The Magic of the Cities.

Zen promotes the rediscovery of the obvious, which is so often lost in its familiarity and simplicity. It sees the miraculous in the common and magic in our everyday surroundings. When we are not rushed, and our minds are unclouded by conceptualizations, a veil will sometimes drop, introducing the viewer to a world unseen since childhood. ~ John Greer

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Forest Flower



“I went to see a band in New York.
The lead singer got on the microphone, and he said
How many of you people feel like human beings tonight?
Then he said
How many of you feel like animals?
And everyone cheered after the animals part.
But the thing is, I cheered after the human being part because I did not know that there was a second part to the question.”
~Mitch Hedberg

E n j o y !

Background Music : Take Five by Al Jarreau!

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Friday, February 10, 2012

Structures


Mexico City

Brooklyn, NYC

Greenwich Village. Manhattan. NYC

Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.
~Le Corbusier

Happy Weekend!

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Friday, February 3, 2012

Tall



Empire State Building. Manhattan, NYC


PHOTO FRIDAY
THE CURRENT CHALLENGE
Fri Feb 03, 2012
This week’s challenge:
Tall’.




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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

February 1st, 2012 Theme Day : Animals




(Sorry, previously posted)

Our task must be to free ourselves... by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.
Albert Einstein

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
Anatole France

I know at last what distinguishes man from animals: financial worries.
Romain Roland

Nature teaches beasts to know their friends.
William Shakespeare




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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Flower



“The state of mind of the photographer while creating is a blank. I might add
that this condition exists only at special times, namely when looking for pictures...For
those who would equate ‘blank’ with a kind of static emptiness, I must explain that
this is a special kind of blank. It is a very active state of mind really, a very receptive
state of mind, ready at an instant to grasp an image, yet with no image pre-formed
in it at any time. We should note that the lack of a pre-formed pattern or
preconceived idea of how anything ought to look is essential to this blank
condition. Such a state of mind is not unlike a sheet of film itself-seemingly inert,
yet so sensitive that a fraction of a second’s exposure conceives a life in it. (Not
just life, but a life.)
~Minor White

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Monday, January 30, 2012

Inspiration











The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is a place that fuels creativity, ignites minds, and provides inspiration.


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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Figure in the Garden





Figure in the Garden
May 20, 2011–Ongoing
The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, exterior, first floor

Sculpture Garden installation brings together figurative works from the late 19th century to the present day. Making its debut in the Sculpture Garden is Figurengruppe/Group of Figures, by contemporary German artist Katharina Fritsch (b. 1956). Conceived in 2006–08, the work features nine life-size sculptures of, among other figures, St. Michael, a Madonna, a giant, and a snake, all rendered in precise detail and finished in bold colors. Religious symbolism and references to mythology abound, yet any fixed meaning remains open and elusive. Group of Figures is joined by earlier works such as Auguste Rodin’s heroic St. John the Baptist Preaching (1878–80) and Aristide Maillol’s pensive Mediterranean (1902–05). Striking a casual pose in his derby hat is Elie Nadelman’s Man in the Open Air (c. 1915), and perched atop a tall pedestal is Gaston Lachaise’s open-armed, voluptuous Floating Figure (1927). Perennial favorites like Picasso’s She-Goat (1950) and Miró’s Moonbird (1966) are on view as well, in addition to works by Renée Sintenis, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Henry Moore, and Tom Otterness.

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Friday, January 27, 2012

Freedom



THRIVE

cycles repeating – the earth is speaking
saying time has come to wake up from
this nightmare of lies
so many shattered lives
reaching out… crying
crying out for freedom
crying out for love
carried by the current
‘til we stand side by side
on the brink of a brand new dawn
we come together while the waters rise
there’s a stirring…
what on earth does it take to thrive?
while we’ve been sleeping
our hearts were beating
so much closer than we ever knew
beneath the noise there’s an inner voice
whispering clear and true
the veils are finally lifting
a way’s becoming clear
there’s a dream without a limit
and a vision so strong
every person knows they belong
we come together while the waters rise
there’s a stirring… deep inside… deep inside
we come together to stand up for our lives
what on earth does it take to...
thrive
out in the open
thrive
healing what’s broken
every heart… every life
claiming our place in it now
we come together while the waters rise
there’s a stirring… deep inside… deep inside
we come together to stand up for our lives
we all have what it takes to thrive
we come together while the waters rise
there’s a stirring… deep inside… deep inside
we come together to stand up for our lives
we all have what it takes to thrive
we all have what it takes to thrive
we all have what it takes to thrive!

Words and Music by Austin Willacy and Ariel Thiermann
Sung by Ariel Thiermann and Austin Willacy
Produced by Gary Malkin and Ariel Thiermann

Copyright©2011 Clear Compass Media, LLC

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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Piazza San Marcos




Piazza San Marcos. Venice

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