General (46 images)
An eclectic collection of photographs
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Camden Lock
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Moving In
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Boletus edulis, Large..room
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Admiring the View, Ar..land
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Condom Shop, Amsterdam
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Workman Down Hole
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Renaissance Statue, M..Park
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Reflections on Water
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Mouse caught in a Trap
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Wildlife Observers, I..Mull
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Hay-On-Wye Bookshop
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Stone Cairn West Beac..wyth
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Helter Skelter Hyde Park
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![The moth and the candle is a Sufi Fable: "One night the moths gathered together, tormented by the desire to unite themselves with the candle. All of them said: ‘We must find one who can give us some news of that for which we seek so earnestly.<br />
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“One of the moths went to a candle afar off and saw within the light of a candle. He came back and told the others what he had seen, and began to describe the candle as intelligently as he was able to do. But the wise moth, who was chief of their assembly, observed: ‘He has no real information to give us of the candle.’ <br />
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“Another moth visited the candle. He passed close to the light and drew near to it. With his wings, he touched the flames of that which he desired; the heat of the candle drove him back and he was vanquished. He also returned, and revealed something of the mystery, in explaining a little of what union with the candle meant, but the wise moth said to him: ‘Thine explanation is of no more real worth than that of thy comrade.’<br />
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“A third moth rose up, intoxicated with love, to hurl himself violently into the flame of the candle. He threw himself forward and stretched out his antennae toward the flame. As he entered completely into its embrace, his members became red like the flame itself. When the wise moth saw from afar that the candle had identified the moth with itself, and had given to it its own light, he said: ‘This moth has accomplished his desire; but he alone comprehends that to which he has attained. None others knows it, and that is all." [Attar’s Fables]<br />
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Stock Photo by Paddy Bergin](https://www.paddyberginphotos.com/img-get/I0000GZ9lfF.9e6A/t/100/I0000GZ9lfF.9e6A.jpg)
Moth Burnt in a Candle
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Rotting Apple & Dead Moth
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Self Portrait
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Hotlips
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Poppy Wreath, Aberys..nade
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Seat on Aberystwyth P..nade
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Eggs in a bowl
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Technological Progres..Bike
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Guinness Barge Master..lin,
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Old Lady with Zimmer ..nail
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![Art Deco or Deco, is an influential visual arts design style that first appeared in France after World War I and began flourishing internationally in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s before its popularity waned after World War II. It is an eclectic style that combines traditional craft motifs with Machine Age imagery and materials. The style is often characterised by rich colours, bold geometric shapes and lavish ornamentation.<br />
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Historian Bevis Hillier defined Art Deco as "an assertively modern style [that] ran to symmetry rather than asymmetry, and to the rectilinear rather than the curvilinear; it responded to the demands of the machine and of new material [and] the requirements of mass production".<br />
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During its heyday, Art Deco represented luxury, glamour, exuberance and faith in social and technological progress.<br />
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Some historians trace Deco's roots to the Universal Exposition of 1900. After this show a group of artists established an informal collective known as La Société des artistes décorateurs (Society of Decorator Artists) to promote French crafts. Among them were Hector Guimard, Eugène Grasset, Raoul Lachenal, Paul Bellot, Maurice Dufrêne and Emile Decoeur. These artists are said to have influenced the principles of Art Deco.<br />
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Stock Photo by Paddy Bergin](https://www.paddyberginphotos.com/img-get/I0000oqDV5Js1Z2k/t/100/I0000oqDV5Js1Z2k.jpg)
Beautiful Art Deco Gl.. Cat
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Pollarded Street Tree..ndon
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Cat catching flies in..ndow
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![Kamiza is the Japanese language term referring to the "top seat" within a room, meaning the place of honour.<br />
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This picture was taken in May 2015 at an Aikido Seminar in Birmingham, UK. It featured Shigemi Inagaki Shihan who is one of the few people left alive who was a student of O Sensei, Morihei Uyeshiba, the founder of Aikido.<br />
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Shigemi Inagaki Shihan is probably the greatest exponent of Aikido in the world today.<br />
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In the dojo (training halls) of many Japanese martial arts, the kamiza is the location of a small Shinto shrine which is called a kamidana.<br />
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A Shinto shrine (神社 shinsha, meaning: "place of the god" is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine") one or more Shinto kami. Its most important building is used for the safekeeping of sacred objects, and not for worship.<br />
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Kami are the spirits or phenomena that are worshipped in the religion of Shinto. They are elements in nature, animals, creationary forces in the universe, as well as spirits of the revered deceased.<br />
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Structurally, a Shinto shrine is usually characterised by the presence of a honden or sanctuary, where the kami is enshrined.<br />
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In Shinto, Kami are not separate from nature, but are of nature, possessing positive and negative, good and evil characteristics. They are manifestations of musubi the interconnecting energy of the universe, and are considered exemplary of what humanity should strive towards. Kami are believed to be “hidden” from this world, and inhabit a complementary existence that mirrors our own, shinkai [the world of the Kami]. To be in harmony with the awe inspiring aspects of nature is to be conscious of kannagara no michi [the way of the Kami].<br />
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Though the word Kami is translated in multiple ways into English, no one English word expresses its full meaning. In this way, the ambiguity of the meaning of Kami is necessary, as it conveys the ambiguous nature of Kami themselves.<br />
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Stock Photo by Paddy Bergin](https://www.paddyberginphotos.com/img-get/I0000fdK.UBR.Y20/t/100/I0000fdK.UBR.Y20.jpg)
Kamiza
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![Kamiza is the Japanese language term referring to the "top seat" within a room, meaning the place of honour.<br />
<br />
This picture was taken in May 2015 at an Aikido Seminar in Birmingham, UK. It featured Shigemi Inagaki Shihan who is one of the few people left alive who was a student of O Sensei, Morihei Uyeshiba, the founder of Aikido.<br />
<br />
Shigemi Inagaki Shihan is probably the greatest exponent of Aikido in the world today.<br />
<br />
In the dojo (training halls) of many Japanese martial arts, the kamiza is the location of a small Shinto shrine which is called a kamidana.<br />
<br />
A Shinto shrine (神社 shinsha, meaning: "place of the god" is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine") one or more Shinto kami. Its most important building is used for the safekeeping of sacred objects, and not for worship.<br />
<br />
Kami are the spirits or phenomena that are worshipped in the religion of Shinto. They are elements in nature, animals, creationary forces in the universe, as well as spirits of the revered deceased.<br />
<br />
Structurally, a Shinto shrine is usually characterised by the presence of a honden or sanctuary, where the kami is enshrined.<br />
<br />
In Shinto, Kami are not separate from nature, but are of nature, possessing positive and negative, good and evil characteristics. They are manifestations of musubi the interconnecting energy of the universe, and are considered exemplary of what humanity should strive towards. Kami are believed to be “hidden” from this world, and inhabit a complementary existence that mirrors our own, shinkai [the world of the Kami]. To be in harmony with the awe inspiring aspects of nature is to be conscious of kannagara no michi [the way of the Kami].<br />
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Though the word Kami is translated in multiple ways into English, no one English word expresses its full meaning. In this way, the ambiguity of the meaning of Kami is necessary, as it conveys the ambiguous nature of Kami themselves.<br />
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Stock Photo by Paddy Bergin](https://www.paddyberginphotos.com/img-get/I0000BTuHWIz_wm0/t/100/I0000BTuHWIz_wm0.jpg)
Kamiza - Shinto Shrine
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Arsenal Win the 2015 ..ates
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1 Minute to go for Ar.. Cup
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Cigarette Ends
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Cigarette Ends
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Avis - A Bowie Fan
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Avis - A Bowie Fan
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Avis - A Bowie Fan
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Tree Roots
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Cat with No Name
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Searching for Mertesacker
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The Mask
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Ghost Bike, London
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Ghost Bike in London ..reet
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Ghost Bike, London
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Ghost Bike on London ..reet
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Private View
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Skateboard Graveyard
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E-Scooter Hire