Surprised Wall Art
925 creative works found
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Mixed medium collage on various papers. Photograph of bird’s nest printed on Japanese rice paper with gouache staining and chinese calligraphy. Red square collage with bird head. Japanese block printed tree paper. Two leaves collaged onto Kinwashi paper. A fortune reads ” A pleasant surprise is in store for you”. The characters mean: love, trust, dream, and fortune.
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11th installment of the pingpong colab. / Aaaahhh…. finally finished it. Its ridiculous how much time I’ve spent doing this, probably the longest of all Lookout series. Feel like something fishy (been eating a lot of fish and chips lately) Check out all previous versions here or shortcuts here: 1. Lookout!: Search 2. Lookout!: Mystery 3. Lookout!: Reach 4. Lookout!: Evil Emerges 5. Lookout!: Battlefield 6. Lookout!: Not Over Yet 7. Lookout!: Beyond the Gate 8. Lookout!: Is the battle over? 9. Lookout!: Greetings! Friend or foe 10. Lookout!: Currently peaceful, will it last? 11. Lookout!: Fallen Flight 12. Lookout!: Taken
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Some hidden rocky beach in Tenerife. We stayed awake all night around a tiny fire, drinking and drinking, talking and talking. / The Moon surprised us by dawn. / That strange it was.
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Wild and curious red squirrel backlit. Taken in Baxter State Park, Maine, USA.
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model: mishka la mink
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Taken at the Great Salt Lake. Just happened to get a lightning shot with the sunset.
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Many people find a fascination with youth, beauty and the advancement of old age. As we all know looks fade and with age, there is another source / of beauty despite the wrinkles and apparent signs of aging that we all must face in what has been referred to as “the croning years.” In Western culture, there is so much emphasis on external beauty that women and men feel compelled to find surgical solutions, creams, botox, liposuction and any method possible to slow down the aging process and retain the appearance of youth. For hundreds of years we in the West have been taught to deny ourselves. “Mind over Matter” is a time-honored maxim that has merit in treating illness, but the danger is that true body wisdom or the messages we receive about our bodies must be ignored or denied. Every magazine gives us methods of ridding ourselves of undesirable pounds and the newest trends and fads for reversing the aging process. One woman born in the Netherlands and moved to the United States expressed her pain about her anorexic daughter who did not feel accepted or physically attractive unless she was frightfully thin. Her mom asked, what happened to the idea of “aging gracefully?” She felt that her elderly mother was more beautiful with age and the wrinkles on her aging face showed a wisdom and inner beauty that was absent in youth. Observing her daughter’s fierce compulsion to stop the clock and pursue anything that would mask the aging process was very painful to her mother, an immigrant to the United States who had enjoyed values that helped her deal with aging and the passage of time. She told me that the term “immigrant grief” described her inability to teach her daughter who was in her mid thirties that she was more beautiful now than ever before. Many women and men can not face aging and the general result is that the body and its functions have been relegated to the shadow side of life;regarded as dark and possibly evil. As Jung points out, “The body is a most doubtful friend because it produces things we do not like;there are too many things about the body which cannot be mentioned. The body is very often the personification of the shadow of the ego. Sometimes it forms the skeleton in the cupboard, and everybody naturally wants to get rid of such a thing.” We need our animal selves, our bone, muscle, and instinct-laden physicality to survive on this planet. One wonders why we as a culture have become so anti-body, as our very flesh were a disease against which we must wage war. Jung hoped that “we can reconcile ourselves to the mysterious truth that the spirit is the living body seen from within, and the body is the outer manifestation of the living spirit.” / For centuries many terrible cures attempted to cleanse the collective psyche or the ancient goddess worship that honored the female body as the matrix in which there were no divisions. There are many books that celebrate the return of the Goddess, to cherish the power of the feminine and to accept all the disowned parts of the psyche that lead us to illness and become pathological enough that we are forced to notice. When disowned aspects of ourselves are repressed, fear is projected onto the body in such forms as siren, enchantress, witch, hag and devouring mother. When we face our greatest fears, we also see the glimmering hope of of a new creative life. / When we accept that as we age our bodies are mortal, we can embrace our terrors and our failures and the hope for the celebrations to come, when what we have incubated emerges from the underworld. Legend and myth tell us again and again that transformation is possible. The maiden becomes the queen. The dragon becomes prince or princess. The fool becomes wise. The naive attitudes of youth change and develop. Slowly we become ourselves, free to be the keepers of memory and wisdom. We learn when to be silent and when to speak, what can be shared and what is secret. We learn to honor our bodies even as they begin to fail. We come to a visceral understanding of the cycles of change and our part in them. Ulrich Schaffer writes in his book of poems, Surprised By Light; “Again and again the miracle takes place / in the amazing transformation / in which the air turns into leaves / and the earth becomes roots, / in which the sun fills the seed to bursting / then lets it break open and sprouts, / New life breaks through / in the transformation of death. We are sustained by the surprise of the miracle, / by the change of the seasons, / and I am a link in this miraculous chain, / In me the unchangeable also changes, / and I know that I would break / the rhythm of creation / if I did not change / I would be dead to life / even as I continued to live. I am not yearning for great miracles, / but for the daily change, / the almost imperceptivle rebirth, / the insignificant miracle of growth, / which is greater than all others. “ It is a sad fact that as we approach old age, the deterioration or our bodies / seem loathsome. In fright, we run off into frantic activity, becoming too busy to think or feel as we sink deeper and deeper into a paralyzing depression. / Only rarely do we have the wisdom to honor our changes and allow their development. Most of us, unguided and untaught, flee in fear from the life that precedes our old age and death. Today in the Western world the human life span is increasing, and as it does, the need grows for a deeper wisdom that can help older persons honor rather than deny the physical and psychological relinquishing that precedes a late blooming. We are explorers of a stage of life that is different than it was for previous generations. The years of coming to age are now a new challenge and like most challenges bring the stresses of relinquishing familiar ways. Going through the changes of this time can be as exciting and as difficult as any outer journey. Those of us now coming to age are pathfinders, hopefully marking a way for others to follow.
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So we went to a party last night, got a little merry and filled the taxi home with balloons. Matron allowed us to keep them, on the condition that we didn’t let them anywhere near the kitties. Sadly, George has a helium addiction and is under vet’s orders not to inhale any, lest he starts reciting Shakespeare again. I’m not so sure there’s anything to worry about given that’s just the effect you get with the pink furry pills – and they’re perfectly safe. So anyway, I wanted to see what would happen if George ate a helium balloon. It has this effect, evidently…
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views:920 / favs: 14 My origami calendar I used to love collecting these plastic eggs (they can be handy as back massagers!) I folded this bird while RB was “enjoying a brief hiatus” today (July 3, 2008), from a 15×15mm piece of paper that I colored with a gold pen; didn’t want to get too small otherwise I would need a smaller egg. I stuck the tail to the inside of the egg shell with double sided tape. Here’s to a moment of excitement when opening a little present! For a better understandind of scale: / Taken with an Olympus FE-220 This work has been featured in: / Stillness Speaks / Weekly Theme Challenges / Young Enthusiasts / Also available at Zazzle / / / / Works by Category / / Origami / Drawings,Paintings and Graphics / Abstract Photography / Guessing Games Flowers, Trees and Plants / Water and Waterscapes / Scenery/Skyscapes / Light, Shadow, and Reflections / Still Life Living Creatures / Human Portrait Japanfluence / Canada / Europe / / / / More sample origami: Fly / / / Born from the Hand / Born from Fingers / / / Born from the Pinky / / / / 3cm Family Swim / / / 3cm Family Swim / / / Arctic Playground / / / / Sailing Along The Lifeline / / / Life is a Journey / / / / Born from the Cell / / / Origami Surgery / / / / Love Birds / / / Hummingbird / / / / ‘Serenity’, the Firefly spacecraft (My own design) / / / The Search for Water / / / Nessie’s Lair / / / / Origummy / / / Red String of Fate / / / / Bloomed from Fingers / / / The Blooming, the Withering, and the Everlasting / / / Spring Beginnings / / / Little White Peacock in a Field of Color / / / Thumbelina’s Flower / / / Lily / / / / Remembrance / / / Every Little Peace / / / Penguin in a Snowstorm / / / Monkey Mischief / / / / Monkey Bars / / / Bigfoot meets BIG foot / / / Money Pond / / / / A Little Spell / / / A Little Thanksgiving / / / / Heartbeat / / / Tough Shell, Delicate Soul / / /
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A young boy, at a fishing village in Koh Samui, reacts with a wonderful smile to the camera pointing at him.
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2006. / Illustrator.
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This picture was taken when i was extremely surprised. I always get something to eat and drink at this coffee shop but had never been down to this section! It was fantastic and my food tasted better for some reason! / Enjoy and please buy! tomdouce@optuset.com.au for more info
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Capture this on a chilly day here in Ft. Myers, Fl, just as the sun came up and the ducks are starting to go for their morning swim on the misty lake. / canon 5D mark ll / canon focal 205mm / iso 200 / 1/50 f/16 / sunrise grad filter /
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For MERGE Magazine, May ‘09 Issue [out now]. Editorial [Fashion] supplement using PROOF Cosmetics. Proof Website Concept/Styling/Hair/MUA/Art Direction: Stephanie Mountzouris / Photography/Editing: Moi Models [L-R]: Rose, Jackie, Bianca, Annalisa, Jessie & Moira MERGE website / MERGE on MySpace / MERGE on Facebook Copyright 2009 Harmony Nicholas & MERGE Magazine btw the shot got shrunk by RB so if you want to see a larger version check it out here
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Sales of this design? – 2 sales Sweethearts is a pencil drawing which i’ve coloured digitally.. / I hope you like :)
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Meow Meow – The Cat that got the Cream. Model: Meow Meow / MUA: Kate Watts aka Diamond Fox / Lighting Co-ordinator & Assistant: Jeff Paine / Personal Assistant: Miserys Malice / Dress by Howard Showers / Boots are model’s own Shot on location in my hotel room Melbourne, Australia – September ‘08. / Yes, I am finally putting it up. - I had the tremendous pleasure and amazing experience of shooting Meow Meow, the cabaret superstar last September when I ventured over to Melbourne. I personally love this image, and can’t believe I am the one that shot it. / What made it even better was when she informed me 3 months later that this image was featured promoting her Christmas season show in the New York Times. / What more could a girl ask for from Santa ;) Meow Meow’s Official site: www.meowmeowrevolution.com / New York Times feature: New York Times Copyright 2009 Harmony Nicholas & Meow Meow Sydney peeps, look out for this in October at the ART Sydney Fair… ;)
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no thats not its real name. But this image totally surprised me. I thought the camera held solely throw aways. Went for a shoot with Murph and didnt feel as if I had anything. / Then I looked at this more closely and yes it does have washed out sunset highlights but they mightnt be too much of a problem. / I love the isolation of all the little “islands”. West Point Reserve / Marrawah / NW Tasmania Nikon D90 / Sigma 10-20mm lens @ 10mm cropped / 20 seconds or so 627+ views featured in Your Magic Places 20th September 2009 / featured in SEA group 21st September 2009 / featured in Morning & Evenings, Sunbeams & Storms 24th September 2009 Top Ten in Focus & Lighting Groups’ Show Your Favourite Subject Challenge 25th October 2009 featured on the RedBubble Homepage Tasmanian edition on 10th October 2009
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that’s what too much coffee does to you…
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Some of you may remember that some little time ago I posted images of 3 cats. They were three of the four cats we share our temporary accommodation with while our house is renovated. You may also remember that I wrote that I had attempted to photograph the fourth cat also, but she was much too wild and ‘flighty’ to manage to get a camera near my face while she was within ‘viewing distance’. Well, it turns out that she was also too wild and flighty to let herself get within ‘viewing distance for us to realise she was actually pregnant. It also turned out that she was much too wild and flighty for us to catch sight of her well enough for us to realise she was ‘no longer pregnant’. Some weeks ago now, one quiet evening as I was in my room, working on some image edits, it finally registered in my totally unprepared brain that I was hearing some extremely SMALL ‘meeows’..... O dear….. So – the pulling half the room apart commenced, and finally, on being able to shift an extremely old and worn armchair that had been covered in boxes I found – ONE tiny kitten!!!!! So so cute and gorgeous – a fluffy light brownish-grey colour with a hint of tabby stripes, cute little ears still flattened down, tiny blue eyes JUST opening… So now – some weeks later – we have resident here now FIVE cats, and while his mother is still somewhat shy, she HAS done a great job of raising this little guy who seems super energetic, clean and healthy and is now causing major ‘shock and awe’ around the house as he spontaneously notices the most stunning speck of dust in the air and just HAS TO jump a mile straight into the air in his attempt to catch it, turn a somersault and land back on his feet before rushing at a million miles an hour to the other side of the room…. I did, though, manage to capture an image of Duffa in one of his slightly ‘calmer’ moments… and added a bit of blue toning for the fact that he IS a little boy cat after all….
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