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Shot at sunrise from ground level. A small piece of driftwood is on the right. The dune look alike on the left is actually a footprint in the sand, only yards away from the foreground, but the hills in the background are miles in the distance.
The Laughing Fool, at Davis Museum, Wellesley College, is in the public domain, its origin uncertain. It is thought to be from the early 1500’s by Dutch artist Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen. I combined the image with my own photographs and textures for the “We’re Here!” group of the day Jesters, Jokers and Fools.
See original image here:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laughing_Fool.jpg
Check out all the grand foolishness going on over at We’re Here!
Submitted to Purple Mystery's challenge, "Ghosts":
www.flickr.com/groups/2892228@N21/discuss/721576665606724...
Awa Odori, also known as ‘the dance of fools’, comes from Tokushima Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. “Awa” is the name of the feudal province which later became Tokushima and 'Odori' mean dance.
According to tradition, Awa Odori originated in the 16th century after drunken revellers took to dancing in the streets of Tokushima in celebration of the completion of Tokushima Castle.
While there is no firm evidence to support this, the exuberant, often frenzied nature of the dance is in keeping with the story’s theme of drunken revelry. Traditional lyrics to the music used for Awa Odori translate to “The dancers are fools and the watchers are fools; if both are fools, you may as well dance”.
Although its home is obviously Tokushima (its Awa Odori is one of the biggest street dance festivals in the world, attracting around 1.5m spectators annually), other major Awa Odori include those held in Koenji in Tokyo (which now almost rivals that in Tokushima for size) and in Minami-Koshigya in Saitama prefecture, photographed here.
Although much smaller than its cousins in Tokushima and Koenji, it still attracts around 800,000 spectators...
Sony A6500 (ILCE-6500), Sony Zeiss Sonnar FE 55mm F1.8 ZA (SEL55F18Z)
Many thanks to everyone for your visits, comments and faves! Very much appreciated!
This is the second of these I've seen, and both times I thought it was another species entirely, because that species is what I expect to find next to my door. The first time I didn't know about these at all to expect them. My only excuse this time was that the other time was two years ago.
This is a male to go with the female I just posted. Oddly, I never see females in my yard, but I found both males right by my door. You will notice he doesn't have the characteristic "arrowhead" marking that she does, but he does have an unusual spur on his second pair of legs. I wish I could tell you what that's for, but I wasn't able to find any information about it. Jciv and I decided last time that it must be for holding onto a female, since the females don't have them.
16 Arachtober 2020 – 2/2
Arrowhead Orbweaver, Verrucosa arenata
Alexandria, Virginia
22 August 2020
What a day with 2MEST and JATES....
Check 2MESTS flick for a genral summery of events...
This ones out to TWESH for the mini production we painted in the HA HQ the night before doing this......
foto by Datachump
L136 rolls north past Kern road after heading down to Emory Grove with Dave at the helm.
Mamiya rz67, 6x7, ektar 100.
It's cropped weird because of bleed.
Défi-self : Les pâtes.{On explore LOL}
If you want to play with us : www.flickr.com/groups/1433419@N22/
And sometimes you just have to pull over..
Even though its the fire lane, and the sign says "No Stopping Any Time"
Hope that there isn't a Black-and-White around :))
And if you do get caught...
Hope that you're wearing your best jeans and smile ;)
And desperately hope that they get you out of a ticket :D
Luckily for me...no cop around ;)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkGhDHP093M
Have a lovely day :)
And thank you xxx
Ok. so I'm a fool for gold, like poppies on a spring day in the foothills of the Sierra. This was from 2019 when sufficient moisture brought spring formal wear out. This year is a no-show due to drought, and I'm already missing the opportunities, so indulge me in a little reminiscence.
Thanks for visiting.
And click on the image for a bigger better view.
The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula FeS₂. Pyrite is the most abundant sulfide mineral. Pyrite's metallic luster and pale brass-yellow hue give it a superficial resemblance to gold, hence the well-known nickname of fool's gold.
From my collection.
Ok Flickr, seriously? Every day something new breaks. This site is becoming unusable. Two words: Change Control.
Anyway, if I can survive this new Flickr gauntlet, there's some landscape stuff on the horizon - no pun intended. I've had a 50mm Zeiss T/S franken-lens for two years and never made a photograph with it before today. It was nice to get out and enjoy the solitude of this kind of shooting, in spite of a few mishaps and sub-freezing temps...
Build for Greeble De Mayo week 3: Minifigure.
Greeble De Mayo is a contest held on the Iron Builder Discord server. Max allowed size of the build is 8x8x8 studs.
No real drinks in here. Just some bottles filled with weird liquids with crazy descriptions on the labels
My first EVER explored Photo! Thank you all!
Proverbs 1:22 “How long, O naive ones, will you love simplicity? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?”
“There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.” – Socrates
What happens when reasonable discourse is censored by an increasingly authoritarian system? During Covid, they said, “Follow the science.” Yet, as with climate change, a person can only have one side to the story. Nowadays, some scientists are even afraid to define a biological woman. Have we gone from science to cult? What about communist-style hate-speech laws for “misgendering” someone?
Does censorship encourage or stifle reasonable discourse? Does censorship encourage or stifle free thinking? Does censorship encourage or stifle critical thinking? Does censorship encourage or stifle freedom of speech? Does censorship encourage or stifle freedom?
wondering where the world is going to...
please: View On Black
texture Ruby Blossom: www.flickr.com/photos/rubyblossom/3853144826/in/set-72157...
pose left: Del May
skin: Alpha.tribe
Oliver Stretton-Pow: 'Infrastructure: Ship of Fools'.
Artist brief: I am interested in the dialogue that this apparently incongruous hybrid of science fiction, history and materiality presents. The narrative is fragmented or pixelated much like the surface of the work allowing endless interpretive entry and exit points.
“When you’re one step ahead of the crowd you’re a genius. When you’re two steps ahead, you’re a crackpot.”
Shlomo Riskin.
People always ask "Who is the fool?" but they never ask "How is the fool?"
Chaoticticklutz3633.
"The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life."
Confucius.
The Fool is one of the most dangerous archetypes. They are socially in tune, able to read the room and their audience. Masters of self deprecation, and also able to change the tone of any situation with their wit, they also have hidden ambitions and desires. Beneath the mask of the fool could be hidden anything from fatigue to utmost contempt. The Fool who wields the blade will surprise their victim the most.