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London General route 11: Fulham Broadway, Fulham Town Hall - Liverpool Street Station.
Approaching Liverpool Street Station.
Check out the construction workers smiling towards me and the camera in realisation of what I am photographing. This added to my optimism of route 11 being given Borismasters. I was highly anticipating a nice ride, and other Borismasters that passed me on the route whilst en route Liverpool Street were surprisingly empty so that kind of confirmed to me that the buses would not be packed and horrible like route 24's first day of Borismasters. Note there is no hybrid sticker.
©London Bus Breh 2013.
After a long construction period (it seems), our new library has opened up! Not large in the big scheme of things, it is still however, a tiny jewel of a building in Calgary's downtown. On Tuesday, Calgarians voted on whether or not to pursue hosting the Olympics again, and sadly, vision, action, and optimism lost out to fear, timidity, and mediocrity... Enjoying the beauty of this place, which Calgarians would NEVER have approved had they been asked to in a vote, was a good tonic to the unfortunate decision regarding the Olympics...
...A ruined Pennine farm. Built from beautifully dressed stone, and carving some sort of living from what is very wild and marginal land. No services, no road access, and usually wild weather. That's optimism.
For me optimism is two lovers walking into the sunset arm in arm. Or maybe into the sunrise - whatever appeals to you.
Krzysztof Kieslowski
I could have watched the new season of Orange is the new Black today. I could have seen Kevin Spacey tear it up in House of Cards. Or I could have looked at cars on the internet.
Instead, I went outside and watched this.
I regret nothing.
The pessimist will probably view this photo and see a restless person who can't sleep or see the beginning of a brand new day. The optimist will probably view this photo and see the beginning of a brand new day or see a tired person going to get some sleep. How do you see it? Let me know by leaving a comment below.
Day 44 of 365.
"life is good" redux.
It's a progress report. I already posted a shot of this fine setup over a year ago and at the time I thought what was there was just a start and was going to get even better and it did. More slogans added to the effect that life is good and beach is all you need. What you see is only a part of the whole thing, there are more flags, more artificial palms, more everything . Basically it is a very localised , confined to a small garden , explosion of optimism.
Which reminded me an old silly joke:
pessimist: "it just can't get any worse!"
optimist: "Oh I am sure it can!"
anyway, apart from enjoying the scene I also thought wouldn't that be fun if I had a spare house next door to this one and lots of time on my hands and money to waste , to setup , merely as an art act , an alternative display "Life sucks"..
IT would be a fine selection of skulls, skeletons, black flags, posters "I wanna die" , "Life is hard but fortunately short", "No future" etc etc , maybe a few stuffed animals you know .
I recon that would be awesome duo.
But sadly I have no spare house next door , no money to waste and basically no spare time, so life basically sucks ..
as for the optimistic lot in this house I am sure they have this tune on repeat:
COCA-COLA ART GALLERY
The ‘Coca-Cola’ Remix Art Gallery is a collection of images that has been designed by leading artists and designers. They have all depicted their own interpretation of the "Coke Side of Life" philosophy. The work of the artists reflects various styles, personalities and cultures, and all designs have one thing in common: they are colourful explosions of energy, optimism and happiness.
Sometimes you shoot things that you just like. I don't know why, but the balance just appeals to something.
I like this.
The tie is one I collected from a Pfizer drug rep when Viagra first came out. For some strange reason, this hopeful guy is the only one I could get to wear it for me!
Our Thursday Photography Group had the theme of City Triptychs this week. These sculptures found around the city streets are NOT named as I have titled the triptych, but looking at them in the row I thought it matched their postures.
This Is an illustration based on a quote about optimism, could not find the author of the quote so if anyone knows please give us a shout!
The illustration should hopefully be included in a self published book with all the proceeds going to support those in need. Those are the only details I know, more news soon..
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This Optimist Dinghy sailboat was part of a children's sailing lesson fleet which sailed out of Falmouth Harbor to practice drills in Nantucket Sound.
This happy little carved head adorns a gateway on Taquile Island, in Lake Titicaca Peru. We could all do with some of his take on life, eh?
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This clothesline speaks a lot to me -- cheery, innocent optimism held up against a Cuban world that might not be seen in such light.
COCA-COLA SIDE OF LIFE ART REMIX
Since its early days, Coca-Cola has played an eminent role in the visual culture of several generations.
By continually challenging artists and agencies to create images for its wide range of communication, Coca-Cola also functioned as a catalyst for creative expressions, right ideas at the right time…
The original Coca-Cola illustrations were drawn by masters as Haddon Sundblom or Gil Elvgren with their loving, magical touch. Some of the early Coke images are playful, romantic, cartoony, imaginative; others are trendy and stylized but they are always signs of their times.
The concept of the Remix project is simple. Every selected artist makes a “Coke Side of Life” Remix of historic Coca-Cola visuals and creates a new visual inspired by the brand and its soul, a thematic interpretation.
THE REMIX ARTISTS
013a, Romania, Europe * Adhemas, Brazil, South America * Büro Destruct, Swiss, Europe * CaosCC, Spain, Europe * Creative XL, India, Asia * DJ Spinbalon, Venezuale, South America * Extraverage / Drezign, Hungary, Europe * Fung Wee Lim, Canada, North America * Idokungfoo, Japan, Asia * Imny, USA, North America * Pixecute, Indonesia, Asia * Rex, South Africa, Africa * Serge Mienandi, Senegal, Africa * The Designers Republic, UK, Europe * Vault 49, USA, North America
PROJECT TEAM COCA-COLA
Peter Schelstraete, Global Brand Manager
Craig * Christenson, Senior Brand Manager * Marc Mathieu, Senior Vice-President Global Brand Marketing & Creative Excellence * Special Thanks to Phil Mooney, Ted Ryan & Jamal Booker, Collections Development/Archives Department
PROJECT TEAM ROCKANDROLL AGENCY
Wouter De Coster, Creative Director * Jean-Philippe Noterman, Managing Director * Fred Feyfer, Art Director * Contact: info@rockandrollagency.com
ABOUT ROCKANDROLL AGENCY
RockAndRoll Agency (RRA) is a full-cycle communication agency offering marketing services, strategic development and art direction. RRA was founded in 2003 in Brussels by Jean-Philippe Noterman and Wouter De Coster.
Jean-Philippe studied philosophy/anthropology, Wouter has a background as fashion designer. Before starting RRA, they worked together for 5 years in the publishing and communication business. Their work has earned them a lot of industry recognition.
RockAndRoll Agency has worked for clients as various as The Coca-Cola Group, Procter & Gamble, Motorola, W Hotels, Levi’s, Tommy Hilfiger, Fratini Group, Schott NYC, Pepe Jeans London, Nokia, Colombus Communications…
For the Coke Side of Life Remix Art Gallery, RockAndRoll Agency creatively managed 15 artists/agencies/collectives from around the world.
Blog: www.coca-cola-art.com
Coca-Cola Art Website: www.coke-art.com
YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/cocacola86artgallery
Johnburg.The Hundred of Oladdie was proclaimed in 1876 and wheat growers started to move into this semi desert area soon after. Three years later in 1879 the town of Johnburg was surveyed with 144 town blocks. What optimism! Few blocks were ever sold and even fewer were ever built upon but nevertheless a small town did develop. Another further 30 kilometres northwards another town developed named Belton so perhaps the Johnburg farmers were less marginal than some. But this was a long way beyond Goyder’s Line. According to Goyder, and the government ignored him on this, these areas were not suitable for farming only pastoralism. Higher than average rainfalls in the late 1870s would not continue and Goyder was correct. Drought returned in the early 1880s yet the town developed and farmers attempted to grow crops here for another 20 to 30 years in association with some sheep grazing as well. Today Johnburg is very much a ghost town with only a handful of permanent residents and a couple of occasional weekend residents.
Johnburg was a government town and it was named after Captain John Jervois the son of the South Australian Governor. Even before the first town blocks were sold in 1879 a general store had opened at this junction of five roads. The Wesleyan Methodists moved into the town early and services were held from 1882, probably in the hotel. Their first church was built in 1889. Also in that year the impressive stone Johnburg Hotel was built ready to cash in on the travellers going further out to Belton and Brendleby settlements. The nearest town to Johnburg was Carrieton across the Oladdie Ranges. A Post Office and blacksmith opened in the town to complement the general store. A saddler also opened for business. The settlers needed a school for their children and a weatherboard temporary school was erected in 1891 with a teacher. Just a few years later enrolment was high enough to warrant a fine Gothic style stone school with attached residence for the headmaster. It opened in 1897 with the highest enrolment recorded in 1899 when 85 children attended this school. Amazingly it remained open as a school until 1967. Today it is a quite well maintained private residence with a lush green lawn. The public hall, a galvanised iron structure is still standing at the crossroads in the town but looks little used, if at all. Until recent decades it was used for all state and federal elections as a polling place. Almost next to it is the former stone Methodist Church. The first Methodist church was demolished mainly by white ants and then it replaced by this stone building in 1924. A local farmer Carl Hombsch donated the land and so fittingly his name is on the foundation stone and he along with four other local men became the trustees of the land and church. With the formation of the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977 this church closed and was sold as a private weekender residence. The Methodist Church in Johnburg also had a manse and that stands behind the old store and post office. It was sold in 1924 to the storekeeper to raise funds for the stone church. In that same year the storekeeper Robert Gibb built a new stone store in front of the old Methodist manse. The Gibb family were farmers around Johnburg for around 100 years and one branch or other of the Gibb family ran the Post Office, telephone office and general store from 1900 until it closed in 1966. A sign outside the former store says population of Johnburg two. It is probably more like seven. It is not clear when the hotel closed but it was certainly closed by 1948. Only the ghosts remain in this sadly crumbling and vandalised ruin today.
This design was my entry to Spoonflower Optimism Challenge with limited colour palette. Hope you like it :) x
“Our brains aren’t just shaped by the past. They are constantly being shaped by our future.”
80% of people describe themselves as optimists. Our brains are wired to see the bright side. Tali Sharot’s TED talk on our collective bias toward optimism went online.
“We are more optimistic than realistic, but we are oblivious to the fact. Take marriage for example. In the Western world, divorce rates are about 40%. But when you ask newlyweds about their own likelihood of divorce, they estimate it at zero percent. Even divorce lawyers. Optimists are not less likely to divorce, but they are more likely to remarry. In the words of Samuel Johnson, “Remarriage is the triumph of hope over experience.”
Some say ‘Happiness correlates with low expectations.’
It’s a good theory, but it turns out to be wrong for three reasons:
1) Whatever happens, whether you succeed or you fail, people with high expectations always feel better, because how we feel — when we get dumped or we win employee of the month — depends on how we interpret that event.
2) Regardless of outcome, anticipation makes us happy.
3) Optimism changes subjective and objective reality. Optimism leads to success. If we expect the future to be bright, stress and anxiety are reduced.”