynn - Bless you
Glass brick - Gerla Brakkee - my friend, thank you
Inspired by a conversation with Andrea
and the father that cares for his children.
Here we've got an existential classic from the id-iom stable. Just as I was getting a little bored during the spring clean of my 'studio' I came across the old 'How can I tell her?' stencils and thought putting that on canvas for a little street drop is a far better use of my time than actually doing any cleaning. I think my favourite aspect of this picture is his desperation at his inability to tell her that they aren't really lovers and are, in fact, just stencils. Life can be tough, can't it?
Cheers
id-iom
"They thought they could dispose of me
They tried to make me small
I suffered each indignity
But now rise above it all"
From 'Don't Forget Me' from "Smash"
A black-and-white view of a decaying building in Rijeka, where a vertical mural of primate faces stares out from a crumbling wall. The expressive artwork contrasts with broken staircases and exposed stone, evoking themes of memory, collapse and continuity. A satellite dish stands awkwardly in front, adding a modern echo to the ruin. A moment of urban archaeology and existential commentary.
the existential void
we
as humans
all suffer
and are challenged by
March 2020
this image was taken 160 years after and
directly below the spot @
COOPER SQUARE
where ABE LINCOLN gave his
COOPER UNION ADDRESS
in
MANHATTAN
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/cooper.htm
FEB 27 1860
Photography’s new conscience
Photograph published in News Junkie Post on 5/30/2020
newsjunkiepost.com/2020/05/30/climate-crisispandemics-and...
Photograph also published in The Duran on 5/31/2020
theduran.com/climate-crisis-pandemics-and-bad-governance-...
As part of coordinated protest action by tens of thousands of people worldwide, demonstrators took to the streets to demand urgent action to tackle the existential threat of catastrophic climate change. In London, several hundred protesters, many of them students, met in Parliament Square before marching to the Home Office. All part of the Fridays for Future campaign.
Here, a protester carries a placard - "You cannot eat money but you can eat the rich," underlining the extent to which the wealthy, and particularly the top 1%, are not only responsible for most of the emissions but are also consuming and wasting land intensive food products particularly from animal agriculture. At the same time, concentrated corporate power lobbies governments to resist demands for richer nations to subsidize poorer countries to enable them to transform to more sustainable development paths. Higher taxation levels on the rich could help to lower emissions and provide essential support to the victims of climate change.
"You can eat the rich" is a slogan, originally attributed to the Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, but now widely used by those opposed to growing income inequality as it has become increasingly extreme in the fifty years since the 1970s, due in part to increased corporate power over government.