Fighting ignorance
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if needs be. The vows of ignorance are not binding upon enlightenment :-)
Muriel Strode (1875–1964), My Little Book of Life, 1912
HMM!! Protest Injustice! Resist! Vote!
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White flags symbolizes AIR -If meditated upon, white can cut the delusion of ignorance and turn it into the wisdom of reality. The mantras printed on the flags are carried on the wind and believed to spread goodwill and positive energy wherever they go.
« Seule, aux yeux des mortels, l’ignorance des causes
Transporte aux dieux, le sceptre et l’empire des choses ».
De Rerum Natura, Lucrèce (Titus Lucretius 99 BC. – 55 BC.)
Traduit par André Lefèvre
one day people met the stones
people said to the stones, you have to be more human
the stones replied, we are not yet hard enough
Valium Creek [be there or just miss something - your decision]
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Mechelen - Zandpoortvest
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In 1984, author Thomas Pynchon observed:
We are often unaware of the scope and structure of our ignorance. Ignorance is not just a blank space on a person's mental map.
It has contours and coherence, and for all I know rules of operation as well. So as a corollary to writing about what we know, maybe we should add getting familiar with our ignorance, and the possibilities therein for ruining a good story.
Ignorance can have negative effects on individuals and societies, but can also benefit them by creating within them the desire to know more.
For example, ignorance within science opens the opportunity to seek knowledge and make discoveries by asking new questions. Though this can only take place if the individual possesses a curious mind.
Source: wiki - Ignorance
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AND: It is not far from ignorance to hatred !!!
A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance. Gian Carlo Menotti
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1 Timothy 1:13-14 New International Version (NIV)
13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. 14 The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
The vows of ignorance are not binding upon enlightenment :-)
Muriel Strode (1875–1964), My Little Book of Life, 1912
Truth Matters! Character Matters!
prunus mume, pink flowering japanese apricot, 'Bonita', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Veil of Ignorance (J. Rawl). Above the Gepatsch reservoir you are quickly in the mountain world with a magnificent view of the foothills of the Southern Hapmeskopf (3,240m) and the Biggspitze (3,453m).
through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." :-(
Isaac Asimov, in Newsweek, 1980
HBW!! Truth Matters! Science Matters!
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“Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know.”
― Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl
Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear. Mahatma Gandhi
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Chickadees have always been a favorite bird of mine. I love their happy singsong trills, and when I see them in the harshest of times (like say, 30 degrees below zero fahrenheit, where you or I wouldn't last the morning), I marvel at their resilience and how happy they seem to be given their circumstances. I still believe they are. But, I was reading a study on their songs, and as it turns out the more intricate they get, the greater the predatorial threat they are warning others of. When you hear "Chicka-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee," a much greater threat is present than if you just heard the ever famous, "Fee-bee." Now, you or I might think a more complex call would mean a bigger predator with a huge beak and scary claws was close by. But, Chickadees know better. A smaller more agile predator would have a much greater chance at pinning a lightning fast Chickadee. For instance, A large Great Gray Owl elicited only two "dees," but a much smaller (but also more aerially adept) Pygmy Owl merited an extra four to twenty-some "dees." I also read that they have words for types of predatorial threats e.g. when you hear them wisp out a "Seet" it warns of flying threats from above. I will always associate their songs with happiness though, to me it is unmistakably so, and for that Bliss is far from Ignorance.
In buddhism, the prevalent religion where this photograph was taken, the other shore refers to enlightenment and crossing to the other shore refers to the spiritual journey from ignorance and suffering to enlightment.
Socially non-distanced hibiscus
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[...] "Sie sind allein. Der Mensch kann nicht allein leben. Ihre Interessen, all das, womit Sie zurück gekommen sind, bilden eine kleine Insel in einem Meer von Ignoranz. Ich bezweifle, ob viele Menschen Lust hätten zu hören, was Sie zu erzählen haben. [...]
aus "Rückkehr von den Sternen" von Stanislav Lem. ____________________________________
[...] "You are alone, you can not live alone, your interests, all that you came back with, form a small island in a sea of ignorance, I doubt if many people would like to hear, what you have to tell ... [...]
from "Return from the Stars" by Stanislav Lem
IMG00390, Kathmandu, Nepal. Taken around 1994/95 in Color print film.
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Fear
I Feared …
I feared being alone
Until I learned to like Myself.
I feared failure
Until I realized that I only Fail when I don't try.
I feared success
Until I realized that I had to try in order to be happy with myself.
I feared people's opinions
Until I learned that people would have opinions about me anyway.
I feared rejection
Until I learned to have faith in myself.
I feared pain
Until I learned that it's necessary for growth
I feared the truth
Until I saw the ugliness in lies.
I feared life
Until I experienced its beauty .
I feared death
Until I realized that it's not an end, but a beginning.
I feared my destiny,
Until I realized that I had the power to change my life.
I feared hate
Until I saw that it was nothing more than ignorance.
I feared love
Until it touched my heart, making the darkness fade into endless sunny days.
Until I learned how to laugh at myself.
I feared growing old
Until I realized that I gained wisdom every day.
I feared the future
Until I realized that Life just kept getting better.
I feared the past
Until I realized that It could no longer hurt me.
I feared the dark
Until I saw the beauty of the starlight.
I feared the light
Until I learned that the Truth would give me Strength.
I feared change,
Until I saw that even the most beautiful butterfly had to undergo a Metamorphosis before it could fly.
- Unknown
texture by . joessistah
Hear my promise of blistering light
Sowing the rose of obsidian
My dear I promise
Death comes to all
In a heartbeat only silence
Let's play with the fire that runs in our veins
Trust in the might of a miracle
Now winter has come a
And I'll stand in the snow
I don't feel the cold
And it's all that I will ever need to believe
One day I know
We will meet again
In the shade of a life to die for
Watching the world
Through the eyes of a child
In elysium
Will I know you then?
(Will I know you then?)
Now bring down your fortress
And swallow your pride
Don't break in your moments of ignorance
Existence will capture a spark of life
Just a fragment
But it's all that I will ever need to revive
One day I know
We will meet again
In the shade of a life to die for
Watching the world
Through the eyes of a child
In elysium
Will I find you there in that darkness
Of the shadow that comes over all
Dear friend will I know you then
Will I know you then at all
is ignorance:-)
Emma Goldman
HMM!! wear a mask for those you love...and those who love you...take care :-)
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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. -
Galileo Galilei
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. - Winston Churchill
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. - Buddha
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Simply put, I was born at an unfortunate time to experience railroading. Old enough to be aware of what was out there, but young enough to not devote enough attention to it as it needed. Here is a small sampling of what I should have devoted more time too in my teenage years before it was all over: Soo Line units, DM&E/ICE, Erie Mining chip moves, EJE helpers on Steelton Hill, DMIR units, BN SD60M's and Oakways on coal trains, etc and the list goes on and on. Back then a 2 1/2 hour drive was a long way, whereas when I go shoot the St. Maries now its only a 6 hour trip... perspective. The DM&E/IC&E were cool roads and I sorely wished to have spent more time shooting them. On this day though, I was down with Douglas Hildebrant and Josh Dulak and we bagged two blue and gold triple sets. Imagining triples of these cruising along the Mississippi River is enough to make someone curse. With a SOO caboose as a prop, this merch train was absolutely screaming down the river.