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The fool says in his heart, "God does not exist."
Psalm 14:1a
Design: LoganWeileriii.com
Photo: Marika Eglite
A youthful figure steps out onto a mountain cliff. It's fair hair is crowned with laurel and a feather. A little white dog is jumping up the wanderer's trousers and boots, who is wearing a flowing garment, embroidered with zodiac wheels, a half moon on it's left shoulder, a yellow sun on it's right shoulder and a triple flame at the front of the chest at the location of the heart. The dress is held together by a girdle.
The Fool's right hand holds a blooming white rose. The left hand holds a rod, placed casually over it's left shoulder supporting a wallet, which has the Eye of Horus and an eagle in flight on its flap.
The bright light of a white sun shines behind the traveller, who is gazing upwards into the distance of a yellow sky. Over the edge of the cliff, beneath it are the waters of a lake with the shimmering reflections of surrounding snow covered mountains and evergreen trees.
I pulled out an old black light to see how this will fare on the backdrop when properly illuminated. Kinda cool.
Amazing mimicry, this one fooled me for a moment. Unfortunately the model ant was too quick to photograph but this spider stayed on a heliconia leaf for a bit. A bunch of passing tourists and guide were curious what had me so engrossed and wouldn't believe that it was a spider until I showed them the magnified images on my camera and pointed out the 8 eyes. Notice the large eyespot on the right side. Curiously the eyespot is only on one side of the head and the spider will reorient itself so that the false eye will face you. Unlike some other mimics this one doesn't give up the charade but holds out its front legs continuously as though they truly were antennae. Found during a day hike in Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica.
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Lovely gooseberry elderflower and vanilla fool
Gooseberry: groseille à maquereau
Elderflower: fleur de sureau
* Ship of Fools (1965): Stanley Kramer now steers the camera for real as the director in addition to being producer, and he steers a cruise liner full of a cross-section of society across the Atlantic toward 1933 Germany. Written by Abby Mann (Judgment at Nuremberg) from a novel by Katherine Anne Porter, Ship of Fools is a series of interlocked vignettes that travel the decks of the boat, showing the different levels of society, dissecting an international cast of characters. An Austrian anti-Semite philanderer (Jose Ferrer) rubs elbows with a deposed Spanish contessa (Simone Signoret), an alcoholic ex-baseball player (Lee Marvin), an idealistic but naïve painter (George Segal), a lonely middle-aged woman (Vivien Leigh), and many others. Each has their own shortcomings, usually enflamed by their shortsightedness, and putting them together, trapping them in one space for a specific period of time, only serves to call more attention to what ails them. Only two people are conscious of the humanity around them. The ship's doctor (Oskar Werner) is aware of the failings of others, and it makes him despair of his inability to exact change, causing him to pay the ultimate price. With him is the dwarf (Michael Dunn), the narrator who speaks to the audience on either side of the cruise. Being below most people's sight lines gives him a unique perspective, and the film being made in 1965 also allows Stanley Kramer to imbue the story with a sense of prescience for what is to come. The human tragedy that is only years away plays out on the ship. All the bad ideas, all of the selfishness, and all of the denial is right there for our viewing pleasure, and most of us may be disheartened to find ourselves somewhere in the population of the Ship of Fools. It may feel a little tidy or preachy today, but its truth holds strong.
Taken on the Heather Trail, Manning Park, British Columbia, CA by David.
Spruce grouse have long been known to freeze upon close contact. Instead of fleeing they attempt to use their camouflage to stay undetected by would be predators. Unfortunately (as in this case) the backdrop is not always supportive to this behaviour.
David.
*Better On Black*
Elias wasn't really in the mood to have his picture taken tonight. He had the pillow over his face to hide from his dad's camera. I moved to the side and told him to block his dad's camera by holding the pillow out between him and the camera. The minute he did I started snapping away. He knew he had been fooled and was actually a good sport about it.
michael bowman freezin' for a reason at this year's fishkill polar plunge, a fundraiser for the ny special olympics.
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Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
George Strait, the king of country music!
FOOL HEARTED MEMORY
George Strait
Nickels and dimes, memories and wines - she's on his mind once again.
The same old stool, the same old fool; played by the rules, but didn't win.
There's an old love in his heart that he can't lose.
He tried forgettin', but he knows that it's no use.
He's got a fool hearted memory.
It won't let him see that she walked out the door.
He's got a fool hearted memory,
And he sits patiently here every night so it can fool him more.
She was his girl, his only whirl, that string of pearls that slipped away.
A thousand dimes, a thousand times - he doesn't mind what they say.
He fills the jukebox, and plays the same old song.
He fills his glass, and then he turns her memory on.
But it's a fool hearted memory.
It won't let him see that she walked out the door.
He's got a fool hearted memory.
And he sits patiently here every night so it can fool him more.
He's got a fool hearted memory.
It won't let him see that she walked out the door.
He's got a fool hearted memory.
And he sits patiently here every night so it can fool him more.
" For one dollar, I'll guess your weight, your height, or your sex. The most exciting game on the midway! Imagine the thrill of getting your weight guessed by a professional! You can blow up your cheeks, you can stick out your chest, but you're not going to fool the guesser."
-- Navin Johnson
The Jerk