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Today's demo from a photo I took in Edinburgh, Scotland. Watercolor 14 X 11 inches on Arches 140lb R.
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“In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.”
— Confucius, Chinese teacher and philosopher
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A Special Conversation with Cometan on Astronism is available to listen to now – www.youtube.com/watch?v=zigxnpKAeaI
Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Cometan's crucial lecture on the fundamentals of Astronism and the Astronic tradition was forced to take place virtually.
Earlier in November, at the age of just 22, Cometan was invited by Dr. Harith Ramli to discuss his emerging Astronist philosophy and religion as a 21st century movement with partly prehistoric origins in the Astronic religious tradition. Cometan gladly accepted this invitation and the lecture took place on the morning of 2nd December 2020.
It was a great success for Cometan as he had the opportunity to explain and explore his beliefs of Astronism with an engaged audience of university-level students from Edge Hill University, Ormskirk. For anyone interested in what is meant by the phrase "space religion", this lecture is a must listen for you.
Also, the Astronist Institution has just classified this image above as the forty-first Notable Image of Cometan which places this image an elite category of photographs of Cometan that capture an important point in his life's journey. You can learn more about this designation here – astronism.wikia.org/wiki/The_Space_Religion_Lecture
Hi everyone, Have you ever known a (Philosopher) that doesn't love to take walks in the woods and perhaps find a tree to sit under and stimulate their minds with thoughts of philosphy?and if you so happen to be a passerby and ask them, What is the meaning of life? Well my friends be prepared for a speech that will take you deep into the night and until the morning dawns,steve.
Berlin, Altes Museum, August 2014
A bust of a young Marcus Aurelius, the future philosopher-emperor, dating from around 140 CE.
... I encountered the King of the Alps in a miraculous way, like I'd never experienced before. I was only a few meters away from the ibex, and at first I had trouble believing it. I'd never been so close to this imposing and proud creature. That day, I was hiking with my eldest son and daughter-in-law up there in the Swiss Alps at an altitude of about 2200 meters. The air was already very thin, and the weather quite gray and truly cold for the last day of July. But we were doubly lucky that day, because the sun finally came out at exactly the same time as the ibex climbed the rock where we were standing on a level surface. My son saw him climb first and told me. I really could hardly believe it, but the ibex came straight toward us, briefly disappeared from our view, and shortly after, appeared a few meters away. He walked slowly and leisurely past us without fear, standing eye to eye with us for a short time. The accompanying photo was taken shortly after I took this one. Our hearts raced, and we were simply moved by this miraculous encounter high up in the Swiss Alps.
Despite the bad weather and little sunshine, we ventured up into the mountains and were more than rewarded. You probably only experience moments like these once in your life.
"Please ask the animals, and they will teach you; and the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you" Job, chapter 12:7
Animals, like us, feel joy, love, fear, and suffering, but they cannot speak out. It is our duty to act as proxies and to resist those who exploit, slaughter and torture them.
- Denis de Rougemont, Swiss philosopher
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Philosopher's Walk, Kyoto, Japan.
February 2012.
Canon 550D.
...and he is also a great photographer ;-)
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The magnificent Lazienki Palace located in the verdant surroundings of Lazienki Park.
The origins of today’s Palace on the Isle date back to the late seventeenth century. The Bathhouse was built at the behest of Prince Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski, one of the most important politicians, writers and philosophers of the time.
The Baroque garden pavilion, designed by the Dutch architect, Tylman van Gameren, was intended as a place for resting, leisure and contemplation. The interiors of the Bathhouse were stylized on a grotto with a spring which symbolized the Hippocrene, a fountain on Mount Helicon in ancient Greece, which was the source of poetic inspiration for the Muses.
In 1764, when looking for a place in which to build his summer residence, King Stanisław August purchased the Bathhouse together with the Ujazdowski estate. Thanks to two architects – the Italian born Domenico Merlini and Johann Christian Kammsetzer, who was born in Dresden – the King transformed the Baroque Bathhouse pavilion into the neoclassical Palace on the Isle. Modelled on Italian architectural solutions, such as the Villa Borghese, Villa Albani, Villa Medici and Villa Ludovisi, it was intended to symbolize the dream of an ideal, modern and sovereign state.
source:http://www.lazienki-krolewskie.pl
“And what good’s theory going to be in the real world?” said Harry loudly, his fist in the air again.
Professor Umbridge looked up.
“This is school, Mr. Potter, not the real world,” she said softly.
“So we’re not supposed to be prepared for what’s waiting out there?”
“There is nothing waiting out there, Mr. Potter.”
“Oh yeah?” said Harry. His temper, which seemed to have been bubbling just beneath the surface all day, was reaching boiling point.
“Who do you imagine wants to attack children like yourselves?” inquired Professor Umbridge in a horribly honeyed voice.
“Hmm, let’s think . . .” said Harry in a mock thoughtful voice, “maybe Lord Voldemort?”
Ron gasped; Lavender Brown uttered a little scream; Neville slipped sideways off his stool. Professor Umbridge, however, did not flinch. She was staring at Harry with a grimly satisfied expression on her face.
“Ten points from Gryffindor, Mr. Potter.”
The classroom was silent and still. Everyone was staring at either Umbridge or Harry.
“Now, let me make a few things quite plain.”
Professor Umbridge stood up and leaned toward them, her stubbyfingered hands splayed on her desk.
“You have been told that a certain Dark wizard has returned from the dead —”
“He wasn’t dead,” said Harry angrily, “but yeah, he’s returned!”
“Mr.-Potter-you-have-already-lost-your-House-ten-points-do-notmake-matters-worse-for-yourself,” said Professor Umbridge in one breath without looking at him. “As I was saying, you have been informed that a certain Dark wizard is at large once again. This is a lie.”
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 12
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This time the quoted text from the book is a bit longer, but this part is very important, because it makes Umbridge’s — and so the Ministry’s — attitudes quite clear.
The official minifig representation of Umbridge got very expensive over the years, so I tried to kitbash an own version — what also wasn’t easy because of the few fitting minifig parts in shades of pink. But I hope she looks quite okay now ;)
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If you haven’t seen the first four parts so far, please have a look at the albums of my predecessors.
1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
created by Marcel
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
created by Markus
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
created by Kevin
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
created by Thorsten
You can also find all the vignettes in our flickr group.
I think this is my favorite bar name, ever.
Located at West Portal, 824 Ulloa Street, San Francisco, Calif.
Don't try this at home!
It has been going on for longer than you might think:--
In the Ebers Papyrus from ancient Egypt dating to 1550 BC, a section is devoted to eye diseases.
Celsus the Greek philosopher of the second century AD gave a detailed description of cataract surgery by the couching method.
Couching is the earliest documented form of cataract surgery. As a cataract is a clouding in the lens of the eye, couching is a technique whereby the lens is dislodged, thus removing the opacity. Although couching is nowadays routinely practised only in remote areas, it was a precursor to modern cataract surgery
Maybe DIY Orthopaedic surgery next.
The Academy of Athens with statues of Athena (upper left), Apollo (upper right), Socrates (lower right) and Plato (lower left)
Questions from various angles
Paul Jaisini claims he paints invisible paintings.
Is it Anti-Realism?
Is it Visual Emancipation? Is it full Visual Emancipation from any kind of visual image?
Paints Invisible Paintings - Is it just a figure of speech?
Is it Utopian?
Is it driven by unconscious and irrational thus in accordance to Sigmund the invisible painting is not rationally autonomous?
How could it be verified and where or what is the invisible painting’s by Paul Jaisini evidence?
Paul Jaisini wants to cultivate Invisible Style. It surely is a style that is not a lucid one, for clarity would expose the lack of content.
Is there any content?
Is it an attack on the ‘metaphysics of presence’?
What is the definition if there is certain definitions to apply to Invisible Painting? Can it be informative about contemporary culture?
Is Paul Jaisini with Invisible Paintings promotes Postmodern Obscurantism - deliberately preventing (fully if it is in fact the invisible painting) the facts or the full details of Invisible Painting’s matter from becoming known?
(Obscurantism: deliberately restricting knowledge—opposition to the spread of knowledge, a policy of withholding knowledge from thepublic; and, deliberate obscurity—an abstruse style (as in literature and art) characterized by deliberate vagueness.) Leo Strauss also was criticized for proposing the notion of “esoteric” meanings to ancient texts, recondite knowledge inaccessible to the “ordinary” intellect.
Kant employed technical terms that were not commonly understood. Schopenhauer contended that post-Kantian philosophers such as Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel deliberately mimicked Kant’s way of writing. “Because of his style which was obscure, Kant was properly understood by exceedingly few. And it is as if all the philosophical writers, who since Kant had had some success, had devoted themselves to writing still more unintelligibly than Kant. This was bound to succeed!”[
Does Paul Jaisini wants to be understood on any level or he wants no understanding of his Invisible Paintings? Can there be any level of understanding if not seeing the Invisible Paintings?
"The Basilica di Santa Croce (Basilica of the Holy Cross) is the principal Franciscan church in Florence, Italy, and a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church. It is situated on the Piazza di Santa Croce, about 800 meters south-east of the Duomo. The site, when first chosen, was in marshland outside the city walls. It is the burial place of some of the most illustrious Italians, such as Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, the poet Foscolo, the philosopher Gentile and the composer Rossini, thus it is known also as the Temple of the Italian Glories (Tempio dell'Itale Glorie).
The Basilica is the largest Franciscan church in the world. Its most notable features are its sixteen chapels, many of them decorated with frescoes by Giotto and his pupils,[a] and its tombs and cenotaphs. Legend says that Santa Croce was founded by St Francis himself. The construction of the current church, to replace an older building, was begun on 12 May 1294, possibly by Arnolfo di Cambio, and paid for by some of the city's wealthiest families. It was consecrated in 1442 by Pope Eugene IV. The building's design reflects the austere approach of the Franciscans. The floorplan is an Egyptian or Tau cross (a symbol of St Francis), 115 metres in length with a nave and two aisles separated by lines of octagonal columns. To the south of the church was a convent, some of whose buildings remain.
The Primo Chiostro, the main cloister, houses the Cappella dei Pazzi, built as the chapter house, completed in the 1470s. Filippo Brunelleschi (who had designed and executed the dome of the Duomo) was involved in its design which has remained rigorously simple and unadorned.
In 1560, the choir screen was removed as part of changes arising from the Counter-Reformation and the interior rebuilt by Giorgio Vasari. As a result, there was damage to the church's decoration and most of the altars previously located on the screen were lost. At the behest of Cosimo I, Vasari plastered over Giotto's frescoes and placed some new altars.
The bell tower was built in 1842, replacing an earlier one damaged by lightning. The neo-Gothic marble façade dates from 1857-1863. The Jewish architect Niccolo Matas from Ancona, designed the church's façade, working a prominent Star of David into the composition. Matas had wanted to be buried with his peers but because he was Jewish, he was buried under the threshold and honored with an inscription.
In 1866, the complex became public property, as a part of government suppression of most religious houses, following the wars that gained Italian independence and unity.
The Museo dell'Opera di Santa Croce is housed mainly in the refectory, also off the cloister. A monument to Florence Nightingale stands in the cloister, in the city in which she was born and after which she was named. Brunelleschi also built the inner cloister, completed in 1453.
In 1940, during the safe hiding of various works during World War II, Ugo Procacci noticed the Badia Polyptych being carried out of the church. He reasoned that this had been removed from the Badia Fiorentina during the Napoleonic occupation and accidentally re-installed in Santa Croce. Between 1958 and 1961, Leonetto Tintori removed layers of whitewash and overpaint from Giotto's Peruzzi Chapel scenes to reveal his original work.
In 1966, the Arno River flooded much of Florence, including Santa Croce. The water entered the church bringing mud, pollution and heating oil. The damage to buildings and art treasures was severe, taking several decades to repair.
Today the former dormitory of the Franciscan friars houses the Scuola del Cuoio (Leather School). Visitors can watch as artisans craft purses, wallets, and other leather goods which are sold in the adjacent shop.
Florence (/ˈflɔːrəns/ FLORR-ənss; Italian: Firenze [fiˈrɛntse]) is a city in central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,084 inhabitants in 2013, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.
Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, and has been called "the Athens of the Middle Ages". Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy (established in 1861). The Florentine dialect forms the base of Standard Italian and it became the language of culture throughout Italy due to the prestige of the masterpieces by Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini.
The city attracts millions of tourists each year, and UNESCO declared the Historic Centre of Florence a World Heritage Site in 1982. The city is noted for its culture, Renaissance art and architecture and monuments. The city also contains numerous museums and art galleries, such as the Uffizi Gallery and the Palazzo Pitti, and still exerts an influence in the fields of art, culture and politics. Due to Florence's artistic and architectural heritage, Forbes has ranked it as one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
Florence plays an important role in Italian fashion, and is ranked in the top 15 fashion capitals of the world by Global Language Monitor; furthermore, it is a major national economic centre, as well as a tourist and industrial hub. In 2008 the city had the 17th-highest average income in Italy." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
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