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I love finches -- red, yellow or otherwise -- they have such expressive faces and eyes. Thanks for stopping by everyone and thank you for your kind comments my friends.
Αn elderly man standing by looking at the lake Pamvotis having as background the mosque of the castle
Taken at Garbaldi lake, in Squamish, BC. I was walking around the lake, when I noticed this girl sitting there, lost in thought. One of the best hiking spots in British Columbia. A great place to get lost in your thoughts.
Shot with a Samsung S4
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Friday's Food for Thought
I decided to combine the FFT with some behind the scene shots to show that Hollow's Lost Woods is very real for those who thought it was photoshopped and to show that it does not take alot of equipment to get the job done.
So how did we find this location?
Simply put, I took a different route home. There are times that I just hop in my car and just drive to see what is in my neighborhood and what do you know. There are so many places in your neighborhood that you can find and use for your session that makes a great composition. Sometimes in life we keep doing the same thing over and over that life can get very boring. Do something different. Shoot at crazy angles. Have your clients do things that generally would not do. You will be amazed at what happens. On the way home today take a different route and take in life.
An elegant hat
She wore
A woman of
Timeless beauty
And thought
A portrait of
Classical art
(c) mBarlew
Thank you poeticverse (Mike) for the lovely poem.
You can look at Mikes photos and read his poem on this address :
Therefore I am by Michael Peck. Oil on linen. Sulman Prize finalist.
Drawing on psychological and philosophical influences, this painting investigates the relationship between the conscious and subconscious mind, and looks at the way that memory, experience, history and relationships all come together to create both order and disorder in the way we view the world.
The painting explores the notion that thought is slippery and can be difficult to pin down. It constantly reacts to stimuli, forming then reforming our understanding of the world and our own sense of self. Thought can prove the same idea true then false, but it is through challenging these contradictions that we learn the most, Michael Peck, 2017.
Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery NSW, Sydney, Australia (Monday 31 July 2017)
I've thought a lot about the composition of this one, and I don't think I'm completely satisfied . . . but this is what I've come up with for this particular shot. Makes me wish I had taken more time at this specific location. I have another shot with a lower angle and no dunes in the background which isn't suited for a square crop (that one works nicely as a 2:1 crop). I'm pretty sure I'll be back to White Sands, though!
White Sands, 2008.12.20, 043
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Finger to the lip warning: Paula may have mischievous thoughts? No worries this time though; I'm a truly sweet girl today with just happy thoughts. I'm intensely enjoying wearing my purple dress on this beautiful autumn day; a perfect day with no room nor need for any other thoughs.
If one takes a macroscopic look at human beings situation evolution throughout the few last centuries, it is very noticeable that a growing part are given more and more freedom, as time passes. In rich countries, people are now (more and more) able to make a number of important choices: what do they want to study, what do they want as a job, do they want children and how many, where do they want to live, where do they want to go for vacations, what kind of food they want to eat, what kind of music do they want to listen to, etc. Many of these choices would have been considered as a great luxury not so long ago. The rights have been gained through social battles against a few highly privileged persons. Formerly, these were kings and emperors, now they are politics, big companies owners and any person willing to hold always more and more power in their hands.
However, I believe that a vast majority of these rights are allowed mostly because they serve a purpose. Still the same old one. Everyone knows that chickens raised outdoors are much tastier than battery farmed ones... looks like it's the same for human beings. Men with more freedom grow up better, and are more productive. The problem is, these last years, the Internet appeared, and chickens are now communicating in a worldwide scale... and of course, they are starting to realize why they are allowed to run in the grass, as long as they do not try to go past the fence. This was long neglected by power holders, and they now have a serious problem: the recent events in several countries (the Arab Spring) demonstrated what decisive role the Internet can play, and what consequences such communication can have.
SOPA, PIPA, ACTA (and similar bills or laws)are plain shameless tries to restrain that communication, and get things under control again. These ones claim to address a particular problem (piracy of cultural products), but their principle can simply be summarized in controlling the knowledge people can access to. Music and movies is simply the tip of the iceberg. Don't get me wrong, I am not in favor of piracy: I am in favor of true freedom. I want to be able to buy any kind of music I like, not ONLY the one a particular company decided to produce, to advertise on TV and radios to no extend, annihilating any alternative. This is where the Internet is a complete revolution, which is consequently attacked in order to muzzle it.
I choose to depict the situation using good old books, not electronic devices, for a similar reason: the ones willing to restrain access to knowledge would LOVE the whole world to rely on them... if these devices become the only way to get to education or entertainment, imagine how easy it would be to control and filter things out! Just a mouse click from a desk in a tower, and tada, no one in country A can read or see about country B. Or no one can learn about idea X. How convenient.
"We don't need no thought control!" (Pink Floyd, The Wall, 1979)
I thought the Mattel Wild Hearts Crew line had a lot of potential, but Mattel didn't put any significant marketing or design effort in to them.
This character was called Rallee Radmore. The character bio for this doll called her a "dreamer," yet her costume consisted of safety pin earrings, a tank top picturing a flaming skull, and black hobnail motorcycle boots. And goggles.
In contrast, the character identified as a "rocker" wore a shirt picturing a unicorn surrounded by sparkles. Go figure.
Whatever... introduced in 2019, the line was discontinued after little more than a year.
18 August - A Doll A Day 2023
Years ago I illustrated a recurring piece in MAD Magazine called “Chilling Thoughts,” written by Desmond Devlin. It was usually three pages of them. I came across this one the other day. It’s interesting how MAD saw the future. Here’s one true “Chilling Thought.”
Given that we work under the name 'id-iom' we do enjoy shoehorning an idiom into our work whenever we get the chance. For today's piece we were commissioned to paint something live for the Streatham Food Festival and once I'd got the idea of using the idiom 'food for thought' (meaning anything that makes you stop and ponder) into my head I was off and running. The design largely suggested itself at that point and all that was then required was some nice weather. Given the quality of summer thus far we were delighted to actually have a sunny day to work with and judging by the number of people who'd come to enjoy the food stalls I'd imagine it was a good day for all. And the brisket burger I had was spot on to boot. Win all round.
Cheers
id-iom
I often wonder what my life would have been like had I been born a girl instead of a boy. I suppose all of us wonder at some point what our lives would have been like had we been born a different gender. But, would I have had a better life as a female? Would I have been happier? Who knows? We have all heard the saying " The grass is greener on the other side of the fence".
All I know at this time is that I am enjoying a nice warm fall evening here in New York , I am feeling feminine and happy, and a few hours after this pic was taken I met up with 12 of my sisters and had a great TGmeeting.
Lately, work has consumed all my free time and to get out and be Valerie again for an evening was such a blessing not to mention a stark contrast to my workaday world.
Someone thought these FilmPhoto Academy Workshop shots reminded them of 'Game of Thrones'. Not having watched it (yet) I can't fully comment on that but from the few images I've seen they may well be right ?
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Tigger looks deep in thought...Probably wondering how long I'll keep him waiting for his catnip!
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