October 31, 2010
Sunday
October 29, 2010
Choices
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| Left-Wing to Right-Wing Spectrum Copyright © Hypocrites.org.uk There are only two basic ways to organize society: coercively, through government dictates, or voluntarily, through the myriad interactions among individuals and private associations. All the various political "isms"--monarchy, oligarchy, fascism, communism, conservatism, liberalism, libertarianism--boil down to a single question: "Who is going to make the decision about this particular aspect of your life, you or somebody else?" Edward H. Crane |
October 27, 2010
Brand New day
October 26, 2010
Absorbed
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| I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Confucius |
October 25, 2010
El Pantalon
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Arcos Corporative Building, known as "El Pantalon" (The Trousers) by Mexican architect Teodoro Gonzalez de Leon. Another views of this building here and idem. |
October 24, 2010
Moon Branches
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The moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun. ~William Shakespeare |
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Canción Mixteca Que lejos estoy del suelo donde he nacido! inmensa nostalgia invade mi pensamiento; y al verme tan solo y triste cual hoja al viento, quisiera llorar, quisiera morir de sentimiento. Oh tierra del sol!, suspiro por verte ahora que lejos yo vivo sin luz, sin amor; y al verme tan solo y triste cual hoja al viento, quisiera llorar, quisiera morir de sentimiento. Mixteca Song I'm that far land where I was born! Immense sadness fills my feelings and seeing me so lonely and sad like leaf in the wind, I would like to mourn, I would die of feeling. Oh land of the sun! I yearn to see you now that I live far without light, without love and seeing me so lonely and sad like a leaf in the wind I would like to mourn, I would die of feeling. |
October 21, 2010
Beautiful Danger
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| Popocatepetl is an active volcano and, at 5,426 m (17,802 ft), the second highest peak in Mexico after the Pico de Orizaba (5,636 m/18,491 ft). Popocatepetl is linked to the Iztaccihuatl volcano to the north by the high saddle known as the Paso de Cortés, and lies in the eastern half of the Trans-Mexican volcanic belt. The name Popocatepetl comes from the Nahuatl words popōca 'it smokes' and tepētl 'mountain', thus Smoking Mountain; the name Don Goyo comes from the mountain's association in the lore of the region with San Gregorio (St. Gregory), "Goyo" being a nickname-like short form of Gregorio. Popocatepetl is 70 km (43 mi) southeast of Mexico City, from where it can be seen regularly, depending on atmospheric conditions. The residents of Puebla, a mere 40 km (25 mi) east of the volcano, enjoy the views of the snowy and glacier-clad mountain almost all year long. The volcano is also one of the three tall peaks in Mexico to contain glaciers, the others being Iztaccihuatl and Pico de Orizaba. Popocatepetl is one of the most violent volcanoes in Mexico, having had more than 20 major eruptions since the arrival of the Spanish in 1519. A major eruption occurred in 1947 to begin this cycle of activity. Then, on December 21, 1994, the volcano spewed gas and ash which was carried as far as 25 km (16 mi) away by prevailing winds. The activity prompted the evacuation of nearby towns and scientists to begin monitoring for an eruption. In December 2000, tens of thousands of people were evacuated by the government based on the warnings of scientists. The volcano then made its largest display in 1200 years. [Wiki] |
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| Iztaccíhuatl A legend tells the tale that many years before Cortés came to Mexico, the Aztecs lived in Tenochtitlán, today's Mexico City. The chief of the Aztecs had a beautiful daughter named Iztaccíhuatl. The people were enchanted with Izta and her parents prepared her to someday be the Empress of the Aztecs. Izta grew up and fell in love with a captain of a tribe named Popocatépetl or Popoca. Popoca asked for the Emperor's permission to marry his daughter and he agreed to the arrangement under one condition: in order to marry his Izta, Popoca had to bring the head of an enemy chief back from the war. Popoca went off to fulfill his destiny. Several months passed and an adversary of Popoca sent a false message back to Izta that her loved one had died in battle. When Izta heard her lover's fate she was overcome by the news, refused to eat and died of grief. Popoca returned victorious, but upon hearing of Izta's passing he could not be consoled. He carried his beloved to the mountains and put her down to rest, then plunged a dagger in his broken heart. The gods covered them with snow and changed them into famous peaks in Mexico. Together in eternity are Iztaccíhuatl's mountain "La Mujer Dormida" (Sleeping Woman), and Popocatépetl's volcano, still active today raining fire on Earth in blind rage at the loss of his beloved. [Wiki] |
October 19, 2010
On the move
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| La Cibeles Turnabout. Mexico City |
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| Riverside. NYC |
October 18, 2010
Sign and graffiti with light on top
Detail:
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| “Time is an illusion perpetrated by the manufacturers of space.” “Is there intelligent life on earth? Yes, but I'm only visiting.” “I used to be indecisive; now I'm not sure.” “Laughter translates into any language.” “Only the truth is revolutionary.” ~Graffiti quotes |
October 17, 2010
October 15, 2010
Hoja
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When I look carefully I see the nazuna blooming By the hedge! Cuando miro con cuidado Veo florecer la nazuna Junto al seto! ~Basho (1644-94) |
October 14, 2010
Pixels Skyline
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Central Park. NYC 2008 |
October 13, 2010
Diana The Huntress
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| Diana Fountain. Mexico City |
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Diana de Versailles. Musée du Louvre Diana (lt. "heavenly" or "divine") was the goddess of the hunt, being associated with wild animals and woodland, and also of the moon in Roman mythology. In literature she was the equal of the Greek goddess Artemis, though in cult beliefs she was Italic, not Greek, in origin. Diana was worshiped in ancient Roman religion and is currently revered in Roman Neopaganism and Stregheria. Diana was known to be the virgin goddess and looked after virgins and women. She was one of the three maiden goddesses, Diana, Minerva and Vesta, who swore never to marry. [Wiki] |
October 12, 2010
October 11, 2010
El Mexicano
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(Sculpture) by Rachid Khimoune. 2003 Borda Gardens. Cuernavaca. Mexico How much do you know about Mexican people? |
October 9, 2010
John Lennon
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| Central Park (Garden Of Peace) New York City |
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| The Dakota Building. NYC |
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| Entrance The Dakota Building |
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The Central Park memorial was designed by Bruce Kelly, the chief landscape architect for the Central Park Conservancy. Strawberry Fields was inaugurated on what would have been Lennon's 45th birthday, 9 October 1985, by his widow Yoko Ono, who had underwritten the project. The entrance to the memorial is located on Central Park West at West 72nd Street, directly across from the Dakota Apartments, where Lennon had lived for the later part of his life, and where he was murdered. |
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Dreamers of the world, unite! |
October 8, 2010
Cul-de-Sac
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Reality is not always probable, or likely. ~Jorge Luis Borges |
October 7, 2010
Points of View (Peace Piece)
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| If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace. ~John Lennon |
October 6, 2010
Manifestation
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| Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.
Herbert Marcuse (1964) One-dimensional man. |
October 5, 2010
Designated Driver
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| Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford |
October 4, 2010
Sunday (Sundae)
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| We perceive time
according to the completeness
of our own presence. Gurdjieff The level of Being of a man attracts his life, and history repeats itself because we remain on the same level of being.
Living Time, Maurice Nicoll The world does not yield to us directly: the description of the world stands in between. Tales of Power. Carlos Castaneda Contracting our infinite sense we behold multitude;
expanding it, we behold One.
William Blake Our purpose in life
is to have a unique relationship with the Universe. Emerson |
October 3, 2010
UpAndDown
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| “If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion, which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life.” ~ James A. Michener |
October 1, 2010
October Theme Day: Graffiti
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"Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they're having a piss." It's a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of your work are the police department." — Banksy |
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