Cosmically Sanctioned V

Cosmicosis


Guitarite

The Black Galaxy

midnight mystery! That links the soul with sight
Like winds upon a mountain’s side
Glares your deepest sapphire eyes—;
Here is Pandora’s pyre,
Where chariots fly through nebulas.
midnight mystery! Here is the Black Galaxy?

Undergrounds

Different undergrounds in Japan, London and Belgium.
Love the undergrounds.
The TUBE.






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This has got to be one of the best things about Europe...the transportation. Hop on a train and 3 countries later you are speaking a different language to people who have a totally different look about them. The most fun!!!

Your Aura is purple

Naturally made aura in Soho, London. Does that early morning sun ray follow him?


Valentina di Italia. Denmark '05 the coolest flat in Roskilde. An aura of candlelight.

Aura--aura is a field of subtle, luminous radiation supposedly surrounding a person or object...(paranormal.)

My thoughts:
so...the AURA; It makes me think of 'Dude, your aura is purple..' from the movie Almost Famous...But in relieving myself of that connotation, I see or maybe feel that an aura is just an intuition about someone.
But most importantly, check out this wacky picture by Robert Fudd Bewusstsein from the 17th century depicting our third eye. Too radical.



Beans on Tybee...Birdwatching ;) Just a fun one to throw in the mix.


Blue Man Group behind a curtain. Backlight!


http://www.myspace.com/monstersoffolk
A new band to check out..their new self-titled album debuts today!

In the moment

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Cosmically Sanctioned Self Portrait, in the moment in the mind.
Representative of the various thoughts floating around in my reality...In my field of flowers, they hover without a destination, without resolve. Just to be...and be thought of.


One of many lone brick chimneys without a home to call their own. These are scattered through South Georgia. Maybe this photo was appropriate for the prior post.


Cool boots strolling through London. I saw these boots walking towards me..snapped a photo in the moment.

South Georgia

Some things are just made to be Southern.



These two were taken at an old antique shop/someone's home, in the small town of Brooks, GA. There are 4 things you see when you go through Brooks: A fire station, a post office, a tanning bed and this antique store.


Some people are just too Southern for their own good. Like these two; Jessica, a mountain girl and Tim, a farm boy.


Adam and his guitar, walking through a tall forest of pines.


Covered bridge in between the small southern towns of Molena and Zebulon, GA. Yes, out in the country! Only dirt roads will get you here, and there ain't much else...


An old dilapidated house in Pike County. Check out those makeshift stilts! I love the angles of this photograph...where the lines lead your eyes. It almost looks like it could be a cartoon.


Colby the cat. Mert and Jack's love. Very South GA.


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Amee Bee and Kenny. I see these two as traditionally Southern. Lovely and at home, spiritual and strong, real and happy.

Sculpted Rome

A few sculptures from the classic city of Rome. I love these pictures. The first for the strong movement, the second for its classic Roman appeal, the shapes and curves, the stone. Bring them to life, if only for a moment. It's miraculous how realistic they are.






This photo was not taken in Rome, but actually Paris. If you look closely, you will realize it is not a sculpture at all, but a man making a living by sitting as still as if he were sculpted from stone.

Brackish Roots

The brackish roots of river pine
Anchored in my curving spine
Bend to the whims of wind's design
And I lay down at your side

Above the brine of reeds and clay
A swollen angel oaks bouquet
In the red wing blackbirds eyes of grey
A saltwater tear resides

But the sand and the earthen parapet
Silts into this rivulet
The bluffs and the banks will soon forget
A single tear was cried

And in this spawning ground it blooms
The nectar and the petal plumes
A purple swallow now exhumed
From the river that has died

The crimson of rinoculous
Gardenia and dianthus
The bloodless ivory water-lotus
Sweetly opens wide
Without a voice left to sing
With waterlogged and heavy wing
With peaceful eyes, unsuffering
A pigeon floats in the tide...

exerts of "Pigeon" by Jump Little Children
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyFGu2JYKsY



Surfer near Newport, OR. Catching a few waves before the storm rolls in.


Formations in the sand on the Oregon Coast. Natural canvas.

Cosmically Sanctioned Imagery IVish

Cracked face...that top layer is never secure.


Cheers!


Bean sauce at Tybee Island.

Some old Cosmically Sanctioned stuff...love this wacky creative side.
Well, I'm off for breakfast and a bike ride. BIG CREEK mountain biking trails are too fun; and 5 minutes from home! Unfortunately, I can't take pics while I ride or I might die.

GraFfiTi

Freetown Christiania, Denmark


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Freetown Christiania, Denmark is a community that is not a part of the EU and therefore in no way affiliated with the government. They are regulated by the Christiania Law of 1989 aka self-government. We were there in 2005. Melissa studied in Roskilde, Denmark and I had the chance to visit. It is a unique community or commune full of artistic expression and peace. It is an amazing place to visit! Check out this graffiti! The red door was someone's front door! The symbol represents their commune; the 3 dots represent peace, love, harmony.

Since we are on the topic of awesome graffiti--

The Shining 'Here's Johnny!'
Here is some GRAFFITI in Segovia, Spain at a local park. Some of this stuff is amazing.
Why does graffiti have to bring such negative connotations? Of course there is a lot of 'tagging' by gang representation but at the same time isn't it a cry for help? Why can't it be an outlet for expression?

Elephants

I found this photo online. I LOVE IT. The plan is to make a rough sketch and see what the best medium should be. I'll keep ya posted on this!


I found this quote written in calligraphy on a poster board in my parents home. My Mom
wrote it in college and had it on her wall ::
To be calm. To be serene.
There is the calmness of the lake when there is the calmness of a stagnant ditch.
So it is with us.
Sometimes we are clarified and calmed healthily, as we never were before in our lives.
Not by an opiate. But by some unconscious obedience to the all-just laws.
So that we become like a still lake of the purest crystal and without an effort our depths are revealed to ourselves.
All the world goes by and is reflected in our deeps.
Such clarity!
Obtained by such pure means!
by simple living, by honesty of purpose. We live and rejoice.
Thoreau



Segovia, Spain. This is where I studied abroad in college. This gorgeous Roman aqueduct went around the center of town. My walk to school along this stone structure is something I could never forget.
These giant historical sites have such a presence in front of you. They produce a sense of wonder and awe in the air.
The photo below was taken in La Plaza Mayor de Segovia. The ancient Catholic cathedral has spires that remind of Gothic time periods...incredible.
My lungs fill with an air of ancient times. The first stone was laid in 1525!
This is another view of La Catedral. How classically Spanish! Photo of the Day

Wonder

These people were standing around in a living room during a house party. They were staring at a band playing in the corner that was WAY too loud. I wasn't into it, so I was taking photos of their legs...ummm. It was the white heels!
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Stonehenge. What a significant monument of
history!





This was an old woman walking through a famous cathedral outside of London. It seems to me that her faith goes beyond her physical existence. I watched her as she entered the naive and it was as though she wasn't real, she was walking so slowly. A devotion of faith...

Essential Nature

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This rose has something that twists and turns, and tries to pull you in.
It speaks.
The water beads up along the side but if you look closely, the layers of petals that have yet to bloom are so fresh,
so new,
so defined.
They are sharp and edgy, yet smooth and silky.
Layer upon layer of unending layers that eventually guide you towards the center.
It's hard not to stare.
click on it...see for yourself.

There is something all too real within the flowers.
They are small gifts from God,
little reminders that there is and always should be color in our lives.
A reason to stop and recognize beauty.
Create art.

Marvel at the essence of nature.