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It have been 25 years now since we have torn down walls and fences in Europe. We should not continue to build them up again. Can't stop thinking of little #Aylan today.
The Opera Window Facades on the Golden Gate Avenue side of the SHN - Shorenstein Hays Nederlander - Golden Gate Theatre have always intrigued me. Not that easy to photograph from street level.
Repeating arches of the ceiling in the attic corridors of Casa Batlló, simple, elegant and stunning architecture....
It's been a busy time for us. As I write this, things have quieted down and I'm reflecting more on events from the past several weeks. The Thursday before last, my older sister, one of my younger brothers, and a nephew, flew into town for Adam's final high school jazz concert (he played an incredible solo for the second to last song in the evening's set, wowing the audience with his range) and then a couple days later, his graduation ceremony. My mom got here a few days before everyone else. We enjoyed a fun-filled week of family time. My older sister and her son don't travel much, so it was immensely enjoyable having them. My mom stayed in our guest room but we put everyone else up in an Airbnb several blocks away (speaking of which, there are a lot of Airbnb people in our neighborhood for the World Cup, right now).
My youngest son flew back to the Great Lakes with my mom. He'll spend a couple weeks with his grandparents to get his summer started. Suffice to say, after everyone had left, the house seemed so quiet! On this particular night, even Adam was gone. He'd headed up to the Cascades for a short, solo backpack, sort of a "tune-up" in preparation for bigger adventures he has in mind.
This night, the boys' mother and I were going to go out for dinner, have a romantic evening, that sort of thing......but she got ensnared by work, a meeting down in Tacoma. So, Reggie and I headed out for a long walk.........
I took this picture close to East Madison. Although the last, late sun was bright in the valley, I adjusted my ISO higher and shifted into continuous high speed focus to account for a warm breeze. These flowers remind me a lot of Senecio greyi, a common garden species around here, but I don't think that's what they are.
I think the sports car is a Camaro.
Reggie's a big, strapping boy with a shiny black coat that doubles as a solar array, so he was not a particularly spry dude during the heat wave last week. Here, he'd plopped himself behind me, seeking refuge in the coolness of my shadow while I made a few pictures.
I guess I don't really care deeply one way or the other about either of the subjects, here. But filling the frame with all the yellow, it's like when I was a kid and would turn my crayon sideways and just go to town, scribbling hard up and down, filling the page with a quick blast of inelegant but satisfying color. If there was time left over (and any crayon left), maybe go over it with a second or third coat.
Looking north along the shoreline of Lake Michigan. The interesting wave patterns around the point caught my eye.
Whew!
The past four years sure have been a runaway train!
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers '"Runaway Trains" :
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LEGO E-Web heavy repeating blaster MOC for Star Wars Buildable Figures Reframe Scale almost UCS type
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E-Web heavy repeating blaster
The "colour chart" beach huts on Bournemouth's East Undercliffe Drive.
It almost felt like a touch of spring was in the air.
Repeating loop projected onto the museum building. Coming from another event we got there too late to see much but this was fun. The Buddha is part of a large show poster but it worked well.
Josiah McElheny
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For some reason this photo reminds me of the nights where you have an argument with someone but you both repeat yourselves into a stand still.
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Another busy day and this was my only photo. This isn't even my bike. I just liked all the repeating circles.
This bike rack stands outside the library. It's one of the few places in town that has a bike rack, and we really appreciate it! I wish more places would get them. Not even the food co-op has one yet.
....favorite energy-releasing exercises comes from a book called The Charisma Book, by Doe Lang.
I don't care, you can't make me!
How to do it:
1. Stand with your feet apart. Swing your torso, neck as one unit, first to the right, then to the left.
2. Let your arms begin to swing freely, as your body turns from side to side until they wrap loosely around you at shoulder level.
3. As you body swings from left to right, begin to shout "I don't care!" as loud as you can.
4. Enjoy the sounds. Keep repeating. Add "you can't make me!" Repeat 20 times or more". - SARK
5 final postings from Malta holiday as I need to crack on with other stuff...Always a backlog!
Red telephone boxes are common in Malta, this one in the ancient city of Mdina. I just liked the connection here with the lady in red.
Feast of Saint Blase, Motta Camastra: the children pull the float of Saint Blase, passing in front of the installation by Antonio Presti, repeating the "magic" found in one of my two winning photos who arrived first in the photo contest "Motta Camastra, the its territory" printed in giant format, part of the installation "Against Exodus, the Canticle of the Creatures".
Festa di San Biagio, Motta Camastra: i bambini tirano il carro di San Biagio, passando davanti all'installazione di Antonio Presti, ripetendo la "magia" ritrovata in una delle mie due foto vincitrici arrivate prime al concorso fotografico "Motta Camastra , il suo territorio" stampato in formato gigante, parte dell'installazione "ControEsodo, il Cantico delle Creature".
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A contemporary history of Sicily (with an appendix story).
With the story I am posting, with words and photographs, I try to describe the truly singular figure of a contemporary "Sicilian", whom I have known personally, his name is Antonio Presti. As a young man he studied construction engineering at the University of Palermo, studies which he then abandoned due to the death of his father, the paternal construction company needed a guide, Antonio thus took on the responsibility of managing the company, but at the age of 29 years old, he perceives the urgency of having to change his life path, throwing himself body and soul into what he feels to be his vocation, art and ethics, which will be his two poles of reference from this moment on. , towards which he will always direct his choices. In memory of his father, he creates an artistic path that represents the continuity between life and death, idealizing the preservation of memory through contemporary art: this is how the sculptural park of Fiumara d 'Arte was born.
The works are carried out along a path that involves many municipalities, Antonio Presti obtains the consent of mayors and administrators, despite this he is forced to undergo a criminal trial for illegal building, from which he is acquitted after 23 years, as the Cassation recognizes " the exceptional nature of the case ", thus saving the Works from demolition. In Pettineo (one of the municipalities of "Fiumara") organizes the event "a kilometer of canvas", it is an impromptu painting event with hundreds of artists, who create their works on a very long canvas that crosses the streets of the town, therefore each single work is then cut, all of these are finally given to the inhabitants, in whose houses they are thus exhibited, becoming the "Domestic Museum" (the event gets numerous replicas in various centers of Sicily). In 1990 he bought a 40-room hotel in Castel di Tusa: each room is then furnished by an artist, the aim is that art is fully experienced with all five senses, not just with the satisfaction of the sight. In 2002 "Third eye - Meridians of Light" comes to life, a project that involves important photographers and directors from around the world who are asked to "photograph the soul of the Librino district, that is, the people" (the "Librino" is a district of outskirts of Catania). These that I have mentioned are just some of the numerous initiatives undertaken by Antonio Presti around Sicily, I could mention many others, all interesting and singular, but among these I would like to mention two of his "ideas" (also because in one of these , despite myself, I was involved); the first conception involves the hospital of Taormina, which has become, thanks to his initiative, a real "art installation" that welcomes "with amazement and admiration", before one can reach the ward, the various patients, relatives, doctors, nurses, the various figures that gravitate within a hospital, in fact the walls of the various corridors located on the various floors that lead to the wards, have been covered with gigantic canvases, on which the children of various schools and different age groups worked, to use a term very dear to Presti, leaving on them "a sign of beauty and hope"; the second initiative of Antonio Presti takes the name of "Against Exodus”, which involved seven Sicilian municipalities, whose streets were covered with giant photographic prints accompanied by the verses of San Francesco, whose goal is to focus attention on the risk of abandonment of the territory due to possible mass migration, and it is here that I mention that "appendix story" of the title, and which sees me involved. In July 2019 I participate in the photo contest "Motta Camastra, his identity" (I learn that the commission that will examine the various participating photographs will be composed of five experts, including Antonio Presti, and the famous photographic critic Giuseppe Pappalardo), in short, two of my photographs arrive first ex aequo, but my amazement is great when I see that both will be set as blow-ups (the only ones in black and white) together with the other blow-ups of "Against Exodus", placed on a large wall located at the entrance to the picturesque village of Motta Camastra. Of the photographs that I post, they were in part taken on the day "of the unveiling" of the blow-ups of the installation by Motta Camastra "Against Exodus”, guest of honor Antonio Presti, which took place on October 05, 2019; the other Gigantographies that I publish are those found in the Sicilian towns of Castiglione di Sicilia and Gaggi; the photos of the painted canvases, hung on the walls, were taken in the hospital of Taormina. I have inserted two photos of the feast of San Biagio in Motta Camastra of 03/02/2020, with the kids who throw the launch of the Saint as they pass in front of the blow-up that was made on the same occasion, only a few years earlier.
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Una storia contemporanea di Sicilia (con racconto d’appendice).
Col racconto che sto postando, con parole e fotografie, tento di descrivere la figura davvero singolare di un “siciliano” contemporaneo, che ho conosciuto personalmente, il suo nome è Antonio Presti. Da giovane egli studia ingegneria edile all’Università di Palermo, studi che poi abbandona a causa della scomparsa del padre, l’azienda edile paterna ha bisogno di una guida, Antonio si carica così della responsabilità di gestire l’azienda, però all’età di 29 anni matura percepisce l’urgenza di dover cambiare percorso di vita, gettandosi anima e corpo in quella che lui sente essere la sua vocazione, l’arte e l’etica, che saranno da questo momento in poi i suoi due poli di riferimento, verso i quali indirizzerà sempre le sue scelte. In ricordo del padre, realizza un percorso artistico che rappresenti la continuità tra la vita e la morte, idealizzando la conservazione della memoria attraverso l’arte contemporanea: nasce così il Parco scultoreo di Fiumara d’Arte.
Le Opere vengono realizzate lungo un percorso che coinvolge molti comuni, Antonio Presti ottiene il consenso di sindaci ed amministratori, nonostante ciò è costretto a subire un processo penale per abusivismo edilizio, dal quale viene prosciolto dopo 23 anni, in quanto la Cassazione ne riconosce “l’eccezionalità del caso”, salvando così le Opere dalla demolizione. A Pettineo (uno dei comuni della “Fiumara”) organizza la manifestazione “un chilometro di tela”, è una manifestazione estemporanea di pittura con centinaia di artisti, che realizzano le loro opere su di una lunghissima tela che attraversa le strade del paese, quindi ogni singola opera viene poi tagliata, tutte queste infine vengono regalate agli abitanti, nelle cui case vengono così esposte, divenendo “Museo Domestico” (la manifestazione ottiene numerose repliche in vari centri della Sicilia). Nel 1990 acquista a Castel di Tusa un albergo di 40 stanze: ogni stanza viene quindi arredata da un artista, lo scopo è quello che l’arte sia vissuta appieno con tutti i cinque sensi, non solo con l’appagamento della vista. Nel 2002 prende vita “Terzocchio-Meridiani di Luce”, un progetto che vede coinvolti importanti fotografi e registi del mondo ai quali si chiede di “fotografare l’anima del quartiere Librino, cioè le persone” (il “Librino” è un quartiere della periferia di Catania). Queste che ho menzionato sono solo alcune delle numerose iniziative intraprese da Antonio Presti in giro per la Sicilia, ne potrei citare tantissime altre, tutte interessanti e singolari, ma tra queste ci tengo a menzionare due sue “ideazioni” (anche perché in una di queste, sono stato mio malgrado, coinvolto); la prima ideazione vede coinvolto l’ospedale di Taormina, il quale è diventato, grazie alla sua iniziativa, una vera e propria “installazione d’arte” che accoglie “con stupore ed ammirazione”, prima che si possa giungere in reparto, i vari pazienti, parenti, medici, infermieri, le varie figure che gravitano in seno ad un ospedale, infatti le pareti dei vari corridoi situati sui vari piani che conducono ai reparti, sono stati tappezzati con gigantesche tele, sulle quali i ragazzi di varie scuole e di diverse fasce d’età, hanno lavorato, per usare un termine molto caro a Presti, lasciando su di esse “un segno di bellezza e di speranza”; la seconda iniziativa di Antonio Presti prende il nome di “Controesodo”, che ha coinvolto sette comuni siciliani, le cui vie sono state tappezzate da giganti stampe fotografiche accompagnate dai versi di San Francesco, il cui obiettivo è focalizzare l’attenzione sul rischio dell’abbandono del territorio a causa della possibile migrazione di massa, ed è qui che accenno a quel “racconto d’appendice” del titolo, e che mi vede coinvolto. Nel luglio 2019 partecipo al concorso fotografico “Motta Camastra, la sua identità” (vengo a sapere che la commissione che esaminerà le varie fotografie partecipanti, sarà composta da cinque esperti, tra questi Antonio Presti, ed il famoso critico fotografico Giuseppe Pappalardo), in breve, due mie fotografie arrivano prime ex aequo, ma il mio stupore è grande quando vedo che entrambe verranno incastonate come gigantografie (le uniche in bianco e nero) insieme alle altre gigantografie di “Controesodo”, poste su di una grande parete situata all’ingresso del pittoresco paesino di Motta Camastra. Delle fotografie che posto, in parte sono state realizzate il giorno “della svelata” delle gigantografie dell’installazione di Motta Camastra “Controesodo”, ospite d’onore Antonio Presti, avvenuta il 05 ottobre, 2019; le altre Gigantografie che pubblico, sono quelle che si trovano nei paesi siciliani di Castiglione di Sicilia, e di Gaggi; le foto delle tele dipinte, appese alle pareti, sono state realizzate nel presidio ospedaliero di Taormina. Ho inserito due foto della festa di San Biagio di Motta Camastra del 03/02/2020, coi ragazzini che tirano la vara del Santo mentre passano davanti la gigantografia che fu fatta nella stessa occasione, solo qualche anno prima.
Grand Theft Auto IV
4800x2700 (SoftTH + SRWE) || L3EVO2012v1.2 ENB || SweetFX 1.4/B || Simple Trainer || inGame Trainer || In-game replay editor & filters
Kinda sorta retake of my old shot from last year. (wish I coulda got them fumes to pop like before..)
Also those trainers have lots of overlap in functionality ('Simple' has tons more), but using both as a few things were quicker to get at with 'inGame'...