Languages
198 creative works found
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In the Native American Sioux language Hanyewi means Moon Translated by Chief Yellow Lark – 1887 Oh, Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds / Whose breath gives life to the world, hear me / I come to you as one of your many children / I am small and weak / I need your strength and wisdom May I walk in beauty / Make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset. / Make my hands respect the things you have made / And my ears sharp to your voice. / Make me wise so that I may know the things you have taught your children. The lessons you have written in every leaf and rock / Make me strong! / Not to be superior to my brothers, but to fight my greatest enemy….myself Make me ever ready to come to you with straight eyes, / So that when life fades as the fading sunset, / May my spirit come to you without shame. Image copyright © 2008, Larry Fridel. Copying and displaying or redistribution of this image without permission from the artist is strictly prohibited.
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It won’t make you any friends, but it will give them advance warning. / 8/11/07 – I have just shifted this into the Best T-Shirt group, replacing my previous entry. This is currently my most popular T, with 296 views, 8 faves, and – as of this week – one sale.
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I did this for my photoshop class, and, well, although I think I could have added more, I think it is done for now : } Done in Photoshop: / Wacom Tablet: hurray! / Patterns: Made in Illustrator / Textures: Free Stock Exchange, Resurgere.deviantart.com
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Thanks for the word redbubble! Got me thinking…
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Sometimes we just don’t get the message…..............
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A random scattering of shambolic symbolism
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A heart-shaped leaf of a wild vine is central to the message, “I love you!” in 18 languages: English, French, German, Dutch, Latin, Spanish, Norwegian, Slovak, Swahili, Ukrainian, Portuguese, Polish, Mandarin, Japanese, Hawaiian, Romanian, Croatian, and Italian.
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Sex and Friendship – a poem essay
by lianneWhen you make a real connection / with someone, when what / you say or do or create touches them / or they you, when some spark / of recognit…
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/ / Paradise Penguin Family / a digital creation by karin Taylor Did you know that Feorran is a language of the Ross Group of the Antarctic Language Family. In Feorran a group of penguins is called Kekemi This little Kekemi are enjoying a swim in the icy waters of the antarctic…. / Little Kemi (def penguin) has found some fishy friends to play with!!
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oil and cold wax on canvas 2006
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I’m in love with red and also in love with powerful strokes, lines ,and forms ! / I wish to create something beautiful , pleasing to the eye and uplifting the soul ! Watercolour pencil drawing on paper, size 30 vm / 42 cm . Many thanks to everyone for stopping by and having a look at some of my images.
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London 1995
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I search for Atman (Soul) and withdraw to The Cave of my Heart. To find the symbols and wander no more. Acrylics, inks and pigment.
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Image by photographer Glennis Siverson, www.glennisphotos.com. This was captured at a park in Beijing, China, where an elderly man had just finished painting watermarks on the sidewalk. In China, there are many people who practice calligraphy in public places, using water as their ink and the ground as their paper. Very large brushes are required and they look a bit like a giant felt tip pen. (For perspective, the characters in this image are about a foot in length.) Although the writing is temporary since the water evaporates, it’s an informal public display of one’s work, and an opportunity to practice calligraphy, which is taught in the schools.
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speaking in tongues
by bellmuskerI’ve recently been asked by Red Bubble to choose my favourite writing, and so I poured the honey vodka, put on some slide guitar, and spe…
I’ve recently been asked by Red Bubble to choose my favourite writing, and so I poured the honey vodka, put on some slide guitar, and spent longer than was good for me floating through the writing and journals here. And I need to ask – where are the languages?! Yes, I know English is the lingua franca of the world and the best way to get your writing noticed. I sympathise with this, I do, but I ache for the beauty of expressing yourself in another tongue. When we force our focus away from our mother tongue, we embrace the world in a whole new manner, and see shades of incandescence and identity that may otherwise be denied us. When I read or write in Dutch, in German, in French, the words don’t come easily and so I strive for them more, turn them over in my head and my heart, and notice their shades and subtleties in ways I simply wouldn’t in English. It’s not easy; I know this. I make mistakes, and hesitate when I write in other tongues in case I trip over verb tenses, mangle my syntax or accidentally call someone a piece of fruit when I intended to be seductive (don’t ask). But it’s just so delicious to read…… Who can read or write in other languages, and if so, do you actively seek these languages out on Red Bubble? For those with other mother tongues, do you put stories up in English out of necessity or desire? Ik wil in het Nederlands lezen…. Je veux lire en français… Ich will auf Deutsch lesen. Or at least try. And after two years of Irish lessons, I would love to read in that amazing language but alas, all I can do is insult someone, and order a whiskey. But at least I haven’t compared my lovers to summer fruit in that language…..or have I?!
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Look at madame butterfly in her polka dot scarf with hearts and a secret language on her wings. / For Nicole because I know she will hear the words.XO
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klokken
by bellmuskerI have…held a decapitated human head in my hands, sliced neatly in half, and marvelled at the astounding beauty contained within.
I wrote this piece for a zine in the US. The aim was to write your life story in only a few hundred words, and it was surprising for me to see which of my experiences flowed out of my pen.
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Chinese characters for Scotland From top to bottom: First character – Su is the sound of S in chinese noise :)) / Second character – Ge means the plaid patterns on your “skirt”( I called a kilt skirt all the time before:) / Third character-Lan means the plant, flower—orchid, it sounds as “land”also. We gave that word and sound to a green rich land such as, Holland, Ireland Every Chinese character represents the nearest sound, shape and the meaning in depth for that word. That’s our language. I will be a teacher for Mandarin Chinese in the near future. Welcome you all to study another language, culture, and way of thinking…. I have got yours already :)) ha ha…. somehow. Coffeetea
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...It began life as a flower-photograph, before being passed through many Photoshop generations. I wanted to do my best to capture the essence of something surging, something alive, rather than prosaic particulars… A SONG FOR SUMMER Spare me the yellow loneliness / Of scorched afternoons, that gape like private deserts. / Spare me my skull, swathed in a sulphur dazzle / Of vindication (but not my vindication): / Where chokes a flightless, an imprisoned bird – / And on the inside: it’s all dark. June 2004 OUR CANCER WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING How fast can living things revert to mud? / The beggar on a street is halfway there. / And, thanks to you, our mouths – yours and mine both – / Are gagging with the old sepulchral muck. / Because my beauty was not like yours / You said I was corrupt. / Like you, though, I wanted only to survive. / I did not intend – I did not plan – / My gain should be your loss. (They say one never does.) Not that I ask for your blessing / Any more than you’ll seek mine: / With gallows humour, you used to joke, / I was a creature of limited thought / And immense powers of concentration. / Because (undisciplined, unaided) I didn’t know how / To die, you called me a social climber, / Troubled, in case I might be your one true son. / Let’s not play Pooh Sticks with / The Enlightenment game. / I had form. I had purpose: I had ambition. / I know my rights. I am a peacock, / A wet dream, the American dream. / What’s your modern fashion, to give the underdog / An innate moral innocence? / What’s with this sudden sanctity of yours, / Meaning that your way – and only yours – / Should be the one to live forever? September 2006
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Saying “I Love You” in many different languages in time for Valentine’s day. Card View: /
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by the skin of my intelligent teeth
by bellmuskerIt’s not easy to make a Colombian man blush
Just a normal day then….
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acrylic on board / 45×40cm
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This Eastern bluebird female was in a frenzy in the treetops. A male sparrow had invaded her nest and she was beside herself as she helped her mate try to oust it from their territory. With lots of wing action, scolding and squawking, and divebombing, they were putting up a heck of a fight for the little nest so skillfully constructed from pine straw. There aren’t any eggs yet; hopefully the scuffle will be resolved and the sparrow will find a place to lodge under the M at McDonald’s or the A at Arby’s where he can fare just fine! P.S. Please view this photo in larger mode so you can better appreciate the delicate little balancing act as this female is standing on one leg, the other retracted and ready for flight as she divebombs the menacing sparrow!
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