Beliefs
1149 creative works found
-
Took a different approach for the photoshpcreative07 competition and decided to reverse the concept. Here a lone survivor condemned to a future of infinite chaos manages to escape back into a alternate past of infinite possibility. This could be a physical escape or projected from within the travellers mind; an internal escape to fantasy, much like the ending of Brazil. Have since sold the image for use on the cover of the Griffith Review – yay.
-
“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” Confucius
-
This is the unframed version without a quote attached. There have been requests for this version. Captive “The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is only a projection of his own soul, which he admires.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Who is you’re hero? / / Name: Panthera tigris sumatrae (Sumatran Tiger) Description: The Sumatran tiger has the darkest coat of all tigers. Its broad, black stripes are closely spaced and often doubled. Unlike the Siberian tiger, it has striped forelegs. Sumatran tigers are the smallest tiger subspecies. Males average 2.4 meters (8 feet) in length from head to tail and weigh about 120 kilograms (264 pounds). Females measure approximately 2.2 meters (7 feet) in length and weigh about 90 kilograms (198 pounds). Distribution: The Sumatran tiger is found only on the Indonesian island of Sumatra in habitat that ranges from lowland forest to submontain and montain forest with some peat-moss forest. Biology: The Sumatran tiger eats wild pig, big deer (called rusa), and small deer (called muntjak or barking deer). The specific range size of this tiger is not know, however the population density is approximately 4–5 adult tigers/100 km 2 (39 mile 2) in optimal lowland rainforest. As elevation increases through submontain and montain forests, the number of tigers in any given area decreases because there is less prey available. Status in the wild: 400-500 wild Sumatran tigers were believed to exist in 1998, primarily in the island’s national park areas, but no island-wide census or monitoring system has been possible. Tiger numbers have continued to decline because of poaching of tigers to supply the illegal trade in tiger parts. The last remnants of lowland forest are being eliminated to establish oil palm plantations and for shifting agriculture by recent settlers from other areas of Sumatra and Indonesia. Ongoing road development makes many formerly inaccessible mountain areas accessible to illegal logging even on the steepest slopes, and many mountainous areas are being converted into plantations for coffee and other products for international markets. Tigers are legally protected but are not highly valued. Captive breeding: For three years, the Indonesian Zoological Parks’ Association (PKBSI) has been working with the Tiger Global Conservation Strategy to develop a conservation program for Sumatran tigers. In addition to the 65 Sumatran tigers living in Indonesian zoos, there are 55 tigers managed by North American zoos, 100 in European zoos, and 12 in Australasian zoos. This captive population is descended from 37 wild-caught founders. The Indonesian Sumatran Tiger Masterplan now has the potential to function as the heart of the Sumatran tiger population worldwide. It is designed to preserve sufficient genetic diversity to reinforce both captive and wild populations, thus fulfilling its goal to ensure that the in situ tiger program comprises verifiable founders permanently identified and registered in the Indonesian Sumatran Tiger Studbook. It also extends the capabilities of Indonesian zoo staff to professionally manage their tiger programs in Indonesia, and at the same time serves as a model for other range country tiger management programs in Southeast Asia.
-
Hello bubble friends, Long time I didn’t upload a real portrait…. I took this time a couple of days ago in Eritrea in the school where we were organizing our art activities. / Some people call them the “ninjas”. Some people throw them stones while they are dressed like that… some people do throw them stones or spit on them when they uncover their faces…. In what world do we leave ? / Just leave the woman alone ! Leave the children alone ! Set them free…. Give them a voice !!! it is what Art in All of Us (www.artinallofus.org) modestly try to do !
-
trust, belief, hope… Dedicated to my friend Heath, his friends and family.
-
Zia Keresean (language of the Zia Pueblo [and other Keres pueblos] in New Mexico) for Sun. New Mexico’s distinctive insignia is the Zia (Sun) Symbol, which originated with the Indians of Zia Pueblo (north central New Mexico) in ancient times. Its design reflects their tribal philosophy, with its wealth of pantheistic spiritualism teaching the basic harmony of all things in the universe. Four is the sacred number of Zia, and the figure is composed of a circle from which four points radiate. These points made up of four straight lines of varying length personify the number most often used by the Giver of all good gifts. To the Zia Indian, the sacred number is embodied in the earth, with its four directions; in the year, with its four seasons; in the day, with the sunrise, noon, evening, and night; in life, with its four divisions—childhood, youth, manhood, and old age. Everything is bound together in a circle of life and love, without beginning, without end. The Zia believe, too, that in this great brotherhood of all things, man has four sacred obligations: he must develop a strong body, a clear mind, a pure spirit, and a devotion to the welfare of his people. This is the symbol which adorns the flag of New Mexico.
-
Take me back to the rivers of belief / Take me back to the rivers of belief / my friend / I look inside my heart / I look inside my soul / I promise you / I will return Encaustic A2 / Tools; hotplate, tissue,palletknife / medium,coloured waxblocks Rivers of Belief
-
over the past month or so i have done a lt of reflecting ….my descion is to live my life how it is best for me .I stopped worring so much of what others thought i should be ..how i should act etc…..and so far my life has been so much more peacful and the ones who stayed around me are happy too ….this work is 30”x30”x2” ..acrylic …oil pastels inks ..textile paint …and a spilled tea:) but she is safe Believe / And I believe this body is only / A frail example of me / That my spirit / Ignites with fire and life / That it walks when I can not / Sings when I cry / When my flesh and mind burns from / Being stolen / I in sprit am still here clawing with bloody skin / Under my finger nails / The tastes of murderers steal blood / In my mouth / When everything begins to / Close up and shut down around me / My eyes hollowed out / My ears cut off / Bound and gagged / I am still here with the ability to feel it all / To fight back / You can’t take that / And they all told me to forgive / That that would set me free / But I never could accept their tainted water downed / Freedom / Because I know I already was / I just needed to believe it / That I still own / Everything thought / Every sin / Every love / Every torment / Everything. / And / I believe vehemently / That I am / More than the casualty / Of broken / That I am seen as.
-
Once they all believed in dragons / When the world was fresh and young, / We were woven into legends, / Tales were told and songs were sung, / We were treated with obeisance, / We were honored, we were feared, / Then one day they stopped believing / On that day, we disappeared. / Now they say our time is over, / Now they say we’ve lived our last, / Now we’re treated with derision / Where once we ruled unsurpassed. / We must make them all remember, / In some way we must reveal / That our spirit lives forever— / We are dragons! We are real! ~ © Jack Prelutsky ©2008 Globalphotos All rights reserved. / All photographs, text and images by Globalphotos are the exclusive property of Globalphotos – protected under Australian and international copyright laws. / These images may not be reproduced, copied or manipulated without written permission. / No use for Public Domain. / Use of any image for another photographic concept or illustration is a violation of copyright. Modified background stock Photodream
-
an earhart chappel photo. ORIGINAL SIN. / “THE APPLE” / / TEMPT / APPLE / RED / AND DELICIOUS. /
-
Taken with Canon 1Dmk2 at f8 1/250 ISO 160 24-70mm 2.8L @ 70mm. Using single studio light.
-
PART OF THE “LIFE IS…...” COLLECTION “LIFE IS….BELIEF” birds over church in prague at sunrise
-
/ “The Two” is part of the Flower Collection...Watercolour on Sennelier Paper… You are the town and we are the clock. / We are the guardians of the gate in the rock / The Two / On your left and on your right / In the day and in the night, / We are watching you. We’re afraid in that case you’ll have a fall. / We’ve been watching you over the garden wall / For hours. / The sky is darkening like a stain / Something is going to fall like rain / And it won’t be flowers. This might happen any day / So be careful what you say / Or do. / Be clean, be tidy, oil the lock, / Trim the garden, wind the clock, / Remember the Two. W.H. Auden
-
This spiritual design by Skye, is a tribute to the sacredness of Wildlife and indeed, of all Life. A wild Crow flies before a sacred Totem Pole which depicts the symbolism of many animal forms including Man. (A different coloured version of this beautiful image is available, if warm sepias aren’t to your taste.) The background image for this work was taken shooting into the Sun in a dense fog. 25% of proceeds from the sale of this item are donated to Defenders of Wildlife at: www.defenders.org. / Thank you for caring.
-
Male figure is a cinema4D render; rest is a lot of postwork _ blended layers and digital painting.
-
Thanks so much to Shelly / for this image.. I saw it and knew I wanted to work with it. The image on her face is a diagram showing how DNA replicates / The image is supposed to reflect how a child of the modern day world looks back on history to decide what they believe, The images on the left represent the phases of scientific knowledge we have acquired. Hope ya like this
-
Strength
by Leon WalkerTake first wary steps in the warmth of the sun / That we the loving may reach for you
A FEATURED WORK “Strength” – An International Collaboration / Image and layout by: Lilith – Netherlands / Poem by: Leon A. Walker – United States Thank you Lilith for lending me your wonderful talents in creating this beautiful piece of work. You are amazing!!! You can find more of Lilith’s work here at: / Lilith
-
A few days ago I read artist Rosa Cobos´s Tarot:Mirror and SoulPathway. Needless to say, I left fascinated and felt the urgent need to recreate one of the Tarot cards; I chose “The Hanged” _ and still don´t know why. / Once I completed the image I sent it to Rosa, and this is what she sent back to me. The Hanged. / Text By Rosa Cobos / Supreme quietness… / submmission to the unavoidable. / I would love to sustain my strength in that light, / so temping and methodic. / It is supposed to drag me out of the pit, / illuminate my ciborg-like entrails, / but I am not listening to any shinning voices.. / repting voluptuously up to heaven. / I need to root… mind and heart.. / I need to let my thoughts… images and ego / rot… like the fallen leaves, / I need to close my phantom eyes… / that seem to see beyond the unseen. / But they do not. / Resisting to meet the real void, / the entralis assembly of twisted conducts. / I have walked a long journey to become still.. / bruising my kneess.. / until I got to the Supreme Cave of desillussion. / I need to darken my skin, / white marbled, resisting to rust, oxidize…. / the blood that is sucking from the acid vegetation. / No one will tresspass my threshold of meditation. / On one… / not even myself, / for I need to forget, / the name, / the rank, / the place.. / where .. / as a young soldier, / I had been fighting, / the eternal war. Rosa Thank you, my dear Rosa
-
A collaboration between Ademac and Textureofthesin and Tracey Mac Photographer: The warmly regarded and very talented Ademac Art direction and inspiration: Tracey Mac Textures: TOTS Models: Tracey Mac and TOTS Processing: TOTS I died as inanimate matter and arose a plant, / I died as a plant and rose again an animal. / I died as an animal and arose a man. / Why then should I fear to become less by dying? / I shall die once again as a man / To rise an angel perfect from head to foot! / Again when I suffer dissolution as an angel, / I shall become what passes the conception of man! / Let me then become non-existent, for non-existence / Sings to me in organ tones, ‘To him shall we return’. The Persian Islamic Sufi mystic poet Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi
-
featured in Color Me a Rainbow 10-24-2009 / featured in SOLO-EXHIBITION 10-19-2009 / featured in A Spiritual Walk 10-16-2009 / featured in The World as We See it 10-04-2009 / featured in Globes, Sphere’s & Curves 09-01-2009 / featured in Metallic Junktion 08-14-2009 / featured in A Kaleidoscope Kraze 08-19-2009 / featured in A Fractal Energy Passion 08-18-2009 / featured in Live, Love, Dream 08-15-2009 Take me back to the rivers of belief / Take me back to the rivers of belief / My friend / . / I look inside my heart / I look inside my soul / I promise you / I will return / . / And when the lamb / Opened the seventh seal / Silence covered the sky / . / Take me back to the rivers of belief / Take me back to the rivers of belief / My friend / . / I look inside my heart / I look inside my soul / Im reaching out for you / Lets hope one day / We’ll rest in peace on my rivers of belief / created with Apophyisis, Incendia & PSP
-
a frog in my throat
by Ushna Sardar*_an unintelligible world devoid of God / curiosity killed the cat / ‘search me’ / with a gesture of despair / cut a tooth / ‘This sickness …
FEATURED BY FEMININE INTENT -25/08/09
-
Goddess Collection
RedBubble is a great place to find art, design, photos and writing from over 80,000 talented people.
You can buy their stuff
On stunning greeting cards, awesome t-shirts or beautiful prints to hang on your walls.
Risk Free Returns
It’s really simple. If you’re not happy with your purchase for any reason, we’ll fix it.
About RedBubble
Since February 2007 we’ve shipped over 306,000 items to more than 70 countries around the world.
Join In
Sign up for your free account, upload your work, join some groups and share your creative genius with the world.