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BIOGRAFÍA
Gloria Fuertes nació en Madrid en julio de 1917 en el seno de una familia humilde, su madre, costurera y sirviente; su padre, portero y conserje.
La menor de nueve hermanos, seis de los cuales mueren prematuramente, su infancia transcurre en las bulliciosas calles cercanas a la antigua Plaza del Progreso, donde aprende el lenguaje coloquial que la caracterizará. Era una niña alegre y extravertida y desde pequeña quiso escribir, pero la falta de medios la lleva a trabajar enviando cartas o contando huevos en una fábrica.
Su madre la matricula en el Instituto de Educación Profesional de la Mujer, donde recibió la formación que entonces se consideraba necesaria para una futura ama de casa: cocina, cuidado de niños, corte y confección, etc.
Con quince años muere su madre. La Guerra Civil cambia su vida, la pérdida de su novio y sus propias experiencias marcan su carácter pacifista.
En 1939 escribe su primer relato para niños y lo envía al semanario Maravillas , donde es publicado y donde entrará a trabajar como editora durante diez años. De 1940 a 1955 publica muchos cuentos en la revista Maravillas así como en la revista Pelayo.
En 1950 se publica su primer poemario: "Isla ignorada".
Por esos años acude a la taberna de Antonio Sánchez, en la que escribe sin cesar poemas y cuentos.
Funda una tertulia de mujeres poetas que dará origen al grupo "Versos con Faldas" , grupo tremendamente activo que organiza lecturas de poesía y colabora en revistas como Rumbos, Poesía Española o El pájaro de paja
.En 1952 funda la revista Arquero, conjuntamente con Antonio Gala, Rafael Mir y Julio Mariscal. En 1954 publica Antología y poemas del suburbio y Aconsejo beber hilo.
En 1955 obtiene un puesto de bibliotecaria en el Instituto Internacional de Madrid. Consigue, en 1961, una beca Fulbright para dar clases de literatura española del s. XX en Pennsylvania durante 3 años.
En 1958 recibe la Primera Mención del Concurso Internacional de Poesía Lírica Hispana con Todo asusta. En 1962 publica "Que estás en la tierra", en la colección Collioure dirigida por José María Castellet.
En 1965 gana el Premio Guipúzcoa por "Ni tiro ni veneno ni navaja"
. En 1968, publica su obra más lograda: "Poeta de guardia y Cangura para todo", primer libro de cuentos para niños, mención en el Premio Internacional Hans Christian Andersen. Y al año siguiente recibe un Accésit del Premio Vizcaya por "Cómo atar los bigotes al tigre".
Su libro de versos "Don Pato y Don Pito" es recomendado para lectura en las escuelas por el Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia.
En 1972, es becada por la Fundación March y así puede trabajar con libertad.
Publica montones de obras para niños y libros de poemas como "Cuando amas aprendes Geografía" (1973) y "Sola en la sala" (1973).
En los años setenta trabaja en Televisión Española en "Un globo, dos globos, tres globos" y en "La cometa blanca" a partir de 1982.
En septiembre de 1998 se le diagnostica un cancer de pulmón que acabará con su vida en la madrugada del 27 de noviembre
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Bentley Blue Train (replica) (2015 - 1953) Engine 5676cc S8
Registration Number OOF 936 (Birmingham)
BENTLEY SET
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Handbuilt as a homeage to the famous unique Blue Train Bentley Speed Six 2+1 Coupe built for him by Gurney Nutting, which was reputedly (read on) used by Woolf Barnato to race the French Blue Train, initially from Cannes to Calais.
This replica was commissioned in 2015, the 85th anniversary of the 1930 Blue Train (Le Train Bleu) race, using a 1953 R type Bentley (chassis number B247UL as a base, and powered by a 5675cc S8 engine, with a four speed maual gearbox, and using hydraulic front drum brakes and servo assisted drums on the rear. Finished in dark blue over lighter blue and with dark blue leather interior.
The Race
Woolf Barnato was the archetypical Bentley boy, heir to a vast fortune from the Kimberly Diamond mines in South Africa, a multi talented sportsman and extravert,. He was also an accomplished race car driver whom W. O. Bentley considered the teams finest driver, for which his record Le Mans record of three wins from three starts, suggests W. O. was probably right. Barnato also became chairman of Bentley Motors in 1926 when the company was struggling financially, and may well be responsible for saving the company.
Barnato was attending a dinner party on a yatch moored ast Cannes in March 1930 when the subject of racing the famous Blue Train came up, as both Rover and Alvis had recently beaten the train from St Raphael to Calais an achievment which Barnato claimed was relatively easy, and wagered £ 200 on his chances of beating the Blue Train over its entire route from Cannes to Calais, with ease. He had no takers but resolved to complete the run the following morning, accompanied by co-driver golfer Dale Bourne he left the Carlton Bar in Cannes at 17'45 (5.45 pm) and set of in his Bentley Speed Six.
During the first 185 from Cannes to Lyon they encountered heavy rain, then lost time near Auxere locating their pre-arranged fuel stop, dense fog near Paris again slowed them and they had to use their only spare thanks to a puncture. After 570 miles they reached Calais at 10.30 amwell ahead of the train having averaged 43.43mph, so they decided to extend their journey to London, crossing the English Channel on a packet steamer and driving hard they reached the Conservative Club in St. James’ Street at 3.20pm. Just four minutes later the Blue Train arrived at the station in Calais.
Although Barnato won his dare, it was not celebrated by the French authorities the French Motor Manufacturer’s Association fined Bentley Motors around £160 for racing on public roads and barred Bentley from the Paris Salon of 1930. Barnatos claims that this was done as a personal challenge, not as Chairman of Bentley any action should be directed towards himself but his plea fell on deaf ears.
Which Speed Six
Woolf Barnato had a stable of cars included a number of Speed Sixes, For years the Bentley that beat the Blue Train was thought to be a Speed Six coupé built by coachbuilders Gurney Nutting. The low roofline and 2+1 cockpit with a single ‘side-saddle’ rear seat gives it a lean, low and purposeful profile; this unique design was cited by Bentley’s design team as one of the inspirations for the modern-day Continental GT. and the car that artist Terence Cuneo depicted in his famous painting of the duel.
But recent evidence suggests that Gurney Nutting were in the process of building the Speed Six Coupe when the race took place and instead it was a Mulliner bodied Speed Six Saloon that actually raced the Blue Train
Many thanks for a fantabulous 42,530,676 views
Shot at the Silverstone Classic 14-15 July 2015- Ref 109-158
Boy/Girl, Running/Walking, Separate/Together, Excited/Scared, Happy/Worried, 3rd Grade/4th Grade, 1 Teacher/2 Teachers, Independent/Dependent, Extravert/Introvert, with two similarities they are loved and missed.
Rules :
1- Find a cool, random, picture that helps describe one of your questions.
2- Write 20 things that NO ONE really knows about you (if you don't have many things, you can shorten the amount)
3- After you're done, tag all your friends!"
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1. Depuis un cauchemar, il y a 8 ans, j’ai la phobie des œufs. Mais étant donné qu’ils font partie intégrante de notre alimentation, j’en consomme mais de manière « transformée ». Du moment que ce n’est pas de l’œuf brute, tout passe =D ! J’ai aussi peur du lait caillé et des fours.
2. A l’âge de 6 ans, un prêtre trèèèès sympathique (ironie) nous a énoncé sans prendre de pincette à moi et d’autres enfants, que le père Noël n’existait pas…Je ne vous dis pas le choc. Je ne m’en suis véritablement jamais remise.
3. Sans être une croyante assidue, je suis fana de Jésus. Depuis toujours, son côté céleste et mystique m’attire (et puis il faut l’avouer, Jésus est trop canon 8)) ! De ce fait, je collectionne absolument tout à l’effigie de mon idole (sans tomber dans le mauvais goût) et rapporte tout à elle.
4. Après 10 ans de jeu et ce chaque vacance d’été, j’ai enfin terminé totalement Sonic aventure 2 sur Dreamcast (cette console n’est même plus produite X)).
5. On ne peut pas dire que je sois « bordélique », mais je m’adonne volontiers au camouflage. Je le fais si bien, que je ne retrouve pas la moitié de mes affaires. Heureusement, je suis d’un soin exemplaire avec celles des autres !
6. Je ne digère ni les fraises, ni le paprika que j’appelle synthétique (chips et autres). Une dose trop élevée de ces condiments est c’est la mort assurée du carrelage de maman, vu l’acidité… Miam !
7. Je suis assez extravertie. Je parle absolument à tout le monde. Pas plus tard qu’il y a deux jours j’ai fait copain copain avec un SDF et ai parlé avec sa femme au téléphone ; c’est une longue histoire. J’aime beaucoup le contact humain. Pour moi, c’est par le biais des autres que l’on peut pleinement être satisfait d’une vie simple et heureuse.
8. J’ai en exècre la fausse modestie. Je bouillonne littéralement face à cette pratique. bien entendue je ne dis mots (les conflits m’horipile, aussi). Mais malheureusement des personnes faussement modestes il y en a des tas.
9. Pendant toute mon enfance, mes frères que j’adore par dessus tout, m’ont traumatisée en me parlant de monstres. J’étais devenue leur larbin, car, si je désobéissais, leurs amis monstres se feraient une joie de me dévorer. Résultat des courses, j’en ai toujours peur.
10. A 11 mois, j’ai préféré me jeter de ma chaise haute et me fracasser le crâne, plutôt que de donner un bisou à mon frère. Pardonne moi Nicolas ;__;
11. Je ne parle pratiquement jamais de moi. Je ne vous dis pas le supplice que représente ce tag.
12. J’adore le vernis à ongle ! C’est une véritable obsession, j’en ai plus d’une quarantaine. Il m’arrive parfois d’en changer plusieurs fois par jour. Et quand une association me plait vraiment, je lui donne un nom !
13. Même si cette information ne me concerne pas directement, je tiens à la partager car elle m’a choquée. Il y a quelque mois, je me suis mise à compter le nombres de pots (plantes/fleurs) et j’en suis arrivé à *roulement de tambour* …. 98 ! 98 pots réparties dans une maison et bien entendu, à arroser.
14. J’aime beaucoup le Cinéma. J’ai conscience que les films que je regarde ne plaisent pas à tous. Mes réalisateurs favoris sont les incontournables frères Cohen à qui je voue un culte, j’aime aussi Martine Scorsese, Q. Tarantino, S. Kubrick et C. Nolan. J’ai aussi un attrait pour le Cinéma Danois et Allemand.
15. Un de mes rêves, outre de renconter Ozzy, est de faire de multiples voyages. Je suis actuellement en train d’en préparer deux liant l’agréable à l’utile.
16. Je suis amie avec Céline (Matsuo) depuis bientôt 8 ans et même si elle n’apprécie pas ces témoignages neuneux et mielleux, Céline est et restera à jamais l’une des personnes les plus important à mes yeux !
17. Mon groupe favori est The Doors (quoi ? c’est la fin du tag, je ne sais plus quoi dire moi !)
18. Je n’apprécie guère le sucré. Par contre, la salé je m’en fais péter le bide !
19. Quand je suis fatiguée, quand je m’ennui et quand j’ai faim : je suce mon pouce.
20. C’est ma passion des Pullips qui m’a poussé à utiliser mon pc de manière plus régulière. Et j’avoue, j’ai encore assez bien de mal à l’utiliser.
"Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self,
to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms."
~ Kahlil Gibran
Next to the importance of knowing one's self is the goal of understanding others. The two are inexorably linked and provide balance and harmony in life and relationships.
Here's my 2 bits-worth for today:
1) I seek balance in my life and strive to know myself and others. This statement is pretty self-explanatory.
2) I am a gregarious introvert. This may need some explanation.
This fact I initially gleaned from the book, Please Understand Me: Character and Temperament Types, a psychology book (but written for the lay public) by David Keirsey and Marilyn Bates which focuses on the classification and categorization of temperaments and personality types. From this book I further learned of Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter, Isabel Briggs Myers of the famous "Myers-Briggs Type Indicator" mother/daugter duo, and their landmark work in identifying the characteristics of personality.
I've taken the MBTI at least twice with trained administrators in workshop situations and I come out the same each time.
I have one foot in two temperament camps (E/I and N/S) that royally confuse the issues. According to results, I am an E/I N/S F P. The F and P are hardwired; the E/I and N/S are constantly in flux.
More later when I'm feeling more gregarious! ;o)
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Qualifying Statement:
I could not completely fulfill this assignment and write my own fan fiction because my computer’s logic board fried the day this assignment was given. I tried to access the fan fiction site with my work computer, but the internet filter wouldn’t allow me to access fanfiction.net.
I believe, however, I have augmented the assignment, by researching and reading many articles and writing a paper that might help us understand why fan fiction writers compose voluminous prose. I’ve spent at least 15 hours researching and writing this.
In her article, “Muse of the Hemispheres,” Dupree (2004) writes “William Faulkner didn't so much write The Sound and the Fury as erupt with it, pouring out the masterpiece in a matter of weeks, his words and ideas as unstoppable as a flood. ‘That emotion definite and physical yet nebulous to describe,’ he wrote of this creative explosion, ‘that ecstasy, that eager and joyous faith and anticipation of surprise.’ Like Faulkner, many writers have periods of frenzied inspiration. Where does that frenzy originate? It is an interesting question because others like Vincent Van Gogh and Dostoevsky were caught up in a creative frenzy of passion to create. As Flaherty (2003) points out, the same “frenetic” drive that pushed Van Gogh to produce a painting every 36 hours also pushed him to write two long letters a day to his brother, and Dostevsky to produce volumes of books, diary entries, articles. What is it that makes creative writers like John Updike “see a blank sheet of paper as radiant, as the sun rising in the morning?” If we could answer that question, then perhaps we could better understand what motivates fan fiction writers on the internet.
I propose that the motivation that drives creative writers in the fan fiction realm is, to a lesser extent, the same motivation that drove great writers like Earnest Hemmingway and Alexander Dumas. It is in the physiological and cognitive structures of their brains where one might find the matrix of this motivation. Only by identifying and understanding the locus of this motivation can we better design instruction that will foster creative writing in the classroom.
What drives individuals with an obsession to write? Whether they write Tom Clancy novels or volumes of fan fiction blogs, what is the source of their drive? This driving compulsion to write at its extreme is called hypergraphia. Hypergraphia is defined as the “overwhelming urge to write” (2004). The desire to write is so powerful that it can drive one to write on toilet paper or write with one’s own blood. There is no evidence that all creative writers suffer with hypergraphia, but their symptoms are similar to hypergraphia.. For example, Melissa Wilson, a fan fiction writer states the following about her experience when she writes: “the story lines get stuck in my head until I can't concentrate on anything other than a particular plot or scene. In this case, writing is a means of self-defense. It either gets written, or I get carted away by nice folks wearing white.” Could it be that all creative writers suffer from some form of hypergraphia. It seems they at least suffer from some of the symptoms.
Assuming that creative writers suffer from hypergraphia—at least somewhat—what causes it? Alice Weaver Flaherty (2004), a Harvard professor and neurologist purports that temporal and frontal lobe damage will precipitate it. She states the following:
“The temporal lobes are important for producing literature, in part because they are necessary for understanding semantic meaning and also Meaning in its philosophical senses, as in the Meaning of Life. And changes in the temporal lobes can produce hypergraphia. One example of these changes is temporal-lobe epilepsy. Some people with epilepsy stemming from temporal-lobe damage have hypergraphia so strong that they will write on toilet paper or use their own blood for ink if nothing else is at hand.”
Imacura (1992) has also discovered that “Two different neurobehavioural abnormalities have been reported under the term hypergraphia. One has been described in temporal lobe epilepsies and the other in the acute stage of strokes of the right cerebral hemisphere”. Perhaps this is what invoked Dostevsky to go through his bouts of passion to write. Flaherty goes on to say, “Dostoevsky had temporal lobe epilepsy. Some, but not all, people with temporal lobe epilepsy have a group of five personality traits called the Geschwind syndrome, which includes hypergraphia, strong religious or philosophical interests, and wide mood swings. Just before a seizure, Dostoevsky would experience an ecstatic or religious aura in which the world was flooded with meaning.” During his hypergraphic episodes he would write incessantly.
It hardly seems likely that all fan fiction writers, or even a majority, suffer from lobe damage, but at least we know its in the temporal lobe where creativity and drive is contained. Is it possible that the temporal lobe of a fan fiction writer is different from others? If so, how are they different? Furthermore, as fan fictionists write, would brain scans detect wave activity in their frontal and temporal lobes? It seems brain waves in the lobe area of the brain would crackle with different patterns of activity.
Another observation by Flauherty states the following:
“A second region critical for creative writing is the limbic system, the seat of emotion and drive. It gets its name from the fact that it forms a limbus or ring deep under the cortex. It drives many functions we wish we had conscious control over, but don't: for instance, hunger and sexual desire, and the experience of inspiration. The limbic system connects more strongly to the temporal lobes than to any other region of the cortex. This strong connection underlies the importance of emotion and drive to creativity -- factors that are anatomically as well as conceptually distinct from the cognitive contributions of the rest of the cerebral cortex. The limbic system also reflects the importance of mood swings in driving creativity.”
The reason her observation is important to understand the fan fiction phenomena is because the drive to write is largely controlled by the limbic system. Therefore, the drive is “more important than talent in producing creative work. Researchers find that above an IQ of 115, there is essentially no correlation between creativity and intelligence. Rather, in Thomas A. Edison's words, "Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration” (Flauherty, 2003).
There are other avenues of neurology that might account for drive and creativity in fan fiction writers. In Kaufman’s (2002), Dissecting the Golden Goose: Components of Studying Creative Writers, he states that there is a strong relationship between creativity and increased cortical arousal, basal skin conductance, and EEGs. He says, “Results have been promising, with positive correlation found between higher skin conductance and higher arousal and higher measured amounts of creativity”. If a researcher would measure skin conductance and EEG’s of fan fiction writers to that of a control group, would their be a substantial difference?
Perhaps not all fan fiction writers possess certain limbic or lobe anomalies, but do alter their temporal limbic regions through drug use? According to Flauherty, “For a few creative people, drugs have opened the door to inspired hypergraphia. Robert Louis Stevenson reportedly penned ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,’ a 6,000-word book in six days, with the help of cocaine”. Stevenson’s account brings to mind this question: If drugs invoke inspiration, then what percentage of fan fiction writers use drugs? If the drugs really work, which one’s work better and why? Furthermore, if the drug is pinpointed, is there a safe non-addictive drug or herb that would elicit the same creativity? It is hardly unlikely, nevertheless, an interesting thing to ponder.
As mentioned before, what drives fan fiction writers is not entirely neurological, there are cognitive underpinnings as well. Research shows that creativity and ambition to write could be induced by different cognitive needs. These different needs manifest themselves as emotional, intellectual, and social.. When people have unmet needs, they seek for an outlet to fill those needs. When a charged lighting bolt strikes a weather vane, the energy is channeled down a conductive path (copper wire) that provides an outlet for the focused energy. Likewise, unmet needs in a person with a creative writing disposition, is like pent up energy that needs a channel to remove it. Cognitive constructs in the writer’s mind, channel energy through writing. This energy seeking for a path might be a need for praise, positive feelings, understanding, resolution, and identification.
Some creative writers are driven by a voracious appetite for validation and praise. In one such case of Melissa Wilson (2004), a prolific fan fiction writer, she claims that praise is the central dynamic of her motivation. She states:
Really, though, there is one single overriding reason that I and most everyone I know writes fan fiction for the Internet: FAN MAIL! Yes, I will admit to being a slut for fan mail. One letter will put me on Cloud 9 for the entire day, and I've seen the same effect on my associates. Of course we write for the series, and for our own piece of mind, but nothing beats getting a letter in your INBOX stating "This is the best story I've read in ages!" Well, maybe getting a story dedicated to you from a new author who was inspired by your work can qualify, too.
Her motivation flies in the face, however, of Giovonni Moneta that states in his research that “money and praise, in interesting tasks has been systematically found to reduce intrinsic motivation”.
Flauherty also believes also that writing has the efficacy to elicit positive feelings in some people. In quoting another study, she states that there is evidence “that writing, at least on personally chosen subjects, has measurable mood effects. In both students and professional writers, the act of writing both intensified positive emotions and blunted negative ones.
There are also needs that could drive fan fiction writers to seek intellectual understanding. Lynn Chrenka (2004) makes this observation: “Writers can read what they have already written and use it as a springboard to further thinking and writing. Writing, then, may be considered a creative process that can generate thought…It is in writing something down that we may actually discover what we think. ‘How do I know what I think until I see what I say?" E. M. Forster wondered.”
Sometimes, writers will use writing to bring resolution, at least Flauherty did. She suffered from the same compulsion to write as did Dostevsky. Her impulse to write wasn’t invoked, however, by frontal lobe damage but rather, from the trauma associated from giving birth to a set of twins than losing them. In her book, Midnight Disease she shares her experience (The title is another name for hypergraphia.), after losing a set of twins, she said "the sight of a computer keyboard or a blank page gave me the same rush that drug addicts get from seeing their freebasing paraphernalia". In an interview with Houghton Mifflin (2004), she describes her experience:
“Well, it started after I gave birth prematurely to twin boys who died. For ten days I was filled with sorrow. Then suddenly, as if someone had thrown a switch, I was wildly agitated, full of ideas, all of them pressing to be written down. Because I was holed up in my office all the time, my friends worried that I was depressed, but I felt quite the opposite. As a neurologist, I had heard of the phenomenon of hypergraphia and was pretty sure that was what I had. That phase lasted about four months.”
Another reason why creative writers might be motivated to write fan fiction is because they identify with their creative counterparts. Birds of a feather, flock together, is not only true of fowl but perhaps fan fiction writers as well. They, like all people, possess an innate desire to have a sense of belonging whether to a family, friendship, marriage, culture, or country. They want to associate with others of similar values, interests, desires, and needs. In Kaufman’s seminal study on creative writers, he found that writers are a very homogenous group with many similar personality characteristics and backgrounds. In his research, Kaufman supports the idea that creative writers have many similar characteristics. Creative writers tend to be the following:
• Open, impulsive, anxious, driven, hostile, affective, emotionally unstable, less socialized, unconforming (Feist, 1999)
• Tend to suffer from bipolar disorders (Andreason, 1999)
• Are either Extraverted-Intuitive-Feeling-Perceptive or Introverted-Intuitive-thinking-Judging (Hall & MacKinnon, 1969)
• Firstborn children (Roe, 1952; Simonton, 1987)
• Come from non-abusive homes that “does not appreciate or encourage literary interests”
• Experienced an early death of a parent (One study showed a figure of 55% for poets and writers; F. Brown, 1968)
• Had mothers who were not as emotionally involved, self-confident, had higher occupational levels and higher levels of divergent thinking (Runco, 1986)
Perhaps fan fictions writers are motivated to write because they want the association with those they can identify with.
There are many unanswered questions about creative writers, but perhaps neurological and cognitive science might help us find answers to these questions. These answers might not only help us understand great writers of the past like Victor Hugo and Jane Austen, but these answers might help us create great writers for the future—our children.
(Dave, I also found research on what we could do as instructional technologists to harness and focus hypergraphia in our students, but I ran out of time. As it is, I spent at least 15-20 hours researching and answering the first question you asked).
Alchemy is an influential philosophical tradition whose practitioners have, from antiquity, claimed it to be the precursor to profound powers. The defining objectives of alchemy are varied, but historically have typically included one or more of the following goals: the creation of the fabled philosopher's stone; the ability to transform base metals into the noble metals (gold or silver); and development of an elixir of life, which would confer youth and longevity. Alchemy is recognized as a protoscience that contributed to the development of modern chemistry and medicine. Alchemists developed a framework of theory, terminology, experimental process and basic laboratory techniques that are still recognizable today. But alchemy differs significantly from modern science in its inclusion of Hermetic principles and practices related to mythology, magic, religion, and spirituality.
The defining goals of alchemy are often given as the transmutation of common metals into gold (known as chrysopoeia), the creation of a panacea, and the discovery of a universal solvent.[1] However, this only highlights certain aspects of alchemy. Alchemists have historically rewritten and evolved the explanation of their art, making a single definition difficult.[2] H.J. Sheppard gives the following as a comprehensive summary:
Alchemy is the art of liberating parts of the Cosmos from temporal existence and achieving perfection which, for metals is gold, and for man, longevity, then immortality and, finally, redemption. Material perfection was sought through the action of a preparation (Philosopher's Stone for metals; Elixir of Life for humans), while spiritual ennoblement resulted from some form of inner revelation or other enlightenment (Gnosis, for example, in Hellenistic and western practices).[3]
Modern discussions of alchemy are generally split into an examination of its exoteric practical applications and its esoteric aspects. The former is pursued by historians of the physical sciences who have examined the subject in terms of protochemistry, medicine, and charlatanism. The latter interests psychologists, spiritual and new age communities, hermetic philosophers, and historians of esotericism, .[4] The subject has also made an ongoing impact on literature and the arts. Despite the modern split, numerous sources stress an integration of esoteric and exoteric approaches to alchemy. Holmyard, when writing on exoteric aspects, states that they cannot be properly appreciated if the esoteric is not always kept in mind.[5] The prototype for this model can be found in Bolos of Mendes' 3rd-century BCE work, Physika kai Mystika ("On Physical and Mystical Matters").[6] Marie-Louise von Franz tells us the double approach of Western alchemy was set from the start, when Greek philosophy was mixed with Egyptian and Mesopotamian technology. The technological, operative approach, which she calls extraverted, and the mystic, contemplative, psychological one, which she calls introverted are not mutually exclusive, but complementary instead, as meditation requires practice in the real world, and conversely.[7]
the last place that i saw caroline was at the cafe in front of the inn on the square. there, they called it a plaza. but it was a rather grand name. the square was large, but i think it was for the kind of race this town had never held nor supported.
an ambitious city father in the frontier days made such a space, in anticipation of a colony and its pastimes and sacraments that never occurred. for a horse race and a festival and a college of neighborhoods that never materialized. the first catholic colony quickly became dour and industrious, the dancing and carnival, icons and hell, gave way to good deeds and protestants.
so it was mostly empty with wire chairs and iron tables to fill the space, made larger by the absence of a number rarely more than a minyun in a clandestine basement.
she sat there, caroline, placidly, in her white dress, sweating i’m sure, but i could not detect it, and naked too, i’m guessing, how else could she look so crisp and cool. this group calls someone like that crisp as a cucumber, but that is attached to men too, older men, with hair on the backs of their hands, so that is not such a distinction. no, she was naked under her clothes, but we all are, and that is how i want to think of her, but i am getting away from what i wanted to tell you.
she was shrieking at the top of her lungs, that is what she said, but i did not hear it, this is from what she said, and i was there most of the time, only getting up to refresh the drinks, what they call it, but the ice in those refreshed drinks is what normally refreshes the drinker, before they turn maudlin or violent, one after the other, or the specialty, one or the other, each person a specialist in their oiled state: to cry over lost love or to pick up an iron chair and crack someone’s else's head with it.
so she was screaming, but i did not hear it and even if i was inside for the merest moment, with the intention of refreshing people, i would have heard it, the only competing noises, a fan behind the bar, drunks mumbling to themselves, a radio or jukebox, it came from another room, but i saw people rummaging for coins, they could be trying to summon money for drinks or condoms found in the male restrooms, i cannot speak for the women, their contraception opportunities, for what is their strategy, though most women i knew used the ring, the pill, or resort to luck and those saints days. and a parrot, too. more noise competition, i suppose, but he was a mordant creature, more whispering than screeching, and, at that, stock quotes, maybe he wasnt a parrot, but he was some kind of talking bird, prodigious and feather-hairy, but i did not get a good look-see, i was in the bathroom, so missed jukeboxes, causes for coin summonings, and contraception purchases, and so on, so it was possible that i missed her screaming then.
but then it could have been the (just) momentary distance, the flushing of the urinal and the john, the washing of hands and towel dispensing and the distraction of the man selling drugs, not sure which, uppers or downers, i bought one and had it in my upper pocket under my light jacket, which enhanced my sweating experience, which is when i heard her, a high rich scream, milky with a rich daquiri without the alcohol like some of the pious cubanos drink it, whose faith is their mortal health, not their souls, very healthy, though there were no cubanos that i know of around, she screamed a high deep rich green sound, the color of limes mixed into milk, the swirl remains before the green ship sinks, preceding the inevitable blending before it begins for serious.
that is how she screamed, though i don't know what over, she was gone when i got back, and when i produced the drug, the pill, more a capsule, and because it was smooth, i did not need the non-alcoholic daquiri for it to go down, i could smell her perfume and followed its scent to the corner, the parrot or its aural cousin, louder than i thought, i could not hear her long high scream, but it was her scent i was following, until i came to the corner, and began to run, it must have been speed, and now i was afraid my heart would explode in my chest before leaving it entirely, which i had never heard of but seemed entirely possible, my heart would explode and like a booster come out my nose, like the egyptian embalmer style too, the heart, mine, not my brain, though that might follow too, as her scream was very easy to follow, yes my brain could leave my body too, morbid preoccupations the english call it, at least the ex-pats i run into, i don’t run with, but encounter, that kind of running.
and this too, running and running after her disappearing perfume a choice at every corner, every kiosk, every shop she could have ducked into, i was missing her call, and missing it too, in a nostalgic way, how i loved to hear her long cry that i had never heard, but had imagined so hard, and retrospectively anticipated, that the wish was so strong, i had plowed her future into my presaging past, it was possible, that how my heart was exploding, i must love her so, though the running and the drugs must have something to do with it, and me being in my late 50s with a paunch and a stupid wide-brim straw hat and greying beard and pony-tail, so silly, if anyone cared to notice, out of shape, wearing a suit, light linen, but still a jacket and even the open collar can make an out of shape man discovering too late that he is in love, a pause to accompany his skip-beating heart.
i loved her and would follow her scream and her perfume, if i could smell or if i could hear her, but she was silent on both counts, come back little caroline, i am sorry that i invented your name and am chasing you down and had never properly met you.
i was not stalking, i was running anyway, this was hardly lurking or prowling, this was love not plain and not simple, but when is it, even with the cultural differences, we could have one of the inevitable mediators from both families, the famous middle child, mediate, dammit, they are so cocky about this, what are they good for, besides picking out vegetable from their miserable birthday plates, and others’ birthdays too, it is always an opportunity for the miserable middle child to try to steal some of the limelight whatever that is, reputation without earning it yet, though like a race horse the middle child had the blood lines and history for diplomacy.
disguised as the sunny peacemaker, not a care in the world, always laughing affectionately at the out-there extravert drama queen older sister and picked on left out youngest brother, the middle one is a trouble maker waiting to happen, all those angers harbored and built up and built upon, all bottled up, a regular rocket man. earn your keep, match your reputation, show that it would be earned, anticipated like being in love such as i am, burying the plowshares or whatever, beat the farmers over the head into plowshares and then get on with this peace business, i want my peace.
well then, there she was, standing in the church doorway, waiting for the inevitable tuesday rain i suppose, crying, now i heard it, i introduced myself and said i was the older gentleman who had been running after her so, let’s skip all the courtship and families and the inevitable petty bickerings over flowers and musicians and which relatives and drunk friends will get left off the invite list, and the ones that remain after making the the cut, put up at the seedy rundown hotel, now with bed bugs so rampant, and TB too. it would have to be up north, no flowers, no rum, no musicians of the street fluency and family lineage of africa, it will be someone named burt or fred or earl or orville.
let’s do it now, i have enough for the flowers and the musicians if we don’t wait too long, i will still have it, but hurry hurry out of the rain that will surely come, marry me now and forever, marry me every morning in your white dress, let me help you with your sheen of sweat, it’ll be raining all the time, you’ll be wet, you’ll be so wet.
my name is ralph, but here they call me rafael, rafe the magnificent, i wont tell you why, but you trust me, you do trust me, i know my mind in such things, since i have never been married before, i am unspoiled, marry me. are you carolina, carolyn, caroline, carol, jane, what is your name, what does caroline mean? singing singing, bells.
Bentley Blue Train (replica) (2015, - 1953) Engine 5676cc S8
Registration Number OOF 936 (Birmingham)
BENTLEY SET
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Handbuilt as a homeage to the famous unique Blue Train Bentley Speed Six 2+1 Coupe built for him by Gurney Nutting, which was reputedly (read on) used by Woolf Barnato to race the French Blue Train, initially from Cannes to Calais.
This replica was commissioned in 2015, the 85th anniversary of the 1930 Blue Train (Le Train Bleu) race, using a 1953 R type Bentley chassis number B247UL as a base, and powered by a 5675cc S8 engine, with a four speed maual gearbox, and using hydraulic front drum brakes and servo assisted drums on the rear. Finished in dark blue over lighter blue and with dark blue leather interior.
The Race
Woolf Barnato was the archetypical Bentley boy, heir to a vast fortune from the Kimberly Diamond mines in South Africa, a multi talented sportsman and extravert,. He was also an accomplished race car driver whom W. O. Bentley considered the teams finest driver, for which his record Le Mans record of three wins from three starts, suggests W. O. was probably right. Barnato also became chairman of Bentley Motors in 1926 when the company was struggling financially, and may well be responsible for saving the company.
Barnato was attending a dinner party on a yatch moored ast Cannes in March 1930 when the subject of racing the famous Blue Train came up, as both Rover and Alvis had recently beaten the train from St Raphael to Calais an achievment which Barnato claimed was relatively easy, and wagered £ 200 on his chances of beating the Blue Train over its entire route from Cannes to Calais, with ease. He had no takers but resolved to complete the run the following morning, accompanied by co-driver golfer Dale Bourne he left the Carlton Bar in Cannes at 17'45 (5.45 pm) and set of in his Bentley Speed Six.
During the first 185 from Cannes to Lyon they encountered heavy rain, then lost time near Auxere locating their pre-arranged fuel stop, dense fog near Paris again slowed them and they had to use their only spare thanks to a puncture. After 570 miles they reached Calais at 10.30 amwell ahead of the train having averaged 43.43mph, so they decided to extend their journey to London, crossing the English Channel on a packet steamer and driving hard they reached the Conservative Club in St. James’ Street at 3.20pm. Just four minutes later the Blue Train arrived at the station in Calais.
Although Barnato won his dare, it was not celebrated by the French authorities the French Motor Manufacturer’s Association fined Bentley Motors around £160 for racing on public roads and barred Bentley from the Paris Salon of 1930. Barnatos claims that this was done as a personal challenge, not as Chairman of Bentley any action should be directed towards himself but his plea fell on deaf ears.
Which Speed Six
Woolf Barnato had a stable of cars included a number of Speed Sixes, For years the Bentley that beat the Blue Train was thought to be a Speed Six coupé built by coachbuilders Gurney Nutting. The low roofline and 2+1 cockpit with a single ‘side-saddle’ rear seat gives it a lean, low and purposeful profile; this unique design was cited by Bentley’s design team as one of the inspirations for the modern-day Continental GT. and the car that artist Terence Cuneo depicted in his famous painting of the duel.
But recent evidence suggests that Gurney Nutting were in the process of building the Speed Six Coupe when the race took place and instead it was a Mulliner bodied Speed Six Saloon that actually raced the Blue Train
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Shot at the Silverstone Classic 14-15 July 2015- Ref 109-157
Olympic Games
We make you see the beauty
of the world outside
Extravert energy
HKD
Die archetypischen Gottheiten der Oberwelt, Hera und Zeus, lösen auf der psychischen Ebene optimistische Gedanken aus. Die Energie wendet sich der Erforschung der Außenwelt zu.
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"Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege."
My name is Lauren Ann! I am proud to say I made it all the way to senior year at Saint Joseph Academy. I am eighteen years old. My personality is loud and crazy and I am huge extravert! My dog, Tucker, is my best friend and I love him dearly. I take him on walks and runs and play in the backyard frequently because of my love of nature. Since I am a huge outdoors person, most of my photos that I take are outside in nature. Furthermore, since I love being creative with my art projects, I like to make all of my photos very unique in the placement of things, color schemes, subjects, etc. I think imperfection is beauty, because I know that I myself am not perfect and I think everyone and thing should take pride in that. Therefore, I find every unique and creative photo to be perfect and strive for those qualities. I also tend to make my photographs have a lot going on at once, rather than being plain or simple. I like the eye to travel all over the entirety of the picture without being bored.
I chose to take pictures of all different paths from the Cleveland Metropark area and around where I live. For each photograph I carefully combined manmade paths (such as footprints), with paths that humans created (such as bridges). i thought that combining nature with city life into one photograph would be really cool because they are complete opposites. Each and every photo in my set has three completely different paths in it. There are so many different choices we have to make in our everyday lives, and we ultimately chose the paths that we go down. Too many people are too afraid to stray from the path that they are currently on. Why not explore the other paths? Don't be plain or simple.
Tagged 25
Rules: Once you've been tagged, you're supposed to write 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals that you have. At the end, choose some people to be tagged as well
1. I rarely smile on pictures because i have fangs and my friends call me draculito..
2. I listen at least 1 hour of country music everyday , yeah :)
3. I m very extraverted and talkative so sometimes i wished i could just shut the fuck up :)
4. I only wear female perfume :0 and no nobody ever noticed hahah
5. I speak to my mom, she lives down under, like 3hours everyday and no.. we dont run out of things to say :)
6. I can sleep only with a Goose Feather & Down Pillow ( only yes)
7. I love the pink color.. my place is like pinkish to maximum haha ( i bought a super P scarf at indiska today haha0
8. i have the ability to watch the same movie everyday and laugh at the exact same jokes.
9.I know its bad but I ALWAYS enjoy macdonald no matter how many rats they use for their burgers :)
10. I have a kind of addiction for scarves and I think it's the best accessoire you can have :)
11. I never remind people's names ... even my friends ( and actually sometimes even my own) as a result.. most of my friends are named like bryan, abbott, robert, barbara, lindy, cassidy, brenda.. the worst it is the better lol
12. I feel truly rejected when I can't touch my friends, more I touch more I love :)
13. I'm freaking scared of mosquitoes .. vicious lil thing
14. I would turn straight for one of these woman, in order : Anna Faris, Britney and Sandra Bullock :)
15. I did model for several years and NO i did not enjoy the spirit of it( i howver enjoyed the free trips and the nice paycheck)
16. I never know my cell # and I never know how works my cell phone. ( yah some of you have already noticed that huh)
17. I love painting but to me painting is snobby so I do not paint.
18. Have a deep fear of the Italian men and well hate them as a response. * sorry*
19. When I pray I always pray the virgin Mary and no one else.
20. I can't explain geographical plans or maps or anything related to roads or subways:)
21. I can't focus on only one thing at a time, i'm always doing at least 4 things like now ( writing this , reading my mails, checking how to use the verb to be in french, thinking about closing that window cause it starts to get cold and singing some cheesy 90's tunes )
22. My grmd lives in spain, my sister in paris, my parents in new caledonia, my brother in new zealand and me in sweden .. tough life LOL
23. I adore cooking and i love to fix dishes to my friends:) i think food and love are linked.
24.Often pretend to laugh ( mostly cause I never get anything of the jokes but some people are really good at noticing when I'm faking it )
25. I think sometimes my life would be easier if i was a straight guy or a woman.
Name: Vystr
Gender: Male
Species: Ko-Matoran
Equipment: 'Deep-Ice' Spear, Shield
Status: Alive
Approximate Myers-Briggs Type: ESTJ ’Guardian' (Extraverted, Senser, Thinker, Judger)
Very little is known of the Matoran called Vylstr. He did not originate from Yerinn like the majority of those trapped on the island - in fact, he actually set arrived by some means after 'The Shattering'.
Those that have encountered him have learned that he is vehemently searching for a single being, the one who 'must be brought to account'. What the lone Matoran hopes to accomplish when he finds him is anyone's guess.
This tulip is shouting "look at me" Not only was it standing taller than all the other ones, but it was the only red tulip in a sea of purple, yellow and pink.
Worth viewing in the light box
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Les Nains sont des individus très fiers qui ont du mal à assumer l’échec ou la perte d’un proche. Après une tragédie personnelle, un Nain est souvent inconsolable. Le massacre des siens, le vol de son trésor ou l’incapacité de tenir sa parole peuvent sérieusement perturber sa santé mentale. Quelle que sois la cause, la seule pénitence possible est la mort, mais les Nains sont des être très pragmatiques qui considèrent le suicide - même si l’arme est un Orque plutôt qu’un couteau ou une corde - comme un gâchis. Laissant derrière lui sa forteresse natale, son clan et ses amis, l’exilé s’enfonce dans les étendues sauvages et, tout en méditant sur la misère de l’existence Naine, il recherche délibérément la mort en traquant et combattant des créatures toujours plus monstrueuses. Si les Trolls constituent leur gibier de prédilection, ils n’évitent jamais le combat avec d’autres adversaires et cherchent activement les affrontements à sept contre un au moins.
Ces Nains désespérés sont appelés des Tueurs et constituent une caste à part dans la société Naine. Ils couvrent leur corps de tatouages rituels où s’entremêle la rune de Grimnir, teignent leurs cheveux en orange vif et les dressent sur leur tête à l’aide de graisse de porc. À l’exception d’une arme (généralement une hache), toutes les possessions antérieures du Tueur sont distribués à ceux auxquels il a fait du tort ou, si les circonstances de sa disgrâce ne désignent pas de victime clairement identifiable, réparties entre les membres de sa famille comme s’il était mort de manière inattendue. Son nom est rayé des chroniques de son clan et de sa guilde, et il n’a plus le droit d’utiliser son nom de famille. Laconiques et taciturnes, ils parlent peu d’eux-même, et surtout pas de l’événement qui les a obligé à prendre le Serment des Tueurs : interroger un Tueur sur les circonstances de sa disgrâce entraîne souvent une mort rapide et violente, la plupart d’entre eux adoptent même un nouveau nom, afin de prendre encore plus de distance avec leur passé.
Leur quotidien est fait de violence, comme l’attestent avec éloquence leurs horribles cicatrices résultants de confrontations avec des Trolls, des Géants et d’autres créature effrayantes. Nombreux sont ceux à obtenir rapidement le repos auxquels ils aspirent, mais d’autres, plus malchanceux, survivent aux défis mortels qu’ils se lancent, parce qu’ils sont plus forts ou plus rapides. Ce processus de sélection élimine vite les moins talentueux, si bien que les Tueurs que l’on rencontre sont souvent particulièrement résistants et violents au combat.
Les Tueurs souffrent régulièrement de crises de dépression, qui se manifestent par des excès d’alimentation, de jeûne, de consommation d’alcool et d’autres stimulants. Ceux qui ont un tempérament plus extraverti passent aussi beaucoup de temps à se vanter de leurs exploits et à montrer leurs cicatrices. Ils arborent fièrement les bijoux exotiques, boucles d’oreilles, anneaux dans le nez ou autre, arrachés aux cadavres de leurs ennemis.
Les Nains ont une attitude ambiguë envers les Tueurs. D’un côté, ce sont des bannis dont la parole et la vie n’ont plus de valeur, ce qui inspire le mépris. Dans le même temps, leur férocité terrifiante et leur bravoure suicidaire suscitent le respect de cette race de guerriers. Certains les considèrent avec compassion, car l’honneur d’un Nain est une chose précieuse et fragile, et n’importe qui peut se retrouver dans cette situation, par faiblesse ou malchance. Ce sont cependant des maniaques meurtriers qui, au mieux, ont du mal à se contrôler, et la plupart des Nains préfèrent les voir aller chasser les Orques que rester dans leur communauté.
De leur côté, les Tueurs préfèrent éviter les autres Nains, car cela leur rappelle inévitablement ce qu’ils ont perdu. Les aventuriers Nains et les Tueurs ont des relations empreintes d’une formalité inconfortable et ne voyagent ensembles que s’ils sont accompagnés d’humains qui s’intercalent entre eux. Dans les rares occasions où un Tueur est contraint de rester avec un groupe de Nain, il accepte la volonté des Dieux Ancestraux, mais sa pénitence n’en est que plus amère.
Les novices se rassemblent parfois autour d’un pair plus expérimenté afin d’apprendre l’art de pourfendre les monstres. En effet, ces Nains psychopathes passent le plus clair de leur temps à parfaire leurs talents martiaux, car bien qu’ils recherchent la mort, cette dernière se doit d’être honorable et obtenue de haute lutte. Les Tueurs se jettent toujours dans la mêlée avec la volonté de vaincre et une brutalité inouïe, ne se souciant nullement de se défendre et se concentrant uniquement sur l’attaque.
Bien que les Tueurs recherchent inlassablement un ennemi supérieur et une mort héroïque, certains ont la malchance - à leurs yeux - de survivre. Ils pensent que les Dieux Ancestraux ont décrété que leur honte ne pouvait être aussi facilement effacée. Ces Tueurs s’intéressent à des proies de plus en plus importantes, de plus en plus dangereuses, mais ces Nains déracinés ne ratent aucune occasion de laver leur honneur fréquentent les marais, les montagnes, les forêts et autres régions sauvages et isolées, tous les endroits où l’on peut rencontrer des créatures aussi terrifiantes que mortelles. Le fait de voir sans cesse s’échapper la mort qui rachètera leur faute fragilise encore plus leur santé mentale. Ces Tueurs qui ne parviennent pas à mourir au combat, d’autant qu’ils deviennent de plus en plus redoutables à chaque victoire remportée, sont nommés Tueurs de Dragons ou Tueurs de Démons.
Het lijkt op het eerste zicht niet de meest voor de hand liggende plaats voor jazzconcerten, maar het Antwerpse CO Sint-Andries heeft op een jaar tijd al enkele indrukwekkende jazzaffiches gepresenteerd. Met het optreden van Side A werd de kwalitatieve lijn doorgetrokken, al moest rietblazer Ken Vandermark met een logistieke handicap het podium op
. Het “een geluk bij een ongeluk” noemen, is wat gemeen, maar er zat wel degelijk een voordeel aan het feit dat Vandermark zijn baritonsax in een luchthaven in Polen was kwijtgespeeld. Al was maar dat hij zich tijdens het optreden met Side A beperkte tot klarinet en tenorsax: de twee instrumenten waarop hij het meest persoonlijk klinkt en het best uit de voeten kan.
Het overtuigendste bewijs daarvan was ‘Boxer’, de openingstrack van het recentelijk op Clean Feed verschenen ‘A New Margin’. Waar Vandermark op cd niet opgewassen is tegen de wervelwind van pianist Håvard Wiik en drummer Chad Taylor, kon hij op tenor het tempo van zijn collega’s wel volgen. De machtsontplooiing die hij in de studio moest ondergaan kon hij in het CO Sint-Andries mee sturen, wat resulteerde in een explosieve climax. Chad Taylor wandelde opnieuw langs verschillende grooves en demonstreerde een polyritmiek die doorgaans alleen gehoord wordt op opnames van Art Blakey, terwijl Wiik bij de inzet van zijn solomoment enkele malen los knipoogde richting het oeuvre van Monk. Een fraai begin en het zou er niet slechter of minder gevarieerd op worden.
Het gemak waarmee Wiik, Vandermark en Taylor van het ene extreem in het andere liepen, zonder dat het concert een onsamenhangend lappendeken werd, was het bewijs bij uitstek van de muzikale klasse die in dit trio verenigd wordt. Bovendien waren alle drie de muzikanten ook aanwezig als componist, wat het muzikale actieterrein alleen maar verder open trok.
In de meer verstilde momenten kreeg de muziek de allures van moderne gecomponeerde stukken: harmonisch verwijde composities vol nuances en delicaat samenspel. Vandermark ontpopte zich op die momenten tot een Jimmy Giuffre met een zwak voor speciale speeltechnieken en Taylor liet horen dat hij al even goed met kleuren overweg kon als met ritmische complexiteit. ‘Arborization’ en Wiiks repetitieve ‘The Kreuzeberg Variations’ (waarvan het thema inderdaad een variatiereeks is) werden zo juweeltjes van nauwgezet ensemblespel en dito interactie.
Even precies, maar op een andere manier was ‘Permanent Sleeve’ waarin Vandermark zich te goed kon doen aan speciale technieken en zo zijn klankenarsenaal op klarinet kon bovenhalen. Dat hij daarbij vooral een partner vond in de afgemeten geluiden van Taylor was geen verrassing. In ‘Giacomelli’ waren het dan weer eerder Taylor en Wiik die moesten fine tunen. De verrassende en onregelmatige ritmische prikken die de twee onder Vandermarks abstracte geluid plaatsten, waren van een precisie om een klok op gelijk te zetten. Dat was even anders toen Chad Taylor zich tot zijn eigen verbazing (en amusement) mistelde in zijn eigen ‘Trued Right’: een bewijs dat het hier nog steeds om levende muzikanten ging, iets wat al eens vergeten zou kunnen worden bij zoveel nauwgezetheid.
Wie de meer extraverte momenten van de twee sets gehoord had, moest echter niet meer overtuigd worden van het “van vlees en bloed”-gehalte van de drie podiumbeesten. De manier waarop Vandermark, Wiik en Taylor naar een climax toewerkten was niet alleen in ‘Boxer’ te horen, maar sierde daarna nog geregeld het concert. Vandermark had zijn ijzersterke tenorsound en Taylor vond exact het niveau om door te pompen zonder de ritmische kwaliteit op te geven of zijn collega’s te overstemmen. Wiik had een hele muziekgeschiedenis in de vingers die hij liet horen zonder al te duidelijke referenties: een quasi klassieke pianobenadering gekoppeld aan extravert van links naar rechts springen, alsof hij tegelijkertijd beide kanten op wilde.
In ‘Fold’ en ‘What Is Is’ mochten de teugels naar het einde toe gevierd worden, maar de meest indrukwekkende machtsdemonstratie was wel te horen in ‘Cometing’. Na er gezamenlijk een halsbrekend thema te hebben uitgeperst, bleef het trio het gaspedaal indrukken, al was het maar omdat de remkabels vakkundig doorgesneden bleken. Dat het drietal hier en in de andere stukken steeds op het juiste moment terug in de plooi kon vallen voor een terugkeer naar het thema, maakte het meesterschap alleen maar overtuigender. Deze lijn werd doorgetrokken tot in het bisnummer: een vrije improvisatie die voornamelijk steunde op finesse en minder op kracht.
Voor het goedkope werk was een luisteraar bij Side A aan het verkeerde adres. Voor open doekjes of louter obstructiewerk was geen plaats. Met dit trio spelen Wiik, Taylor en Vandermark op een ander niveau. Een waarop ze er in slagen om meer dan anderhalf uur lang te concerteren zonder ook maar een half saai moment.
Components of Individuation 1: What is individuation?
Components of Individuation:
Dear Hughes ,
I’ve been meaning to get in touch with you, because I’m incredibly excited!
Why? Well, because I have a life-altering message to share with you today.
I know, I know… Perhaps it sounds too good to be true. But believe me, Hughes . This is something you’ll want to see. So, stay with me now.
You’ve only recently been introduced to your archetype – The ruler.
And you’re probably wondering…
“How on earth did they know this about me?!”
It’s flabbergasting, isn’t it?
Fret not, Hughes . We’re about to reveal all there is to know about how archetypes work, and exactly what you can do with that information.
Hughes , Archetypes Represent The Original Model Of A Person...
…A personality pattern that resides within the collective unconscious…
And when we seek to align ourselves to our archetypes, we’ll ultimately attain a profound and enlightened understanding of ourselves – and the world. Or what we know as, individuation.
That’s right, Hughes – you guessed it! Individuation encompasses literally all aspects of what it means to be a human being. Whether it’s health, wealth, or even love!
Imagine possessing an intrinsic compass within your soul – one that guides you towards making the right choices, and leads you towards a life of spiritual healing and instinctive guidance.
Now Hughes , Remember What I Said Earlier About A Life-Altering Message?
Well, here it is…
Hughes . You have been chosen.
You have been handpicked by the Collective Unconscious to embark on a journey of epic proportions…
…A journey that will lead to a lifetime of rewards.
A journey that will elevate you to the realm of infinite abundance.
A journey of self-discovery, and universal understanding.
This journey, Hughes , is otherwise known as the Archetypal Initiation Cycle.
And without even realizing it, you’ve already taken the first step.
I’m sure you can recall the Archetype Reading that you received, Hughes .
And within that reading, I left a few little hints about your destiny.
I’m sure you’ve picked up on this already. Even if you didn’t, it’s nothing to worry about.
Because either way, Hughes , regardless of your thoughts and the decisions that you’ve made, you are exactly where you need to be.
Right at this very moment, and right at this very second.
…I know what you’re thinking, Hughes .
“I’m not so sure about this… Maybe there’s been some sort of mistake… How do I know if this is even real?”
You Were Introduced To Your Archetype For A Reason...
I trust that you’re familiar with the traits of spiritual emergence.
Few people have been fortunate enough to be in the position that you’re in right now, Hughes .
In fact, few have even had the opportunity to encounter their archetypes in the first place.
This is a journey that has the potential to massively transform your life!
There exists an intense amount of archetypal energy deep within your archetype, Hughes .
And by embarking on your Archetypal Initiation Cycle, you will be able to tap into that pool of archetypal energy to overcome the greatest obstacles that stand before you…
Hughes , That Includes Your Past, Present, And Future...
I’m sensing that the immediate challenges that stand before you revolve around one thing…
…A lack of motion.
Perhaps you’ve achieved everything you’ve wanted in life, and you’re not sure where to go or what to do next.
Perhaps you’re uncertain about taking a risk with your relationships or your work.
Or perhaps you’re even fearful of the future, which is why you prevent yourself from moving forward.
You have nothing to fear, Hughes .
You see, Hughes , your Archetypal Initiation Cycle is the optimal period for you to embark on something new…
To explore the unexplored.
It is a period for you to step out of your comfort zone… To become a better version of who you are, and to grow closer to who you were meant to be.
…And it all begins with your archetype – The Archetype.
But as the saying goes…
“Without Knowledge, Action Is Useless. And Without Action, Knowledge Is Futile”
It’s time for you to translate everything you’ve known about your archetype into action, Hughes .
Because I know for a fact that’s your path towards creating life-altering opportunities for yourself.
I’ve said this once, and I’ll say it again, Hughes …
You are destined for greatness.
And I have a gift that will lead you towards your destiny…
…A gift of opportunity, guidance, and revelations.
Allow me to introduce to you your Personalized Sacred Archetypal Collection.
This collection comprises 2 alluring and life-enhancing materials that will help you take the plunge into your archetype, The ruler, and integrate it completely into your subconscious.
Your Archetypal Affirmations
One of these materials is the Archetypal Affirmations Guide – a series of 21 potent affirmations that have been customized to your archetype.
Each affirmation is to be recited each day, and leverages on the optimal period of 21 days for forming positive habits.
Do not underestimate the power of affirmations, Hughes .
Affirmitive actions begin with affirmitive thoughts. And affirmitive thoughts, originate from affirmations.
Each affirmation in this guide has been masterfully crafted by actualized individuals belonging to your Archetypal family.
Each sentence and saying has been carefully strung together to be absorbed by your subconscious, and ingested by your soul.
Hughes , I have no doubt that the Archetypal Affirmations Guide is the very first step that you must take towards integrating your archetype into your existence, and continuing the journey of your Archetypal Initiation Cycle.
…It will annihilate your weaknesses, enhance your strengths, and create lasting behavioural changes deep within you.
Your Archetypal Love Compatibility Guide
Your archetype isn’t one that struggles with seeing right through people. However, you are sometimes blindsided by the people you trust most… Betrayed, even.
Hughes , that’s because your Archetype has yet to be fully integrated into your life, and you’re unable to tap into your pool of archetypal energy.
And that’s what your Archetypal Love Compatibility Guide will teach you.
This is a highly detailed guide that gives you all the information you need to determine how you interact with people of other archetypes, and whether they’re compatible with you at a fundamental level.
If you’ve already found “the one” for you, this guide will give you the exact confirmation you need to know that you’re with the right person; your perfect partner.
This is a guide that’s unlike any other, and I have no doubt that you will gain immense value from its insights.
You’ll finally be able to instantly and accurately recognize potential partners, and sift out the ones whose thoughts, desires, and actions do not resonate with your archetype.
Imagine all the time and heartache you’ll save! And although the Archetypal Love Compatibility Guide speaks primarily about love, it can also be interpreted and applied to non-romantic relationships as well.
Hughes , believe me, having all of this information in your backpocket is bound to unlock sizeable rewards for you…
But That’s Only If You Choose To Trust In The Process, Hughes .
Within the Sacred Archetypal Collection, you will discover (among other things):
Exactly what you need to do to become a Master of your archetype – The Caregiver
Your definitive path towards tapping into your archetypal energy
The exact steps for you to encounter your archetype at a profound and intimate level
The most effective way of determining ideal, potential partners in both love and life
Now, here’s what I want you to do, Hughes .
As we’ve already seen from your Archetypal Initiation Cycle, the next 21 days are going to be detrimental to your journey. And the time for you to act is now… Before it’s too late.
There is no reason for you to wait any longer.
Hughes , I want you to imagine the life of your dreams floating before you... A ball of energy that manifests all of your life’s dreams and desires.
It’s larger than life, more colourful than rainbows, and it glows brighter than the sun…
A truly magnificent sight to behold, isn’t it, Hughes ?
…But here’s the thing, Hughes …
Each day that you choose to say “no” to an opportunity that allows you to unleash that energy, that ball shrinks. And as it shrinks, it also dims. It grows smaller, and smaller, and smaller…
…Until it eventually vanishes.
I know that’s not what you want, Hughes . I don’t want you to be part of the skeptics and the cynics either – because that’s not who you are.
You are an optimistic and lively being. I see that in you. I see that in your archetype. In fact, I know that you see that in yourself too…
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Archetypal Initiation Cycles Are Not To Be Taken Lightly, Hughes …
But your once in a life time cycle is gradually fleeting – slipping between your fingers.
You must grasp now before it’s too late, Hughes .
In just moments, you can commence your Archetypal Journey and witness positive events unfold in your days to come…
In just minutes, you can witness life-changing phases with each passing day with your Archetypal Affirmations Guide.
In just seconds, you can possess the confidence to understand your relationships at a profound level.
And soon, you will be grateful for trusting in your Archetypal Initiation Cycle.
Everything you’ve ever desired – your happiness and joy, resides within your hands, Hughes .
This is the opportunity that you’ve been waiting for. And I promise you this, Hughes , you will be well taken care of.
If you’re still reading this, I just want you to know that I understand your hesitance. You have a myriad of doubts, uncertainties, and questions racing through your head.
Part I—What is Individuation?
“Individuation” is a term often associated with Jung and his psychology. In this four-part essay we are going to define “individuation” and discuss some of the benefits, elements and requirements for achieving individuation (Part I). Then we’ll examine several components of it, specifically the locus of control (Part II), the locus of authority (Part III) and the locus of security (Part IV).
What is “Individuation”?
Our English word comes from the Latin individuus, meaning “undivided” or “individual.”[1] The dictionary defines “individuation” as “the process leading to individual existence, as distinct from that of the species.”[2] This definition applies the term to both animals,humans and????? Architecture????
. Jung’s usage focused on humans and the concept became central to his approach to psychology.[3]
Jung recognized the importance he placed on individuation in his 1921 definition of the term:
The concept of individuation plays a large role in our psychology. In general, it is the process by which individual beings are formed and differentiated; in particular, it is the development of the psychological individual… as a being distinct from the general, collective psychology. Individuation, therefore, is a process of differentiation… having for its goal the development of the individual personality.[4]
In later years, Jung amplified his definition in a series of essays, describing “individuation” as
… the process by which a person becomes a psychological “in-dividual,” that is a separate, indivisible unity or “whole.”[5]
…the better and more complete fulfillment of the collective qualities of the human being,…[6]
… practically the same as the development of consciousness out of the original state of identity…. It is thus an extension of the sphere of consciousness, an enriching of conscious psychological life.[7]
… becoming an “in-dividual,” and, in so far as “individuality” embraces our innermost, last, and incomparable uniqueness, it also implies becoming one’s own self. We could therefore translate individuation as “coming to selfhood,” or “self-realization.” [8]
Jung felt this process of “self-realization” was a “natural transformation,”[9] something that “the unconscious had in mind,”[10] something meant to develop our individual personality.
Jung also regarded “individuation” as a solution to what he considered one of the major problems facing modern people: How to link up consciousness to the unconscious; how to bring our ego mind (consciousness) into a working relationship with our inner terra incognita, our unknown inner terrain.[11] Concern about this problem was not unique to Jung: thousands of years ago Taoist and Buddhist practitioners had also seen its significance. Jung recognized this when he noted that “… the individuation process … forms one of the main interests of Taoism and of Zen Buddhism.”[12] Coming from a Christian background, as the son of a Protestant minister, Jung also recognized a Christian relevance to the concept, when he described individuation as “… the primitive Christian idea of the Kingdom of Heaven which ‘is within you’.”[13]
Aware of Western culture’s vaunting of individualism, Jung took pains to stress the difference between “individualism” and “individuation.” The former concept is ego-driven and fosters selfishness and lack of concern for others. (Think of the bumper sticker that celebrates “Looking out for #1!”). Individuation is very much the opposite: Over the years of inner work the process requires, the person experiences repeated crucifixions of the ego as the ego confronts and assimilates contents of the unconscious. This long-term process
… brings to birth a consciousness of human community precisely because it makes us aware of the unconscious, which unites and is common to all mankind. Individuation is an at-one-ment with oneself and at the same time with humanity, since oneself is a part of humanity.[14]
So, far from being selfish, an individuated person feels deeper responsibility to support and serve others and to foster peace, wholeness and integrity in the world.
Some Requirements of the Process of Individuation
Mention of crucifying the ego brings up the subject of what individuation entails. It’s challenging, a task for heroes,[15] not for the faint of heart or for those who can’t stand against the crowd and be different. Divisio (being divided not only from others but also within oneself), separatio (being separated not only from family, friends and collective society, but also from the person you used to be), solutio (watching the structures of your life dissolve), discrimination, self-knowledge, “a positive torture”[16]—these are just a few of the hardships likely to be faced in this work. Jung was being honest about the task when he warned “…as always every step forward along the path of individuation is achieved only at the cost of suffering.”[17]
Why such difficulty? Jung gives several reasons. First, we grow up under parents and society, striving to become what is expected of us and the result is what Jung called the development of the “persona,” or mask. In many cases, the persona is not our true self. We have had to compromise, adapt, even, in extreme cases, betray our authentic nature. The process of individuation requires getting wise to this mask, that is, we have to face the fact that for years (if not decades) we have been living a lie.[18] And then we have to give up this lie, put down the mask and begin to change our life so as to live more aligned with our authentic being. Such change almost inevitably elicits remarks (maybe even protests) from those who know us best, those most deeply invested in how we used to be, those likely to be most affected by our shifting the parameters of daily life, i.e. our family and closest friends.[19]
Second, individuation requires heroism because it is hard to be different, to step out of the mainstream conventional reality and march to one’s own drummer. The work is not a herd phenomenon. You aren’t going to find many people doing it.[20] For this reason Extraverts, who tend to resonate with the collective and appreciate group activities, find the process harder than Introverts.
A third difficulty comes from the self-knowledge that is part of the process. “Self-knowledge” means becoming conscious of the unconscious: facing our shadow and becoming aware of the reality of our “inner partner,” the animus (for women) or the anima (for men).[21] The work of individuation takes us through the “swamplands of the soul”[22] in the nigredo phase mentioned in an earlier essay.[23] While Jung was clear that the unconscious takes to us the attitude we take to it,[24] for most people it takes a while (if it ever happens at all!) to develop a cheerful attitude toward the unconscious.
By this point you might well be wondering “Why bother?” Yes, Jung put great emphasis on achieving individuation but if it’s so difficult, why make the effort? Jung suggests multiple benefits.
Benefits of Achieving Individuation
Let’s mention the personal benefits first. Jung was explicit that the work of individuation was
… absolutely indispensable because, through his contamination with others, [the human being] falls into situations and commits actions which bring him into disharmony with himself…. there is begotten a compulsion to be and to act in a way contrary to one’s own nature. Accordingly a man … feels himself to be in a degrading, unfree, unethical condition…. deliverance from this condition will come only when he can be and act as he feels is conformable with his true self.[25]
Achieving individuation allows us to be and act in conformity with our true self.
There are other personal benefits. If we stay on the path, stick with the work, we come to enjoy a widened circle of consciousness.[26] Our sense of separateness ends and we gain broader, more intense relationships with others.[27]
We also experience the apocatastasis mentioned in the previous blog essay—that “restoration” or reconstitution of our being that makes the travail of the apocalypse seem well worth the suffering.[28] Life works better. We feel deep in our bones that what we are doing, how we are living, with whom we are living (our new circle of friends) is what our soul intends for us. The quality of the people we draw into our life is better (“like finds like”). We know that the employment we take up has purchase on our soul. Our values mesh with our lifestyle and our actions speak our soul purpose.
We feel liberated from the unconsciousness of our parents, which permits our feeling “… a genuine sense of … true individuality.”[29] At the same time as we experience a greater feeling of freedom from our past, we also experience an “… absolute, binding and indissoluble communion with the world at large.”[30]
Which brings us to the societal benefits of individuation. Time and again Jung stressed in his work that individuals matter (see the essay on “Jung’s Timelessness” in the archive of this blog). Anyone of us could be “the makeweight that tips the scales,”[31] and so, in our taking up the task of individuating, each of us is undertaking “… a healing with with universal impact” and “… laying up an infinitesimal gram in the scales of humanity’s soul.”[32] Given the critical nature of our time (as described in earlier essays), Jung would regard no individual activity to be more meaningful and useful than becoming individuated.
In the second part of this essay, we will examine one of the most basic components—a prerequisite—for individuation: internalizing a locus of control.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American romantic comedy film starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard, and featuring Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, and Mickey Rooney. The film was directed by Blake Edwards and released by Paramount Pictures. It is loosely based on the novella of the same name by Truman Capote.
Hepburn's portrayal of Holly Golightly as the naïve, eccentric café society girl is generally considered to be the actress' most memorable and identifiable role. Hepburn regarded it as one of her most challenging roles, since she was an introvert required to play an extravert.
Breakfast at Tiffany's was received positively at the time, and was nominated for five Academy Awards, Best Actress for Hepburn, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Art Direction, winning two for Best Original Score and Best Original Song for the famous "Moon River". "Moon River" was also selected as the fourth most memorable song in Hollywood history by the American Film Institute in 2004.
In 2012, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Read more about this and download an HD version at: steveczajka.posterous.com/solitude Susan Cain on TED recently did a presentation about the power of introverted people, the difference between introverted and extraverted people, and how solitude can empower introverts to perform at their highest levels. So in other words Solitude leads to creativity! I would have to agree. Creativit ...
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Using the Nikon Nikkor AF-P 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3 G VR ED DX lens.
Photo taken at Randfontein in South Africa.
I Shoot Raw.
Feel free to criticize or just comment.
MVRDV with Blanca Lleó complete Celosia Residence, Madrid
(Madrid, 16 July 2009) In Madrid-Sanchinarro the first residents received the keys to their apartments in the just completed Celosia building. Jacob van Rijs of MVRDV and Blanca Lleó have completed the social housing block near the Mirador Building, which is an earlier collaboration. The perforated block of Celosia assembles 146 apartments, communal outside areas throughout the building, and parking and commercial program in the plinth. The total floor area is 21,550m2. With a construction cost of 12,6 million Euro the apartments can be sold for affordable prizes. The city block is opened and allows wind and light to enter the building, offering vistas and outside spaces contrasting the surrounding area. The client is EMVS, the public housing corporation of the city of Madrid
The given volume of the city block was divided into 30 small blocks of apartments. These blocks are positioned in a checkerboard pattern next to and on top of each other, leaving wide openings for communal patios throughout the building. 146 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments are all accessed via these communal spaces. Most apartments offer additional private outdoor space in the shape of a loggia right behind the front door. Inhabitants have the possibility to gather in the communal high-rise patios which offer views towards the city and the mountains and provide natural ventilation in summer. Opening the front doors connects the private outdoor areas to the communal area.
The façade is made of coated concrete which was from the ground floor up constructed in complete mould system, an efficient and clean way to cast concrete, keeping the construction cost to a minimum; an important asset for this social housing project. The polyurethane coating allows the façade to shimmer and reflect depending on the light condition.
All windows are floor to ceiling height and can be shielded from the sun. Each apartment has the possibility of cross ventilation through two or three facades and enjoys views through the building and to the surrounding. A system of power efficient boilers is used in the building; solar panels on the roof heat water reducing energy consumption further.
Underneath the building a parking garage on two levels provides 165 parking spaces. The ground floor offers room for 6 individual retail units.
The nearby Mirador building which was completed by MVRDV and Blanca Lleó in 2005 also discusses the traditional building block by putting it vertical. The Celosia building is horizontally arranged around the interior court but opposes the generic introverted architecture in the area by bringing light and communal space into the building allowing a perhaps more extraverted Spanish lifestyle as every apartment opens up to a small plaza.
**Part of a set I am doing in reference to the alphabet**
I is for “Ink”
I so love my tattoos, otherwise known as ink. Chloe and I counted them the other day. I can’t believe they’ve reached an amount where my six-year-old daughter and I had to actually sit there and count them. One, two, three, four, five, six!!! And we’re not talking gay ass little hidden do-jiggers you got when you were 20 years old losers tattoos, I’m talking each one rocks my world.
Let’s start. On left arm we have the first significant tattoo I got, my Celtic cross. This started the theme of my left arm being purely Celtic and just plain Irish. That’s good, my name is Ryan Patrick Ward and I have huge amounts of Irish in my ancestry. I also have a Celtic seahorse on my lower forearm. I love that, it rocks and it’s very visible. Then we have a work in gross as seen in the picture above a Celtic crane. This is possibly my favorite tattoo. It swerves around my arm and does massive Celtic knot work in all many which places. It’s a work in progress, the color and some shading needs to be put in over the next few months. But it represents a crane, which is one of the coolest animals in existence today.
Then on my right arm we have my ½ sleeve underwater scene mostly Octopus tattoo. Did you know the Octopus is such an intelligent animal that if given the lifespan it could figure out how to escape a tank in an aquarium and open up a can of tuna fish to eat.. Unfortunately for the Octopus it has a very short lifespan and dies before it has time to implement this intelligence. But look them up, they are a very unique great animal.
Then I have my Asian dragon on my right forearm. I got this a few years ago and still love it. I think anything on your lower forearm better be loved or else you’re screwed for life. Then we have my newest tattoo as seen above my totem pole. It contests of 6 animals. A dragon fly which represents my childhood and innocence, then a beaver which represents my teenage hood and creativity and introverted side of me, and even the dork in me that I was then. Then we have the raven which represents the darker side of me that developed in my early 20’s, the part of me that started to get into drugs, enjoy poetry, and go a little wild. Then the killer whale which represents the traveler in me, moving to California, and the centerpiece backbone of the whole thing. Then we have the bumblebee, which represents the extraverted side of me, when I started to dance and ENJOY it, the stinger, which was used to fuck all the evil elements of my life in my late 20’s, and the fact that I am building a home for my family. It’s also bright and yellow and orange, which shows an extroverted side of me that I very much developed in my mid/late 20’s. Then we have the Thunderbird/eagle, which encompasses the whole tattoo. This represents me as a single father, as a dominant figure on Earth, as a winner, and a survivor, a bird of prey that takes NO victims. Plus my favorite sports team is the Philadelphia EAGLES, need I say more?
February 12th, 2009
Name- Cerise Nautilus
Weapon- Aquamarina (a razor edged shield which can compact into a small gold, squid shaped badge)
Semblance- can create solid constructs from water (a ’la green lantern)
Backstory- Cerise grew up living in a houseboat, drifting from place to place with her family of squid Faunus, visiting many of the greatest places in Remnant. However, Cerise didn’t quite inherit the nomadic spirit of her parents but found more thrill in battling the many aquatic Grimm that would plague them. When Cerise was 15, her mother’s health began to decline, and they were forced to settle down in Mistral in a middle class living.
Upon discovering the existence of Huntresses and Haven Academy, there was no doubt in Cerise’s mind on what she wanted to do in the future. Training herself to the limit and crafting her razer shield, Aquamarina, Cerise passed the entry exam to Haven academy with flying colours.
In training Cerise was grouped up with Grant Braun, Tula Vert and Haller Nihil, forming team GTHC (Pronounced GTHC), using her Semblance to be a more agile fighter. Cerise was initially an outsider on the team, her cheery adventurous demeanour contrasting greatly with the more grounded, introverted and abrasive personalities of her teammates, but over time the four bonded, and she grew to be an equally valued member of the team. When team GTHC finally graduated from Haven, they initially had little clue what to do. At Cerise’s suggestion, the team began travelling Anima, taking any work that comes their way, with any basic reward they need.
Cerise has a very warm and sociable personality, making her very outgoing and helpful to any she meets. However, she manages to balance this by being a fiercely trained Huntress, holding nothing back when fighting Grimm or those of lesser morals. While her talkative and extraverted personality can be a positive trait when getting to know new people or annoying enemies, it can at times irk her team-mates or those she doesn’t know as well, especially considering how different they her. Her laid back attitude towards her less subtle Faunus trait is also seen as a positive by some, but by others as slightly insensitive.
Like all members of Team GTHC, Cerise is based on 1800s British fiction, in Cerise’s case, concepts from the novel ‘20,000 leagues under the sea’. Her last name Nautilus is a reference to the ship ‘Th Nautilus’ featured in the story, while her characteristics as a Squid Faunus reference the giant squid featured heavily in it too.
A series of portraits in which I try to reveal the true nature of someone's personality.
Maybe I will remove it here and post it in my primary account. This is what I love to do - portraiture.
This is Larry, I work with him. Larry is a great and fun guy. He's ambitious, extravert, enthusiastic and sometimes talks too much:) But he's a man of integrity and he has charisma. When Larry saw this photo he thought it was bizarre... he said it wasn't him. I replied that if I didn't show him the way he expected me to show him, then I probably caught the 'real' Larry.
Just natural light.
One of my dearest friends opened a school this week in her native New Zealand, and will be the sole teacher for about nine students so far. The process has been one that was hugely stressful for her, and caused her a lot of anxiety, but I never for one second didn't believe in her, even when she didn't believe in herself. Now all the final bits and pieces have some together (with lots and lots of hard work on her part), and the school as thrown open its doors. I love and miss Pip so much, and am so proud of her. The year she spent as an intern at my school was one of the best of my life; she's my sun (vibrant, extraverted, confident, and fiery) and and I'm her moon (introspective, mellow, cautious, and laid-back)....we reflect each other's light and inspire each other to be the best we can. She gave me this moon as a parting gift, and I keep it near me at all times.
And I'm totally crying as I write this.
I love you Pip, ewe rock my universe with your cosmic awesomeness. Good luck this week, and know that I'm thinking about you. Love, Fire-crotch.
(Flickr-mail me if your want to the know the story behind that nickname...or don't, if you want to be able to look at me with a straight face ever again!)
(oh, and the boobs are kind of a running joke between Pip and myself, and my roommates and I are playing dress-up on a Saturday night, cause we're cool like dat)
Name: Vystr
Gender: Male
Species: Ko-Matoran
Equipment: 'Deep-Ice' Spear, Shield
Status: Alive
Approximate Myers-Briggs Type: ESTJ ’Guardian' (Extraverted, Senser, Thinker, Judger)
Very little is known of the Matoran called Vylstr. He did not originate from Yerinn like the majority of those trapped on the island - in fact, he actually set arrived by some means after 'The Shattering'.
Those that have encountered him have learned that he is vehemently searching for a single being, the one who 'must be brought to account'. What the lone Matoran hopes to accomplish when he finds him is anyone's guess.
Rules :
1- Find a cool, random, picture that helps describe one of your questions.
2- Write 20 things that NO ONE really knows about you (if you don't have many things, you can shorten the amount)
3- After you're done, tag all your friends!"
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1-Il parait que je suis ambitieuse. Au vu de mes nombreux projets Pullipiens et BJDesques, surtout des plus farfelus, je pense que je peux dire que oui, j’ai de l’ambition. Sur la photo, on peut voir un de mes dessins dont je suis le plus fier. C’est un projet Pullipien, assez farfelu, qui fait parti d’un quatuor très, très, trèèès farfelu. Les trois autres vont surement être plus chaud à réaliser ^^’
1bis- J’accorde beaucoup d’importance aux prénoms de mes personnages. Ils ne sont jamais choisi au hasard (à part si j’hésite pour plusieurs et que je tire au sort XD Mais en général, c’est pour voir si je suis déçue ou non. C’est un très bon moyen de voir ce qui me plaît le plus)
2-Je n’ai pas souvent confiance en moi, mais en général, je le dissimule très bien. D’ailleurs, je ne suis pas très démonstrative, autant dire que je dissimule beaucoup de sentiments et de ressentis. Ce qui ne plaît pas forcément aux autres ^^’
3-J’ai eu une assez longue période de fanatisme du Japon. C’est passé, même si j’adorerais aller tous les ans à la JE ! (J’y vais pas cette année ^^’)
3bis-Pendant cette période, je voulais aller vivre au Japon. Maintenant, ça ne me dit trop rien, mais je souhaite tout de même aller vivre dans un autre pays que la France… En fait, ça dépendra si elle passe à droite dans cinq ans XD
4-J’aime bien tirer au sort. Et je m’intéresse à la divination et à ses différentes formes. C’est plutôt amusant. J’ai appris qu’il existait la divination par le chant du coq… Ils sont fous ses devins u__u
5-Je suis très attachée à ma propre symbolique des chiffres et des nombres. Je déteste, j’exècre une grande partie des nombres pairs (sauf le 6, le 14 et … le 666 XD) et un seul chiffre impair : le 5 !
6-Comme beaucoup (d’après les tags que j’ai lus), je suis une grande fan d’Harry Potter. Très grande fan. Très, très grande fan. D’ailleurs, vous pouvez me retrouver sur des sites comme Pottermore et poudlard.org. Je fais souvent des références à HP quand je parle. Parfois pendant les cours. Ca devient peut-être agaçant, je ne sais pas ^^’ Je relis souvent les livres de la saga. Je crois que je dois être à une soixantaine de fois pour les quatre premiers, presque autant pour le cinquième, et une quarantaine pour les derniers. Donc oui, je suis une très, très grande fan XD (j’aurais adoré aller à la rencontre IRL à Paris TT-TT mais c’pareil que pour la JE, c’est avant le rattrapage ! Booouh ! J’aurais voulu tester mes dons d’Attrapeuse ! *sort*)
7-Comme pour les chiffres, j’attache une certaine importance aux couleurs. Par exemple, Laélie a un œil jaune, ce n’est pas pour rien. Elle culpabilise parce qu’elle a tué son frère (ce n’était pas sa faute, hein), et elle se considère elle-même comme une traître à sa famille. D’où le jaune de la trahison… Ne jamais m’offrir de fleurs jaunes, je le prendrais mal XD ma voisine a fait ça pour ma mère, je n’ai pas résisté à lui dire que le jaune n’était pas offrable xD ma maman me l’a reproché après ^-^’
8-Je suis têtue, obstinée. Quand j’ai décidé quelque chose, je le fais. Mais faut que je sois décidée à fond xD Il paraît que quand j’étais petite, j’ai sorti à ma mère qu’il fallait arrêter les couches, alors que ma mère avait le droit à un couche remplie tous les jours… Ben, elle a arrêté de m’en mettre, et j’ai jamais fais « pipi au lit ». Comme quoi. Pareil avec mes affaires. Ma mère me les préparait tous les jours, et elle en avait marre, et j’lui ai sorti que je ferai ça moi-même quand je serais en sixième. Eh ben, rebelote, en sixième, je faisais tout moi-même. Comme quoi, j’me foutais de la gueule du monde xD D’ailleurs, au passage, sur la photo, y’a des « fleurs de Bach ». C’est une espèce de truc qui devrait normalement m’enlever mon entêtement. Mais ça marche pas. Chuis trop têtue .__.
9-Il y a quelques « catégories » de gens que je n’aime. Notamment, les footballeurs, les kikou-lol et par-dessus tout : les « guitareux » Mais que sont les guitareux me demanderez-vous ! Je précise que c’est ma propre vision d’une majorité de gens qui joue de la guitare. Des espèces de prétentieux, qui font des trucs genre « je me la pète », qui font de l’air-batterie en permanence alors qu’il joue de la guitare, qui parlent toujours de leur groupe et de leurs compositions. Et bien sûr, dans leurs chansons, ils dénoncent des trucs (comme les mecs qui pensent avec leur bite u__u) alors qu’eux-mêmes sont dans le panier (bon, d’accord, ça c’est un cas particulier, mais il m’avait tellement fait rire.)
10-Dans les autres trucs que j’aime pas, y’a les voitures et tout ce qui pollue. Je suis très pessimiste pour ce qui est « êtres humains ». Pour moi, l’humanité devrait disparaître complètement de la planète. Oui, c’est pessimiste XD m’enfin, je ne crois pas que l’être humain réussira à bannir totalement les polluants avant d’avoir détruit la Terre u__u J’ai quand même un peu d’espoir, hein, si, si, j’vous assure !
11-Bon, fini les trucs que je n’aime pas ! Ce que j’adore ! Euh… J’adore les chats. Ce n’est pas mon animal favori, mais j’en ai deux à la maison, et ils sont tellement attachants que je ne pourrais pas les voir partir sans pleurer ! (Je dis ça parce que j’ai jamais pleuré la mort de quelqu’un, même quand j’étais profondément triste. Eh oui, je ne suis absolument démonstrative). Enfin, bon, bref. J’aime pas les chiens. Enfin, si, certains, parce que je les trouve rigolo. Mais j’en aurais jamais, c’est sûr. A part peut-être un husky xD
12-Je suis bouddhiste ! J’apprends la philosophie du bouddhisme tibétain. Il paraît que c’est à la mode depuis quelques années, mais j’ai connu ça tout autrement. J’aime bien cette religion, c’est la seule où il n’y a pas de Dieu. Bouddha, c’est un stade d’éveil que des hommes atteignent (normalement devrait y’en avoir 1000 en tout, on en est qu’à quatre, j’vous laisse imaginer le nombre de gens qui arrivent devant les lamas [moines bouddhistes] demandent s’ils peuvent devenir bouddha dans cette vie u__u)et non pas des divinités. Il y a des sortes de divinités, mais ce n’en sont pas ! Ce sont plutôt des allégories, auquel les bouddhistes n’accordent pas les mêmes attributs que les divinités. En gros, ils ne pensent pas que le ciel va leur tomber sur la tête lol
13-Je suis née un 13 août ahah o/ mon père aussi d’ailleurs. Dommage.
14-J’ai dis plus haut que j’exécrai tous les nombres pairs sauf certains, dont le 14. Avant non plus je n’aimais ce nombre. En fait, ça a changé à cause de quelqu’un. ^^’ J’ai jamais réussi à être amoureuse très longtemps, j’ai des sentiments très changeants, et, en un sens, je suis plutôt lunatique. Bref. J’ai jamais été aussi longtemps amoureuse qu’avec cette personne-là. C’est-à-dire un an u__u M’ufin, bref. Cette personne en question était quelqu’un chez qui je voyais plus les défauts que les qualités, ce qui faisait que, même étant amoureuse, je n’aurais jamais voulu sortir avec elle. A part si cette personne me le demandait, mais ça, c’est après plusieurs trucs que je me le suis dis XD (d’ailleurs, après réflexions, je me suis dis que je devais ne pas avoir de couille pour ce genre de truc ‘__’). Euh, sinon, le rapport avec le 14, c’est qu’avec cette personne, on débatait sur la superiorité affective de nos nombres préférés respectifs (c'est-à-dire le 13 pour moi, le 14 pour elle). Et depuis, j’aime bien ce nombre. Et le tout pour dire que j’associe le 14 à l’indécision et au manque de courage xD
15-Je parle (un peu) breton. Et j’ai mon épreuve cette aprem’, et je sais pas ce que ça va donner parce que pour moi, c’est une langue parlée et non écrite XD M’enfin, ça sera toujours mieux que 1/20 en Allemand ‘__’
16-Je suis très timide, mais ça ne se voit pas. Enfin, c’est dans ma nature, la timidité. Je suis introvertie naturellement, mais à un moment de ma vie, j’me suis foutu un gros coup de pied au cul, et je me suis décidée à m’extravertir. Et je me suis extravertie. Depuis, peu de gens me croient quand je dis que je suis timide XD Je suis aussi de nature solitaire, il m’arrive par moment d’avoir marre de tout le monde (ou presque) et de fuir la compagnie des autres. Je me sens parfois mal à l’aise avec certaines personnes, j’me sens con .__. Et je préfèrerai m’enterrer dix pieds sous terre XD
16 bis-Je suis aussi naturellement très peu bavarde. Le silence ne me gêne jamais, je m’y sens bien. Par contre, URL, je suis une grande bavarde. Il m’arrive souvent d’écrire des pavés (non, sans dec’ ? T’as pas du tout écrit un tag-pavé u__u), que ce soit sur des forums ou par sms. Il m’est déjà arrivé de devoir écrire en langage SMS pour éviter de devoir un MMS… Je crois que j’aurai atteint sept pages si j’avais continué, ces fois-la…
16 ter-Je suis très timide et pas très bavarde URL, pourtant, j’adore rencontrer des gens (quand je ne les considère pas comme entièrement adulte, c'est-à-dire pas plus de 30ans xD). J’aime bien les colos ou ce genre de trucs où on apprend à connaître jusqu’à une quarantaine de gens en deux semaines. Ca, ça m’éclate ! Vu que je ne les connais pas et que je ne continuerai pas à les voir après, j’peux un peu me lâcher XD Donc, sur ce plan la, je peux paraître sociable ^^’
17-J’aime pas tous les sports, mais il y en a un que j’adore et que je pratique, c’est le rugby ! J’adore ça ! Etant assez forte et petite, ce sport et parfait pour moi. Dans l’équipe féminine dans laquelle je jouais, j’étais le bulldozer n°1 o/ (et certaines rugbywomen sont pas mal du tout ♥ *sort* Ah,oui, j’ai oublié de préciser ça, mais je suis bi ^^) Seulement, vu que j’étais en terminale cette année, j’ai pas pu trop participer pendant ces quatre derniers mois. Merci maman o/
18-Je joue du violoncelle depuis maintenant presque 9 ans. Et ça, c’est la classe XD *sort* Pendant plus d’un an, j’ai eu beaucoup de mal à toucher à mon violoncelle. En gros que pendant les cours. Puis, il est passé entre les mains d’un luthier pour être révisé. Et depuis, ça va beaucoup mieux. Surtout, la révision a été faite trois semaines avant mon examen de passage en troisième cycle. Et je l’ai eu haut la main ^___^ (oui, quand je suis décidée, je chie des bulles carrées ! enfin, pour les bulles carrées, faudrait que je me décide, j’ai pas encore réussi ! XD) Donc, je reprends, l’examen. On était trois à passer. Les deux autres ont travaillés beaucoup plus régulièrement que moi. Mais les jurés ont mis plus de temps à se décider pour eux, alors que moi, ils ont tout de suite accepté mon passage en 3° cycle ^___^ ma prof était contente mais un peu verte aussi. Son cancre adoré avait réussi à travailler ses deux morceaux en deux semaines et demi (alors que les deux autres avaient mis deux mois) ♥ Mais on est tous passés donc c’est chouette !
18 bis- Pour rester dans la musique… Je vous (presque) un culte à quelque musiciens. Notamment Nigel Kennedy. Ce mec est un génie fou du violon *___* Moi qui n’aime pas trop cet instrument, je ne peux pas m’empêcher de me plonger dans les œuvres qu’il joue. Surtout Vivaldi ! S’il y a bien un compositeur que j’idolâtre, c’est le prêtre roux ! Il y a aussi Frédéric Chopin et John Cage. Bref, si vous aimez la musique classique, ou baroque, je vous conseille d’écouter Nigel Kennedy jouant Vivaldi. C’est délicieux *w*
19- Ne vous ai-je pas dis que j’étais bisexuelle ? Eh bien maintenant, si ^__^
20-J’adore jouer aux cartes ! C’est un de mes passe-temps préférés, maintenant. Surtout la bataille corse :D un jeu un peu violent où il faut avoir des réflexes. Génial. Sinon, ma carte préférée est le 9 de ♥. Le jeu que j’utilisais l’année dernière a un peu morflé et subit quelque perte. En fait, il s’est dispersé à trois reprises par une, quatre et neuf cartes exactement x) Et à chaque fois, il y avait le neuf de cœur. Et à chaque fois, j’ai retrouvé toutes mes cartes :D La fois où j’ai perdu neuf cartes, c’était dans ma rue, en courant après le bus. Je suis rentrée une heure après, et j’ai retrouvé neuf de mes cartes par terre ^-^
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Pavé powa o/ Je ne sais même plus qui m'a tagguée, qui n'a pas fais le tag, donc je taggue autant de personnes que je peux ^__^
Name: Vystr
Gender: Male
Species: Ko-Matoran
Equipment: 'Deep-Ice' Spear, Shield
Status: Alive
Approximate Myers-Briggs Type: ESTJ ’Guardian' (Extraverted, Senser, Thinker, Judger)
Very little is known of the Matoran called Vylstr. He did not originate from Yerinn like the majority of those trapped on the island - in fact, he actually set arrived by some means after 'The Shattering'.
Those that have encountered him have learned that he is vehemently searching for a single being, the one who 'must be brought to account'. What the lone Matoran hopes to accomplish when he finds him is anyone's guess.
Over de onzichtbare gevangenis van kunstmatige hormonen
37 procent van de Nederlandse vrouwen in de vruchtbare leeftijd gebruikt de anticonceptiepil. Dat lijkt normaal en logisch, maar het slikken van de pil is ingrijpender dan je denkt. Het verstoort niet alleen de natuurlijke hormoonbalans, maar zorgt er ook voor dat een vrouw geen eisprong meer krijgt. Deze verworvenheid van de moderne maatschappij is één van de slimste trucjes van de Matrix: het houdt vrouwen waar zij zijn en onderdrukt hun natuurlijke kracht en eigenheid. Een vrouw in contact met haar eigen (en de) natuur, weet wanneer zij vruchtbaar is. Ik schrijf dit artikel naar aanleiding van mijn eigen stoppenmetdepil en de wonderlijke transformatie die hierna op gang gekomen is. Ik hoop hiermee een bijdrage te leveren aan meer bewustzijn over de nadelige gevolgen van de pil en aan wat in deze transitietijd zo hard nodig is...
Voor mij kwam een jaar geleden – en na meer dan twintig jaar slikken (letterlijk en figuurlijk) – het moment van stoppenmetdepil (op 10 maart 2014 nam ik mijn laatste pil). Eerst ontstond het besef dat er iets in de weg zat en ik ooit zou kunnen stoppen (en misschien weer onder de acne zou zitten, want ik slikte de Diane-35 pil; de omstreden anticonceptiepil die acne voorkomt), een dag later dát ik zou stoppen (ongeacht de oude onzekerheden en mogelijke consequenties) en nog een dag later was de strip afmaken geen optie meer. Het lijkt nu alsof ik een jas heb uitgetrokken waarvan ik niet doorhad dat ik hem droeg. Ik voel me lichter en ga door lagen en sferen waarvan ik niet wist dat ze bestonden. De verdoving is weggevallen en heeft plaatsgemaakt voor meer gevoel, diepte, verbinding en energie. Het was niet de blauwe, maar gele pil (voor kenners van de film the Matrix) en die is blijkbaar nog een graadje erger. Het venijn zit hem in de algemene acceptatie van wat normaal is en het heersende schoonheidsideaal dat vrouwen stroomlijnt tot kunstmatige, onbevlekte en kleurloze schimmen van zichzelf.
Mijn ervaring
Mijn eerste poging te stoppenmetdepil ondernam ik op mijn 26e (elf jaar geleden); ik wilde geen kunstmatige hormonen meer slikken en verlangde naar een natuurlijke cyclus. Maar na twee maanden zat ik weer onder de acne en het was zelfs nog heviger dan in mijn pubertijd. Ik vond het vreselijk, ben meteen weer begonnen met de pil en dacht er de rest van mijn leven aan vast te zitten. Toch kwam een jaar geleden het onverwachte moment dat ik niet anders kon dan stoppen. Ik begon te voelen dat er iets in de weg zat; een blokkade, waar ik niet onder of uit kwam en die me belemmerde om het leven ten volle te ervaren. En er ontstond steeds meer weerstand op de momenten dat ik weer zo'n pilletje uit de strip drukte. Ik leefde bewust en gezond (zes jaar geleden heb ik alle suikers, E-nummers en gisthoudende producten uit mijn voedingspatroon verwijderd en twee jaar geleden ben ik veganist geworden), maar ondertussen slikte ik wel kunstmatige hormonen...
Ik zocht op internet naar verhalen van andere vrouwen en tips om het ontpillen te ondersteunen, en merkte dat er eigenlijk maar weinig bekend is over goede en natuurlijke alternatieven voor de Diane-35 pil. Er blijkt vaak zelfs sprake van wanhoop te zijn onder vrouwen die weer onder de acne zitten en last hebben van ernstige haaruitval, na het stoppen met deze pil. Gelukkig ontdekte ik Monnikspeper en Grote Klis, die in mijn beleving de grootste bijdrage hebben geleverd aan het herstel van mijn natuurlijke hormoonbalans (en gave huid). Ik heb zo nu en dan wel wat pukkeltjes, maar de ernstige acne en ontstekingen van toen zijn uitgebleven. Ik merkte ook al vrij snel dat ik geen last meer had van emotie-eten, neerslachtige gevoelens en prikkelbare darm (PDS) en dat mijn libido terug kwam (waarvan ik nooit geweten heb dat het eigenlijk in slaaptoestand verkeerde). Ik werd drie maanden na de laatste pil ongesteld en ben zo ontzettend blij dat ik deze stap heb durven zetten. Het voelt alsof mijn buik open/van het slot is en er een nieuwe fase in mijn leven is aangebroken.
Omdat het elf jaar geleden nog zo anders was toen ik stopte en nu – na een aanpassing in mijn eet- en leefstijl – niet meer, ben ik ervan overtuigd dat stoppenmetdepil voor iedere vrouw mogelijk is, of het nu gaat om een gave huid of anticonceptie. Een gezonde en bewuste leefstijl is de basis, want voeding – in alle opzichten/alles wat je tot je neemt – heeft zoveel invloed op je lijf, hormoonbalans en energie. Daarna is het een kwestie van het nodige vertrouwen, bewustzijn van je lichaam en natuurlijke supplementen. Ik gebruikte weliswaar een zware anticonceptiepil, maar ben van mening dat ook lichtere varianten nadelige gevolgen voor het welzijn en de levenskracht van een vrouw hebben. Dat maak ik op uit de verhalen van de vrouwen om me heen en uit het feit dat kunstmatige hormonen hoe dan ook ingrijpen in ons systeem en de natuurlijke cyclus ernstig verstoren.
Transitietijd
De noodzaak om te stoppenmetdepil en over te gaan op natuurlijke vormen van anticonceptie, staat in mijn ogen niet los van de snel veranderende tijdsgeest waarin het vrouwelijke (in vrouwen en mannen) langzaam maar zeker open gaat en in vele verschillende, eigenzinnige en prachtige vormen naar buiten komt. Bestaande kaders en vanzelfsprekendheden verdwijnen en het wordt steeds duidelijker dat niet de autoriteiten buiten ons over de uiteindelijke kennis van goed en kwaad beschikken, maar alleen de – niet meer mis te verstane – stem van onze eigen ziel. Dit is een collectief en zeer persoonlijk proces, dat van iedereen iets verlangt en waarbij de nadruk op ratio, productie, individualiteit en vooruitgang verschuift naar lichamelijkheid, creativiteit, verbinding en volop aanwezig zijn in het hier en nu. Onderdrukkende mechanismen verliezen hun kracht en worden overgenomen door dat wat raakt, beweegt en op eigen wijze en helemaal vanzelf naar buiten vloeit. Zo is ook dit verhaal tot stand gekomen; niet op basis van wetenschappelijk onderbouwde argumenten en onderzoeksresultaten, maar vanuit een persoonlijke ervaring die zo wezenlijk en krachtig is, dat ik niet anders kan dan haar met de wereld delen.
De pil heeft een belangrijke functie gehad in de emancipatie van de vrouw; Dolle Mina’s en andere schone strijd(st)ers veroorzaakten in de jaren zeventig een ware revolutie en zetten de eerste belangrijke stappen om vrouwen baas in eigen buik te maken. Maar tijden zijn veranderd. De wapens van toen hebben hun functie verloren en beginnen zich nu tegen zichzelf te keren. De huidige tijd vraagt om iets anders, waarbij het vooral over natuurlijkheid en natuurlijk Zijn gaat. De uitvinding en verdere ontwikkeling (naar lichtere varianten) van de pil vond plaats in een periode van technologische ontwikkeling en modernisering, waarin de mens steeds verder van de natuur af te staan kwam. Het natuurlijke landschap werd in relatief korte tijd overgenomen door de stad en grote grijze onpersoonlijke gebouwen, en ook de mens en het lichaam werden een maakbaar product. Het contact met onszelf (en de verborgen schat) ging daardoor verloren. We werden aangemoedigd om de aandacht voortdurend te richten op de stortvloed aan informatie, prikkels en mogelijkheden in de wereld buiten ons, in plaats van naar binnen te gaan, contact te maken met ons Zelf en daar ‘antwoorden’ te vinden en voelen.
Terug naar ons lichaam, is de weg terug naar de natuur en vice versa. Wanneer je in contact met je lichaam bent, heb je voeling mét (binnen en buiten) en hoef je niet meer zo na te denken over de vele verleidingen die dagelijks overvoeren. Het leven voltrekt zich dan vanzelf, neemt je mee in haar natuurlijke stroming en laat je het genot en geluk ervaren van resoneren met je meest diepe Zijn. Zo is sinds het stoppenmetdepil mijn gevoeligheid sterker en kan ik echt niet meer toelaten wat niet resoneert met mijn eigen energie. Neig ik daar wel toe, dan vindt er een afweerreactie plaats in de vorm van binnendrijvende donkere wolken, onbestemde gevoelens en energetisch leeglopen. Natuurlijkheid is een uit zichzelf werkend mechanisme geworden: zowel wat betreft mensen, relaties en sferen, als heel praktisch in de zin van wat ik eet en welke producten ik gebruik. Ontbreekt die natuurlijkheid (en doe ik mijzelf tekort of geweld aan), dan ontstaat er een symptoom dat om aandacht vraagt. Ik ervaar dit als de roep van Moeder Natuur, die sinds het stoppenmetdepil in ieder porie van mijn wezen galmt. Zodra je haar stem hoort en begint aan de reis vanuit je hoofd naar je lijf, kunnen werkelijke behoeften zich gaan ontvouwen. Dit is in mijn beleving de sleutel tot een gezond, gebalanceerd en vervuld leven; een natuurlijke staat van Zijn waar ziekte, onverklaarbare symptomen en gebrek aan energie geen deel meer van uitmaken.
Gouden ei
Deze reis is voor mij lange tijd geleden begonnen, met als cruciaal kruispunt het stoppenmetdepil en de bewustwording van mijn natuurlijke cyclus. Ik kan me voorstellen dat stoppenmetdepil ook voor andere vrouwen veel ten positieve kan veranderen en iets kan terugbrengen waar geen contact meer mee was. De pil zorgt ervoor dat een vrouw geen eisprong (ovulatie) meer krijgt. Daardoor kan er geen nieuw leven in haar buik groeien en door haar lichaam in de wereld komen. Het gouden ei staat in vele scheppingsmythen symbool voor de chaos waaruit de schepping ontstaat; een vrouw zonder eisprong (en onder invloed van de pil), is een vrouw zonder scheppingskracht. Zij is afgesneden van haar natuurlijke cyclus en diepste vrouw-zijn. Kunstmatige hormonen hebben haar hormoonhuishouding overgenomen en haar teruggebracht tot regelbaar construct. Zelfs in kleine hoeveelheden hebben hormonen al grote invloed op diverse lichaamsprocessen; het is dus niet zo moeilijk voor te stellen dat de impact van de pil veel verder gaat dan we denken.
De medische wetenschap kijkt vooral naar symptomen: heb je last van bijwerkingen, dan krijg je een nieuwe pil voorgeschreven, met een andere hormoonsamenstelling. Maar betekent geen bijwerkingen dat het gezond en oké is? Gelukkig ontstaat er in deze transitietijd een nieuw bewustzijn, waarin vrouwelijkheid, lichamelijkheid en seksualiteit een andere betekenis krijgen en onderdrukking plaatsmaakt voor vrijheid, verbinding en vreugde. ‘Gemak’ dient niet langer de mens en zeker niet de vrouw, die via haar eigen lichaam contact kan maken met de natuur, haar vruchtbaarheid en creatieve scheppingskracht. Haar niet verdoofde, sensitieve lijf vertelt haar alles en voert haar mee in de verrassende golven van haar eigen cyclus. Er zijn geen kunstmatige hormonen nodig om zwangerschap te voorkomen; deze blokkeren juist het contact met ons lichaam, dat kenbaar maakt op welke dagen we wel en niet vruchtbaar zijn.
Een mens is een universum op zich en zo heeft iedere vrouw haar eigen cyclus. Een paar dagen voor de eisprong, tot een paar uur daarna ben je het meest vruchtbaar. Bij een regelmatige cyclus, is je eisprong ongeveer 14 dagen voor de eerste dag van je volgende menstruatie (de menstruatiecyclus duurt gemiddeld 28 dagen). Zaad blijft zo’n drie dagen leven, waardoor je vanaf drie dagen voor de eisprong zwanger kunt worden. Je ovulatie voelen (er zijn verschillende ovulatiesymptomen) biedt wat dat betreft dus geen uitkomst. Door je ovulatie te berekenen, weet je op welke dagen je het vruchtbaarst bent. Dat kun je zelf doen als je een regelmatige cyclus hebt, maar het kan ook met behulp van anticonceptiemethoden als Persona of Lady-comp; beide zijn vrij van kunstmatige hormonen en meten op basis van veranderingen in respectievelijk je hormoonspiegel en lichaamstemperatuur of je vruchtbaar bent.
De moderne mens heeft het lichaam lange tijd niet meer als heilige tempel beschouwd (en ervaren) en in dat opzicht gaf de pil vrij spel om het niet zo nauw te nemen met wie wij in haar sfeer toelieten; ons vaak niet bewust van de enorme (ook energetische) impact van vrijen zonder condoom. Zonder kunstmatige hormonen is je natuurlijke instinct sterker, ben je meer verbonden met je lijf en is dus ook de voeling met je behoeften en met welke energieën je te maken hebt – en wat/wie je beter wel en niet kunt toelaten – sterker. En wanneer je die speciale geliefde dan tegenkomt, kan door natuurlijke anticonceptie het condoom een groot gedeelte van de maand achterwege blijven.
Verbinding
Het is niet alleen praktisch om je als vrouw bewust te zijn van je cyclus, maar ook fascinerend omdat je in je vrouwelijkheid verbonden bent met het eb en vloed van de verschillende seizoenen, in en buiten jezelf. Al deze pieken, dalen en veranderlijke gevoels- en energiestromen heb ik door de pil nooit zo ervaren. Ik leefde daardoor maar half, onder een synthetische koepel waar de zonnestralen niet rechtstreeks op mijn huid vielen en moe- en neerslachtigheid altijd ergens op de loer lagen. Ook de mensen en gebeurtenissen in dit kunstmatige universum leken gehuld in een dun synthetisch laagje, waardoor ik me nooit echt verbonden voelde en er altijd iets tussen het leven leek te zitten. Een paar jaar geleden schreef ik een verhaal (met als titel Verborgen landschap), waar het volgende fragment uit komt:
"Ze valt nu niet meer, maar zweeft. In het vage schemergebied tussen waak en slaap, waar ze Alice in Wonderland is. Ze is er alleen, in een eindeloos grote ruimte. Als bewustzijn en nietig onderdeeltje van het geheel. Ergens tussen hemel en aarde, temidden van de sterren en andere hemellichamen. Zonder lichaam en tegelijkertijd in het volle bewustzijn van haar lijf. Vreemde sensaties prikkelen haar zintuigen. Het is of iemand naar haar kijkt en iets van haar wil dat ze niet begrijpt. Terwijl er niets is en ze tegelijkertijd weet dat het om haar gaat. Het is een gevoel waar ze geen grip op krijgt, maar dat werkelijker is dan al het andere."
De weg terug naar de natuur is een thuiskomen in jezelf en (steeds weer) opnieuw geboren worden. Een beetje als Neo, die na zijn loskoppeling uit de Matrix eerst fysiek, emotioneel en mentaal moet herstellen en daarna ontdekt wie hij is en over zijn natuurlijke kracht komt te beschikken. Ons lichaam is de vergeten tempel, waarin we de diepte en heiligheid van het leven kunnen ervaren en toegang krijgen tot realiteiten die we niet voor mogelijk hielden. Zodra de vrouw zichzelf bevrijdt uit de gevangenis van kunstmatige hormonen, kan zich een nieuwe wereld voor haar openen. Een vrouw in contact met haar lichaam, is voortdurend zwanger van het leven en brengt één en al schoonheid in de wereld. Zij wordt voortgestuwd door haar instinctieve natuur en is een open kanaal waardoor het leven zich voltrekt. Zonder dat zij uitgeput raakt, of in situaties belandt die ze niet wil. Want in de ruimtelijkheid van ons lichaam gaat alles vanzelf en voltrekt zich de magie. Een stukje hemel op aarde, waar geen afgescheidenheid of hunkering naar illusies is.
Godinnen
Stoppenmetdepil brengt de hormonen tot leven en daardoor ook de ervaring van verschillende gevoelsstromen en godinnen in onszelf. In haar boek Godinnen in elke vrouw beschrijft Jean Shinoda Bolen hoe ons gedrag bepaald wordt door hormonen, in wisselwerking met zeven Griekse archetypische godinnen (Hestia, Demeter, Persephone, Hera, Artemis, Athena en Aphrodite). Als een vrouw overschakelt op een ander aspect van haarzelf, kan dat geduid worden als een overgang van de ene godin naar de andere. In bepaalde situaties is ze bijvoorbeeld een extraverte, logisch denkende Athena, die aandacht besteedt aan details; op een ander moment is ze een introverte, moeilijk te doorgronden Hestia, die volledig lijkt op te gaan in haar huishoudelijke werk. Bolen beschrijft verschillende archetypen die werkzaam zijn in de psyche van vrouwen en gepersonifieerd worden door één van de zeven godinnen. Door deze archetypen te leren herkennen, kunnen we volgens haar beter begrijpen wat er in onszelf en anderen gebeurt. Ze vult hiermee de Jungiaanse psychologie van de animus en anima op vrouwelijke wijze aan.
Wat in het kader van stoppenmetdepil interessant is, is dat Bolen beschrijft hoe hormonale veranderingen sommige archetypen kunnen versterken ten koste van andere. En dat is ook wat er bij mij gebeurd is, sinds mijn stoppenmetdepil. De Artemisenergie is krachtiger in mijn leven gaan stromen en heeft er onder meer voor gezorgd dat ik mijn ervaring – een beweging van teruggaan naar de natuur en mijn eigen natuur – ben gaan beschrijven, verbeelden en delen. Artemis is de godin van de Jacht en de Maan en symboliseert het ideaal van het feminisme. Haar Romeinse naam is ‘Diana’, wat fonetisch verwant is aan ‘Dhyana’; de naam die ik twee jaar geleden heb aangenomen om een nieuwe periode in mijn leven mee in te luiden en bekrachtigen. Artemis is een onafhankelijke godin die met een groep jachthonden en nimfen (natuurgodinnen) door de wildernis trekt. Er is het afgelopen jaar steeds meer nadruk op dit vrouwelijke aspect in mijn leven gekomen; er zijn veel meer Sisters om me heen en ik trek er regelmatig alleen op uit in de natuur. Volgens Bolen is een tocht door de vrije natuur vaak tegelijk een tocht door onszelf en ontdekken vrouwen die Artemis volgen en de wildernis intrekken meestal een sterk toegenomen neiging tot reflectie. Voorheen, toen mijn vrouwelijkheid onderdrukt was door de pil, werd ik meer geregeerd door Athena; ook een maagdelijke en onafhankelijke godin, maar vooral gericht op mentale ontwikkeling, competitie, presteren en andere mannelijke kwaliteiten.
Volgens Bolen treedt er bij sommige vrouwen in de loop van de cyclus een verandering van godin op, doordat er een wisselwerking plaatsvindt tussen hormonen en de archetypen. Bolen: “Vrouwen die gevoelig zijn voor deze veranderingen, merken vaak dat ze tijdens de eerste helft van de cyclus vooral afgestemd zijn op de onafhankelijke godinnen, en dan met name op Artemis en Athene, met hun extraverte instelling en dadendrang. En in de tweede helft van de cyclus, als de productie van het zwangerschapshormoon progesteron toeneemt, merken ze dat hun huiselijke of afhankelijke neigingen en gevoelens sterker worden. In deze periode staan ze vooral onder invloed van Demeter, Hera, Persephone of Hestia”.
Meedeinen
Zelf dein ik sinds mijn stoppenmetdepil ook mee in de verschillende golfbewegingen van de maand en daarin ervaar ik mijn verbondenheid met de natuur. Ik ben meer in contact met mezelf en mijn behoeften, en raak daardoor minder snel uitgeput (want: ik word simpelweg voortgestuwd door explosies van energie en inspiratie, of sta even helemaal stil in het gebrek daaraan). Voorheen merkte ik hier niets van en was alles veel gelijkmatiger; er was geen naar binnen en naar buitengaande beweging (het eb en vloed van de Maangodin was afwezig) en ik werd dus ook niet meegevoerd. Er was op subtiel niveau sprake van afvlakking en niet verbonden zijn, wat een sluimerend gevoel van onvervuldheid en uitputting met zich meebracht.
Wat ook opvallend is, is dat ik sinds mijn stoppenmetdepil al een paar keer verliefd geworden ben (mijn laatste verliefdheid was op de middelbare school, toen ik vijftien was). De feromonen doen hun werk weer en laten me genieten van hun verrassende en zinnenprikkelende betoveringen. Maar het is meer dan dat: ik merk dat de alchemistische energie van Aphrodite aan het binnentreden is in een intense ervaring van warmte en verbinding. Er is steeds meer liefde, creativiteit, schoonheid, hartstocht en (gedeeld) avontuur in mijn leven en oude onzekerheden zijn verdwenen; ik ervaar die paar pukkeltjes eerder als trotse signalen van mijn vrouwelijkheid, dan als storend of lelijk. Hetzelfde geldt voor mijn haardos, die inmiddels flink uitgedund is. Er is iets zoveel groter en krachtiger dat mij draagt en beweegt. Ik verwelkom de Zon en Maan in mij, straal van binnen en voel dat mijn energie sterker is. Het is alsof mijn zintuigen op scherp gezet zijn en een sluier voor mijn bewustzijn is weggetrokken. Daardoor trek ik blijkbaar instinctief de voor mij geschikte energieën aan.
Het is verrassend en mooi om de intensiteit van verlangen te ervaren; van het vuur in mijn buik dat twintig jaar lang gedoofd geweest is. En te ontdekken dat ik deze hormonale impulsen kan sublimeren door de energie bij mezelf en mijn creatieve flow te brengen. Dit geeft een immens gevoel van rijkdom, vervulling en dankbaarheid. Waardoor weer nieuwe avonturen worden aangewakkerd en een wervelwind van soms maar moeilijk bij te benen ontwikkelingen ontstaat. Het is de letterlijke gewaarwording van seksuele energie als levensenergie en creatieve, scheppende kracht. Een vrouw is via haar lichaam – dat nieuw leven kan voortbrengen – en haar cyclus sterk met de natuur verbonden (meer nog dan de man, die van nature rationeler is ingesteld). Vrouwelijkheid ís vruchtbaarheid en dus leven… en dat is precies wat de pil onderdrukt. De pil heet dan ook niet voor niets dé pil; het is in mijn beleving de meest uitgekiende onderdrukker van vrouwelijkheid en angel van het patriarchaat. Deze verwijderen kan bijdragen aan het ontstaan van een nieuwe energie en gezondere leefwereld. En het mooie is dat er geen grote projecten ergens ver weg nodig zijn om deze beweging in gang te zetten: we kunnen de eerste stap hier en nu maken, door het zaadje van bewustzijn te planten en toe te treden tot de heilige tempel van ons lichaam. Welkom ♡
"Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege."
My name is Lauren Ann! I am proud to say I made it all the way to senior year at Saint Joseph Academy. I am eighteen years old. My personality is loud and crazy and I am huge extravert! My dog, Tucker, is my best friend and I love him dearly. I take him on walks and runs and play in the backyard frequently because of my love of nature. Since I am a huge outdoors person, most of my photos that I take are outside in nature. Furthermore, since I love being creative with my art projects, I like to make all of my photos very unique in the placement of things, color schemes, subjects, etc. I think imperfection is beauty, because I know that I myself am not perfect and I think everyone and thing should take pride in that. Therefore, I find every unique and creative photo to be perfect and strive for those qualities. I also tend to make my photographs have a lot going on at once, rather than being plain or simple. I like the eye to travel all over the entirety of the picture without being bored.
I chose to take pictures of all different paths from the Cleveland Metropark area and around where I live. For each photograph I carefully combined manmade paths (such as footprints), with paths that humans created (such as bridges). i thought that combining nature with city life into one photograph would be really cool because they are complete opposites. Each and every photo in my set has three completely different paths in it. There are so many different choices we have to make in our everyday lives, and we ultimately chose the paths that we go down. Too many people are too afraid to stray from the path that they are currently on. Why not explore the other paths? Don't be plain or simple.
Avez-vous remarqué les contrastes de votre couple. L’un est chaud, l’autre à toujours froid, l’un est introvertie, l’autre est extravertie, l’un est traineux, l’autre est à l’ordre.
Nommez-moi un aspect de contraste dans votre couple? Si vous osez!
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1. Hockey Night in Canada, 2. #16 is for sale, 3. Mine!, 4. Lift Off, 5. IMG_4518 1, 6. Second Showing, 7. Shining, 8. Stone Bridge, 9. In the shadows...., 10. Product Placement, 11. McHappy Day, 12. Shy, 13. Yellow Mellow, 14. Pretty in Pink, 15. Toronto Bound, 16. Patrick Chan, 17. Marc-André Fleury, 18. Blade Runner, 19. CN Fog, 20. Extravert, 21. RIP, 22. OBC ride, 23. Tulip Bench Monday, 24. Make a Wish, 25. Striker Dance, 26. Curves, 27. Ryan's Prom, 28. Tide Moment, 29. Simple...., 30. Keys to my heart, 31. Abby32. Not available33. Not available34. Not available35. Not available36. Not available
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Parce que Saint-Gilles est une commune intéressante que souvent les touristes font une pause à la place Barrière pour s'orienter. Quand ils n'osent pas demander de l'aide et qu'on les voit tourner en rond, les saint-gillois se proposent de les aider aimablement. Les Saint-Gillois sont souvent très avenants. C'est un rond-point traversé par sept chaussées et au milieu s'érige la jolie statue de"la porteuse d'eau".
Un truc si vous cherchez le musée Horta: Si vous sortez du métro Horta prenez la chaussée de Waterloo en pente. vous allez croiser une première fois les rails du tram, dépassez-les et continuez tout droit, à la deuxième fois que vous les croisez (les rails du tram) suivez les à gauche puis prenez la première rue à droit(c'est la rue Américaine) et vous êtes dans la rue où se trouve le musée Horta. :)
Ne confondez pas station Horta et Musée Horta.
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Omdat Sint-Gillis is een interessante toeristen vaak een pauze van Barrier plaats te begeleiden gemeenschappelijke. Wanneer ze niet durven te vragen om hulp en zie je ze cirkelen de Saint-Gilles is zo vriendelijk te bieden om te helpen. De St. Gillois zijn vaak erg extravert. Dit is een rotonde door zeven vloer en in het midden staat het prachtige standbeeld van "waterdrager".
Een tip als je op zoek bent naar Horta Museum: Als je de metro verlaat het woord nemen Horta Waterloo helling. ontmoet je een keer de tramsporen, ga direct naar de tweede keer kom je de tramsporen volgen links en dan de eerste straat rechts (de American Street) en je bent in de straat Museum Horta. :)
Niet te verwarren station Horta en Horta Museum.
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Because Saint-Gilles is an interesting tourists often stop at the gate up to move common. When they do not dare to ask for help and you see them circling the Saint-Gilles is kindly offer to help. The St. Gillois are very outgoing. This is a roundabout through seven floor and in the middle stands the beautiful statue of "la porteuse d'eau" ("water carrier").
A tip if you are looking Horta Museum: If you exit the subway take the floor Horta Waterloo slope. you will meet once the tram tracks, go straight to the deusième time you encounter the tram tracks follow the left and then take the first right (the American Street) and you are in the street of the museum Horta. :)
Do not confuse station Horta and Horta Museum.
100 Strangers Project #42
My first UK stranger!
I was sitting in the McDonalds at Bethnal Green, surfing the net and trying to find a flat. It had been a pretty interesting day and it got much more interesting when this guy walked in and sat at the table next to me. Needless to stay, his style and manner made me want to find out more. I talked to him for a while, found out that he was a boxer (he showed me some photos of him and Mike Tyson - who he said was a good acquaintance of his). His extravert character made taking his photos easy too, and he was patient as I tried out different shots! Look out for this man on your TV screens!
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com
Extraversion is "the act, state, or habit of being predominantly concerned with and obtaining gratification from what is outside the self". Extraverts tend to enjoy human interactions and to be enthusiastic, talkative, assertive, and gregarious. They take pleasure in activities that involve large social gatherings, such as parties, community activities, public demonstrations, and business or political groups. Politics, teaching, sales, managing and brokering are fields that favor extraversion. An extraverted person is likely to enjoy time spent with people and find less reward in time spent alone. They tend to be energized when around other people, and they are more prone to boredom when they are by themselves.
My name is Lauren Ann! I am proud to say I made it all the way to senior year at Saint Joseph Academy. I am eighteen years old. My personality is loud and crazy and I am huge extravert! My dog, Tucker, is my best friend and I love him dearly. I take him on walks and runs and play in the backyard frequently because of my love of nature. The fall season is my absolute favorite, and ironically that is when my birthday is. Everyone knows me as a huge sports lover, but little do most people know that I have an artistic side to me and am fairly decent at art. Since I am a huge outdoors person, most of my photos that I take are outside in nature. Furthermore, since I love being creative with my art projects, I like to make all of my photos very unique in the placement of things, color schemes, subjects, etc. I think imperfection is beauty, because I know that I myself am not perfect and I think everyone and thing should take pride in that. Therefore, I find every unique and creative photo to be perfect and strive for those qualities.
P.S.... This was the only photo I wasn't aware was being taken, I was just trying to fix my hair. I thought I'd be the best fit!