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An ethereal aerial view of the desert landscape, where sculpted sand dunes and dry riverbeds create an abstract masterpiece. The interplay of golden sands, white salt flats, and deep shadows showcases the raw beauty of nature’s ever-changing canvas
Model: Lexi Haddad
Shot at Union 206, Alexandria VA
Part of our Sucker Punched series, check out the full story behind the project at our Indiegogo page (igg.me/at/sp4)
"Life is a race against an opponent that never tires and never stops moving. Moments are gone in a flash, never to be seen again. Love as much as you can and live before your time runs out. Tick, tock, tick, tock..."
My own version of the 'Sands of time' desktop which can be seen here ianmichaelsmith.carbonmade.com/projects/2995889#1
Gang of Five Walk, April 15, 2014:
Paddington to Willesden along the Paddington Branch of the Grand Union Canal.
(17/43)
Paradise By Way Of Kensal Green (1)
This pub was our lunch stop. It is in Kensal Green (not surprisingly, given the full name of the pub) at 19 Kilburn Lane, and this part of Kilburn Lane seems to be just inside the London Borough of Brent. (The opposite side of the road to the pub is in the City of Westminster.)
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BEHIND THE PUB NAME AND SIGNS
The pub was previously known as 'Ye Old Plough' and changed its name some time after 1944. Its apparently strange name is easy to explain, being a line from a famous poem (The Rolling English Road) by G.K. Chesterton (1874 – 1936). The poem (1913) seems mostly humorous, much as the pub name seems to be, but these things are not what they first seem. The humour celebrates the right to drink (apparently in opposition to a possible government move to ban alcohol). The final verse becomes more serious, the last lines of which reflect on making the most of the time left in older age, to enjoy life, reflect and have a drink:
And see undrugged in evening light the decent inn of death;
For there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen,
Before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal Green.
'Kensal Green' in the poem refers to the famous and historic Kensal Green Cemetery, very close to this pub. Chesterton was born in Kensington, not too far from the pub. But he was buried in Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire - not, as one might think more fitting, in Kensal Green Cemetery. The re-naming of the pub is post-Chesterton. Unaware at the time of the full meaning of Chesterton's poem until afterwards, we did indeed go to Paradise (the pub), reflected on things as recommended, and then went on to Kensal Green Cemetery - though evidently not in the same order or sense as Chesterton's poem.
The two pub signs here are quite difficult to make out, but the nearer wall-mounted one, seems to be an androgynous, winged, bare-bottomed, crouching figure, with its back to us, all looking a bit Pre-Raphaelite in style. There's nothing in Chesterton's poem that obviously relates to this, unless the figure is an angel and therefore refers to the subject of death and Paradise in the last part of the poem (as above). This would also be consistent with what looks like an hour-glass with angel wings on the further pub sign on the R. It seems that however light-hearted and 'good-time' the renaming of the pub was meant to be, and in spite of the tacky pink tube-light for 'Paradise', the symbolism in the pub signs actually matches the serious side of Chesterton's poem too.
SOURCES
--- For Chesterton: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton
--- For the text of the poem: www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~mward/gkc/books/rolling.html
--- For analysis of the poem by Carol Rumens (2011): www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2011/jun/13/poem-week...
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GANG OF FIVE PRESENT ON THIS WALK: Dick, Peter, Richard, Brian R. Absent: Brian G.
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Brian Roy Rosen
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To celebrate Gemma getting a new job I took her out for lunch to TGI Fridays today. I almost always get the Jack Daniels ribs. I love them.
We followed lunch by seeing Prince of Persia at the cinema, more my choice than Gemma's.
Without giving too much away this was the biggest use of the deus ex machina plot device I have ever seen.
The other criticism that I have was the similarity to certain real life events of the past decade. The whole plot centres around false information being provided to encourage a foreign country to invade another country in the search for weapons that do not exist, because the antagonist wants to get his hands on something other than weapons. Sound familiar?
This image was taken on a surprisingly cold, windy, cloudless morning along the shores of Lake Erie. I just can't seem to hit it right this spring.....limited opportunities and an ever changing forecast hasn't been the best formula for great light and photos.
Nickel Plate Beach - Huron, Ohio
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Week 48/52 - The last grains of sand fall with the end of A levels.
I wish time can be reversed, like the flow of sand in an hourglass.
Gang of Five Walk, April 15, 2014:
Paddington to Willesden along the Paddington Branch of the Grand Union Canal.
(18/43)
Paradise By Way Of Kensal Green (2/3)
This pub was our lunch stop. It is in Kensal Green (not surprisingly, given the full name of the pub) on Kilburn Lane, and this part of Kilburn Lane seems to be just inside the London Borough of Brent. (The opposite side of the road to the pub is in the City of Westminster).
The building looks Edwardian (early 20th Century) in neo-classical style, with a hint of Arts & Crafts and Art Nouveau as in this doorway and porch, and in the stained glass windows above. The earliest record of a landlord for this pub, under its earlier name of 'Ye Old Plough', is 1911 (so Edwardian), so that could well be the date when it was first opened. The pub name was changed to 'Paradise ...' some time after 1944.
For more on the history and signficance of the pub name, see the flic.kr/p/nsjAQd previous photo.
SOURCE:
--- pubshistory.com/Middlesex/Willesden/YeOldPlough.shtml
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GANG OF FIVE PRESENT ON THIS WALK: Dick, Peter, Richard, Brian R. Absent: Brian G.
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(I couldn't capture the entire doorway, arched sourround and doors together. I didn't have a wide-angle option with me, and had to stand well out in the busy road, close behind a large parked van for protection from the traffic, just to get this part of the doorway.)
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Brian Roy Rosen
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Over 60 local, interstate and international artists will transform Perth's most popular beach into a stunning sculpture park overlooking the Indian Ocean.
The fifth annual Sculpture by the Sea will be staged on Cottesloe Beach from 5 - 24 March 2009.
So I went and saw the sculptures two weeks ago, but I went on a hot Sunday so the beach was completely packed. And I forgot to take my camera. So a friend and I went down yesterday evening (getting the last hour of sunlight) to get some snaps. I've just uploaded photos of my favourite sculptures. :)
Hey, random realization - I can't draw a level circle with a flashlight! I'm doomed for life.
This was a pretty fun project, although I figured out that pointing the flashlight directly at the camera blew out too quickly. So, I tried pointing the light down instead, creating the watery effect near the base of the hourglass, which worked better. Then I pointed the flashlight at the hourglass for ten seconds from the right and ten from the left, which gave it a nice glow. Tada!