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All bridges lead to St Paul's Cathedral, shot a million times no my turn with an angle and slight desaturation in the toning, I quite like this :)
תרגיל ״בלו פלאג״ 2015: התרגיל האווירי הגדול בתולדות החיל בו השתתפו חילות-אוויר מרחבי העולם ותרגלו טיסה משותפת במתארי קיצון
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2015 "Blue Flag" exercise: The biggest aerial exercise in the history of the IAF in which multiple foreign forces took part and practiced coalition flying in extreme scenarios
Photo by: Hagar Amibar
There are differences between the two, but another term for stained glass is leaded glass. We tend to see the images in stained glass, particularly ecclesiastical stained glass, as if they were two-dimensional cartoons without being aware of the lead that holds the composition together.
So, during an intermission in a recent nighttime performance at Portand's First Baptist Church, I took the opportunity to photograph a leaded glass window from the inside, thereby capturing the lead tracery as well as the jewel-like tones of the old glass.
As an aside, it would alarm some Baptists and some Muslims to learn that they share an aversion to representations of the human figure in their art. The First Baptist Church is a magnificent Richardsonian Romanesque structure whose interior decoration consists entirely of botanical motifs and geometric designs. Even Jesus's usual spot on the altar cross is vacant.
My immediate take on this fear of idolatry is that it silences an important source of stories. In other religious traditions, to enter a church is to be surrounded by images that repeat and reinforce the tenets of the faith. Looking at the ceiling of the First Baptist Church, with its abundant flowers and vines, will most likely remind the faithful that it's time to prune the shrubs.
Having said that, I discovered the Biblical characters at First Baptist inhabit the stained glass windows there. In fact, even this small sample of the glass there's a bit of the eagle of St. John the Evangelist. What happens when you see the eagle or, in this case, just a few of its wing feathers? Well, if you paid attention in Sunday School or Art History, you're drawn into a meditation upon "a figure of the sky, and believed by Christian scholars to be able to look straight into the sun. ... This symbolizes that Christians should look on eternity without flinching as they journey towards their goal of union with God."
I'm not endorsing the content of that message here, just admiring the universal human impulse to express complex ideas through symbolic images.
Day 190 - 365 Toy Project
"Look the world straight in the eye." -- Hellen Keller
(I bought replacment eyechips for my Lead because I wasn't too keen on his glittery eyes, but the longer I look at them, the more they grow on me.)
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Saw this beautiful boy on top of the shingle ridge at Milford on Sea on Sunday. He was amusing himself with his lead whilst his owners had stopped to chat to someone they new.
Not sure of his breed - he appears to be too curly to be a straightforward retriever. Maybe a labradoodle?
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I wasn’t specifically seeking the CSX Tropicana Juice Train on its thrice-weekly way north from Bradenton, but heading south on US 41, I noted that the bridge spanning the Palmetto River had been lowered. Assuming that the train had not already just crossed, I knew I had but 10 minutes to pull off the highway, find a parking spot and then dash to a suitable photting spot. Phew! I made it with just one minute to spare, a lucky day. Leading the double-headed consist was CSX #973, nicely side-lit in the mid-morning sunshine. It is a GE AC4400CW. Out of view behind it is sister locomotive #3360.
Looking great - I made up 6 bases, shown is the base for the lead knight, to allow me to pose each Pegasus Knight 'in flight or launch' and at different heights.
Lead sling bullets (Lat. glandes) from the Roman fort at Birrens, Dumfriesshire, GB. In the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow. www.gla.ac.uk/collections/#/results?q=Birrens+sling&g...
French postcard by Cartcom. Photo: Sandrine Expily / Studio Magazine. Caption: Björk, Prix d'interprétation pour Dancer in the Dark. Cannes 2000. The photo was part of theexhibition 'Un Regard sur Cannes', presented at the UGC Ciné Cité Strasbourg-Étoile.
Icelandic singer and songwriter Björk (1965) is the former lead singer of the alternative rock band The Sugarcubes and has pursued a solo career under the name Björk since 1993. Björk is known for her interest in a wide variety of music genres, including pop, jazz, alternative rock, electronic and classical music. Her music label One Little Indian announced in 2003 that Björk has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide. Björk has also played the lead role in Danish director Lars von Trier's film Dancer in the Dark (2000) opposite Catherine Deneuve.
Björk Guðmundsdóttir was born in the Icelandic capital city of Reykjavik in 1965. She is the daughter of Gudmundur Gunnarsson (an electrician) and Hildur Hauksdóttir who divorced before her second birthday. Björk (pronounced "Byerk") grew up in a hippie-type community with her mother and her seven siblings. She started to study classical music at the age of 5. Her musical career started when she was eleven years old and studying classical piano. One of her music teachers sent a recording of Björk playing Tina Charles' song 'I Love to Love' (But My Baby Loves to Dance) to RÚV, the only radio station in Iceland at the time. This recording was subsequently broadcast and, in response, the music label Fálkinn offered Björk a record deal. In 1977, Björk released her eponymous debut album. It consisted of a number of Icelandic children's songs and covers of popular songs like 'The Fool on the Hill' by the Beatles, which Björk sang in Icelandic. Björk's stepfather accompanied her on the album with his guitar. The album went platinum in Iceland and has become a collector's item. In 1980, Björk graduated from the Conservatory. In 1980, together with bassist Jakob Magnússon, she formed the band Jam-80, which later became the band Tappi Tíkarrass. The single 'Bitið fast í vitið' was released in the same year. The album 'Miranda' was released in 1983. Björk then started collaborating with Einar Örn Benediktsson and Einar Melax from the band Purrkur Pillnikk and Guðlaugur Óttarsson, Sigtryggur Baldursson and Birgir Mogensen from the band Þeyr. After writing some songs together and rehearsing them for a few weeks, they decided to continue together under the name KUKL. KUKL toured Iceland with the anarchic punk band Crass from England, and later they visited England for some concerts with Flux or Pink Indians. As a result of these collaborations, the band produced two albums: 'The Eye' in 1984 and 'Holidays in Europe' in 1986. Both albums were released by the Crass Records label. In 1984, Björk formed the duo The Elgar Sisters with guitarist and fellow KUKL band member Guðlaugur Óttarsson. KUKL broke up, partly because their label Gramm was discontinued. In the summer of 1986, some members of KUKL and the surrealist group Medus started a collaboration and the arts collective Smekkleysa ("bad taste") was formed. A musical division was formed, the band Pukl, but soon the name of the band was changed to The Sugarcubes.
The Sugarcubes' first single was 'Ammæli' (or 'Birthday', in the English version). After the single became a hit in the UK, the band was placed on the One Little Indian label, which was founded by Derek Birkett, the former bassist of Flux of Pink Indians. The Sugarcubes then also signed a distribution contract with the American Elektra Records. In 1988, The Sugarcubes recorded their first album, 'Life's Too Good.' This album brought the band international success. Meanwhile, Björk kept herself busy with some smaller projects. In 1990, she recorded the album 'Gling-Gló' with the jazz group Trio Guðmundar Ingólfssonar, which was only released in Iceland. Björk also provided vocals on several tracks on 808 State's album 'Ex:el'. This collaboration sparked her interest in house music. In 1992, The Sugarcubes decided to split up. The members of the band realised that they all had different ambitions. Björk moved to London and started thinking about a solo career. She started working with producer Nellee Hooper, who had previously produced for Massive Attack, among others. From this collaboration came Björk's first international solo hit, 'Human Behaviour'. The album 'Debut' was released in June 1993. 'Debut' consisted of a mix of songs Björk had written since she was a teenager and songs she had co-written with Hooper. NME named it album of the year. The album was a worldwide success and sold nearly 3 million copies. Björk returned to the studio in 1994 to work on a new album with Nellee Hooper, Tricky, Graham Massey of 808 State, and producer Howie B. The album 'Post' was the result of this collaboration. The album Post was the result of this collaboration. Just like 'Debut', it was a collection of songs that partly consisted of songs that Björk had written in the previous years. In January 1997, 'Telegram' was released, an album of previously unreleased remixes of the songs on Post. Later that year, the album 'Homogenic' was released. This album marked a dramatic break for Björk from her earlier "fairy-like" image, which was still cultivated on 'Debut' and 'Post'. For 'Homogenic', Björk worked with producers Mark Bell from LFO, Howie B and Eumir Deodato. 'Homogenic' was her first concept album and is considered one of Björk's most experimental and extroverted albums to date, with its powerful beats reflecting the landscape of Iceland.
In 2001, Björk released her fourth solo album, 'Vespertine'. On the album, Björk creates an introverted, personal world filled with microbeats and small rhythms. 'Vespertine' is in stark contrast to 'Homogenic', on which extroverted lyrics and rather aggressive beats still predominate. On the album, Björk worked with the experimental music group Matmos, the Danish DJ Thomas Knak and harpist Zeena Parkins. Björk used lyrics by American poet E.E. Cummings and American filmmaker Harmony Korine. She then toured theatres and opera houses in Europe and North America and was accompanied by Matmos, Zeena Parkins and an Inuit choir that she had put together after auditioning during a trip to Greenland. In 2004, the album 'Medúlla' was released. The majority of the sounds on this album were created by vocalists although often electronically distorted. On the album, Björk used the vocal skills of throat singer Tagaq, hip-hop beatboxer Rahzel, Japanese beatboxer Dokaka, avant-rocker Mike Patton, Soft Machine drummer and singer Robert Wyatt, and several choirs. She also used a poem by poet E. E. Cummings again, this time for the song 'Sonnets/Unrealities XI'. In August 2004, Björk performed at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics. She performed the song 'Oceania', from 'Medúlla'. Björk's sixth studio album 'Volta' was released in 2007. It's the follow-up to 'Medúlla'. Many people contributed again, including Timbaland, Chris Corsano, the drummer of Lightningbolt, the African group Konono Nr. 1, Toumani Diabaté, Mark Bell (LFO) who also participated in earlier projects by Björk, Antony (Antony & The Jonsons) and Chinese pipa expert Min Xiao-Fen. The first single was 'Earth Intruders', inspired by the Tsunami disaster and a nightmare that Björk had during a flight when visiting the site of the disaster. 'Innocence', 'Declare Independence' and 'Wanderlust' were the next singles. She performed at Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall in New York and at the Glastonbury Festival in England. Björk appeared on the soundtrack of the film Moomins and the Comet Chase (2010).
Björk's seventh studio album, 'Biophilia', was released in 2011 It was followed by 'Vulnicura' (2015) and 'Utopia' (2017). Björk's acting career began in 1990 when she appeared in the Icelandic, English-spoken, black-and-white film The Juniper Tree (Nietzchka Keene, 1990), based on the Grimm Brothers' story of the same name. Björk played the role of Margit, a girl whose mother had been murdered because she was into witchcraft. Björk then had a small role as a supermodel in Prêt-à-Porter (Robert Altman, 1994). In 2000, Björk starred in the Danish-French film Dancer in the Dark, written and directed by Lars von Trier. In this film, set in the United States, Björk plays the role of the Czechoslovakian immigrant Selma. Selma tries to use her work in a factory to save money for an eye operation that will prevent her son from going blind. Björk also made the soundtrack for this film, which was released on CD under the title 'Selma Songs'. The album includes a duet with Thom Yorke of Radiohead, entitled I've Seen It All. The song was nominated for an Academy Award and performed at the 2001 Oscars ceremony. At the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, the film received a Palme d'Or and Björk was named Best Actress. At the Cannes Film Festival, she said that it would be her only cinema performance because it was too painful for her and because she considered herself a music artist and not a cinema artist. However, in 2005, Björk starred in the American-Japanese film Drawing Restraint 9, directed by Matthew Barney, who was also her partner. Björk was also responsible for the film's soundtrack. Björk also appeared prominently in the documentary Gargandi snilld/Screaming Masterpiece (Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon, 2005), which sheds light on the Icelandic music scene. Björk has a son named Sindri Eldon Thorsson (1986) with Þór Eldon, guitarist of The Sugarcubes. She has a daughter with artist Matthew Barney, Ísadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney (2002). Barney and Björk most likely broke up in 2013, and the two have since been separated. In 1996, a psychologically disturbed fan from Florida named Ricardo López sent Björk a hollowed-out book containing explosives. López filmed himself making the bomb, and shot himself after sending it. The police intercepted the book before it reached Björk.
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These aren't that good. Because it was 100 degrees outside, and when I was posing them the concrete was burning my butt, and my legs, and it was annoying..>.< Urgh. Oh well.
Ice Racing at Wild Goose Park
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Shredder Kahn, lead guitarist from the band Nuclear Evolution, is not at all impressed with the transport to his latest gig.
"Listen, I revel in a sense of theatre and pomp, and a red VW is just not delivering..." said a frustrated Kahn.
So much time spent
wandering
looking for the roads
which lead on
and on
to some magnificent unknown
where an adventure awaits us
such promise
such mystery...
But for me
I keep finding
that every road I travel down
keeps somehow leading
right back to me
into the tunnel of my eye
where I drive and drive through darkness
hoping there is a light somewhere at the end.
But no matter
these tunnels are still a great mystery to me
an adventure of self
and I can always flip a K-turn
and escape me for a while
if I'm missing the sunshine of those open roads.
I think perhaps
we should not be afraid to take
the path that leads only to ourselves
for we cannot really appreciate where we've yet to go
if we cannot appreciate where we have already been
TRISHA LURIE, lead singer of the band ROMANCING NEPTUNE from our 'IN THE TUB" Coffee Table Portrait Book shoot (Profits to Breast Cancer Research).
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1950 Mercury "Lead Sled" custom. Taken at the 2015 Russo & Steele car auction in Scottsdale, AZ. VSCO Film 05 conversion