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2 Years Ago
So…this is an image thread for 1 month. Please read the rules before posting here.
1. You have to associate as close as possible a famous quote, proverb or saying (findable on the Internet) with one of your artworks and post it together with the image, indicating the author of the quote, if known. (As resource for checking the quotes I would recommend goodreads.com and quoteinvestigator.com). You have to assure yourself beforehand that the quote is not prohibited by copyright to be used likewise.
2.Any member can post unlimited times per day, but only after 5 other members have posted since the last one. If the thread is stuck for more than 12 hours, exception is accepted. You cannot repeat the same quote in the same day, nor the other fives before you.
3.The image must belong to the posting person with full copyrights.
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2 Years Ago
"Let there be light" is an English translation of the Hebrew יְהִי אוֹר (yehi 'or) found in Genesis 1:3 of the Torah, the first part of the Hebrew Bible. In Old Testament translations of the phrase, translations include the Greek phrase γενηθήτω φῶς (genēthētō phōs) and the Latin phrases fiat lux and lux sit.
2 Years Ago
From Shakespeare's "Macbeth" scene with three witches , these are the ingredients from the cauldron
"In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blindworm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing...." Full quote in the drawing description.
2 Years Ago
The last line of Aesop's fable The Four Oxen and the Lion is the phrase "united we stand, divided we fall."
"A lion used to prowl about a field in which four oxen used to dwell. Many a time he tried to attack them; but whenever he came near they turned their tails to warn another, so that whichever way he approached them he was met by the horns of one of them. At last, however, they fell a-quarrelling among themselves, and each went off to pasture alone in the separate corner of the field. Then the Lion attacked them one by one and soon made an end of all four.
United we stand, divided we fall."
I used the first half of the quote in this expunged version :
2 Years Ago
"In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." - Andy Warhol
I could never afford a Warhol so many years ago i bought a bunch of Warhol pins
at the MOMA museum store and made my own Warhol. Using his quotes and pinning
the pins to a black plastic coated paper I titled it, "Warholing Andy"
In a true Warhol fashion I had someone else do the work (pinning and writing) for me... lol
Glenn McCarthy Art and Photography
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2 Years Ago
"Truth is stranger than fiction": from Lord Byron, in the satirical poem Don Juan, 1823: ' Tis strange - but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction; if it could be told, How much would novels gain by the exchange!
Having cleared up the source, I'd have to say that there is some pretty strange fiction circulating at the moment!
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2 Years Ago
“In wilderness is the preservation of the world.” – Elliot Porter
Urban Wildlife Habitat - Los Angeles River.
This is an early morning view of the Los Angeles River, a wonderful urban wildlife habitat undergoing restoration. This part of the River is lined with lush green vegetation and is home to a variety birds and fish. Seen here are a Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) and Mottled Ducks (Anas fulvigula) in early morning light.
https://ram-vasudev.pixels.com/featured/urban-wildlife-habitat-los-angeles-river-ram-vasudev.html
2 Years Ago
Beneath Mount Rushmore
“In North By Northwest during the scene on Mount Rushmore, I wanted Cary Grant to hide in Lincoln's nostril and then have a fit of sneezing. The Parks Commission...was rather upset at this thought. I argued until one of their number asked me how I would like it if they had Lincoln play the scene in Cary Grant's nose.
I saw their point at once.”
-- Alfred Hitchcock
2 Years Ago
“Sometimes you can tell a large story with a tiny subject.” – Elliot Porter
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) in habitat, belting it out, Newport Beach, Orange County, California
https://ram-vasudev.pixels.com/featured/song-sparrow-ram-vasudev.html
2 Years Ago
“I have an affection for those transitional seasons, the way they take the edge of the intense cold of winter, or heat of summer.” – Whitney Otto, How to make an American Quilt
Changing Season - As autumn approaches, leaves of a deciduous Silk Floss Tree (Ceiba speciose) undergo seasonal color change, with the greens transitioning to yellow. I was attracted to this composition by the yellow-green color contrast and the bokeh of out-of-focus pink flowers in the background.
https://ram-vasudev.pixels.com/featured/changing-season-ram-vasudev.html
2 Years Ago
If the rate of expansion one second after the Big Bang had been smaller by even one part in a hundred thousand million million, it would have recollapsed before it reached its present size. On the other hand, if it had been greater by a part in a million, the universe would have expanded too rapidly for stars and planets to form. -- Stephen Hawking
2 Years Ago
Your Hearts Will Rejoice
This inspirational artwork with Bible verse John 16:22 and an African daisy flower with raindrops is a reminder to us that sorrow is temporary.
"Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you."
2 Years Ago
“Sometimes you can tell a large story with a tiny subject.” – Elliot Porter
This is an early morning view of the Los Angeles River, a wonderful urban wildlife habitat. As in many of my LA River wilderness images, the wildlife is only a small part of the composition, the emphasis being on the habitat.
https://ram-vasudev.pixels.com/featured/urban-wildlife-habitat-los-angeles-river-4-ram-vasudev.html
2 Years Ago
Hello everyone.
Thank you for joining in this thread and adding your great images.
Tibor, thank you for running this thread. We are now closing this as per rule 5 Discussions Guidelines
You may open a new one in two weeks, on 11-14-21
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