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Quinceañera (lit. meaning One (f.) who is fifteen),
sometimes called Fiesta de Quinceañera, or simply quince, is the
celebration of a girl's
fifteenth birthday in parts of Latin America and
elsewhere in communities of immigrants from Latin America. This birthday is
celebrated differently from any other birthday, as it marks the transition from
childhood to young womanhood.
In Mexico, the birthday girl is fixed up with fancy makeup. Traditionally,
this was the first time she would wear makeup, but more recently this is no
longer the case. She also has her nails and hair done especially for this
occasion and dresses up with a fancy dress that she had chosen in advance.
In the Mexican tradition - and if the teenager is Catholic - the quinceañera
festival begins with a Thanksgiving mass. For this mass, the
teenager wears a formal dress, usually quite creative in fashion and reminiscent
of what a western bride or princess would wear. Traditionally, the quinceañera
would wear a pink dress to symbolize her purity; however, in recent decades,
white has become the color of choice to symbolize this treasured quality.
She arrives at the celebration accompanied by her parents, godparents,
damas, and chamberlains. She is also awarded a tiara as a reminder that
to her loved ones, especially her immediate family, she will always be a
princess. [Wiki]
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Quinceañera
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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Friday, October 28, 2011
Solar Dance
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When it is
dark enough, you can see the stars.
~Ralph
Waldo Emerson
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Fire From Within
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If we could see the miracle of a single
flower clearly, our whole life would change.
~Buddha
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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)
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Heart
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“You see things; and you say, 'Why?'
But I dream things that never were;
and I say, 'Why not?'”
“Life isn't about finding yourself.
Life is about creating yourself.”
~George Bernard Shaw
Dedicated To All Of You!
Thanks
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Friday, October 21, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
15.o - III
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“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we
exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple.
But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we
exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.”
“The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act
and not react.”
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who
cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
“A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than
he takes out.”
~George Bernard Shaw
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
15.o - II
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| #WORLDREVOLUTION “Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.”
~Aristotle “You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, Not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.”
~Abbie Hoffman Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.
~Herbert Marcuse. One-dimensional man. "Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~Edgar Allan Poe |
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
15.o - I
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| ( Today the words are not carried away by the wind ) |
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| 15.O ctober Mexico |
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| ( The impossible has already started ) |
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| ( When The 99 % Move, The 1 % Fall ) |
On 15th October 2011, united in our diversity, united for global change, we demand global democracy: global governance by the people, for the people.
Inspired by our sisters and brothers in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Bahrain, New York, Palestine-Israel, Spain and Greece, we too call for a regime change: a global regime change.
In the words of Vandana Shiva, the Indian activist, today we demand replacing the G8 with the whole of humanity - the G 7,000,000,000.
Lorenzo:
"The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils."
"The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils."
The Merchant of Venice (V, i, 83-85). William Shakespeare
Friday, October 14, 2011
Taking Off
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| Egret. Chapultepec Lake. Mexico City |
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Rorschach
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| Harold Pinter There are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened. Apart from the known and the unknown, what else is there? I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past? It's so easy for propaganda to work, and dissent to be mocked. Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo. I don't intend to simply go away and write my plays and be a good boy. I intend to remain an independent and political intelligence in my own right. |
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Horizons of The Past
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The Square
of Santo Domingo is considered Mexico´s City second largest square, after the
Zocalo, due to its location and because it is bounded by historic buildings
that during the Viceroyalty fulfilled important economic, religious,
political and commercial roles. The Temple of Santo Domingo and the Temple of
la Enseñanza, the Chapel of Atonement, the Palace of the Inquisition and the
Customs old building are some of the New Spain's significant buildings that
make up this urban space of the Historical Downtown.
In
the book La Plaza de Santo Domingo. Sixteenth century, Pedro Alvarez y
Gasca explains that, initially, this place was located in the quarter of Santa
Maria and built over the ancient Mexica Calpulli Cuepopan; according to other
sources, before the fall of Tenochtitlan, Cuauhtemoc´s Palace occupied part of
it. When the Dominicans arrived in 1526 the space was free, so it was assigned
to operate as a convent. In 1571 the Royal Court of the Inquisition was
settled in the northeast corner of the Square, and early on the
XVII century, there were a large cross and a fountain, which supplied
water to the neighborhood. In 1676 the Customs building was settled on the
eastern side, it managed the taxes and reviewed the objects entering from Europe
to New Spain via the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
The
Temple of Santo Domingo, a building that dates from the XVII century, which
replaced the original after a fire, still retains the XVII century
altarpieces of Mexican artist Manuel Tolsá. Besides all these
constructions there was, in the center of the Square, a fountain with the motif
of the eagle and the cactus, it was replaced in 1890 with the fountain of the
Corregidora Doña Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez. (LugarCero)
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Intonation
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