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Copper tree of life on viking chain; rondelles and tear drops are the birthstone of husband, wife and 2 daughters.
It's been a LONG time since i've uploaded any type of self portrait. I decided to set one up on my recent trip to Montana. With a little help from fellow photog Jaki and my camera... I set my pose and chose the back drop. Then, I dialed in my camera settings and gave it to Jaki to shoot. Travel is one of my passions. So I truly believe in this motto from Life Magazine, which was also used in the movie "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". Having a camera and being a photographer is a passport to explore our world. And life is too short to spend it in the same dull routine every day. Get out there... see the world, meet people, see what few others get the chance to see. Fill your luggage with airline ticket stubs, fill your passport with stamps, fill your hard drive with photo memories and your walls with framed prints. Live....
seen in botswana, near maun while we filled up our water tanks. i love this spirit and voice in this photograph ...
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This is a report on the feast of St. Sebastian that was celebrated in the Sicilian town of Tortorici; the feast was held on January 20 of last year 2018. The devotees men go "naked" to the Holy as a sign of penance, they are dressed in white with a shirt and trousers, an handkerchief folded in a triangle shape on the pant and they walk barefoot; women, even they walk barefoot or wearing only white stockings, wearing white shirts and skirts, an handkerchief covering her head: all devotees, "naked" and not, accompany the saint in procession.
The religious rite is celebrated in the Church of St. Maria Assunta , with the participation of local authorities who continue an ancient tradition, and that is to deliver the keys of the city, as a sign of devotion to the Holy . At noon starts the procession through the streets of the City. The artistic "float" is carried only by the "naked" , this is a privilege but also a duty of penance . The first stage of the procession is in the River Calagni where devotees invoking the grace , this rite is the complex relationship of the city of Tortorici with the rivers: the rivers have always provided water for the food, for irrigation fields, but often the rivers have destroyed or damaged the territory, so... the Holy is invoked to ward off damage . After the stop in the River Calagni, the procession resumes through the streets of the town.
In Sicily, the oldest traces of the cult of San Sebastiano date back to 1347, when, on the occasion of the terrible epidemic of bubonic plague that hit all of Europe, the saint was proclaimed patron and protector of Palermo.
This epidemic spread a great devotion to St. Sebastian because the saint, tied to a column and hit by arrows, was considered the symbol of humanity pierced by the plague's arrows.
on 20 January 2018, in Tortorici, the celebrations in honor of San Sebastiano were performed in a sad and reduced form, as the whole community was close to the pain of Chiara's family, a very young girl of 20 who lost her life in a car accident, with the car crashing into the river bed that flows through Tortorici.
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Questo è un racconto fotografico della festa di San Sebastiano celebrato nella città siciliana di Tortorici, festa che si è tenuta il 20 gennaio dekllo scorso anno 2018. I devoti vanno "nudi" al Santo come segno di penitenza, essere "nudi" si intende in questo caso, essere vestiti di bianco, gli uomini indossano una camicia, dei pantaloni con un fazzoletto piegato a triangolo che cinge la vita e camminano scalzi; anche le donne camminano a piedi nudi o indossano solo calze bianche, indossano camicie e gonne bianch ed un fazzoletto copre la testa: tutti i devoti, "nudi" e non, accompagnano il santo in processione.
Il rito religioso è celebrato nella Chiesa di S. Maria Assunta, con la partecipazione delle autorità locali che continuano un'antica tradizione, consegnare le chiavi della città al Santo, come segno di devozione. A mezzogiorno inizia la processione per le vie della città, la vara viene portata solo dagli uomini "nudi", questo è si un privilegio, ma anche un dovere di penitenza. La prima tappa della processione è nelle acque gelide del fiume Calagni, dove i devoti invocano la grazia, questo rito è il complesso rapporto che la città di Tortorici ha coi fiumi: i fiumi hanno da sempre fornito acqua per il cibo, per coltivare i campi, ma spesso i fiumi a Tortorici hanno anche distrutto o danneggiato il territorio, quindi ... il Santo viene così invocato per scongiurare danni. Dopo la sosta nel fiume Calagni, la processione riprende per le vie della città.
In Sicilia le tracce più antiche del culto di San Sebastiano riportano al 1347, quando, in occasione della terribile epidemia di peste bubbonica che colpì tutta l’Europa, il santo fu proclamato compatrono e protettore di Palermo.
Questa epidemia fece diffondere una grande devozione per San Sebastiano poiché il santo, legato a una colonna e colpito dalle frecce, veniva considerato il simbolo dell’umanità trafitta dagli strali della peste.
il 20 gennaio 2018, a Tortorici, i festeggiamenti in onore di San Sebastiano, sono stati eseguiti in forma mesta e ridotta, poichè tutta la comunità si è stretta attorno al dolore della famiglia di Chiara, una giovanissima ragazza di 20 anni che ha perso la vita in un incidente automobilistico, l'automobile sulla quale Chiara viaggiava è precipitata dentro l'alveo del Fiume Grande che attraversa Tortorici.
Still Life Still played a supporting set for Wild Beasts at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on 02/28.
Still-life image - played with to give it a 'lost in the attic' look...maybe!
A couple of texture layes and the edges messed with!
Best viewed on black!
Tableau is down for remodel so you can find a demo at Rue DAntibes.
slurl.com/secondlife/Rue DAntibes/77/101/28/?title=lamb
Oh where to begin…
Well it has been some time since my last serious post, and whilst I do drop in from time to time to see how you all are in the flickrverse, I rarely leave any trace of my being here, and yet I often mean to let you know I have peeped into your visions, so perhaps the time is now…
At first glance this seems an innocuous shot…taken with a new camera of my old camera, with my even older one behind…the new camera will not replace the new camera, but this photo has been taken using a tablet enabled computer, giving a vision of the older that I never dreamed possible…
Now this shot may seem pretty simple, a camera on a cluttered work space…if only you had a wider view…and it seems, to me, to encapsulate so much…
The Canon 5D in the foreground represents an incredible amount to me personally, the transition from hobby photographer to professional photographer (can’t believe I let myself say that), the purchase of a tool that was directed at achieving a goal, my first full frame experience, a huge step along a road that seemed untraversable…
Behind sits the 10-20mm lens of the Canon 7D, my first tentative step into my new life, a camera that represented so much to me when I bought it, but is increasingly being shunted aside in my life as I use the other gear more…a camera that a mate really wanted me to buy as it represented a step away from a “past” an into a “new”…a mate that without whom this photo would never have been possible…
And behind to the left is the father’s day present my son gave me…the lopsided desk tidy with the holes that a pen will never fit in…with a fluted Perspex wave design that a million monkeys working a million years could never reproduce…beautiful for its utter uselessness.
Under the 5D sits the registration papers for my car…which I am trying to work out if I can afford to re-register again…a car that I bought with my ex after my first child was born (she is about to turn 17), a car that I have nursed through so much, that has nursed me through so much, the both of us held together with duct tape and staples…
And behind again is the pile of paperwork that sits gathering dust…the incomplete tax return, unpaid bills, child immunisation forms, unsigned legal documents and records of a life that could have been lived better…
And behind again is the window of the home Ihave built with a supportive and loving partner, one who sees all of the above, yet is still there beside me when I wake up in the morning…
....where will it end.
and the soundtrack to it all - www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5k5Bg0L07w
A wing span approx 10 to 12 inches mean't that in order to get a close-up I had to lose the tip of the wings.
Life always goes on!
CREDITS:
photo by: me
editing: me
camera: Sony DSC-H5 (BacK)
location: Jardín Botánico, Viña del Mar (V Región, Chile)