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I discovered this poem on the web and felt a connection to it.
Hannah Chamberlin
Feb 8, 2012
Spiderwebs
People in essence are spiderwebs
Each so fragile and beautiful
Yet so strong and full of purpose
Each molecule is connected by a strand of the web
Each thought intersected
Woven into another
Yet separate, unique
There are no two alike
Though many are bland
So distasteful
Never living out their full potential
Instead being destroyed by tiny things
The fears and doubts that eat away at the delicate strands
Still someway somehow the rare few so complicated
Protected so carefully by their creators
Manage to hold their true form
Even for a second in time
They capture drops of inspiration like dew
As the sunlight fades the useless webs left unprotected
It also catches hold of the glimmer of inspiration
Suddenly transformed into a shining brilliant treasure
The web can maintain these inspirations
Build them into anything they desire
Or they may allow them to simply lay in shadow
Weighing them down
Until they come crashing from their position of glory
To a simple puddle of ruin
Backlit web of an orb-weaving spider (probably Araneus).
I've licensed this photo as Creative Commons 0 (CC0) for release into the public domain. You're welcome to download the photo and use it without attribution.
After our last rain, I found this gem of a photo...a blanket web spread over some greenery in our garden.
On October 6th, 2007 Denver Colorado celebrated(?) it's 100th anniversary of the Columbus Day parade. For about 20 years, since the parade was revived by local Italian Americans, American Indians have protested the event. They contend that Christopher Columbus was a slave trader and the catalyst to the genocide of their people.
Italian Americans view this as a day to celebrate their heritage. I saw only a few references to Columbus. Mostly folks in nice cars or on cool motorcycles waving U.S. and Italian flags.
The American Indians want the name changed.
Some states have changed the name of the day to Indigenous Peoples Day but I'm not sure that would work here because the Italian Americans have been having this parade for years.
So this is how it all went down. The protesters showed up at the Denver capital building several hours before the parade. Protesting and drumming, some in traditional American Indian clothing. Amazing workmanship and detail.
In the past, protesters and police had spoken beforehand about "how things would go", trying to keep things peaceful.
Going as far as planning arrests. Not this year.
Interestingly enough the leader of the anti Columbus Day group "Transform Columbus Day Alliance" is Glenn Spagnuolo, that's right Spagnuolo.
When confronted with the permits needed, Glenn stated
"We don't need a permit, because we are on native land."
www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_...
and
"Asking an illegal colonizer for permission to be on land that doesn't belong to them doesn't work for us,"
www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_...
Another group well represented was the American Indian Movement of Colorado. Ex and current Colorado University professors Ward Churchill and Glenn Morris are leaders of this group. Well known Russel Means is also a member, having left the main chapter of AIM.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Movement_of_Colorado
The American Indian Movement of Colorado is not affiliated with the American Indian Movement. View their stance here
aimgrandgovcouncil.blogspot.com/
So they followed their own route, from the capital through downtown Denver, on their way to come head to head with the Italians and their parade. They have always been peaceful and they vowed that today would be the same.
However, they had grown tired of years of words and seeing no actions.
When the protest met the parade, emotions ran deep and blood spilled through the streets. Not real blood however, but fake blood spilled by the protesters along with dismembered dolls. Many protesters sat in the street, stopping the parade from starting. Russell Means and Glenn Morris included. All were arrested. Nobody fought, but they did resist their arrests.
After this initial push by the protesters, the parade went on....a little off schedule. At this point it was lots of yelling and verbal abuse. Protesters yelling at cops and Italians. Italians, including 80 year old ladies and teenage kids, cursing and flipping the bird at protesters. Police officers, staring through mirrored sunglasses with rubber bullet guns, flashing dirty looks at everyone.
After the parade had traveled a few blocks, a group of young American Indians wearing bandannas over their faces made their stand and sat in the middle of the road. About 20 cops jumped on top of them and promptly pulled them apart and arrested them. The protesters didn't fight, but they did use each other as weight, locking their arms together. One of them came up bloody.
After this, the parade continued and the protesters headed back to the capital to spread the word. 83 protesters taken away on police buses by the time the parade was over.
Personally, I have no vested interest here. I'm not American Indian or Italian American. I do believe that what happened to the native people of this land is horrible. If I was Native American, after years of persecution of my people, I would probably be tired of words and lies too. However I don't have anything against Italian Americans either and I doubt their ancestors had more to do with Indian genocide than any of the other European countries that settled in the United States.
I think the city of Denver needs to get off their butts and do something about it. How hard is it to change the name of the parade to Italian Heritage Day or whatever and out of respect to the American Indians, have another day for them. How hard is that? 20 years, really?
I also realize the city is planning for the Democratic National Convention but was the show of force necessary, for a group that has maintained their peaceful approach?
A little overkill if you ask me, but then again this is a post 9/11 world, and everyone could be a terrorist.
www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096409698
I couldn't get this guy out of my frame. He just had that look.
What does Web 2.0 look like? I did some screenshots of sites considered to be examples of Web 2.0 companies to look for common elements. Hover over to read my notes on each.
What do these sites have in common? If you know of other Web 2.0 sites I should include, please post as a comment.
Mosaic, 'light box' table, with 'St Peters organic Ale, kiln fused, green bottles, 61cm (table top) 44cm (height)
Webber Falls, north of Truckee, on the Little Truckee River. 62 ft. high. I had this beauty all to myself on Memorial Day.
View in larger size and read about my adventure on my blog.
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Iridescent spider web image
using a Canon Rebel XTI in conjunction with Meade ETX telescope, 90mm lens F.L. 1250mm,
I captured about 15 feet above the ground, 27 feet distant at my home in Fairfax Vermont,
July 5 2012, 5:19pm. Exposure 0.6 seconds ISO 200. Darkened to bring out color only.
This is my first successful test shot for webs, with more shots planned.
This web worm was moving along our garden fence..I had a ball with just watching it move along doing what it does..This was zoom shot not macro...If you were there you could watch it inch along but it wouldn't be still for a moment.Wish I could stretch like that
i took this on thanksgiving day...the webs weren't even visible until the sunlight hit them.
anyways, it isn't the greatest photo but i like it, and i needed some color in my photostream :p