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Parallel Dimensions

A parallel dimension-another world existing alongside our own, a differing reality that could be eerily similar or something entirely different

Featured Work

"The Others" (3) by SteveOhlsen

I love Photoshop CS2. You can have so much fun with it, though I’ve a lot to learn yet. What used to be two young boys standing at the end of a school walkover has now become a “close encounter” of some kind. Whether they call themselves “The Others” or “The Visitors” who knows? This is imagination, and can be whatever we want them to be.
From the Ashes. by AlienVisitor

Rising from the ruins of the ancient city of Galardia,we have New Galardia. Nobeing knows how long the city lay beneath the centuries of ash & dust, colonists first settled in this valley more than 3 centures ago. In all that time the ruins were not discovered, it was not until the great earth tremours and accompanying violent winds storms of 3156 (AA) / wiped the valley clean of ash, dust and topsoil that this once great city was revealed. / After much exploration and research the history and downfall of the Galardians was known. Maybe someday they will return from their journey to the stars. / They left this world in search of a new planet to settle after destroying this one. We may never know the true story!
The Dark Tower by Peter Fuller

This image was created by light painting the inside of a memorial in the East Geelong cemetery with a red laser pointer during a long exposure.
Describe Just One Thing by Bjondon

Describe just one thing / With sufficient clarity/honesty, / And you will find you have described yourself, / Your world, / Your past / And your future. Molten sand made into a mockery of tears, of splashing rivers. / The configuration: / Foot stem and bowl, / Like some puff of pomposity ~ / Proud of our civilization, / Shying from our creaking selves, / Palm over rim, / Lips feeling the rill. Workers will have seen them confused / In a deep sink of hot water, / Or regimented on the drainers, / Shiny like amnesiacs. Later in the landfill, / Dismembered, cloudy, banished from light ~ / A stem, rediscovered. / Its bubble/fault / Telling what we breathe.
The Door by Cornelia Mladenova

Used my picture taken in Cashel Castle and two of my grass patterns from Fota Gardens
COFFEE BREAK by Tammera

AHHH THE MOMENT AWAITS DEVIANTART.COM STOCK: / Wing_stock_14_by_rewston_stock / Stock_12_by_gsso_stock FEATURED IN #1 ARTISTS OF THE REDBUBBLE / FEATURED IN FIRST THINGS / FEATURED IN IMAGES AND IDEAS / FEATURED IN FEMININE INTENT / FEATURED IN ABSTRACT DIGITAL ART / WON TOP TEN IN THE “TWO 4 ONE” CHALLENGE IN MOOD AND AMBIENCE / FEATURED IN A SPIRITUAL WALK / WON TOP TEN (8) IN THE FIRST “FEATURED FEATURES CHALLENGE / FEATURED IN PARALLEL DIMENSIONS / FEATURED IN MOODY AND EVOCATIVE / FEATURED IN CUPS MUGS AND SAUCERS / CHALLENGE WINNER IN ALL THINGS COFFEE CHALLENGE “Photo-manipulated coffee”
A Moment of Truth by -Whisper-

/ Featured in: / Parallel Dimensions Feb 2010 / Thank you! I found on You Tube the extract of a film I so love called Mindwalk, a film directed by Bernt Amadeus Capra, based on the book The Turning Point by his brother Fritjof Capra, the author of the book The Tao of Physics. And I wanted to share it with you because it reflects things I am aware of when I do my forests, a perspective on Life I very much resonate with. / I hope it will inspire you too! 3D created with Vue 6 Pro Studio
Dis-Association I by DragonFlyer

Where does that final ability to disconnect from everything come from? Maybe I have my own answers to this question – but I doubt that my answers would be anyone else’s… Who knows? Created from some of my own images. All taken with Sony A350, various lenses. I am including a NSFW filter over this image, as it may be a touch disturbing for some… Featured in ‘Parallel Dimensions’!
Can't Find My Way Home (image, poem & music) by restlessd

Come down off your throne & leave your body low, / Somebody must change. / You are the reason I have waiting so long, / Somebody holds the key. / Well I’m near the end and I guess they got the time. / And I’m wasted and I can’t find my way home. Image inspired by the song of the same name (1st verse above) by Blind Faith. This band included Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Ginger Baker and Rick Grech. One of my all-time favorite songs. Image is open to your own interpretation. Here is mine: Did you ever feel that you belonged, / Wherever your life was planted? / Did you wonder if things could be alright / If just one of your wishes were granted? You only know one way of life, / You never knew it was any different / Than anyone else in this great big world / This is how your life is spent. But you did know one thing for sure, / That your heart did not know love, / Your head would say this is ok / But inside you did not know love. You have no home, no sacred space, / A place to feel safe & secure. / There are no gentle arms to hold you, / No protector to help you endure. They sometimes say ignorance is bliss / What you don’t know will not hurt you. / You only wish that this was fact, / But you know it isn’t really true. You are like a lost soul searching / Never really knowing where to look. / Or even knowing what you need. / Your life is an old, sad book. It’s easier to live day to day, / Watching the dark tide turn to foam. / To stop worrying about what might have been, / And stop trying to find your way home. a rhonda original 10© / Can’t Find My Way Home – Blind Faith Image created in Photoshop with a fractal flame created in Apophysis 3D Hack using layers, blend modes, native & external filters including fractalius. / Background texture was processed in Dynamic Painter to create a watercolor look. / The bush in the corner is a photo of a gone to seed artichoke bloom. FEATURED: / Feb 5 The Beauty of Poetry / / Feb 2 Parallel Dimensions / / Jan 26 in Inspired Art / / Jan 21 in Textures Unlimited / / HONORABLE MENTION: / Jan 20, 2010 / / ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ My original images (all shot with a Nikon CP8400): / / Stock images used: / Background texture by phatpuppy which I made into a watercolor overlay texture in Photoshop. / Old Key / Angels Fall by Jesper-stock / Girl by ~DinoCruton / PS bird brushes by Falln Stock / Thank you to all / F is for Finding My Way Home and Frightened Image copyright © 2009 RestLeSsD Graphics. All rights reserved. / All photographs, images, and text by RestLeSsD Graphics is the exclusive property of RestLeSsD Graphics and is protected under United States and international copyright laws. Please note that copying, displaying or redistribution of this image without written permission from RestLeSsD Graphics is strictly prohibited. No images are within Public Domain. Use of any image as the basis for another photographic concept or illustration is also a violation of copyright.
San Jacinto (Desert Sunset) by restlessd

(please listen to the music (below) it enhances the viewing & reading experience) / Best Viewed Large / Desert sunset fades away. / Comes the darkness all around. / Tomorrow brings another day. / Where will I be found? Granite fragments pierce within / As thoughts inside congeal. / Further knowledge seeps within. / Closed eyes that will not seal. Soon the light is gone away, / Endless skies surround. / Darkness is not my enemy; / In darkness I am found. Inner most shapes of thoughts / Rush forward to be released. / Even hurts thought long forgotten / Show they have not yet ceased. Scan the night for escape, / You’ll not need tomorrow’s light. / These eyes inside will guide you, / There is no need to fight. . . a rhonda original© / Peter Gabriel – San Jacinto FEATURED: / Feb 7 Retro Conglomerate / / Jan 11: Parallel Dimensions / !http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/5435/estherjohnsonsbannerpar.jpg Dec. 4: Trees Around the World Challenge / An LPS challenge image. Created in Photoshop CS2. Used brushes, layer masking & blend modes. Honorably Featured: / Feb 1 #1 Artists of Redbubble / / TOP TEN Jan 5 Cee’s Fun & Artsy B&W Challenge / / Dec. 4 Mornings & Evenings / Dec. 4 Your Magic Place / All Colors of the Rainbow – Black / Contrasting Perceptions / The Great Outdoors /

Recent Work

Milady'... by valzart

Celtic heart’ / “Looking down from her castle keep / at her crusading knight departing / gentle tears touch her cheeks / a tortured sigh she breathes / for her Celtic heart is breaking / ”. by V.Kelly .. .. .. /
Gateway by A. JILL GAEBEL

The gateway to what? The other side? Another reality? Dreams? The past? The future? Inspiration? Where do you want the Gateway to lead you?.
Three Ravens by Lynnette Shelley

Original artwork for sale. Please contact redeye@designbyredeye.com for inquiries. Mixed media (oil pastels, colored pencils, gold acrylic, black sharpie marker) on Canson pastel paper, 25×19 inches. This is my loose adaptation of a Celtic triskelion motif – but with ravens instead of spirals 30 favoritings and counting as of 12/28/09 View more of my artwork online at www.lynnetteshelley.com
Autumn gaze by lhandlott

digital art/photography
The Serpent Tree by Lynnette Shelley

Original artwork for sale. Please contact redeye@designbyredeye.com for inquiries. Mixed media (liquid gold leaf, oil pastels, colored pencils, silver ink, liquid silver leaf, black marker) on light blue Canson paper, 19×25 inches. This photo does not do the original artwork justice as you can’t see the different metallic bits so well in the photograph. (There are two different types of silver used, for example, which you can differentiate in person, but not so well in the photo). But you get the idea at any rate…. Artwork is inspired by the Tree of Life / World Tree / Serpent Tree mythologies found across various cultures and religions. View more of my artwork online at lynnetteshelley.com I uploaded this artwork on 12/28/09 and it’s rapidly becoming one of my most popular works with 39favoritings as of 1/08/2010 View photos of this artwork as a work in progress here Thus sayeth Wikipedia “Chthonic serpents and sacred trees In many myths the chthonic serpent (sometimes a pair) lives in or is coiled around a Tree of Life situated in a divine garden. In the Genesis story of the Torah and Biblical Old Testament the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is situated in the Garden of Eden together with the tree of immortality. In Greek mythology Ladon coiled around the tree in the garden of the Hesperides protecting the entheogenic golden apples. / Níðhöggr gnaws the roots of Yggdrasil in this illustration from a 17th century Icelandic manuscript. Similarly Níðhöggr (Nidhogg Nagar) the dragon of Norse mythology eats from the roots of the Yggdrasil the World Tree. Under yet another Tree (the Bodhi tree of Enlightenment), the Buddha sat in ecstatic meditation. When a storm arose, the mighty serpent king Mucalinda rose up from his place beneath the earth and enveloped the Buddha in seven coils for seven days, not to break his ecstatic state. The Vision Serpent was also a symbol of rebirth in Mayan mythology, fuelling some cross-Atlantic cultural contexts favored in pseudoarchaeology. The Vision Serpent goes back to earlier Maya conceptions, and lies at the center of the world as the Mayans conceived it. “It is in the center axis atop the World Tree. Essentially the World Tree and the Vision Serpent, representing the king, created the center axis which communicates between the spiritual and the earthly worlds or planes. It is through ritual that the king could bring the center axis into existence in the temples and create a doorway to the spiritual world, and with it power”. (Schele and Friedel, 1990: 68) / The Sumerian deity, Ningizzida, is accompanied by two gryphons; it is the oldest known image of two snakes coiling around an axial rod, dating from before 2000 BCE. Sometimes the Tree of Life is represented (in a combination with similar concepts such as the World Tree and Axis mundi or “World Axis”) by a staff such as those used by shamans. Examples of such staffs featuring coiled snakes in mythology are the caduceus of Hermes, the Rod of Asclepius, the staff of Moses, and the papyrus reeds and deity poles entwined by a single serpent Wadjet, dating to earlier than 3000 BCE. The oldest known representation of two snakes entwined around a rod is that of the Sumerian fertility god Ningizzida. Ningizzida was sometimes depicted as a serpent with a human head, eventually becoming a god of healing and magic. It is the companion of Dumuzi (Tammuz) with whom it stood at the gate of heaven. In the Louvre, there is a famous green steatite vase carved for king Gudea of Lagash (dated variously 2200–2025 BCE) with an inscription dedicated to Ningizzida. Ningizzida was the ancestor of Gilgamesh, who according to the epic dived to the bottom of the waters to retrieve the plant of life. But while he rested from his labor, a serpent came and ate the plant. The snake became immortal, and Gilgamesh was destined to die. / Ancient North American serpent imagery often featured rattlesnakes. Ningizzida has been popularised in the 20th C. by Raku Kei Reiki (a.k.a. “The Way of the Fire Dragon”) where “Nin Giz Zida” is believed to be a fire serpent of Tibetan rather than Sumerian origin. Nin Giz Zida is another name for the ancient Hindu concept of Kundalini, a Sanskrit word meaning either “coiled up” or “coiling like a snake”. Kundalini refers to the mothering intelligence behind yogic awakening and spiritual maturation leading to altered states of consciousness. There are a number of other translations of the term usually emphasizing a more serpentine nature to the word— e.g. ‘serpent power’. It has been suggested by Joseph Campbell that the symbol of snakes coiled around a staff is an ancient representation of Kundalini physiology. The staff represents the spinal column with the snake(s) being energy channels. In the case of two coiled snakes they usually cross each other seven times, a possible reference to the seven energy centers called chakras. In Ancient Egypt, where the earliest written cultural records exist, the serpent appears from the beginning to the end of their mythology. Ra and Atum (“he who completes or perfects”) became the same god, Atum, the “counter-Ra,” was associated with earth animals, including the serpent: Nehebkau (“he who harnesses the souls”) was the two headed serpent deity who guarded the entrance to the underworld. He is often seen as the son of the snake goddess Renenutet. She often was confused with (and later was absorbed by) their primal snake goddess Wadjet, the Egyptian cobra, who from the earliest of records was the patron and protector of the country, all other deities, and the pharaohs. Hers is the first known oracle. She was depicted as the crown of Egypt, entwined around the staff of papyrus and the pole that indicated the status of all other deities, as well as having the all-seeing eye of wisdom and vengeance. She never lost her position in the Egyptian pantheon. The image of the serpent as the embodiment of the wisdom transmitted by Sophia was an emblem used by gnosticism, especially those sects that the more orthodox characterized as “Ophites” (“Serpent People”). The chthonic serpent was one of the earth-animals associated with the cult of Mithras. The Basilisk, the venomous “king of serpents” with the glance that kills, was hatched by a serpent, Pliny the Elder and others thought, from the egg of a cock. Outside Eurasia, in Yoruba mythology, Oshunmare was another mythic regenerating serpent. The Rainbow Serpent (also known as the Rainbow Snake) is a major mythological being for Aboriginal people across Australia, although the creation myth associated with it are best known from northern Australia. In Fiji Ratumaibulu was a serpent god who ruled the underworld and made fruit trees bloom.” See the Tshirt Here
Asimilator of Worlds by AlienVisitor

Unlike the Borg,the Mechan Race do not assimilate beings,they take over entire planets. Then take theplanet with them on their journey through space /
The Scarecrow of Oz by JELarson

An interpretation of the Scarecrow from the book, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” by L. Frank Baum. Illustration © 2010 by J.E.Larson
Krill City/Stardock. by AlienVisitor

This is the view from Garands Lookout high above the city-state Krill City/Stardock. / It is the centre of commerce and Alliance headquarters for this section of the Gamma – Omega Quadrant. / In the night sky we see Great Moona,Glowing Greel and Saphire.On the far side of the planet Great Moona’s orbit causes violent storms that can last for weeks on end.
Into Temptation by Tara Lemana

Droplets on an agapanthus flower petal. Canon Powershot A480 Point and Shoot, hand held. This photo reminded me of the line “The cradle is soft and warm, it couldn’t do me no harm” from the beautiful song Into Temptation by the incomparable Crowded House – hence the title. Into Temptation Lyrics You opened up your door / I couldn’t believe my luck / You in your new blue dress / Taking away my breath / The cradle is soft and warm / Couldn’t do me no harm / You’re showing me how to give Into temptation / Knowing full well the earth will rebel / Into temptation In a muddle of nervous words / Could never amount to betrayal / The sentence is all my own / The price is to watch it fail / As I turn to go / You looked at me for half a second / An open invitation for me to go Into temptation / Knowing full well the earth will rebel / Into temptation / Safe in the wide open arms of hell We can go sailing in / Climb down / Lose yourself when you linger long / Into temptation / Right where you belong The guilty get no sleep / In the last slow hours of morning / Experience is cheap / I should’ve listened to the warning / But the cradle is soft and warm Into temptation / Knowing full well the earth will rebel / Into your wide open arms / No way to break the spell / Don’t tell Proudly New Zealand-made! :)
Return of the Dragon Ship by RealMcCoyArt

Constructed in Bryce
Saturn smokes while a tractor beams by retepk

Number 23 where are you? / Someone is beaming here and we would like to know who. / The Valley of Dry Water – a place of ponds, quicksand and toxic gases and a tractor beam. Well at least on this occasion. / It is not really Saturn as you Earthlings know it. It is a replica put there millennia ago by an unknown entity. Unknown because they wish to remain unknown. It “smokes” because centuries ago a large comet hit it igniting its gases and it keeps on burning. The “smoke” is then emitted into space. The “smoke” is really a volatile gas that after some time in the vacuum of space becomes stabilised and what you call nebulae. Created in Artmatic Voyager, Bryce6/DAZ and Photoshop. Again some Terran clouds used. / Saturn’s rings and outline courtesy of NASA.
MY BLUE PRISON by Tammera

Scenes of depression / Be it mental emotional / Spiritual or physical / Being trapped in blue prison / Is no picnictho it can be sicklycle Digital Art / Photoshop CS3 Special thanx to deviantart.com Stock: / Stock_female_23_by_TheArtistDarklady / Starry_Night_Texture_by_ArrsistableStock

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A parallel dimension-another world existing alongside our own, a differing reality that could be eerily similar or something entirely different….

We welcome all works from traditional forms of art to digital, photographic art and the written word. Think fantasy, surreallism, science fiction, the dark, strange and abstract.

This is a place for those with big imaginations and ideas and an open mind.
Welcome to the dimension…