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The Mute swan actually gets its name from the fact that its is less vocal than other swan species and is one of the heaviest flying birds. A male swan is known as a Cob while the female is known as a Pen and has a lifespan of around 12 years in the wild and can reach 30 years if in an protected environment. One of three species of wild swans to be found in the UK and is the national bird of Denmark. The Mute Swan is unique in making a vibrant throbbing sound with the wings when in flight. A large group of swans can be called a school, ballet and regatta. No swan has ever broken any ones arm, this is a actually a complete myth.
Exposition Anselme Kiefer
Du 26 mars au 29 octobre 2022, l’art contemporain entre au Palais des Doges, pour l’exposition qui sera le pivot de la cinquième édition de MUVE Contemporaneo, une exposition biennale de la Fondation des musées civiques de Venise qui a pour clé la réflexion sur la relation de l’art d’aujourd’hui avec les musées.
From March 26 to October 29, 2022, contemporary art enters the Doge's Palace, for the exhibition that will be the pivot of the fifth edition of MUVE Contemporaneo, a biennial exhibition of the Venice Civic Museums Foundation that has as its key the reflection on the relationship of today's art with museums.
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The Queen of Spring is also the Queen of legends
La pivoine chez les Grecs
Dans leur culture, la pivoine est bien plus qu’une jolie fleur des beaux jours, elle est d’abord considérée comme une plante médicinale. Cette faculté a par ailleurs nourri un mythe grec, où se mêlent colère des dieux et guérison. Son nom d’après les rumeurs, lui viendrait du médecin Péon, disciple d’Asclépios, dieu de la médecine. Ce dernier aurait trouvé un remède à la douleur des femmes durant leur accouchement. Son maître jaloux de son talent, se dit que finalement, il mériterait bien de mourir celui-ci. Fort heureusement pour Péon et pour nous, Zeus proposa une punition moins dramatique et changea le jeune médecin en la fleur qu’il avait découverte : une pivoine. Aussi réputée pour ses couleurs vives, ses teintes et nuances ont également inspiré une légende qui continue d’exister dans notre monde moderne, à travers l’expression : “rougir comme une pivoine”.
L’histoire parle ici de la nymphe Péone, qui comme la plupart des naïades était d’une incroyable beauté. Courtisée par tous les dieux, elle eut la mauvaise idée d’en faire un peu trop et d’enfreindre le code divin de la pudeur. Un faux pas, provoquant l’indignation des tout-puissants, qui décidèrent alors de la changer en une fleur extraordinaire : une pivoine. Quant à son erreur de jugement, pour l’inscrire à jamais dans l’histoire, ils donnèrent à ses pétales la couleur de la honte, le rouge. D’où l’expression…
La pivoine au pays du Soleil Levant
L’ Asie regorge de mythes et légendes, qui nous en apprennent un peu plus sur notre fleur préférée. La première, raconte en partie pourquoi le printemps est la saison favorite des pivoines. En Chine durant la dynastie Tang, un jour de grand froid d’hiver, l’impératrice Wu Zetian après avoir bu un peu trop de vin, exigea des fleurs de son jardin qu’elles fleurissent pendant la nuit, pour la satisfaire au petit matin. Le calendrier des fleurs était apparemment le cadet de ses soucis...
Son nom signifiant “celle qui discipline le ciel”, cette dernière était persuadée qu’aucune variété fleurie n'oserait lui désobéir. Le lendemain, seule la pivoine avait décidé de n’en faire qu’à sa tête et d’attendre le printemps. La reine de la saison apparaît alors pour la première fois, comme une fleur au caractère bien trempé. Folle de rage, l’impératrice exila toutes les pivoines du pays à Luoyang, où finalement, elles s’épanouirent fièrement, donnant lieu à un merveilleux spectacle fleuri. La ville est depuis la capitale de la pivoine, et organise chaque année un festival qui lui est dédié.
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The peony among the Greeks
In their culture, the peony is much more than a pretty flower for sunny days, it is first and foremost considered a medicinal plant. This faculty also nourished a Greek myth, where anger of the gods and healing mingle. Its name, according to rumors, comes from the doctor Péon, disciple of Asclepius, god of medicine. The latter would have found a remedy for the pain of women during childbirth. His master, jealous of his talent, said to himself that in the end, he deserved to die this one. Fortunately for Peon and for us, Zeus proposed a less dramatic punishment and changed the young doctor into the flower he had discovered: a peony. Also famous for its bright colors, its shades and shades have also inspired a legend that continues to exist in our modern world, through the expression: “blush like a peony”.
The story here is about the nymph Péone, who like most naiads was incredibly beautiful. Courted by all the gods, she had the bad idea to do a little too much and break the divine code of modesty. A false step, provoking the indignation of the all-powerful, who then decided to change it into an extraordinary flower: a peony. As for its error of judgment, to inscribe it forever in history, they gave its petals the color of shame, red. Hence the term...
Peony in the Land of the Rising Sun
Asia is full of myths and legends, which teach us a little more about our favorite flower. The first, partly tells why spring is the favorite season for peonies. In China during the Tang Dynasty, on a very cold winter day, Empress Wu Zetian after drinking a little too much wine, demanded flowers from her garden to bloom during the night, to satisfy her in the early morning. . The flower calendar was apparently the least of his worries...
Her name meaning "she who disciplines the sky", the latter was convinced that no flowering variety would dare to disobey her. The next day, only the peony had decided to do as it pleased and to wait for spring. The queen of the season then appears for the first time, like a flower with a strong character. Mad with rage, the Empress exiled all the peonies in the country to Luoyang, where they finally blossomed proudly, giving rise to a marvelous flowery spectacle. The city has since been the capital of the peony, and organizes a festival dedicated to it every year.
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The story of the Red Thread of Fate above.
Maybe it's not a coincidence that I chose to upload this foto today (not knowing about the story) on our wedding anniversary and title it "The Red Thread" although there is a lot more iron to see.
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(For my wonderful husband)
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A dragonfly’s eyes have about 30,000 lenses and a dragonfly can see all the way around it, but they don’t see details very well. (fact, a human eye only has one lens and sees better than a dragonfly, but only to the front and side of them.)
From the time a dragonfly egg hatches, it can live anywhere from six months to six years, but only about two months as an actual dragonfly. (fact, most of the time spent is as a nymph in the water before the dragonfly’s metamorphosis into a full grown dragonfly.)
In the old days, dragonflies would seek out bad kids and sew their mouths together with their claspers while they slept. Dragonflies were known as the devil’s darning needles. (myth – dragonflies don’t have pockets to carry the thread to the beds of sleeping wicked children.)
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"Que le meilleur gagne" est non seulement une piètre interprétation de la théorie de l'évolution, mais surtout une très mauvaise idéologie pour maintenir la cohésion d'un groupe, et a fortiori la vie sur terre.
Pourquoi vouloir écraser l'autre ? Pourquoi chercher à ce point la solitude, la division et l'aliénation ? Ce mythe ne serait-il pas en réalité un puissant instrument de domination ?
La victoire culturelle de cette idéologie ne s'est pas faite en un claquement de doigts; elle a mobilisé pendant des décennies des forces et des sommes d'argent considérables.
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Texte : Pablo Servigne & Gauthier Chapelle.
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Owls are the subject of many stories because of their nocturnal activity, quiet flight, and unusual calls. In some cultures, owls are seen as a symbol of wisdom or good luck, but in many cultures they are associated with witchcraft and death. The myth of the wise owl in Western cultures may have originated from the Greek goddess of wisdom, Athena, who is often depicted with an owl on her shoulder. ........
This Milky Way photo was taken close to a popular beach with hundreds of visitors and cars by day and yet having an excellent night sky after the onset of astronomical twilight. The foreground was illuminated by the rotating lighthouse beam a few hundred meters away, thus providing a means of light painting of the scene.
Some of the most beautiful stories of ancient times refer to the silvery band of the Milky Way - a celestial river comprised by the light of billions of stars, that has traveled for thousands of years to reach our eyes. This majestic arc of light is more clearly visible on summer nights, when our gaze is towards the center of the Milky Way, which lies at about 25 thousand light years away - the brightest part of the band just above the tree and to left of the “Dark Horse” silhouette.
This band is bisected by obscuring clouds of interstellar dust, thus forming the “Great Galactic Rift”. The interstellar gas and dust gave birth to everything else in the Universe, including us - we are all made of stardust after all.
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They say dragons never truly die. No matter how many times you kill them.
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L'ultimo raggio di sole illumina le cime dei Cadini di Misurina, prima di una notte stellata
Foto dell'inverno scorso
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some cars are famous, some cars are legendary, and then there are those rare few that become mythical to us gear heads
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“The uncritical civilization bears witness to its own decline in accepting myths as fact while dismissing facts as myth.”
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It is impossible not to delve deep into Norse mythology after visiting these places! If you lay eyes on spots like this one on the Lofoten islands all of a sudden you understand all the deep connotations of old Germanic/Norse mythology. Their myth, where the world was created from Fire and Ice, all of a sudden make total sense.
Sculpture of Romulus and Remus suckling on a she-wolf on a column on Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy.
iPhoneography on iPhone 7 Plus; Prescott, Arizona; January 26, 2018. Two PANO images blended in Superimpose app.
Island in the middle of River Tejo. Santarém, Portugal
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Its not Monsters that scare me, for Myths and Legends can't hurt me, its people and cruelty that make me afraid..... Thought of the week ~ KissThePixel2018
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"Pink sky at night sailor's delight" probably not true tonight since we are expecting a Nor'easter tomorrow...lots of rain, wind and maybe even snow. This is straight out of camera RAW, from the side of the road as I drove home from work this evening. I was surprised to see all this pink with the impending storm, and I love the interesting cloud formation.