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"I love the gallery, the arena of representation. It's a commercial world, and morality is based generally around economics, and that's taking place in the art gallery."
- Jeff Koons
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The photo was taken at Dawson Cole Fine Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA. The link with info about this gallery is below -
lagunabeach.dawsoncolefineart.com/artists/richard-macdonald/
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Thanks to all for the visits and kind comments ...!
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.
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On a lighter note, I took my inspiration from 1969 film "The Italian Job" fused with a little Monty Python as a bonus!
Peace ☮️
Kidd
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🎶[Bruce's Philosophers Song (Monty Python)] 🎶
Immanuel Kant was a real pissant
Who was very rarely stable
Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar
Who could think you under the table
David Hume could out-consume
Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
And Wittgenstein was a beery swine
Who was just as sloshed as Schlegel
There's nothing Nietzche couldn't teach ya
'Bout the raising of the wrist
Socrates, himself, was permanently pissed
John Stuart Mill, of his own free will
On half a pint of shandy was particularly ill
Plato, they say, could stick it away
Half a crate of whiskey every day
Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle
Hobbes was fond of his dram
And René Descartes was a drunken fart
"I drink, therefore I am"
Yes, Socrates, himself, is particularly missed
A lovely little thinker
But a bugger when he's pissed
- Graham Chapman / John Cleese / Terry Gilliam / Eric Idle / Terry Jones / Michael Palin
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🐕 💝 1095 Days 💝 🐈
💗 Hope 💗
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It's Not A Debate of Policy, It Is A Question Of Morality
Only You Can Prevent Fascism!
I woke one morning to see I live in police state
It is the cruelty
FYI I will not go quietly go into the darkness
Day 305.........1155 Days Of Suck To Go ......
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Red!!! It's been 321 years... stop sulking. Yes, I ate granny and tricked you. If I didn't dig that Red Riding Hood vibe I would have ate you too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu889CRALr0
REBECCA'S NIGHTMARE (Bed) NEW @ DRD
It was very likely Rebecca's dream bed, but now...it was more like a nightmare....and you loved it.
www.flickr.com/photos/jaimyhancroft/31098311228/in/datepo...
Coming Soon to Fameshed
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/FaMESHed%20Too/128/128/2
Wearing:
Scott: PFC Wolf Spirit Headpiece
Tra: Red Riding Hood by EposHair
Maai Satin Gloves
DC Watching Crows
Scarlett Creative Harry Pottering Shed
🌸 OUTFIT 🌸 ::Web Dew:: ~ Sea Queen [Pirate]
Legacy+Perky - MaitreyaX + Petitex - Reborn + Waifus
Blouse + skirt + corset + hat + boots +shawl + spyglass
xD ♥ Enjoy!
I know you probably don't remember it but... If you have seen "Peter Pan" in your childhood... you will remember a pirate song of dubious morality that said something like this...
♫
Whoever wants to be a rascal
World famous scoundrel
Let him imitate the most thieving pirate
Like El Hook there is no other like it
A scoundrel without rival
Ohh....and being a pirate is the best life
You live without working
when one dies
with a siren
It stays at the bottom of the sea
Yes... it stays at the bottom of the sea
♫
Underneath the Big Buddha of Lantau are the Six Devas all offering something different. This particular one is offering a lamp, signifying wisdom. The others offer flowers (generosity), fruits (morality), incense (patience), music (zeal) and oitment (meditation)
Regimade Light Gallery: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/GAY%20ISLAND%20Resort/30/2...
Regi Yifu has created a really innovative gallery that is full of interesting effects and techniques for projecting and lighting in SL. He has developed a projector system for displaying images and uses it to great effect here. Currently promoting the SL photographic work of Marc Morality it's definitely worth a visit. I've always liked Marc's work here on Flickr and it's fun to see it in a new light at Regi's gallery :-)
Lewa Downs
Kenya
East Africa
Happy Caturday !
The cheetah is a large cat of the subfamily Felinae that occurs in Southern, North and East Africa, and a few localities in Iran. The species is IUCN Red Listed as vulnerable, as it suffered a substantial decline in its historic range in the 20th century due to habitat loss, poaching, illegal pet trade, and conflict with humans. By 2016, the global cheetah population has been estimated at approximately 7,100 individuals in the wild. Several African countries have taken steps to improve cheetah conservation measures. It is the fastest land animal.
Cheetahs are active mainly during the day, with hunting their major activity. Adult males are sociable despite their territoriality, forming groups called coalitions. Females are not territorial; they may be solitary or live with their offspring in home ranges.
Carnivores, cheetah mainly prey upon antelopes and gazelles. They will stalk their prey to within 100–300 m (330–980 ft), charge towards it and kill it by tripping it during the chase and biting its throat to suffocate it to death. Cheetahs can reach speeds of 112 km/h (70 mph) in short bursts, but this is disputed by more recent measurements. The average speed of cheetahs is about 64 km/h (40 mph).
Cheetahs are induced ovulators, breeding throughout the year. Gestation is nearly three months long, resulting in a litter of typically three to five cubs (the number can vary from one to eight). Weaning occurs at six months; siblings tend to stay together for some time. Cheetah cubs face higher mortality than most other mammals, especially in the Serengeti region. Cheetahs inhabit a variety of habitats – dry forests, scrub forests and savannahs. -Wikipedia
🐂🏆🐎[Green Acres]🐂🏆🐎
We bring conclusion to my events at the 1st Annual Green Acres Rodeo! Time to dust off, pack it up & head down road to see what adventures await!
Fun Fact: I have owned 5 Ford Pick Ups in my life time, This is a fine example! (see how I did the product placement)
For all the fans of the Rodeo, I will leave the build for a month or so for you all to enjoy!
"That's why I eat a cheeseburger, drink a six-pack
Take a Darvon to kill the pain
Pay thirty-two fifty just to take a fall
I live through it just to talk about it all
I'm a ro-de-o de-o de-o de cowboy
Bordering on the insane."
Peace Out ☮️
Kidd
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🎶[Ro-Deo-Deo Cowboy(Jerry Jeff Walker)] 🎶
Yeah, I work all week just to make a draw,
Sometimes I don't ride 'em at all.
But I'm hooked in and I got to ride that train.
When I get down in that chute,
I can't keep from thinkin' about all that loot,
I'm a ro-do-o de-o de-o cowboy
Bordering on the insane.
That's why I drink a cheeseburger, eat a six-pack
Take a Darvon to kill the pain.
Pay thirty-two fifty just to take a fall,
I live through it to tell you 'bout it all.
I'm a ro-de-o de-o de-o de cowboy
Bordering on the insane.
Now, relax and take a deep breath or two
It's a one time shot and then you're through
Hang on, boy, and someday you'll have fame.
When they open up that gate
The bull takes off like a runaway freight
And you're a ro-de-o de-o de-o de cowboy
Bordering on the insane.
That's why I eat a cheeseburger, drink a six-pack
Take a Darvon to kill the pain
Pay thirty-two fifty just to take a fall
I live through it just to talk about it all
I'm a ro-de-o de-o de-o de cowboy
Bordering on the insane.
The cobwebs sure are thick, what's goin' on?
I feel like all my circuits are blown.
I can't remember my number or name.
Gimme a beer or two and I'll feel fine,
'Least it's worked every other time
'cause I'm a rodeo de-o de-o de cowboy
Bordering on the insane.
- Jerry Jeff Walker / Chris Wall
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🐕 💝 1095 Days 💝 🐈
💗 Hope 💗
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It's Not A Debate of Policy, It Is A Question Of Morality
Only You Can Prevent Fascism!
I woke one morning to see I live in police state
FYI I will not go quietly go into the darkness
Day 220..........1240 Days Of Suck To Go ......
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To me, God is Truth and Love;
God is ethics and morality:
God is fearlessness.
God is the source of Light and Life
and yet He is above and beyond all these.
God is conscience...
He is a personal God to those who need His personal presence.
He is embodied to those who need His touch.
He is the purest essence.
He simply is to those who have faith.
He is all things to all men.
~ Mahatma Gandhi ~
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Regimade Light Gallery: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/GAY%20ISLAND%20Resort/30/2...
Regi Yifu has created a really innovative gallery that is full of interesting effects and techniques for projecting and lighting in SL. He has developed a projector system for displaying images and uses it to great effect here. Currently promoting the SL photographic work of Marc Morality it's definitely worth a visit. I've always liked Marc's work here on Flickr and it's fun to see it in a new light at Regi's gallery :-)
💝4️⃣💝[Green Acres]💝4️⃣💝
I want to take this moment to thank my partner in crime Miss Bonnie AKA Angel for putting up with this difficult man for four years!
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🎼[Miss Bonnie and Mister Clyde (Joe Ely)] 🎼
I was mindin' my own business down on Deep Elum Street
The sun was comin' up and the birds was singin' sweet
When a car come around the corner, long and lean and brown
Pulls up to the curb beside me and rolls their window down
A man throws me a dollar and I asked him what's that for
A pack of Luckies and a Paper over at the corner store
I peer into the window there's a man and a woman inside
Holy Jumpin' Bolts of Lightnin' it's Miss Bonnie and Mr. Clyde
I made a joke about Lucky Strikes that I never should've used
Their patience was proportional to the shortness of their fuse
Bonnie's pretty little trigger finger was twitchin' by her side
And Clyde was cleanin' his fingernails with a foot long Bowie Knife
I brung 'em back the Cigarettes and the Dallas Mornin' Sun
I told 'em they made the papers front page and column one
Ah, we don't need no smart-assed kid actin' as our guide
Now just run along like you never seen, Miss Bonnie and Mr. Clyde
Excuse me sir I says to him, but I thought you was a business guy
I might have a little proposition that just might catch your eye
The biggest haul of Fort Knox Gold they're a'haulin back tonight
And loadin' it up in an Armored Car at the crack of the mornin' light
Bonnie grabbed me by the belt loop and pulled me in the car
And Clyde held a saw'd-off to my head and lit me a big cigar
If you're on the level then we might just be partners on the side
But don't even think about double crossin' Miss Bonnie and Mr. Clyde
Within a week I'd been transformed from a beggar to a wanted man
The dreams I'd had of a glamorous life were now, oh so close at hand
Bonnie kept makin' eyes at me, it was hard to look away
She looked like an innocent country girl who had somehow gone astray
Clyde once imagined he was Robin Hood but now his greed was startin' to show
Instead of spreading the wealth around he was Wallerin' in the Dough
And when he started slappin' Bonnie around something went off in me inside, I said
If you keep slappin' Bonnie around, I'm gonna have your hide, Clyde
Clyde would've shot me then and there if he wasn't so sluggin' drunk
'Bout the time he raised his shootin' iron he passed out on his trunk
Me and Bonnie made our break, in Clyde's Caddilac De Ville
Bonnie was already on my lap as we flew thru Louisville
We got married in Niagra Falls, I got a job as a paper man
Within a week the headlines came, showed Clyde on an old divan
Shot full of holes, the both of them, which the paper then Identified
As the love who led him to his grave, Miss Bonnie and Mr. Clyde
We just couldn't believe we got away with a scheme as big as that
We were buying drinks and tossin' scraps to all the dogs and cats
We rented us a barrel that night at the Whiskey Still
And decided to spend our Honeymoon floatin' down Niagra Hill
We made the maddest wettest bumpiest love fallin' down that waterfall
Like a crazy pair of desert doves who had never seen rain fall
The Police lights were blinkin' at our motel room, outside
But We never went back to hear the tale of Miss Bonnie and Mr. Clyde
- Joe Ely
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🐕 💝 1095 Days 💝 🐈
💗 Hope 💗
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It's Not A Debate of Policy, It Is A Question Of Morality
To"wag the dog" means to distract attention away from a political scandal, often through military action.
1307 Days Of Suck To Go ...... Day 153
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L’absolu est un spectacle traversant les nombreuses tentatives de libération de l’individu englué dans la morale qui bride le corps et entrave le désir de l’homme.
L'absolu est une enquête poétique au cœur de la psyché des êtres, qui replace le désir au centre de nos vies. Cette quête induit un procès, un mythe réinventé où l’homme se trouve en conflit avec lui-même, ses dieux et ses démons, sa zone sombre et sa part flamboyante. Absolu car insaisissable à celui qui veut le maîtriser. Mais si ce désir n'est pas identifié, transcendé, il crée du symptôme, il "hystérise" collectivement parfois... Suscitant la catharsis des corps et invoquant les codes de la tragédie grecque dans nos sociétés contemporaines.
Depuis 2008, ce projet chemine dans la réflexion quant à la recontextualisation de la perception du spectateur. Boris Gibé a souhaité travailler sur une structure vertigineuse, offrant une expérience physique aux spectateurs : “Comme dans un théâtre anatomique, j’avais envie que ce spectacle soit vu du dessus, en circulaire, pour que le public se retrouve dans une réalité supérieure au sort de l'homme mis en scène”. Le Silo est un chapiteau de tôle de 9m de diamètre, 12 m de haut et d’une jauge de 100 places assises. A l'intérieur, autour de la piste, deux escaliers à double révolution s'enroulent sur 4 étages, et accueillent les spectateurs sur chacune des marches.
Dans ce puit aux images qui questionne le vide, le néant, l'inconnu, l'infini, les pistes de recherches s'orientent pour le moment vers une relation du corps avec les éléments (eau, air, feu...). L’acrobatie aérienne sur des agrès de cirque réinventés, ainsi que la contorsion y seront chorégraphiées dans une approche du geste comportemental poussant la physicalité à l’extrême.
The absolute is a show that goes through the many attempts to free the individual stuck in the morality that restricts the body and hinders the desire of man.
The absolute is a poetic investigation into the heart of the psyche of beings, which places desire at the center of our lives. This quest induces a trial, a reinvented myth where man finds himself in conflict with himself, his gods and his demons, his dark zone and his flamboyant part. Absolute because elusive to the one who wants to master it. But if this desire is not identified, transcended, it creates symptoms, it sometimes "hysterizes" collectively... Arousing the catharsis of bodies and invoking the codes of Greek tragedy in our contemporary societies.
Since 2008, this project has been moving forward in reflection on the recontextualization of the spectator's perception. Boris Gibé wanted to work on a vertiginous structure, offering a physical experience to the spectators: "As in an anatomical theater, I wanted this show to be seen from above, in a circle, so that the audience finds themselves in a reality superior to the fate of the man staged". The Silo is a sheet metal tent 9m in diameter, 12m high and with a capacity of 100 seats. Inside, around the track, two double-revolution staircases wind over 4 floors, and welcome the spectators on each of the steps. In this well of images that questions the void, nothingness, the unknown, the infinite, the research avenues are currently oriented towards a relationship between the body and the elements (water, air, fire...). Aerial acrobatics on reinvented circus apparatus, as well as contortion will be choreographed in an approach to behavioral gesture pushing physicality to the extreme.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3h8VE3JdIE
Un grand merci pour vos favoris, commentaires et encouragements toujours très appréciés.
Many thanks for your much appreciated favorites and comments.
Studio: "The Loft"
Sitting Paragon: Lela
Capture: Firestorm
Presets & Post Processing: Gimp
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Lunacy
~ Petra Novakova ~
In a world of black and white morality
A darker shade of grey is welcome by none
When you seek to avoid such ambiguity
Love and hate are the worst of guides
In a world of white and black amorality
A lighter shade of grey is welcome by all
When you seek to avoid such notoriety
Imagination and lust are the best guides
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💡🔫💡[Natthimmel's New Moon]️💡🔫💡
Such an interesting build, and in a good way! The Natthimmel Team always stretches sim building to the limits.
Took me a 3 trips to work my frame out and play with my lighting before I was happy, I present you with my capture of the Maunsell Forts!
🇬🇧[Maunsell Forts]️🇬🇧
Peace Out ☮️
Kidd
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🎶[Shoot Out The Lights (Richard Thompson & Jackshit )] 🎶
City lights the water as the snow forgets the sky
And we're staring at the bridges just like every other night
We've been watching for a miracle
We're praying for a sign
When the cure is made of poison then it's hard to rest your eyes
If it's time
Oh
Lord
Shoot out the lights
Shoot out the lights
Heavens shake with anger and the clouds
They curse the ground
And I'm screaming for an answer but the darkness blinds me now
We will not survive on misery
We will fill ourselves with love
We are searching
We are hopeful
We are anything but lost
If it's time
Oh
Lord
Shoot out the lights
Shoot out the lights
Shoot out the lights
Shoot out the lights
Shoot out the lights
I see the stars in black and white
I pray to God most every night
I see the stars in black and white
And I pray to God most every night
(Shoot out the lights)
I see the stars in black and white
(Shoot out the lights)
(Shoot out the lights)
And I pray to God most every night
(Shoot out the lights)
(Shoot out the lights)
And I see the stars
I see the stars
(Shoot out the lights)
I see the stars
I see the stars
(Shoot out the lights)
I see the stars most every night
(Shoot out the lights)
(I see the stars in black and white)
Shoot out the lights
Shoot out the lights
(I pray to God most every night)
Shoot out the lights
Shoot out the lights
(I see the stars in black and white)
Shoot out the lights
Shoot out the lights
(I pray to God most every night)
Shoot out the lights
(I see the stars)
(I see the stars)
I see the stars in black and white
And I pray to God
I pray to God
- Ronald Michael Pope / Zach Berkman
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🐕 💝 1095 Days 💝 🐈
💗 Hope 💗
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It's Not A Debate of Policy, It Is A Question Of Morality
Only You Can Prevent Fascism!
I woke one morning to see I live in police state
It is the cruelty
FYI I will not go quietly go into the darkness
Day 316..........1144 Days Of Suck To Go ......
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🌵⛽️🌵[Mother Road]🌵⛽️🌵
So I saw this beautiful example of 1955 F-100 Ford, the moment I saw this I knew my song!
Funny story, so for months I have fighting some of these blog shoots. My viewer was not picking up reflective elements.
Most times it's not a thing in my imagery, but cars have a fair amount of chrome which on my viewer was reading black. I had to really shoot around that.
Finally I broke down and asked for some help from the In World Firestorm Group and it was corrected in 20 minutes. I should have seek help months ago.
I suppose we file that with (men don't ask for directions) thing.
I need to work on that!
I present [777 Motors] Bruce Pickup Truck in all PBR glory!
Peace Out ☮️
Kidd
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🎶[Pickup Truck Song (Jerry Jeff Walker)] 🎶
Yea, I used to look forward to Saturdays
When me and my grandpa'd get way
We'd hop in his pickup truck and we'd go to town
We had a couple chores that we had to do
It didn't take long before we were throughC
Then we'd let the pickup truck just wander around
We'd make a run to the county dump
We'd always wave we saw someone
Grandpa make up a song as we rolled along
To the post office without fail
We get some feed and we'd check out the mail
And we never took the same road twice on the way back home
I spent a few years out runnin' free
I spent two or three in New York City
And I moved back to Texas tired, hell I'd had enough
I'd go to Luckenbach on Saturdays
Cause Hondo had a way to brighten up my day
He always made me laugh when we rode in his pickup truck
We'd make a run to the county dump
We'd always wave when we saw someone
Hondo'd make up a tale as we rolled along
To the post office without fail
He'd get some chew and we'd check out the mail
And we never took the same road twice on the way back home
- Jerry Jeff Walker
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🐕 💝 1095 Days 💝 🐈
💗 Hope 💗
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It's Not A Debate of Policy, It Is A Question Of Morality
Only You Can Prevent Fascism!
I woke one morning to see I live in police state
It is the cruelty
A war crime without a war is murder
If you think this little Military dalliance with Venezuela is about drugs, it in fact is about oil.......No blood for oil!
FFS We are shooting 37 year old moms now?
Why is the federal government at war with State of Minnesota?
Tell me what the Danes have done to us to warrant this Empire building bullshit?
FYI I will not go quietly go into the darkness
Day 367..........1093 Days Of Suck To Go ......
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♦️🏠♦️[Bella's Lullaby, Forks ]♦️🏠♦️
From the 1st time I saw a image from this lovely build from Bella "This" song was in my head & I knew that it would have to be excised!
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🎼[Red House (Jimi Hendrix Live!)] 🎼
There's a red house over yonder
That's where my baby stays
There's a red house over yonder, baby
That's where my baby stays
Well, I ain't been home to see my baby
Been about ninety nine and one half days
Long time no see
Wait a minute, something's wrong here
The key won't unlock this door
Wait a minute, something's wrong, baby
The key won't unlock the door
I have a bad, bad feeling
That my baby don't live here no more
That's alright I still got my guitar
Look out, baby
Yeah. that's alright
I might as well go on back down
Way back 'cross yonder over the hill
I might as well go back over yonder
Way back over yonder 'cross the hill
That where I came from
'Cause if my baby don't love me no more
I know her sister will!
- Jimi Hendrix
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🐕 💝 1095 Days 💝 🐈
💗 Hope 💗
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It's Not A Debate of Policy, It Is A Question Of Morality
To"wag the dog" means to distract attention away from a political scandal, often through military action.
16 Million Americans just lost their health insurance so Billionaires can have a tax cut.
Release the list .Pedo Prez!
FYI I will not go quietly go into the darkness
1280 Days Of Suck To Go ...... Day 186
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Another snail costume. I think that people love costumes and super heroes because we all want to imagine ourselves as more. To have more beauty, more strength, more courage, more morality. I feel like it is in our nature to "worship" if we don't follow a church do we follow media or our own callings? Maybe I am off the mark but that is what I have been thinking about lately. Who do we listen to to find our purpose, our morality?
🐕✝️🐕[::Bella's Lullaby::]🐕✝️🐕
I am sure you guys are in need of a little palate cleanser.
Off my soap box for today, I know I been heavy on the topic matter of late with my imagery & pontifications. As always thank you guys for supporting this old bull in the china shop!
Now let's talk about this lovely place of reflective peace! Bella's Iceland inspired sim is just a perfect place to catch your breath and soak in some good vibes.
Bella shared the inspiration of this little earthen chapel.
[Abandoned Church In Iceland Built In 1789]
I think she nailed it!
By the door above my head, her little inspirational sign reads "Embrace The Love" we should all endorse this!
Embrace The Love! ☮️❤️☮️
Kidd
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🎶[I Shall Be Released (The Band)] 🎶
🎶[I Shall Be Released (The Jerry Garcia Band)] 🎶
🎶[I Shall Be Released (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)] 🎶
They say everything can be replaced
They say every distance is not near
So I remember every face
Of every man who put me here
I see my light come shinin'
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
They say every man needs protection
They say that every man must fall
Yet I swear I see my reflection
Somewhere so high above this wall
I see my light come shinin'
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
Now yonder stands a man in this lonely crowd
A man who swears he's not to blame
All day long I hear him shouting so loud
Just crying out that he was framed
I see my light come shinin'
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
- Bob Dylan
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💗 Hope 💗
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It's Not A Debate of Policy, It Is A Question Of Morality
Why are the worst of us killing the best of us?
FYI I will not go quietly go into the darkness
Day 380..........1080 Days Of Suck To Go ......
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🌱 [Soul2Soul River] 🌱 Link fixed*
I was feeling the need for some zen today and happened upon this cool old barn from a lovely image by [Carey Chenault's Image]
Once I was on the sim I realized that I had shot this sim years ago in 2021 [Now The Green Blade Riseth (1) - Soul2Soul River]
I tried to keep to the feel of the original settings and post edit, while still adding some of the new tricks of the trade I picked up since then.
The lesson of the day is there are some superb builds that stand the test of time, this one for sure was so worth a revisit!
Peace!
Kidd
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🎼[Now The Green Blade Riseth (Steve Windwood)] 🎼
Now the green blade riseth, from the buried grain,
Wheat that in dark earth many days has lain;
Love lives again, that with the dead has been:
Love is come again like wheat that springeth green.
In the grave they laid Him, Love who had been slain,
Thinking that He never would awake again,
Laid in the earth like grain that sleeps unseen:
Love is come again like wheat that springeth green.
Forth He came at Easter, like the risen grain,
Jesus who for three days in the grave had lain;
Quick from the dead the risen One is seen:
Love is come again like wheat that springeth green.
When our hearts are wintry, grieving, or in pain,
Jesus' touch can call us back to life again,
Fields of our hearts that dead and bare have been:
Love is come again like wheat that springeth green.
- John Macleod Campbell Crum
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💗 Hope 💗
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It's Not A Debate of Policy, It Is A Question Of Morality
1312 Days Of Suck To Go ...... Day 148
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I've always had strong convictions when it came to morality and so I have lived most of my life feeling like I should have a decisive opinion on the after life and struggling when I didn't. This is one area where I think it is good to embrace the unknown and be open to all possibilities. If you think about it like a room where your thoughts exist, you want that door left open.
I've always loved it when ghosts appear in Japanese and Korean novels and films but I've never actually seen one myself to my knowledge. Some people feel they look like humans that are still alive so I could actually be seeing ghosts every day without realizing it (That might explain some really terrible drivers I suppose). I'm curious as to if any of you have had experiences with ghosts and what that was like. Maybe it's wrong of people to think of life ending at death.
Lately, I have been asking my father to visit my mother and I in our dreams to help us gain closure over the end of his life when we had to make medical decisions on his behalf when he was unresponsive. This hasn't happened yet, though, and the only dream I've had involving the dead was a couple of night ago when two vampires were trying to kill each other by stabbing one another in the heart with number two pencils (I want the rights to this film if you're reading A24!).
Anyway, no judgement here. If you have a ghost story to share, I want to read it no matter how long it is.
**All photos are copyrighted**
🚀☄️🚀[Ed's Space Club]🚀☄️🚀
After seeing the sim and these superb posts from Clyde Essex & Myrdin Sommer, my inner Buck Rogers had to be expressed!
For our tune we are going back to this song from one of my favorite Stone Albums "Their Satanic Majesties Request" from 1967!
I know there are some cosmic metaphors in these lyrics!
Embrace The Love! ☮️❤️☮️
Kidd
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🎶[2000 Light Years From Home (The Rolling Stones)] 🎶
Sun turnin' 'round with graceful motion
We're setting off with soft explosion
Bound for a star with fiery oceans
It's so very lonely, you're a hundred light years from home
Freezing red deserts turn to dark
Energy here in every part
It's so very lonely, you're 600 light years from home
It's so very lonely, you're a thousand light years from home
It's so very lonely, you're a thousand light years from home
Bell flight 14, you now can land
See you on Aldebaran
Safe on the green desert sand
It's so very lonely, you're 2, 000 light years from home
It's so very lonely, you're 2, 000 light years from home
- Mick Jagger / Keith Richards
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💗 Hope 💗
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It's Not A Debate of Policy, It Is A Question Of Morality
Why are the worst of us killing the best of us?
I find it interesting a certain name that rhymes with C*nt is mentioned in the Epstein Files 38,000 times and Jesus name is only mention 1273 in the Bible...... I do love me sum Fun Facts
FYI I will not go quietly go into the darkness
Day 384..........1076 Days Of Suck To Go ......
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBKnpyoFEBo
credits:
madpea foodfair (E.V.E Dancing Marshmallows Stairway) @ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Harms%20Way/171/151/1233
{anc} mist cloud
{what next} Vintage Fan
/Ascend/ Jarvis Pants with Suspender @ MEN OF MONTHLY
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunset%20Ambiance%20Island...
ISUKA Morality @MEN OF MONTHLY maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunset%20Ambiance%20Island...
Toronto-based artist Paul P.’s distinctive practice mines the past, forging links between contemporary and historical periods on the cusp of change. His paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings find inspiration in a range of sources: neoclassical sculpture of the 1700s, the art of James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), the arch mannerism of poet Robert de Montesquiou (1855–1921), and storied places such as Venice, Italy, and its contemporary counterpart, Venice Beach, California. The cornerstone of his artistic project is an extensive series of portraits of young men appropriated from pre-AIDS erotic photographs. This series shares an affinity with the work of certain artists of the late 1800s who defied the prevailing morality of their time and furthered a secret language of coded homosexuality.
In this exhibition, a group of thirty recently acquired works created by Paul P. between 2003 and 2019 here act as portals for time travel between art-historical periods. In this way, they form a dialogue with a selection of other artworks from the National Gallery of Canada’s collection.
Outfit Details
Top : [WAZ] Operator TShirt (Graphic Back)
Bottom : [WAZ] Operator Jeans
Gun : /SA\ - Basic M4 Crate **Marketplace**
Hat : AKUJI Cap - Empty
⚙️🇬🇧⚙️[Hera's Victoriana, Steam Dreams] ⚙️🇬🇧⚙️
Little late I know, but it had to be right, for Ozzy
Ozzy Osbourne December 3, 1948, - July 22, 2025
Also reminder Tic Tok on getting over Hera's Victoriana, Big Ben shall chime and poof it shall go!
Peace Out
Kidd
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I am Iron Man
Has he lost his mind?
Can he see or is he blind?
Can he walk at all
Or if he moves will he fall?
Is he alive or dead?
Has he thoughts within his head?
We'll just pass him there
Why should we even care?
He was turned to steel
In the great magnetic field
When he traveled time
For the future of mankind
Nobody wants him
He just stares at the world
Planning his vengeance
That he will soon unfurl
Now the time is here
For Iron Man to spread fear
Vengeance from the grave
Kills the people he once saved
Nobody wants him
They just turn their heads
Nobody helps him
Now he has his revenge
Heavy boots of lead
Fill his victims full of dread
Running as fast as they can
Iron Man lives again!
- Ozzy Osbourne / Tony Iommi / Geezer Butler / Bill Ward
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🐕 💝 1095 Days 💝 🐈
💗 Hope 💗
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It's Not A Debate of Policy, It Is A Question Of Morality
To"wag the dog" means to distract attention away from a political scandal, often through military action.
16 Million Americans just lost their health insurance so Billionaires can have a tax cut.
Release the list .Pedo Prez!
Only You Can Prevent Fascism!
No one is illegal on stolen land
I woke one morning to see I live in police state
FYI I will not go quietly go into the darkness
12540 Days Of Suck To Go ...... Day 206
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I know I have said this before, but it warrants repeating,
I LOVE SHOOTING ON THE CONTINENTAL!
I may hang out here for another image!
Thank you Thecla for being the hostess with the mostest!
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🏁 [777 Motors ] Kage v2] 🏁
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🎶[Bad Company(Bad Company Live!)] 🎶
🎶[Bad Company(Charley Crockett)] 🎶
Company, always on the run
Destiny is the rising sun
Oh, I was born 6-gun in my hand
Behind the gun I'll make my final stand
That's why they call me
Bad company
And I can't deny
Bad company
'Til the day I die
Oh, 'til the day I die
'Til the day I die
Rebel souls, deserters we are called
Chose a gun and threw away the Son
Now these towns, they all know our name
6-gun sound is our claim to fame
I can hear them say
Bad company
And I won't deny
Bad, bad company
'Til the day I die, oh, yeah
'Til the day I die,
Hey
Bad company
I can't deny
Bad company
'Til the day I die
And I say it's bad company, oh yeah yeah
Bad company
'Til the day I die
Tell me that you are not a thief
Oh but I am bad company
It's the way I play dirty for dirty
Oh, somebody double-crossed me
Double-cross, double-cross
- Paul Rodgers / Simon Kirke
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💗 Hope 💗
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It's Not A Debate of Policy, It Is A Question Of Morality
Only You Can Prevent Fascism!
I woke one morning to see I live in police state
The hurt on the American populace from the GOP is going to go into high gear November 1
FYI I will not go quietly go into the darkness
Day 281..........1179 Days Of Suck To Go ......
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📡⚗️📡[Hera's Aliens, Hadley's Hope]📡⚗️📡
oooH mY! Hera has brought us back to the moon LV-426 for a little Xenomorph XX121 fun!
Lots to see here Hera' s attention to detail is freaking superb!
Get your little tushes down to the colony before its to late!
Fun Fact: My 1st concert UFO opened for Ronnie Montrose & Journey at the Winterland in San Francisco September 27, 1975...seemed perfect song to drive this scene!
Peace Out ☮️
Kidd
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Doctor, doctor, please
Oh, the mess I'm in
Doctor, doctor, please
Oh, the mess I'm in
She walked up to me
And really stole my heart
And then she started
To take my body apart
Living, loving, I'm on the run
Far away from you
Living, loving, I'm on the run
So far away from you
Doctor, doctor, please
Oh, I'm going fast
Doctor, doctor, please
Oh, I'm going fast
It's only just a moment
She's turning paranoid
That's not a situation
For a n-nervous boy
Doctor, doctor, please
Oh, the mess I'm in
Doctor, doctor, please
Oh, the mess I'm in
But you look so angry
As I crawl across your floor
She's got the strength
And I can't take any more
Living, loving, I'm on the run
So far away from you
Living, loving, I'm on the run
So far away from you
Doctor, doctor, please
Oh, the mess I'm in
Doctor, doctor, please
Oh, I'm going fast
Doctor, doctor, please
Oh, the mess I'm in
Doctor, doctor, please
Oh, I'm going fast
- Willi Schenker / Phil Mogg
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💗 Hope 💗
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It's Not A Debate of Policy, It Is A Question Of Morality
Only You Can Prevent Fascism!
I woke one morning to see I live in police state
It is the cruelty
A war crime without a war is murder
If you think this little Military dalliance with Venezuela is about drugs, it in fact is about oil.......No blood for oil!
FYI I will not go quietly go into the darkness
Day 337..........1123 Days Of Suck To Go ......
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Farmacia la Oficina, Galdár, Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias ▪️""Un camgymeriad y mae pobl y Gorllewin yn dal i'w wneud yw meddwl am gefnogwyr Israel fel pobl normal, rhai â safonau moesol normal, dim ond am ein bod yn eu hadnabod nhw ac yn ymwneud â nhw yn ein cymunedau. Maen nhw'n edrych fel ni, yn siarad fel ni, yn gwisgo fel ni ac yn ymddwyn fel ni, felly tybiwn ei bod hi'n rhaid eu bod nhw hefyd yn meddwl ac yn teimlo fel ni, i raddau helaeth. Ond dŷn nhw ddim. Os ydych chi'n dal i gefnogi Israel yn 2025, mae rhywbeth difrifol yn bod arnoch chi.
2025 yw hi. Mae milwyr Israelaidd yn dweud wrth y wasg Israelaidd eu bod nhw'n cael eu gorchymyn i ladd torfeydd o sifiliaid sydd ar lwgu wrth iddyn nhw geisio cael bwyd o ganolfannau cymorth. Mae meddygon di-rif wedi bod yn dweud wrth y byd bod saethwyr cudd Israelaidd yn saethu plant yn y pen ac yn y fron yn gwbl fwriadol ac yn rheolaidd, drwy Lain Gaza i gyd. Mae Amnest Rhyngwladol, Human Rights Watch, a'r holl arbenigwyr ar hil-laddiad, a'r holl awdurdodau ar hawliau dynol, yn dweud mai hil-laddiad sy'n digwydd yn Gaza. Mae hyd yn oed y New York Times wedi cyhoeddi colofn gyferbyn â'r un golofn olygyddol gan ysgolhaig ar yr hil-laddiad Seionaidd yn cyfaddef mai hil-laddiad yw hwn." Caitlin J---stone ▪️▪️"One mistake westerners keep making is thinking of Israel’s supporters as normal people with normal moral standards just because we happen to know them and interact with them in our communities. They look like us, speak like us, dress like us and act like us, so we assume they must think and feel a lot like us as well. But they don’t. If you’re still supporting Israel in the year 2025, there’s something seriously wrong with you as a person. You do not have a normal, healthy sense of empathy and morality.
It’s 2025. Israeli soldiers are telling the Israeli press that they’re being ordered to massacre starving civilians trying to obtain food from aid centers. Countless doctors have been telling the world that Israeli snipers are routinely, deliberately shooting children in the head and chest throughout the Gaza Strip. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and all the leading genocide experts and human rights authorities are saying that a genocide is being perpetrated in Gaza. The New York fucking Times just published an op-ed by a Zionist genocide scholar who’s finally admitting that it’s a genocide." C--tl-n John----e
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Architecture Mix Episode 04: Tiban Minaret and Domes.
Boarding School Complex in Turen, Malang, East Java, Indonesia.
Boarding School Full Name: Pondok Pesantren Salafiah Bihaaru Bahri Asali Fadlaailir Rahmah.
Nick Name: Tiban
----Full Review :----
Many people call this place as Masjid Tiban (Tiban Mosque), but this place is actually an an Islamic Boarding School (Pondok Pesantren), Full Name of school: Pondok Pesantren Salafiah Bihaaru Bahri Asali Fadlaailir Rahmah. Nick name: Tiban.
The complex of this boarding school is wide (about 4-hectare), and the building its self huge and so beautiful. The total floor of this building reaches 10 floors, and may continue to grow.
The architecture of this boarding school is very unique, because a mix of middle east, china, and modern architecture. In the outside, there are beautiful blue minarets and domes. Maybe because of this, many people call this place as Masjid Tiban (Tiban Mosque). This building ornament is indeed super and detailed. Anyone who has done this is great.
There is a rumor about this place that this building was built by supernatural beings, of course it's a hoax :). The architect of this building was KH Achmad Bahru Mafdloludin Sholeh (Founder). Built by the students and people around, since 1978. This building is still under construction until now.
1. For buildings outside such as towers, domes, etc, most of them are finished.
2. For buildings inside, the lower floor is generally almost finished, but many of the upper floors are still not finished.
This complex have a small masjid (mosque) located a little far from the main building. The small size of the masjid is not comparable to the size of a very grand of main building. The architecture of the masjid is Middle East mosque style, white and simple. But the interior of masjid is very beautiful, colorful doom and room. (Check my photo to see it).
The main lesson for students here is to have great practice of virtue, morality and manners. Amazing curriculum. I met several students here, and they are very nice and kind.
I asked the students about why this boarding school complex built so grand and beautiful? The reason is to spread the world about the beauty of Islam by beautiful art and architecture. Wow! What a noble purpose!
Excerpt from historicwalkingtrail.com/location/texas-masonic-lodge/:
The Texas Lodge Masonic Hall is one of the oldest, most iconic buildings in San Juan Bautista, andthe second oldest masonic lodge in California that is still active in its original location. The Free and Accepted Masonsis the first fraternal organization in San Juan.
Edward Farris Storey migrated to California with 42 other Texan Masons in 1852, and was granted a charter in 1854 to found a Masonic Lodge in the area of San Juan. By the end of 1854, according to Lodge minutes, membership was 20. The Masons met in various places until the National Hotel (located where Verutti Park is now) was built in 1858, and a room was made available for their meetings. Membership had grown to 110 by 1867 when they decided to build their own building. A wooden sign above the Texas Lodge Masonic Hall entrance reads “Texas Lodge #46 F&AM Chartered May 6, 1854, Building Completed, June 24, 1869.”
The upper floor of the building has continued to be used as the meeting hall of the Masons, and the lower floor was originally rented to doctors and other professionals. The large main room downstairs has served in a variety of capacities over the years. It was used for the Wells Fargo Express Office, the Justice of the Peace Office, the meeting space for monthly City Council meetings around the turn of the 19th century; then the telephone company used the space from 1901-1924; the U.S. Post Office was then housed in the space, followed by the San Juan library until 1979. Most recently, the downstairs rooms have been rented to businesses .
This rectangular two and a half story building is constructed in the Italianate Victorian style with a wood-framed structural system on a concrete foundation. The façade is symmetrical and has a 3-step stairway leading to a central recessed entrance flanked by 4 symmetrically placed 8-pane vertical window doors with triangular pediment moldings above.
The second story has 5 vertical paired arched windows with elaborate molded pediments above. The overhanging boxed cornice features scroll corbels and decorated parapet. A recessed central gable pediment tops the cornice and denotes the main entrance, and the front door swings both inward and outward. A rectangular tower with a low overhanging hipped roof and tall arched windows rises from the junction of the central gable and the medium pitched, side-gabled roof made of corrugated metal. The sides feature symmetrically placed 6-pane sash windows with molded cornice and a broken pediment on the lower cornice of the roof gable. Other notable features are quoined wood corners imitating stone, the framed semi-circular air vents within the side pediments, and the horizontal redwood shiplap siding throughout. One-story medium-gabled roof additions extend from the rear; an iron fire escape on the east side and a wooden fire escape on the west were also added. The original board sidewalk along the full width of the building was replaced with a gravel walk, which was then transitioned to concrete steps. In 2017 the building underwent a much-needed, extensive renovation and exterior painting.
Freemasonry describes itself as a “beautiful system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols.”Accordingly, buildings are to be constructed in an east/west orientation (sunrise and sunset), representing Solomon’s Temple. This building adorns gold enhancement of the starburst pattern framed within the side gables and the gold ball atop the cupola, depicts the sun at meridian height. Symbols and rituals abound in the upstairs meeting room: the compass and the square, which is the most widely known symbol of Masonry, the all-seeing eye, and the letter G, symbolizing both geometry and God. Masons use metaphors from geometry and the architecture of stonemasonry to represent their ongoing pursuit of knowledge, ethics, and leadership skills.
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"I admire its purity. A survivor. Unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality."
Trimbek, INDIA
Hinduism differs from Christianity and other Western religions in that it does not have a single founder, a specific theological system, a single system of morality, or a central religious organization. It consists of "thousands of different religious groups that have evolved in India since 1500 BCE."
Hinduism has grown to become the world's third largest religion, after Christianity and Islam. It claims about 837 million followers - 13% of the world's population. It is the dominant religion in India, Nepal, and among the Tamils in Sri Lanka. According to the "Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches," there are about 1.1 million Hindus in the U.S. The "American Religious Identification Survey" is believed to be more accurate. They estimated smaller number: 766,000 Hindus in 2001. Still, this is a very significant increase from 227,000 in 1990. Statistics Canada estimates that there are about 157,015 Hindus in Canada.
Hinduism is generally regarded as the world's oldest organized religion.
Most forms of Hinduism are henotheistic religions. They recognize a single deity, and view other Gods and Goddesses as manifestations or aspects of that supreme God. Henotheistic and polytheistic religions have traditionally been among the world's most religiously tolerant faiths. However, until recently, a Hindu nationalistic political party controlled the government of India. The linkage of religion, the national government, and nationalism led to a degeneration of the separation of church and state in India. This, in turn, has decreased the level of religious tolerance in that country. The escalation of anti-Christian violence was one manifestation of this linkage. With the recent change in government, the level of violence will diminish.
Photography’s new conscience
♟️✊♟️[Hera's Blade Runner, Gigerpunk]♟️✊♟️
One of the things about Hera's build, there is always new things and interesting spaces to find!
I stumbled onto the Chess Masters Lair!
As always don't Dilly Dally before it goes poof!
The perfect song then came to mind, this song written in 1963 by Bob Dylan. The song tells the story of about the assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 12, 1963
The parallels from 1963 Mississippi to 2026 Minnesota are undeniable.
Power To The People ☮️✊☮️
Kidd
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🎶[Only A Pawn In Their Game (Bob Dylan)] 🎶
🎶[Only A Pawn In Their Game (Bob Dylan Mississippi 1963)] 🎶
A bullet from the back of a bush
Took Medgar Evers' blood
A finger fired the trigger to his name
A handle hid out in the dark
A hand set the spark
Two eyes took the aim
Behind a man's brain
But he can't be blamed
He's only a pawn in their game
A South politician preaches to the poor white man
"You got more than the blacks, don't complain
You're better than them, you been born with white skin, " they explain
And the Negro's name
Is used, it is plain
For the politician's gain
As he rises to fame
And the poor white remains
On the caboose of the train
But it ain't him to blame
He's only a pawn in their game
The deputy sheriffs, the soldiers, the governors get paid
And the marshals and cops get the same
But the poor white man's used in the hands of them all like a tool
He's taught in his school
From the start by the rule
That the laws are with him
To protect his white skin
To keep up his hate
So he never thinks straight
'Bout the shape that he's in
But it ain't him to blame
He's only a pawn in their game
From the poverty shacks, he looks from the cracks to the tracks
And the hoofbeats pound in his brain
And he's taught how to walk in a pack
Shoot in the back
With his fist in a clinch
To hang and to lynch
To hide 'neath the hood
To kill with no pain
Like a dog on a chain
He ain't got no name
But it ain't him to blame
He's only a pawn in their game
Today, Medgar Evers was buried from the bullet he caught
They lowered him down as a king
But when the shadowy sun sets on the one
That fired the gun
He'll see by his grave
On the stone that remains
Carved next to his name
His epitaph plain
Only a pawn in their game
- Bob Dylan
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🐕 💝 1095 Days 💝 🐈
💗 Hope 💗
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It's Not A Debate of Policy, It Is A Question Of Morality
Why are the worst of us killing the best of us?
FYI I will not go quietly go into the darkness
Day 373..........1087 Days Of Suck To Go ......
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"I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house."
– Nathaniel Hawthorne (American novelist and short story writer who's works often focus on history, morality, and religion)
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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The city of Shanghai is remarkable for its magnificent skyline, great shopping and food and its fascinating history. Tucked away in a less visited area are these halls and grounds honoring Confucius.
He lived in China from approximating 550 BC to 470 BC.He was a teacher, a politician, editor and philosopher. He advocated secular values rather than promoting a religion. He spoke of morality,both personal and governmental. He stressed correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity.
His words were similar to the western "Golden Rule." He advocated that man be ruled by natural morality not bribery or coercion. Finally he focused on the person not the possessions a person owned.
For many centuries his teachings were incorporated into the Chinese culture. One can only imagine a wonderful modern world where each country encouraged their citizens to read and adhere to these ancient thoughts. America could definitely use an infusion of these values right now.
Luckily, I found this great memorial through my Lonely Planet guide book. At dusk, I was the only visitor and the grounds were incredibly quiet and peaceful.
So this is where i worked on for the past 3years (on and of). Approximately 3000 hours and 250.000 parts later I present to you with great pride and incredible detail; Venice 1486 as it might have looked in the 15th century.
This is the first chapter of a total of 4, in which I'll take you into an adventure of Darion as a Master Assassin.
Let me know what you think 🙏
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"Osservare" in the English tongue better known as Observing. By far the most boring thing about finding your mark, but absolutely necessary.
Meet 'Darion Aiulf da Fortebraccio' and his eyes and ears in the sky 'Gaita' an Italian barn owl. Darion is a Venetian nobleman, and to others unknown also a Master Assassin and former member of the Italian Brotherhood of Assassins.
Abandoned by his brothers and mentor for disobedience. He now is a solitary assassin that seeks his targets through the signs of god. For his next mark, faith steered Darion in the direction of the Templar order. Who now have a foothold on Venice city grounds and even managed to get the newly elected doge 'Marco Barbarigo' on their side. Marco openly expressed his support for the Templar Order...
And so this is where our story begins!
Where other men blindly follow the truth, Remember, nothing is true.
Where other men are limited by morality or law, Remember, everything is permitted.
We work in the dark to serve the light.
We are assassins!
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This build is next level awesome!
Not to sound crude or anything but when I saw this in-world, it made my dick hard in its splendid magnificence! I really do have a symmetry fetish.
I have seen many a build in my days in SL, but at the very least the castle portion, has really set a new bar for the sim developers & creators here in SL!
Bravo to The Shadows Gala team!
The shoot so super easy I used the Sims SE. The frame rate in ultra was superb at 20FPS and near 70FPS in low graphics. I got this with just 2 raw captures!
I did not do too much in post edit other than bump up vibrance a bit to make the gold pop a tad more. I did a couple versions with my post edit bag tricks but in the end I kept pretty pure to the SL raw frame.
I want to thank Nekonuko Nakamor for finding this sim in her "wanderings"!
I think I will be hanging out here for the next week, I am sure I can work a few more frames here! Seriously get your ass down there!
Peace Out ☮️
Kidd
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🎶[What Is and What Should Never Be (Led Zeppelin)] 🎶
🎶[What Is and What Should Never Be (Led Zeppelin Live)] 🎶
And if I say to you tomorrow
"Take my hand, child, come with me
It's to a castle I will take you
Where what's to be, they say will be."
Catch the wind
See us spin
Sail away
Leave today
Way up high in the sky
But the wind won't blow
You really shouldn't go
It only goes to show
That you will be mine
By taking our time
And if you say to me tomorrow
Oh what fun it all would be
Then what's to stop us, pretty baby
But what is and what should never be
Catch the wind
See us spin
Sail away
Leave today
Way up high
In the sky
But the wind won't blow
You really shouldn't go
It only goes to show
That you will be mine
By taking our time
So if you wake up with the sunrise
And all your dreams are still as new
And happiness is what you need so bad
Girl, the answer lies with you
Catch the wind
See us spin
Sail away
Leave today
Way up high
In the sky
But the wind won't blow
You really shouldn't go
It only goes to show
That you will be mine
By taking our time
Oh the wind won't blow
And we really shouldn't go
And it only goes to show
Catch the wind
We're gonna see it spin
We're gonna sail
Leave today
Do do do, bop bop a do-oh. My my my my my my yeah
Everybody I know seems to know me well
But they're never going to know that I move like hell
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby. Oh Lord
Baby baby babe. Huh? Oh I love ya
Do no no no no no no. C'mon now
I want you now
- Jimmy Page / Robert Plant
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🐕 💝 1095 Days 💝 🐈
💗 Hope 💗
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It's Not A Debate of Policy, It Is A Question Of Morality
Only You Can Prevent Fascism!
I woke one morning to see I live in police state
It is the cruelty
A war crime without a war is murder
FYI I will not go quietly go into the darkness
Day 321..........1139 Days Of Suck To Go ......
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One of the paradoxes of our age, which has so far not distinguished itself as an Age of Faith, is that millions of men who have found it impossible to believe in God have blindly submitted themselves in human faith to every charlatan who has access to a printing press, a movie screen, or a microphone.
Men who cannot believe in the revealed word of God swallow everything they read in the newspapers. Men who think it absurd that the Church should be able, by virtue of the guidance and protection of the Holy Ghost, to make infallible pronouncements as to what has or has not been revealed by God concerning doctrine or morality, will believe the most fantastic claims of political propaganda, even though the dishonesty of propagandists has become, by now, proverbial.
They find it impossible to believe the Pope when, with the extreme caution and reserve which is characteristic of Rome, he makes one of his rare and guarded ex cathedra pronouncements within the very narrow field of “faith and morals” concerning which, as the Vicar of Christ on earth, he might be expected to know something.
And yet if some movie star or other celebrity, who stalled for three years in the eighth grade and finally gave up all hope of high school, makes a dogmatic declaration on anything from marriage to astrophysics, they will regard it as “authoritative.”
-Thomas Merton, Ascent to Truth.
Soundscape // Paysage sonore: HOOD ("The Cliff Edge Of Workaday Morality"): www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhi8766GWNE
*Working Towards a Better World
To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality. - John Locke
When one neighbor helps another, we strengthen our communities. - Jennifer Pahlka
A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love. - Max Muller
A monk helps a woman preform penance. This was taken at Angkor Wat in Cambodia, on a sweltering day, so being doused with water would not be the worst thing in the world. Angkor is, perhaps, the most extraordinary ancient site in all of Asia (there are more pictures of it to come), but it is also overwhelmed by tourists. We had just come from the grandest of the temples, Angkor Wat itself, and had bought fresh green coconuts to get re-hydrated. Behind the souvenir and snack stalls was this small local temple, where village life was going on unaffected by, and unknown to, the millions of foreigners all around it.
I like this image because of the story implicit in it. There is a power and gender and cultural dynamic at play that is challenging to the viewer. I like the water splashing off the steps, and I find intriguing the woman standing in the shadows. To me she personifies judgement, the need to maintain the status quo by making sure her own rigid morality is maintained.
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Believe it or not, I'm walkin' on air
I never thought I could feel so free
Flyin' away on a wing and a prayer
Who could it be?
Believe it or not it's just me
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Remember to use your gut, and your instincts in todays world. News is no longer absence of malice, information is used as a tool to control. People don't consider morality as a given, nor truth as a must.