At Self-Realization Fellowship's Lake Shrine in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. [4 of 12]

23.04.15

Today I had a bit of a realization. Lately I've been feeling a little paniced before I go to work. At first I thought it was because of my new job. But that didn't make sense because I love this job and the people I work with. Today I finally understood that these panic feelings are because of this project. Right now I'm working closing shift so by the time I get off it's already dark. I personally prefer shooting in the evening. And without a vehicle to use during the day I've been limited to locations within walking distance. I personally want to be creating my best, but I don't feel like I have. I'm glad I had most of the day to reflect on this. Now that I understand a bit more of myself right now I think I can find a way to change those feelings up. Even so there is always a reason for me to go shoot, to keep moving forward, I don't let something so silly and trivial get in my way of creating. And hey all of you lovely faces are the biggest push around the corner to keep me going. I really don't say this enough, but thank you. Thank you sooooo much! You might not know how much every single one of you effect my life, and I can't even beging to explain it. And a simple thank you isn't great enough. But it's all I can say right now.

Thank you!

(Also if any one you want to her my nit picky problems with this one keep reading, if not have a great night. Today I spent almost two hours walking in the forest and couldn't even find the right location for this concept. Which is all fine and dandy, I actually love walking in the forest. BUT I WORE THE WORST PANTS FOR IT! I should have worn my blue jean. I just should have :p I wanted a bit of a colder look ya see, and these pants, which out thinking, made it impossible. So instead I made it a lot warmer and happy and it all worked out.)

Night :)

B)eSketch 2011. Poster design study created for my friend Debbie from Chicago. She always says "Think Outside the Box". Thanks my friend for the inspirational words. B))

"Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement. For transfiguration, not for the sake of play.”

~Max Beckmann

Art house Leidse Rijn Utrecht Netherlands - 2004-2010

Stanley Brouwn - artist - idea

Bertus Mulder - architect - realization

The Triton Fountain is located in Rome in Piazza Barberini. The realization of the "public ornamentation of the city" was entrusted to Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the favorite artist of the pontifical court of Urban VIII; the Tritone fountain, on the whole, conveys an explicit message of dynastic exaltation of the Barberini family, to whom the Pope belonged: the Bernini designed in 1642-43 for Piazza Barberini one of its most successful fountains, the Triton fountain. The latter contributed to restore the decoration to the area, previously used for the cultivation of the vineyard, being located at the edge of the Strada Felice route; in this way, the area began to be animated by a very lively cultural life, so much so that since then Piazza Barberini (with its "fountain of the Triton sounding", as it began to become known due to the hissing emitted by the gush) became the favorite meeting place for many artists visiting Rome.

The columns and the railings that surround the fountain, creating a narrow area of respect, date back to the nineteenth century, when the square began to be subject to intense vehicular traffic. Between the nineteenth and early twentieth century, in fact, the urban structure of the area was distorted, leading to the construction of several multi-storey building complexes that abruptly broke the balance established between the seventeenth-century buildings, the Tritone and Palazzo Barberini.

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La fontana del Tritone si trova a Roma in piazza Barberini. La realizzazione del «pubblico ornamento della città» venne affidata a Gian Lorenzo Bernini, l'artista preferito dalla corte pontificia di Urbano VIII; la fontana del Tritone, nel complesso, trasmette un esplicito messaggio di esaltazione dinastica della famiglia Barberini, alla quale apparteneva il papa: il Bernini così disegnò nel 1642-43 per piazza Barberini una delle sue fontane di maggior successo, la fontana del Tritone. Quest'ultima contribuì a restituire decoro alla zona, precedentemente adibita alla coltivazione della vigna, essendo collocata ai margini della direttrice della Strada Felice; in questo modo, l'area iniziò a essere animata da una vita culturale assai vivace, tanto che sin da allora piazza Barberini (con la sua «fontana del Tritone sonante», come iniziò a divenire nota per via del sibilo emesso dallo zampillo) divenne il ritrovo preferito di molti artisti in visita a Roma.

Le colonnine e le inferriate che circondano la fontana, creando una stretta zona di rispetto, risalgono al XIX secolo, quando la piazza iniziava ad essere soggetta ad un intenso traffico veicolare. Tra l'Ottocento e i primi decenni del Novecento, infatti, venne stravolto l'assetto urbanistico della zona, portando alla costruzione di diversi complessi edilizi a più piani che spezzarono bruscamente l'equilibrio instauratosi tra gli edifici seicenteschi, il Tritone e palazzo Barberini.

And it was at this moment she became the best version of herself

At Self-Realization Fellowship's Lake Shrine in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. [1 of 12]

I never planned on building a tie until I saw it on screen again in Andor. Once I started building, I came to a realization that I wasn’t going to bring anything new to the table at figure scale as so many talented builders perfected it. I then scaled it down and came up with this!

"Your own self-realization is the greatest service you can render to the world." -Ramana Maharshi

I was amazed when I got back to edit this photograph to find that of the several variations I took every single one has a duplicate moon! I Googled to research about it and apparently it is a rare phenomena where elements in the atmosphere like temperature, moisture and dust need to be just right for it to occur. It's called a Ghost Moon. Truly divine.

Location: Germany, Sachsen-Anhalt, Nebra

Type: Museum, Planetarium, Watch-tower

Architect: Holzer Kobler Architekturen

Investor: Burgenlandkreis, Kreisverwaltung

Realization: 2007

"Books bombarded his shoulders, his arms, his up-turned face. A book lit, almost obediently, like a white pigeon, in his hands, wings fluttering. In the dim, wavering light, a page hung open and it was like a snowy feather, the words delicately painted thereon. In all the rush and fervor, Montag had only an instant to read a line, but it blazed in his mind for the next minute as if stamped there with a fiery steel. “Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine.” He dropped the book. "

- Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury

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The adventures of Samurai Boba Fett continue...

A planet is facing a terrible zombie infection and the local government hired the best Bounty Hunter to deal with "certain situations".

Accompanied by a unit of the local planetary defense forces he investigates a location of a major zombie infestation (his samurai Mandalorian armor protects him from any contagion, of course).

Suddenly they are attacked by a group of zombies. They quickly dispatch them until a sort of "augmented" zombie enters the scene slaughtering the local militia with ease.

It swings his deadly claws at the Bounty Hunter but before they can hit their target its face meets the barrel of Boba's blaster.

"Farewell, zombie" He says and he presses the trigger disintegrating the zombie's head.

The only survivor of the Planetary Defense Force unit looks at him in shock and awe.

Boba turns to him and calmly says: "I removed the 'un' form undead" and walks away...

Boba Fett is the amazing Bandai Tamashii Nations Movie Realization Ronin Boba Fett action figure. The zombie is Zombie Sabretooth from Marvel Zombies made by Diamond Select.

Samurai Boba Fett will be back soon :)

I hope you like this photo :)

May the Force be with You :)

Standing in the sun

and as bright as can be...

are the lies that leave a grainy film before our eyes.

Unwilling to assend and become truth realized,

in fear of the devastation that will most definitely arrise.

Samurai Vader is back to action.

The Daimyo from a Feudal System far, far away has been informed of a threat to his dominion.

An vicious creature is on the lose intended of consuming anything it runs into.

Usual business, after all.

It doesn’t take long for Vader to locate this Alien intruder and the two warriors clash in battle.

The Alien charges but Vader Force pushes the creature away. The creature strikes back, swinging his deadly tail at his opponent but Vader ignites his Lightsaber (or Lightkatana, if you prefer) and severs part of its tail.

The alien screams in pain but it shrugs off the damage and hurls at Vader.

He quickly unsheathe his Vibro-katana and strikes at the creature’s swinging arm. The impact breaks the bone and only its exoskeleton protects it from another amputation.

The counterattack throws the alien off balance and Vader seizes the opportunity. He lashes his Lightsaber inflicting a wide wound on the creature’s chest.

The alien collapses on the ground.

Vader plunges his Lightsaber in the creature’s neck and with a swift movement he chops off its head.

The threat has been neutralized. His scientists will undergo the necessary analysis and investigation on this creature’s appearance within his dominion. He suspects something, or someone, is indeed involved in this situation but now he has other pressing matters to deal with.

His presence is required elsewhere because without his iron grip the whole dominion will fall into chaos.

Vader is the amazing Samurai Vader action figure made by Bandai. The full “designation” is Tamashii Nations Movie Realization Samurai Taisho (General) Darth Vader, Death Star Armor version, just because the name was not long enough lol :)

The Alien is a Xenomorph Warrior action figure by Neca. It is actually a version based on the Dark Horse comics and it comes it the same pack with the Predator action figure I recently posted two photos of.

I hope you like this photo :)

May the Force be with You :)

Realization seem obvious

When he crash landed on this planet he thought he was going to hate it but it appears he is actually enjoy his stay.

Thanks to his combat skills and his superior technology it wasn’t long before he became the most famous, and most paid, Bounty Hunter and mercenary on the planet. Exactly what he did for a living before, just without any credible competitor.

All he had to do was to modify the look of his armor and weapons to meet the local style, merging with the local society and a legend was born.

Hopefully one day he’ll find a way to fix his ship’s hyperdrive and leave the planet but in the meantime he’s going to enjoy a lot of fun, glory and much more.

He also got a lot of enemies and this just made things more interesting. Sometimes a broken hyperdrive can be truly a blessing :)

Just a little background story for an alternate universe Boba Fett version :)

That Bandai Boba Fett action figure is bemoaning of my favorite collectibles: it is such an nice subject for photos :)

May the Force be with You :)

At Self-Realization Fellowship's Lake Shrine in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. [7 of 12]

Always humored the running joke of Pan Am being a railroad that had low track speeds, but yesterday trip to the capital region proves it. Heres RJED with a pair of worn out ex CSX D8Ws doing the hot speed of 10 past the abandoned Johnsonville tower.

Where the Land dance mat is a realization of Yves Gendreau. This imposing work of art is installed at the Quays of the Promenade Samuel-De Champlain.

River inspired mats

The work consists of nine rods tricolores more than thirteen feet high, whose top reminiscent of a boat mast. Decorated with vanes, radar reflectors and airspeed, the installation evokes the relationship with the river. Where the Land dance mat is a nod to the navigation and its importance for the destiny of Quebec .

"Rights and planted in the ridges and troughs of the waves of this vast land area which overlooks the river, stands a series of light poles. Same length, they lie in continuing the wave created by the terrain. The beauty of the landscape and traffic on the rise establish dynamic relationships with these objects. Holders of several levels of meaning and possible interpretation, the provision of masts and the arrangement of colors create a sensory experience varies according to different scales of approach. "

Yves Gendreau

"The agony of breaking through personal limitations is the agony of spiritual growth.

Art, literature, myth and cult, philosophy, and ascetic disciplines are instruments to help the individual past his limiting horizons into spheres of ever-expanding realization.

As he crosses threshold after threshold, conquering dragon after dragon, the stature of the divinity that he summons to his highest wish increases, until it subsumes the cosmos.

Finally, the mind breaks the bounding sphere of the cosmos to a realization transcending all experiences of form - all symbolizations, all divinities: a realization of the ineluctable void."

(From "The Hero With a Thousand Faces" by Joseph Campbell)

A few days ago as I was coming to the Ganges at dawn I saw this sādhu on the top of Dasaswamedh Ghat.

He must have been transcending all experiences of form in order to become a follower of Lord Shiva...

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Lakeshrine self realization center. Leave your pirate persona and vocabulary in the car. BTW I think they add color to the water. Don't ask me how.

And now at age 60-cough-cough, coming to see what started as such a radical, “progressive” stand has resulted in my wanting more than anything to just do my grocery shopping, be dressed in something that won’t get the cops called, and have others grasp I’m “feminine”. I thought I was going to have to re-write history. It turns out I’m more interested in comfortable shoes. And a new lipstick occasionally. Me, loitering at Whole Foods in NJ.

I as I walked the grounds of The International Headquarters of Self-Realization Fellowship, I came across this lovely spot. I could have spent hours there just sitting and listening to the birds chirping. I had my family with me so of course that did not happen..............lol

View of the Stanley Park seawall from the Siwash Rock viewpoint on New Years Day 2014.

The original idea for the seawall is attributed to park board superintendent, W. S. Rawlings, who conveyed his vision in 1918

Rawlings said:

“It is not difficult to imagine what the realization of such an undertaking would mean to the attractions of the park and personally I doubt if there exists anywhere on this continent such possibilities of a combined park and marine walk as we have in Stanley Park”.

The proposal was made to the federal government that it should help finance seawall construction because it owned the park and only leased the land to the city. It was argued that the waves created by ships passing through the First Narrows were eroding the area between Prospect Point and Brockton Point. On this basis, the federal government helped pay for the wall only until 1967 because the portions of the park vulnerable to erosion were now protected.

Most of the Stanley Park portion of the wall was built between 1917 and 1971, although the park portion was not completed until 1980. Much of the original wall was constructed under the direction of James "Jimmy" Cunningham, a master stonemason who spent 32 years on the project until his death. Cunningham continued supervising construction into his last days despite being ill, and on at least one occasion, went to check the seawall's progress still wearing pajamas. He died on September 29, 1963, long before the wall was finished, but remains the one most associated with the project, and a commemorative plaque can be found near Siwash Rock, also where his ashes were scattered. In contrast to the continuity during Cunningham's oversight of the project, construction of the seawall was intermittent, owing to the short-term funding commitments of the civic and federal governments. The first 4,000 feet was completed between 1914 and 1916. A series of storms threatened the foreshore near Second Beach during the war, when water flooded the patch of land between the beach and Lost Lagoon. In 1920, the wall served as aworkfare project for 2,300 unemployed men (the largest number of workers at any one time), and by 1939, 8,000 more feet of the wall was finished.[4] Another 9,100 feet was built between 1950 and 1957, and the final 2,500 feet was not taken on until 1968. On September 26, 1971, the last block, completing the original vision of the seawall, was tapped into place by H. H. Stevens, who also helped initiate the project in 1914 as a Member of Parliament for Vancouver. Others that laboured on the wall included unemployed relief workers again during the Great Depression and seamen from HMCS Discovery on Deadman's Island facing punishment detail in the 1950s. Also in that decade, stone sets from the recently dismantled BC Electric Railway streetcar system were incorporated into the seawall.

In 2010 and 2011, two portions of the Seawall, Stanley Park (near Second Beach) and English Bay (near Sunset Beach), were renewed to address ongoing concerns with erosion.

With deep foundations and renewed surfacing, the new Seawall is built to withstand the tides for many years to come.

The seawall route has continued to expand, so that a continuous, mostly seaside, path for pedestrians, cyclists, and inline skaters now extends for a total of 22 kilometres. Starting from Coal Harbour, it winds around Stanley Park, along Sunset Beach, around False Creek, past the Burrard Street Bridge, through Vanier Park, and finishes off at Kitsilano Beach Park.

The Stanley Park section of the seawall is 8.8 kilometres (5 miles) in length. The seawall is used by more than 2,500,000 people every year. Park visitors walk, bike, roll, and fish on the seawall.

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Vancouver-urgent stock request!

Hi Ted,

My name is Jessie Adler, I'm the photo editor at Hemispheres magazine, United's in-flight magazine. I found a photo of yours on Flickr and I would like to use it in the November issue of our magazine, in a story called Three Perfect Days: Vancouver. I am hoping that you will grant me permission to use it, and that you can send me the high res, unwatermarked image. We will credit you and can offer $50 for usage. Please let mek now if you can help! My work email is jessie.adler@ink-global.com and my number is 347.294.1206.

Thank you!

Jessie

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03 May 2016

Trans Canada Trail / Le sentier Transcanadien

Hi Ted,

I work with the Trans Canada Trail and we are putting together the May issue of our monthly e-newsletter, Trail Talk. This bulletin goes out to roughly 15,000 recipients made up of donors and TCT supporters.

I was wondering if you would give us permission to use the photo:

We would of course include your photo credit. It is for non-commercial use and we are a registered not-for-profit organization.

Thanks for your consideration!

Christina

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On Jun 7, 2019, at 13:45, Jesse Firempong wrote:

Hi Ted,

Jesse from Greenpeace Canada here. I hope this email finds you well.

I was interested in licensing this photo I came across on Flickr for one of our campaigns highlighting the impacts of extreme weather and climate change in Vancouver. Is it available to license/use? We want to show the types of weather impacts climate change will make worse/more frequent.

We'd also be interested in other photos of floods or wildfire smoke in the city, if you happen to have them.

Thank so much and have a wonderful weekend!

Very best,

Jesse

This is for yourself.

It’s time for you to pick yourself up and put the pieces back together.

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the person who this is about will probably see this someday. but I don't care.

*this was on friends only for a while but then I thought that maybe this was exactly the thing someone out there needed to see.

41/365

Realizing something about yourself is easy, changing it is hard. But that is what I have intended to do. Change myself. I have finally realized what I am doing to myself now, it is not good. I don't want to say too much about it, but it is mostly about procrastinating waay to much. That will ruin most things, including photography.

The last week now that I have had vacation, most of my days have been like this; go to bed at 4 o'clock in the morning, wake up at 1 o'clock the day after, watch desperate housewives for the next 4 hours, eating dinner THEN go out shooting. And it just does not work this way anymore. I realized that today, because I wanted to shoot the sunset, so I hurried up just to find out the sun had already set. Then I found myself in great frustration thinking WHAT THE HELL DO I DO NOW?! I ended up trying to take some self portraits, then I went to the water and I bathed with a dress. Theeen, finally.. This. Done. Shooted at midnight. I do not want to do this with myself anymore. I am making the 365 way harder than it really is.

(sorry about this long boring description)

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Self Realization Fellowship building, Phoenix, Arizona.

Shifting slightly, I knew something was way off. My limbs felt like lead and my head was pounding harder than I'd felt in a long time. Without even opening my eyes, I already knew I was gonna regret today. I did not want to wake up. With a groan, I rolled slightly onto my side and inhaled deeply as I groggily roused from my slumber. It took me a moment, but I finally dared to open my eyes and was immediately blinded by the morning light filtering in through the window directly across from my bed. With a heavy sigh and much remorse and a silent apology to my head, I closed my eyes again cause I was NOT ready for that. I felt like shit. But why? What the hell happened? Then it hit me.

That's right. We got to my hometown yesterday. I hate home. I always go out... ever since... Nope, don't want to think about that. Well, I must have made it to the flat at least, obviously, since I was waking up in my bed. Pushing the dread of being home aside, I slowly opened my eyes once more and blinked, reaching up to my right eye, for I didn't feel the familiar weight that was usually there. That's when I saw my eye patch sitting on the nightstand beside me, not clicking how it got there. I must have done it myself when I got home. Forcing myself to sit up, I groan slightly and lean forward, pressing my face into my hands as a small wave of nausea clenched my gut.

It was only a moment later that the urge to piss hit me like a brick. How much did I drink last night!? It took me a moment, but I managed to stand, hand pressed to my forehead as I licked my dry lips to no avail. God, my mouth felt like it had cotton in it. Tiredly, I turned and began to head around the bed to head to the loo.

Yet, as I turned to do just that, my eyes fell upon a flash of spun gold that I wasn't expecting. Laying there upon my chaise, sleeping in the sunlight and looking so content... was Aiden. Aiden... is here? Why? What is Aiden doing here?

'But Aiden, I wanna drink!' I suddenly remember myself saying. 'And...and...off duty...not Captain.'

That's right! Aiden came to the tavern for some reason. And then immediately after I recall that, I remember being in the alley somewhere looking up at him and seeing this kind of cute smile on his face.

'Y-ya know... You should smile more... You got cute dimples riiiiiight there....'

Oh bloody hell, is THAT what I said?! And it just kept coming! I remembered seeing that blush upon his face and how it was everywhere. It was really cute though. As I stared down at Aiden's now sleeping face, I could vividly remember exactly where those dimples were. He...he really is cute, isn't he? Am I really thinking of Aiden like this?

I glanced away, looking back towards the bed over my shoulder when another memory came back. I could see Aiden leaning over me, his hands gently pressing to my shoulders and leaning me back into the bed and my voice whining, 'Aiden, I'm not sleepy!' and his amused but gentle voice replying with, 'Yes, you are. Don't lie.'

Feeling heat upon my cheeks, I look back at the young man asleep on my chaise. He'd helped me home last night, I realized. But not only that, he stayed with me. Did he do that to make sure I was alright? I can't believe he went above the call of duty to do that for me. I gazed down at him softly and smiled slightly. Yeah, yeah he's cute but there's more to it than just that. My eyes took in the little edges and details of his beautiful face, how the morning light filtered through the window to cast its glow upon him. I don't believe I've ever really noticed just how beautiful Aiden really is. And then the memory hit me of me suddenly leaning forward and puking the contents of my stomach at Aiden's feet.

God damn it! I brought my hands to my eyes and rubbed them with a soft groan as I resumed my trek in the direction of the toilet. Great, I scolded myself, I likely lost my engineer's respect. I can't believe that happened! Could I go and die in a deep dark hole now? Please and thank you.

As I walked past my bed, I bumped into some of my luggage, still unpacked, which caused me to slightly stumble. With a grunt, I steadied myself, glaring down at the suitcase that I'd not taken care of, as if it were the offender rather than myself, then kept walking and quietly let myself in and closed the door, so as not to wake Aiden.

I realized, as I began to unbutton my pants, that I was still in the same clothes as last night but my shoes were missing. Well... Aiden HAD helped me into bed. Had... had he seen me without my eye patch? God, I hope not! 'God, Vincent, you're such an idiot!' I scolded myself. I can't believe I let myself be seen like that by Aiden of all people. He was sure to have a very low opinion of me by now! He's going to think I'm a pathetic drunk.

After relieving my bladder, I pulled my pants back up and decided I could handle this. I'm the Captain, after all. Aiden was still asleep, so this could be handled quickly and easily. Yeah. Yeah! Maybe I could make some coffee and then send him on his way after a polite 'Thank you' and a simple explanation. No need for details. With a deep breath, I opened the door quietly and stepped out into the room so I could go quickly grab my eye patch and some fresh clothes before he awoke.

However, that wouldn't happen. I found myself greeted with the sight of Aiden sitting up on the chaise, leaning forward slightly and rubbing the back of his neck with his hand and obviously just waking up. His gaze shifted, his eyes meeting mine. I saw those gorgeous eyes of his widen and I felt my heart sink into my stomach. Great. Not only is he going to see me as a pathetic drunk, but without my eye patch, he's going to see me as a monster, too.

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***Please note this is a BOY LOVE (BL/yaoi/gay) series. It is a slow burn and rated PG13!***

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**Special thank you to Vin Raven-Mysterious for collaborating with me on this series and co-starring as The Captain!

***EXTRA SPECIAL THANK YOU to Vin for helping me literally write this chapter and get more into Vincent's inner head. This is a true collaboration.

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I shot this on what would have been Paul Caponigro's 92nd birthday, and less than a month after we lost him. I've felt his influence heavily the last five years, and his passing has weighed on me.

I don't feel this particular shot is very reminiscent of him, but he was on my mind while I was out shooting that evening, and it made me look that little bit harder for what I could find within the scenes. In this one I was struck by how the tumbling shapes in the shadows seemed to reflect my own feelings in the moment, about the end of my year, losses, the passage of the holidays, that particular night out alone amongst the celebratory crowds, and the current state of the world. And that aspect is rather Paul.

This night was also notable to me because I felt myself starting to see more naturally again. I've struggled creatively the last year or more, but was encouraged this night by the realization that I was picking up on visual elements better and placing them with less conscious effort. I was tapping into my lost flame of recognition a little.

Desert plant on the embarcadero

Morro Bay, CA | December 7, 2024

Fuji X-Pro2 • Voigtländer Macro Apo-Ultron 35mm ƒ/2

SOOC, custom Acros.

Liisa Hietanen

NordArt 2019

Liisa Hietanen was born in Lohja, Finland in 1981. She graduated as Bachelor of Design from Lahti University of Applied Sciences in 2007 and as Bachelor of Fine Arts from Tampere University of Applied Sciences in 2012. She currently lives and works in Hämeenkyrö, Finland.

“I make sculptures by means of crocheting and knitting. When I made my first crocheted artwork I didn't have any earlier background in yarn-based handcrafts. It was a realization I had in art studies 2009 that made me turn these techniques into my sculpting methods.

I am currently working on a series of works called Villagers. In the series I depict my fellow villagers from Hämeenkyrö in crocheted and knitted sculptures. I meet my models in natural everyday situations. The process of choosing a model is intuitive. The person depicted might be someone I meet in the library, in the locker room of the gym or walking their dog on the way home. I don't know most of my models beforehand but as the process goes on I get to know them.

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Manifest was irritated to find that his portrait with the girls of the 22nd Street Mission was not included as a family portrait.

*Seriously, if you like Lucha libre and portrait photography, then get this book!

Strobist: AB1600 with gridded 60X30 softbox camera right. AB800 with Softlighter II camera left. Reflector at 6:00. AB800 open behind backdrop of white faux suede. Triggered by Cybersync.

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That moment when you realize that the woman reflecting in the mirror at Target is actually you!

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¡El momento en que te percatas de que la mujer que se refleja en los espejos en Target, eres tú!

“We hear an old frog land in a quiet pond with a solitary splash—at such times the awakening, the turning inside out of all values, ‘the newness,’ . . . the emptiness . . . provide a glimpse of the cosmic dance.”

-Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation

Contemplation is the highest expression of . . . intellectual and spiritual life. It is that life . . . fully awake, fully active, fully aware that it is alive. . . . It is a vivid realization of the fact that life and being in us proceed from an invisible, transcendent and infinitely abundant Source. Contemplation is . . . [an] awareness of the reality of that Source. . . . Contemplation is a sudden gift of awareness, an awakening to the Real within all that is real. A vivid awareness of infinite Being at the roots of our own limited being.

-Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation, 297

Then comes the frustrating realization that no matter how long life endures, no matter how many experiences are muddled through in this existence, you may never really be able to answer the question…..

Who am I?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdqY0sRvidc

Because the answer....

Like the seasons, constantly, subtly, inevitably changes.

And who it is you are today, is not the same person you will be tomorrow.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich , Eena, The Dawn and Rescue

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About 1820 the Quaker minister Edward Hicks began to make paintings enlisting his earlier training as a painter of coaches,houses,and signs to produce devotional images.Most of Hicks's works were interpretations of Isaiah's biblical prophecy of a peaceable kingdom,in which benign animals and trusting infants coexist in an Edenic setting.

This painting is one of about sixty by Hicks depicting the prophecy.In the background William Penn executes his treaty with the Lenape¹,representing the earthly realization of a peaceable kingdom.This scene is based on a painting by Benjamin West (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)

¹Native American Indians that once lived in parts of Pennsylvania,Delaware,and New Jersey

About the artist-

This is the realization of the pattern I created for a hungarian bride using hungarian embroidery elements. The henna is Tunisian style where like in Yemen gall ink is used to high light the henna.

Khidab is a Gall ink which is employed in Yemen mainly in the mountainous regions around the capital Sanaa instead of henna. For an account how it is made you can download an article:

Yemeni Women’s Body Painting with Black Gall Ink Khidab, Production Methods,

from my colleage Dr. Hanne Schönig at www.henna-und-mehr.de/pdf/Khidabartikel_eu.pdf; (Englisch)

or www.henna-und-mehr.de/pdf/schoenig_deutsch.pdf (German)

If you like to see original Yeminite bodypaintings with this ink visit: www.henna-und-mehr.de/de/khidabslide.html (German) or

www.henna-und-mehr.de/franz/khidabslide.html (French)

(TMS)Ushuaia Luxury JPS

The most beautiful and detailed (TMS)Ushuaia ever seen on Second Life.Interiors and exteriors completely redesigned.A lot of working hours were needed to make this boat and about 50 textures have been applied.

Reflections, luminosity and alpha totally revised, but you do not have to worry because to apply all this you will have to do only one simple operation:

drag a script from the inventory to over your Ushuaia. Just a simple mouse movement and your new boat will be ready to sail in the Linden seas. ⛵⛵⛵

To see this : maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Faracity/163/251/25

Marketplace : marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Texture-Ushuaia-Luxury-JPS/1...

A long time ago in a feudal system far, far away…

A group of strange beings appeared on the planet talking about the coming of the judgement day.

The news reached one of the most influent daimyo but at first Lord Vader thought they were just a couple of annoying preachers.

He knows that kind pretty well and he usually “dispatch” them quickly when they knock at his fortress’ door but they rarely are something more serious than a momentary annoyance (Force chocking them always takes few seconds, after all lol ) and he had more pressing matter than dealing with door-to-door sellers of ideologies.

However these beings proved to be different. They appear to be synthetic lifeforms of the most aggressive kind and they started to kill those who, well, don’t share their point of view. The feudal lord can’t tolerate it. This is his dominion, after all

They are too powerful for his warriors and he decided to take care of them in person.

He meets the first of them in the outskirts of a village’s ruins. The creature starts to talk about the incoming judgment day but before he has a chance to complete its speech, Vader Force pulls the invader toward him and impales the synthetic body with his Lightsaber (or Light-Katana, if you prefer :) )

“Your final judgment comes today” He laconically says, ending the machine killer’s life.

This is my first photo featuring the Samurai Darth Vader action figure from Bandai.

The action figure is amazing like the Samurai Boba Fett one.

This the most recent version of the Samurai Darth Vader Action Figure from Tamashii Nations Movie Realization series and it’s officially called Samurai Taisho (general) Darth Vader Death Star Armor.

I hope you like the “debut” of Samurai Vader in this photo :)

I made a little "continuity error" here, since I forgot to remove Vader's Lightsaber hilt from his belt. Since he is using it the lightsaber shouldn't be on his belt. When I realized it the figures where already in the position and I didn't want to risk to move them. The positive aspect is the photo now shows the details of Vader Lightsaber Japanese hilt :)

The enemy is a Terminator 2 Endoskeleton figure I found on clearance at a trusted local store :)

May the Force be with You :)

''A UFO has crashed on earth; strange pink creatures 'ALIENS' are appearing on the street.......Will you run and hide? Call the police? or will you come out to play?''

Does Oxygen work for them? How will they survive for breathing, if there is no Oxygen outside of our planet?!!

UFO= Unidentified Flying Object

LJUD group: The INVASION. This is a Slovenian performing group mainly focused on performing in public spaces.

Event: Stockholm Kultur Festival (16 -21 August), 2011 including Youth Festival (Ung 08)

See other pictures in Youtube: youtu.be/KBezfYTXbZY

Today (13-18 August), this year Stockholm Kultur Festival has just started. I am sharing some pictures from 2011 festival. I realize that I don't have that much pictures from street and event photography in my photostream!!! So trying to have some balances :)