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I am an only child and what that really means is that I spent a great deal of time learning how to exist in the world both alone and lonely. Unlike many kids today who grow up with constant entertainment through the internet screens, I had to learn to use my imagination to fill my extra time. It also meant that I had to get used to having strong feelings and have no place for them outside of myself.
For many years when I was a kid, I really wanted to have as many friends as possible and be the popular one at school. But, I soon realized I had developed opinions that were very different from most kids at school. For instance, I hated Barbie (still do!) and I thought Vanilla Ice was.a thief and that Freddie Mercury (though dying of AIDS at the time) should make him rue the day he ever stepped in front of a microphone. (Most of my friends were developing dance routines to "Ice Ice Baby". So yeah...). For the record, I still detest the person and the song.
You can try to make friends and influence people but if you're a person like me, you tend to think you've given up something genuine about yourself that way. Eventually, you realize you are better off alone.
Then, Cinchel came along and I really couldn't believe it was possible to have this kind of connection with another human. I know some would rather be solitary forever but, for me, the thought of losing him is devastating.
Still, after Trump won the election recently, maybe my old solitary child need for space reappeared. Basically, even if you surround yourself with well meaning people, you can still never escape your own self. I had friends and family calling but I just wanted to be away from everything, especially my own head space. And, when you work in a public sphere and you have to function and not fall apart and succumb to hysterical crying all day, it is exhausting to say the least. I realize we all do this to some extent unless you're the human on the street corner literally screaming non stop until someone attacks or arrests you. There is a persistent sense in my mind, though, that there are a great deal of people who are disinterested and don't connect the impact of choices or lack of choices. Maybe they end up happier or not....I'm not really sure. No one can ever truly know what is like to be another human being.
In any case, when you reach a certain level of depression, you don't even want people around you who you care for deeply because you don't want them to have to witness you at your worst, even when they are willing. It is likely that, as in that expression "You contain multitudes" that we are not so simple as we appear on the surface. There are quite a few complex layers of human consciousness to contend with and they might not all agree with each other.
Today is Thanksgiving in America, which is nice that we have one day designated to be grateful for others while the other 364 days we are competitive, bitter, and spiteful. Well, I try not to be this way. But, you see it with extreme capitalism that these systems drive us to the point of being different selves and ones I wouldn't want to have even a basic conversation with.
Let's be thankful for those humans who have seen our true selves and still choose to share some of their time on Earth with us. We can be thankful for solitude too..for quiet moments and presence within moments without the world weighing on us.
I don't define myself by other people but I doubt I would still exist in this reality as a living breathing entity without certain people.
I hope you find peace today.
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In this section / there must be at least / 53 identities /on the outside / not be be discerned / one from another.
Prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya) blooms in profusion in a high quality longleaf pine savanna in Newton County, Texas.
This is another image taken on private land in the Pineywoods of east Texas. In stark contrast with the imperiled forest I posted yesterday, these woods are protected through legal agreements with nonprofit conservation partners and are managed to maintain exceptionally high quality habitat. I use the term “woods” lightly for this longleaf pine savanna, as, despite the trees, places like this are more prairie than forest. This site is rich in prairie genera like Schizachyrium, Andropogon, Eryngium, Silphium, and so on. This savanna received a growing season burn this year, which is typical of the fire regime under which the community evolved, and contrary to the cool season burns that primarily occur today due to a variety of non-ecological reasons. The results were spectacular, and Liatris pycnostachya in particular seemed to respond.
Excerpt from www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/community/art_archi_urban.html:
Urban Identity
The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) collaborated with MTR Corporation to create the newly installed artworks at Sham Shui Po Station.
Guided by SCAD Professors, a team of fourteen students explored the vernacular architecture and urban environment of Sham Shui Po as part of a 12-week collaborative learning experience.
“Urban Identity” celebrates Sham Shui Po’s uniqueness by capturing the existing architectural characteristics that house local trades and the unique vibrancy of the community.
April 7, 2009
I made a trip out to the "ranch" to see if our two favorite horses were still in residence. Happily they were still there plus Red Pony's mother. All the snow in the background is now gone. I made the trip to Omaha yesterday morning and had to back detour thirty miles as the normal bridge crossing the Red River was completely under water, the rail on the sides was not even visisble. I will be here in Omaha for the rest of the week.
Back from a recent lease to Arkefly, this Skyservice 757, C-FLOX, still wears the TUI logo on the tail.
*Ultimate Collection by Identity Body Shop located at Kinky Event. *Iced Coffee Drinks by Rue located at the mainstore.
Although painted to represent a USAAC OA-10 Catalina based in Halesworth, Suffolk in WW2, this is actually an ex Canadian example which served the RCAF as '11005'.
The original 433915 aircraft operated out of Halesworth airfield in the role of air sea rescue during 1945 and on 30th March that year after landing to provide help to of all things another stricken flying boat the aircraft lost use of one engine. With high seas that meant she was stuck just a few miles off the Dutch coast. Whilst bobbing around on the surf on the first night a pair of ME210's strafed the Catalina to such an extent that she was listing and no longer airworthy. Four days later after enduring constant seasickness and regular immersion in freezing sea water the crew were rescued by a launch sent out from Great Yarmouth. A second launch then destroyed and sank the Catalina rather than have her fall into enemy hands.
For the above reasons the preservation society chose to adopt the identity of the sunken sister aircraft. The preserved aircraft is now based at Duxford with Catalina Aircraft Ltd.
Photographed at Boulmer during a walk from Craster to Alnmouth last week.
Choice of various identities. Some having been worn for decades. Not fake, but borrowed. Worn out. Need replacement. A better fit. Fitting. Fitting what?
7Artisans manual lens at F1.2; contre-jour, reflector used.
Sorry for more shameless self-promotion guys. If you're interested in finally putting a face to the name, please go check out my Darth Maul showcase on my YouTube: youtu.be/3rCcdzkhQZw Thanks for the support everyone!
This is a photo of a wall mask made by Karen Schlick that explores the shamanic layers of personal psychology.
Here's one for my buddy Cody who enjoys patched locomotives.
CN 332 is seen passing by Powerline Road in Brantford Ontario with CN 2036 leading the way. 2036 is one of the many ex UP C40-8's that CN has purchased in the last few years. Third out in this consist is a NREX switcher for Dofasco in Hamilton.
There was a good handful of these that ran around in CN patch and a couple lead...this would be my only one leading.
Don't be afraid to take off your mask and show your true character. Life's best when we're not playing with others!
Throwback Thursday No. 40 - 45699/45562/45627 'Galberta Leone', preservation's most confused Jubilee rolls to a stop under the magnificent trainshed of York with a 'Scarborough Spa Express'.
31-08-2023
XRN017, XRN001 and GWU005 lead loaded coal train JU106 from the Wambo coal loader to PWCS Kooragang in the Port of Newcastle, seen at Branxton at 0820 on Saturday the 1st of July 2023.
There are three possible names you could call this business - four to the untrained eye/uninitiated - East Coast Rail, Magnetic Rail, One Rail Australia and Genesee & Wyoming Australia. This East Coast coal haulage business in the NSW Hunter Valley and Goonyella Coal System in Queensland was formerly part of the GWA business which became One Rail Australia in February 2020, most locomotives still carry the GWA branding. Out of 42 standard gauge locomotives, only four have ORA logos, though numerous wagons received ORA logos.
With Aurizon (now Australia's largest rail operator) signing an agreement to purchase the ORA business (for its large non-coal bulk haulage business in South Australia and the Northern Territory) in October 2021 they offered a concession to the ACCC to dispose of the East Coast coal haulage business as to not dilute competition in coal haulage in the above areas, as Aurizon are the largest coal haulers in those areas and the country as a whole. The ACCC was satisfied by this court-enforceable undertaking and gave approval for the sale on the 14th of July 2022, and the sale was completed on the 29th of July 2022. Aurizon retained ownership of the coal-haulage business as a subsidiary it referred to as 'East Coast Rail' until the 17th of February 2023 when it was sold to the newly established Magnetic Rail Group, again with ACCC approval.
The ORA/ECR/MRG business is the smallest of the three Hunter Valley coal operators (though SSR and QUBE have dabbled in that market at certain times - with SSR still having a sizeable Blue Mountains coal operation), the others being Pacific National and Aurizon, they operate out of several mostly Glencore owned coal mines as far as Ulan, west of Muswellbrook. They do not run north of Muswellbrook.
Wikipedia refers to the business as Magnetic Rail Group, the website still says One Rail Australia (1Rail) and is still maintained, the locos still sign GWA or ORA, and others still call it ECR. You will not find a logo for Magnetic Rail Group or ECR online - I get the feeling corporate branding is not high on their agenda.
The XRN class have been tossed around like a hot potato in their short 11-13 year history. First owned by Xtrata, then Glencore, then GWA/ORA, then Aurizon, and now MRG. The GWU class were ordered by GWA and were initially used in SA/NT before they purchased Glencore's coal haulage business in 2016, and all units (at the time being only 001-009, they now number up to 11 in MRG ownership) were transferred to the Hunter Valley.
I dedicate this to dear tom-sketching,who got inspired by the words ''seeking my identity'' near my screen name,and wrote a most deeply meaningful poem on it..Thank you my dear friend.. That's fabulous..I read it again and again ! And yes..you're right Tom...seeking will never end:)
Here is the link to his amazing capture accompanying that beautiful poem:
www.flickr.com/photos/tom_sketching/4112754994/
#163 Nov.20,2009
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