persistence photos on Flickr

(Mr. Chimera worked directly with Dali Museum founder Reynolds Morse, as the publicity director of the original Dali Museum when it was located in Beachwood, Ohio.

Eureka! Your Salvador Dali Society, Inc. blogger has suddenly come up with an entirely new interpretation of Dali’s iconic and immortal “soft watch!” This is a historical moment, so hold onto your surreal seats, dear readers, as I don’t know – as a Dali historian and writer, who’s studied the artist’s work and life for more than 45 years – if this interpretation has ever quite been stated before:

The dripping, melting watch suggest that time is running out!

Like an ice cube, let’s say, that drips, drips, drips to oblivion, so too does the reality of life mean that, with every ticking second, time is running out. Life is running out. Our time here is finite, short, precious, ever-changing, ever-shortening!

And, of course, interpretation gets supplanted by fact when we consider this: Salvador Dali’s soft watch motif has made for not only his most universally famous painting, “The Persistence of Memory” of 1931, but also arguably the single most famous work of art of the entire 20th century.

So here, a single watch, flopped over a tree branch…dripping…melting…forms the basis for one of Salvador Dali’s most important sculptural pieces. DaVinci had his Mona Lisa. Warhol had his soup cans. Dali – his remarkable watches. Said Dali: Hard or soft, the principal thing is that the watch gives the exact time.”

Astonishing fact: Dali didn’t wear a watch. Not only did he not need to know himself what time it was – he had others to depend on for that – but it may be entirely true that he didn’t quite know how to tell time! Just as he had no real concept of what a particular denomination of money was worth.

Such is the unique life of geniuses.

"persistence of memory", a bronze sculpture by surrealist salvador dali - 429 views by Norland Domingo Cruz

part of "vision of a genius".......an art exhibit of dali's bronze sculptures and paintings at the time warner center in new york city.......going on until april 30, 2011........

Persistence of Vision by EdFladung

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Brooklyn, NY

[Ninpo Ikkan] Persistence by Quike Garcia

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CTM2019-Persistence by CTM Festival

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#persistence #persistenceiskey #persistencepaysoff #motivation #inspiration #fitness #nevergiveup #weightloss #determination #hardwork #health #love #crossfit #discipline #exercise #fitlife #nolimits #passion #success #weightlossjourney #workout #strongis by Bambang Widjaja

Persistence of Vision w/ Arduino, take 2 by Adam Greig

6 LEDs setup like this: flickr.com/photos/randomskk/2158769361/

They flash on and off at high speed, so when waved about produce a message.

This new version has a little switch on the breadboard, when pressed it flashes the message once. This allows me to just have the message go by on the correct swing direction, and also makes it a LOT easier to get a good photograph.

I'm looking at using an accelerometer to do the same, but it would be able to automatically detect direction and speed and hopefully compensate to get a 'perfect' display.

persistence... by MrT California

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Each of us has events and circumstances that shape our lives and for the most part we have an idea of what's ahead and react accordingly as the events play out in front of us... there is laughter mixed with tears as we experience the wonders of this life. We all know that someplace down the road the challenges will become greater... and when they arrive we are still shocked that the time has passed so quickly... the kids have grown up and are starting families of their own... and those stairs take a little more concentration and effort to climb. In my life I've had days like the one represented by this sunrise which was taken two years ago down in Mexico. It was dark and the remnants of the previous night's storm still lingered as I looked out over the ocean in the direction I knew the sun would come up... only there were so many clouds that I was sure that nothing worthy of capturing with the camera was going to happen this day, so I just sat down on the sand and enjoyed the sound of the waves gently washing the beach in front of me. Again, my human nature of seeing and focusing on the negative almost convinced me to head back to the room for some more sleep... but as you can see the strength and persistence of the sun was stronger than my flesh and as I sat alone on the sand I was presented again with it's glory. Friends, dark times come into our lives and if we persist just a little more I'm convinced that God will allow His light to shine in our lives again. Let's encourage each other on this day of rest to pause and look at all of the reasons we have to be thankful...

This is for my Mom, whom I sat with on a Thanksgiving day several years ago as she lost her battle with cancer. I am thankful for all that she taught me over the years... I love you Mom...

Persistence of Memory by Stephanie Smith

Persistence pays off. by Julie Edgley

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Persistence of Memory by klpoulos

Persistence... by frustrated.artist

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... against the elements. {This one from the digital archives. Shot at Gunnamatta Beach, Mornington Peninsula, Australia.}

The Emergency Hospital Beds Market To Get Catalysed By Technological Advancements by Merin John

Persistence Market Research estimates that, the global emergency hospital beds market will reach a valuation of US$ 10 Bn by the year 2030.

Persistence by Brian McClellan

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Walls of Jericho - Persistence Tour @ Bataclan, Paris | 30.01.2012 by Nicolas Gaire

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Walls of Jericho - Persistence Tour

Bataclan - Paris - 30.01.2012

Nicolas Gaire

www.nicolasgaire.com

Persistence of Memory by pathfinder68

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Persistence by Mitymous

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Persistence by oinonio

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Suicidal Tendencies, EMP Persistence Tour @ Le Bataclan, Paris | 21/01/2014 by Philippe Bareille

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Suicidal Tendencies

EMP Persistence Tour

Le Bataclan - Paris, France - 21/01/2014

Live report on MusicWaves

Philippe Bareille

The Model & The MagicShifter by Philipp

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Ebba from Oslo was kind enough to model for this awesome MagicShifter action shot :)

Persistence by r0b0r0b

Taken of a poster of Dali's Persistence of Memory.

persistence of memory by Lú_

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(with apologies to those who have used this title before)

(no images in comments, please)

Persistence Works by Andrew Littlewood

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Brown Street, Sheffield, UK

Persistence by joshuatintner

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Near Shanghai's Jijjiang subway station.

Persistence works by Julian Burgess

After nearly a year of asking Peckham Post Office to replace the post box which was removed during a refurbishment, a new one is finally installed. Many thanks to Fiona Colley for her help with this. Now I just need one outside Camberwell Post Office :)

Persistence of vision by Jens Ohlig

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Persistence by Chris Ring

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This moth kept returning to under our house, demanding to have its portrait taken. So I did.

A search revealed it to be a zodiac moth (Alcides metaurus) a diurnal feeder, also called the North Queensland day moth.

You obviously have to look a bit snazzier if you're going out in the daytime!

Terror, EMP Persistence Tour @ Le Bataclan, Paris | 21/01/2014 by Philippe Bareille

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Terror

EMP Persistence Tour

Le Bataclan - Paris, France - 21/01/2014