We honored man by the gift of free will. / Half of him is honeybee, the other half snake. / True believers are stores of honey. / Stores of …
We honored man by the gift of free will. / Half of him is honeybee, the other half snake. / True believers are stores of honey. / Stores of poison are those who do not believe. -Rumi, “Mathnawi” / From “The Bounty of Allah,” translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed. Copyright 1999. All rights reserved. Used with permission of The Crossroad Publishing Company, New York.
There’s nothing that beats the workings of the mind, be that good or evil, be that towards the light or towards the dark forces. / / My …
There’s nothing that beats the workings of the mind, be that good or evil, be that towards the light or towards the dark forces. / / My soul’s choice for my mind was on the side of light and the good. / / And this is good enough for me.
i have written many things but nothing like this. The Devil’s Drinking Hole is an all too familar place. It could be somewhere in your ne…
i have written many things but nothing like this. The Devil’s Drinking Hole is an all too familar place. It could be somewhere in your neighborhood. Then again maybe it’s in mine. none the less, it tells of Luc- a bartender and his fate in the universe of good and evil. this story will soon become a graphic novel and i do hope that anyone out there who reads it will help make the next installments better. / if you wish you may check it out at lulu.com/pukapratinc.
Two more groups have begin… The Super Amazing Super Hero Group...
Two more groups have begin… The Super Amazing Super Hero Group Calls for all the heros of the world. Yet for every hero, there is a Villain lurking in the shadows… For you evildoers the Villains and Villainesses: The Darker Side… group has risen! Join, one or the other, or Both! :D Yay for good and evil!
“Depressed” was featured in the group “The Group of Death” / !http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/art/border:noborder/product:mounted-p…
“Depressed” was featured in the group “The Group of Death” / “Sunbathing in my secret garden” was featured in the group Light In The Darkness / “Please!!!” was featured in the group The Patchwork /
Back before the days of PhotoShop,etc., when you were looking at the work of an amatuer photographer, you felt reasonably assured that…
Back before the days of PhotoShop,etc., when you were looking at the work of an amatuer photographer, you felt reasonably assured that “What You See is What You Get”. / However in this day-and-age, where a hundred different types of cameras can capture images that can then be manipulated by hundreds of simple, (or Complex ) editors, you are never really sure you are seeing a photo that represents reality. This is a troubling situation for an artist who thinks themselves to own a seasoned and talented “Eye”. Most photographers have a friend or associate who’s skills and vision they share and admire. Such friends can be an excellent source of constructive criticism, or an occasional ego-boosting complement from someone who “Gets It”. Yet, as we expand our horizons of both: (1) what is possible with our cameras, and, (2), who can view our work, we have lost such familiarity and the “common values” shared with real folks we actually know. Another benefit,( or deficit ), to this marvelous World Wide Web of like-minded ShutterBugs. I myself can spend hours and hours just clicking the “Photos” button on my Stumble Upon” toolbar, finding the work of millions of photographers around the cyberverse. On several occasions, I have had the good fortune for the random search engine to land me on a site that has never been seen or rated by another Stumbler! At such time, I can click on the “New” site, or just 1 picture that I really like, and will get a ratings or review box that pops-up and lets me write a blurb about the site or pic, and add it to my Favorites page, for others to click on and give a look. I seem to have lost the thread of what I wanted to say; about true photographic skills / talent, or the lack thereof which can be easily disguised with a few editing tricks. I guess that what I want to ask, is ” How do we now rate or quantify a photographer’s talent, when someone who can afford a good photo editing software package, can turn mediocre work into something extrardinary ? / I mean, that sort of editing and manipulation is also a learned skill, and like basic photography, it also comes naturally and easily to some people. Anyone who has just jumped into Photoshop Elements, or any good editor, can tell you, that it ain’t easy by any means. I myself find it too expensive, and to time consuming to bother with, but that’s just my personal take on it, and I would really like to be able to “splice and dice” and brush and recolor, and all that cool stuff, but could I then call it “Photography” ?, Or is it “Imagery”, and is there a difference ? What Do You Think ? Comments Please !
Features A mega huge thanks to the hosts of the following: !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/users/size:135×135/view:avatar/hert…
Features A mega huge thanks to the hosts of the following: (not forgetting Hertsman). ..The magic goes on …..... “I see a little silhouette of a cat, Scaramouche, Scaramouche …..” was featured in Witches, Wizards and Warlocks JULY FEATURES /
I decided to start a journal of all my homepage suggestions, chosen and unchosen. Check out / My Homepage Suggestions Part 1...
I decided to start a journal of all my homepage suggestions, chosen and unchosen. Check out / My Homepage Suggestions Part 1 / My Homepage Suggestions Part 3 / My Homepage Suggestions Part 4 Gimme Some Orange! / / Wrong Turn / / The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe / / Under Your Love Spell – Alternative / / Under Your Love Spell / / Goth – Alternative / / Good Faeries vs Evil Witches / / Aliens – featured 01.09.2009 / 7 Deadly Sins / / Tea Time / / Art 4 Charity – All images below are from the group Art 4 Charity / / Paper Love / / 2009 – International Year of Natural Fibres – Doreen’s Redbubble Homepage Challenge / / Onomatopoeia! / / Samurai Pizza Cats / / Treasure Island – Doreen’s Redbubble Homepage Challenge / / Marionette Dolls and Puppets / / Fairy Tales/Fable – aglaia b’s Redbubble Homepage Challenge / / 1950’s Lamps – Colleen Milburn’s Redbubble Homepage Challenge / / Illustrations about the Farm – Sanne Thijs’ Redbubble Homepage Challenge / / Muscly Men – Colleen Milburn’s Redbubble Homepage Challenge / / Illustrated Orchards / / Orchards / / Breast Cancer Awareness / / Daffodil Day featured 21.08.2009 / Undies / / Art by (some) of the Redbubble Team / / Also, on an unrelated topic, I just want to say how much I ♥ this image! Beatles / / 3d Illustration Art / / Mario / / Tatt-Tastic / / Popcorn / / Sausage Dogs / / Gingerbread / / I ♥ Tim Burton / / Reflections / / The Cure / / Sexy Art from Sexy Artists Artists are from my forum discussion Redbubblers! Market yourselves HERE! / / Moo Moos / / The Volkswagen Rainbow / / Energy Drinks / / Jeans / / Theme: The Office / /
The love of money is assuredly the root of all evil. You don’t believe me? Than consider this; some Christian communities are heard speak…
The love of money is assuredly the root of all evil. You don’t believe me? Than consider this; some Christian communities are heard speaking against the rights of the gay community because Christianity when used for money, is the easiest religion that can make a church wealthy, whether it is right in its intentions or whether it is wrong—with mass hysteria all things are possible. (Not all Christians believe this way; most are the fanatics that raise their voices the loudest to be heard.) / / People are people. Or are we too blind to see this? The gay community bleeds the same blood as the heterosexuals do and they aren’t hurting anybody, but apparently this is ignored because those in power are blinded by the money-signs that some of the Christian communities can generate to justify their cause. Children are not the ones offended by the gay community—instead it is the parents that persuade their children to be offended, and this is wrong; just because the masses believe that something is right, does not make it so. When are we, as a people, going to start thinking for ourselves, rather than listen to the ravings of mad-men that try to hide behind their justifications in the name of God? Those who are offended by this statement are those that try to hide behind this justification; and that doesn’t make it right; anymore than feeding asparagus, beets, yams, and hominy to the homeless is right and justified, because no one wants to eat these unsavory foods, and people can use the tax right-off. If you don’t like the food, what makes you think that the homeless will like it? We may as well be feeding them cat food, and justify our charity in that light. The homeless are treated poorly because they are in a state where they are not given cause to argue—beggars cannot be choosers ( now there is a wonderful Christian attitude to have); I have a better one: Who was it that said, “When I was in prison you did not visit me? When I was hungry you did not feed me? When I was without clothes you did not lend me your cloak”? The gay community is treated in the same light, because they do not have the money and therefore the voice to be heard. I strongly feel that those who refuse to hear the voices of the needy, because they have the money to ignore them are cowards; and again, those who are offended by this should be. The largest adversity and enmity that I find in our society, beyond the structure of the economy and prejudice, is that Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness seems to be delegated and/or relegated by religious dogma; homosexuals find themselves victims of this country’s inability to separate church from state; so that an Old Testament scripture determines the livelihood of homosexuals. According to this religious dogma, it is an abomination for a man to lie down with another man (Lev 20:13)—nowhere does it say however that it is an abomination for a woman to lie down with another woman; it is merely assumed that because man shouldn’t lie with man, then woman shouldn’t lie with woman. However, what does it say about unruly children? (Deut 21: 18-21) That is that they should be stoned to death? My goodness! And what about the eating of shellfish? (Lev 11:10) Is this not also an abomination? Well…in some cases I can see where some shellfish would be pretty bad… The point that I’m trying to make however is that dogma cannot enforce one demand and/or abomination, and leave out the others for convenience sake. Or are we to assume that all children are not in fact unruly? When you get right down to it, the very act of prejudice is unruly; it leads to hate crimes. And yet I don’t propose that the prejudice be stoned to death; rather I propose that those unruly try and exhibit a little more kindness toward those that they obviously don’t understand; or is this truly the nature and reflection of themselves and their god? People believe that the scriptures were written by men who were inspired by God. Here’s a thought: Is it possible that the scriptures were written by men who wanted others to believe that they were inspired by God—look at the evidence around us today… And what difference does it make anyway, if there is in fact supposed to be a separation of church from state? If this were truly the case today—if indeed there was a separation of church from state—then there would be no prejudice, and no dogma relegating and/or delegating the homosexuals’ rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness; for it is only the mentality that is compelled—and supposedly righteously justified—by dogma that challenges the livelihood of homosexuals. I am a horror novelist. I write horror-fantasy. However, nowhere in my work will you ever find homosexuals being treated as unjustly as they are in today’s society, or punished for their rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness; rather you will find those who challenge said rights; rich men and women, who profess to have found their wealth by pursuing their calling given to them by God; where in reality these men and women have found wealth through the purses of the blind and ignorant, that fail to see that religion still remains today to be the opiate of the masses. It is time—especially now—that society stops listening to the raving diatribes of fire and brimstone initiated by the rich men and women that profess to be sent by God, and instead start thinking with minds void of self-righteous indignation and/or justification; minds that are void of animosity and prejudice for their fellow man—whether he be homosexual or heterosexual. We’re all in this together. No one gets out of the show alive, and when the Final Curtain falls, you will be all alone; how we treat one another is our testament of who we are, and whether or not we want to strive to be better people than those who have already had their chance, and moved on… Heres a thought: Try to be good to each other. Pay it forward. Then you can say incontrovertibly that you lived a rich life. And remember, if you don’t like the food you eat, what makes you think that you are benifiting anybody who is hungry by giving it to them? Consider this the next time you offer food that you don’t want to the homeless. And consider whether or not you are a coward the next time you don’t give the gay community the rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. In closing: I allow ANYONE to use this commentary where they think that it wil be of benifit. Copy and paste it anywhere and everywhere that you want to. Maybe one person cannot make a differance in this world; but two shooting stars gracing the skies together just might… Think about it. T~
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