Pele
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A digital composition representing the world that the Hawaiian Goddess Pele dwells in. We can participate in this world, too, if we choose.
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Taken from the viewing spot near the village of Kaimu, close to what was Kalapana. The "Chain of Craters Road" used to come out over here somewhere I think before it was obliterated at this end be a previous flow. The clouds glow red from the lava rivers here. We were told a new fountain had broken open this day (one of the sources of the right glow). I could also easily see constellations to -40 or -50 degrees from this vantage. There’s nothing quite like witnessing the creative force so raw and up close. This is about a mile from the point where the flow reached the ocean (left glow). A guy was selling really nice glossies of the action from about 50 feet away. He got a special press permit to achieve that. I’m so jealous…
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Pele is the “Fire Goddess” of the Hawaiian Islands. She has moved from island to island, across the chain, breathing fire along her path. Today Pele resides on the Big Island of Hawaii, where she is active and on display for anyone who dares come close enough. This image is of Haleakala Crater, on Maui. Pele last lives here 230 years ago, but may return. As I hiked alone through this 100 square mile volcanic crater, I could sense Pele’s presence in the hot dry air. Pele is powerful, but not to be feared. If you show respect to the Maddam Pele, she will control her temper and show mercy. You must treat lightly in such sacred places.
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mixed media on masonite box I began this artwork after I experienced my first earthquake in Maui…not knowing where I was going with it…as usual. i had made a connection with Pele when i first arrived in the Hawaiian Islands. Before I had even landed and knew anything about the legend, I was drawing her in my journal. The legend always portrayed her as dark yet I never felt her that way. As she entered the art work I felt her seduction. It was a playful one. And so she BECAME creator/destroyer….....rising to heights well deserved….since within the destruction of her wake was left a newborn island. She gave us the rock of paradise. ...rainbows, sunshine, jungle flora, mountains, turquoise waters…......ALL of the juice of LIFE. Gotta LOVE her for that!!! / /
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Here is a typical British countryside scene … complete with ancient ruins. THIS WAS FEATURED BY THE HAND PAINTED OR DRAWN BUILDINGS AND ARCHITECTURE GROUP – 13th July 2009.
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Hawaiian Fire Goddess Pele surfing.
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12” x 16” / Graphite and Oil on Canvas
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Female Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Photographed at Point Pelee National Park, Ontario Nikon D90 with 70-300 mm VR lens.
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Pihanakalani ~ The Place Where Heaven Meets the Earth ~ Cinder Cones within the Crater of Haleakala Volcano ~ House of the Sun ~ Mystical Maui
by Sharon MauCopyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. / Reproduction is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved. No portion of this site or my photography may be reproduced by printing, uploading, copying, publishing, photocopying or any other means of mechanical or electronic reproduction without my express written permission. For reproduction permission and inquiries on licensing for use and/or publishing of my images, please contact me. Mahalo! Beautiful Art and Greeting Cards For Sale ~ Shop securely and view my collection here Haleakala Crater is a large erosional valley at the summit of Haleakala volcano, East Maui. It formed after the rimrock lava flows were erupted around the top of the volcano about 145,000 years ago, give or take about 10,000 years. Cinder Cones are small volcanoes within the crater composed of cinder and ash ejected during the volcanic eruption. Several volcanic eruptions blew the top off the cinder cones. Pu’u ‘o Maui is the crater’s largest Cinder Cone. You may also see Ka Moa ‘o Pele, Halali’i, Pu’u ‘o Pele, Pu’u Mamane Cinder Cones. Gazing into the mouth of the volcano. Imagine many of the cinder cones and spouts you are seeing are over 600 feet high. Haleakala is sleeping, dormant in perceived inactivity since 1792 when the last recorded volcanic eruption flowed over Makena and Ahihi Kinau. This photograph is taken as I am standing at the summit at 10,023 feet above sea level gazing into the crater. You may notice the tiny roads used by scientists to study the protected region within the volcano. Haleakala is a shield volcano. Built up from the ocean floor by countless eruptions, it was once a mountain that rose several thousand feet higher than today’s elevation. Haleakala dominates the east side of the Valley Isle and is sacred to the Hawaiian people. The mountain’s face is a mighty wall looming over the valley. Haleakala’s width spans 20 miles, ocean-to-ocean “Jelal-ud-Din Rumi has said centuries ago, that before man fire, water, earth, air, are objects; before God they are living beings that work at His command. The meaning of what Rumi has said is that all objects, all places are as gramaphone records: what is put into them they speak; either your soul hears it or your mind, according to your development.” by the Sufi Master, Hazrat Inayat Khan Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Aperature 13 Shutter Speed 1/400 ISO 400
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Here on Pele’s Heaven with every sunset the Godess lets us know somewhere beneath the waves, she is still working her magic.
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Early days, the fire as died down, the rains have started, soon plants will take seed, life will find this tiny atoll in this vast ocean. all this knowing that the volcanic forces are still at work just below. We have still not named the planet above
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Ever since I was born stories of have been handed down from the “old ones”, I don’t know what else to call them. We were always taught that ” those who came before” settled Pele’s Heaven. / We are taught that they came from a place called earth, but I always thought, but never but never out loud, that earth is what we grow things in, what we build on, so how could they come from the ground. But that was 100 centuries ago, so the stories may have changed over time. / But I’ve also learned over time, you just don’t question the teachings. We are taught this planet was picked for a number of reasons, one being for the fire in the heavens, but I know it not really fire, its really lights. Now I have lived for 3 of those centuries and my time is drawing close, soon I will be offered to the “goddess”. I will never have my questions answered, but my children may.
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Every 300 years or so the planet Hale’akala glows red with anger, it is then time when offerings are made to the Goddess Pele. A time when our old and unhealthy give themselves, so that the strong may live. Stories and legends tell that this tower that rises 500 feet above to sea was once a great sky ship, and it sailed between the stars, it brought the people here to this place. / Our people have some very strange stories, how could something so big fly? But then I am old and unhealthy, the mind is slipping….........................so
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In stories handed down for millennia, are myths and legends, who knows what is real and what is fiction. / They tell that the Goddess Pele looked upon her world of water with pleasure, but there was something missing, she needed subjects to honor her. So she gave birth to a great planet/entity and called it Hale’akala. She called Hale’akala forth to do her bidding to create a great upheaval, to bring the lands beneath the sea upward, to have a place for the subjects she would create. / A land to live on and honor her. Haleakala did its work, from the sea rose the land of Fire & Ice, the paradise we call Pele’s Heaven, and we honor the Goddess in everything we do. She gave us life and heaven in paradise on earth.
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Peles Castle, Transylvania, Romania, Aug 2009 Peles Castle FEATURED WORK – CASTLE MAGIC – NOVEMBER 2009 TOP TEN PLACING – HAUNTED CASTLES – ALL CASTLES AROUND THE WORLD – NOVEMBER 2009 TOP TEN PLACING – MONOCHROME – ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES AND EXPERIMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY – NOVEMBER 2009 FEATURED WORK – THE PATCHWORK – OCTOBER 2009 FEATURED WORK – HERITAGE LISTED AND OTHER TRUSTS SITES WORLDWIDE – OCTOBER 2009 COPYRIGHT
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Point Pelee marsh boardwalk is peaceful with only the rustling of cattails and reeds to be heard. / Southern Ontario.
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another shot of driftwood at Point Pelee. / the weather there can be very harsh and brutal.
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An array of past favorites and current paintings and sketches by Michael Shapcott for you to enjoy throughout the year.
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Pele
by MoonSpiral9×12 soft pastel on Sennelier la carte paper Her passion explodes / It erupts and oozes out / targetting your cold / dark earth You stand frozen / and stare / mesmerized by her / light When her fire finally / touches your heart / You are stricken / You panic / and run into the / night She burns / destroys / creates again / and you only / ache Mimi’s art is like love poetry and I am always wondering who she is writing those beautiful words to.
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