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by **alysonshade** » 08 Jul 2011, 12:41

A never forgotten hit! :ya_hoo_oo:

Screen-shot from "Superstylin" by Groove Armada

by **alysonshade** » 08 Jul 2011, 13:07

"The difference between sex and love is
that sex relieves tension and love causes it." (Woody Allen)

Screen-shot from "Dirty Dancer" by Enrique Iglesias feat. Usher and Lil Wayne

"It's a game
That she plays
She can win with her eyes closed
It's insane how she tames
She can turn you to an animal
She don't want love she just wanna touch
She's a greedy girl to never get enough
She don't wanna love she just wanna touch
She's got all the moves that make you give it up."

It should be noted the gesture done by Enrique Iglesias while he's saying "She's a greedy girl" .. quite explicit, right? :hi_hi_hi:

by **alysonshade** » 08 Jul 2011, 13:56

"Omnia munda mundis"

"To the pure (men) all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure,
but both their mind and their conscience are defiled" - Epistle of Paul to Titus, I:15

Kamasutra temples - Khajuraho

Sacred

“Love is a sacred reserve of energy; it is like the blood of spiritual evolution.”
Teilhard de Chardin (French Philosopher and Mystic, 1881-1955)

“When we acknowledge that all of life is sacred and that each act is an act of choice and therefore sacred, then life is a sacred dance lived consciously each moment. When we live at this level, we participate in the creation of a better world.”
Scout Cloud Lee

“Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.”
Joseph Campbell (American Philosopher 1904-1987)

“Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (American Poet, 1803-1882)

“Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you are without a chain; that you have the right to explore all heights and depth; that there are no walls nor fences, nor prohibited places, nor sacred corners in all the vast expanse of thought...”
Robert Green Ingersoll (American Statesman and Orator, noted for his broad range of culture and his defense of atheism. 1833-1899)

by **alysonshade** » 08 Jul 2011, 14:09

Elephant, another meaning of -

Ganesha, one of the deities best-known and most widely worshipped in the Hindu pantheon,
is the symbol of one who has discovered the Divinity inside himself.

by **alysonshade** » 09 Jul 2011, 12:13

Impermanent Art

The Sand Mandala is a Tibetan Buddhist tradition involving the creation and destruction of mandalas made from colored sand. A sand mandala is ritualistically destroyed once it has been completed and its accompanying ceremonies and viewing are finished to symbolize the Buddhist doctrinal belief in the transitory nature of material life.

Sand Mandala - English Commentary and Time Lapse

Spanish Commentary

by **alysonshade** » 09 Jul 2011, 12:27

The Salty Art of Bashir Sultani
Instead of using coloured sand, Bashir Sultani creates detailed portraits of modern icons by salt. After spilling the seasoning onto a black background, he uses basic tools, like a razor blade and Q-tips to manipulate the grains into portraits of actors, singers, popular movie characters and other icons. He was born in Afghanistan and at an early age immigrated to Russia; now he lives in Canada.

by **alysonshade** » 09 Jul 2011, 12:44

Madonnari
Madonnari, or "street painters", use pastels on pavement to create vibrant and colorful, large scale images. Street painting has a long tradition in cities in Western Europe and probably started in Italy in the 16th century. The artists who use chalk to draw on the street are known as "Madonnari" or "Madonna painters" because they reproduced icons of the Madonna (our Lady). The works are traditionally called street paintings, rather than chalk drawings or sidewalk art, because when well executed they can resemble paintings. The artists would travel from town to town and create street paintings for traditional religious and folk festivals. These artists lived (and still live) from the coins thrown onto their work in appreciation for the image and the artist's skill.