What you left behind - what you carry on...

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Happy New Year!

What did you left behind?
Probably - at the beginning of 2009 you made some wishes - resolutions about what you wanted to achieve that year. Now at the end of this year you ask your self what did you achieve and what not.... Are there things that you carry on for the year to come?
How about when you take your last shower in 2009 you let everything behind- bad thoughts, un-achievements, disappointments, diseases etc.
You have to carry on everything that is good in you, all the thoughts that make you stronger!
It`s all you need to move on and the rest will come. If you are stronger you will carry good thoughts, so you`ll bring luck; you`ll be more daring, so you`ll bring good results; you`ll be a fighter, so you`ll defeat disease and disappointments.
But, don`t let your self behind! Carry on your true self with no lies and masks!
Resolutions?
Your choice...
And may the new year bring all of us a better nature! It` s all we need from above to challenge us and the universe for the creation of a peaceful history.

A 2010 marvelous!

Old and new together - Globalizmas

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What winter holidays have become? Traditions mixed equals a kitch ? I was reading the other day what one of my friends (Jolie) was writing about this subject. I couldn`t say she was right or wrong..., I just felt she had a point.

We are living in a country where different cultures are at home, where you can see various races, colors and customs making an unbelievable mixture of life enjoyment.
Who invented Christmas? And New Years Eve? What is their significance?
Scientifically speaking- the winter solstice ( the shortest day of the year), no matter the culture.
If we try to go back to a religious point- Christmas- Christianity- Jesus (Christ) birth.
Does this ring a bell?
The star - the wise men - the manger, the Virgin. It seems like a legend or an old story - that only some people remember.
Our society has transformed Christmas in a commercial holiday. Maybe there is something good about this : economy ...?! The presents? The globalization?

... Globalizmas ...

The idea of Santa is very old... it was familiar in many cultures- that a man (payed by a rich family) would come at Christmas time to bring presents to the children. Red Santa comes from Coca Cola who in the `30 wanted to bring something different, so they dressed Santa in red and white to promote their brand.
How about the Christmas tree?
That is also an old custom found in different cultures around winter solstice to mark the joy of life and the birth of a new life - but, it was a pagan tradition.
Christmas carols?
Yap, the first Roman Christians performed the first theological hymns.
Is Christmas religious or just a global custom?
New Year Day? 31 December ... of the Gregorian calendar (internationally solar calendar first introduced around 1582 ). Nothing else! - some other cultures they have their own New Year Day - in a different day. The days counting is just a mathematical calculation. Before, the New Year Day was celebrated around 1st of March (Julian calendar).

So, the basic idea is the people gathering and parting.
To forgive, to reunite, to receive and give, to smile, to bring joy and share ...
Is this as powerful as a miracle ? Isn`t this special - just because it`s common to millions and millions of people ? Different and unique in the same time.
Happy holidays!

Just breathe

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There are things in life that don`t let you breathe. You don`t see them – there are just there fallowing you like a shadow. Passing one by one in different moments you almost do not notice them.
Until one has decided to crush over the other, and over the other- blocking your throat while you try desperately just to breathe naturally. And you don`t even know why all these things that looked naturally before, now are so uncomfortable – choking you. Maybe there were never natural, you just assumed they were also because they never attacked you in the same time.
And it`s not a movie, it`s reality.
Your boyfriend/ girlfriend has decided to break up with you the same day your boss told you there`s a downsizing, so you are out. And you never noticed that your relationship was going bad – because you were so stressed working over time, doing the job for your colleague that got fired a few months ago because of this freaking economy- and you were pleased that they kept you. But now it`s your turn. And in your love life she/ he just had enough of you not being there or not really listening because you were still thinking about that contract stipulations.
And you also have to leave the apartment because clearly one has to move out and it`s going to be you because she/ he rented first.
And it`s now that your mechanic is asking you a fortune for repairing your car. And it`s now that your mum is calling you to tell you that your younger brother is getting married.
Do you still breathe?
Ya! But you still have friends. So, you call. One is moving to Florida- you didn`t spent too much time with him/her lately, one is telling you : “This is what you deserve for being such a conceited person!”…and one…one is even worth then you, so he can`t really help you.

Are you still there?
Hooray! In the movie- you get out of the city to chill and meet this wonderful boy/ girl that turns out to be the love of your life and she/he has an amazing sister that helps you get the job of your dreams. Happy ending!
Yap, but it`s real life here – so you just pack and leave to your mummy. I won`t say anything else if you don’t get along with your parents!
So, just breath!
If you really messed up this time- just pack and start over! New job, new love- and more important some new attitude! Next time you`ll pay more attention to the external factors that may lead to such an awful situation and you`ll try to ditch them! So, keep on breathing!

Week-end philosophy

This week-end was Kevin free time for playing computer games. Kevin is 10...ya, so he still has to obey parental rules.

Somehow, his parents decided to make a trip to Niagara Falls. Kevin was very disappointed and sad-he couldn`t play games.

It was sunny and beautiful outside and the fall was spectacular. They walk around - even in the mist, covered by the water drops.

After they crossed the mist- Kevin seemed thoughtful.

What`s wrong my dear? aked his mum.

K: You know I don`t like to be in here because is my week-end of playing games!

M: You can play games some other time.

K: But, there is something good in this.

M: You see the majesty of nature...Or you think of something else?

K: I got wet! Is this good to be wet?

M: No.

K: See - I can catch a cold. And what happens if I catch a cold?

M: ...

K: I stay home. I can`t go to school. And if I stay home- what can I do?

M: You`ll stay in bed.

K: Ya...and I can play even more computer games. So, there is something good in this...

Nothing to tell, my dear friend

Do you have friends?
Of course...you do.
But what does a friend mean to you?
You chat, you share common ideas...you are there for each other...and then... you don`t call for months.
The next thing you know is that all of the sudden you miss that friend and finally you call or BuZZ a messenger box.
Hey, how are you?
Fine, thanks.
How about you?
Fine.
Something new?
No, how about you.
No.
Good.
And that`s the entire conversation you can link after years of great friendship.
Did something change?
Or you meet with that person and in 5 minutes you are again the best friends in the world talking about nothing and everything. Nothing changed- no matter time or distance.
How come?
It`s like with your own child. You love him so much, you put passion in his growing and then heflies away. Of course, you`ll always want him around you - but that`s not possible...and when it comes visiting you are again the same affectionate parent.
Love doesn`t dissolve because of time or space. It`s not really demanding - it`s there to share...even if you have nothing new to tell- a friend is always there just for a smile.

Accept or counteract?

I lie to my self with the best arguments. Autosuggestion is the base of annihilation.

Do you like hiking?
This is a story about hiking...through life or situations.
Laura was in her first vacation as a student. When she was young she used do go hiking in the mountains with her family or friends. She liked the feeling of facing the nature. It`s similar to life. You fix an itinerary- a top mountain to gain- and you walk towards your goal facing the nature. The nature was quite nice with Laura. She was never trapped in unusual situations.
This time her friends choused to go in the mountains to stay a few days at a well hidden chalet in the woods.
They hopped for a nice whether, but in the mountains this is very unpredictable. Half of their walk was fine, and then clouds started to gather in the sky. They still walked- but, also the path became more sinuous, arduous slopes muddled their feet. The rain started. Approximating the time of their walk - they thought that they could reach their destination quite fast.
Another slippery slope and Laura ankle entwist. They stopped. Some of them wanted to stay there at least until the rain stopped, some of them wanted to continue. The rain stopped, but everyone agreed that Laura was in pain. Going back was a better solution then going further. She disagreed. The chalet wasn`t that further.
"Aren`t you in pain?"
"I am, but I will rest when I get there. I`ll overcome my pain."
And they moved on. Because of the rain the path wasn`t very clear and when they tried to avoid the mud they mistaken the path. They realized fast.
"We better go back. This is no way to go to a chalet...and probably with all these situations it`s not going to be fun at all"
" We came so far, said Laura disappointed by her friends arguments. Why would we give up? I never give up- even if the result it`s not really the best, at least I know I`ve tried."
Encouraged, her friends went on. They found their way and finally the chalet. There, someone gave Laura assistance with her ankle. And after this event that marked a day of her life- the young girl promised to her self that no matter the situation she would fight to achieve her goal.
Years passed by- and Laura`s decision was the foundation of many of her achievements.
Last year Laura got sick - she fought her disease. From time to time she felt better so everyone thought chances of her recovery increased. She never gave up and was very optimistic. The last medical tests showed bad results. Laura can`t walk anymore- so even she would live she could never go hiking again. She is ok the way she is...happy to be alive. The night when everyone else sleeps she cries. She can`t really accept it. She would give up everything else in her life, just to be able to walk again.
" I should be happy the way I am. I`m surrounded by love, family and friends, I didn`t lose my conscience- just my legs...I have a wheelchair!"
I understand and accept it, but why wouldn`t it be different?
Why can`t you accept and understand?
And the final result will come after.
This story doesn`t have an end. Because Laura- she still hopes that in this life- by some miracle, if not by rational situations she will get what she wants.
We all tend at a certain point overwhelmed by uncomfortable situations to give up. But why would you accept something that you are uncomfortable with, even if that thing is good, but it`s not what you want?
Accept or counteract? Shall we fight the impossible or shall we find an ersatz for our dream?

You decide…

20 things you don’t know about Serenia

-answer to Jolie`s provocation-

1. She is allergic to mustard, probably because when she was younger she eat it on bread. She still likes it.
2. She likes the horses because they are strong and wild...and she doesn`t like to see bears - because they always look sad.
3. Even she is a girl- her favorite color is blue, and she couldn`t stand pink when she was a child.
4. Her favorite childhood book was The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - and she read it every summer in different languages.
5. She is very ambitious- she likes to achieve things on her own.
6. She is also a fan of manga-anime- from her favorites- Ceres-celestial legend, The Chobits, Ergo Proxy, Chaos head etc.
7. That`s why she would love to visit or live in Japan and write a story for a manga.
8. She adores watching movies - she could watch at least one every day.
9. She values trust feelings for family and friends.
10. She is sensitive- other people happiness is very important to her.
11. She adores art - that`s why she is dancing here in words and images.
12. "She couldn’t live without music. When she really likes a song she plays it so much everyone around ends up hating it." (this is a copy from Jolie- also in place here)
13. She is late when meeting with friends- and she has always real excuses for it.
14. Her favorite game is Sims - because she likes creating stories, but she also likes car games such as NFS for the adrenaline.
15. She likes long walks- in the nature or in the city. She uses to walk for miles- after parties in the fresh air of the morning.
16. She likes to be alone from time to time! So don`t bother her - she is not mad with you!
17. Her name was made up- from serenity- no connection with other things.
18. She loves to dance...even on stupid music, but she is too shy when you are around.
19. She believes in the spiritual power of the human being.
20. People tend to misunderstand her true nature- someone needs some time to get to know her.

This is just an image - the real me is an illusion!

No, no...Serenia has a different story...I don`t think this is Serenia-but, her alter ego.

My favorite basketball player

-photo manipulation-

In your wildest dream when you are a kid you can see the most strangest places.
You hope you will become some day famous in some way...
How about a basketball court and a huge NBA player getting full attention from the crowed?!

Emma juggling with the ball

And yes, you can even score! You are just a normal person with a huge potential.

Emma dodging her enemies

And you`ll never know where your fight will bring you the laurels of glory. Trust your dreams!

Are we free to go?

We all have dreams and we all try to achieve them...in some way.


But sometimes we get lost in the web of situations and we lose the reason "why?"

We can`t go back because there is no way back...we can`t go further because we don`t know the way.

The wind and the waves shall lead us to the coast of our dreams with no scratches and no lost luggage.








And all we need it`s not a passport for our dreams, but a stamp - as an approval that our minds are free to fly towards the dreams.






And all we know- is that: We are free to go! and nothing else ...

Ecologic movement

I took these pictures yesterday while walking around ...
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And yes, it`s not a elephant trunk - it`s a gas mask!
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Even for the statues the air it`s becoming heavy!
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And with a little photo manipulation - you get even a better idea of what our world became.

His flag is a not recyclable plastic bag blow by the wind
and the hardest battle he is handling in the new centuries is ... pollution!

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I can read- but I can`t breath!

What you leave behind for the next generation depends on you! You can share a better knowledge or you can start to learn how to use a gas mask.

Boxes of life

There are things in life that you don`t want them to happen, but they do. And once you step into that situation there is no way back.

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And no one understands you because they don`t know your real reasons and they tend to judge you. You are too ashamed or too scared to tell the truth or you just don`t want them to know. You`ll find the answer in your own way. A sparkle of understanding hope it`s hidden in your eyes...or people, they will just forget this ever happened.
You may change forever. Things can tear you apart or you`ll be enriched ( so they say).




Sometimes all seems so foolish, but the situation is unchangeable.
So, you just have to accept.
.There are things in life that you don`t want them to happen, but they do happen...

Expected event- meteor shower

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Tonight the sky is playing fireworks for us.
August 12 2009 is the night when the Perseid Meteor Shower will take place.
Every year between mid July and mid August , meteor showers are expected to be seen. The greatest activity takes place around August 8 and 14th and they are around 60 meteors per hour.
The peak of this event for this year is expected today, August 12, after 9 pm. According to some sources the best show will occur between 9 and 11 pm, or later in the morning 3-4 am.
The contact between Earth and the comet Swift-Turtle, generates a bombardment of rocks and dust, the source of the Perseid meteor shower- that in reality produces a beautiful visual and audio effect.

Tonight, around 80 meteors per hour may enlightened the sky.
Perseid meteors enter the atmosphere at 133,200 mph, reaching up to 3000 degrees Fahrenheit as they burn up.
The best way to enjoy the show is to stay away from the city lights ,if possible and not get distracted by the moon which is going also to be brighter tonight.

So have fun enjoying the show! and don`t forget to make a wish...or many!

When shall I see you again ?

There is a place where the sun is never afraid to shine. It was there that she opened her eyes every night. She was running in the fields, playing in the rivers, picking flowers, idling in the sound of nature. She was well received by every creature and every creature helped her grow. She listened to the stories; she learned the songs and built her soul with beauty. Every morning she was coming back to Earth with a smile on her face. And nobody knew.

It happened once while she was playing that she met him- he was about her age- barefooted playing in the sand near the water. He called her. He was smiling with his beautiful childish smile. She wasn`t afraid of him and they started to play together. Year after year they met there- near the same water - they run in the fields holding hands together, playing with animals, singing joyful songs.

In time, she found out he was also from Earth. But, it was so beautiful out there - and they were so happy together that they didn`t care if they would meet on Earth. They knew they would meet some day.

They grew older, and trapped in different earthly activities - they didn`t see each other as often as before. They were calling for each other with their soft voices- but, they couldn`t reach deeper then the dream. She started to have nightmares...and he started to drink to forget about the angel of his dreams.

She couldn`t sleep anymore and drugs kept her at the limit between dreams and reality. She was raving and in her delirium she could still hear his voice calling her. He was bleeding with sorrow in alcohol but he could still hear her crying. They missed each other so much, but they just couldn`t find a way to meet again.

The time passed by and they thought it was unreal to hope they`ll meet in the place where the sun is never afraid to shine and it was crazy to think that a childish dream may come alive. Sometimes they saw each other in the pouring of the rain, sometimes they looked in other people eyes and fooled them self it was the other. But it never was. They couldn`t remember their names, or the colors of their eyes, they saw their childish bodies holding hands and singing happy. They could still feel that energy that rise in the soul with innocence that gives power to dream, hope and reinvigorates the soul. They knew that was the only way they could recognize each other on Earth.
In a way they looked for each other, but they stopped hopping that there was some true in their dreams.
She ended up as a butterfly- flying from a place to another, meeting new people, hopping she will meet him, but she never paid enough attention to any soul. They all looked the same- and none seemed to be him. He ended up alone- surrounded by lies and few bastards’ kids.
And they both died hopping they will meet again in another life.They never knew that was the only life they could live and that was the only dream they could have.
To tell you the truth, they`ve met once...accidentally. In a way they recognized each other by the grace of their souls, but the image of their faces didn`t seem familiar...so, fooled by appearances they moved on...
They kept passing by. And the place where serenity reigns is still there,timeless, glamorous of their childish laughs.

Innocence

-photo manipulation-

There is a garden in every childhood... the colors are brighter, the fantasies are higher.
There is no absurdity.

Isa dans la foret

When the door of dreams opens in childhood it gives a glimpse of the future.
We care about what a child will become some day, yet we forget that he is already a dream today.

Isa au pays des merveilles

We all have our inner stories...but, when we grow older we start to forget about the little one inside of us.

Isa au pays de Oz

Keep your toys close to your heart and your dreams longueur then the night!
Carry your childhood with you...and you`ll never become older!

Just think...

Today...I let other speak...let the sound penetrate your ears.
You can make your own choice...you can be somebody, nobody or just...anonymous!



Just think...



and make your choice!

Street lights

Sometimes I just walk around and take pictures...sometimes words are not necessary.

"The images are the words that we see when we fall asleep"

At the end of the road there is always some light...

The street last call before the night shadows...

The colors take around themselves in the streets.

And the night is there...with her sparky eyes.

The sun is getting ready to rise from the pavement.

The street empties itself of all the noises.

And there it is- the night`sun...

Real vs virtual existence

I don` t want to provoke hate. I don`t want to provoke anything, no feelings.
But am I real or I am just a name, an image…? An image of nobody.

If there will be a global amnesia…everybody will forget I exist.
Like in that movie- your existence is denied. Our traces will disappear completely centuries from now. But as long as someone is thinking that I existed – my existence can not be denied.
I EXIST – "Cogito, ergo sum" in English "I think, therefore I am", transposed in

Think about my existence, therefore my existence can not be denied.

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Comment: messenger philosophy-see picture ;)

Masks

What is a mask?

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Except the ones that you see in a theater, except the ones that you wear for Halloween...

masks tend to be like a double skin for the face, a sort of drawing to improve a person`s image. And I would add here-personal improvement. Because sometimes a mask can inspire to pity.
One can put a fake smile on its face, can unleash a rain of tears, can play an entire match of words and can look like an entire art gallery…just to focus the other`s attention on a specific subject.

But you know what is funny about a mask? It hardly brakes. Like a bad habit- you enjoy it, even if it`s bad and once you get it , it sticks to the skin and becomes one with someone true self.

How many masks can a person have?
Many! Or none…

I think it`s hard our days for a person not to have any mask. Even if sometimes is just a transparent veil.
One can wear different masks depending on situations and persons.
What role does Miss T play tonight?
The mask it`s a way of protection.
Gossip: “You know that Mr. V dropped his mask the other day in front of his friends?!”
“You know that Mrs. D seems very kind and likable towards him .The other day, she dropped a small comment that she dislike his manners, but his money suit her . Imagine the poor girl!” Laughs.

Most of people tend to leave in their inner intimacy all the masks aside from the world. Natural with bruises and scars, dark rings, shining eyes and Vesuvian energy. A natural true beauty!

But sometimes the masks fallow us even in intimacy, like a shadow, like the ghost moving in the mirror.
It`s when we start to lie to ourselves.
It`s when the mask is no longueur a mask. It`s…you!

Car Wash

Whenever you want to wash your car ...cheeeeeeeppp and natural ...

see : this is the perfect solution!

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Of course, I do not guarantee that you can take your car out of the river without any help, but you never know Mr. Musculo.
And I insure you that there was no accident before this picture! The guy actually wanted to wash his car into the river and got stuck!

Any other bright ideas?

Away from pain

I slept days and nights hoping the dreams
Would keep me far a way from tears and pain
Bedclothes became my skin, captured my odor
Caress my agony and whispered songs of sackbut

I was away; trembled in the haze, dance in the sky and clouds
I’ve spoke the language that I never know
Of angels, elfs, sirens or ghosts


The wind tickled my body hugging me
The beam of sun was waterfall for me


My flight was a discovery
I was the bird that surrounded the whole world.
Sometimes I felt like something was calling me
From far a way…from something named

„ Reality”
„ I won’t come!” … I can’t breath

My lips are dried, I drown with dreams….
The fever conquered my insanity
There is no dream; I scratch the splinters of my skin

I’m enfold in the shroud of despair
I woke up – the wind, the sky, the sun, are still there
My pain is like a drug injected in my veins.

I am my own prison

I am my own goddess and I am my own temple.

I am my own prison.

The one to which I withdraw to relax, to find my peace- the same shell that means family and worm- for me has became my prison. I`ve let the days and the hours pass by- waiting for the day I`ll be free again.

Does it sound familiar?

Our own personality it`s so detailed and complicated, we are blessed with so wonderful mnemonistic skills, that in a life time one can embrace all great philosophical ideas of all times just by pushing its own brain thinking from a side to another, without involving any concrete contact with any other alive human being.
We all tend to serve different causes in this life with the unconscious hope that one day it will be reflexible on us. US!
So, all the things in this world are spinning around one single concept- my own being- ME!

So why from the day I am born till the day I die – I will involve in actions and take back-ways that tend to embellish the situation, but do not offer a joyful support to my own being?

Why would I please only the goods and the people around me – if me I`m leaving aside my own person- like a rusted piece of metal in the dessert hopping that those gods or those people will find me …

One Day ?

Why?

If any single word I pronounce and every single movement I make it`s for myself and no one else.
Why it`s so hard to recognise that we are all self centred and that in every action we take it is a hidden subconscious selfishness?

Because we are not ONE- we are MANY. We leave in a so called society – that involves other human beings similar to us. And by the only fact that we carry the same genes – we plead for unity and community. We give so much of our energy in the action of weaving this tissue of community – but we tend to forget that if one thread is putrid, not even as longueur as a life time – the tissue will perish, melting every chemical substance in the stomach of our planet.

I am one thread! You are one thread! He is one thread!

The tissue will perish anyhow- but at least if I worship my own being and if I serve good enough at my own temple I won`t have to deal with the accusations of unity crime.