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How
cunningly nature hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses
and violets and morning dew! ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Background Music: Hieronymus Bosch - Der Garten der Lüste by Jocelyn Pook
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Showing posts with label Chapultec Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chapultec Park. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
The Presence
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Sunday Bikers
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“Time is an illusion perpetrated by the
manufacturers of space.”
“I used to be indecisive; now I'm not sure.”
~Graffiti quotes
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Friday, December 2, 2011
Gardening
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“Music should be thought of as the desire for an ecstatic relationship to life."
"Music has to have a deep joy inside it."
~ Keith Jarrett [Musician and former disciple of the mystic
philosopher G.I. Gurdjieff.]
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Just Moments
“Time is an illusion perpetrated by the manufacturers
of space.”
“I used to be indecisive; now I'm not sure.”
“Only the truth is revolutionary.”
~Graffiti
quotes
Music: Love Remembered by Wojciech Kilar
Saturday, October 29, 2011
The Swing of Life
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Zen and the Art of Photography
Driven by a passion for photography and a fascination with the Zen Buddhist
philosophy, the author conceptually and experientially examines the relationship
between Zen Buddhism and the art of photography.
Among the subjects discussed:
What is the relationship between haiku and photography?
What is the relationship between the mind of the photographer while creating a photograph
and the Zen concept of the Empty Mind?
What role does intuition and feeling play in
photography?
In Zen?
Through examination of these concepts and relationships,
the author explains the heightened awareness, joy, and enlightenment he has
experienced through photography and suggests ways that others may share in
the creative process.
Wayne Rowe. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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Monday, October 24, 2011
Water Games
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| Chapultepec Lake |
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| Detail |
Harold Pinter
There are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened.
Enjoy this magnificent Drum Solo by Mark Walker!
(Mark Walker (drums) with Andy Narell "The Long Way Back" (head out and drum solo)
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Bubbling
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Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it. ~Buddha |
Thursday, May 5, 2011
The Birdmen of Mexico III
Ask anyone who's been to Papantla what most impressed them, and they'll probably say, "The Voladores." Many people who've never been to the Gulf Coast -- or even to Mexico - will light up in recognition at the mention of the Voladores. They perform regularly throughout Mexico, Central and South America. They've performed in several cities in the United States, and even in Paris and Madrid. So, who are the Voladores, and why are they famous?
Volador means flyer - he who flies. It is breathtaking to watch the spectacle of four men gracefully "flying" upside down from a 75 foot pole secured only by a rope tied around their waists.
Even more amazing is the musician, called the caporal. Balanced on a narrow wooden platform without a rope or safety net, the caporal plays a drum and flute and invokes an ancient spiritual offering in the form of a spectacular dance.
As he turns to face the four cardinal directions, he will bend his head back to his feet, balance on one foot then lean precariously forward, and perform intricate footwork, all the time playing the flute and drum! No matter how many times you see this beautiful performance, it will continue to astonish you, and the plaintive tune of the flute and drum will remain with you long after you have returned home.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
The Birdmen of México
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Ahuehuete
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| Montezuma Cypress, Sabino, or Ahuehuete |
The Quiet Truth about Trees
Trees are vitally important to world health on all levels. Globally, forests are essential to the health of ecosystems and their functions, biodiversity and economics. Some of the many key functions of forests include climate regulation, the cycling and distribution of nutrients, and the provision of raw materials and resources. Trees cleanse the air and provide oxygen, help soil retain water, shield animals and other plants from the sun and other elements, and provide habitat for animals and plants. They help regulate the climate, cycle and distribute nutrients and provide raw materials and other resources. And don't forget the awesome beauty they give us throughout each year! Ecology.comFriday, April 1, 2011
Theme Day: Edges
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| Equilibrista 90 / Acrobat 90 (2005) |
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| Las Puertas del Alma / The Doors of The Soul (2006) |
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| Equilibrista En Un Brazo / Acrobat In One Arm ( 2002) Sculptures by Javier Marin |
This week's Challenge: Elaborate.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Three Views Of A Secret
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The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.
~ Henry Miller
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Chapultepec Lake
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One of the most popular pastimes among the city's children and teenagers is to hire a boat and row around the lake located in the Chapultepec Forest. Here people can take to the water, accompanied by the local duck and goose population, all set amidst picturesque woodland: a fine place for a family outing, right in the heart of the city. (MyTG) |
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Slide
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| The usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness. Old Chinese Proverb |
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Dance
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| “Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.” Rabindranath Tagore |
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Shades of Grey
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| Street Sweeper at Chapultepec Park |
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Gleam in someone's lake
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| Chapultepec Lake |
“A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing.”
“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.”
“An average man is too concerned with liking people or with being liked himself. A warrior likes, that’s all. He likes whatever or whomever he wants, for the hell of it.”
“Feeling important makes one heavy, clumsy and vain. To be a warrior one needs to be light and fluid.”
“A warrior considers himself already dead, so there is nothing to lose. The worst has already happened to him, therefore he’s clear and calm; judging him by his acts or by his words, one would never suspect that he has witnessed everything.”
“There’s no emptiness in the life of a warrior. Everything is filled to the brim. Everything is filled to the brim, and everything is equal.”
“All of us, whether or not we are warriors, have a cubic centimeter of chance that pops out in front of our eyes from time to time. The difference between the average person and a warrior is that the warrior is aware of this and stays alert, deliberately waiting, so that when this cubic centimeter of chance pops out, it is picked up.”
“The aim is to balance the terror of being alive with the wonder of being alive.”
“For a warrior, to be inaccessible means that he touches the world around him sparingly. And above all, he deliberately avoids exhausting himself and others. He doesn’t use and squeeze people until they have shriveled to nothing, especially the people he loves.”
“My laughter … is real, but it is also controlled folly because it is useless; it changes nothing and yet I still choose to do it. … I am happy because I choose to look at things that make me happy…”
“The internal dialogue is what grounds people in the daily world. The world is such and such or so and so, only because we talk to ourselves about its being such and such and so and so. The passageway into the world of shamans opens up after the warrior has learned to shut off his internal dialogue.”
“The world is a mystery. This, what you’re looking at, is not all there is to it. There is much more to the world, so much more, in fact, that it is endless. So when you’re trying to figure it out, all you’re really doing is trying to make the world familiar. You and I are right here, in the world that you call real, simply because we both know it.”
Carlos Castaneda
Saturday, May 1, 2010
May 1st, Theme Day: Statues
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| Nezahualcoyotl King of Texcoco Sculpture by Luis Ortiz Monasterio (1956) |
(April 28, 1402 – June 4, 1472) was a philosopher, warrior, architect, poet and ruler (Tlatoani) of the city-state of Texcoco in Pre-Columbian Mexico. Unlike other high-profile Mexican figures from the century preceding Spanish Conquest, Nezahualcoyotl was not an Aztec; his people were the “Acolhua", another Nahualtl people settled in the eastern part of the Valley of Mexico, the eastern side of Lake Texcoco. He is best remembered for his beautiful poetry.
Songs by Nezahualcoyotl
The destruction of the Mexican state was foreshadowed by a series of omens and prodigies which took place during the ten years preceding the arrival of Cortes.
By the "smoking stars" is meant a comet that was visible for about a year.
By the "smoking stars" is meant a comet that was visible for about a year.
The sweet-voiced quetzal there, ruling the earth, has intoxicated my soul.
I am like the quetzal bird, I am created in the one and only God; I sing sweet songs among the flowers; I chant songs and rejoice in my heart.
The fuming dewdrops from the flowers in the fields intoxicate my soul.
I grieve to myself that ever this dwelling on earth should end.
I foresaw, being a Mexican, that our rule began to be destroyed, I went forth weeping that it was to bow down and to be destroyed.
Let me not be angry that the grandeur of Mexico is to be destroyed.
The smoking stars gather against it: the one who cares for flowers is about to be destroyed.
He who cared for books wept, he wept for the beginning of the destruction.
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Amo el canto del zenzontle
Pájaro de cuatrocientas voces,
Amo el color del jade
Y el enervante perfume de las flores,
Pero más amo a mi hermano: el hombre.
I love the song of the mockingbird,
Bird of four hundred voices,
I love the color of the jadestone
And the enrapturing scent of flowers,
But more than all I love my brother: man.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Zoo
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| Mexico City Zoo |
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