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歩き続ける 彼岸花 咲き続ける
I keep walking
the spider lilies
keep blooming
—Taneda Santoka
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Its Setsubun in Japan, a feast day involving the casting out of demons at various shrines. I took out the Alain head and played with the sliders a bit to create something suitable and slightly odd looking with Oni fangs.
Although its the wrong time of year for the Spider Lily, you cannot deny that it is a beautiful flower when in full bloom, something that cinphul has managed to perfectly capture in her hairstick set. I'm holding the gorgeous Lodestone Heart by !Reliquary! which has an added rim light which catches the eye during the tossing animation.
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Also worn:
LeLUTKA Head.Alain.2.5
bonbon - amaya hair
{aii} + Ibaraki Horns (demon) +
[ r-l-f ]+*N* *Male Kimono RAN
-[TWC]- 6 COMMON Red scar arm
Zibska ~ Selene (Ginkgo leaf - comes with full colour hud)
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Shape my own
Pose: a mod by me of the built in pose with the heart
Created for Art Museion Contest 13 - Mystic Faces: www.flickr.com/groups/artmuseion/discuss/72157649274042609/
View of the mansion at Nymans Gardens, West Sussex. You will have noticed that the frontal part of the building has been preserved as a ruin and that only one of the side wings is still occupied. This is a result of a fire in 1947, a calamity the owners, the Messel family, never really recovered from. In the early 1950s, the whole estate was acquired by the National Trust. The point of the estate had always been to create an alternative world of beauty - far away from noisy cities and dirty industries. The building may look medieval, but it was built in the first half of the 19th century. When the Messels (stock brokers from Germany who had made their fortune in Britain and, later, liaised with nobility) purchased the place in the 1890s, they followed this trajectory and turned the gardens into a horticultural paradise. Consequently, when the National Trust preserves the estate, it also preserves a dream.
井の頭線渋谷駅は盛りだくさんです。スクランブル交差点を見ることもできれば岡本太郎の傑作を見ることもできます。
Shibuya Station on the Inokashira Line has many viewpoints. You can see the Shibuya Scramble Crossing or see Taro Okamoto's masterpiece.
Au pays Toraja on n’enterre pas ses morts. On creuse généralement un vaste orifice dans une falaise ou dans un bloc rocheux afin d’y disposer le cercueil. Si le défunt est de sang noble, une figurine en bois à son effigie dénommée Tau Tau sera disposée sur la falaise.
Ces rites s’expliquent par la religion traditionnelle des Torajas, appelée Aluk To Dolo, dont sont issues leurs croyances animistes ancestrales. To Dolo signifie « les gens qui sont partis ». Cette religion consiste donc en une croyance aux ancêtres, en un mélange complexe de cultes, de mythes et de rituels ancestraux.
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In Toraja country, people do not bury their dead. A large hole is usually dug in a cliff or boulder to place the coffin. If the deceased is of noble blood, a wooden figure of him or her, called Tau Tau, is placed on the cliff.
These rites are explained by the traditional religion of the Torajas, called Aluk To Dolo, from which their ancestral animistic beliefs originate. To Dolo means "people who have gone away". This religion consists of a belief in ancestors, a complex mixture of cults, myths and ancestral rituals.
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En el país de los Toraja, la gente no entierra a sus muertos. Se suele cavar un gran agujero en un acantilado o una roca para colocar el ataúd. Si el fallecido es de sangre noble, se coloca en el acantilado una figura de madera de él o ella, llamada Tau Tau.
Estos ritos se explican por la religión tradicional de los torajas, llamada Aluk To Dolo, de la que proceden sus creencias animistas ancestrales. To Dolo significa "gente que se ha ido". Esta religión consiste en la creencia en los ancestros, una compleja mezcla de cultos, mitos y rituales ancestrales.
Beauty & the Beast
(...but which is which??)
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Featuring the Sofia Set (on Portia) @Pretty Deceased
Cuba, "Ever onward to victory"
The roads in Cuba are sown by large posters to the glory of Castroism. Accompanied by revolutionary slogans, that want to motivate Cubans to follow the right path. Fidel Castro has not created a cult of personality that would place him in sacred character. Heroes of Cuban independence are highlighted in detail by propaganda. And -myth in the myth- Che Guevara his fierce eyes and romantic beard, like a holy image.
Twelve Apostles, SW of Melbourne Australia.
It's a marketing myth that there are 12 rocks making up the Apostles; reality is, there are many more, and erosion is periodically changing the number. But regardless, from the air they are pretty spectacular. This promontory is not one of those rocks, but it's amongst them.
K-Pax | Man Of No Ego
youtu.be/THqSnekZZKU?si=kFJVFT03bGL6HsbM
But we have this hostility to the external world
Because of the superstition, the myth
The absolutely unfounded theory
That you yourself exist only inside your skin
Now I wanna propose another idea
You're not something that is the result of the Big Bang
Or the end of the process
You are still the process
You are the Big Bang
The original force of the Universe
Coming on as whoever you are
See when I meet you
I see not just what you define yourself as
This is so and so and this is so and so and this is so and so
I see everyone of you as the primordial energy of the Universe
Coming on at me in this particular way
And I know I'm that too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTFZVZTSA9E
They say dragons never truly die. No matter how many times you kill them.
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And I return!! Life has taken an awful covid-related turn and I needed a break, but now I feel recovered.
And finally got around to decorating my home a little with all these pretty decor items <3
credits. //
FEATURED:
what next - Bramley Rocking Chair
what next - Sunflowers Pitcher
Your Dreams - French Romance Deck - coffee pot
Trompe Loeil - Moosehead Lake Cabin Brown
BROKEN ARROWS - Tire Table - Coffee Stain - Black
LOVE - Hedera Vine Wall Covering
LOVE - Filler Bushes
LOVE - Wych Elm Tree
KAZZA - TimeRoomSet - mat
Apple Fall - Hartley Fencing (Wood)
TUFF - Nature Screen1 - Curved
Myth - Umbrella Stand
Wrought wall is a modified tarte screen
some cars are famous, some cars are legendary, and then there are those rare few that become mythical to us gear heads
copyright SB ImageWorks
Tucked away deep in Malindi, Kenya Marafa hells kitchen is truly a beauty to marvel at.
This geological formation is a series of sandstone cliffs and gorges that have been eroded by wind and rain over time, resulting in a unique and surreal landscape resembling the famous Grand Canyon in the US.
The colors of the rocks represent the compounds that form them. This includes Calcium for the white color, Iron for the red color, and Sulphur for the yellow color.
Marafa is approximately a 40-minute drive from Malindi and approximately a 3-hour drive from Mombasa.
One can reach this destination conveniently if they drive or hire a car since public transport to this place is extremely scarce.
This place is called'' hell's kitchen'' because temperatures tend to spike as high as 40 degrees celsius during the day, these are very hot temperatures so make sure to wear light and breathable clothing when visiting.
Years of erosion have resulted in this marvellous landscape so if you enjoy taking photos, then this is the ultimate paradise for you.
During sunsets and sunrise, the sun's rays hit these beautiful canyons resulting in a picturesque view of these orange and yellow colors.
There are quite several myths surrounding the formation of these rocks but the popular one states that a rich family was living in the area, the family had a barrage of livestock that yielded an enormous amount of milk daily.
This led to the family being spirited and proud to the point where they bathed and washed their clothes with milk and refused to share their abundant resources.
This made their god furious and he decided to bring heavy rain to the land causing it to crumble.
www.the-star.co.ke/sasa/travel/2023-03-28-lets-go-to-mara...
Funerary figures are often surrounded by myths that say they accompany and protect the souls of the deceased in the afterlife. These figures symbolize the belief in life after death and the idea that they help the dead survive in the other world and fulfill their tasks.
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Grabfiguren sind oft von Mythen umgeben, die besagen, dass sie die Seelen der Verstorbenen im Jenseits begleiten und beschützen. Diese Figuren symbolisieren den Glauben an
ein Leben nach dem Tod und die
Vorstellung, dass sie den Toten helfen, in der anderen Welt zu bestehen und ihre Aufgaben zu erfüllen.
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MYTHS IN EVERYDAY LIFE is the topic for October 19th – 25th 2024, Group Our Daily Challenge
This is a crop from the earlier post to make the Garudas more emphatic in the frame and in line with some earlier posts that just show case a similar theme from Thailand>
A strong row of Garudas hold centre stage on the outer wall of the Wat Pho temple in Bangkok
What is captivating is the long row of identical Garudas that stretch along the side of the temple. It is difficult to get a shot without a human being in the frame as the number of visitors thronging the area is enormous. I was lucky.
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Following a question from Lynne Berry (Photographic Queen of Steetley Pier fame) regarding the location of an opening scene from a recent TV series, it prompted Horace and I to take a look at said location in Mid Cornwall.
Whilst I bagged a couple of shots of this outcrop, Horace wondered off into the village of Roche armed with his notebook, (he is very good at short trotter) where he would keep his snout to the ground and leave no rasher unturned.
Totally out of character Horace walked into the Pub in Roche with his little notebook to source local knowledge regarding this ruined 15th century hermitage and the myth and mystery that surrounds it.
Horace gleamed that the ruined chapel on top of this outcrop was built around 1409 and dedicated to St Michael.
According to local folklore, a hermit and his daughter lived within the rocky structure, another story suggests the hermitage was occupied by some people who contracted leprosy and stayed here to avoid infecting others in the village.
Horace kept probing with his own journalistic style (mines a pint mate) to discover other tales, one being that Jan Tregeagle (Cornwall’s own Faust) a tortured sinner made a pact with the devil then tried to find refuge in the chapel when being chased by demons. (And people think I make things up).
It’s also said that doomed lovers Tristan and Isolde, from a medieval legend, hid here when their love had been discovered by Isolde’s husband, King Mark. It was at this point Horace looked at his empty glass and thought it is time to quit while he was able.
Once again I was very fortunate that whilst preparing to take this shot it poured down with rain, however as it started to clear this sky appeared and the rest is history.
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[j]ust as the myths still live on in ghostly life as fables after they have died as real meaning, so the old rhythmic consciousness of Nature (it should rather be called participation than a consciousness) lives on as the tradition of metrical form. We can only understand the origin of metre by going back to the ages when men were conscious, not merely in their heads, but in the beating of their hearts and the pulsing of their blood—when thinking was not merely of Nature, but was Nature herself.
-Owen Barfield, Poetic Diction, 157.