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It's strange, he runs with the ones he can't keep up with
It's so strange, slows down, so desperate to stop him
Meet him in the middle, they both run from the one who hunts them.
They drop to the forest floor, frozen,
They drop to the forest floor, frozen
He loves him, but he loves his life alone as well
But does he know the road or the reasons why
Well, if he leaves him
He'd be losing the chance to stay alive
Well, the candle burns bright
Then the candle dies
Burning from the middle
Like a candle
after Stevie Nicks, Moonlight
(sorry, Stevie)
"The Northern Crown "
Corona is the word we use in attempting to the label the experience of having an active Auroral curtain pass directly above our dizzy little heads, so that we are looking right up into it, between the flickering multicolored rays, rather than looking at it from an angle, as we almost always do.
I believe it's one of the most overwhelming sensory experiences a human being can have ... We forget ourselves, our intellect falls away, the pulse quickens, the pupils dilate ... the part of our mind which remains is only that which has in the past been associated with the "God Experience", with visions, trances, feelings of transcendance and enlightenment.
This is not actually the Corona, but it's as close as I came to recording it ... A few seconds later, I fell backwards into the deep snow, camera and all ... and ... just stayed where I was, paralyzed, almost raptured up into the deep sky.
I almost didn't post this, it's such a pathetically inadequate representation of the real experience ... During an Auroral Corona, each microsecond is infinitely, inexpressibly more vivid than what any blurred time exposure can record.
( that said, this exposure was too long; the lights were too bright, their motion too rapid ... shorter would likely have been better ..)
To get an idea of the scale of this display, note the "Big Dipper", of the constellation Ursa Major, sitting just above the center of the Aurora.
March 1st, Northern Yukon Territory
( 8 sec. exposure, ISO 1600, Zenitar f2.8 16mm lens)
Number: CT-4554/1606
Name: Sakana
Rank: Lieutenant
Expertise: Tactics, melee weapons
Weapons: DC-17m, beskade (mandalorian sword)
Equipment: Katarn armor, macrobinoculars, EMP grenades, kama, half cape
It was a miracle that we did survive the fight with Durge on Corellia. I can’t even remember much, despite running very, very fast and trowing as many EMPs as possible, to confuse this monster. We made it, but this battle has shown that we are in need of much, much more man- and firepower. Other than that, Corellia was a battlefield just to my taste. Cities, factories, urban warfare. That’s what an ARC is made for. Apparently, we managed to bring that across to our superiors, as I was promoted and all my requests for gear and a new recruit were granted. I’ll do my best to fill my new role as Lieutenant properly and be a good example for the men that now form Mizu Squad. And I’ll keep them alive, no matter the threat of monsters like Durge.
Number: CT-7007/2828
Name: Koi
Rank: Private
Expertise: Scouting, explosives, lock picking, stand up comedy
Weapons: DC-15, E-60R rocket launcher
Koi’s sharp eye and quick thinking have proven to be a life saving asset on Corellia for both, me and the civilians around. He’s a capable scout as well as demolitions expert with more intellect behind both those skills than I first imagined. By now, I put a lot of trust in him. After our mission on Corellia, his request for a personal rocket launcher, which he handed in when we came back from Vandos, was finally granted. We could have used it against Durge, for sure. Koi cares for it like it is his baby and I am sure we can expect the next mission to be much more explosive than the previous ones.
Number: CT-9004/7755
Name: Mag’ro
Rank: Private
Expertise:
Weapons: T-21B Target Rifle, tactical headlamp
Mag’ro is our newest addition to the squad, after we rescued him from the minefield inside the foundry complex. He is a silent fellow, but careful in his movements and a surprisingly fast runner, considering he escaped a crab droid on foot. And, by the Force, running has proven to be essential on Corellia. Mag’ro had no chance to prove his abilities to me, yet, but I give him the benefit of the doubt. If only half of what I heard is true, he’ll serve the squad well. His weapon of choice tells a lot about his mindset: Focused on the target and ready to throw a big punch. I like it.
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Here's my updated squad for mission 18 of the 253rd Elite Legion.
that men of moderate mental capacity have to stoop in order to reach it :-( Hillaire Belloc. HBW!!
dahlia, 'happy single party'
j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
“The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.” ~ Augustus Hare
Still experimenting with glass :)
"... It is a bridge that unites the world of the gods and the world of men. The notion of metaxis can be extended in the modern era, affirming that humans are suspended in a network of polarities: the one and the many, eternity and time, freedom and destiny, instinct and intellect, risk and security, love and hate, etc. Metaxis has also been defined as the state of total and simultaneous belonging to two different autonomous worlds "
"Vivid images are like a beautiful melody that speaks
to you on an emotional level.
It bypasses your logic centers and even your intellect
and goes to a different part of the brain."
- Steven Bochco
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"May Ganesha bring you joy, love, and peace."
('Ganesha' by Four Horsemen / 'Figura Obscura')
Diorama by RK
Guess I’m back to the drawing board again....to making new heroes
This guy has nothing to do with a certain Nintendo character (Meta Knight). With the recent heroes made by our fellow Leaguers. Hags to those inspirations from you. Also inspired by Dr Mid-Nite, Peacemaker, and Agent Venom. This is one of my favourite characters so far, and a one I enjoyed making.
-Multi, current meme maker.
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Name: Samuel “Sam” Clark Rolton
Hero's name: Metanight, also spelled as Metanite. Also called by others as Sam, Sammy Boy, “Man from the Roof”.
Age: 22
Bio: The son of illegal immigrants, Sam is a street smart kid. Despite growing up poor in the neighbourhood, he built things that he found useful. At 9, he looted a handgun from a unconscious robber and took it to his basement, and managed to make a robot for target practice and developed his own self-taught style of fighting.
Sam grew up to join the Marine Corps, alongside Adrian Kane and Marcus Crúz. He was present alongside them in some military tours, and managed to make friends with them. He struggled with depression for a year after his service ended.
Returning home, he became a bartender and courier. Despite fighting depression, he turned to his recently developed powers, which he anticipated years ago grew more stronger and honed it to his equipment. Sam trained his mind and body to perfection, and became a vigilante. He was renowned for his thievery and hunted down criminals from rooftops above at night, which earned him status among the superhero community. He also managed to build a companion out of the scrapped robot into a smaller one, the one that he carries by his shoulder, named “Nicholas”.
Sam’s recent activities include a non stop hunt of criminals, most notably trying to track down his city’s biggest drug lords, dealers and mob bosses, but has taken interest in Adrian Kane’s team, whom Sam knows about his career...
But is he the 3rd agent?
Powers and abilities: While not having genius level intellect, Sam possesses the ability to sedate people like a tranquilliser gun, and emit a odourless gas that knocks out people and puts them to sleep. He also has super stamina, the ability to breathe without oxygen, and is equally matched to an above-average Olympic level athlete (peak human strength, conditioning, running etc.) Sam is an expert thief, able to pick locks, hide undetected, and among his skills he is also good in combat, freerunning/parkour and wall/mountain climbing.
Weaknesses: Lack of salt in food, lactose intolerant, despite being able to survive without oxygen, he is still susceptible to some airborne hazards to a degree. His powers aren’t that well against powerful psychics and non-organic beings. He used to have depression after his military service.
Equipment: Super flexible, toughened suit laced with custom protective parts, two custom masks, one that covers his nose and mouth, the other for his eyes. He possesses some hidden grappling hooks and zip lines that allow him access to buildings. Nicholas, which as as his companion, is also a drone/spy camera, detector, shoulder rifle and assistant that helps him (similar to Bao-Dur’s remote from KOTOR II, as well as War Machine’s cannon) Personal sidearms/handguns and melee are his preferred weapons of choice.
Personality: Kind, well-thought, conflicted, decisive, good natured, methodical (to his own ways)
Le 900e anniversaire en 2022 de la nomination de Suger, abbé de Saint-Denis en 1122, est l’occasion de revisiter la théologie de la lumière. Fernand Schwarz, philosophe et anthropologue, décrit ce phénomène qui a engendré, avec le passage de l’art roman à l’âge gothique, un changement important dans la construction des cathédrales.
Nous publions ici des extraits du troisième chapitre de l’ouvrage de Fernand Schwarz Symbolique des cathédrales, symboles et lumière (1), chapitre consacré à Suger, l’abbaye de Saint-Denis et la théologie de la lumière.
L’abbaye de Saint-Denis, un destin royal et une œuvre théologique
En l’an 1124, l’abbaye de Saint-Denis, gardienne des reliques du saint martyr qui avait converti la France au christianisme au IIIe siècle et était vénéré à l’époque comme le patron de la maison royale, est solennellement proclamée par Louis VI, sanctuaire national de France (elle a servi de caveau à certains de ses illustres rois, et a été en outre le témoin du sacre de Charlemagne). En clair, on promet à Saint-Denis un destin équivalent à celui de Rome ou de Constantinople.
Suger conçut la cathédrale de Saint-Denis comme une œuvre théologique, qui s’inspirait largement des écrits de la figure légendaire du saint et martyr Denys, que l’on confondait à l’époque avec Denys dit l’Aréopagite, métaphysicien de la lumière qui inspira le XIIe siècle.
Toute chose participe de la lumière divine
Pour Denys, la lumière est le premier principe de cette métaphysique. Il fait ici référence à la splendide théologie de la lumière de l’Évangile selon saint Jean, dans laquelle le logos divin est conçu comme la lumière véritable qui brille dans les ténèbres et qui est à l’origine de toutes choses. « Je suis la lumière du monde ; celui qui me suit ne marche point dans les ténèbres mais aura la lumière de la vie ». Évangile selon saint Jean, VII, 12.
Pour Denys, la création est une action illuminatrice, et l’univers déjà créé ne pourrait exister sans la lumière. Si la lumière cesse de briller, tout ce qui existe tombe dans le néant. Il rappelle que la création est la révélation de Dieu et que toutes choses créées sont des « lumières » qui témoignent par leur existence de la lumière divine et permettent ainsi à l’intellect humain de Le percevoir.
Dieu est lumière et chaque être reçoit et transmet cette lumière selon une hiérarchie conçue par Dieu. [… ] La lumière physique sert à créer des analogies avec la lumière transcendante pour que l’esprit des hommes s’éveille. Tout objet, comme toute créature, réfléchit la lumière divine, tout revient donc à Dieu par le biais des choses visibles. Cette conception est à la base de la pensée gothique. Ainsi s’est établie la connexion entre la métaphysique de la lumière et l’esthétique de la lumière.
Dans son traité de métaphysique, Denys affirme que la lumière divine qui irrigue le monde assure l’union entre les êtres créés.
La cathédrale de Suger : l’expression d’une métaphysique
Suger entreprend la construction de son église avec l’objectif d’en faire un sanctuaire.
Certes, Suger veut forger une alliance entre l’Église et la couronne qui permette à l’Église et à la France de propager un nouvel art de vivre, alliance de spiritualité et de matérialité dans la cité : ce nouvel art doit permettre la rencontre du profane et du sacré. Mais l’essentiel pour lui est de construire un temple dont Dieu serait l’auteur et le guide. D’où l’importance de recourir à la théologie, à une vision métaphysique plutôt qu’à des techniques, pour servir de modèle à la nouvelle église, la cathédrale. Pour les bâtisseurs d’alors, la technique vient au second plan, elle sert à exprimer l’idée.
Contrairement à ce qu’on croit d’habitude, le trait distinctif de l’art nouveau médiéval n’est pas la voûte en croisée d’ogives ni l’arc en ogive ou l’arc-boutant. Tous ces éléments ne sont que des moyens de construction qui se retrouvent dans l’architecture pré-gothique.
[… ] Ce qui n’était qu’un artifice technique devient le moyen d’ouvrir des baies, de faire tomber les cloisons pour que toute l’église « resplendisse d’une lumière ininterrompue ». Depuis le chœur jusqu’à la porte, la lumière se diffuse sans obstacle. Cette cohésion lumineuse reflète l’unité de l’univers dont parlait Denys.
[… ] Néanmoins, deux aspects de l’architecture gothique sont sans précédents : l’utilisation de la lumière et un rapport original entre la structure et l’apparence, la fonction et la forme, qui donnera naissance à l’église mystique. Ces deux caractéristiques obéissent à une conception métaphysique et pas à un étalage de trouvailles techniques qui existaient déjà auparavant et que les maîtres gothiques n’ont fait que mettre à profit pour exprimer leur vision de l’harmonie cosmique.
L’utilisation de la lumière : la communion du Ciel et de la Terre
L’emploi de la lumière dans l’édifice gothique, dans son rapport à la substance matérielle des murs, est diamétralement opposée à celui de l’église romane ; la lumière dans le roman sert à mettre en évidence le contraste entre la substance concrète, lourde et sombre, et la lumière elle-même, symbole de l’esprit. Lumière et matière s’opposent comme le bien et le mal.
Le mur gothique donne par contre l’impression d’être poreux. La lumière s’infiltre à travers et le pénètre en se fondant avec lui et en le transfigurant, La matière apparaît de plus en plus légère et la lumière de plus en plus présente.
Toute l’architecture est conçue pour vider la matière des murs et la remplacer par d’immenses verrières translucides. La cathédrale gothique devient ainsi un monument dédié à la transparence. Le ciel et la terre entrent en intime communion grâce à la lumière qui traverse toutes les parties de l’édifice. La matière n’est plus impénétrable, elle devient la substance porteuse du Verbe-Lumière et l’ascension des flèches dans leur légèreté défie la gravité terrestre.
« [… ] Les nefs latérales, les tribunes, les déambulatoires, les chapelles du chevet deviennent plus étroites et moins profondes tandis que les murs extérieurs sont traversés par des lignes entières de verrières. Vues de l’intérieur, les verrières perdent leurs définitions comme si elles fusionnaient, verticalement et horizontalement, dans une sphère continuelle de lumière produisant une zone de contraste lumineux derrière toutes les formes tangibles du système architectural. » (La Catedral gotica, Otto von Simson, page 26 )
L’Abbaye de Saint-Denis, la porte du Ciel
[… ] Saint-Denis est la première église dont la façade soit conçue pour évoquer l’idée que le temple est, en termes liturgiques, la porte du Ciel. Ce motif sera ensuite repris par toutes les cathédrales. Il s’inspire de l’idée que l’art chrétien doit figurer la vie éternelle, telle une porte qui conduit la pensée vers les vérités ineffables.
[… ] La porte dorée de Saint-Denis est le signe qui permet à l’esprit confus de s’élever vers la vérité, de progresser du matériel à l’ineffable. En contemplant la lumière, l’âme « ressuscite de son immersion dans la matière ». (Suger, « De son administration », XXVII, 89)
La présence, dans le tympan central, de la résurrection des morts ne doit pas être comprise dans son sens eschatologique habituel. Elle sert également à exprimer l’illumination qui se produit chez celui qui passe de ce monde à la contemplation de Dieu.
Le rôle de la lumière
[… ] Grâce au savant rapport qu’il établit entre la hauteur et la profondeur, l’abbé Suger recrée un véritable circuit de prière, « circuitus oratorium », qu’il emplit de lumière en créant de nouvelles fenêtres : « Toute la chapelle majeure se trouve empreinte d’une merveilleuse lumière constante qui pénètre à travers les fenêtres sacrées ». (Suger, « De la consécration », IV, 225)
Les verrières gothiques sont nées. Pour la première fois, on réduit la surface des murs au bénéfice de la lumière, on fait tomber les cloisons, un principe qui est la grande conquête du gothique. La régularité du tracé, avec les rayons qui partent du centre de la chapelle majeure, permet ainsi à la lumière d’entrer pour la première fois sans entraves à travers les vitraux des chapelles absidiales.
La conception de la nef, restée inachevée, est aussi lumineuse que le chevet et l’édifice tout entier dégage une extraordinaire impression de luminosité. Il inspirera les cathédrales de Noyon, de Senlis et surtout Notre-Dame de Paris.
[… ] Pour Suger, la lux nova, qu’il introduit dans l’intérieur de l’église, est associée au Christ lui-même. C’est pourquoi il qualifiera les fenêtres portant les vitraux de « très sacrées et miraculeuses ». Comme le suggère un de ses amis, Hugues de Saint-Victor, un vitrail est la démonstration visuelle de la théologie de Denys.
Les vitraux sont comme des voiles, qui occultent et révèlent en même temps l’ineffable.
Pour Suger, suivant les traces de Denys, tout l’univers est comme un voile éclairé par la lumière divine. Le temple devient ainsi l’image d’un univers transparent. Les fenêtres ne sont pas conçues comme des ouvertures dans un mur, mais comme des surfaces translucides portant les formes du sacré qui irradient dans tout l’édifice.
Grâce à Suger, l’art gothique et la lumière se développèrent et apportèrent un renouveau dans la construction des édifices religieux en France et en Europe, ajoutant une dimension symbolique et de connaissance très importante. Suger fut un précurseur dans de nombreux domaines qui firent de lui un homme éclairé (2).
(1) Ouvrage publié aux Éditions du Palais, 2012, 186 pages. Ce livre a été réédité plusieurs fois : Symboliques des cathédrales, visages de la vierge (Éditions du Huitième jour en 2002), Symbolique des cathédrales, symboles et lumière(aux Éditions Nouvel angle en 2009) Symbolique des cathédrales, miroirs de l’univers (aux Éditions du Palais, 2012)
(2) Lire l’article de Marie-Agnes Lambert, Il y a 900 ans, Suger était nommé abbé de Saint-Denis dans la revue page…
Par Fernand SCHWARZ
Fondateur de Nouvelle Acropole France
La belle histoire des cathédrales
par Alain BILLARD
Éditions Adapt/SNES /éditions De Boeck Supérieur, 2021, 320 pages, 29,90 €
Ce magnifique ouvrage abondamment illustré raconte l’histoire des cathédrales depuis l’époque paléo-chrétienne jusqu’à aujourd’hui. Chaque cathédrale fait l’objet de deux pages. Se rajoutent des dates clés, des témoignages artistiques (peinture, littérature, cinéma…), des évènements liés à ces édifices (effondrements, incendies, tremblements de terre…), les techniques de construction avec les types de matériaux utilisés, l’apport de grands hommes influents (Suger, Gaudi, Perret industrialisation (carrières de pierre, forêts, utilisation de l’acier et du béton…) ou bien grands hommes influents (Suger, Gaudi, Perret, Viollet-le-Duc,…). Par un architecte, expert et chargé de mission auprès du Ministère de la Culture, spécialiste de la construction et de la stabilité des bâtiments anciens.
© Nouvelle Acropole
La revue Acropolis est le journal d’information Nouvelle Acropole
*Working Towards a Better World
It is a happy talent to know how to play. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves. Carl Jung
My childhood may be over, but that doesn’t mean playtime is. Ron Olson
It’s better to play than do nothing. Confucious
Deep meaning lies often in childish play. Johann Friedrich von Schille
Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions. Mark Twain
Play keeps us vital and alive. It gives us an enthusiasm for life that is irreplaceable. Without it, life just doesn’t taste good. Lucia Capocchione
And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. Kahlil Gibran
Almost all creativity involves purposeful play. Abraham Maslow
Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity. Kay Redfield Jamison
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Alter Ego: Flamiac
Name: Cleveland Patterson
Allegiance: Villain
Powers: None
Weapons:
* Custom Flame Thrower
* Flame proof armour
* Bullet resistant suit
Key Weakness: Hand to hand combat which he is not skilled in.
Origin:
Cleveland was always fascinated with fire especially ways of weaponising something so dangerous. His obsession lead him to criminal activities and engineering his own unique flame thrower called 'Fire Breather' to help him along the way. Instead of being a common street thug he pulled off high stake heists using his intellect and Fire Breather to pay for his flame resistant armour and clothing. He now is an assassin for hire and is commonly used by many mobsters as a distraction for Meta Heroes in the area going by the name 'Flamiac'.
The Krudhyn Tarot - Two Of Swords (2014, 2016)
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In the figure the Sword attributed to King Afonso I, also called Dom Afonso Henriques " The Conqueror", the first king of Portugal (1139–1185).
Swords represent thoughts, ideas and intellect.
The Two of Swords therefore serves as a reminder that life’s decisions are frequently quite difficult and can reflect indecision and being at an impasse with regards to an important matter. In any case you need to make a decision and face the problem !
In the middle is virtue and hence the balance between the swords.
The Two of Swords can also represent that you have the ultimate fate in your hands and so is the owner of your future but of course if nothing is decided can lead to a long impasse in your life.
These cards do not stand alone. They each have individual meanings that combine and contrast with the other cards in the reading. This way, no two readings are alike.
* The reversed Two of Swords says that this is a time to be cautious and prudent whether a new relationship, is better be patient. Conflicts can arise more often and little annoyances that in the end could be avoided with diplomacy and patience.
Even though you may be sure that your ideas are the best ones is time to hear the plans and ideas of others too and avoid conflicts specially in work or with your friends, is a time that you will need them more even for help in your decisions.
On a vintage children's loom, I love weaving random strands of fiber, never knowing in which direction the creation will lead my hand and mind. I had fallen in love with this multicolored ball of yarn, surprised by the way it took shape, row by row.
Below is the final piece which morphed unexpectedly into a Goddess of Justice. This was a "visual journaling" piece for me.
“The mind is like a richly woven tapestry
in which the colors are distilled from the experiences of the senses,
and the design drawn
from the convolutions of the intellect.”
~ Carson McCullers ~
"Put you heart, mind, intellect and soul even into your smallest acts. This is the secret of success."
~ Swami Sivananda
L'infinito! Nessun'altra questione ha mai toccato così profondamente lo spirito umano; nessun'altra idea ha stimolato altrettanto fruttuosamente il suo intelletto; tuttavia nessun altro concetto ha più bisogno di essere chiarito come quello di infinito.
Infinity! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man; no other idea has so fruitfully stimulated his intellect; yet no other concept stands in greater need of clarification than that of the infinite.
David Hilbert
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Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg (1684 – 1754) was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway, during the time of the Dano-Norwegian double monarchy.
Holberg is considered the founder of modern Danish and Norwegian literature. Holberg's works about natural and common law were widely read by many Danish law students over two hundred years, from 1736 to 1936.
Holberg believed in people's inner divine light of reason, and to him it was important that the first goal of education was to teach students to use their senses and intellect, instead of uselessly memorising school books. This shows he was a man of the Age of Enlightenment.
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The Second Life "Art as Mindfulness" support group aims to encourage new residents and models to treat their mental health positively with Second Life art. It is intended to help individuals with their mental hardships by active and/or passive participation in the group which is located at the Mindful Cove region.
For the Miss SL♛ 2nd Photo Challenge, the pageant contestants were asked to find a music piece on Youtube which inspires and at once best reflects their current mood and state of mind - and then translate that into photo art.
Miss SL ♛ Portugal chose the meditative, calming music called "Boost Your Aura" Attract Positive Energy Meditation Music, 7 Chakra Balancing & Healing."
She was inspired by the beautiful and calming landscape at Mindful Cove which serves as the scenic background for her Eco-Yoga Chakra meditation.
Miss SL ♛ Portugal illustrates this Chakra meditation in the Tree pose. In RL it keeps her staying in touch with her inner being. Chakra means “wheel” and refers to the 7 focal energy points in your body. They are conceived as spinning disks of energy that should remain “open” and aligned. Each point relates to afferent and efferent bundles of nerves, major organs, and areas of our energetic body that affect our emotional and physical well-being.
Each Chakra has a color and an element of nature associated with it. The colors are in the order of the rainbow colors beginning with the Root Chakra: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Each chakra vibrates and rotates at a different speed.
Miss SL ♛ Portugal energies are aligned to the Third and Seventh Chakras - the anipura Chakra, "Yellow" symbolizes energy and intellect. The color "White" is the Seventh or Crown chakra which is associated with purity that energizes her towards oneness with deity.
Youtube Music Video:
www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Positive+Meditation&&...
Location at Mindful Cove:
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mindful%20Cove/36/232/23
MISS SL ♛ Portugal 2021, Becky Kenaan - Second Photo Challenge Ensemble
Top | Belzebubble [BB] - Kelly Sports Bra - yellow & white
Yoga Pants | Absolut Vendetta- Yoga Pants - white
Tied Sweater | Arti's - Tied Sweater - light grey
Yoga Socks | Astralia - Sporty yoga socks - white
iPhone & Armband | SKing - IFone Katena - white
Ear Buds | Frankie Rockett - iPlayer Earbuds
Watch | AvaWay - LINA_Watch - silver & black
Hair | Foxy - Awake.- blond
Yoga Rug | Zen & Serenity Shop - Little Buddha Rug - beige
Water Bottle | ChicChica - Natural Mineral Water
Images worked into printed image. resonare of the intellect while the lovely engraved wolf cubs spring into action. muted colors. shapes and negative space. are you really expecting this to happen, Trudi?
The meeting between two of the largest egos in existence is meant to turn into a fight.
When Tony Stark and Lex Luthor end up in the same universe the personality clash is inevitable.
They started showing off their intellect capabilities but soon the dispute moved to, well, a technical application of their Brick Mech know-how.
So Tony calls in his Hulkbuster and Lex his armored suit.
“My Mech is more imposing!” Shouts Lex
“You’re pathetic! You are not even supposed to have a Mech! You should have a power armor but the Lego designers decided to build a mech so they could have a set to sell!” Replies Tony
“That’s because they are smart guys and they recognize my intellectual superiority! Look at you! They give you a thing that is not even in scale with the Hulk you should bust- continues Lex- Oh and your Mech’s gorilla-like arms: ridicule!”
“My Mech does not need to be large because unlike you I don’t need to compensate!” comes Tony’s remark.
“We both know your Mech is smaller simply because the designers know you are such a small person in all the things that matter!”
“So tell me Lex: do you plan to annoy me to death?”
“I thought that was your super power, Tony.”
I think they can go on forever hehe :)
I hope you like this photo :)
May the Brick be with You :)
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Chance Nkosi Gomez known initiated by H.H Swami Jyotirmayanda as Sri Govinda walks an integral yogic path in which photography is the primary creative field of expression. The medium was introduced during sophomore year of high school by educator Dr. Devin Marsh of Robert Morgan Educational Center. Coming into alignment with light, its nature and articulating the camera was the focus during that time. Thereafter while completing a Photographic Technology Degree, the realization of what made an image “striking” came to the foreground of the inner dialogue. These college years brought forth major absorption and reflection as an apprentice to photographer and educator Tony A. Chirinos of Miami Dade College. The process of working towards a singular idea of interest and thus building a series became the heading from here on while the camera aided in cultivating an adherence to the present moment. The viewfinder resembles a doorway to the unified field of consciousness in which line, shape, form, color, value, texture all dissolve. It is here that the yogi is reminded of sat-chit-ananda (the supreme reality as all-pervading; pure consciousness). As of May 2024 Govinda has completed his 300hr yoga teacher training program at Sattva Yoga Academy studying from Master Yogi Anand Mehrotra in Rishikesh, India, Himalayas. This has strengthened his personal Sadhana and allows one to carry and share ancient Vedic Technology leading others in ultimately directing their intellect to bloom into intuition. As awareness and self-realization grows so does the imagery that is all at once divine in the mastery of capturing and controlling light. Over the last seven years he has self-published six photographic books, Follow me i’ll be right behind you (2017), Sonata - Minimal Study (2018), Birds Singing Lies (2018), Rwanda (2019), Where does the body begin? (2019) & Swayam Jyotis (2023). Currently, Govinda is employed at the Leica Store Miami as a camera specialist and starting his journey as a practitioner of yoga ॐ
History
The John Rogers who bought Riverhill in 1840 was an only child, with a modest fortune, and a fine intellect. He became a classics scholar, a scientist and a friend of Charles Darwin. He was one of the first members of the Royal Horticultural Society and a patron of the plant collectors of the day.
He chose Riverhill because its sheltered situation offered an ideal lime free hillside where he could hope to establish newly introduced trees and shrubs. From his garden notebook, it can be seen that planting started in 1842. Subsequent generations, continued the planting and in 1910 Colonel John Middleton Rogers created what is now known as ‘The Wood Garden’ a fine collection of Japanese Maples, Rhododendrons and Azaleas. His wife, the infamous Muriel, created many additions including the now hidden Rock Gardens.
Until the beginning of the 2nd World War, eight full time gardeners kept Riverhill looking immaculate. Since the war years, however, a shortage of manpower and a lack of money has meant that the garden was allowed to deteriorate, with many parts of the original planting lost to everyday use and visitors.
Today, four generations of the Rogers family live at Riverhill,
The estate is managed by Edward Rogers (Great-great-great-grandson of the John Rogers who bought Riverhill in 1840) and his wife, Sarah.
Oh, very funny, Mister. I see the phrase you spelled out! No bedtime treats for you ;-) Jasper got a new game of Banagrams and just had to get cute and spell out disparaging remarks on humans vs. Aussies ("humans drools"? Bad grammar, my furry fiend!!). Look at his smirk! He's so proud of his little quip
“Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion. - James Joyce”
Macro Monday project – 04/21/14
"Curves"
Spirit is Substance, matter is accident: that is to say that matter is but a contingent and transitory modality of the radiation of the Spirit which projects the worlds and the cycles while remaining transcendent and immutable.
This radiation produces the polarisation into subject and object: matter is the final point of the descent of the objective pole, sensorial consciousness being the corresponding subjective phenomenon.
For the senses, the object is matter, or let us say the perceptible physical domain; for the Intellect, objective reality is the Spirit in all its forms. It is by it that we exist, and that we know; were it not immanent in physical substances these could not exist for one instant.
And in this Spirit precisely the subject-object opposition is resolved; it is resolved in the Unity which is at once exclusive and inclusive, transcendent and immanent. The alpha as well as the omega, while transcending us infinitely, reside in the depths of our heart.
Narcissump was a bloated self important, multiple divorced (for cheating on his part), draft dodging blowhard of very low intellect and even less class (pretty much none), a totally self indulgent fool who believed talking loudly and stomping his way to the front of any group was the best way to represent himself and his ideals. Completely absorbed by his own delusions and disappointing appearance Narcissump offended all he met and encountered. No one wanted to be with Narcissump, let alone sit in his presence and listen as he droned on and on about himself and things he knew nothing about but always had a strong opinion about. For example, the Earth is flat according to Narcissump and Windmills cause Cancer. Narcissump didn't care for reading at all, unless it was something about him and less than 280 characters. Narcissump didn't care about spelling, grammar, syntax, facts, well, pretty much everything and anything except his own self gratification. Everyone is waiting for the river god Cephissus to lead him to his final doom, somewhere, to his demise. Until then... Narcissump readies himself for his daily onslaught of belligerence and incoherence.
This series is available now via BLURB under the title NARCISSUMP The Malignancy Killing Democracy order here: www.blurb.com/b/9763758-family-book-standard
Narcissump is featured in the Regent Miniatures Mansion.
A 1/6th Scale Regent Miniatures Diorama.
Regent Miniatures is also featured in 1Sixth.co Magazine and you can get the magazine, ebook/PDF by visiting the 1sixth site or this link: www.blurb.com/b/8449117-1-sixth
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Photos by Steve McKinnis of stevemckinnis.com
...this laminated calendar by marking
every day by voice and touch
of vegetation outdoor, existing sum
of herbs & other flora-fauna (etc)
compiling general concert in tired
mind by ephemeral senses, sooner
vibes around & within entire Earth,
meridians and horizontal exhalation
of fresh Ozone of atmospheric-dome
and Oceanic waves is best of Songs
created by Almighty to enhancing
Souls & Minds by consonance &
prosody of sleeping clouds instead
of triviality of words...
The silence of palette's ubiquity
in its entirety as entourage since
bravery of Caves & Stone Age
without doubts resists to Wind
as dialect of Rain & Frost each
season celebrating change, &
days to nights... just listen to the
Water's flow composing melody
of April's streams at Spring
of Lunar disc persistent, slow
& invisible to eye rotation of
magnetic & gravitation spin
among abyssal minuses of ( -273*F)
of daily Cosmic cold.. Alas.
Without question mind adopts all
agile crowds at streets & galleries, &
parks & shows, all squeaks of paroxysmal
brakes, & race through serpentine of roads,
& rails, platforms & parapets, & subway's
tracks - all fuss invoked summation being
young, a-kaleidoscopic swirl of streaks,
& glares - sublimed reality of Flemish Art
extended seamless to grotesque of Cluster's
buzz: a shiny carnival of vanished ghosts,
all seasons masquerade in midst of East plus
all existed Sides, lets us to say in some
abbreviated city, town, or even villages
abundant far around, and near-by as
urban Clusters, whilst & without pinch
of enigmatic apex of Venetian's ado &
shabby charm along submerged canals,
gondolas, waters, such blurred by scenic
lights, all those years of shuttered dreams.
...presumably I was by glittery of dreams
attached to nights of rainy streets & still
consumed by neon lights, transforming
mind into extension of ideal as reason
to believe in purposely applied utility of
vain attempts by definition, & this
ideal as stimuli attracts & nurtures mind
before & after failed attempts, & sadness,
memory, as tiny whisper of localized all
ups-&-downs of urban Life by iris opened
ajar, as if myself seduced & felled in love
with B&W essays - pan-urbanism of real
life, scenarios as short-as-flash reflecting
Lights to tingling focus of celluloid films.
Through jump off timer. All left behind.
...its left bunch silver prints 16x20, B&W
indeed of candid images, as dream,
abstract versification of essays that
never was completed, or performed,
or formalized, or any print was published,
which is a bravery to sacrifice long Life
for images all dusted and forgotten.
Alas. All sixty years simply gone.
...& now through imagined timer
of thousands of frames presenting
cinematic-stop effect, by virtue of defect -
all indisputable, because too late to dream,
a challenge having back revitalize all
quasi-faucets of expressed by ephemeral
images of prints reflecting sh...t-boxes
chariots without horse, as taxi-passengers
in cheapen-chick a-rendezvous of their
motors all blooming like F...nch who...e,
these carousels of Clustery spasmodic nights,
these nights without sleep, or rest, psychotic
euphoria without caffeine, without
dopio-less-sugar, re-loading film in
Leica-em-3 plus Elmar, without enigma
of candid foto-walks alike before in Soviet
epoch and decorations of scenic hype
(a-La H. Cart..r-Br..son's) of surrealistic style,
essays evaporated that never was achieved
today, or - even iota of subtle dreams
in studio of Master Rick Scav...lo,
or even honesty of Legend showing to a
Cluster nue and fashion flux, with his three
lenses in old-fashion coat, and Contaxes,
o! those Contaxes, did painting a homage
to magazine of Vo..ue, & his artistic lovely
Wife - a symbol gravitated to his Art.
... habitual concept of urbanism - abundance
of traffic lights to fuel intellect & minds
on stops in designated Cluster's, its brilliant
aspect of slowing speed of rainy-drops,
duet with drizzle, & snow-flakes of any
measure of blessed precipitation: petals',
showers, reality of Spring, or - utter Rain,
or - Pranayama as personal effect
of endless search for second's split,
by tension of annoying traffic's light,
by speed of pounding heart-beats in foggy
resolution of sculpture figurine along alleys
in Cluster's Park, again without single frame
intrinsically resulted in lights of night...
Path to Edge
Rinpoche smiled when he saw the picture:
“Yes”, he said. “The only way home is to become a beast of burden.”
Maybe I looked at him asking as he continued.
“When I was young I was weak. I was not able to carry my own responsibilities. I blamed others. But as long I was blaming I felt wrong somehow. This state of consciousness kept me down and I felt like a victim of circumstances and men. I started blaming myself of being that weak. It took quite a while until I stopped being self-destructive.”
He pointed at the man. “Look, he is still trying to reach the edge, still trying to be a Bodhisattva, keeping his dark thoughts and feelings enclosed in his huge bag, not blaming others but himself. He is walking like a slave, carrying his own secret vows.”
I felt a bit weird. Obviously he knew.
“Don’t worry”, he said. “Nobody ever reached the edge. In fact one day you stop searching. I left the bag… maybe a few miles further on…” He giggled. “Down the mountains I was singing and dancing… till you crossed my ways.”
I did not smile.
Rinpoche laughed: “That’s a joke, my friend…”
HKD
Falls Psychologie interessiert:
Das Bild zeigt Persönlichkeitsaspekte eines demütigen Menschen. Er trägt seine Lasten selbst anstatt sie dem Esel aufzubürden. Das macht ihn selbst zum Lastentier und in gewissem Sinn zum Esel. Es ist im Alltag normal, die physischen wie auch die psychischen Lasten anderen Menschen aufzubürden, Kollegen, Partnern, Kindern. Ängste werden zum Nächsten abgeschoben; auch Aggressionen, Trauer oder Verzweiflung. Man redet sich die Sorgen von der Seele und der offenherzige Zuhörer wird immer bedrückter. Ein Bodhisattva verzichtet darauf, die eigenen Sorgen bei anderen zu entsorgen, im Gegenteil, er übernimmt und teilt die Kümmernisse seiner Mitmenschen. Er entlastet alle Kreaturen und wünscht ihnen in seinen Gebeten alles Glück, während er sich selbst bescheiden zurück nimmt. Demut und Bescheidenheit sind auch christliche Tugenden. Wer diese Tugenden anerkennt und übt, hält seine niederen Ego-Instinkte in Schach und wird sich dieser Energien erst richtig bewusst. Auf dem Weg der Tugend entsteht der innere Konflikt zwischen Selbstanspruch und Schatten-Natur. Wird dieser Konflikt erkannt und bewusst geschlichtet, kommt es zur Vereinigung der Gegensätze und damit zur Erlösung aus der spannungsvollen Dualität.
Shambhala, das Paradies der Seele oder das verheißene Land sind Metaphern für den inneren Frieden, der durch den Aufstieg des Geistes auf den hohen Gipfel der Erkenntnis gewonnen wird. Millionen pilgern auf die Berge und nehmen als symbolische Erfahrung vorweg, was sie im weiteren Verlauf ihrer Pilgerschaft auch geistig und emotional erfahrbar nachvollziehen. Innerer Friede ist ein gutes Gefühl.
HKD
Anmerkung:
This is digital art work, not reality.
Pictures and resources my own.
Das Bild ist ein digital hergestelltes Werk.
Jede Ähnlichkeit mit realen Gegebenheiten wäre rein zufällig.
HKD
If you like to see my latest videos:
Meditation - Introducing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vocdfNPPNJo
or
Path of Wisdom
www.youtube.com/user/koppdelaney
and
Dark Night of the Soul
Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating. - Karl Von Clausewitz
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JR - Paris & New York, France & USA
www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/project.html?project_id=1547
Photography Installation, Interactive Installation
JR is interested in participatory art where there is no stage separating the actors from the spectators, where people don't just see art; by contributing their stories and portraits, they make it.
In 2011, after receiving his TED Prize, JR called for the creation of a global art movement. His Inside Out art project allows participants to be photographed and have their portrait pasted in support of a shared idea, project or action.
A socially engaged practice based in relational aesthetics, the act of participation gives meaning to the ephemeral work. As the project is completed and infused with energy, emotion and intellect, it evolves into a larger work, resulting in a collective memory.
Several versions of the myth have survived from ancient sources. The classic version is by Ovid, found in book 3 of his Metamorphoses (completed 8 AD); this is the story of Narcissus and Echo. One day Narcissus was walking in the woods when Echo, an Oread (mountain nymph) saw him, fell deeply in love, and followed him. Narcissus sensed he was being followed and shouted "Who's there?". Echo repeated "Who's there?". She eventually revealed her identity and attempted to embrace him. He stepped away and told her to leave him alone. She was heartbroken and spent the rest of her life in lonely glens until nothing but an echo sound remained of her. Nemesis, the goddess of revenge, learned of this story and decided to punish Narcissus. She lured him to a pool where he saw his own reflection. He didn't realize it was only an image and fell in love with it. He eventually recognized that his love could not be reciprocated and committed suicide.
An earlier version ascribed to the poet Parthenius of Nicaea, composed around 50 BC, was recently rediscovered among the Oxyrhynchus papyri at Oxford.Like Ovid's version, it ends with Narcissus committing suicide. A version by Conon, a contemporary of Ovid, also ends in suicide (Narrations, 24). In it, a young man named Aminias fell in love with Narcissus, who had already spurned his male suitors. Narcissus also spurned him and gave him a sword. Aminias committed suicide at Narcissus's doorstep. He had prayed to the gods to give Narcissus a lesson for all the pain he provoked. Narcissus walked by a pool of water and decided to drink some. He saw his reflection, became entranced by it, and killed himself because he could not have his object of desire.[3] A century later the travel writer Pausanias recorded a novel variant of the story, in which Narcissus falls in love with his twin sister rather than himself (Guide to Greece, 9.31.7).
Influence on culture
Тhe myth of Narcissus has inspired artists for at least two thousand years, even before the Roman poet Ovid featured a version in book III of his Metamorphoses. This was followed in more recent centuries by other poets (e.g. Keats and Alfred Edward Housman) and painters (Caravaggio, Poussin, Turner, Dalí (see Metamorphosis of Narcissus), and Waterhouse).
Narcissus in literature : Narcissus by Gyula Benczúr In Stendhal's novel Le Rouge et le Noir (1830), there is a classic narcissist in the character of Mathilde. Says Prince Korasoff to Julien Sorel, the protagonist, with respect to his beloved girl:She looks at herself instead of looking at you, and so doesn't know you.During the two or three little outbursts of passion she has allowed herself in your favor, she has, by a great effort of imagination, seen in you the hero of her dreams, and not yourself as you really are.(Page 401, 1953 Penguin Edition, trans. Margaret R.B. Shaw).The myth had a decided influence on English Victorian homoerotic culture, via André Gide's study of the myth, Le Traité du Narcisse ('The Treatise of the Narcissus', 1891), and the only novel by Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist also starts with a story about Narcissus, found (we are told) by the alchemist in a book brought by someone in the caravan. The alchemist's (and Coelho's) source was very probably Hesketh Pearson's The Life of Oscar Wilde (1946) in which this story is recorded (Penguin edition, p. 217) as one of Wilde's inspired inventions. This version of the Narcissus story is based on Wilde's "The Disciple" from his "Poems in Prose (Wilde) ".Author and poet Rainer Maria Rilke visits the character and symbolism of Narcissus in several of his poems.Seamus Heaney references Narcissus in his poem "Personal Helicon" from his first collection "Death of a Naturalist":
"To stare, big-eyed Narcissus, into some spring
Is beneath all adult dignity."In Rick Riordan's Heroes of Olympus series, Narcissus appears as a minor antagonist in the third book The Mark of Athena.In the fantasy series Harry Potter, Narcissa Malfoy, a minor antagonist, is named for Narcissus.William Faulkner's character "Narcissa" in Sanctuary, sister of Horace Benbow, was also named after Narcissus. Throughout the novel, she allows the arrogant, pompous pressures of high-class society to overrule the unconditional love that she should have for her brother.Hermann Hesse's character "Narcissus" in "Narcissus and Goldmund" shares several of mythical Narcissus' traits, although his narcissism is based on his intellect rather than his physical beauty.A. E. Housman refers to the 'Greek Lad', Narcissus, in his poem Look not in my Eyes from A Shropshire Lad set to music by several English composers including George Butterworth. At the end of the poem stands a jonquil, a variety of daffodil, Narcissus Jonquilla, which like Narcissus looks sadly down into the water.Herman Melville references the myth of Narcissus in his novel Moby-Dick, in which Ishmael explains the myth as "the key to it all," referring to the greater theme of finding the essence of Truth through the physical world.On Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen's A Fada Oriana, the eponymous protagonist is punished with mortality for abandoning her duties in order to stare at herself in the surface of a river.
Narcissus on film
In the TV series Boardwalk Empire, a Dr. Narcisse (Valentin Narcisse) is introduced as a condescending intellectual.
Scottish-Canadian animator Norman McLaren finished his career with a short film named Narcissus, re-telling the Greek legend through ballet.Narcissus appears in the Disney adaptation of Hercules. In the film, he is portrayed as an Olympian god with purple skin.In the film Bab'Aziz, directed by Nacer Khemir, a Narcissus like character was portrayed by an ancient prince who sat by a pond for days after days and looked at the reflection of his own soul. He was referred to as 'The prince who contemplated his soul'.Pink Narcissus is an artistic film by James Bidgood about the fantasies of a hustler.The escape craft Ripley boards in the 1979 Ridley Scott film Alien is called the Narcissus.In the 2011 film Seeing Heaven, Narcissus is depicted in a painting - the character of the film also replicates the myth of Narcissus gazing at his own reflection. The film delves deeply into the main character (Paul) and the theme is loosely based on the myth of Narcissus, as all who look at Paul are transfixed by his beauty - just as all those who gazed upon Narcissus were transifixed with his beauty.
In music
National Medal Of Arts recipient Morten Lauridsen wrote a choral work entitled "Dirait-on" based on the poem by Rainer Maria Rilke."Supper's Ready" by Genesis (ca. 1972), a near-23-minute epic song laden with religious and mythological imagery, refers to the myth of Narcissus as follows: A young figure sits still by the pool / He's been stamped "Human Bacon" by some butchery tool / (He is you) / Social Security took care of this lad. / We watch in reverence, as Narcissus is turned to a flower. / A flower?. The movement is titled "How Dare I Be So Beautiful?".American rock band Tool made a subtle reference in their song "Reflection" from their third studio album Lateralus. Not only is the whole song a metaphor of the myth, but it also makes an explicit reference: And as I pull my head out I am without one doubt/ Don't want to be down here feeding my narcissism/ I must crucify the ego before it's far too late/ I pray the light lifts me out. The song combines elements of self-analysis and finding the right path, versus self-infatuation and absorption.Progressive metal band Threshold referenced the myth with an 11-minute epic titled "Narcissus", the closing track on their album Hypothetical. Greek metal band Septic Flesh recorded a song about Narcissus (called "Narcissus") on their album Communion."Narcissus in a Red Dress" by The Like was released on The Like EP and their album Release Me. The Canadian band Hedley has written a song about Narcissus (called "Narcissist"). One line goes He falls in love with his reflection in the glass / He can't resist who's staring back.Composer Nikolai Tcherepnin wrote his ballet "Narcisse et Echo, Op. 40 in 1911 for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and was danced by Nijinski. Uruguayan band El Cuarteto de Nos wrote the song "Me Amo" (I Love Myself) in which the chorus sings "como Narciso soy" (I am like Narcissus). In 2010, Swedish electronic artist pacific! released "Narcissus" an album and ballet staged in Gothenburg.[7] In 1994, composer Mark Applebaum composed Narcissus: Strata/Panacea for marimba solo. This work comprised one movement of the larger Janus Cycle, for mixed instrumentation.[8] In 1987, Thea Musgrave was commissioned by a consortium of four flutists for a solo work. She composed Narcissus for flute and digital delay.
In 1898 Havelock Ellis, an English sexologist, used the term "narcissus-like" in reference to excessive masturbation, whereby the person becomes his or her own sex object.In 1899, Paul Näche was the first person to use the term "narcissism" in a study of sexual perversions.
Otto Rank, in 1911, published the first psychoanalytical paper specifically concerned with narcissism, linking it to vanity and self-admiration.Sigmund Freud only published one paper exclusively devoted to narcissism in 1914, called "On Narcissism: An Introduction".One of the personality disorders is called narcissistic personality disorder.In Marilyn Manson's song Deep Six, One of the lines mentions his name, along with the Greek god Zeus.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissus_(mythology)
Narcissus was once walking by a lake or river and decided to drink some water; he saw his reflection in the water and was surprised by the beauty he saw; he became entranced by the reflection of himself.The myth of Narcissus is one of the most known Greek Myths, due to its uniqueness and moral tale; Narcissus, was the son of River God Cephisus and nymph Lyriope. He was known for his beauty and he was loved by God Apollo due to his extraordinary physique.The myth of Narcissus comes in two different versions, the Greek and the Greco-Roman version, as both Conon the Greek and Ovid, the Roman poet, wrote the story of Narcissus, enhancing it with different elements.According to Conon, Aminias, a young man fell in love with Narcissus, who had already spurned his male suitors. Aminias was also spurned by Narcissus who gave the unfortunate young man a sword. Aminias killed himself at Narcissus’ doorstep praying to the Gods to give Narcissus a lesson for all the pain he had provoked.Narcissus was once walking by a lake or river and decided to drink some water; he saw his reflection in the water and was surprised by the beauty he saw; he became entranced by the reflection of himself. He could not obtain the object of his desire though, and he died at the banks of the river or lake from his sorrow.The myth presented by Ovid the poet is slightly altered. According to this myth, Narcissus’ parents were worried because of the extraordinary beauty of the child and asked prophet Teiresias what to do, regarding their son’s futureTeiresias told them that the boy would grow old only if “he didn’t get to know himself”. When Narcissus was sixteen he was walking in the woods and Nymph Echo saw him and felt madly in love with him. She started following him and Narcissus asked “who’s there”, feeling someone after him.Echo responded “who’s there” and that went on for some time until Echo decided to show herself. She tried to embrace the boy who stepped away from Echo, telling her to leave him alone. Echo was left heartbroken and spent the rest of her life in glens; until nothing but an echo sound remained of her.Nemesis, though, the Goddess of Revenge, heard the story and decided to punish Narcissus. From this point the stories are similar; Narcissus sees himself in the pond and he is amazed by the beauty of the reflection. Once he figured out that his love could not be addressed, he killed himself.
Woods are protected by flood.
The colour Yellow is the colour of Sunshine, Hope, and Happiness !! It stands for Freshness, Positivity, Clarity, Energy, Optimism, Enlightenment, Remembrance, Intellect, Spirituality, Honor, Loyalty, and Joy !!! ……What else do you want???
I personally prefer the Golden Yellow , because it makes my heart sing, like the colour White does !! Therefore, I have plenty of both representatives in the garden, which make EXCELLENT associations with all the rest strong bloom colours in the garden, like the reds , Indian pinks, and blues!! Well, I would say a very ….Mediterranean-style-coloured garden…
***** Amber Queen Rose is the MOSTly(!!!) Golden Rose bloom in our Garden!! Sweetly scented! She is a sturdy , healthy plant, with upward strong branches, dark green beautiful leaves!! Just Adorable!!!
A staple of fantasy warfare, orcs comprise the largest single contingent of the evil forces. Given that orcs are rather limited in their intellect and training, the great majority become foot soldiers to form the bulk of the front lines and the casualties. There are a few orcs, however, who manage to excel in other areas.
One of these is the orc tracker. By nature, orcs in general are not particularly observant or detail oriented, but some are found to possess these qualities. When these skills are combined with their excellent senses of smell and hearing, they make for good trackers.
The orc tracker will rarely be mistaken for a stalker. They track but they employ little to no stealth. More like baying hounds, they typically run ahead while tracking, yelling and screaming in excitement. And just as the noise of the hounds will frighten a prey into leaving cover, so the loud cacophony of a group of orc trackers can route a camp of enemies before the soldiers even arrive.
👾 Happy 🏰 Heroclix 🏯 Friday! 🐉
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
What does it mean to be the silent observer? The subjects in this series embody the joint-like posture of mannequins. They allude view, obscuring themselves behind objects and other times reveal their presence in an ordinary remote world.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Chance Nkosi Gomez known initiated by H.H Swami Jyotirmayanda as Sri Govinda walks an integral yogic path in which photography is the primary creative field of expression. The medium was introduced during sophomore year of high school by educator Dr. Devin Marsh of Robert Morgan Educational Center. Coming into alignment with light, its nature and articulating the camera was the focus during that time. Thereafter while completing a Photographic Technology Degree, the realization of what made an image “striking” came to the foreground of the inner dialogue. These college years brought forth major absorption and reflection as an apprentice to photographer and educator Tony A. Chirinos of Miami Dade College. The process of working towards a singular idea of interest and thus building a series became the heading from here on while the camera aided in cultivating an adherence to the present moment. The viewfinder resembles a doorway to the unified field of consciousness in which line, shape, form, color, value, texture all dissolve. It is here that the yogi is reminded of sat-chit-ananda (the supreme reality as all-pervading; pure consciousness). As of May 2024 Govinda has completed his 300hr yoga teacher training program at Sattva Yoga Academy studying from Master Yogi Anand Mehrotra in Rishikesh, India, Himalayas. This has strengthened his personal Sadhana and allows one to carry and share ancient Vedic Technology leading others in ultimately directing their intellect to bloom into intuition. As awareness and self-realization grows so does the imagery that is all at once divine in the mastery of capturing and controlling light. Over the last seven years he has self-published six photographic books, Follow me i’ll be right behind you (2017), Sonata - Minimal Study (2018), Birds Singing Lies (2018), Rwanda (2019), Where does the body begin? (2019) & Swayam Jyotis (2023). Currently, Govinda is employed at the Leica Store Miami as a camera specialist and starting his journey as a practitioner of yoga ॐ
“It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination.”
Henry David Thoreau
I love running. Hitting the pavement frees me from all other thoughts and allows me to feel entirely united as a being. I start out fully aware of the way I breathe, how my foot falls, how my arms drop and grip. Five minutes later, I am flowing.
Running is probably one of the most basic things that people know how to do...or at least so I thought. I always assumed that running was primal—extremely basic, such that we’ve heard of learning to walk before running. As a primal activity, it seemed highly functional. But in the environment of cars and transportation systems, running has become increasingly unnecessary. And truly, with today’s emphasis on speed and efficiency, running always seemed like an issue of who finishes first. The general effect is a perspective of running which focuses on speed, rather than endurance, sprints, rather than marathons.
But training for sprints and training for marathons require different things. And if life is a marathon, it is inevitable for one to reflect on one’s life as one trains for a marathon.
Learning to run for a full half hour (although this length of time is far, far, far from completing a marathon) required so much from me. While a lot of the requirements were completely physical, I had to reframe my mind tremendously. I can drive myself really hard and forceful in trying to achieve my goals. But running is an activity where driving yourself really hard and forcefully will lead to complete failure: either an injury or not finishing your race. I have learned to pace myself and go at a very steady pace, focusing on just one step at a time. The only way to endure through the time and distance was to go at a steady and relaxed pace.
I would not say that I am a genius, but intellectually, my capacity to comprehend is quick. In that sense, in matters of intellect, it is quite easy for me to get it, without really having to push too much or to try too hard. In the small world of my mind, pushing was never necessary—because I was always full speed ahead. Physically though, this formula doesn’t work. I have too much fat and mass to go full speed ahead. But because I am accustomed to figuring it out quickly, the physical discipline of running can be frustrating.
And that’s another thing I learned in my efforts to run: patience. Because I cannot drive my lung capacity, my legs, my heart rate, or my knees by sheer will. With consistency in practice, my body will adapt. But sheer mental power cannot miraculously increase knee strength or lung capacity. As in all things in life, you, and in this case your body, will adjust and adapt. But to do so takes time. And to persist and endure despite frustration, requires patience—an acceptance of oneself as evolving through both time and space.
I was never an athlete, but I am quite sure that most sports require some form of discipline. But running, unlike all other sport or exercise I have tried, has pushed my limits to the point of questioning my fundamental belief systems.
And maybe it is primal. I may have just truly veered away from who and what I truly am. I may have been living in my head for way too long. And the experience of a union in being for half an hour can be overwhelming, and refreshing—despite all the buckets of sweat.
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"You can't try telling me it's healthy to live in a cave - only coming out at night, dressed like a bat, to beat people up ..."
('Batgirl' and 'Batman' by DC Direct / 'Batgirl' based on art by Carmine Infantino)
HEAD N.N is an artwork which appeals to the intellect. The artist behind the work is Marianne Heske.
You can find it in Torshovdalen, Oslo Norway. Torshovdalen is located in the district of Sagene in the municipality of Oslo. The valley stretches from Trondheimsveien to the east, Sinsenkrysset to the north, and Torshov to the west.
Alter Ego: Alpha
Name: Buster Calloway
Allegiance: Villain
Powers:
* Super strength, durability, stamina and senses
* Superhuman intellect
* Thick skin
* Large sharp fangs
* Wolf abilities
Weapons:
* His teeth
Key Weakness: He's not very agile and doesn't like to get his paws bloody. He's actually not a fighter but is able to hold his ground due to his abilities.
Origin:
Buster is a genetically modified wolf who's genetics were stolen from Bad Wolf by T.O.X.I.N. this was to replicate and make the beast more ferocious and controlled. However as a result from the treatment Busters brain developed rapidly allowing him to grow smarter than even some of the lead scientists there who he observed from his cell. With his knowledge and powers he escaped their facilities and decided to overthrow them and anyone who tried to stop him. He knew A.N.G.E.L. had spies amongst them so he began recruiting runaways like himself to amass his own private army to carry through his plans.