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Photographer Unknown, The Man on the Blue Sofa
“To be a good houseguest, you should be as independent as possible. You should buy groceries or take your hosts out for dinner. Pick up after yourself. Pretend to have a good time even if you’re not. Say, ‘I’d like to make a dinner reservation tonight. What’s your favorite restaurant?’ Try not to break anything. Be quiet.”
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Artist Unknown, (McHale and Parrish T-Shirt), Computer Graphics, Gay Film Gifs
“À l’aurore, armés d’une ardente patience, nous entrerons aux splendides Villes.”
“In the dawn, armed with a burning patience, we shall enter the splendid Cities.”
-Arthur Rimbaud, Season in Hell and Other Poems
Photographer Unknown, (The Deer Tattoo)
“Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.”
-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
Benjamin Godfre, Photo Shoots
Photographer Unknown, (Sand and Water), Selfie
Artists Unknown, (You Are Not Dreaming!), Computer Graphics, Film Gifs
A behavior to avoid with unknown canines, especially wolves, is the fixed (aggressive) stare directly into their eyes. Such a stare is a blatant challenge of that canine’s rank and social status. If performed toward a dominant wolf, a reciprocal challenge and fight is likely to ensue.
Blackwork Tattoos: Celtic/Viking Designs
Photographer Unknown, (No One Move!)
Aware that something was off kilter, but not quite sure what it was, the thieves edged back to the door. No one moved as they unbolted it and, still holding Angua, stepped out into the fog, shutting the door behind them.
“Hadn’t we better help,” said a constable who was new to the Watch.
“They don’t deserve help,” said Vimes. There was a clank of armor and then a long, deep growl, right outside in the street. And a scream and then another scream. and a third scream modulated with “NONONOnonononononoNO!…aarghaarghaargh!” Something heavy hit the door.
-Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay
Artist Unknown, (Our Deepest Fear), Computer Graphics, Film Gifs
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.,,,Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do….It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
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Combat: Samurai Sword
Photographer Unknown, “Maddox”
“The primary thing when you take a sword in your hands is your intention to cut the enemy, whatever the means. Whenever you parry, hit, spring, strike or touch the enemy’s cutting sword, you must cut the enemy in the same movement. It is essential to attain this. If you think only of hitting, springing, striking or touching the enemy, you will not be able actually to cut him.”
-Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings
LeBeau Foto, “Monday Night Soak”, Model: Andrea
He flew in from Italy to get his pics taken, I met him in his hotel on Monday night. Quiet and shy this was his birthday present to himself, a trip to Barcelona and some nude pictures taken by a stranger with a camera.
Empire of the Sun, “We Are The People”
Empire of the Sun is an Australian electronic music duo from Sydney, formed in 2007. The duo consists of longtime collaborators Luke Steele of alternative rock act The Sleepy Jackson, and Nick Littlemore of electronic dance outfit Pnau.
Their award-winning, 2008 debut album Walking on a Dream brought the duo international success and has been certified double platinum in Australia and gold in the United Kingdom (UK). The album provided a number of internationally charting singles including “Walking on a Dream” which peaked at number ten on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and reached number sixty four on the UK Singles Chart, and “We Are the People”, which peaked at number fourteen on the UK Singles Chart.
Photographer Unknown, (Four Positions of an Otter)
Robert Postma, “Lightning”
Robert Postma is a photographer from Whitehorse, Canada. The image depicts a super-cell thunderstorm over the Badlands of South Dakota.
The photographer can be found on the 500px site