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Bryce image
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Be Normal. Riiiight. Normal Boy is anything but “normal”. He’s hiding something behind that innocent smile. I just have no idea what. No one does. Whatever it is, it’s rebellious. Which is a good thing. Be Normal, it’s your disguise.
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Digitization {2007}. I’ve decided to create this image for several reasons. But I will stikk to being relevant. Liberty X means that this phase in the Amerikkkan Empire is named by political scientists as “proto-fascism.” What I mean by fascism is any/all regimes that denies {certain} inalienable rights to its citizens FOR WHATEVER REASONS. We in Amerikkka, the so-called “freest democracy in the world,” are moving quite quikkly towards full fascism. We have more citizens being lokked up behind bars than the former Soviet Union and present China. Uncle Sam watches and monitors us like we’re living in Orwell’s 1884 with Big Brother controls our everyday lives. So, in this case and with this particular subject-matter of liberty and libertarian ideals, Liberty X literally means the losing and loss of liberty/libertarian ideals… /
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Apophysis smoke…...well…...that’s what I call it :o)
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Contrasting forms of plantings…The structured look and the soft full of movement look complementing each other. I like both styles and when they are together like this they look great. / Albuquerque Botanical Gardens, New Mexico, USA. Featured in A Garden somewhere…..group, RedBubble, July 2009 /
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© C J Lewis. Art work is Acrylic painting 20”x 26” THIS PAINTING IS BEST VIEWED LARGE / MCN:C1F21-60563-B809A
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Stephen (Steve) Biko, the founder of the Black Consciousness Movement, was born December 18,1946 in King William’s Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa and reborn on September 12, 1977. “I Write What I Like” by Biko and Denzel Washington’s portrayal of Biko in “Cry Freedom” (DVD, 1987) are highly recommended. My life has been enriched through the study of this great prophetic African voice of humanity. We have not forgotten his great courage and sacrifice. This portrait is offered as a token of my love and appreciation for the magnificent spirit named Stephen Biko. Quotes: I think what we need in our society is the power by us blacks to innovate. We have got the very system from which we can expand, from which we can innovate, to say: this is what we believe, accept or not accept . . . Cultures affect each other, like fashions, and you cannot escape rubbing against someone else’s culture. But you must have the right to reject or not anything that is given to you.” “The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity.” “We are looking forward to a non-racial, just and egalitarian society in which color, creed and race shall form no point of reference.” “South Africa is the homeland of white facades, black blood, and black tears. This country, rich in natural resources and inherent beauty is also home to one of the greatest social and political evils of our time. As a continual conclusion to history’s racial problems, the South African white government has suppressed the native Africans for hundreds of years. In the last century, this uncompromising situation has continually been re-enforced through governmental legislation spear- headed by the vanguard racists, the Afrikaner National Party. Native South Africans finally voiced their suppressed anger and frustration at the government in the late1950’s, as the National Party was passing protective legislature to ensure their paranoiac hold on political, economic and social power. “ “We are not concerned with that curious bunch of non-conformists…that bunch of do-gooders that goes under all sorts of names – liberals, leftists, etc. These are all the people who argue that they are not responsible for white racism…These are all the people who claim that they too feel the oppression just as acutely as the blacks and therefore should be jointly involved in the black man’s struggle…. In short, these are the people who say that they have black souls wrapped up in white skins.” “I think, My Lord, in a government where democracy is allowed to work, one of the principles that are normally entrenched is a feed- back system, a discussion in other words between those who formulate policy and those who must perceive, accept, or reject policy. In other words, there must be a system of education, political education…” “Even today, we are still accused of racism. This is a mistake. We know that all interracial groups in South Africa are relationships in which whites are superior, blacks inferior. So as a prelude whites must be made to realize that they are only human, not superior. Same with blacks. They must be made to realize that they are also human, not inferior”. “The overall analysis, therefore, based on the Hegelian theory of dialectic materialism, is as follows. That since the thesis is a white racism there can only be one valid antithesis i.e. a solid black unity to counterbalance the scale…. We can never wage any struggle without offering a strong counterpoint to the white races that permeate our society so effectively”. / / The following are works by Steve Biko: / Steve Biko: Black Consciousness In South Africa. New York: Random, 1978. Arnold, Millard W. Black viewpoint / editor: B.S. Biko. Durban : Spro-Cas Black Community. Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society. Steve Biko: Black Consciousness In South Africa. New York: Random House, 1978. Edited by Millard Arnold Contains Biko’s testimony during his trial on May 3, 1976. I Write What I Like, edited by Aelred Stubbs. London : Bowerdean, 1978. [EDITED BY] AELRED STUBBS. I Write What I Like: a selection of his writings. New ed. London: Bowerdean, 1978. Edited with a personal memoir by Aelred Stubbs C.R. Preface by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, with a new introduction by Malusi and Thoko Mpumlwana. I Write What I Like: selected writings, edited with a personal memoir by Aelred Stubbs ; preface by Archbishop Desmond Tutu ; introduction by Malusi and Thoko Mpumlwana ; with a new foreword by Lewis R. Gordon. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002. No Fears Expressed, edited by Millard W. Arnold. Johannesburg : Skotaville, 1987. Arnold, Millard W. For more information: Steve Biko Foundation Online – http://www.sbf.org.za
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playing dress up in youth
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Loved how this looked with mountains as a backdrop…
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Tropical sunset, palm tree silhouette
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a Thread-Leaf Agave plant at Lamberton Conservatory in Highland Park,Rochester,NY.
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Palomino quarter horse in clover pasture
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Horses drinking from creek in rural North Daktoa. Taken with canon 5D
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Digital painting of horse in a winter scene.
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Poster advertising an exhibition of digital prints focusing on the remaining part of the Berlin Wall. / The East Side Gallery.
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Shot with Nikon L18 as is shot from through the passenger side of my jeep. This is a painting on the side of the VFW of Westminster MA. The artist is “Janet Watt” (not the same Janet Watt of the UK) a very talented local artist that I have had the pleasure of speaking to in person. This painting spans the whole side of the building. This is a detail shot of one section. / © 2009 Rebecca Bryson. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited. My work does NOT belong to the public domain. It may not be used in any way, shape or form without my prior written permission
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Shot with Nikon L18 as is shot from through the passenger side of my jeep. This is a painting on the side of the VFW of Westminster MA. The artist is “Janet Watt” (not the same Janet Watt of the UK) a very talented local artist that I have had the pleasure of speaking to in person. This painting spans the whole side of the building. / © 2009 Rebecca Bryson. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited. My work does NOT belong to the public domain. It may not be used in any way, shape or form without my prior written permission
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Love this flag…
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This is in Honor of all the men and women serving our country!! May God Bless and protect you all! Ya’ll are.. each and everyone… Heros ….in my eyes!! This was Taken in Odessa, with a Panasonic FZ50 / I did this one in both Black and White and in Color FEATURES and CHALLENGE WINS and TOP 10 PLACES 1. This was Featured in the >The Scavenger Hunt Group! 07/12/09 / 2. This placed in the Top 10 in the …... Let Freedom Ring ( In Color ) / United We Will Stand ( Balack and White ) /
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This work started out as a pen and ink sketch I did on a 5” x 8” plain index card some years ago. The back ground was filled in with clouds in illustrator markers. Over the years the work yellowed, the markers faded and discolored, but the original sketch still had some nice qualities to it. I moved it into Photoshop (PS) and the tawdry aspects just jumped out further. So after making adjustments for RB card format, like creating a colored torn edge, I experimented with some ‘filter’ choices. ‘Solarization’ really popped this image. It turned the century plant black with darker lines yet, but really converted the background into a feast of color. I re-painted the plant highlights with white, re-outlined for emphasis with black lines and made minor background color adjustments. I’m not a whiz at PS yet, but I like what I figured out to do with this old sketch. / I didn’t keep track of how long it took me or how late the hour… but I did this a few nights back and I’m just rested up now to submit it! ; – ))))))))))))) It’d be a decent card for the concept of making current improvements or changes (in this new century) to have a ‘brighter’ outlook for the future!
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