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Disbelief
The prophets of all religions came
to each of the good people of Earth.
They knelt, some with hands clasped,
others with heads touching the floor.
All wept,
for their prayers
were the harshest
ever prayed.
They had been asked to come
back into time,
all at one time,
to these hard,
devilish days
to pray
that each one of us might
stop believing in prayer
and in the Creator,
so that Creation
would be saved
from belief.
© 2006, nancy s.m. waldman
approximately 8 x 10, mixed media collage
Asked whether he was Poseidon and Neptune, he prefers the former. The shell cod-piece is a clever touch.
24th Annual How Wɘird Street Faire, 14 October, 2023.
Howard Street, San Francisco, CA.
I have been posting thoughts scrawled onto a small bridge that I personally call Doodle Bridge. I visit once or twice a year, to read and photograph thoughtful graffiti left by students of a college, around which the state park wraps. Here's a shot of the whole bridge.
I expect to use many of these photos, and those I have taken in previous Doodle Bridge walks, in future Powerpoint presentations.
If you're just wandering through my photostream, that's what's coming next!
asymmetric
pseudo poncho
tunica dress top
hard to top
radical kamikaze knitting
sensitive Dada knitting
intuitive guerilla knitting
whimsical nonsense knitting
a supermodel´s nightmare
due to
infinite wearing options
a tribute to divas
who are not afraid
to self- express
Week 14 View 52
Last year I did a photo of my hand and smoke and it represented a massive loss and change in my life to anyone interested in the original story please feel free to take a look www.flickr.com/photos/jamessouthall/6629393675/in/set-721...
Well things have changed for me over the last 12 months. I still have my moments where life gets on top of me but since my recent holiday I had time to sit back and reflect. I took a lot of time trying to work out in my mind what was going wrong for years I have felt like a dark cloud has been looming over me a cloud that gives me constant bad luck and unhappiness. But after sitting back and observing others it dawned on me there is no dark cloud the only cloud looming over me is myself, for those that know me or know my photography you will know that I am very down on myself and my own abilities and that is what is holding me back in life. For years I have pushed to be something I will never be (rich) and be somebody I am not. But in doing that I have over looked the guy I am a family guy someone who loves nothing more than a bit of fun and happiness. So having realised that today I took the plunge and put myself forward for a full time post in my current employment something I have talked myself out of doing for months as I didn't feel I was good enough. But on reflection I realised that I needed to take the plunge put myself out there the things I plan to do over the up and coming years need stability so I have reached out for it and fingers crossed I will get it if I don't thats fine I will carry on as I am it just means I could earn more its just not 100% gauranteed.
So last year the hand and smoke represented me trying to cling onto hope and also take advantage of the oppertunities.
But this year it shows my hands have control of the smoke the smoke being my future plans keeping them more contained in the palms of my hands as you can see it takes the form of a butterfly which means I am free (like a caterpillar) from myself and my negative way of thinking basically I am back in control and I have a big world to see. The hooded guy is me and represents the cloud I put over myself the fact that I am the only one who holds me back.
The reason I put the two together is to portray I have taken control of myself and my own dreams and positive thinking far out wits any dark cloud you put over yourself.
You get one chance at this life so live it
Those that know me or have got to know me know I love a touch of human emotion from time to time it helps me and it helps me and others make more sense of me if that makes sense lmao.
A very striking person.
25th Annual How Wɘird Street Faire, 21 September, 2024.
Howard Street, San Francisco, CA.
Asian symbols below an Irish Trinity "swirl" surrounded with "curly ques" with a treble clef at the bottom.
How people manage to walk, let alone, dance on those, I'll never know.
24th Annual How Wɘird Street Faire, 14 October, 2023.
Howard Street, San Francisco, CA
asymmetric
pseudo poncho
tunica dress top
hard to top
radical kamikaze knitting
sensitive Dada knitting
intuitive guerilla knitting
whimsical nonsense knitting
a supermodel´s nightmare
due to
infinite wearing options
a tribute to divas
who are not afraid
to self- express
Street shot, featuring SF skyline and the Hella Bay booth.
I love the mix of old brick and new steel-and-glass buildings.
24th Annual How Wɘird Street Faire, 14 October, 2023.
Howard Street, San Francisco, CA
Photograph taken at 06:45am on July 19th 2012 off Northumberland Avenue before the steps leading to the Hungerford Bridge in Central London, England.
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Nikon D7000 62mm 1/8s f/4.5 iso200 RAW (14Bit) Handheld with VR
Nikkor AF-S DX 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G VR. Jessops 52mm UV filter. . Nikon MB-D11 battery grip pack. Two Nikon EN-EL15 batteries. Hoodman soft viewfinder eyecup.
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RAW (TIFF) FILE SIZE: 34.60MB
PROCESSED SIZE: 6.69MB
Art is both creation and recreation. Of the two ideas, I think art as recreation or as sheer play of the human spirit is more important.
~~Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living, 1937
Also, a cool Bad Brains shirt at 9 o'clock.
24th Annual How Wɘird Street Faire, 14 October, 2023.
Howard Street, San Francisco, CA
asymmetric
pseudo poncho
tunica dress top
hard to top
radical kamikaze knitting
sensitive Dada knitting
intuitive guerilla knitting
whimsical nonsense knitting
a supermodel´s nightmare
due to
infinite wearing options
a tribute to divas
who are not afraid
to self- express
Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
- Samuel Butler
I took this photograph at a really weird and fun antique warehouse near Frederick, MD and I was enamored by the tones on the neck of the violin. It thought it was just begging to be turned into black and white.... and maybe played too...
- L.E.
Today, in the midst of the hell of the final days of packing, I took a couple hours to go to the National Gallery of Art to see the "Paris in Transition" Photography show. I bought a book from the exhibition and it is terrific.
Drawing upon the significant holdings of the National Gallery of Art in 19th- and early 20th-century photographs of Paris, this exhibition celebrates the visual riches of the city and the tensions of its portrayal as both a modern capital and a nostalgic, perhaps even magical place. Beginning with early photographs made in the 1840s and 1850s by William Henry Fox Talbot, Gustave Le Gray, Charles Nègre and others, the exhibition highlights the central role Paris played in the emergent French school of photography. Photographs by Charles Marville, Louis-Émile Durandelle and others illuminate the urban transformation of Paris under Napoleon III. The gallery's strong collection of photographs by Eugène Atget reveals the photographer's uncanny eye for the details of daily Parisian life. The exhibition closes with works by such artists as André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Ilse Bing, and Brassaï, who were energized by the city's dynamic modernist culture in the 1920s.
Sorry to be away so long. I am just now trying to catch up for the past week after packing, loading the truck and driving 14 hours, all in one day, to then unload the truck and begin the unpacking. Today, I am out of the dark ages now that the house has cable access... Hello Again, Flickr Bits!!!!
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I actually didn't mean to take this photo, but it came out awesome.
Mandala flowers are probably my favorite. For those who don't know, it is the flower of life.
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Ther's a cybergoth kitty in the background.
25th Annual How Wɘird Street Faire, 21 September, 2024.
Howard Street, San Francisco, CA.
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