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“Seeing is different than being told.” / Proverb from Kenya / —-—— As I researched Kenya, where this girl is from, I was struck by the fact that Kenya… is a butterfly rich country. And so it made sense to adorn this young one with the intense, piercing gaze… with the brilliance of butterflies. Stock used: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/716255 / Textures: My own / Brushes: merrym.deviantart.com
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An image with a message in it for me at least. I hope you enjoy. A trio of cottonwood leaves frzone into the ice along the Yakima River. One gold, 2 orange, one pointed West and 2 pointed North. A lesson in diversity of color and direction from nature. There is beauty in all!
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We all noticed it – it was a little weird. Poor smurfette… jL
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Directions / What diverse paths our lives lead. / This scene of two women – one with a mental ailment, speaking to the passing vehicles, directing them – the other, oblivious, reading a text message, captured my attention and left me meditating on paths we choose, and the ones that are beyond our choice. / / Photographer for Hire – All Occasions – Mail Me :) / / My rules for photography and art are very simple – I like it, or I don’t… / / Thanks for visiting my folio :) / I certainly appreciate you taking time to view what I’ve been up to, and enjoy reading your comments. Calendars: Sets available on request. / / Writings (or ramblings) / Ballerinas & Stuff / Music of the Spheres / Another World / Time & Tears / The 10th / I Knocked / A Long Walk / Weaver / High-Flyer / Paper Boat / The Great Feast More Here
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The is the first one I did in 2004 when I had my own t-shirt equipment.
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/ He’s the Lamb that was slain / He’s the Lion that reigns / If you like this shirt…check these out too You can contact Carrie at: carrie@carrieglennstudios.com and please visit Carrie Glenn Studios /
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Self portrait with a twist @ 36years + 351days…but who’s counting! For enquires about canvas prints, or photographic prints larger than Redbubble options, please contact me via bubblemail
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USA & Religion
by H M BascomThe religious right keeps insisting that the United States is a Christian Nation founded on Christian values and they use this claim…
The religious right keeps insisting that the United States is a Christian Nation founded on Christian values and they use this claim to justify their efforts shape legislation that affects every citizen in one of the most racially, ethnically, culturally, and religiously diverse populations in the world. Religious groups continue to lobby for constitutional amendments to ban abortion in most all cases and to ban gay marriage by defining marriage as between only one man and one woman. Even the Public Broadcast System (PBS) has come under attack following the recent airing of a program on NOVA about biblical archeology. This program has been called “anti- Christian” and some are calling for viewers to boycott PBS. Recently, the religious right whipped itself into a frenzy over the possibility that President Elect Barack Obama might be a Muslim. Despite continued assertions that he is a Christian (not that it should make any difference, in my opinion), they simply would not accept the possibility that a person with a name like Obama could be anything but a Muslim. The assertion has been made that “only a Christian” is fit to lead the country. A few weeks ago, I questioned a Christian about this assertion. This person’s response to me was, “Christians are a complete human being, and as such they can be inspireed [sic] by God to do the right thing at the right time. So yes, as a Christian, I believe that Christians are the best people to run the country.” I am aware of no way to change the mind of anyone who holds this belief. It is not my intention to attempt change the mind of anyone who holds this belief. The purpose of this writing is to let the rest of the community know that not every American holds this view. Another Christian I recently had the pleasure of debating, told me “The congress open their sessions with prayer for god’s guidance, and ended the prayer in the name of Jesus Christ, until The 60’s when eastern religions were introduce into American culture, through The hippie movement, made popular by rock group such as the Beatles, and the Rolling Stone.” I made an effort to appeal to recorded history, rationality and critical thinking when responding to that statement. There were people of the Eastern religions in the United States in the early 18th century. The slave trade brought many people of the Muslim faith to colonies In 1730 Ayuba (Job) Suleiman Diallo was a well educated Muslim who wrote several copies of the Quoran from memory. Lamine Jay was a noted linguist. In 1753 Muslims from North Africa, appear in the records of South Carolina. South Carolina Council Journal Hinduism probably arrived with early immigrants to the colonies as servants (i.e., slaves). The number of Hindus increased to a significant number following the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Services (INS) Act of 1965. Seems Congress may have opened the door to the Hindu faith (which in my personal opinion was a good thing). Significant numbers of Buddhist immigrants from East Asia began to arrive in the New World. In the United States, the first immigrants from China entered around 1820, but they began to arrive in large numbers following the California Gold Rush of 1849. Seems Buddhists have been in the United States since the 19th century. Source It was also offered as evidence that the Sunday Blue Laws (prohibiting the sale of alcohol on Sunday) were based on Christian principals. However, these laws have their origins in the non- Christian Jewish tradition of sabbath or a day of rest. It was adopted by various religious organizations in the United States to force Puritan religious beliefs on society. Most have been repealed or declared unconstitutional. Where blue laws still exist, they prohibit the sale of alcohol only before noon on Sunday. I think the rationale for this law is that people should be in Church on Sunday morning, not out buying alcohol. The assertion was made also that the Founding Fathers of our country were Christians. That is not exactly true. Some of the more prominent Founding Fathers were anti-clerical or vocal about their opposition to organized religion, such as Jefferson. Some of them often related their anti-organized church leanings in their speeches and correspondence, including George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson (who created the “Jefferson Bible”), and Benjamin Franklin. However, notable founders, such as Patrick Henry, were strong proponents of traditional religion. Several of the Founding Fathers considered themselves to be deists or held beliefs very similar to that of deists, including Franklin, Jefferson, and Ethan Allen. Source George Washington, the first president, has been hailed as a deeply religious man. While his religious views and faith can not be determined with complete accuracy there is evidence that while Washington may have held some Christian beliefs, he was in no wise a deeply religious man. After the revolution, Washington frequently accompanied his wife to Christian church services; however, there is no record of his ever taking communion, and he would regularly leave services before communion —with the other non-communicants (as was the custom of the day), until, after being admonished by a rector, he ceased attending at all on communion Sundays. Prior to communion, believers are admonished to take stock of their spiritual lives and not to participate in the ceremony unless he finds himself in the will of God. Historians and biographers continue to debate the degree to which he can be counted as a Christian, and the degree to which he was a deist. He was an early supporter of religious toleration and freedom of religion. In 1775, he ordered that his troops not show anti-Catholic sentiments by burning the pope in effigy on Guy Fawkes Night. When hiring workmen for Mount Vernon, he wrote to his agent, “If they be good workmen, they may be from Asia, Africa, or Europe; they may be Mohammedans, Jews, or Christians of any sect, or they may be Atheists.” In 1790, he wrote a response to a letter from the Touro Synagogue, in which he said that as long as people remain good citizens, their faith does not matter. This was a relief to the Jewish community of the United States, since the Jews had been either expelled or discriminated against in many European countries. Source In reading many letters and other writings attributed to George Washington, I have never read that he considered himself a Christian. I have also never read that he declared Jesus to be his Lord and Savior, which one would expect a true Christian to do. A few formerly popular books written by theologists often cite one letter from Washington’s grand daughter attesting to his devotion to the Christian faith. One letter from a relative speaking about her belief about Washington’s religious views is interesting, but not compelling. It is especially not compelling in view of the observations of the ministers of the Anglican Churches where he attended services: Rev. Dr. James Abercrombie, rector of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, related a story in which Washington himself said he was never a communicant. Washington regularly left services before communion along with the other non-communicants. When Abercrombie mentioned in a weekly sermon that those in elevated stations set an unhappy example by leaving at communion, Washington ceased attending at all on communion Sundays (communion was not celebrated every week in the Episcopal Church at that time). Long after Washington died, when asked about Washington’s beliefs, Abercrombie replied: “Sir, Washington was a Deist!” Washington took his oath on the King James Version of the Bible at his first inauguration as President. (There is no known record of a Bible being used at his second inauguration.) Source (emphasis added) Further support for the contention that the Founding Fathers envisioned a secular government may be found in the Constitution of the United States, Article II, Section 1, the Oath of Office of the President of the United States Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:—“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” It is the Constitution itself that the President swears (or affirms) that he/she will defend. There is no inclusion of the words, “so help me God.” Since 1797 the President is sworn in by the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, not a religious leader. Source Library of Congress In Architect of the Capitol. Documents For every secular historian who presents a more human view of the Founding Fathers, there will be another religiously affiliated person to counter with evidence to support the view that they were all devoted Christians. The truth of the matter remains, that the Founding Fathers held various beliefs. The Treaty of Tripoli Article 11 states clearly that the United States is a secular nation not founded upon religious doctrine (“The United States is in no sense founded upon the Christian doctrine.”) The treaty was negotiated during George Washington’s second term, so there is every reason to believe that President Washington was aware of the entire contents of the treaty as he was still president ( 1789 – 1797 ). Source The critical historian has to ask, if this nation was founded upon Christian principals and not the political philosophies of John Locke and David Hume ( among others ), why did Washington remain silent and offer no objection to the inclusion of Article 11 in the Treaty? Why didn’t Adams or Jefferson offer an objection to the inclusion of Article 11? Its inclusion appears to neither add to nor detract from the terms of the Treaty itself. It is merely a statement that the United States was not founded on religious doctrine and bears no animosity toward the Muslim world. Dr. Ed Buckner noted in his speech given to the Humanists of Georgia on June 22, 1997 and at the 1997 Lake Hypatia Independance Day Celebration: President Adams signed the treaty and proclaimed it to the nation on 10 June 1797. His statement on it was a bit unusual: “Now be it known, That I John Adams, President of the United States of America, having seen and considered the said Treaty do, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, accept, ratify, and confirm the same, and every clause and article thereof. And to the End that the said Treaty may be observed and performed with good Faith on the part of the United States, I have ordered the premises to be made public; And I do hereby enjoin and require all persons bearing office civil or military within the United States, and all other citizens or inhabitants thereof, faithfully to observe and fulfill the said Treaty and every clause and article thereof [emphasis added].” Liberty is the birthright of every human being. It is neither given nor granted by any person, power, or deity. The author of Notes on the Constitution summed up the question of the source of liberty insofar as the role of religion in the formation of the United States Constitution: The Framers were an elite group – among the best and brightest America had to offer at the time. But they knew that they were trying to forge a nation made up not of an elite, but of the common man. Without the approval of the common man, they feared revolution. This first part of the Preamble [to the Constitution] speaks to the common man. It puts into writing, as clear as day, the notion that the people were creating this Constitution. It was not handed down by a god or by a king – it was created by the people. (emphasis added) James Madison contributed to the Federalist Papers which are persuasive essays written to convince the newly formed States to ratify the Constitution. At the time of the writing of the Federalist Papers, the United States was laboring under the inadequate provisions of the Articles of Confederation. “In a free government, the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the one case in the multiplicity of interests, and in the other, in the multiplicity of sects.” Federalist no. 51, February 6, 1788 “As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights. Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.” National Gazette essay, March 27, 1792 It is important to note that James Madison was not in favor of requiring that those seeking public office be Christians. He also opposed public funding for religious education. Madison apparently had no use for religion in the political realm. During his second stint in the Virginia body [house of delegates], he blocked a proposed tax to support the teaching of Christianity and brought about the passage of a bill that both decriminalized heresy and abolished the religious test for public office. Cato Policy Report The Declaration of Independence makes mention of a Creator as the source of the inalienable rights of the people. Thomas Jefferson acknowledged a creator when he wrote the Declaration. This acknowledgment in now way suggests that the entire government of the United States is founded upon a particular religious doctrine. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,“ The “truths” set forth in the Declaration are “self-evident” (meaning that they need no proof). Every person is entitled to liberty and freedom by virtue of being born. The signers of the Declaration of Independence acknowledged a Creator. The original premise of this essay is that the nation is not founded upon Christian doctrine, but upon the universal understanding of liberty, freedom and the right to self- governance. The Founding Fathers acknowledge a Creator, but they did not declare who or what that creator is. The signers of the Declaration state clearly that governments derive their power from the people by the consent of the people. Governments do not derive their authority from a creator or from a god. Power comes from the people—period. This is classic Lockean political philosophy, also called the Social Contract Theory discussed by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The Founders were well acquainted with these political theories, and modeled the Constitution along these lines. Further evidence that the United States Constitution was written based upon Lockean political philosophy is evidenced by the fact that when Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence, he took the concept of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness directly from Locke, changing “possessions” to “happiness” no one ought to harm another in his life, liberty, or possessions The phrase, “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” is included only in the Declaration of Independence, and not in the Constitution. The Declaration, while an important historical document, is not law, nor is it a legal document carrying any weight of law in the United States. If one reads the Declaration in its entirety, it is a letter to King George outlining a list of complaints and reasons why the colonies should be independent. “That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,“ The government derives it powers from the people. Our government was formed by the people as they conferred that power via the Constitution of the United States, which is a legal agreement between government and the people. The Constitution is the foundation of the government of the United States. CONCLUSION My conclusion, as well as the conclusion of many American and constitutional historians is that the Constitution of the United States of America is based, and indeed the founding of this country was, upon political philosophies and not upon religious doctrine. This country was founded upon the principals of freedom, diversity and equality, for which Christianity does not have an exclusive claim. John Locke Two Treatises of Government David Hume Political Theory Social Contract Theory – Jean-Jacques Rousseau Bill of Rights 1689 Cato Policy Report The essay is also published on Bascom Digital Art and Flickering Light of Freedom This Essay FEATURED by C.O.R.E.
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Although I usually use bark, rocks and plants as the elements in my abstract images, I choose to experiment with using water as an abstract for the viewer to project what he or she perceives. This is a macro shot of a swimming pool. Some post production effects were used to create the diverse imagery. vibrant color and beautiful texture. To appreciate this photograph, please view it in the large format.
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Humor…............... For those of you whom are not trapped within the confines of a SMALL mind
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Many forms in nature follow this curve. It’s considered by many to be the ‘perfect form’. NOW AVAILABLE AS A TEE!!! /
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This is a collage that I made a few days ago. I am also an artist that paints glass vases, candle holders and light switch plates (www.switchart.org.) I took out a lot of vases and held them up to the light and photographed different parts of them through the sun and then I used Arcsoft Photostudio 5.5 which is like photoshop and merged all of them together using circles, squares, rectangles and ovals with different layers. I then went into my picture folders and chose pictures that I had photographed over the years and reduced them to very small sizes. The rest is history! By the way, I also stole Obama’s “Yes I can” because I just think it has really inspired so many people. I hope we are not both in hot water now. (Smile) Peace!
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All photographs and artworks in this portfolio are copyrighted and owned by the artist, Anne Staub. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from myself is prohibited. All rights reserved.
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Three years hold kissing mom’s belly
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Manatee by Lyuda. / lavrentyeva.com
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It’s absolutely mind-boggling to look at the diversity, the complexity, and the breathtaking beauty of nature. With a phrase borrowed from the great hymn, when I consider all God has made, I should drop to my knees in awe and gratitude before His Majesty. This image began as a shot of an exotic butterfly in an exhibit, and with some work in PhotoShop emerged into my humble rendition of one of the zillions of miracles that come to us from the mind and heart of God.
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I have several photographs of tree graffiti or what I have labeled contemporary hieroglyphics that were often seen in caves. I choose trees that have an array of diverse imagery and symbols so viewers can project their unique perception of what they see in this collective art form. This is one in a series of many that i have photographed of many graffiti trees and I am always interested in your perceptions of these inscriptions. Several characters can appear in one glyph that is a visual presentation on various surfaces like walls, stone, and trees where people inscribe symbolic, written and visual content to brand, illustrate, entertain or inform.
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IF ONE POINT OF VIEW IS ALL YOU EVER SEE / HOW CAN YOU SURVIVE THIS MULTI-DIVERSITY?? DRAWING AND POETRY BY ARTIST PENCIL ON PAPER. PHOTOSHOP ENHANCED
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This picture was created using one hand which I rotated and gave varying textures. Then I added the one hand in the top left corner from another photograph.
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gouache on paper. / Celebrating the diversity of people, cultures and sexualities in Sydney; and of course, everywhere.
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