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Candid eye contact street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Got milk? Well, a milk substitute but not having any lactose intolerance that I am aware of, I have never tried soya milk. I loved the look of him drinking from the carton and the eye contact lifted the shot for me - enjoy!
Lots of detail to peruse if you fancy going large by pressing 'L' or clicking on the image.
These signs only show a fraction of those killed simply for being who they are. Intolerance, fear, and hatred are ruining our country and world.
“My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring, and carried aloft on the wings of the breeze…” -Anne Brontë
I’m like a kid excitedly waiting for Christmas to arrive when it comes to spring. While I’m typing this, it’s almost 60 degrees out and I can feel it coming. The arrival of spring always feels like hope and freedom to me.
While I don’t wish my life away, from the time it gets cold in the fall I eagerly anticipate the warmer months. Warm weather for me means more energy, more creativity & inspiration, and more happiness. I thrive in the warm months while the cold weather only seems to dampen my spirit and grow frost in my bones. The autoimmune illness I live with gives me cold intolerance and that seems to be worsening quite a bit with each year. The coming of spring definitely awakens my spirit!
Notebook from Katie Daisy, bandana from Reclaimed Life Texas (Etsy).
The Hollywood & Highland Center courtyard is a replica of the Babylon set in D.W. Griffith's 1916 epic, "Intolerance," filmed nearby. [11 of 12]
I'm sorry but I don't want to be an emperor. That's not my business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible; Jew, Gentile, black men, white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each others' happiness, not by each other's misery. We don't want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way.
Greed has poisoned men's souls; has barricaded the world with hate; has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge as made us cynical; our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost. The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in man; cries out for universal brotherhood; for the unity of us all.
Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world, millions of despairing men, women, and little children, victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people. To those who can hear me, I say "Do not despair." The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.
Soldiers! Don't give yourselves to brutes, men who despise you and enslave you; who regiment your lives, tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel! Who drill you, diet you, treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder! Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men---machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have a love of humanity in your hearts! You don't hate! Only the unloved hate; the unloved and the unnatural.
Soldiers! Don't fight for slavery! Fight for liberty! In the seventeenth chapter of St. Luke, it's written "the kingdom of God is within man", not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people, have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure. Then in the name of democracy, let us use that power.
Let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfill their promise. They never will! Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people! Now let us fight to fulfill that promise! Let us fight to free the world! To do away with national barriers! To do away with greed, with hate and intolerance! Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men's happiness.
Soldiers, in the name of democracy, let us all unite!
We live in times of uncertainty, where the feeling of insecurity has been installed in our lives, and incentidumbres lead us along the paths of intolerance and lack of solidarity. The bombing of news is such that events have ceased to exist before being aware of it. Our memory is poised to become like a fish and feelings in a light breeze
The American Horror Story
by Andrea Giulio Ciaramitaro
Presented is a ferocious humorous cartoon on the US today, a nation divided and plagued by plagues such as racism, intolerance, violence and ignorance. A giant hamburger that engulfs all the problems of Trumpian America, amidst illusions and hypocrisy, is the most lucid and sagacious allegorical representation of the United States in recent years.
Columbia Space Shuttle model standing guard at Portal of the Folded Wings, burial site for L.A. aviation pioneers. Designed by Kenneth A. MacDonald in 1924, with stone castings by Federico A. Giorgi, who did exterior of downtown's Million Dollar Theater, plus elaborate statues for the 1917 epic film Intolerance.
Couldn't resist a return visit for some night shots of this awesome Sculpture before it heads off to Chester Cathedral on 30th October at 6am
This amazing 27 foot high sculpture is made up of 100,000 bladed weapons collected during police surrenders across the country.
Today this stunning statue signifies the nations overwhelming intolerance to knife crime.
The Angel is helping to raise awareness of violent crime and helping young people understand the reasons not to carry knives.
Derby Cathedral
Recent political and social changes around the world and the emergence of the pandemic (please read more below), prevent me from enjoying beautiful, relaxing surroundings in nature and keep me locked in within a turmoil of dark thoughts. This image is a part of the series on "Living in a Changing World"
I thought I understood some "truths" about the world I live in. I notice the resurgence of aggressive nationalism, intolerance, and hate rising in my world. I see that people are entitled not just to their opinion but to their own facts. They are entitled to their rights even if it means that others may not be entitled to their lives as a result of not wearing a mask. I see that normal tolerance and compassion are now becoming optional. I see that allies treat each other as enemies and that dictators are becoming friends of our nations. I am confused, puzzled, anxious, angry, and I feel powerless to affect the changes.
The pandemic has changed my daily life completely and made me feel cut off. It has also changed how I photograph as I can no longer photograph in public indoor spaces or in congested city areas where I used to take most of my photos. I can not travel beyond my vicinity. I, therefore, have to return to my earlier subject matter and find something new to say.
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Tant qu'il y aura suprématie d'un côté et pas de véritable association amicale, il y aura toujours de la souffrance, quel que soit le pôle de la dispute qui tyrannise l'autre pôle.
Tant qu'il n'y aura pas d'empathie pour l'autre et pas de compréhension de l'intolérance à la moindre frustration, les bébés seront jetés car ils génèrent une surcharge pour certaines femmes. Peut-être qu'un jour, malheureusement, les anciens seront eux aussi coupés de la vie car eux aussi créent une surcharge et travaillent pour ceux qui voient la liberté à travers le prisme de l'individualisme ou devrais-je dire de l'égoïsme.
C'est bien triste de s'en rendre compte au milieu de tant de bruit et de tentatives de narration : [
Un jour l'empathie ira de pair avec la liberté, sereinement par les avenues.
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As long as there is supremacy on one side and no friendly and genuine association, there will always be suffering, no matter which pole of the dispute tyrannizes over the other pole.
As long as there is no empathy for the other and no understanding of intolerance at the slightest frustration, babies will be thrown away because they create an overload to some women. Maybe one day, unfortunately, older people will also be cut out of life because they also create an overload and more assignments to people who see freedom through the prism of individualism or should I say selfishness.
It's very sad to realize this in the midst of so much noise and attempts at narration : [
One day empathy will go hand in hand with freedom, serenely through the avenues.
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I hear such packaging is common in Canada. Not so used to seeing it around here.
cc 2003 Eden Politte
I spotted these two young men walking hand-in-hand at the Florida State Fair a couple of weeks ago.
In an era of what alarmingly seems to be growing intolerance in certain segments of our society, I had to admire their resolve and personal courage.
My latest shot of The Vista, opened 1923, historic single-screen movie theater in Los Feliz on the border with East Hollywood. Director Quentin Tarantino acquired the theater in 2021, had it refurbished, and re-opened it in November of 2023.
Historic note: The extravagant "Walls of Babylon" scenes from (gifted director & rancid racist) D. W. Griffith's 1916 silent epic 'Intolerance' were filmed on this open site before the theater was constructed.
And what a joy it is that a heart that feels and beats hard with positive feeling will never know of differences or intolerance.
Let's love each other for who we are and what we can contribute. Nothing else matters. We are all the same...
Brooklyn Heights,
New York City
2015
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All Rights Reserved
"Un problema sempre più grave nella società contemporanea: l'intolleranza verso la felicità degli altri"
"An increasingly serious problem in contemporary society: intolerance towards the happiness of others"
"Un problema cada vez más grave en la sociedad contemporánea: la intolerancia hacia la felicidad de los demás"
Mildly unamused, Upper Peninsula, Michigan - October 9 2024
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she's wonderful though not so sure the feeling's mutual. that's the look of thinly veiled intolerance.
I know I posted a pic of Freja the other day, but she really deserves another shout out today! Last night, right before I went to sleep, I felt the symptoms of a migraine coming on. As any migraine sufferer knows, time is all important in stopping these things before they take hold, or life is impossible once they kick in. Freja proved to be a very special kitty shortly after I laid down to sleep.
Many of my contacts have heard about how my cat, Squeegee, used to alert me when I had a migraine starting. He would stand outside my bedroom door and squeek and howl incessantly until I got up and took my migraine meds, and then he would leave. When he first started doing it, I just thought he was griping about something he got for dinner that he wasn't happy with or just wanted attention, and he drove me nuts with his yowling! It didn't take long to figure out why he was doing it, though, as each time a migraine was coming on, and he was alerting me to the changes going on in my body that I was unaware of until I woke. Squeegee's intervention made it possible for me to overcome many of the migraines before they took hold, and that allowed me to get up and go to work the next day! Sadly, Squeeks passed away on October 19, 2015.
After Squeegee died, and even for a few years before, I seldom got the kind of headaches that used to incapacitate me. Still, since the symptoms of nausea, light sensitivity, heat intolerance, and noise intolerance played in, I was concerned that I no longer had my alert kitty to wake me before it was too late to alleviate the awful symptoms that I still sometimes had.
I got Ragnar and Freja as kittens. They were about six months old when I took them in. Freja was always the yacky one, but I never noticed a pattern until recently. Squeeks was still alive when I brought them home, but passed about one month later. As youngsters, the two rowdy cats were mostly playing or sleeping, and it has taken nearly 3 years to realize that Freja seems to have the same ability that Squeegee had to predict my migraines.
Last night, after I laid down, Freja was right at my bedroom door, meowing away loudly and even pawing the door to get my attention. She seldom bothers me when I'm sleeping, and I did notice that I was getting the migraine aura, which is for me lights and images that appear to be in front of my eyes, not in my mind, and can be quite colorful and electrical looking! Freja was alerting me, and this time, I thanked her. She left the door right after that, and I went to sleep relieved that if the headaches ever do come back the way they once were, my new little alert kitty will be able to warn me in advance if I pay attention to her! What a treasure this little one is! Besides having an adorable face and sweet disposition, God made her capable of helping me with something that can be horribly disabling. Now I have even more reason to love her!
Well a few people have been posting on flickr about the recent POTUS results with Superman in the forefront. I wanted to join in.
I've had all day to think about this and one thing that I've come to realize, is that we've gotta keep our heads up! I know myself personally, I'm heartbroken. Pessimism and Aggression have won. Lies and Greed have won. Oppression and Fear Mongering have won today and it's a damn shame.
The US chose the worst kind of person to become the most powerful man in the world and it's scary.
But see that only makes us the underdog now. We've gotta keep fighting! We've got to keep moving forward! Pushing for honesty and kindness before cynicism and hatred! We're all human, we're all still alive, and we can only do better from here!
Don't let it dampen your spirits! In the next coming weeks try your best to be positive and uplifting to those around you! Smile and laugh and love and care for as many people as you can! Because the amount of people hurting right now is only going to get bigger. Keep your friends and families close, and remind them that everything will be okay. That's what Superman would do.
We could use a Superman to give us hope. To right all the wrongs, bring justice to the people, and oppose monsters that want to control the world. But that would be too easy. We've got to do it for ourselves!
Remember to keep kindness in your heart.
I'm gonna leave you guys with a monologue from The Great Dictator performed by Charlie Chaplin. Take a couple minutes out of your evening and just listen.
Breathe.
We'll get through this together.
“I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone - if possible - Jew, Gentile - black man - white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way.
Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost....
The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men - cries out for universal brotherhood - for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world - millions of despairing men, women, and little children - victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people.
To those who can hear me, I say - do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish....
Soldiers! don’t give yourselves to brutes - men who despise you - enslave you - who regiment your lives - tell you what to do - what to think and what to feel! Who drill you - diet you - treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. Don’t give yourselves to these unnatural men - machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts! You don’t hate! Only the unloved hate - the unloved and the unnatural! Soldiers! Don’t fight for slavery! Fight for liberty!
In the 17th Chapter of St Luke it is written: “the Kingdom of God is within man” - not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people have the power - the power to create machines. The power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.
Then - in the name of democracy - let us use that power - let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world - a decent world that will give men a chance to work - that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfil that promise. They never will!
Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people! Now let us fight to fulfil that promise! Let us fight to free the world - to do away with national barriers - to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men’s happiness. Soldiers! in the name of democracy, let us all unite!”
1964
Palette knife oil painting on hardboard.
I painted this picture when I was nearly 18 and it was selected by the late John Nash CBE RA (Royal Academy London) for inclusion into an exibition at the then Beecroft Art gallery in Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
The exhibition was held between the 21st May - 27th June 1965.
John Nash was born in Colchester in April 1893 and died in September 1977. He was a self taught artist like me.
This painting is the only surviving unsold picture from many I produced in my mid teens to early 20's. all others being sold or now lost due to my parents moving house when I was living away in London.
There was a slightly larger companion picture to this, but it was regrettably, sold to a friend in the 1980's.
I'm glad I did not weaken and be tempted to take offers from others to buy this painting as it has always remained a favourite of mine. I have promised it to my daughter who loves it and so it will never be sold in my lifetime and will hopefully stay in the family.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nash_%28artist%29
Sorry for slow or no comments friends but I am still sick after 3 weeks partly caused by gastric flu which resulted in a sudden intolerance to hormone tablets which I have been taking prior to undergoing treatment for a diagnosed mens' condition requiring Radiotherapy.>b>
The Thirtieth Ion Prophecy - Darkcoin - The Dictatorship of Shadows by Daniel Arrhakis (2021)
With the music : Jo Blankenburg- Lords of Arkhmar
The Thirtieth Ion Prophecy - Darkcoin - The Dictatorship of Shadows
And the times of money covered by shadows, encoded in bits of information came ready to finance the new nightmares and the new dictatorships of Man.
And the Lords of Money financed lies and fear, discrediting journalists, financing conspiracy theories writers in a web of falsehoods for which many will be their slaves.
And the academies of idolatry and the new sects of communication will be founded. The hordes of hate and intolerance worshipers, soldiers of anarchy and conservatives of old moral values will echo to make democracy and freedom of peoples hostages.
And the seeds of uncertainty and discord will be sown so that the Lords of Shadows can re-claim divine power again.
And days will come when the digital gold pyramids will fall apart like leaves in the wind and shake all the ivory towers of the kingdoms of Man while the lords of the shadows tried to implement anarchy and hostage the governments of the Earth.
And the lie will be repeated to the winds until it is considered to be true and the doubt will be written so many times that it will become the new law, unless the resistant fight with all their might and never question their deepest beliefs and values.
Because believe me, the biggest battle of our age is yet to come ... the Battle Of The Consciences !
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A Trigésima Profecia De Ion - Dinheiro Negro - A Ditadura das Sombras
E os tempos do dinheiro envolto nas sombras, codificado em bits de informação chegaram prontos para financiar os novos pesadelos e as novas ditaduras do Homem.
E os Senhores do Dinheiro financiaram mentiras e medos, desacreditando jornalistas, financiando escritores de teorias da conspiração em uma teia de falsidades da qual muitos serão seus escravos.
E as academias de idolatria e as novas seitas de comunicação serão fundadas. As hordas de adoradores do ódio e da intolerância, soldados da anarquia e conservadores de antigos valores morais ecoarão para tornarem reféns a democracia e a liberdade dos povos.
E as sementes da incerteza e da discórdia serão semeadas para que os Senhores das Sombras possam reivindicar novamente o poder divino.
E chegará o dia em que as pirâmides de ouro digital se desintegrarão como folhas ao vento e sacudirão todas as torres de marfim dos reinos do Homem enquanto os senhores das sombras tentam implementar a anarquia e tornar reféns os governos da Terra.
E a mentira se repetirá aos ventos até que seja considerada verdadeira e a dúvida será escrita tantas vezes que se tornará a nova lei, a menos que os resistentes lutem com todas as suas forças e nunca questionem suas crenças e os seus valores mais profundos.
Porque acreditem em mim, a maior batalha de nossa era ainda está por vir ... a Batalha das Consciências!
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2015
Oil on stretched canvas
50cm x 70cm
Painted as a companion picture to 'Other Worlds' posted awhile ago which is shown in the first comment box.
(The brownish planet is taken from recent photos of PLUTO) Others are merely a composite of various celestial bodies. The background is a little darker than reality.
Maybe there's somewhere out there light years away where people live in peace and harmony, for it could take light years to cure this planet of the unrelentless and spreading cancer of hatred and intolerance - if ever?????
Hanalei Valley taro farm
One of the largest taro growing areas in the Hawaiian Islands is the Lower Hanalei Valley
About 10% of the world's population uses taro or taro-like plants (Araceae) as a staple in the diet, and for 100 million people this is an important daily food.
Taro is similar to the Irish potato (Solanum tuberosum) in many properties, and is sometimes called the "potato" of the humid tropics. In comparison with potato, taro corm has a higher proportion of protein (1.5-3.0%), calcium, and phosphorus; it has a trace of fat, and is rich in vitamins A and C. Moreover, taro is 98.8% digestible, because it has very small starch grains fairly rich in amylose (20-25%), which breaks down to sugar with human saliva. This type of carbohydrate is excellent for people with digestive problems, so that taro flour is used in infant formulae and canned baby foods and is good for people with allergies, such as lactose intolerance. Some workers say that taro produces fewer dental problems than other starch crops. Recent research indicates that plastics can be made to be biodegradable by adding taro starch grains.
When Captain Cook discovered the Hawaiian Islands in 1778, the native population (est. 300,000) lived chiefly on dasheen (taro) and sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas), supplemented with things from the sea. In the Hawaiian Islands, taro was said to have been formed by the union of daughter earth and father sky, before man was born, so taro was honored as superior to man and treasured as the most important food crop. So intensive was its cultivation there that there may have been up to 300 cultivars in Hawaii when Captain Cook landed. Poi was traditionally prepared by removing the corm "skin" and then pounding the white flesh on a board with a stone pounder (pohaku ku'I) to make a thick paste, which was dried, diluted with water, kneaded, and then aged. The infamous Polynesian poi may be fermented (first bacteria, then yeast) or sometimes unfermented forms of this sticky dasheen paste, eaten with the fingers or as small balls. Some Polynesians were said to consume up to 20 pounds of poi per day!
[...] No loss by flood and lightening, no destruction of cities and temples by the hostile forces of nature, has deprived man of so many noble lives and impulses as those which his intolerance has destroyed [...]
-- Quote by Helen Keller (American Author and Educator who was blind and deaf. 1880-1968)
Nikon D200, Samyang 8mm, f/3.5, 8mm - f/8 - 1/15s - HDR 5xp +2/-2EV
Fara Sabina, Italy (April, 2016)
The Hollywood-Highland Complex underwent a major makeover sometime over a year ago. The new owners decided to gentrify the area and eliminate the elephants and the Babylon Temple from the wall that you see here. Their reason? Their claim was that D.W. Griffith was a racist. And he was. But that was with "Birth of a Nation." The elephants and temple wall were part of "Intolerance," Griffith's attempt at atoning for his artistic choices. The problem here is that both "Birth" and "Intolerance" are cinematic masterpieces. Griffith all but invented the movies as we watch them today. Russian filmmakers such as Sergei Eisenstein and his friends not only studied "Intolerance" frame by frame and shot by shot, they took it upon themselves to keep the print, re-cut it and experiment with editing themselves. This was when Russia was experiencing a film stock shortage, so these filmmaker wannbes sampled the works of Griffith to contribute further the art of film editing.
And now the symbol of early Hollywood is gone. Inside the archway are lame drawings of people, presumably tourists, taking photos of the real tourists at the complex taking photos. The newspaper article a year ago said the wall would celebrate the Tik Tok artists who were apparently making strides in changing Hollywood. Well, that was a boast that has yet to be proven.
Despite Griffith's reputation, there really was no reason to remove the wall art nor the elephants on huge pillars. Most tourists would not know what movie they were from, and their presence was hardly offensive.
The blank, dull, nondescript wall in what is supposed to be the new ground zero for Hollywood is more offensive, if not insulting to the history and legacy of Hollywood's Golden Age.
Wonderful World
by the Cinquini brothers.
Nelson Mandela, the protagonist of the float, sacrificed 27 years of his life locked up in a small cell, nurturing the hope of
demonstrating to humanity that the world is actually a wonderful place. The message left to us by him is stronger today than ever.
We are only realizing this now, after being locked in a house for several months of self-isolation.
On the giant Noah's Ark, the smiling face of Nelson Mandela enters the carnival. A new biblical boat needed to escape the flood of intolerance, ignorance, and hatred in search of a better world where everyone can exist freely without fear of living their own lives. On a large boat, you can see the emblems of culture and human progress of each era.
El viento las juntó... : )
Tercera Ley:
En cualquier momento que comience es el momento correcto”. Todo comienza en el momento indicado, ni antes, ni después. Cuando estamos preparados para que algo nuevo empiece en nuestras vidas, es allí cuando comenzará.
La impaciencia, la intolerancia, la impulsividad sólo nos limita ya que no podemos ver la perfección de los eventos. Cambia esta percepción y cambia tus sentimientos.
Third Law:
“Whenever it starts is the right time.”
It all starts at the right time, either before or after. When we are ready to start something new in our lives, that’s when starts. Impatience, intolerance, impulsivity only limit us in the sense that we can not see the perfection of the events. Change this perception and change your feelings.
Buena semana!
Couldn't resist a return visit for some night shots of this awesome Sculpture before it heads off to Chester Cathedral on 30th October at 6am.
This amazing 27 foot high sculpture is made up of 100,000 bladed weapons collected during police surrenders across the country.
Today this stunning statue signifies the nations overwhelming intolerance to knife crime.
The Angel is helping to raise awareness of violent crime and helping young people understand the reasons not to carry knives.
Derby Cathedral
François-Marie Arouet (1694 – 1778) was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe) and historian. Known by his nom de plume M. de Voltaire, he was famous for his wit, in addition to his criticism of Christianity—especially of the Roman Catholic Church—and of slavery. Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion and separation of church and state.
Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, histories, but also scientific expositions. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and 2,000 books and pamphlets. Voltaire was one of the first authors to become renowned and commercially successful internationally. He was an outspoken advocate of civil liberties and was at constant risk from the strict censorship laws of the Catholic French monarchy. His polemics witheringly satirized intolerance and religious dogma, as well as the French institutions of his day. His best-known work and magnum opus, Candide, is a novella which comments on, criticizes and ridicules many events, thinkers and philosophies of his time.
Because of his well-known criticism of the Church, which he had refused to retract before his death, Voltaire was denied a Christian burial in Paris, but friends and relations managed to bury his body secretly at the Abbey of Scellières in Champagne. His heart and brain were embalmed separately.
On July 11 1791, the National Assembly of France, regarding Voltaire as a forerunner of the French Revolution, had his remains brought back to Paris and enshrined in the Panthéon. An estimated million people attended the procession, which stretched throughout Paris. There was an elaborate ceremony, including music composed for the event by André Grétry.
(Source: Wikipedia)
The Knife Angel was created by the British Ironwork Centre, and sculptor Alfie Bradley, to illustrate the scale of the knife crime problem affecting the UK.
The 27 feet high sculpture is made from 100,000 bladed weapons collected in knife banks during police surrenders across the country.
Today, this stunning statue eloquently signifies the nation’s overwhelming intolerance to violence and aggression.
It was brought to Chester to raise awareness of knife crime across the country and looked truly haunting illuminated at night against the gothic architecture.
© Ben Stacey All Rights Reserved - Any use, reproduction or distribution of this image without my explicit permission is strictly prohibited.
Around the USA today, hundreds of thousands marched, and around the wold thousands upon thousands more marched in solidarity. All to say NO to hate, NO to intolerance, NO to misogny, NO to homophobia, and NO to fear of immigration. I pray for my country.
Khajuraho is believed to be the religious capital of Chandellas. Chandella rulers had tried to discriminate politics from religious & cultural activities, so they established their political capital in Mahoba which is about 60km. away from Khajuraho and religious/cultural capital in Khajuraho. Whole Khajuraho was enclosed by a wall with about 8 gates used for entry/exit. It is believed that each gate is flanked by two date/palm trees. Due to these date trees present Khajuraho get its name Khajura-vahika. In hindi language, “Khajura” means ‘Date’ and “Vahika” means ‘Bearing’.
After fall of Chandella dynasty (after AD 1150), Khajuraho Temples suffered destruction & disfigurement by muslim invaders in this area which forced local people to leave Khajuraho. As muslim invaders had a ruling policy of intolerance for worship places of other religions so all the citizens of Khajuraho left the town with a hope that its solitude will not attract attention of muslim invaders into the temple area and in this way both temple and they themselves will remain unhurt. So from about 13th century to 18th century, Khajuraho temples remain in forest cover, away from popularity till it was re-discovered by British engineer T. S. Burt.
Orishá priestess
statue at Lagoa de Abaeté, Salvador
driven into death by Universal Church in 2000
Officially commemorated in 2016 with this statue
giving start to law against religious intolerance
Teach your children well. Teach them to stand up against both indifference and intolerance. Teach them to be careful and kind, to value being creative over memorization, to interact with the world in a way that reinforces the best in us as humans.
And teach them to dream of a better life than the one we might leave them after this presidency...let's hope there is something left for them.
"No hate. No fear. Immigrants are welcome here!" Chicago is a super city and we must keep our city a safe space and respect all of those who will enter and live here. We cannot let the national disease infect our residents.
Great Conjunctions Like This Just Take 800 Years, Will We Humans Still Be Around For The Next One? - IMRAN™
What truly insignificant creatures we are even on our own planet. Our planet is merely a pebble around the solar system. And that system isn’t even big enough to be a speck of cosmic dirt in the cosmos. Yet what incredible creatures we are.
We developed our knowledge, skills and tools in merely a few hundred years to be able to predict and observe things that take place maybe every 800 years or so. What a great time to be alive. Even hobbyists with a DSLR camera in Tampa, Florida can capture and share images online showing the conjunction of Jupiter & Saturn and even their respective moons in one photo! But now objects made by humans are not just watching objects in space, they are in space — gazing at the heavens even deeper and even watching us mortals wreak havoc down below. The second image is a screenshot of an iPhone app showing some of those man-made marvels and their locations above us.
They orbit our planet until the ends of their useful lives. Meanwhile, a few purely scientific endeavors, primitive tdchnoybu today’s standards, like the Voyager twins, launched when I was a kid in the 1970s, have even left the solar system! Literally, to the stars, and beyond, possibly for eternity.
Will we humans prove ourselves worthy of being memorialized by those spacecraft forever? Or will we let willful ignorance, illiteracy, bigotry, racism, intolerance, and other such hatreds embraced by sizable minorities worldwide ensure that we exterminate ourselves & destroy our habitable planet before the next such conjunction occurs?
What do you think?
© 2020 IMRAN™
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The Prayer Song of the Temple Bells by Daniel Arrhakis (2023)
The Prayer Song of the Temple Bells (**)
Dling, Dlong, Dling, Dlong
The bells ring endlessly
Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha (*)
The monks pray without stopping
So that there is no more hunger
So that there is no more thirst
The bells ring in the temple on the hill
the bells ring endlessly, rain or shine
Monks keep praying
on top of the mountain, down in the valley
Dling, Dlong, Dling, Dlong
Whether wind or rain, the bells echo, always shining
And the Monks don't stop playing
So that there is no more greed
So that there is no more indifference
Bells ring in the valley temple
the bells ring endlessly, make it snow, make it ice
Monks don't stop believing
in the blue of the sky, in the green of the forest
Dling, Dlong, Dling, Dlong
Hot or cold, the songs echo in the air
And the monks don't stop singing
so that there is no more hate
so that there is no more war
The bells ring in the temple of the sea
The bells ring endlessly, make it calm, make it storm
Monks keep rowing
against waves and tides
Dling, Dlong, Dling, Dlong
The bells ring endlessly
Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha
the monks pray without stopping
so that there is no more fear
so that there are no more lies
The bells ring in the cave temple
the bells ring endlessly, make it dark, make it light
the monks do not stop lighting
against ignorance and uncertainty
Dling, Dlong, Dling, Dlong
The bells ring endlessly
Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha
the monks pray without stopping
So that there is no more doubt
So that there is no more intolerance
The bells ring in the temple of heaven
the bells ring endlessly, with love, with truth
receive me then Buddha in your gaze
receive me then Buddha with your embrace
Dling, Dlong, Dling, Dlong
The bells ring endlessly
Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha
The Monks Are Praying
(*) Meaning of the Green Tara mantra
The Green Tara mantra is a ten-syllable mantra. Every time it is chanted, it allows a connection with the goddess.
His verses are: “Om tare tuttare ture soha”
"Om" are the immeasurable qualities of the body, speech and mind of enlightened beings.
“Tare” is the one who liberates.
“Tuttare” eliminates all fears.
“Ture” grants all success.
“Soha” means: “May the blessings of Tara which are contained in the mantra ‘om tare tuttare ture’ take root in our hearts.”
In the Tibetan language, Tara is known as Drolma, the savior, being the manifestation of the feminine energy of the enlightened mind: wisdom. That is, it is enlightened, flexible and practical wisdom. It is the fast energy, present in the moment. Besides being the release of fear and everything!
When practiced, this mantra helps overcome fear and anxiety. Tara devotees believe that the mantra can grant wishes, eliminate suffering and bring all kinds of happiness.
(**) The Meaning of Ringing Bells in Buddhism
Buddhist meditations or prayer rituals include objects that symbolize important concepts in Buddhism. Two of the most important objects in worship include the bell and incense. Each have several meanings and are part of honoring the Three Jewels or Three Treasures of Buddhism, which are the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha.
The bell symbolizes Buddha's voice. It calls for the protection of heavenly deities. The sound of the bell equals the sound of the Dharma, or the entity or law, which sustains the order of things in the universe.
The gentle ring of the bell serves to focus a follower's attention, bringing it out of future worries or pulling it away from past concerns. Many Buddhist prayers begin with the sound of the bell. However, the Buddhist faithful may also ring bells when entering a temple or answering the call to worship when a monk sounds the bell. The bell symbolizes wisdom and compassion, which Buddhist practitioners recognize as being the path to Enlightenment.
Here, with this prayer, we intend to positively inspire our state of mind, giving it strength to distance itself from negative feelings and seek to overcome itself through prayer but also through persistence.
Before each section "Dling, Dlong, Dling, Dlong" the call is made with a small personal bell evoking it both at the beginning and at the end of the prayer, which must be repeated as many times as we want.
Here the position can be sitting, kneeling, cross-legged or even standing.
The bell has a sense of alertness here, alerting the spirit not to let itself be influenced by negative feelings or ideas; deep down a constant awakening, a call to self-assessment and self-criticism but also a call to prayer.
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A Canção Oração dos Sinos do Templo (**)
Dling, Dlong, Dling, Dlong
Tocam os sinos sem parar
Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha (*)
Rezam Os monges sem parar
Para que não haja mais fome
Para que não haja mais sede
Tocam os sinos no templo do monte
tocam os sinos sem parar , faça chuva, faça sol
Os monges não param de rezar
no cimo da montanha, em baixo no vale
Dling, Dlong, Dling, Dlong
Faça vento Ou chuva, ecoam os sinos sempre a brilhar
E os Monges não param de tocar
Para que não haja mais avareza
Para que não haja mais indiferença
Tocam os sinos no templo do vale
tocam os sinos sem parar, faça neve, faça gelo
Os monges não param de acreditar
no azul do céu, no verde da floresta
Dling, Dlong, Dling, Dlong
Faça calor ou frio, ecoam as canções no ar
E os monges não param de cantar
para que não haja mais ódio
para que não haja mais guerra
Tocam os sinos no templo do mar
tocam os sinos sem parar, faça calmaria, faça tempestade
Os monges não param de remar
contra ondas e marés
Dling, Dlong, Dling, Dlong
Tocam os sinos sem parar
Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha
rezam os monges sem parar
para que não haja mais medo
para que não haja mais mentira
Tocam os sinos no templo da gruta
tocam os sinos sem parar, faça escuridão, faça luz
os monges não param de iluminar
contra a ignorância e a incerteza
Dling, Dlong, Dling, Dlong
Tocam os sinos sem parar
Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha
rezam os monges sem parar
Para que não haja mais dúvida
Para que não haja mais intolerância
Tocam os sinos no templo do céu
tocam os sinos sem parar, com amor, com verdade
recebe-me pois Buddha no teu olhar
recebe-me pois Buddha com o teu abraço
Dling, Dlong, Dling, Dlong
Tocam os sinos sem parar
Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha
Rezam Os Monges Sem Parar
(*) Significado do mantra Tara Verde
O mantra de Tara Verde é um mantra de dez sílabas. Toda vez que é entoado, ele permite uma conexão com a deusa.
Seus versos são: “Om tare tuttare ture soha”
“Om” são as imensuráveis qualidades dos corpo, da fala e da mente de seres iluminados.
“Tare” é aquela que liberta.
“Tuttare” elimina todos os medos.
“Ture” concede todo o sucesso.
“Soha” significa: “Possam as bênçãos de Tara que estão contidas no mantra ‘om tare tuttare ture’ se enraizarem nos nossos corações.”
Na língua tibetana, Tara é conhecida como Drolma, a salvadora, sendo a manifestação da energia feminina da mente iluminada: a sabedoria. Ou seja, é a sabedoria iluminada, flexível e prática. É a energia rápida, presente no momento. Além de ser a libertação do medo e de tudo!
Quando praticado, esse mantra ajuda a superar o medo e a ansiedade. Quem é devoto de Tara acredita que o mantra pode conceder desejos, eliminar os sofrimentos e trazer todo tipo de felicidade.
(**) O significado de tocar sinos no budismo
Meditações budistas ou rituais de oração incluem objetos que simbolizam conceitos importantes no budismo. Dois dos objetos mais importantes na adoração incluem o sino e o incenso. Cada um tem vários significados e fazem parte da homenagem às Três Jóias ou Três Tesouros do Budismo, que são o Buda, o Dharma e a Sangha.
O sino simboliza a voz de Buda. Ele clama pela proteção das divindades celestiais. O som do sino equivale ao som do Dharma, ou a entidade ou lei, que sustenta a ordem das coisas no universo.
O toque suave do sino serve para focar a atenção de um seguidor, tirando-o das preocupações futuras ou afastando-o das preocupações passadas. Muitas orações budistas começam com o som do sino. No entanto, os fiéis budistas também podem tocar sinos ao entrar em um templo ou atender ao chamado para a adoração quando um monge toca o sino. O sino simboliza sabedoria e compaixão, que os praticantes budistas reconhecem como sendo o caminho para a Iluminação.
Aqui com esta oração pretendemos inspirar positivamente o nosso estado de espirito dando-lhe força para se afastar dos sentimentos negativos e procurar superar-se a si mesmo através da oração mas também da persistencia.
Antes de cada trecho "Dling, Dlong, Dling, Dlong" faz-se a chamada com um pequeno sino pessoal evocando-o também tanto no inicio e no fim da reza, que deverá ser repetida tantas vezes que quisermos.
Aqui a posição pode ser sentada, de joelhos, de pernas cruzadas ou mesmo de pé.
O sino tem aqui um sentido de alerta, alerta para o espirito para não se deixar influenciar por sentimentos ou ideias negativas; no fundo um acordar constante, um apelo à autoavaliação e à autocritica de nós mesmos mas também um apelo à oração.
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Texts And Image created by Daniel Arrhakis for The Ion Mystical World / The Prophets Of Ion / Humanistic Mystic Movement
On a recent trip to Pfeiffer beach (Summer of 2009), my daughter Pia, found this death and dried up starfish sitting on a rock quite far away from the ocean. Who knows how it got there, how long had it been laying under the blazing sun, and how agonizing its end was. What is clear is that this perfectly adapted being, now solid as a rock, did not stand a chance once it left the water.
I can't help but think that our civilization has abused our planet's balance so far beyond proportion that unless each one of us takes immediate and drastic measures to revert the damage, our children who should otherwise live well into the 2080s-2100s will soon see the same fate as this lowly starfish.
I recently watched "Home Project", an amazingly well photographed documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand about the current state of our planet, and I'm completely freaked out. What freaks me out the most is not how messed up the environment already is, or the urgency of the matter, but how blind and tolerant everyone is. I cant' believe that despite the conclusive assessments of the IPCC I still find 'educated' people who think that Global Warming is not real, is not our fault or there is nothing they can do about it.
Please make some time to watch Yann's amazing documentary (click here), (enjoy the photography while you are at it), become educated and pass around some intolerance towards planet abuse.