The Dead Sea, which at 400 meters below sea level is the lowest body of water on earth. Surrounded by arid hills, as devoid of life as the sea itself, the Dead Sea glistens under a burning sun with barely a ripple disturbing its surface. The rocks that meet its lapping edges become covered with [...]
… and light …
I waited for you yesterday since morning,
They guessed you wouldn’t come,
Do you remember the weather? Like a true holiday!
I did not have my coat that day.
What you see is what you get…
Walt Disney: “If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started by a mouse”. The nature photos of Miguel Angel de Arriba Cuadrado have that typical Disney touch: scary friendly …
excercise: try to focus on the face …on the face, the eyes! … focus!!!!
Fyi: Every February 9 it’s time to commemorate the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala in the year 61 AH (AD 680). This tradition is better known as Ashura and is very popular amongst Shia Muslims. Many choose to spend the day performing mourning rituals or passion [...]
…running through the graveyard, we laughed my friends and I, we swore we’d be together, until the day we died, until the day we died.
It’s such a sad old feeling, the fields are soft and green, it’s memories that I’m stealing, but you’re innocent when you dream, when you dream, you’re innocent when you dream…
As soon as your born they make you feel small, by giving you no time instead of it all, till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all…
When night fell, grace was given me,the sanctuary gates were opened, shining in the darkness nakedness bowed slowly. Waking up, I said: ‘God bless you!’, knowing it to be daring: you slept,
The lilac leaned towards you from the table to touch your eyelids with its universal blue, Those eyelids, brushed with blue were peaceful, and [...]
coppy these impressions to your screensaver, they give a nice contrast and a cheerful joy, says me :-)…
Жизнь, Жизнь, Life, Life, ….
“… Let your dream devour your life …”
to bug, or not to bug …
eXert, the photographer, sees stories …
Why do I like the combination woman/sea so much? Am I afraid of it? Is there a Freud or a Jung in the house? …
Final Fantasy X’s character designer Tetsuya Nomura has explained that he adorned Yuna’s dress and necklace with images of the hibiscus flower also called “Yuna”, and that her name carries the meaning of “night” in Okinawan, establishing a contrast between her and the lead male protagonist of Final Fantasy X, Tidus, whose name means “sun” [...]
What would you do when suddenly, on the street, somebody stopped you and asked you to watch over his young kid because he needed to do some shopping inside a bookstore and he ‘d rather did the shopping alone, without his kid … only for five minutes … would you do it? (or would you [...]
sometimes my wife sees ghosts in her dreams at night… does anyone of you out there ever seen lost souls? did you? tell me about it…
It’s all about roots …
… but I never had you…. father, you left me … but I never left you …
… the end of the harvest season … on 31/10, the boundary between the living and the deceased dissolved, and the dead become dangerous for the living by causing problems such as sickness or damaged crops. The festivals would frequently involve bonfires, into which bones of slaughtered livestock were thrown. Costumes and masks were also [...]
Warm, Welkom, Water, Woman, We, Wagner, Wandering, Wolfram, Wordless, Wife, Worry, Wrong, Work, Within, Whisper, wisdom,…..
now cold times are at your door, you must have more time to read and think…
by Alex Sandwell Kliszynski
From the first time I met Louise Chardon she made a deep impression on me. A time ago she invited me to see a preview of her new theatre/dance performance, and also that moved me a lot! She dances under burning candles …. I found a few impression photos on the net…
Under the dog star sail Over the reefs of moonshine Under the skies of fall North, north west, the Stones of Faroe
in surch of the inner world, the heart, the soul , in search of what lies beneath the surface …
“you have a way of coming easily to me. And when you take you take the very best of me…”
So What … ( or, why grownups still are attracted …)
… I want to have your attention: give it to me…
a little bit of kitch (by Владимир Федотко ) now and then ….
(and ‘Graf Drakula’ is only the name of the photographer…)
just some original ads I like…
Photographer Mohammed Altajer :” Is there a yearning in art to merge with what lies ahead? How do we experience this yearning? Does art find expression in the product of the artist or is it the process that is important? Does the artist confront his own death when he depicts his pains? Does he suffer [...]
“the practice of multiple marriage”…
there’s a (full)moon over bourbonstreet tonight…
she has angel eyes…
do you remember ‘death in venice‘? ( see , see )This photos bring back in mind that Visconti movie…
I found them on a site by Zerbrich Mich ( a bodypainter!!!)
selportraits by a young girl ….
Once she had drowned and started her slow descent
Down the streams to where the great rivers broaden
You are where the wild things are …
are you tattooed yet?
Beneath the Mask…
just some photos to accompany the music I liked this morning… and if, say on a new morning, I get to hear antother nice tune, I’ll get back to this Nikolodion photographs…
… and suddenly I have dunes on my mind …
famous for his blue eyes… a tribute to the beautiful windows to the soul…
smells like ….
What’s he building in there? What the hell is he building In there? He has subscriptions to those Magazines… He never Waves when he goes by He’s hiding something from The rest of us… He’s all To himself… I think I know Why…
Sat in the corner of the Garden Grill, with plastic flowers on the window sil. No more miracles, loaves and fishes, been so busy with the washing of the dishes. Reaction level’s much too high - I can do without the stimuli …
Someone is living there;
smoke leaks through the wall,
in the autumn rain.
( Родился я и живу в Москве, работаю фотографом. Прежде чем у меня появился первый фотоаппарат, я долгое время занимался графикой и живописью.) Just because I liked the colors… looking outside, seeing the sun shining through autumn leaves, …
“My work carries a heavy eastern influence. I think this is probably due to my Chinese heritage. Composition, rhythm and balance are the elements that I focus on. I like images that portray a sense of beauty and sadness and that work on a poetic level.”
… and Janis Joplin singing ‘little girl blue’ …
“tease me till I die…”
a very theatratical collection…
Solitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers it grasps the heart and makes it ache with sorrow. Solitude is the ally of sorrow as well as a companion of spiritual exaltation. (try to look @ every photo.. it took the photographer a lifetime to reach that point of pressing the button, and it [...]
Lacrimosa dies illa Qua resurget ex favilla Judicandus homo reus.
Huic ergo parce, Deus: Pie Jesu Domine, Dona eis requiem. Amen
the piano has been drinking, not me, not me, not me….
interviewer: “What is your take on global warming and how is it affecting our country?”
Sarah Palin: “A changing environment will affect Alaska more than any other state, because of our location. I’m not one though who would attribute it to being man-made.” …
I see landscapes, i see the sea, i see mountains and hills, i see desserts, i see clouds, i see fields, i see no more …
running, always running … I had a dream last night, I was running…
photos by Devrim Balkir: how can we ever materialize what’s inside?
when you’re smiling ….
a photoshoot by photographer Tamara Deridder with model Gudrun Ghesquière (my daughter!!!:-) )
early september morning … with only a few words you can express so much feelings…
Katy Bailey : her work is large , strong and passionate , almost a diary in paint. Each painting is a journey of discovery leading onto the next painting. She prefers pastel and charcoal as her predominant medium because of the speed it can be used , giving her work an energy and vibrancy….
Alexander ov-Lebedev has his own aproach …
