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On the Grandfather's Bridge in Helsinki.
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"There are necessarily two principles of beings; the one containing the series of beings organized, and finished, the other, of unordered and unfinished beings. That one which is susceptible of being expressed, by speech, and which can be explained, both embraces beings, and determines and organises the non-being.
For every time that it approaches the things of becoming, it orders them, and measures them, and makes them participate in the essence and form of the universal. On the contrary, the series of beings which escape speech and reason, injures ordered things and destroys those which aspire to essence and becoming; whenever it approaches them, it assimilates them to its own nature.
But since there are two principles of things of an opposite character, the one the principle of good, and the other the principle of evil, there are therefore also two reasons, the one of beneficent nature, the other of maleficent nature.
That is why the things that owe their existence to art, and also those which owe it to nature, must above all participate in these two principles; form and substance.
The form is the cause of essence; substance is the substrate which [it] receives the form. Neither can substance alone participate in form, by itself; nor can form by itself apply itself to substance; there must therefore exist another cause which moves the substance of things; and forms them. This cause is primary, as regards substance, and the most excellent of all."
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A lot of great things has happened lately that i suddenly realized i haven't been shooting and posting here at flickr.
I am undergoing a certain kind of hibernation state that compels me to discipline my self and suspend everything else for the sake of some other tremendous things in anticipation. I know this is a difficult stage and somehow the only strength i have is the passion that empowers my will to carry on...
"To the pure finite spirit, Liberty is what it is to the wind and elements -- a power to obey the imperious laws of its nature; a power to act on conditions, emotions and desires would arise, and be preceded, followed, or co-exist with perceptions and judgments in a necessary succession, and with a rapidity which would preclude all comparison, consideration, and determination.
This power is liberty, and is the basis of responsibility. It is simple. The mind on the condition of a body learns the laws of its nature, its activity, their conditions and objects, and thus acquires a power over itself. This is Liberty. Hence there are degrees of liberty. Hence there may be minds that possess no more freedom than the brutes that perish."
This is a new frontier in photography that I'm experimenting with: seeing a real landscape, imagining the finished product in my mind on an abstract level, shooting, and then refining the idea with the help of AI. It starts with an idea, through a real shot, and you achieve a goal. It's a synthesis of human intelligence and AI.
On the Grandfather's Bridge in Helsinki.
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A foggy morning in Amsterdam.
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Livorno (Italy): the "I Bagni della Regina" by the sea
Scoglio della Regina (Queen’s Rock), Livorno
Scoglio Della Regina, otherwise known as Queen's Rock, is a historical spot in Livorno. It was named for Queen Maria Luisa of Etruria who enjoyed this area as a reprieve from the public eye. The queen had a natural pool created, which was fed by sea water.
A beach resort was built in this spot during the 19th century. It was one of the first bathing establishments in Livorno, built in 1846. The resort was named Bagno Squarci after the builder. It was later renamed Scoglio Della Regina, as it is known today.
The building now holds the Saint Anna School Sea Technologies and Marine Robotics Research Centre. The building sometimes opens its doors to visitors, but those visiting the city will find no shortage of things to do and see in this location even if they don't go inside. The square on which Queen's Rock stands offers a spectacular view of the Ligurian Sea. There is also a lively statue representing the queen of the rock, which was crafted by Sandro Chia in 2017.
FOR MORE INFORMATIONS:
www.gpsmycity.com/attractions/scoglio-della-regina-
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Flannery O’Connor is a metaphysical realist whose philosophical and artistic starting point is not thought or a world of ideas but reality itself, what she calls what-is. O’Connor grounds her narrative art in the visible and invisible reality created by God and knowable to human beings who are composed of visible and invisible components, both body and soul, making the human person a knower, not simply a thinker.
-Understanding the Hillbilly Thomist: The Philosophical Foundations of Flannery O’Connor’s Narrative Art Paperback – August 3, 2023
by Damian Ference
009/366 -9 gennaio 2016 - La città metafisica.
January 9, 2016 - The Metaphysical Town.
#mylefteye #366così
Well, yes! secrets... Here's a bronze sculpture by Henk Visch (1950-) with the highfalutin name 'Secret Life in a Public Body'. It was placed here in 2009. And as enigmatic is the phrase at the top of the sundial in the facade of the late-nineteenth century (renovated) building on the right. It reads: 'Wat tijd niet oplost is geen probleem' ('What time doesn't solve in no problem'). It seems that phrase - sculpted on June 28, 1997 - is derived from a work by the Flemish metaphysical philosopher, Karel Boullart (1943-).
A second glimpse (see also previous photo) of the Borgoricco Town Hall, a work built in the 1980s by the architect Aldo Rossi. The essential, geometric lines seem to have come out of a metaphysical painting.
metaphysics @ red light district
Installation 'THE BODY OF LIGHT' - Immersive environment
by Margareta Hesse
Entry n.2455 at the Explore TakeOver Contest by Flickr Socialmedia on the topic #Orange www.flickr.com/groups/flickrsocialmedia/discuss/721577219...
Whole title: "Tribute to the elevating power of LIGHT and sublimating force of COLOURS: Permanent Center of Gravity facing high Frequencies"
This is my "Tribute to the elevating power of LIGHT and sublimating force of COLOURS" where colours are the happy aspect of Life, the different shades each one of us is made of. The windows are our personal points of view and platforms of observation, our microscopic lives vs the cosmic "grandeur" ... But the Light centralizes and polarizes each own life towards the idea of a cosmic Salvation, up high and above... The Light beyond every single individuality where we will finally find a harmonic fusion in knowledge and supreme unconditional Love.
The "Oneness" which seems so difficult to achieve on Earth.
White Angel
New improved edition as derivative work from my previous one, which is a derivative work itself originated as a first inspiration by an amazing photo of a post-modern building in Holland taken by Photographer Rob Oo, to whom I attribute the authorship with my best thanks to have been of such inspiration and have lighted up my creative fire!
In this enlightened edition, the main efforts have been addressed to chopping out right and left the exceeding portions obtaining a perfect square containing a perfect circle. I have filled up the wierd black hole appearing to the bottom left of my previous image, eliminated the magenta hues of the glass of the windows, improved the iron appearance of the windows frames dimming the electric blue, added, instead, some more blue to the central part, darkened the circle overall and improved the central source of light, redesigned several rays, especially in the upper part, making the existing ones more straight and regular, eliminated here & there some imperfections. I imagined the greenish/blue portion of my design as an overlapped semi-transparent pleated curtain veiling & revealing, lol, what is behind.
In the central upper quarter, at deeper view, can be seen a sort of whirl-o-swirl, like a pinwheel obtained by some windows added in a diagonal perspective, consequently looking like lozenges. Therefore, to me the upper portion, which I extra illuminated, is looking like the most mysterious and kinda magic.
Added a metallic passe-partout in a sort of brass colour.
Although it won't appear obvious, I made this frame from one of my photos of a sunflower thinking it looks cool to add to this luminous image the additional presence & meaning of sunflowers 🌻
Now it's ready to be printed and hung on the wall of my living room :-)
Original size of my artwork: 7K x 7K, 190x190cm, resolution 94 pixels/inch (23,6MB)
#PlanisphericArt by ©WhiteAngel
I remember this fabulous moment with a special mood in the air; that feeling of something metaphysics surround your soul...
MMXXII ɪmˈprɛʃən
Long exposure metaphysics in Florenc subway station transfer B tunnel, Prague.
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A morning in Kaivopuisto Park, Helsinki.
It's technically long exposure + tripod sweep by courtesy of Alexey Titarenko who used this technique extensively in his St. Petersburg images.
This is also one of the images that can be found as 12x12 in. (30x30 cm) print in my Street Metaphysics monograph that was published a few months ago.
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