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I never fail to amaze myself with the pathos I endow upon a simple discarded chair. These types are the worst, I can't help myself, I think of all the stories, all the conversations, all the love, hate, anger and joy that these things have seen and how in the end we stick em out in the rain hoping that someone with remove them from our sights now we have no more use for them.
Pentacon Six TL | Carl Zeiss Jena Biometar 80/2.8 | Fuji Neopan 400 | Rodinal (1+25)
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I spend a day at the Monterey Bay Aquarium with my family not too long ago. It was hard to tell who was more excited by all the sea life, my 10 month-old daughter or me. I suppose the wide-eyed stares of wonder are more socially acceptable on the face of a baby, but whateva. I was especially fascinated by the jellyfish exhibit … these strange creatures float about with a slow grace in an abstract vastness. Their fragile, see through bodies hold a certain menacing poise that force you to observe with reverence. They are intoxicating to watch.
It was only until recently when I was going through my pictures that I felt compelled to create a collection of photos that would accentuate their strange fluid existence. That is how this project began and rather than posting them intermittently, I will post the whole collection over the next few weeks; one new piece every Monday and Thursday.
Sit back, relax and let your imagination loose for a while. I hope you enjoy*.
* The Abstract Jelly collection is best viewed while listening to ambient music and enjoying your favorite drink. =)
Hanging basket with Pathos in it. There is a bird’s nest in there. Every year they come and build their nest even with Moby our cat and Shady Sadie who thinks she’s a hunting hound.
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Piazza del Campidoglio, 8 settembre 2007, ore 24.00
Segna la mezzanotte il suggestivo concerto di Franco Battiato che propone il suo repertorio ricco di pathos e di emozioni. Sul palco il Maestro sarà accompagnato dall’ormai inseparabile poeta e filosofo Manlio Sgalambro, da Carlo Guaitoli al piano, da Angelo Privitera alle tastiere e da tre gruppi che si alterneranno: le MAB, band femminile di origine sarda, il trio rock degli FSC ed il quartetto d’archi del Nuovo Quartetto Italiano.
Evento promosso da: Regione Lazio - Assessorato al Turismo
ph. Valentina Cinelli, www.rivistaonline.com
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E' stato un onore poter stare sotto al palco a fotografare colui che io considero un "maestro". Franco Battiato è considerato uno dei più significativi autori di musica ed intellettuali italiani.
Combattuta fra il desiderio di fare cronaca e quello di ascoltare nuovamene i suoi testi, accompagati dalla sua gestualità pacata e teatrale, le immagini che pubblico di seguito è tutto ciò che sono riuscita a registrare della serata.
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Ringrazio:
D. per il pass ricevuto;
M. per avermi invitata ad andare con lei;
L. per avermi fatto da scudo umano nella calca.
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Another portrait from the nomad/shepherd community. The mother did not cooperate at all and kept asking for more and more money...shows what increasing tourism can do.
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Andreas Papandreou Airbase , Pathos International Airport Cyprus 08-11-2019
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I recently found out that my camera has a monochrome setting and I have been going mono-happy. I took my new found affinity for a whirl at the Saratoga Hakone Gardens with the intent to see if photos look as cool in black and white as they do in color. Yup, they do. =)
Strobist: One SB910 left behind subject, aiming on chest for muscles, one SB910 with silver umbrella (mounted reflecting the light) to fill up the gaps in the daylight. Used a Honeywell Industrial Ventilator as a windmachine, connected to a camping generator.
Tried to create some imagery with ancient greek iconography, but incorporated in contemporary switzerland (yes, that's how it looks everywhere here)
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Andreas Papandreou Airbase , Pathos International Airport Cyprus 08-11-2019
Influenced by the work of the master of the Hakendover Altarpiece and later by the paintings of Rogier van der Weyden, a typical Brussels sculpture emerged. Characteristic are figures with complex draperies and an internalised pathos. This form of sculpture also influenced the altarpieces.
Royal Museums for Art and History, Brussels.
Website of the museum: www.kmkg-mrah.be/welcome-art-history-museum
The story about the Brabant alterpieces starts here: www.flickr.com/photos/38700906@N02/51849732193/in/datepos...
Scene from a Passion retable – Sepulture of Christ - Brabant - Brussels - circa 1460-1470 - polychromed oak
Onder invloed van het werk van de meester van het retabel van Hakendover en later van de schilderijen van Rogier van der Weyden, ontstaat een typisch Brusselse beeldhouwkunst. Kenmerkend zijn figuren met complexe draperieën en een verinnerlijkt pathos. Die vorm van beeldhouwkunst beïnvloedde ook de retabelmakers.
Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis, Brussel
Website van het museum: www.kmkg-mrah.be/nl/welkom-het-museum-kunst-geschiedenis
Het verhaal over de Brabantse retabels start hier: www.flickr.com/photos/38700906@N02/51849732193/in/datepos...
Tafereel uit een passieretabel – De graflegging van Christus – Brabant – Brussel – rond 1460-1470 – gepolychromeerd eikenhout
Influencée par l'œuvre du maître du retable d'Hakendover et plus tard par les peintures de Rogier van der Weyden, une sculpture typiquement bruxelloise a vu le jour. Les personnages aux draperies complexes et au pathos intériorisé sont caractéristiques. Cette forme de sculpture a également influencé les retables.
Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Bruxelles.
Site web du musée: www.kmkg-mrah.be/fr/bienvenue-au-mus%C3%A9e-art-histoire
L’histoire sur les retables brabançons, commençe ici: www.flickr.com/photos/38700906@N02/51849732193/in/datepos...
Scène d'un tableau de la Passion - la mise au tombeau du Christ - Brabant - Bruxelles - vers 1460-1470 - chêne polychromé
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Last night's sunset was just awesome. I rushed out of my house and ran down the street waving my camera in the air like a mad man looking for the right angle to catch the fleeting light. In my haste I forgot to bring my tripod and change out my portrait lens but I managed to get a nice picture anyway. The colors in the sky were changing so fast; within a few seconds this same cloud system was dressed down to simple white and blue. I don't know what is going on lately, but the sunsets have been getting more and more beautiful. Yay, 2012!
The torment of Marsyas illustrates the taste for pathos in Hellenistic art. Marsyas was a silenus, or companion of Dionysos; a celebrated pipe-player, he boasted that he was a better musician than Apollo. Beaten in a musical contest with the god, Marsyas was condemned to be flayed alive by a Scythian slave. Suspended from the trunk of a tree, he awaits his terrible punishment. The scene is based on an original Hellentistic group from the late third century BC.
A silenus in torment
This large statue portrays a silenus, a member of Dionysos's retinue, whose animal nature is indicated by his pointed ears, wild mane of hair and tail emerging from the small of his back. His arms, lashed to a tree trunk at the wrists, bear the weight of his body, which is stretched and pulled, elongating the stomach and causing the ribs to stick out. The silenus's aged face is taut - racked with fear and pain.
The punishment of Marsyas
The statue is clearly a depiction of the torment of Marsyas. After learning to play a flute discarded by the goddess Athena, Marysas arrogantly challenged Apollo to a musical contest. The Muses declared Apollo the victor, and the god punished Marysas for his pride (or hubris) by condemning him to be flayed alive by a Scythian slave.
A number of copies and reliefs attest to the existence and popularity of the original statuary group depicting the legend. Thanks to these, the original composition may be reconstructed as follows: Marsyas, hanging from the tree, would have been flanked on the left by a crouching slave, sharpening his knife and raising his head towards the silenus, who returns his gaze. The figure of Apollo was probably standing to the right.
Pathétique pergaménien
The work is a Roman copy of a Hellenistic original created at Pergamon in Asia Minor, in the second half of the third century BC. The legend of Marsyas was a favorite subject among artists as early as the fifth century BC, as seen in the early sculptural group by Myron, represented in the Louvre by a figure of Athena (inventory number Ma 2208). The Myron group illustrates the preceding episode in the story, namely the musical contest and its tragic ending. Here, the Hellenistic artist has chosen to represent the instant before punishment - the moment when victim and torturer exchange one last look, and the tension is at its peak.
This dramatic atmosphere corresponds perfectly to the Pergamene school's taste for pathos. The subject is a pretext for a study of the face and the human body; the theatricality and emotionality of the scene are heightened by the play of light across the uneven surfaces of Marsyas's body, distorted by pain.
This statue is also a formidable counterpoint to the history of Greek sculptural experimentation. From the frontal static pose of the early kouroi, to the contrapposto of the fifth century BC, Greek sculptors sought to place the human body upright, and to study the resulting musculature. Here, by depicting a suspended body, the sculptor has freed Marsyas from the weight of his own body and circumvented the problem of contrapposto. The statue represents an entirely new approach to the representation of the male nude: no longer a study of musculature and human strength in action, but an exploration of heightened muscular tension as a result of external duress.
Bibliography
Borbein (A. H.), "Die Statue des hängenden Marsyas", in Verlag des Kunstgeschichtlichen seminars, Hans Herter zum 75. Geburtstag, 1974, p. 37-52, fig. 9-12
Weis (A.), The Hanging Marsyas and its copies, Rome, 1992, p. 185-187, n 32, fig. 17, 19 et 32
Sismondo-Ridgway (B.), Hellenistic Sculpture, t. II, The University of Wisconsin Press, 2000, pp. 283-285
Tribute to Hollywood actress Barbara Nichols, painted on the 25th anniversary of her passing, 5 October 2001. Born in Queen's, New York, and a voluptuous blonde sex symbol of the 1950s, she was an actress adept at roles of comedy and pathos; sadly succumbing to a liver disease in her 40s.
On screen from 1956 to 1975.
Oil on canvas, 16 x 12in
Italia Lombardia Milano "mercato dei Navigli" umanità persone donne sguardi intensità
Italy Lombardy Milan "Naviglio River: street market" humanity people women stares pathos
St Paul Healing the Cripple at Lystra, Karel Dujardin, 1663
olieverf op doek, h 179cm × w 139cm × d 9cm. More details
Dujardin not only painted landscapes with Italian flair, but also large history paintings inspired by Italian examples. Here, the Apostle Paul towers above a group of sick people. When he heals a crippled man in the name of the Christian god, the onlookers take him to be the heathen god Mercury. Dujardin understood the art of using figural gestures to enhance the pathos and drama of a scene.
Rijks Museum - National Museum of Netherlands
Vision:
The Rijksmuseum links individuals with art and history.
Mission:
At the Rijksmuseum, art and history take on new meaning for a broad-based, contemporary national and international audience.
As a national institute, the Rijksmuseum offers a representative overview of Dutch art and history from the Middle Ages onwards, and of major aspects of European and Asian art.
The Rijksmuseum keeps, manages, conserves, restores, researches, prepares, collects, publishes, and presents artistic and historical objects, both on its own premises and elsewhere.
From 1800 to 2013
The Rijksmuseum first opened its doors in 1800 under the name ‘Nationale Kunstgalerij’. At the time, it was housed in Huis ten Bosch in The Hague. The collection mainly comprised paintings and historical objects. In 1808, the museum moved to the new capital city of Amsterdam, where it was based in the Royal Palace on Dam Square.
After King Willem I’s accession to the throne, the paintings and national print collection were moved to the Trippenhuis on Kloveniersburgwal, while the other objects were returned to The Hague. The current building was put into use in 1885. The Netherlands Museum for History and Art based in The Hague moved into the same premises, forming what would later become the departments of Dutch History and Sculpture & Applied Art.
The beginning
On 19 November 1798, more than three years after the birth of the Batavian Republic, the government decided to honour a suggestion put forward by Isaac Gogel by following the French example of setting up a national museum. The museum initially housed the remains of the viceregal collections and a variety of objects originating from state institutions. When the Nationale Kunstgalerij first opened its doors on 31 May 1800, it had more than 200 paintings and historical objects on display. In the years that followed, Gogel and the first director, C.S. Roos, made countless acquisitions. Their first purchase, The Swan by Jan Asselijn, cost 100 Dutch guilders and is still one of the Rijksmuseum’s top pieces.
Move to Amsterdam
In 1808, the new King Louis Napoleon ordered the collections to be moved to Amsterdam, which was to be made the capital of the Kingdom of Holland. The works of art and objects were taken to the Royal Palace on Dam Square, the former city hall of Amsterdam, where they were united with the city’s foremost paintings, including the Night Watch by Rembrandt. In 1809, the Koninklijk Museum opened its doors on the top floor of the palace.
A few years after Willem I returned to the Netherlands as the new king in 1813, the ‘Rijks Museum’ and the national print collection from The Hague relocated to the Trippenhuis, a 17th-century town-palace on Kloveniersburgwal, home to what would later become the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Much to the regret of the director, Cornelis Apostool, in 1820 many objects including pieces of great historical interest were assigned to the Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden [Royal Gallery of Rare Objects], which had been founded in The Hague. In 1838, a separate museum for modern 19th-century art was established in Paviljoen Welgelegen in Haarlem. Contrary to the days of Louis Napoleon, very few large acquisitions were made during this period.
Cuypers Cathedral
The Trippenhuis proved unsuitable as a museum. Furthermore, many people thought it time to establish a dedicated national museum building in the Netherlands. Work on a new building did not commence until 1876, after many years of debate. The architect, Pierre Cuypers, had drawn up a historic design for the Rijksmuseum, which combined the Gothic and the Renaissance styles. The design was not generally well-received; people considered it too mediaeval and not Dutch enough. The official opening took place in 1885.
Nearly all the older paintings belonging to the City of Amsterdam were hung in the Rijksmuseum alongside paintings and prints from the Trippenhuis, including paintings such as Rembrandt’s Jewish Bride, which had been bequeathed to the city by the banker A. van der Hoop. The collection of 19th-century art from Haarlem was also added to the museum’s collection. Finally, a significant part of the Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden, which had by then been incorporated into the new Netherlands Museum for History and Art, was returned to Amsterdam.
Renovations
Over the years, collections continued to grow and museum insight continued to expand, and so the Rijksmuseum building underwent many changes. Rooms were added to the south-west side of the building between 1904 and 1916 (now the Philips wing) to house the collection of 19th-century paintings donated to the museum by Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser. In the 1950s and 1960s, the two original courtyards were covered and renovated to create more rooms.
In 1927, while Schmidt-Degener was Managing Director, the Netherlands Museum was split to form the departments of Dutch History and Sculpture & Applied Art. These departments were moved to separate parts of the building after 1945. The arrival of a collection donated by the Association of Friends of Asian Art in the 1950s resulted in the creation of the Asian Art department.
The 1970s saw record numbers of visitors of almost one-and-a-half million per year, and the building gradually started to fall short of modern requirements.
‘Verder met Cuypers'
The current renovation reinstates the original Cuypers structure. The building work in the courtyards are removed. Paintings, applied art and history are no longer displayed in separate parts of the building, but form a single chronological circuit that tells the story of Dutch art and history.
The building is thoroughly modernized, while at the same time restoring more of Cuypers original interior designs: the Rijksmuseum has dubbed the venture ‘Verder met Cuypers‘ [Continuing with Cuypers]. The Rijksmuseum will be a dazzling new museum able to satisfy the needs of its 21st-century visitors!
Every year, the Rijksmuseum compiles an annual report for the previous year. Annual reports dating back to 1998 can be found here (in Dutch only). Reports relating to the years before 1998 are available in the reading room of the library.
O Museu Rijks é um dos maiores e mais importantes museus da Europa.É o maior dos Países Baixos, com acervo voltado quase todo aos artistas holandeses. As obras vão desde exemplares da arte sacra até a era dourada holandesa, além de uma substancial coleção de arte asiática.
Esse é o Rijksmuseum, o Museu Nacional dos Países Baixos. E aproveite, caro leitor, porque o Rijks esteve parcialmente fechado para reforma durante 10 anos – voltou a funcionar só em 2013. Ou seja, quem esteve em Amsterdam na última década não conheceu o Rijks, pelo menos não completamente.
Mas o quê tem lá? Muita coisa. Destaque para as coleções de arte e História holandesas. Os trabalhos dos pintores Frans Hals e Johannes Vermeer são alguns dos mais concorridos, mas imbatível mesmo é Rembrandt van Rijn, considerado um dos maiores pintores de todos os tempos. Se você não é um fã de museus de arte, mas faz questão de conhecer o trabalho desses grandes artistas, uma dica: assim que chegar ao Rijks, vá direto para a ala onde estão as obras-primas. Assim você vê o mais importante no início da visita, quando ainda está descansado e poderá dedicar o tempo necessário para essas obras.
A mais famosa delas é a “A Ronda Noturna”, de Rembrandt, uma obra que inspirou músicas, pinturas, filmes e até um flash mob. Quando o Rijks foi reaberto, artistas recriam a cena mostrada no quadro dentro de um shopping de Amsterdam. A ação está no vídeo abaixo e eu te garanto que vale a pena dar play.
Read more: www.360meridianos.com/2014/01/museus-de-amsterdam.html#ix...
Read more: www.360meridianos.com/2014/01/museus-de-amsterdam.html#ix...
Rijksmuseum, Museu Nacional
42 Stadhouderskade
Amsterdam
O museu Rijksmuseum de Amsterdã é o Museu Nacional da Holanda, onde você encontrará uma impressionante coleção permanente, formada por 5.000 pinturas e 30.000 obras de arte, além de 17.000 objetos históricos.
Esse museu nacional foi fundado em 1885 e está instalado em um edifício de estilo neogótico. A sua principal atração é a extensa coleção de quadros pintados por artistas holandeses, abrangendo um período que vai do séc. XV aos dias de hoje. A obra de arte mais famosa em exibição é o quadro A Ronda Noturna, de Rembrandt.
O museu Rijksmuseum está dividido em cinco departamentos: pintura, escultura, arte aplicada, arte oriental, história dos Países Baixos e gravuras. O núcleo da coleção é a pintura e suas obras mais representativas são as que pertencem ao Século de Ouro holandês, com quadros de artistas como Rembrandt, Vermeer ou Frans Hals.
Ver fonte: dreamguides.edreams.pt/holanda/amsterda/rijksmuseum
Museu Rijks, Amesterdão
O Museu Rijks (Museu Nacional) é um edifício histórico, sendo o maior museu nos Países Baixos. O Museu é o maior no numero relativamente às suas colecções, na área do edifício em si, no financiamento e no numero de funcionários empregados.
Cada ano, mais de um milhão de pessoas visitam o Museu Rijks. O Museu emprega cerca de 400 pessoas, incluindo 45 conservadores de museu que são especializados em todas as áreas.
O Museu Rijks é internacionalmente reconhecido pelas suas exibições e publicações, mas não só apenas por estes produtos de grande qualidade, mas também pelas áreas no museu em si que são fonte de inspiração e encorajam a criação de novas ideias.
O museu também tem recursos consideráveis para a educação, para a decoração e apresentação de exibições. Importantes designers são regularmente chamados a trabalharem em projectos no Museu Rijks.
O edifício principal do Museu Rijks está a ser renovado. A boa noticia é que a melhor parte da exposição está apresentada na redesenhada ala Philips. O nome desta exposição denomina-se "The Masterpieces'.
O museu abre diariamente das 10 da manhã até ás 5 da tarde.
A entrada é pela Stadhouderskade 42.
Rijksmuseum
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O Rijksmuseum é um museu nacional dos Países Baixos, localizada em Amsterdão na Praça do museu. O Rijksmuseum é dedicado à artes e história. Ele tem uma larga coleção de pinturas da idade de ouro neerlandesa e uma substancial coleção de arte asiática.
O museu foi fundado em 1800 na cidade da Haia para exibir a coleção do primeiro-ministro. Foi inspirado no exemplo francês. Pelos neerlandeses ficou conhecida como Galeria de Arte. Em 1808 o museu mudou-se para Amsterdã pelas ordens do rei Louis Napoleón, irmão de Napoleão Bonaparte. As pinturas daquela cidade, como A Ronda Nocturna de Rembrandt, tornaram-se parte da coleção.
Em 1885 o museu mudou-se para sua localização atual, construído pelo arquiteto neerlandês Pierre Cuypers. Ele combinou elementos góticos e renascentistas. O museu tem um posição proeminente na Praça do Museu, próximo ao Museu van Gogh e ao Museu Stedelijk. A construção é ricamente decorada com referências da história da arte neerlandesa. A Ronda Nocturna de Rembrandt tem seu próprio corredor no museu desde 1906. Desde 2003 o museu sofreu restaurações, mas as obras-primas são constatemente presentes para o público.
A coleção de pinturas inclui trabalhos de artistas como Jacob van Ruysdael, Frans Hals, Johannes Vermeer e Rembrandt e de alunos de Rembrandt.
Em 2005, 95% do museu está fechado para renovação, mas as pinturas da coleção permanente ainda estão em mostra em uma exibição especial chamada As Obras-primas.
Algumas das pinturas do museu:
Rembrandt van Rijn
A Ronda Nocturna
Os síndicos da guilda dos fabricantes de tecidos
A noiva judia
A lição de Anatomia do Dr. Deyman
Pedro negando Cristo
Saskia com um véu
Retrato de Titus em hábito de monge
Auto-retrato como Apóstolo Paulo
Tobias, Ana e o Bode
Johannes Vermeer:
A Leiteira
A Carta de Amor
Mulher de Azul a ler uma carta
A Rua pequena
Frans Hals:
Retrato de um jovem casal
A Companhia Reynier Real
O bebedor alegre
Retrato de Lucas De Clercq
Retrato de Nicolaes Hasselaer
Retrato de um homem
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Virtual Collection of Masterpieces (VCM)
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Se você visitar Amsterdam, precisará conhecer o Museu Nacional da Holanda: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. O Museu Nacional fica na Praça do Museu, situada no centro de Amsterdam. O Museu Nacional, ou Rijksmuseum, possui uma maravilhosa coleção de arte e história holandesas. Após uma visita ao Rijksmuseum, você saberá mais sobre história e arte e terá visto alguns dos maiores marcos culturais da Holanda.
Obras-primas do Museu Nacional
Ao todo, a coleção do Rijksmuseum apresenta a história da Holanda em um contexto internacional, desde 1.100 até o presente. Há alguns ícones da história e cultura da Holanda que você não pode perder:
Ronda Noturna (de Nachtwacht) de Rembrandt é uma das mais famosas obras desse mestre holandês e é de tirar o fôlego.
O Rijksmuseum tem uma das melhores coleções de pinturas dos grandes mestres do século XVII, como Frans Hals, Jan Steen, Vermeer e Rembrandt.
Assim como o Museu Histórico de Haia, o Rijksmuseum apresenta lindas casas de bonecas, mobiliadas em detalhes, datando de 1676.
Se você não puder ir ao Delft Real, pode ainda apreciar algumas das melhores cerâmicas de Delft, de conjuntos de chá a vasos, no Museu Nacional.
Museu que é visita obrigatória em Amsterdam
Quer sua estadia em Amsterdam seja breve ou longa, você deve visitar o Rijksmuseum. Chegue cedo para evitar enfrentar filas. Combine a visita ao Rijksmuseum com várias outras atrações próximas, como o Museu Van Gogh, o Museu Stedelijk Amsterdam e a Coster Diamonds
Para obter mais informações sobre Amsterdam, retorne à página sobre Amsterdam ou à página sobre os museus de Amsterdam.
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These are 10 random things about me:
1. I am Australian, 68 years young, and presently living in the Philippines. It is a beautiful country and I live at Ibabao, Cuenca, Batangas. It is very rural here, clean air, and lots of beautiful walks to do. It is also where I capture most of my flowers. I feel extremely blessed to be here at this time.
2. Flickr has become an incredibly enjoyable part of my life. I enjoy seeing other photostreams here, what my Flickr Contacts are up to and commenting is a favourite part of my journey here. There are some very special friends I have made on Flickr who are doing it really tough at present. Rosey and I ask that God bless these wonderful friends of ours and that His Healing will be on their bodies and souls now and for ever more and give them the strength, love, health and wisdom they need. And we also ask that God bless all our other friends here on Flickr too!!!!
3. Photography is a wonderful way to capture and express what I see as this beautiful world created by God for our enjoyment, especially the many flowers that are here and the people who make up this little community we live in and share.
4. God plays a very important part in my life. He answers prayers, has performed miracles in my life and being able to freely pray to Him is awesome. I feel sorry for the oppressed nations that cannot worship God for whatever reason. I have had some tough experiences in my life and with God's love and understanding, I have conquered them with His help. Each time a challenge comes along, it is a stepping stone for me to a bigger and better world, done with God's love and help!!!!
5. Rosey, my beautiful wife of nearly 4 years resides here with me. We met over the internet, I was in Australia, she was in Hong Kong. We do most things together, walk morning and evening. We sit side by side at our computers, she doing Facebook (Country Life, Farmville, Cooking, Fishville) while I download/edit my pics for Flickr and sort my pics up into different albums so I can access my pictures readily.
6. I have made many wonderful friends here on Flickr and the standard of photography here is absolutely awesome. Some of my friends are expressing their feelings through their photography. Some of these pics are simply stunning and awesome, all rolled into one, their own expressions of their very being, displayed for all to see, sometimes with raw emotion, other times great happiness, and I enjoy seeing/commenting on their pics; some are telling their 365 story and what a privilege to be invited along for the ride; sometimes this ride is full of fun, and sometimes it is full of pathos; thank you for having the courage to expose a part of your soul for me to witness; and all other contributions too.
7. Nature came into my life when I was around 22 years old. That represented God's love for this planet. His awesome creation did then, and still does, holds me in absolute awe of what He has created and this Creation is reflected in other photographers' contributions on Flickr.
8. My dear Mum celebrated being 100 years young last year at Claremont, Tasmania, Australia and I was lucky enough to be present and celebrate with her and my other brothers and sister and other family members and friends. What a momentous milestone and achievement for my Mum and a wonderful day was had by all. The highlight was receiving a card from the Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II!!!!
9. Jesus came into my life when I pledged my life to Him 7 or so years ago now. I was baptised at Tin Can Bay in Queensland, Australia, in the sea and that was incredible. What joy to receive Christ in this way and pledge my love to Him. Praying has become a daily routine of mine. We celebrate Bible Study every night of the week in our household and pray for those in need of healing or help.
10. I married my beautiful wife, Rosey, on the shores of Tin Can Bay in Queensland in 2006. Our 4th Wedding Anniversary is coming up soon. We are both dedicated Christians, we attend Victory Church in Lipa City, Batangas Province, Philippines, and this is a very forward-thinking church, English service. We are both on the ushering team.
Thank you all for taking the time to read these. I am enjoying Flickr very much, the wonderful friends I have made here, and learning more and amore about others through their photography and their letters to me. We are on individual journeys and some of our journeys are hazardous and some are not. "Floating free in the river of God" is a good expression Rosey and I often use, that when the going gets really tough, pray to God and allow Him to work the miracles in our lives, rather than us endeavouring to solve our problems. This is what I have learned ..............................
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Have you ever noticed this quaint little church in the San Francisco’s SOMA district? It is close to the Metreon and seems completely out of place amidst all the office buildings, but there is something proud and charming about the way it seems to stand unperturbed by the urban environment around it. It was a cold winter day when my brother and I popped in for a look and were shocked at how large it is inside. It felt like a little sanctuary in the middle of a bustling city.