The beauty and the pain of being human. Images.

[uzn]

Los hombres de musgo

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[uzn]

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[edina]

This has taken on a whole new meaning, since I read The Vital Question. (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?9462-Interesting-Free-Books-in-PDF&p=1218637&viewfull=1#post1218637)

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[Iloveyou]

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Intense mix of contributions! :)


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[Bill Ryan]

https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/peter-menzel-hungry-planet-09.jpg

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[Iloveyou]

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Pierre Gonnord: timeless portrait series featuring Portuguese Alentejo gypsies

[Baby Steps]

expressions

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light

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[Baby Steps]

Modern Russia

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[uzn]

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[Bluegreen]

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[Iloveyou]

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[Bill Ryan]

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[Bill Ryan]

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[Bill Ryan]

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[Bill Ryan]

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[Iloveyou]

...........
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[Bill Ryan]

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[Bluegreen]

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[Mark (Star Mariner)]

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[Cidersomerset]

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[Bill Ryan]

Photograph by Alexander Sonov, Arkhyz village, Russia, June 2018.



The Soul of the Shepherd
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[Bill Ryan]

Iloveyou, currently on sabbatical, sent me these images: here they are, in the next two posts.

:heart:

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A 106-year-old Armenian woman sits in front of her home guarding it with a rifle, in the village of Degh, near the border of Azerbaijan, 1990.

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[Bill Ryan]

From Iloveyou:

Beer/Reality. Something sad and tragicomic and very, very human. At the 'Branntweiner‘ in Vienna (small-sized drinking venues, open early in the morning to satisfy their regular clients.

"Some of them were wild cats when they were younger, some were rich, then landed in prison because of the way they had made their money. Now, this old generation wants to enjoy the time they have left as much as they can. And these bars are their resorts. These places are small, smoky, boozy, after laughter comes tears comes laughter. They are the house of the bizarre and the unpredictable.“ (Klaus Pichler)

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[Valerie Villars]

Thanks. I've missed Iloveyou's photos.

[uzn]

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[Bill Ryan]

These images were taken in Aleppo, Syria, in December 2013, by photographer Molhem Barakat.

http://projectavalon.net/Molhem_Barakat_last_photos.jpg

This one, with the war-torn street reflected in the mirror behind the militiaman, might win any prize.

http://projectavalon.net/Molhem_Barakat_war_mirror.jpg

This is Molhem. He was just 17 years old.

http://projectavalon.net/Molhem_Barakat.jpg

Those were the last pictures he took. Reuters paid him $100 for them. Soon after, he was killed while taking photos of a hospital under attack.

This is the blood-stained camera that was retrieved from his body.

http://projectavalon.net/Molhem_Barakat_camera_sm.jpg

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

On its anniversary.

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[Bluegreen]

From the sports page

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[sunwings]

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[Bill Ryan]

This 15 minute slideshow of 80 historical photographs, mostly connected with the two World Wars, has its title as a misnomer. There are many other iconic (and more inspiring!) photos that might be on anyone's must-see list.

But I'd only seen a few of these ever before, and while there's only a tiny bit of beauty here (and yes, there is some), there is quite some poignancy — and a very great deal of pain. It's a cross-section, though a stark and bleak one, of at least part of the human condition.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQcJ0d5yxCU

[Bluegreen]

Hobo jungle - dinner

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[Bill Ryan]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/05/12/9408448-6668721-Md_Akhlas_Uddin_captured_an_overcrowded_train_pulling_into_Tongi-a-17_1549368273498.jpg

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[A Voice from the Mountains]

"Generations"

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[Iloveyou]

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Photo: Eric Seidner 2019

[Iloveyou]

nice :)


"Generations"

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[Iloveyou]

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[Iloveyou]

I said: what about my eyes?
He said: Keep them on the road.

I said: What about my passion?
He said: Keep it burning.

I said: What about my heart?
He said: Tell me what you hold inside?

I said: Pain and sorrow.
He said: Stay with it.

The wound is the place
where the Light enters you.


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[Iloveyou]

Who‘s the Erlkönig? The father does not recognize evil. He‘s blind. The kid does.
The father’s not able to confront evil and protect his child. The kid dies.

The Erlkönig (Erl King, king of the bad fairies) J. W. Goethe 1782
(translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring)

Who rides there so late through the night dark and drear?
The father it is, with his infant so dear;
He holdeth the boy tightly clasp’d in his arm,
He holdeth him safely, he keepeth him warm.
“My son, wherefore seek’st thou thy face thus to hide?”
“Look, father, the Erl King is close by our side!
Dost see not the Erl King, with crown and with train?”
“My son, ’tis the mist rising over the plain.”
“Oh, come, thou dear infant! oh come thou with me!
For many a game I will play there with thee;
On my beach, lovely flowers their blossoms unfold,
My mother shall grace thee with garments of gold.”
“My father, my father, and dost thou not hear
The words that the Erl King now breathes in mine ear?”
“Be calm, dearest child, thy fancy deceives;
the wind is sighing through withering leaves.”
“Wilt go, then, dear infant, wilt go with me there?
My daughters shall tend thee with sisterly care
My daughters by night on the dance floor you lead,
They’ll cradle and rock thee, and sing thee to sleep.”
“My father, my father, and dost thou not see,
How the Erl King is showing his daughters to me?”
“My darling, my darling, I see it aright,
‘Tis the aged grey willows deceiving thy sight.”
“I love thee, I’m charm’d by thy beauty, dear boy!
And if thou aren’t willing, then force I’ll employ.”
“My father, my father, he seizes me fast,
For sorely the Erl King has hurt me at last.”
The father now gallops, with terror half wild,
He holds in his arms the shuddering child;
He reaches his farmstead with toil and dread,—
The child in his arms lies motionless, dead.

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[Iloveyou]

At times, life is just good . . .


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[Iloveyou]

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Did you look at her eyes closely?

[Iloveyou]

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INSPIRING AND UPLIFTING - Resilience Patience Endurance

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Without Bound, a documentary featuring perspectives on mobile living
from a group of fascinating folks who live fulfilling, sustainable,
off-grid lives in vans, travel trailers and motorhomes...

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© Antoine Bruy

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

This enhanced and stabilized film is a poignant window through time, of ordinary people doing ordinary daily things, on an ordinary cold, grey day in Halifax, England in 1902.

In the midst of such poverty, children lark for the camera, two men play at fisticuffs, the local fire station put on a show. No obesity, tattoos, or people walking in a trance with headphones on, or staring at their mobile phones. This is how we were...

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I wonder what we'll look like an another 117 years?

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A few grotty comments but some thought-provoking ones too:

All were dirt poor but they dressed smartly, clean white shirts and ties, hats and coats. Self respect is abundantly clear.

People looked happier than they do today

O happier times, they had less materialism, but more happiness

And to think in just 12 short years after this was filmed their world would change so drastically.

We've moved so far forward with our technology, our clothing, our transportation. Yet deteriorated so much in unity and spiritual happiness!

(apologies for the words in an images thread).

[Iloveyou]

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In My Mother‘s Arms

The film was shot 2010 in Baghdad though it happens any year, in any land.

Filmmakers: Mohamed al-Daradji and Atia al-Daradji

The documentary tells the remarkable story of Husham Al Thabe, a middle class Iraqi man in his thirties, who struggles to house and care for 32 orphaned young boys in the modest two bedroom house he rents in Al-Sadar district, one of Baghdad’s poorest and most dangerous districts and a hub of sectarian violence. He does this because he can’t bear to see the boys, who have already experienced the trauma of losing their families, go back to state run orphanages where there is rampant sexual and physical abuse and neglect.

[Iloveyou]

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WOMAN, WHO ARE YOU !?

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[Bluegreen]

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[sunwings]

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[Iloveyou]

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[Mark (Star Mariner)]

*bump*

Real people, real words, real feelings, from another time.

Some fascinating old timers here, some so old they would've known people when they were younger who were alive in the 1700s.

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[thepainterdoug]

all beyond painful. thanks for posting

[Iloveyou]

CAPTURING THE SOUL OF THE EARTH

After having read an estimated ton of travel reports over the last years, I‘ve come across the blog of photographer and cyclist Nicolas Marino. He cycled from China across Asia and continued from Egypt around Africa, all on rural roads in remote regions to avoid the traffic of the main routes, but above all to connect with people and the spirit of the land.

In more than eighty short reports and hundreds of pictures he outlines this incredible adventure which is all about his encounters with the people across the continent. I have to choose one example randomly, else I wouldn‘t know where to start.

https://www.nicolasmarino.com/en/nicolonelytraveler/2017/9/30/the-quad-breaking-kingdom

PHOTO ESSAYS

https://www.nicolasmarino.com/en/photo-essays


https://www.1stafrikatimesinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/nicholas-9.jpg

[Iloveyou]

The rough sweetness of the bush


Soon after I leave, I start living again with these magnificent tribes of the region that never seem to end. I visit one after another, I can not remember the names of so many, muamwila, mucumba, mundimba, the list is endless. However, in each one without exception, the constant is the purely affectionate reception; the warmth of the people embraces me and their happy smiles draw a bigger one on my face.

Not long after gaining its hard-fought independence, Angola entered a long and painful period of 27 uninterrupted years of civil war, during which the MPLA (Popular Liberation Movement of Angola), a communist / socialist roots movement that had achieved independence from the Portuguese in 1975, fought with the support of Fidel's and Che's Cuba, the Unita of Jonas Savimbi, supported by Apartheid South Africa who in turn was unconditionally backed by the United States as part of its infamous Cold War against communism around the world. In 2002 with the assassination of Savimbi, the war came to an end, but the remains of a shattered country are still visible outside of Luanda, where buildings in ruin in the middle of the bush have become improvised rural schools where children attend to satiate their need to educate themselves. Seeing this kind of spirits is extremely motivating.

The trails of the bush became more and more difficult as I moved forward, not only because of the amount of sand, which was often like trying to pedal on a beach, but because of the multiple bifurcations and the little human presence that led me constantly to lose myself. Sometimes it meant having to go back several kilometers, using the very same trails that I had just used to get there with so much effort. After that, I would have to wait for someone to walk between villages or some motorcycle on the way somewhere so that I could ask and find the right direction. At times I would sit hopelessly on these sand traps, demoralised while looking at 1/4 of the tires buried in the sand. I would look around me trying to figure out how to get the hell out of there.

In other places, I I would stay trying to communicate with someone from some new tribe who passed by. However, whatever the case, I thoroughly enjoyed being there; my deep union with the bush and my encounter with the people of the tribes of southern Angola filled me with a beautiful feeling of patience, of lack of rush, of understanding that life isn't running for what we think it is lying ahead of us ( the serious illness of which we all suffer to different degrees), but by living in fullness what it going on with us at this very moment, the present moment (the simple antidote to all our problems). For days, I moved forward with considerable difficulty dodging the poor quality of these sandpits, stones, shrubs full of spikes but with the variant that in Angola, due to the absence of wild animals (which are gone as a result of the war) I could treat myself with the great pleasure of pedaling at night on the bright moonlit nights.

It's hard to believe that you're going to the right place when the only thing that drives you there is a narrow wedge in the earth surrounded by shrubs. You have to have to practically trust blindly in the local people to have the conviction to go ahead without knowing where you are going. But finding certainty in the uncertainty of life and the world, is to be aligned with the universe following the logic of life, and that frees me from worries. It frees me up to absorb every step of the way I take without looking back, without looking ahead more than a few pushes on the pedals; this is instinct, this is living properly. This what I believe J.Krishnamurti was talking about when he encourages us to ask ourselves - " are we really observing, are we really appreciating".

It's been several days already since there are no more water pumps on the way and finding water becomes an increasingly difficult task for me. The water is not in front of the eyes in the bush, not at first sight at least, but much water still runs in the bowels of this arid land and that is the only one that ensures that life is still possible here, far from any kind of urbanization or infrastructure. I have no choice but to rely on people to find it. It is in many of those great dry rivers that I have been passing all these days where it is still found, but it is hidden beneath these sandy riverbeds on which at some point in history water actually ran. Angelina leads me to it, on her way to wash the dishes with her little boy on her back.

We walk on the river bed for 10 minutes until we stop at a point that for me is like any other except for the fact that it is clear that we have deliberately stayed away from the cattle that **** everywhere on the little water that is present on the surface. She tells me with certainty - "it's here" - and I wonder what she means. She accommodates her washbowl on the ground, bends over, and with a small tin cup begins to dig in the sand. I just look at it skeptically until after 5 or 6 repetitions the moisture begins to sprout, rising to the surface as if by magic. I find it hard to believe, but I worry about the cleanliness of it, remembering the tremendous shigella that I had caught in Ethiopia, an experience that I prefer not to repeat ever again. However, 5 more repetitions and the water becomes perfectly crystalline, transparent and free of impurities. I take a sip to taste it and the taste is perfect. This is how all the people of this region, whom I now understand why I find scattered across the river beds of these dry rivers, survive here, digging water from the sand every day.

Photographies on Nicolas Marino‘s website:
https://www.nicolasmarino.com/en/nicolonelytraveler/2017/10/3/love-for-the-mato-bush

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[Iloveyou]

I do have the strong impression that once the industrialized world will have finally and entirely collapsed, new beginnings will emerge from these people - tribes of all skin colors and nations - spread around the world. They will step aside and watch our sophisticated technologies crumble. They stay in their heart.

Go down, white race, I will not miss you. Do I need to add that ‚white race’ doesn‘t mean individuals of lighter skin color, but the type of ‚civilization‘ it has brought to the planet. Okay, I will, just in case . . .

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[Iloveyou]

xxxxx
Have you ever wondered what kind of place this is - Planet Earth 3D -
where we all (the vast majority of us) start out like this



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and end up like that



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or like that



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and in between we‘re just playing games - without exception, I dare to say




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there are so many (esoteric) theories but honestly, I have no clue . . .

[Iloveyou]

A man from another century . . . lovely to listen to him talking about his life.

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The world hangs on a thin thread and that is the psyche of man . . .

[Iloveyou]

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Women Goat Herder of Hadhramout, Yemen

[Iloveyou]

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Baleen Whale Mask, 19th century, Kwakwaka’wakw people,
Pacific North West. Wearing the heavy mask along his back,
the dancer would have manipulated interior cords controlling
the mask’s fins, mouth and tail to mimic swimming and diving.

Dimensions: 23 5/8 x 28 1/2 x 81 1/8 in. (60 x 72.4 x 206 cm)  


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Sierra Leone


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Gambia


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German tradition


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Schiechperchten, Austria


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Khon, Thailand


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Theyyam dancer, Kerala, India


Don't you know that a midnight hour comes when

everyone has to take off his mask? Do you think life

always lets itself be trifled with? Do you think you can

sneak off a little before midnight to escape this? (Kierkegaard)

[Deux Corbeaux]

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Yesterday, in Vietnam, I met this old man who was the husband of the “famous” old lady that died some time ago :

https://m.english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/art-entertainment/136775/-world-s-most-beautiful-old-woman--lives-in-hoian.html#ui=mobile&ui=mobile&ui=mobile

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[Iloveyou]

xxxxx

As this thread is about human beings, being human, the human condition (conditioning!) as opposed to human nature - the following shall also belong here.

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Shoah.

French director Claude Lanzmann‘s 9 hour opus magnum (1985) is the culmination of thirteen years of both capturing interviews and editing them into a film unlike any other in history. In this work constructed almost entirely of voiceover, talking head interviews, and images of actual locations—and a notable absence of historical footage—Lanzmann recreates the past through a subtle, dialectical editing style and aching witness testimony.

Review:
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/shoah-1985



Edit:

Part 2 / Second Era has been taken down. Available here: subscribe to watch, 14-day free trial:

https://player.bfi.org.uk/subscription/film/watch-shoah-second-era-1985-online

[Iloveyou]

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[Iloveyou]

Kerala, India

Photos: Joey L., NY



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Members of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI)

‚If they attack. We shall fight to the end.‘

I‘m afraid fighting them with their weapons . . . you‘ll never win.

[Iloveyou]

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The Congo Dandies

Living in poverty and spending a fortune to look like a million dollars

Les Sapeurs are ordinary Congolese working men who dress up in Western luxury brands just to become known for their style. On weekends, the Sapeurs make their way through dusty slums in sharp, colourful three-piece suits and heading to meet-ups where they compete with fellow members of the “Society of Ambience-makers and Elegant People”, or S.A.P.E. in French. RTD travels to Brazzaville, the Republic of Congo's capital, to find out why, amid extreme poverty, these men prioritise fashion above all else.


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https://www.lensculture.com/articles/tariq-zaidi-the-sapeurs-of-brazzaville#slideshow

[onawah]

THE ART OF BALANCING STONES
9/27/19
Jonna Jinton

"The very first time I tried balancing stones was back in 2010. I saw some stone sculptures in a park, when an old, wise man told me that it was a symbol for the balance of nature. I liked that idea, and after that I started making easy stone sculptures. After a while, I started experimenting with balance and I tried to make stone sculptures that had such small balance points so that it almost would look impossible.
I really loved that.
Both because it felt like a challenge, but also because it forced me to get really still and quiet, and focus on one thing only; to find the tiny, tiny balance point.
It more and more turned into some kind of meditation.

I hope this video will inspire you to try it out yourself! :)

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING! ♥"
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The story of my life - From a dream to reality
Aug 27, 2018
Jonna Jinton

"This video is about how I changed my life 8 years ago, when I left the citylife and moved 1000 km to the north and started a new life close to nature. Close to all the things my heart was longing for.

These 8 years have been so challenging and hard but also wonderful and magical in every single way. I have learnt so much from that day I came to the old house in this smal village in the forest with no money, no job and no plan on what I should do with my life.
But from that day I started living, for real. I started appreciating things that I had never even thought of when living in an apartment in the city. And I learnt that you can never feel the wonderful, comfort feeling of warmth if you have not yet been cold.

I started with nothing but a dream. And today, I live my dream. Everyday I feel so thankful for still being able to live here in my little paradise deep in the forests in the north of Sweden, and working with all the things I love, and sharing my life with someone I love.

In this video you get to see a short summary of these years. Of course, many details are not included since the video would be 2 years long if I would include all the things that happened along the way. But at least it tells my story in a big picture :)

I hope you like it! ♥"
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[Agape]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI26vTmIYiM

HUMANO / Thrilling real time documentary, testimony of one truth seeker on journey through the Andes accompanied by his friend shaman
in search of himself and answers to Big questions of Life

There’s a choice of subtitles that can be fixed from the video settings.

Deeply touching, one of a kind journey to places never seen before and inner passage..

Can but recommend to your Christmas preview ..



🙏🌟🙏

[Iloveyou]

Long gone . . . Paris, France in the 1950s


http://blogs.paris.fr/moisdelaphoto/files/2012/05/480_Photo082.jpg





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Lost on Planet Earth. At times I can only bear it by taking
the position of a distant observer / witness from beyond



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Then . . . first smile this morning . . . old teeth
for sale! And you can try them out for size too

[Iloveyou]

Photographer Peter Turnley‘s gaze into the world of humans.

I often try to look at it from an outsider‘s position / perspective.


https://vimeo.com/284996165
”Most often, people can pick up on the energy and the intent one brings to one‘s work, and that is an amazing connection that takes place just through eye contact. There‘ve been times in my life when I‘ve been photographing someone I‘ve never met before, I‘ve never seen before and during a sometimes very quiet 30 seconds to five minutes there‘s literally an amazing exchange of love in the interaction between two sets of eyes.”


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Peter Turnley: Moscow in the 80s / early 90s . . .

”In the people’s faces you can see particularly how the freedom of speech may have existed on paper, but has never happened in practice. What I find the most impressing is that none of the pictures looks posed or unnatural. The series shows in a stunningly authentic documentary way that by the 1980s the system was close to collapse as Mikhail Gorbachev’s liberalising reforms did little more than open the door to a big change. Just a few years after these photos were taken, the Soviet Union was finally dissolved.”

http://www.paperboats.me/article/photos-of-the-day-ussr


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[Iloveyou]

xxx
Winterreise - Winter Journey


The Soul Continues




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The Soul Continues




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Photos: 1, 6 Lorenzo Moscia, 2, 5 Boris Mikhailov, 3, 4 Luc Delahaye, 7 Ejor

[Iloveyou]

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English lyrics translation by Darren Chase:

http://thewinterjourney.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2016-01-22T14:17:00-08:00&max-results=7&start=14&by-date=false 1-7
http://thewinterjourney.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2016-03-07T14:08:00-08:00&max-results=7&reverse-paginate=true 8-13
http://thewinterjourney.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2016-03-24T04:42:00-07:00&max-results=7&reverse-paginate=true 14-19
http://thewinterjourney.blogspot.com/ 20-24

Decoding the music masterpieces

https://theconversation.com/decoding-the-music-masterpieces-schuberts-winterreise-81553

[Iloveyou]

Shall focus more on beauty and joy now, much needed.

Let children rule, and artists . . .



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[Iloveyou]

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[Iloveyou]

xxx
Roaming about universe, together.

Wandering in time and space.

Species: Human

Current location: Earth


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© Uwe Ommer

[Iloveyou]

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© Uwe Ommer

[Iloveyou]

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[Iloveyou]

xxx
The divine feminine has many faces

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Russell Means and Pearl Means - The Sacred Feminine and Gender Roles (2013) 09:05

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Lyrics: I don't know who I belong to, I'm much too good for just one alone. If I swear to be true to just one right now, then it will make someone else so unhappy. Should something so beautiful appeal to just one? Even the sun, the stars belong to everyone. I don't know who I belong to, I guess I belong to myself alone . . .


many faces . . . :)


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[Iloveyou]

The divine feminine Part 2

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https://vimeo.com/38206424

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

This is quite a feat. Thought to be the oldest footage recorded, the 'garden scene' from 1888 has been stabilized, enhanced and colourized to something quite exceptional. Only seconds long, but still a marvel to behold.

132 years ago.

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The same techniques have breathed new life into a number of other very old film sequences. Below, is especially mesmerizing, and poignant given that very shortly after this was filmed San Francisco was devastated by the 1906 earthquake. For a short time in these clips we experience the closest we can presently get to time travel.

The beauty and the pain of being human, April 14th, 1906

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[Star Tsar]

I think this fits thread theme...


APOD Podcast

The Galaxy, The Planet, & The Apple Tree

Published 1st July 2020

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2007/Kristine-Rose-Photography-20200616_001s1024.jpg

In today's image, we see an apple tree in the foreground and above, in the sky, we see the Milky Way Galaxy stretching across the image. The bright object to the left of the Milky Way is the planet Jupiter and the bright star to the right in the supergiant star Antares.

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[Anka]

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[Anka]

A kind of continuation of the idea "The divine feminine Part 2"

Moreover, the "atlas" of simple beauty in their eyes.

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[Ewan]

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[Ewan]

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[Ewan]

http://pictures-by-albi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-06-ethiopie-two-62-1024x700.jpg

[raregem]

Video..thread title says it all...
OT8AdwV0Vkw

[Ewan]

https://s3.nat-geo.ru/images/2019/5/16/bd74d877627a4ed686a67aebe1056c35.max-1200x800.jpg

https://avatars.mds.yandex.net/get-zen_doc/1583391/pub_5e3c38a3e9721d5d09a54583_5e3c403d264b2e658df223c8/scale_1200

https://avatars.mds.yandex.net/get-zen_doc/1887445/pub_5e33169fa8ba560d7d700b98_5e3316b48b16e54eabd3d502/scale_1200

https://404store.com/2017/05/18/loveyakutsk76.jpg

https://steemitimages.com/DQme9uc4v7BpXeYnrDyZ74BvCne1SFTagaZeBnEMMhutAgo/4827C63A00000578-5270725-Temperature_in_the_remote_Siberian_village_of_Oymyakon_average_5-a-71_1516033103895.jpg

[Mashika]

https://s3.nat-geo.ru/images/2019/5/16/bd74d877627a4ed686a67aebe1056c35.max-1200x800.jpg

https://avatars.mds.yandex.net/get-zen_doc/1583391/pub_5e3c38a3e9721d5d09a54583_5e3c403d264b2e658df223c8/scale_1200

https://avatars.mds.yandex.net/get-zen_doc/1887445/pub_5e33169fa8ba560d7d700b98_5e3316b48b16e54eabd3d502/scale_1200

https://404store.com/2017/05/18/loveyakutsk76.jpg

https://steemitimages.com/DQme9uc4v7BpXeYnrDyZ74BvCne1SFTagaZeBnEMMhutAgo/4827C63A00000578-5270725-Temperature_in_the_remote_Siberian_village_of_Oymyakon_average_5-a-71_1516033103895.jpg

Siberia is one hell of a beast, Yet people live there just like that. Human spirit is stronger than climate, for sure

[Anka]

http://data20.gallery.ru/albums/gallery/201015-97480-57431405--u1f687.jpg
http://data20.gallery.ru/albums/gallery/201015-12e73-57431409--u3e13b.jpg
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http://data20.gallery.ru/albums/gallery/201015-e863b-57431391--u5dfea.jpg
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http://data20.gallery.ru/albums/gallery/201015-b57f9-57431274--u72c3e.jpg

:happy dog:

http://data20.gallery.ru/albums/gallery/201015-6b259-57431257--u6ece3.jpg

[Kryztian]

https://i.imgur.com/BvgZmU3.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

https://projectavalon.net/Sherpa_1.jpg

https://projectavalon.net/Sherpa_2.jpg

https://projectavalon.net/Sherpa_3.jpg

https://projectavalon.net/Sherpa_4.jpg

https://projectavalon.net/Sherpa_5.jpg

[AuCo]

Photographer Treks Over 40,000 Miles Across Siberia Capturing Faces of Vanishing Ancient Cultures:

https://www.theepochtimes.com/photographer-treks-over-40000-miles-across-siberia-capturing-faces-of-vanishing-ancient-cultures_3617195.html?utm_source=news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-2021-02-11-1

[uzn]

https://i1.wp.com/www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/NINTCHDBPICT000635090368.jpg

[Kryztian]

A look into the soul of India's 'Godmen': Photographer's fascinating study of reclusive Hindu holy men who shun home comforts in favour of a life spent in caves, forests and temples
Sadhus are people who have dedicated their lives to breaking the cycle of reincarnation

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2794078/the-hindu-holy-men-shun-home-comforts-favour-life-spent-caves-forests-temples-communing-god.html

https://i.imgur.com/8Vla1V1.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/6Muov8V.jpg

Faces covered in ash and paint, these are the Hindu holy men who live their lives away from everyday society.

Known as sadhus, they shun all home comforts for a life of asceticism spent inside caves, forests and temples across India and Nepal.

German banker and photographer Mario Gerth decided fulfil a long-held obsession by finding and photographing the religious devotees, known colloquially in India as Godmen.

https://i.imgur.com/02hvHzv.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Cdmp7OD.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/AYgOyF8.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/tx1nlLR.jpg

[Sue (Ayt)]

A look into the soul of India's 'Godmen': Photographer's fascinating study of reclusive Hindu holy men who shun home comforts in favour of a life spent in caves, forests and temples
Sadhus are people who have dedicated their lives to breaking the cycle of reincarnation

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2794078/the-hindu-holy-men-shun-home-comforts-favour-life-spent-caves-forests-temples-communing-god.html



Their eyes are totally mesmerizing.

[uzn]

Frida Kahlo
https://static.tumblr.com/c9f62732991118799fff49edda17d3e2/2zewyee/Nmpq1uqo7/tumblr_static_c824pl40qz488gssw0s44g4wk_2048_v2.jpg

[Matthew]

Sometimes, when we love things so much...

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/740651751694401546/818838669511229470/FB_IMG_1615293699485.jpg?width=344&height=430

[rgray222]

The beauty of being a human child is amazing.

https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/children-around-the-world-70.jpg
https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/children-around-the-world-65.jpg
https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/children-around-the-world-8.jpg
https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/children-around-the-world-5.jpg
https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/chidren-playing-around-the-world-50.jpg
https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/children-around-the-world-1.jpg
https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/children-around-the-world-26.jpg

[Matthew]

"Father and Mother listening to their son's transplanted heart in the chest of the recipient of his gift. There is only one race! The human race! BDK, Esq"
(source twitter (https://twitter.com/brunelldonald/status/1390386661113147392))
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E0ulTEWWYAAedu7?format=jpg&name=900x900

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Short, enchanting window on time.

A day at the beach a century ago (digitally restored):

y-6W9xNTe2A

[Bill Ryan]

https://explore.reference.com/content/224833/e93d54da4253b836e81c7a6796131356.jpg

https://explore.reference.com/content/224833/b74dfcadcf406e3e79fef688421b3739.jpg

https://explore.reference.com/content/224833/a419f650273e6a3e1e9a738ff12b751e.jpg

https://explore.reference.com/content/224833/556806fd2a6a5968cedd2f12b345b862.jpg

https://explore.reference.com/content/224833/2333a10cbc755d7c5802832d9ecb0966.jpg

[Bluegreen]

https://explore.reference.com/content/224833/e93d54da4253b836e81c7a6796131356.jpg

6xTQxSkTXww

[Bill Ryan]

A photo I'd never seen before: Jimi Hendrix, in the US Army, aged just 19.

https://explore.reference.com/content/224833/eb9db208f86eed88a3cf2c1d90eb8f61.jpg

[rgray222]

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/13/aa/4f/13aa4f9ef21829a7a52cd152fb61c1a6.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/b1/25/83/b125835fd903a782fcaece9f4e30ddd3.jpg
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https://i.pinimg.com/564x/1c/c6/3d/1cc63db7015ff173c1c3a7add83c3c16.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/95/b6/a1/95b6a1d4753a2a617c7eb75b4b8e9313.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/ff/d6/a9/ffd6a9896998a9f8f1e23118272d1e58.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/28/51/56/285156c9e2d8836e779d59cd558fdbd0.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

I was very struck by this powerful photo of the famous Polish mountaineer Wojciech Kurtyka, one of the greatest of all time. :muscle:

https://projectavalon.net/Wojciech_Kurtyka.jpg

[rgray222]

Last known picture of Nikola Tesla, 1943

https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/a31POv5_700bwp.webp

[Iloveyou]

Cxx

Current condition of Mother Earth and her daughters

(for the youngsters: Patti Smith and Joan Baez)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dj_AznCXsAA0KE-?format=jpg&name=medium

I0jFcgjocZY

[Sunny-side-up]

First of all, what a great OP
:sun:

Below is my reaction to a Sabaton music vid I just watched.

OMG this is the first I've known of this incidence,
I'm sitting here looking at you 'Touchy' like your a mirror, my chest is aching from all the sobbing I'm doing. Humans are so great

Music and animation based on a true WWII incident.

Please watch to the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--9ZiiW66Z8

Love and Peace to all
Alan
:sun:

[Sunny-side-up]

Had to post this I just came across, no pain just:
Surprise and joy


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhBkWdeLHFQ

:sun:

[rgray222]

https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/aGzRKD5_460svav1.mp4

[raregem]

Post #357
My eyes swell with tears of the BEAUTY of his voice, words and Soul.

[aemay]

Good to see Lenny Kaye up there. He has been there since the beginning.

[raregem]

_iqhNWY9tx0

G7sLC_XGkOM

So much beauty in their Souls!
Such amazing talent !

[Bill Ryan]

An old woman at her window in Mariupol, Ukraine.

:heart:

https://projectavalon.net/Old_woman_at_window_in_Mariupol.jpg

https://projectavalon.net/Old_woman_at_window_in_Mariupol_detail.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

I thought this was rather poignant. Here are three photos of Gwen Moffatt, Britain's first female professional mountain guide, taken in the 1940s and early 1950s when she was a young superstar.

https://projectavalon.net/Gwen_Moffat_Alps.jpg

https://projectavalon.net/Gwen_Moffat_1.jpg

https://projectavalon.net/Gwen_Moffat_2.jpg

And here she is now, hiking on her own, aged 97 and still going strong.

:heart:

https://projectavalon.net/Gwen_Moffat_aged_97.jpg

[Bluegreen]

Gary Moore '"The Messiah Will Come"

For our dear Gudrun

I :heart: U

7k07j7LcLqw

[Iloveyou]

xxxxx

well . . . :)

African Portrait Masters

https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/su18ftphoto1.jpg

Joana Choumali, Mme Djeneba Haabré, 2013/14

https://i-d-images.vice.com/images/2016/03/31/seydou-keitas-stunning-portraits-of-malian-youth-were-almost-lost-forever-body-image-1459453074.jpg?resize=798

https://dcxvepib5r3t6.cloudfront.net/attachments/file_s3s/5abb/7f7b/5394/ce00/1288/5476/original/SeydouKeita_metalmagazine_1.jpg?1522237306

https://dcxvepib5r3t6.cloudfront.net/attachments/file_s3s/5abb/7f7c/5394/ce00/1288/5477/original/SeydouKeita_metalmagazine_2.jpg?1522237307

Seydou Keïta, Bamako Mali (1921-2001)

People visited Keïta’s studio (opened in 1948) to have their picture taken at their best: wearing extravagant dresses made from wonderful textiles with splendidly formed headdresses . . . a portrait of an era that captures Bamako’s transition from a cosmopolitan city in a French colony to the proud capital of independent Mali.

https://cms.qz.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/CBA_Senegal_09.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1240&h=1802&crop=1

https://cms.qz.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/CBA_Senegal_08.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1240&h=1788&crop=1

Mama Casset, Senegal (1908-1992)

https://d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net/?resize_to=fit&width=1600&height=1054&quality=50&src=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FdAVgH99pWlC8taJnLiUjag%2Fnormalized.jpg

Malick Sidibé, Bamako Mali (1935-2016)

[Matthew]

Not a direct picture of human beings, it's only implied. But a touching picture.


A store that allows homeles dogs to come inside at night 🙏❤

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FTJhdeRXwAAqDyJ?format=jpg&name=small

source twitter (https://twitter.com/Happydog___/status/1527390386343137287)


-===============------


It's more popular than I realised


Valerie Antifascist (@VFurness Replying to @Happydog___)
There are lots and lots of homeless animals in Istanbul, animal control spays and neuters them and releases them back to the streets where residents and shopkeepers care for them. It’s pretty amazing how they are cared for.


Nature ahbors a typo (@DarrylSmith60 Replying to @VFurness and @Happydog___)
Here's a picture of the Atrium Mall in Istanbul, they allow homeless dogs to sleep inside during cold weather:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FTOuSXTWYAAtjk-?format=jpg&name=medium


source twitter (https://twitter.com/VFurness/status/1527680296509767680)

[wondering]

Very poignant, Matthew. It really does speak of the beauty and pain of being human...

[kudzy]

This a rather sad and tragic short story that exemplifies the beauty and pain of being human very well.

1CVcZ_8HPuY

[Iloveyou]

https://awakenmindset.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Old-Soul.jpg

https://cdn.davidwolfe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/shutterstock_333110804.jpg




Welcome to Planet Earth Experience . . .



https://grepless.com/storage/images/stories/originals/grepless_1OiUpy.jpg

https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-69f7b83849f65ce59bbf9d987c8fa04c-lq

https://images.ctfassets.net/81iqaqpfd8fy/4N7aUlhx0cQuEgKs2OQYO0/bb88b50b5dbd1146a0595136bdad8244/186246713.jpg

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/JiqB9YRy-00DJrldXOiJ-C6aO4Y=/0x0:4000x2667/1820x1213/filters:focal(1680x1014:2320x1654):format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/58511719/shutterstock_157913831.0.jpg

[Iloveyou]

ToTj9oqmrjc

[Bill Ryan]

The daily life of Ecuador’s Amazonian Huaorani tribe

https://cuencahighlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1.png

https://www.cuencahighlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/chl-oxford-7.jpg

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https://www.cuencahighlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/chl-oxford-10.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

Two photos of solo rock climber Matt Bush. They are not photoshopped.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/www.explorersweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/23230551/IMG_3577.jpg

https://s3.amazonaws.com/www.explorersweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/23230555/IMG_3579.jpg

[Eva2]

Wow, I got weak at the knees just looking at these - the second photo is insane!

[grapevine]

https://s.hdnux.com/photos/10/01/47/2103790/6/1200x0.jpg

Leslie "Jill" May, aged 49
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/THE-FINAL-FAREWELL-Jill-May-s-saga-After-2565159.php#photo-2707649

[Johnnycomelately]

Leslie "Jill" May, aged 49
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/THE-FINAL-FAREWELL-Jill-May-s-saga-After-2565159.php#photo-2707649

That article was a tough read, w1ndmill, but thank you so much for posting it.

[grapevine]

Leslie "Jill" May, aged 49
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/THE-FINAL-FAREWELL-Jill-May-s-saga-After-2565159.php#photo-2707649

That article was a tough read, w1ndmill, but thank you so much for posting it.

Yes, an absolutely heart-wrenching and tragic story, reflected so harshly in the photograph, which shows her entire life etched so deeply into her face :(

And yet the photographs with the article show that at one time Jill May led quite a normal life. While it's true that we all have choices in life, those choices sometimes take on a downward spiral that we just cannot escape.

[Bill Ryan]

The San Bushmen of Southern Africa, the world's most ancient race. :heart:

https://sufipathoflove.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/san66.png?w=584&h=358

https://sufipathoflove.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/san1.png

https://d36tnp772eyphs.cloudfront.net/blogs/1/2017/04/hunting-demo.jpg

https://d36tnp772eyphs.cloudfront.net/blogs/1/2017/04/young-woman.jpg

https://d36tnp772eyphs.cloudfront.net/blogs/1/2017/04/women_gathering.jpg

https://d36tnp772eyphs.cloudfront.net/blogs/1/2017/04/hunter.jpg

https://d36tnp772eyphs.cloudfront.net/blogs/1/2017/04/life.jpg

https://d36tnp772eyphs.cloudfront.net/blogs/1/2017/04/sands-of-time2.jpg

[grapevine]

https://insidestory.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2012-08-olympics.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/28/article-2180177-143FE08D000005DC-838_634x423.jpg

Two symbolic images from the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games held in Londo

[norman]

https://t.me/handfulsonpurpose/9366

handfulsonpurpose/9366

[Matthew]

source twitter (https://twitter.com/nevillebartos12/status/1615117431545921542) and youtube (https://youtu.be/sYohKhKkUF8) and reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/xzfyxn/a_blind_muslim_named_muhammad_carrying_his_best/)


https://i.postimg.cc/SQ7RvYT0/image.png

This photo was taken in Damascus in 1899. The dwarf is named Samir, Damascus, Ottoman Syria, 1889. He is a Christian and cannot walk. The one who carries him on his back is a blind Muslim named Muhammad.

Mohamed relies on Samir to tell him where to go, and Samir uses his friend's back to navigate the city streets. They were both orphans and lived in the same room.

Samir was a hakawati, he had the gift of narration and told stories of a thousand and one nights to the customers of a cafe in Damascus, Mohamed sold bolbolas in front of the same cafe and liked to listen to his friend's stories.

One day, when he retired to his room, Muhammad found his companion dead. He wept and mourned his friend for seven days straight. When asked how they got along so well, being of different religions, he said only this:

"Here we were the same", pointing with his hand to his heart.

[Matthew]

An extraordinary photograph of a street in Macau with the Grand Lisboa Hotel lurking in the distance. Claustrophobic and stunning in equal measure.
Photo by Paul Tsui, National Geographic.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FmvlPJKWQAABG1f?format=jpg&name=medium
source twitter (https://twitter.com/WorldwideFP/status/1615636944272379905)

[Matthew]

https://i.postimg.cc/4xTjNp6b/image.png

Thanks to Ravenlocke from this post link (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?114491-WW3-Ukraine-US-vs.-Donbass-Russia&p=1539051&viewfull=1#post1539051)

[Bill Ryan]

I thought this most wonderful, colorized, 3-minute high-definition video should go here. Do watch: this simply shows regular people and traffic in central London 90 years ago, but I found it quite fascinating.

:grouphug: :heart:



(max to full screen - resolution is great!)

https://twitter.com/DavidBCollum/status/1640756745143296000?s=20

1640756745143296000

[Isserley]

A Moment Destined to Happen
This American soldier was caught on camera kissing actress Marlene Dietrich in 1945. He had just returned from WWII on a ship, and she was waiting at the dock when they happened to pull in.

This photograph may look like a couple that had finally waited for months to embrace, but they didn't even know each other! Either way, this moment was destined to happen.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EUC11ZFXYAIeL7S.jpg

[Ewan]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2923/14587004452_acd28cf6bd_b.jpg

https://inspired.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/A4-1200x1800.jpg

https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/c90c5c46882967.5868eb7fec73e.jpg

https://64.media.tumblr.com/98b2c0de818b4eb1082026d52891aaa0/tumblr_ncopu87FGN1tj4cjjo2_1280.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f3/48/aa/f348aa9326c6f8fbe723c38073fb8c37.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

I thought this most wonderful, colorized, 3-minute high-definition video should go here. Do watch: this simply shows regular people and traffic in central London 90 years ago, but I found it quite fascinating.

:grouphug: :heart:



(max to full screen - resolution is great!)

https://twitter.com/DavidBCollum/status/1640756745143296000?s=20

1640756745143296000~~~

In the same vein, this new video is utterly absorbing and quite wonderful to watch. :heart:

A Trip Through New York City in 1911


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ1OgQL9_Cw

[rgray222]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/38/6e/3d/386e3deff322acbb416c6f7cc13ef0e5.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ab/6b/a9/ab6ba993cb84048ea0c4179c1ff4fc58.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/f8/32/56/f83256ea536efa88ca9ab31050143b7e.jpg

[rgray222]

Came across this photo this morning and it made me feel good on so many levels. Not only is it a parody on social media and social media influencers it is also a reminder that real connections are with real people and fun can be had at no cost and at any time.

https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/344817325_1303853616868739_1145705856364880575_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=ZsXOOSIQ9nEAX8pCXKC&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&oh=00_AfANehhNkgqVeWouQAcqlNn93zXncu0CB4cg4k9Cdel8MA&oe=645D4D60

[norman]

Blitz, Then and Now.

https://i.vgy.me/oLHJKs.jpg

[norman]

This photograph was taken (extremely) shortly after the detonation of a nuclear device during Operation Tumbler-Snapper. The projecting spikes are known as a rope trick effect.

https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/operation-Tumbler-Snapper-800x546.jpg

[grapevine]

This is why you should never judge a book by its cover
7wrpCAnOjl4

[Isserley]

This video made me cry today..
Feeling a great deal of admiration for the people who raised this young man. :clapping:

bNhtyrdwP8c

[Bill Ryan]

This video made me cry today..
Feeling a great deal of admiration for the people who raised this young man. :clapping:

bNhtyrdwP8c:bump::bump::bump:

MUST SEE. :heart::heart::heart:

(...the 4,600 YouTube comments are also truly inspiring to read :flower:)

[Tintin]

We all know that mums totally rock! just about always, but, how about some of those dads out there?

This is truly heart warming stuff here, right through the thread :heart: :muscle:

Source: https://x.com/tradingMaxiSL/status/1866309880212017220

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[Bluegreen]

I love this photo


http://www.ourquadcities.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2021/11/Zeus2.jpg?strip=1

Julian "Zeus" McClurkin and friend

[grapevine]

Family stepped in and cared for a baby until her mom could be with her

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Wonderful heartfelt story amidst the chaos on our planet at the moment. There are some extraordinary people out there with great big loving hearts, and thank God for that.

[Matthew]

http://i.redd.it\fxp4zx6urdja1.jpg