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Chemistry

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A touch of the fantastic

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Happy Tuesday

Elliot's owner shares what he looked like at 4 weeks vs full grown, with his favorite toy

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French artist and fashion photographer is considered one of the best-known photographers of fashion and advertising of the second half of the 20th century. He set the stage for a new kind of fashion photography. "While conventional fashion images make beauty and clothing their central elements, Bourdin’s photographs offer a radical alternative."

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Ruh-oh

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History

She was the model for Statue of Liberty...

Frederico Auguste Bartholdy, chose this beautiful woman

named ~ Isabelle Eugénie Boyer ~

geb. 1841 in France.

One of the most famous icons on the planet.

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“When love awakens in your life, in the night of your heart, it is like the dawn breaking within you. Where before there was anonymity, now there is intimacy; where before there was fear, now there is courage; where before in your life there was awkwardness, now there is a rhythm of grace and gracefulness; where before you used to be jagged, now you are elegant and in rhythm with your self. When love awakens in your life, it is like a rebirth, a new beginning.”

― John O'Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

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Trivia break

(1) What movie is this from

(2) who are the 2 male stars?

(3) who directed it?

(4) what musical instrument figured prominently in the music theme?

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Stunning

Tlingit ;

Preston Singletary, "Raven Steals the Sun," blown, hot-sculpted and sandcarved glass, 2001. Collection of Michael and Cathy Casteel.

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Statue of a man, 5th dynasty (2504-2347 B.C.) Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

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Mandalas are works of sacred art in Tantric (Tibetan) Buddhism. The word "mandala" comes from a Sanskrit word that generally means "circle," and mandalas are indeed primarily recognizable by their concentric circles and other geometric figures. Mandalas are far more than geometrical figures; a mandala is a sacred geometric figure that represents the universe. When completed, a mandala becomes a sacred area that serves as a receptacle for deities and a collection point of universal forces. By mentally entering a mandala and proceeding to its center, a person is symbolically guided through the cosmos to the essence of reality. By constructing a mandala, a monk ritually participates in the Buddha's teachings.

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Lodge hats on? I call this meeting of the BPOE lodge to session

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The very picture of bemusement

Pina Bausch

1966

by Walter Vogel

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Healing nature

"Trees and plants emit ‘phytoncides’ which we breathe in when we spend time in the forest. These have been proven in studies by Qing Li, a Japanese shinrin yoku researcher, to enhance the activity of Natural Killer cells that help our bodies to fight disease."

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Absolutely classic old Hollywood.

Clarence Sinclair Bull was a portrait photographer who worked during the "Golden Age of Hollywood". He helmed the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stills department for nearly forty years

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The rapture

art de Gülçin Aslan

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It’s nip and tuck at this point..