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Edmund Burke
Truth Matters! Character Matters!
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AD: What is wrong, mi amor?
Clarrissa: People are so cruel and heartless, even though I try to be nice and kind to them. It is as if they don't see me as a feeling human being. I am just a thing to them. There are those who pretend to be my friends when it suits their needs, but in reality, they aren't. They are just playing me. Some completely ignore me, and others treat me like a paper napkin, to be used and thrown aside without a second thought. I am disappointed. It makes me sad. I don't get them. Is there something wrong with me? It makes me just want to stay in my bed. They won't miss me anyway. I'll just stay here.
AD: No, mi amor. It isn't you. It's them. In some peoples' worlds, there is more hypocrisy. They have been cheated and lied to so many times, left so disappointed, that now they believe that everyone is going to hurt and disappoint them. They expect the worst from each of us and so they are driven by hatred, envy, and jealousy. Their dreams have been so frustrated that they turn against everyone else in their helplessness. The only solution is to keep on being yourself. Maybe that way you can change the perception of one poor disillusioned soul. If you do that, it will all be worthwhile.
sweet sunrise and you in my thoughts ...
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(¸¸.•´ ¯¨•¸¸☆**´sus valores la ayudaron a sentir, a vivir, a escuchar y aún a perdonar .... corazón fuerte pero frágil al mismo tiempo cuando sintió la decepción de gente a quién realmente amó e idolatró .... la vida, las experiencias la enseñaron a valorar las cosas pequeñas y sencillas y a la gente de corazón noble y verdadera ... soñadora, luchadora buscando siempre la verdad, nuevos caminos, nuevas metas y nuevos objetivos que cumplir ....huyendo de la hipocresía y la falsedad de algunos la llevaron a recorrer los sitios más recónditos que explorar y conoció a mucha gente de la que aprender nuevas cosas y amar ... (¸¸.•´ ¯¨•¸¸☆**´
(¸¸.•´ ¯¨•¸¸☆**´ Her values helped her to feel, to live, to listen and even to forgive ... strong but fragile heart at the same time when she felt the disappointment of people whom she really loved and idolized ... life, experiences taught her to value the small and simple things and to people with a noble and true heart ... dreamer, fighter always looking for the truth, new paths, new goals and new objectives to accomplish ... fleeing from the hypocrisy and falsehood of some They took her to visit the most remote places to explore and she met many people from whom to learn new things and love ... (¸¸.•´ ¯¨•¸¸☆**´
Beware of people who speak ill of others, they say the same about you when your back is turned !
Many of us are confidants and friends of people who continually talk about the lives of others, as if some divine power has given them that right. They do not do it in a way that could be described as "fortuitous", since for them, hypocrisy is a habitual recourse in communication, which serves them indirectly to reinforce their values by seeking the complicity of the other in criticism.
It cannot be denied that some people are masochists, and like to have others talk about them, even if it is to criticize them openly and intentionally hurt them.
Definition:
hy-poc-ri-sy
noun, plural hypocrisies.
1.
a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
2.
a pretense of having some desirable or publicly approved attitude.
3.
an act or instance of hypocrisy.
See also: lies, lying
Yet another, just tell me when to stop.
Like many birds, man has done soo much harm either directly or through his selfish or ignorant activities.
These birds are a good example,
Rats & cats are among their biggest enemy along with cars, destruction of habitat etc .
I won't bore you with the list.
I was amazed to read of cat organisations or groups that are aghast at the idea of humainly destroying feral cats ????
Our "civilised society" is anything but logical.
Many cat owners freely allow their animals to roam especially at night involving high, unacceptable levels of cruelty to birds and other animals yet this is "acceptable " .
What hypocrisy.
I believe to make progress in wild bird and animal welfare these noise makers should spend their time educating cat owners in responsible pet keeping.
Domestic cats live on an average of 15- 17 years however feral cats live only 3-5 years after a miserable life of hunger, disease and general poor living conditions...
Prayer to the Santo Niño to be merciful
Oh Santo Niño, help us that we may become worthy to call on you. Banish all hatred and envy in our hearts which destroy our relations with our family and friends.
Help us to be merciful because you are merciful, for our faith in you would be useless if we do not love and understand others.
Banish our hypocrisy and help us partake of your truth. Amen
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O Santo Niño, himoa kami nga angayan mosangpit kanimo. Wagtanga ang mga kayugot ug kasina sa among mga kasing-kasing nga mao'y makaguba sa maayo namong relasyon sa among banay ug mga kahigalaan.
Himoa kami nga maluloy-on susama nga ikaw maluloy-on kay kawang lamang ang among pagtuo diha kanimo kung wala kami'y paghigugma ug pagkamasinabtanon sa uban.
Wagtanga ang among pagpakaaron-ingnon ug ipaambit kanamo ang imong kamatuoran. Amen.
They say the world is spinning around
I say the world is upside down
They say the world is spinning around
I say the world is upside down
Oh yeah, too much injustice
How can there be peace?
Religious hypocrisy
Political tyranity
You see it my ...
What about the children now?
I could say that I did not expect that day, it also surprised me. I could say that I did not expect that day, and that I was also surprised. But I would be lying. Everyone, somehow, we know.
Recognize that our mistakes are not casual and then ask the other, what can we do? It is a great hypocrisy. Perhaps, when we face the truths, we feel that we are not guilty, that we were not wrong, it was the other who did it.
Little lies or big truths, it doesn't matter. What fades before our eyes is irreversible. It is no longer valid to be brave in times of peace, because we have been cowards in times of war. It is worth the metaphor, because we all, in one way or another, face at some point for power. That is what it is about. Then my friends, my humble advice: we must recognize ourselves weak when we are and not fake strength, when it is too late.
I repeat: It is no longer valid to be brave in times of peace, because we have been cowards in times of war.
Podría decir que no esperaba ese día, y que también me sorprendió. Pero estaría mintiendo. Todos, de alguna manera, lo sabemos.
Reconocer que nuestros errores no son casuales y luego preguntamos al otro, ¿qué podemos hacer? Es una gran hipocresía. Tal vez, cuando enfrentamos las verdades, sentimos que no somos culpables, que no estábamos equivocados, fue el otro quien lo hizo.
Pequeñas mentiras o grandes verdades, no importa. Lo que se desvanece ante nuestros ojos es irreversible. Ya no es válido ser valiente en tiempos de paz, porque hemos sido cobardes en tiempos de guerra. Vale la pena la metáfora, porque todos, de una forma u otra, nos enfrentamos en algún momento por el poder. De eso se trata. Entonces mis amigos, mi humilde consejo: debemos reconocernos débiles cuando lo somos y no fingir fuerza, cuando ya es tarde.
Repito: Ya no es válido ser valiente en tiempos de paz, porque hemos sido cobardes en tiempos de guerra.
~The song was originally associated with human and spiritual unity, closeness and compassion, and it still is, but more recently it is also cited or alluded to in satirical or cynical ways which suggest false moralizing, hypocrisy, or naively optimistic views of the world and human nature~
Happy Monday boys and girls. I know I've not been around in while. I promise I'll be by to catch up tonight. HUGS.
Mandarin Duck as seen in FL a couple of months ago.
I visited as best I could tonight but the storms keep rolling around. Think I'll turn off the computer for a while. I'll be back. HUGS
A few weeks ago, when Christmas was about to start, I went to a hill in a park in the Las Tablas neighborhood to take some night photos.
Once again, I took a photo of the iconic La Vela Building, where the BBVA Headquarters are located.
That night the sky was completely cloudy, reflecting the glow of the great city.
Now, January 6, with Three Kings Day, Christmas is finally over. In my case, I wanted this day to come for several reasons, the first because it is a very magical day for children, when they receive many gifts from the Three Wise Men, and the second because I wanted the Christmas celebrations to finally end. You won't believe me, but every year I hate these holidays more and more and people´s hypocrisy.
Now it's time to return to the daily routine, in my case and because of my work I never abandoned it during these Holidays, and it's time to reflect on our current behavior and offer more solidarity and respect to others. In this way, we will all be happier and we will feel more integrated.
I hope that your beginning of the year is being calm and happy.
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Sede central del BBVA en las Las Tablas, Madrid, España
Hace unas semanas, cuando estaban a punto de comenzar las Navidades, fui a un cerro en un parque del barrio Las Tablas a tomar algunas fotos nocturnas.
Una vez más, tomé una foto del icónico Edificio La Vela, donde se encuentra la Sede del BBVA.
Esa noche el cielo estaba completamente nublado, reflejando el resplandor de la gran ciudad.
Ahora, 6 de enero, con el día de los Reyes Magos, por fin se acaba la Navidad. En mi caso, deseaba que llegara este día por algunas razones, la primera porque es un día muy mágico para los niños, cuando reciben muchos regalos de los Reyes Magos, y la segunda porque deseaba que las celebraciones navideñas finalmente terminasen. No me creerás, pero cada año odio más y más estas fiestas y la hipocresía de la gente.
Ahora toca volver a la rutina diaria, en mi caso y por mi trabajo nunca la abandoné durante estas Fiestas, y es tiempo de reflexionar sobre nuestro comportamiento actual y ofrecer más solidaridad y respeto con los demás. De esta forma, todos seremos más felices y nos sentiremos más integrados.
Espero que tu inicio de año esté siendo tranquilo y feliz.
Pulsa "L" para ampliar la imagen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9VFg44H2z8
I've given up
On society
Up on my family
Up on your social disease
I've given up
On the industry
Up on democracy
Done with all your hypocrisy
All of the chaos
And all of the lies
I hate it
I'm wasting here
Can anyone wash it all away?
I'm waiting here
For anyone to wash it all away
Wash it all away
I've given up
On the media
Feeds my hysteria
Sick of living down on my knees
I've given up
On morality
Feeds my brutality
Fuck what you think about me
All of the chaos
And all of the lies
I hate it
I'm wasting here
Can anyone wash it all away
I'm waiting here
For anyone to wash it all away
Wash it all away
I won't change for you
And I can't take the pain
There's nothing you can do
And there's nothing you can say
I've given up
On everything
Up on everything
Up on everything
I'm wasting here
Can anyone wash it all away?
I'm waiting here
For anyone to wash it all away
Wash it all away
I'm wasting here
With everyone just wash it all away
I'm waiting here
For anyone to wash it all away
Wash it all away
Wash it all away
August
The noise is stilled.
I come out on the stage.
Leaning against the door-post
I try to guess from the distant echo
What is to happen in my lifetime.
The darkness of night is aimed at me
Along the sights of a thousand opera-glasses
Abba, Father, if it be possible,
Let this cup pass from me.
I love your stubborn purpose,
I consent to play my part.
But now a different drama is being acted;
For this once let me be.
Yet the order of the acts is planned
And the end of the way inescapable.
I am alone; all drowns in the Pharisees’ hypocrisy.
To live your life is not as simple as to cross a field.*
-Boris Pasternak
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
Each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere. He's gotta pick this one. He's got to. I don't see how a pumpkin patch can be more sincere than this one. You can look around and there's not a sign of hypocrisy. Nothing but sincerity as far as the eye can see."
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In all sincerity, I see no point in war, violence only breeds violence, death, hardship, deep sorrow, pain and fear. Diplomacy creates the possibility of debate, exchange of ideas, the ability to find peaceful solutions through compromise. Diplomacy is not always successful, but it has a good chance of eliminating the pain and fear caused by war.
It seems to me that we are afraid of trying to work things out in a peaceful way, it is not easy, but surely peace DESERVES A CHANCE?
New York Times article:
"Republican Hypocrisy on Iran"
www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/opinion/sunday/republican-hypo...
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"The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy."
James 3:17
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"I don't see how a pumpkin patch can be more sincere than this one. You can look around and there's not a sign of hypocrisy. Nothing but sincerity as far as the eye can see." Linus
"Come on
Come on, although ya try to discredit
Ya still never read it
The needle, I'll thread it, radically poetic
Standin' with the fury that they had in '66
And like E-Double I'm Mad
Still knee-deep in the system's shit
Hoover, he was a body remover
I'll give you a dose but it can never come close
To the rage built up inside of me
Fist in the air, in the land of hypocrisy"
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“Israeli students claim that ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s is “illegally” occupying land in Vermont that once belonged to a Abenaki native American tribe and should practice what it preaches and immediately evacuate the properties.
A cheeky letter sent to B&J — signed by more than 1,000 Israeli students and academics affiliated with Students for Justice in America — accuses B&J of of hypocrisy.
“We have concluded that your company’s occupation of the Abenaki lands is illegal and we believe it is wholly inconsistent with the stated values that Ben & Jerry’s purports to maintain.”
„Ich habe die Geduld für bestimmte Dinge nicht mehr, nicht weil ich arrogant geworden bin, sondern einfach, weil ich einen Punkt in meinem Leben erreicht habe, wo ich meine Zeit nicht mehr mit Dingen verschwenden will, die mir missfallen oder weh tun. Ich habe keine Geduld für Zynismus, übertriebene Kritik und Forderungen jeder Art.
Ich verlor den Willen, die zu mögen, die mich nicht mögen, die zu lieben, die mich nicht lieben, und die anzulächeln, die mich nicht anlächeln möchten. Ich verbringe keine einzige Minute mehr mit denjenigen, die lügen oder manipulieren.
Ich beschloss, nicht mehr mit Verstellung, Heuchelei, Unehrlichkeit und billig Lob zu koexistieren. Ich bin nicht fähig selektive Gelehrsamkeit und akademische Arroganz zu akzeptieren. Ich hasse Konflikte und Vergleiche.
Ich glaube an eine Welt der Gegensätze, und das ist der Grund, warum ich Menschen mit starren und unflexiblen Persönlichkeiten meide.
In der Freundschaft mag ich den Mangel an Loyalität und Verrat nicht. Ich verstehe mich nicht mit denen, die nicht wissen, wie man ein Kompliment oder ein Wort der Ermutigung spricht.
Übertreibungen langweilen mich und ich habe Schwierigkeiten mit der Annahme derjenigen, die Tiere nicht mögen. Und ich habe keine Geduld für alle, die meine Geduld nicht verdient haben.“
Meryl Streep
“I no longer have patience for certain things, not because I’ve become arrogant, but simply because I reached a point in my life where I do not want to waste more time with what displeases me or hurts me. I have no patience for cynicism, excessive criticism and demands of any nature. I lost the will to please those who do not like me, to love those who do not love me and to smile at those who do not want to smile at me.
I no longer spend a single minute on those who lie or want to manipulate. I decided not to coexist anymore with pretense, hypocrisy, dishonesty and cheap praise. I do not tolerate selective erudition nor academic arrogance. I do not adjust either to popular gossiping. I hate conflict and comparisons. I believe in a world of opposites and that’s why I avoid people with rigid and inflexible personalities. In friendship I dislike the lack of loyalty and betrayal. I do not get along with those who do not know how to give a compliment or a word of encouragement. Exaggerations bore me and I have difficulty accepting those who do not like animals. And on top of everything I have no patience for anyone who does not deserve my patience.”
Meryl Streep
I never care what I look like, how others see me. I am like this, as my life, my hopes, my disappointments, my joys and my unhappiness have made me. They are without reservations and without hypocrisy.
A tribute for Sinead O’Connor…
who suffered abuse at the hands of her own mother - a member of the Irish Catholic church;
who tore up the picture of the Pope at that time for covering up the abuse of children within the church;
whose son committed suicide;
and all credit to her for her justifiable anger and her courage to speak out against the hypocrisy she could see.
She lived an unfair and difficult, troubled life but ... may she now rest in peace.
I wish you all a happy new year and i hope all your dream will come true.
With love and peace ♥♥♥
Morgan Nephilim Noctis
" I woke up in a dream today
To the cold of the static
And put my cold feet on the floor
Forgot all about yesterday
Remembering I'm pretending to be where I'm not anymore
A little taste of hypocrisy
And I'm left in the wake of the mistake
Slow to react
Even tough you're so close to me
You're still so distant
And I can't bring you back
It's true
The way I feel
Was promised by your face
The sound of your voice
Painted on my memories
Even if you're not with me
(I'm with you)
You
Now I see
Keeping everything inside
(I'm with you)
You
Now I see
Even when I close my eyes
I hit you and you hit me back
We fall to the floor
The rest of the day stands still
Fine line between this and that
When things go wrong I pretend the past isn't real
Now I'm trapped in this memory
And I'm left in the wake of the mistake
Slow to react
Even tough you're close to me
You're still so distant
And I can't bring you back
It's true
The way I feel
Was promised by your face
The sound of your voice
Painted on my memories
Even if you're not with me
No matter how far we've come
I can't wait to see tomorrow
No matter how far we've come
I can't wait to see tomorrow ... "
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A wonderful, magical, blessed Christmas - good times, health, smiles... and hope that, like every year, is born in us when we look at the poor manger and the little baby in it.
I wish that your expectations for a peaceful day, for what we know and love, for a world without hypocrisy, hypocrisy and lies will come true.
I wish you good light, a joyful smile, I wish you true friends, I wish you kind eyes, I wish you closeness to your loved ones, I wish you admiration at sunrise and the wonder of nature, I wish you curiosity about the world, a journey into the unknown, - I wish you all the best and the most beautiful, - happy little one a star from the sky that makes dreams come true.
Love, joy and prosperity - Merry Christmas, full of magic
“There are three kinds of violence. The first, mother of all the others, is institutional violence, that which legalizes and perpetuates domination, oppression and exploitation, that which crushes and laminates millions of men in its silent and well-oiled wheels.
The second is revolutionary violence, which arises from the desire to abolish the first.
The third is repressive violence, the object of which is to stifle the second by making itself the auxiliary and the accomplice of the first violence, that which engenders all the others.
There is no worse hypocrisy to call violence only the second, while pretending to forget the first, which gives birth to it, and the third which kills it. »
Don Helder Camara (February 7, 1909 – August 27, 1999)
James, probably Christ's brother, describes true wisdom. It is, he says, pure, peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. May I achieve this, with God's help.
Thank you for looking.
Hypocrisy is the state of pretending to have beliefs, opinions, virtues, feelings, qualities, or standards that one does not actually have.
Hypocrisy involves the deception of others and is thus a lie.
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Мы в осень погрузились незаметно.
В лавину желтизны опавших листьев,
Они, как безусловная примета,
Обрывки позабытых нами писем.
Живём, как жили, осень только снится,
И хочется, чтоб снилась бесконечно,
Ведь сон не сможет снова повториться,
И осень тоже слишком быстротечна.
Она не оставляет равнодушных,
Всем дарит и любовь и восхищенье,
В ней лицемерья нет и нет бездушья,
Она и сон, и явь и наважденье.
Она – то, что даровано природой,
Пора надежд и ярких листопадов,
Она пленит нас даже непогодой,
И согревает чувственностью взглядов…
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We plunged into autumn unnoticed.
Into the avalanche of yellowness of fallen leaves,
They are, as an absolute sign,
Fragments of letters we have forgotten.
We live as we lived, autumn is just a dream,
And I want to dream endlessly,
After all, the dream will not be able to repeat itself again,
And autumn is also too fleeting.
She does not leave anyone indifferent,
It gives everyone both love and admiration,
There is no hypocrisy in it and there is no soullessness,
She is a dream, a reality and an obsession.
She is something that is bestowed by nature,
It's time for hopes and bright leaf falls,
She will captivate us even in bad weather,
And warms with sensuality of views…
Le droit d’être.
Il y a des choses qu’on ne choisit pas.
Elles ne s’expliquent pas.
Elles ne dérangent que ceux qui ne veulent pas voir.
Et pourtant,
certains vivent encore sous les regards lourds.
Non pour ce qu’ils font,
mais simplement pour ce qu’ils sont.
On apprend à juger
ce qui dépasse les règles,
ce qui échappe à l’évidence,
ce qui fait peur,
parce que ça ne se laisse pas contrôler.
Pendant ce temps,
tant d'autres choses passent sans bruit.
Des silences commodes,
des contradictions acceptées,
des gestes que l’on cache mais que l’on excuse,
au nom du confort ou de la coutume.
Mais Dieu,
si l’on choisit de croire en Lui,
regarde-t-il vraiment l’amour avec soupçon ?
Ou regarde-t-il notre manière d’aimer,
de respecter,
de réparer ?
Ce n’est pas l’amour qu’il faut craindre.
C’est l’hypocrisie tranquille.
Celle qui juge une vie sincère
et ferme les yeux sur une faute dissimulée.
Alors,
est-ce vraiment l’autre qui dérange ?
Ou bien la peur d’être vu autrement
si l’on décide, un jour,
de ne plus juger ?
On parle “d’avancées”…
mais dans les faits, elles restent minimes.
Légalement, peut-être.
Socialement, intérieurement, c’est autre chose.
Il est peut-être temps
de regarder avec notre cœur.
De penser à ces jeunes qui vivent leur vérité
trop tôt pour qu’on la nie.
À ces enfants qui ressentent
ce qu’ils n’ont même pas encore les mots pour dire.
À cette jeunesse qui grandit sous l’œil cruel des réseaux,
et qui ne demande rien d’autre que ça :
Le droit d’exister, sans avoir à se défendre.
(Ce texte est né à la demande de ma fille, pour son ami, et pour tous ceux à qui on refuse encore le droit d’être.
C’est elle. Son visage. Sa voix. Son choix.)
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The Right to Be.
There are things we don’t choose.
They can’t be explained.
They only bother those who refuse to see.
And yet,
some still live under heavy stares.
Not for what they do,
but simply for who they are.
We learn to judge
what breaks the rules,
what escapes logic,
what scares us,
because it can’t be controlled.
Meanwhile,
many other things go unnoticed.
Convenient silences,
accepted contradictions,
actions hidden but excused,
in the name of comfort or tradition.
But God,
if one chooses to believe in Him,
does He really look at love with suspicion?
Or does He look at how we love,
how we respect,
how we try to repair?
It’s not love we should fear.
It’s quiet hypocrisy.
The kind that judges a sincere life
while turning away from a hidden fault.
So,
is it really the other person that disturbs us?
Or the fear of being seen differently
if one day we choose
to stop judging?
We speak of “progress”…
but in truth, it remains minimal.
Legally, perhaps.
Socially, internally, that’s another story.
Maybe it’s time
we looked with our hearts.
To think of those young people living their truth
too early to be denied.
Of those children who feel
before they even have the words.
Of this generation growing up
under the cruel eye of social media,
asking for only one thing:
The right to exist, without needing to defend it.
(This text was written at my daughter’s request, for her friend, and for all those still denied the right to simply be.
This is her. Her face. Her voice. Her choice.)
Most dictionaries would explain the meaning of this phrase as to ignore something bad that is happening and not try to stop it. Some definitions are a lot more specific and highlight the fact that, usually, this attitude is applied to one group but not the other. That would lead us into the territory of hypocrisy. It is hypocritical to shout about Russian atrocities in Ukraine but stay silent about those committed in Gaza. While there are currently practical steps being taken to end the war in Ukraine with a compromise, unsatisfying as it may be, the developments in Gaza are completely off the chart and moving towards a scenario reminiscent of the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII. Looking the other way is not a real proposition, because, as one observer said, not only Israel's fingerprints will be all over this catastrophe, but those of other nations too. Leica M8, Elmar (collapsible) 2.8/50 at F8.
Momentarily touched by the reflections of light. It’s like magic; it adds unparalleled radiance as it falls through the darkness onto the surface of the water.
Is it reality? Or is it hypocrisy?
“Fantasy – Earth wind and Fire”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVRU_6aCDk4
This shot was taken at 2100hrs during the Malacca river cruise. It was hand held.
Antara realiti dan kepura-puraan
The WWII memorial (1960s) and the Cathedral of Mary's Assumption (2010) in Yaroslavl on the Volga, Russia. Shot with a manual lens (7Artisans f1.2). I had published this image before. Russia's extreme suffering during the Second World War is one of the constituent elements of its political outlook today. The other is the post-communist re-integration of the sacred (in the shape of the Russian Orthodox Church) into the nationalist pantheon - Russia as the "Third Rome", the bastion and defender of true Christianity. These two elements combined with a deep anger about the collapse of the USSR and the advance of liberal Western culture (and NATO too) produce a potent mix of nationalist sentiments. Criticising these sentiments I must, but as a UK citizen I can do this only by acknowledging the hypocrisy going on in my own country, for example the fact that London for decades used to be the centre of the world when it comes to money laundering. Our political parties, one in particular, got used to accepting big donations from "oligarchs". In a way, the UK (and others) were quite content to do business with the nationalist monster rising up in the East.
“There are three kinds of violence. The first, mother of all the others, is institutional violence, that which legalizes and perpetuates domination, oppression and exploitation, that which crushes and laminates millions of men in its silent and well-oiled wheels.
The second is revolutionary violence, which arises from the desire to abolish the first.
The third is repressive violence, the object of which is to stifle the second by making itself the auxiliary and the accomplice of the first violence, that which engenders all the others.
There is no worse hypocrisy to call violence only the second, while pretending to forget the first, which gives birth to it, and the third which kills it. »
Don Helder Camara, archbishop of Recife. (February 7, 1909 – August 27, 1999)
Since the coronavirus has already canceled most festivities for America's Independence Day in 2020, and since I'm not as enthusiastic to share my images from last July (they get slightly repetitive year after year after year), I've decided to switch gears and share an image to mark America's 244th birthday instead.
Given everything we've experienced and witnessed nationwide and internationally in recent years, my intention with this photograph is to remind ourselves to not lose hope.
We constantly have to (try to) replenish our spirits, and remember what makes the American nation unique. This is relative to the individual, but my posting today is, for me, what makes America not only great, but phenomenal. (It's a photograph that I captured on behalf of a local client, who later featured it as a cover photo for its annual report. It's one of my all-time favorite images in my entire career as a professional photographer).
Without a doubt, America is not without its faults, hypocrisy, and ugly history, but the country has come a significant way in three centuries...hopefully far enough so it will not be too far undermined and sabotaged today. This remains unknown.
I did write a special blog article dedicated to the Independence Day image I captured in Seattle last year. It includes some videos too. If interested, the article is titled "This State of Independence Shall Be..."
POEMA DLXXV
delicadamente bati à porta
ninguém abriu
quando se é ingénuo
a alma limpa de hipocrisia não sabe
que por grande que seja o mérito
não se bate a portas onde não se é desejado
a aprendizagem tem muitas vezes uma face dolorosa
[quanto é preciso sofrer para deixar de ser-se ingénuo?
cada um constrói a sua medida!]
POEM DLXXV
I gently knocked on the door
nobody opened
when you are naive
the clean soul of hypocrisy does not know
however great the merit can be
you don't knock on doors where you are not wished
learning often has a painful face
[how much do you have to suffer to stop being naive?
each one builds his measure!]
JOAQUIM MURALE
'in' ATÉ AO ÚLTIMO SOPRO | UNTIL THE LAST BREATH, 2020