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
Protest Injustice! Resist! Truth Matters! Character Matters!
prunus mume, weeping japanese flowering apricot, 'Bridal Veil', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
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]
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/valium%20creek/155/98/21
Mechelen - Zandpoortvest
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perhaps ignorance, credulity—helps your enjoyment of these things, and of the sentiment of feather'd, wooded, river, or marine Nature generally :-)
Walt Whitman, "Birds—And a Caution," Specimen Days
HMM! HPPT! Truth Matters!
sasanqua camellia, 'Green 99-031', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
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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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Rosas de las Garzas - April 2017-2 - LC II - TS2 LR
An alternative title is 'burnt by ignorance'. For some reason, idiots think it is a good idea to build a barbecue under trees...often with disastrous results, another top cause of forest fires here is dropped litter, loads of it in this location, out of shot. Most people just bag it and go home...some don't even bag it. Many take no responsibility, their mother's will clean up after them
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♫ Nobody Knows ♫ - The Lumineers
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A gift to the 2.5+ million lost to COVID-19 and their families who struggle each day to look "through the darkness to the dawn."
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When Great Trees Fall
by Maya Angelou
When great trees fall,
rocks on distant hills shudder,
lions hunker down
in tall grasses,
and even elephants
lumber after safety.
When great trees fall
in forests,
small things recoil into silence,
their senses
eroded beyond fear.
When great souls die,
the air around us becomes
light, rare, sterile.
We breathe, briefly.
Our eyes, briefly,
see with
a hurtful clarity.
Our memory, suddenly sharpened,
examines,
gnaws on kind words
unsaid,
promised walks
never taken.
Great souls die and
our reality, bound to
them, takes leave of us.
Our souls,
dependent upon their
nurture,
now shrink, wizened.
Our minds, formed
and informed by their
radiance,
fall away.
We are not so much maddened
as reduced to the unutterable ignorance
of dark, cold
caves.
And when great souls die,
after a period peace blooms,
slowly and always
irregularly. Spaces fill
with a kind of
soothing electric vibration.
Our senses, restored, never
to be the same, whisper to us.
They existed. They existed.
We can be. Be and be
better. For they existed.
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!
opuntia, cactus, plant delights nursery, wake county, north carolina
“Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know.”
― Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl
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.
Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear. Mahatma Gandhi
~happy fence friday~
Beautiful fuchsia flowers (sorry for my ignorance about their name) adorn the gardens in my neighborhood, basking in the pleasant light of the setting sun.
In this particular case, I love the striking contrast with the blue background.
I hope you enjoy this photo, and I take this opportunity to wish you a happy Friday.
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Delicias fucsia, Madrid, España
Hermosas flores fucsia (perdón por mi ignorancia acerca de su nombre) adornado los jardines de mi barrio y disfrutando de la agradable luz del atardecer.
En este caso particular, me gusta el marcado contraste con el fondo azul.
Espero que os guste esta foto y aprovecho para desearos un feliz viernes.
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IMG00390, Kathmandu, Nepal. Taken around 1994/95 in Color print film.
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