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Usually, I don't write captions for photos - I believe a picture should tell its own story. But this one... I feel a connection to it, so I'll share.
In Seoul, near the Dongdaemun Design Plaza, there's a public piano. As a music lover, I can never walk past when someone's playing. And if they play well, I can get hang out there for ages.
That day, I sat down with a small crowd to listen to an elderly man. He played virtuosically – classical pieces. You could tell instantly: a professional.
Behind us, standing apart from the group, was a young man. Eyes closed. Just standing there. Rhythmically tapping a book in his hand. I don't know what was in his mind, but he was very focused.
Meanwhile, the pianist paused, then launched into something familiar. It was Let It Be by the Beatles.
I turned my head... and saw him. The young man. Eyes still closed, but now a blissful smile spread across his face. And in that same moment – tears streamed down his cheeks while a quiet laugh shook his shoulders. So raw. So alone. Away from everyone.
It was clear the emotions were simply overwhelming him. I don't know – maybe the song meant something personal? Maybe he had some sudden insight? But in that outpouring, he was beautiful and utterly exposed.
This is what this photo is about. About sincere emotions from music, from life.
The thing is, I adore that song myself, and The Beatles. And I react the same way – deeply, emotionally – when I hear or see something that strikes a chord in my heart.
Since I was filming the pianist on my phone, I had to fumble quickly to switch to the camera, desperate to capture that fleeting moment of a stranger's raw vulnerability on the street. And yes, the peak intensity had passed; the wave of emotion had subsided.
But the hint of that contented smile remained.
And he kept standing there, eyes closed, smiling softly until the final chord faded.
Finally bought myself a Passion flower, thought it wrong not to get a photo or 5 before I planted it out
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Ive been tagged, so lucky the 5th photo in the 5th folder is a pretty hairy horse, could so easily have been the one looking ugly lol
Shameless self- (group-) promotion! Twenty five recently-encountered shots of superb imagination and flair - including a fair number from (or hopefully soon-to-be from) the UK Railway Mainline Station Roofs Group. Cathedrals of light!
1. york station roof, 2. la sombra de la cadena roja, 3. Modernity, 4. Balloon Moon, 5. Roof, 6. Marbles (Klinkekuler), 7. Waverley Sheds, Edinburgh, 8. The Holy Quran, 9. waiting, 10. I'm not wistful..., 11. York Railway Station Roof, 12. water tower... 5 mins later, 13. Crewe Station, 14. p i p e d r e a m, 15. Curved time, 16. Tiny, 17. Pillars to Posts, 18. Colors, 19. London Paddington, 20. ShadowThirst, 21. passing through, 22. her tears, 23. Abstract 1: Fan, 24. Day #121 - Understated Trampoline, 25. It's always 1932
Woke up to snow....looks like it here for at least a day. I love it...just don't like to drive slick roads!!! Stay well everyone....gonna go pick up my prescription cough medicine. I'm hopeful it can help put an end to this cough!!!! Maybe I'll stop and shoot a quick pic of the river!!!
What a strange day
For once not lost in a bad way
Let’s go
To a place I know...
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☀☀ This took me back to my childhood days....We fit all in one when we had no car :-)
This was the way to go around town.
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This photographic story of mine, with descriptive text, was created in Novara di Sicilia (ME) on August 15th of this year, on the occasion of a suggestive traditional religious and popular celebration, that of the Apotheosis of the Assumption (in Heaven), which takes place every 5 years, however due to the bans issued during the Covid, it was not celebrated in 2020, so this celebration had not been held for 10 years. I would like to tell the origins of this ancient tradition, which began with the arrival of the Normans in Sicily around the year 1000. At that time, Southern Italy was a coexistence of peoples, religions, and languages, the most diverse. The majority were the Lombards. There were also the Greeks, with the Greek population of Calabria and Salento (i.e., the Byzantines), with the Greek Church based in Constantinople. It was not a foreign Byzantine domination, but rather the people of those lands for centuries. Then there were the Arabs who had conquered Sicily, and even under the Arabs in Sicily, Greeks, Latins, and Jews coexisted; the populations coexisted with each other, and the leaders waged war against each other. Then, in southern Italy, the Normans arrived, seeking adventure and fortune. They were French from Northern France, and the descendants of the Vikings from Scandinavia. the Norman Roger 1st of Sicily (known as the Great Count Roger) together with his brother, conquered Puglia, Calabria, subsequently they allied themselves with an Arab emir reigning in Sicily, who asked them for help because he was fighting against another Arab emir present in Sicily, Roger landed in Messina in February 1061 managing to occupy the eastern part of Sicily, thirty years after his landing in Sicily, in 1091 Roger could say he was master of all of Sicily; Ancient literature credits Great Count Roger with initiating the celebrations of the Assumption, whose banner featured the image of the Our Lady Ascending to Heaven. Under his patronage, the process of "re-Christianization" of the island began. Devotion to the Virgin was strengthened in the territory of Novara di Sicilia in the 12th century with the arrival of the French abbot Hugh (also proclaimed a saint), sent to Sicily by Bernard of Clairvaux, of the Cistercian Order, which has the figure of the Assumption as a cornerstone of its religious institution. This celebration-feast has seen mixed fortunes. Before the Second World War, the float with the Assumption was carried in procession along with approximately 15 floats of various saints. After that conflict, the bishop banned carrying statues of saints alongside the Assumption. With the Great Jubilee of 2000, the ancient tradition was revived with the Saints preceding the Assumption's exit. They arrive in the town's main square, forming a semicircle, awaiting the arrival of the Assumption, which in the meantime has been carried in procession through the town's streets. Upon her return to the square around midnight, the Assumption of Mary is reunited with all the Saints, giving life to the supreme expression of the Apotheosis of Mary Assumed into Heaven, amidst songs, litanies, and prayers. This, in short, is a great, heartfelt procession that begins in the afternoon and continues late into the night, with the many floats of saints preceding that of the Assumption of Mary, characterized by having their arms raised high, and the presence of more than 150 candles being lit. The official logo of the Solemn Apotheosis of the Assumption encloses the presence of the 15 saints as if they were 15 roses, arranged in a crown around the monogram "M - A" (Our Lady Ascending to Heaven): for Dante Alighieri in the Divine Comedy the "Mystical Rose" is "the Love of God", a symbol of divine perfection, peace, and the beauty of Paradise, linked to the figure of Mary, the Mystical Rose par excellence. Thus the Apotheosis is nothing other than the Embrace that God, through Mary and the Saints, addresses to all men.
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Questo mio racconto fotografico, con testo descrittivo, è stato realizzato a Novara di Sicilia (ME) il 15 di agosto di quest’anno, in occasione di una suggestiva celebrazione tradizionale religiosa e popolare, quella della Apoteosi dell’Assunta (in Cielo), che prende vita ogni 5 anni, purtuttavia causa i divieti emanati durante il covid, nel 2020 non venne celebrata, sicchè questa celebrazione era da 10 anni che non veniva svolta. Desidero raccontare le origini di questa antica tradizione, essa nasce con l’arrivo dei Normanni in Sicilia attorno all’Anno Mille, in quel periodo nell’Italia Meridionale c’era una convivenza di popoli, religioni, lingue, le più diverse, la maggioranza era data dai Longobardi, c’erano i Greci, con la popolazione greca della Calabria, del Salento (ovvero i Bizantini) con la Chiesa Greca che faceva capo a Costantinopoli, non era una dominazione bizantina straniera, ma erano i popoli di quelle terre da secoli, poi c'erano gli Arabi che avevano conquistato la Sicilia, ed anche sotto gli arabi in Sicilia, convivenao Greci, Latini, Ebrei, le popolazioni convivevano tra loro, erano i capi che si facevano la guerra tra di loro; poi nel meridione d’Italia arrivarono i Normanni, in cerca di avventura e di fortuna, essi erano francesi della Francia del Nord, essi erano i discendenti dei Vichinghi provenienti dalla Scandinavia; il Normanno Ruggero 1° di Sicilia (detto il Gran Conte Ruggero) insieme al fratello, conquista la Puglia, la Calabria, successivamente si allearono con un emiro arabo regnante in Sicilia, che chiedeva loro aiuto perché in lotta contro un altro emiro arabo presente in Sicilia, Ruggero sbarcò a Messina nel febbraio del 1061 riuscendo ad occupare la parte orientale della Sicilia, dopo trent'anni dal suo sbarco in Sicilia, nel 1091 Ruggero poté dirsi padrone di tutta la Sicilia; l’antica letteratura indica il Gran Conte Ruggero promotore dei festeggiamenti dell’Assunta, sul cui stendardo campeggiava l’immagine dell’Assunta, sotto la cui protezione ebbe inizio il processo di “ricristianizzazione” dell’isola, devozione verso la Vergine che si rafforza nel territorio di Novara di Sicilia nel XII secolo con l’arrivo dell’abate francese Ugo (anch’egli proclamato Santo), inviato in Sicilia da Bernardo di Chiaravalle, dell’Ordine Cistercense, che ha come pilastro portante la figura dell’Assunta nella sua istituzione religiosa. Questa celebrazione-festa ha visto alterne fortune, prima del secondo conflitto mondiale la vara con l’Assunta veniva portata in processione assieme a circa 15 vare di diversi santi, dopo tale conflitto ci fu il divieto vescovile di portare le statue dei santi insieme all’Assunta; col Grande Giubileo del 2000 l’antica tradizione riprese vita coi Santi che precedono l’uscita dell’Assunta, giungendo nella piazza principale del paese, disponendosi a semicerchio, aspettando l’arrivo dell’Assunta che nel frattempo è stata condotta in processione nelle vie del paese, al suo rientro in piazza verso mezzanotte Maria Assunta si ricongiunge con tutti i Santi, dando vita alla massima espressione dell’Apoteosi di Maria Assunta in Cielo, tra canti, litanie e preghiere. Questa, in sintesi, è una grande, sentita, processione che inizia nel pomeriggio, per proseguire a notte fonda, con le tante vare di santi che precedono quella di Maria Assunta, caratterizzata dall'avere le braccia rivolte in alto, e la presenza di più di 150 candele che vengono accese. Il logo ufficiale della Solenne Apoteosi dell’Assunta racchiude la presenza dei 15 santi come fossero 15 rose, disposte a corona attorno al monogramma “M – A” (Madonna Assunta): per Dante Alighieri nella Divina Commedia la “Rosa Mistica” è “l’Amore di Dio”, simbolo della perfezione divina, pace, bellezza del Paradiso, collegata alla figura di Maria, Rosa Mistica per eccellenza, ecco che l’Apoteosi altro non è che l’Abbraccio che Dio, tramite Maria ed i Santi, rivolge a tutti gli uomini.
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Snow in December is not unexpected here in Colorado, but a temperature drop from 42 degrees Fahrenheit to 5 degrees in 2 hours is record-breaking! Then the temperatures dropped even further through the night. I used "storybook" effects to my snowy images to add to the feeling of wonder!
This bam project is really making me think of who I am and who I want the world to know. I know a lot of who I believe I am comes from my family and the legacy they left me. I think I should start there. We have 52 weeks, right?
Both of my grandfathers have made a big impact on who I think I am. Both were Navy men. They were men who had big personalities and it was a party if they were in the room. They also liked pool and one grandfather played for money from time to time. Let's just say he was good and pretend he didn't take people's money by saying he wasn't and then all of a sudden getting lucky. Where there are pool tables, there are also bars... so let's also say they drank a little, and by little I mean a lot. While they did get into brawls from time to time, (both were boxers in the Navy~so they hardly lost) they were both men who people loved to love. When you were near them, you felt special. They convinced the world that it was wonderful and they were its best friend.
My grandfathers gave me my charisma. I can walk into a room and it is a party. I can go into a bar and get free Patron shots and the bartender will be glad he was handing them out. I can convince Disneyland employees to let me and ten of my friends ride the ride just one more time, even though it was closed and they would have to walk us through the exit to get on. They made me believe that I was wonderful, and in turn I love making the people around me see that they are wonderful.
I didn't get my pool skills from them, however ... I am terrible at pool. Unless I have a few to drink. And by few I mean many.
From Frozen,Sung by the stupendous Idina Menzel. Photo taken at Disneyland Friday.
The snow glows white on the mountain tonight
Not a footprint to be seen.
A kingdom of isolation,
and it looks like I'm the Queen
The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside
Couldn't keep it in;
Heaven knows I've tried
Don't let them in,
don't let them see
Be the good girl you always have to be
Conceal, don't feel,
don't let them know
Well now they know
Let it go, let it go
Can't hold it back anymore
Let it go, let it go
Turn away and slam the door
I don't care
what they're going to say
Let the storm rage on.
The cold never bothered me anyway
It's funny how some distance
Makes everything seem small
And the fears that once controlled me
Can't get to me at all