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...let go of the illusions you cherish, and realize that everything you see as real is only a projection of your own mind
When your mind is full of indecision, try thinking with your heart.
~ unknown
Nitobe Gardens UBC
Vancouver British Columbia Canada.
Today was an unfortunate day of stranger hunting. I headed into the city around midday to catch up with a friend. On the train in I stood, with my bike, next to a European backpacker who I'd have liked to ask for a photo. But I try not to pressure people into it and if she'd said no we would've had to stand there awkwardly for who knows how many stops. So I let it pass. In the city I did photograph a few people but they were hard to find and unfortunately not worth posting.
After catching up with my friend I headed home on my bike, deciding to skip the train and ride the whole way. I came to a classy hotel called 'Royce' that I thought might make a cool background for some photos of a friend of mine of the same name. So I took some test shots and then waited around hoping to find a stranger. There was a cabby near me that would've made for an awesome shot but he was on the phone and I didn't want to interrupt. Then Kiwi walked up, McDonalds in hand. After shooting him I decided to try and find the source of his desserts.
The McDonalds was just around the corner and as I went in I spotted a girl out the front who reminded me of the backpacker earlier in the day. She looked up but didn't show any sign of recognition so I put it out of my mind and concentrated on the menu. From inside I could see here where I ate and decided that she was worth shooting, even if she wasn't the girl from earlier. Once I finished I got out my camera and headed outside to where she sat at her laptop, making use of the free wifi.
When I asked for her photo she wanted to know what it was for. I took a seat across the table from her and explained I was trying to get 100 photos of 100 different strangers in 100 days. She gave her permission and I started taking the shots, still seated. When I checked the back of my display after the first shot I was pretty happy with the dark background and bokeh. The well lit restaurant window gave some wonderfully soft light from behind where I sat. As I shot we talked a little. She told me she arrived in Melbourne today and that she's originally from Hamburg, Germany. When I was done I thanked her and headed off to get my bike and head home.
Walking past her with my bike my curiosity got the better of me and I asked down to her "Could I have caught a train with you earlier today?"
"Maybe..." she replied "Ooh! Yes! I remember that bike! My friend is looking for a helmet. But all the ones she can find make her look stupid."
"Haha. Yeah I think it's always the case. Mine makes me look stupid too."
"Well it looks good on the bike." She said, referring to my helmet, still clipped to the frame.
We went on to speak a bit about her travells. I suggested some places in Melbourne that she should visit and she told me that she'd come here from Perth, which she loved. I offered to give her my flickr URL so that she could see how the photo turns out, thinking that she'd type it into her laptop that was open in front of her. Instead she rummaged through her bag and pulled out a notepad and pen to write it down. When I chuckled, at how much more organised she was than me, she asked "What so funny?". I shook my head and wrote down the address.
This shot was taken 7 hours and several kilometers from where I originally spotted her. At a place neither of us had ever been before.
This is the fifty fifth portrait of my attempt at the 100 strangers project.
美丽心灵 A Beautiful Mind
导演
朗·霍华德 Ron Howard
编剧
阿齐瓦·高斯曼 Akiva Goldsman .....(written by)
Sylvia Nasar .....(book)
演员
罗素·克劳 Russell Crowe .....John Nash
詹妮弗·康纳利 Jennifer Connelly .....Alicia Nash
艾德·哈里斯 Ed Harris .....Parcher
克里斯托弗·普卢默 Christopher Plummer .....Dr. Rosen
保罗·贝坦尼 Paul Bettany .....Charles
亚当·戈德堡 Adam Goldberg .....Sol
乔什·卢卡斯 Josh Lucas .....Hansen
雷吉·奥斯汀 Reggie Austin .....Pen Ceremony Professor (uncredited)
朗·霍华德 Ron Howard .....Man at Gouverners Ball (uncredited)
Anthony Rapp .....Bender
制作人
布莱恩·格雷泽 Brian Grazer .....producer
朗·霍华德 Ron Howard .....producer
Todd Hallowell .....executive producer
Karen Kehela .....executive producer
Kathleen McGill .....associate producer
Maureen Peyrot .....co-producer
Aldric La'Auli Porter .....associate producer
Louisa Velis .....associate producer
原创音乐
詹姆斯·霍纳 James Horner
摄影
罗杰·迪根斯 Roger Deakins .....(director of photography)
剪辑
Daniel P. Hanley .....(as Dan Hanley)
Mike Hill
选角导演
Janet Hirshenson
Jane Jenkins .....Code Red Nurse (as JJ Chaback)
艺术指导
Wynn Thomas
美术设计
Robert Guerra
布景师
Leslie E. Rollins .....(as Leslie Rollins)
服装设计
Rita Ryack
视觉特效
Kevin Scott Mack .....Digital Domain (as Kevin Mack)
副导演/助理导演
Joe Burns .....first assistant director: second unit
Kristin Cameron .....second assistant director (as Kristen Bernstein)
Noreen R. Cheleden .....second second assistant director
Jane Ferguson .....dga trainee
Todd Hallowell .....executive producer
Aldric La'Auli Porter .....associate producer
Shea Rowan .....second assistant director: second unit
制片国家/地区: 美国
官方网站: www.abeautifulmind.com
《美丽心灵》是一部关于一个真实天才的极富人性的剧情片。故事的原型是数学家小约翰-福布斯-纳什(Jr.John Forbes Nash)。英俊而又十分古怪的纳什早年就做出了惊人的数学发现，开始享有国际声誉。但纳什出众的直觉受到了精神分裂症的困扰，使他向学术上最高层次进军的辉煌历程发生了巨大改变。面对这个曾经击毁了许多人的挑战，纳什在深爱着的妻子艾丽西亚(Alicia)的相助下，毫不畏惧，顽强抗争。经过了几十年的艰难努力，他终于战胜了这个不幸，并于1994年获得诺贝尔经学奖。这是一个真人真事的传奇故事，今天纳什继续在他的领域中耕耘着。
1947年小约翰-福布斯-纳什(罗素-克洛饰，Russell Crowe)进入普林斯顿大学学习并研究数学。这个"神秘的来自西弗吉尼亚的天才"并没有上预备班的经历，也没有遗产或富足的亲戚资助他进入“常春藤盟校”(Ivy League)----但普林斯顿最具声誉的奖学金证明他确实属于普林斯顿这个团队。
这对纳什或是对普林斯顿来说是很不容易的。优雅的社会交际他根本不屑一顾，上课也提不起什么兴致。他整天沉迷于一件事：寻找一个真正有创意的理论。他深信这才是他应该从事的事情。
普林斯顿的数学系竞争十分激烈，纳什的一些同学也十分乐于看到纳什的失败。但是，他们仍然十分容忍他，有意无意地怂恿他当个伟人。一个晚上他与一些同学在当地洒吧娱乐，当时他们对一个热情的金发碧眼女人的反应引发了他的灵感。当纳什观察着这些竞争对手时，常常在他脑海里酝酿的想法突然变得清晰起来。他随之撰写出了关于博弈论的论文----“竞争中的数学”----大胆地将现代经济之父亚当-斯密(Adam Smith)的理论做出了不同的解释。这个已经被人们接受了150年的思想突然变得陈旧过时了，纳什的生活也从此发生了改变。
纳什后来获得了在麻省理工学院(MIT)进行研究和教学的工作，这可是一个众人觊觎的工作，但是他对这些并不满意。科学曾为美国在第二次世界大战中的获胜发挥了巨大的作用。现在，冷战盛行，纳什渴望在这场新的冲突中发挥自己的优势。他的愿望得到了实现，神秘兮兮的威廉-帕彻(William Parcher，埃德-哈里斯饰，Ed Harris)招募他参加一个绝密的任务，破解敌人的密码。
纳什在麻省理工学院工作的同时，全身心地投入到这个耗神的工作中。在这里，纳什受到了一种全新的挑战，但是这次的挑战却是来自光彩照人的艾丽西亚-拉迪(Alicia Larde，珍妮弗-康奈利饰，Jennifer Connelly),一个物理系学生，她向纳什引入了一个从来没有认真考虑过的观念----爱情。
不久，纳什和艾丽西亚结婚了，但是他不能告诉她他正在为帕彻所从事的危险项目。这项工作稍有不慎泄了密，后果将不堪设想。纳什一直是悄悄地在干，他被这项工作深深地迷住了，并最终迷失在这些无法抵御的错觉中。经诊断，他得的是妄想型精神分裂症。
纳什的遭遇让艾丽西亚吓坏了，她挣扎在被毁天才爱的重压下。随着每一天都似乎会给他们带来新的恐怖，这对令人羡慕的伴侣已失去了当初让人羡慕的份儿。但是艾丽西亚仍然在她爱着的男人身上发现了他的超凡魅力，这也是支撑她对他承诺的源泉所在。受到她那坚贞不渝的爱情和忠诚的感动，纳什最终决定与这场被认为是只能好转、无法治愈的疾病作斗争。
谦卑的纳什目标很简单，但要实现这些目标却是难上加难。处在病魔的重压之下，他仍然被那令人兴奋的数学理论所驱使着，他决心寻找自己的恢复常态的方法。绝对是通过意志的力量，他才一如既往地继续进行着他的工作，并于1994年获得了诺贝尔奖。与此同时，他在博弈论方面颇具前瞻性的工作成为20世纪最具影响力的理论，而纳什也成了一个不仅拥有美好情感，并具有美丽心灵的人。
i want your body not your mind
Mind is the aspect of intellect and consciousness experienced as combinations of thought, perception, memory, emotion, will and imagination, including all unconscious cognitive processes. The term is often used to refer, by implication, to the thought processes of reason. Mind manifests itself subjectively as a stream of consciousness.
Theories of mind and its function are numerous. Earliest recorded speculations are from the likes of Zoroaster, the Buddha, Plato, Aristotle, Adi Shankara and other ancient Greek, Indian and, later, Islamic philosophers. Pre-scientific theories grounded in theology concentrated on the supposed relationship between the mind and the soul, our supernatural, divine or god-given essence. Most contemporary theories, informed by scientific study of the brain, theorize that the mind is an epiphenomenon of the brain which has both conscious and unconscious aspects.
Which attributes make up the mind is much debated. Some argue that only the higher intellectual functions constitute mind, particularly reason and memory. In this view the emotions—love, hate, fear, joy—are more primitive or subjective in nature and should be seen as different from the mind as such. Others argue that various rational and emotional states cannot be so separated, that they are of the same nature and origin, and should therefore be considered all part of what we call the mind.
Another different style shot to usual, focusing on the Mind The Gap warning on the platform with The Pennine Wayfarer in the background. Definitely shows the state that some northern stations are in right now and, despite the Bolton corridor getting upgraded, a few stations have unfortunately gone untouched.
1Z12 0619 Bristol Temple Meads to Bolton
Pathed as Diesel locomotive, trailing load 455 tonnes
Timed for 95mph max
TSC: 22190008
Loco: 37218 + 37425
Consist: 12x mk1s
Finally got around to building my Mos Eisley Cantina lego set. I had it sitting in the box for about a year.
He see's the treat and he wants it... and he got it in the end!
Thought I would mix it up and put some gold in my stream! This was taken during the summer but I really like Niko's face in it :]
Sold for £ 1.600
The Jaguar Land-Rover Collection
Brightwells Auctions
Bicester Heritage
Buckingham Road
Bicester
Oxfordshire
England
March 2018
In late 1966, Ford unveiled the MkII Cortina, just four years after the original and highly successful MkI with a fresh squared-off look courtesy of Ford UK’s chief stylist Roy Haynes. A fraction wider and shorter than the MkI it replaced, it incorporated numerous improvements such as a tighter turning circle, more compliant suspension and most importantly, a lot more interior space.
A new five-bearing 1.300 cc engine and carry-over 1.500 cc unit were offered, capacity increasing further to 1.599 cc on the larger unit in August ’67 along with new crossflow heads for both. New models were badged 1300 or 1600 and were available as two- and four-door saloons in base, Deluxe and Super trim levels and not long much later, the roomy estate version joined the price list.
Produced in 1970, this MkII 1300 base spec estate is now a rare sight and will no doubt draw admiration and intrigue in equal dose wherever its taken. This four-owner car has formed part of a large private collection for many years and retains its delightfully original and simple interior featuring black leatherette seats. The history file contains nine old Mot certificates and a tax disc from 2013.
We are led to believe that it this one has been fitted with the more powerful 1.600 cc unit at some time in the past, although we ask that you make your own mind up as to what capacity engine is actually fitted.
It was last MOT’d in June 2012, at which time the recorded mileage was 7.652 miles which we can only assume to be 107.652. Judging by the Mot history the car was in regular, albeit limited use until its last Mot. Given that it has not been used for at least five or six years, we have not attempted to start it and would advise a service and thorough check-over before enjoying this classic estate life through the summer show season.
Enthusiasts from other countries never fully understand why we Brits get so excited about old Fords from this era, but they are economical, cheap to run and pleasant to drive, this lovely original Cortina just needs some regular exercise to keep it fit and healthy – don’t we all.
Dear Friends,
The photography exhibition is on and mine will start as the opening. My slot is on 1-6 September 2009.
The venue located in Wisma Bentley Music, Mutiara Damansara. Just beside IKEA in front of Tesco.
If you free, come to the gallery and view my work and other interesting works from the rest of photographers. Admission is free.
Thanks for your support.