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I made an error. What Lee said was that in mythology white, black, red and yellow are the "four directions" and not exactly cardinal points as I wrote. I see that in the Navajo flag red appears in the arch above too. Interesting (at least for me) that in my vision the colours of the "surface" of the living design were the same as the mountains in the Navajo flag, and the red s
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Javier Velasquez
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Coffee Shop
Wow, take care and enjoy. Your patience will be a great companion.
J
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Javier Velasquez
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Coffee Shop
Thanks a lot for sharing what you know, super interesting Stephanie. I just wish I could think better in english to keep up with the pace.
Well, it seems a Navajo reservation would be a great place to spend some time in. Not exactly for that "dangerous thing" though. . Anyway, apparently I'll spend one year in semi isolation helping my wife translate historical information about
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Javier Velasquez
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Coffee Shop
Hi Stephanie,
Now i can write after a couple of febrile days. It's five years since I don't catch the flu, quite an event which I'm celebrating with expectorants, yummy.
I see what you mean with the type of costumes. Chicken and egg problematic maybe. But I'd consider also that many experiencers report seeing these combination of animal/human figures knocking on their d
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Javier Velasquez
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Coffee Shop
Yes to all the details you point out. The interview was also funny, see how she moves her eyes as if looking for approval. And the last shot is very revealing. Magic Bullet or any other compositing program could have made the job. Next time get 3d Equalizer guys, that and a good matte artist should make it all more convincing :-)
If I see this in the front pages tomorrow... well, I'll cha
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Javier Velasquez
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Laboratory
It may be that my references are not the best ones. My knowledge about cave rock art is almost null. I know more about amazonian shamanism (generalizing here) where the costumes, ornaments, art and knowledge in general are connected with the visions, and I am not sure how apt I am to compare, let's say, a Matses indian dressed like a jaguar with the lord of the animals guy depicted in Trois
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Javier Velasquez
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Coffee Shop
Well, not exactly hobbyists. I know many professionals that given the chance to make a personal project, they end up doing this kind of things. If you see, they use only close ups to show the fossil details, a more convinving shot would be a walk around the object. To compose computer imagery on moving sequences is much more difficult than to do it on still shots, and if the digital texturing and
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Javier Velasquez
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Laboratory
It looks like the product of CG (computer graphics) hobbyists.
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Javier Velasquez
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Laboratory
Hi Stephanie,
The costume is the body of the spirit so when the shaman's wearing it he becomes the spirit, or the spirit manifests through the shaman. The costume just hides or distorts the human form (though a bit more convincingly than santa claus', lol); it is like a mask and the human gives life to the mask. Since according to the shaman the costume comes after the vision, probab
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Javier Velasquez
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Coffee Shop
To many it will sound absurd that there are existing entities or spirits that communicate with people in an altered state of consciousness. But to dismiss the accounts of 'shamans' who say their knowledge comes from the spirits is more absurd (on the verge of ignorance). I personally don't waste time thinking if they are real or not. If they are equilibrists in the neocortex or i
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Javier Velasquez
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Coffee Shop
From stylized moths to the golden age of aeromodelism, a lot has been speculated around these figurines. And as you say, people forget most of the time to investigate the context of the objects of study. In this case we are talking about art attributed to the Tairona culture, whose descendants are the Kogi and Ijkas. These folks are well known to have preserved there millenary entheogenic traditi
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Javier Velasquez
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Ancient History
Hehe, The spacedish was just wrong parked and the pizza is actually that thing ( inglish rimember can't ) that likes to eat car tires.
The pic comes from here:
and shows how with computer software hoaxes can be made at home just for fun. So watch out for ufo images they are easy to fake these days. There are much better ones than those in the link of course.
However I have to sa
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Javier Velasquez
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Paper Lens
How do I link correctly? Help please
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Javier Velasquez
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Paper Lens
Anthony is right.
Nowadays it is very easy to create whatever you want with a computer. And I tell it from experience !
But I am still doubtful about a picture somebody posted in the internet... apparently a UFO has finally been caught..
What do you think?
J
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Javier Velasquez
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Paper Lens
Hi Stephanie. Little synchro moments I am waiting to watch Howl's Moving Castle for two weeks already. It's playing in the Cinemas here.
What can I say about Miyazaki's movies.. they are fantastic experiences impossible to reduce to analysis. Great everlasting effects . I always feel the legacy of Osamu Tezuka's "robot with a human heart", still lives in japanes
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Javier Velasquez
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Paper Lens
Aha, that one's my next visit to the theatre. I love the Burton-Elfman dupla. Thanks!
J
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Javier Velasquez C
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Paper Lens
Heh heh,
In my case it was that I studied film and audiovisual communications (one of those all in nothing 'careers') so I was overdosed in television. Also, I worked in the tv backstages, and I didn't like it.
My first decision not to watch tv was triggered by the morbid display of the peruvian media during the terrorism years. It's as if the people had got used to the
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Javier Velasquez C
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Paper Lens
A very 'familiar' scene indeed
I think I can picture your husband pretty well, sorrounded by the good alemancitos.
I tend to meet more people interested in cultures because of my wife's circle. But it's very refreshing to have other friends that don't care, especially my dear Irish carpenter compadre.
But most of them come and ask me things about my country. I c
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Javier Velasquez C
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Paper Lens
Qute from the link:
Naturalist David Attenborough will explore the spiders and bugs in Life In The Undergrowth, in which modern techniques will be used to get close to the creatures.
Hi John,
When I lived in London I saw a program with a guy that explained the life of bugs and little creatures. Perhaps an entomologist. The thing is, he actually left the insects, leeches & co. test th
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Javier Velasquez C
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Humanities
Hi Stephanie,
We make a similar use of the tv here. Actually, a computer with a tv card which we turn on, perhaps twice a week, we don't even own a vcr.
My impression is that germans (well, the one's I've met) like to learn a lot about other cultures of the world and that is reflected in a couple of very good tv channels. I have learned to appreciate their often 'eerily
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Javier Velasquez C
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Paper Lens
Hmmm... what an intriguing name, :-)
I know its a tv character but I know almost nothing about the series. I suspect I might have missed one good expression of british folklore? :-)
J
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Javier Velasquez C
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Paper Lens
Maybe you like cricket a lot?
Yep, tv can be nice and useful once in a while. Nothing like a refreshing pause though.
Javier
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Javier Velasquez C
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Paper Lens
Hi all,
I know it takes discipline but, haven't you ever tried not to watch tv? 8 months for starters. A wonderful experience!
Javier
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Javier Velasquez C
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Paper Lens
Hi Anthony,
Good pun, hehe. Well it seems I will last for a while then. My blood pressure is so low that it seems I am in a constant meditative state.
And by the way, I love being a lower being... just take away the giants from the front row please.
J
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Javier Velasquez C
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Ancient History
I can't remember exactly, shame on me, but yes it was a bronze age exhibition. The hat is in the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte in Berlin. That one I have seen.
Not much into museums for personal reasons. Also, when my wife invites her friends that work in Leipzig's Ägyptisches Museum, they spend all the time speaking about the internal politics of the museum and all that. That
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Javier Velasquez C
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Ancient History
Yes Pete, sad smiley here too, I am still scratching my head, perhaps because I grew up together with all kind of colors, I can't understand why is it so important to build an identity based on one, be it black, white, green or purple. Or feel superior or make others feel inferior because of this!
And if the visuals wouldn't suffice, then there's the sense of smell. In Peru, agr
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Javier Velasquez C
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Ancient History
Hi goaten,
Thanks for the good wishes and the interest. I honestly don't know what awaits me. This is a recent impulse. We need a couple of more visits to Peru to focus on a region, or a common problem, and determine a strategy. I didn't even know about the concept of caretaking :-) I am almost ignorant and find myself on a learning process; already established contact with some who
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Javier Velasquez C
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Ancient History
If we move to a new one having destroyed this one.. that's like going backwards in a rocket. It will show that we are mainly galactic parasites. We must respect our home and seek new gardens. Or so I think.
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Javier Velasquez C
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Ancient History
"Basically the Kyoto accord is a very tentative first step in an attemtp to get the world to work together to save the world"
That sounds pretty good. Hope we can eat the fruit.
Dad's trying to do something for our already horribly polluted city.
I am working with an engineer friend from Chemnitz. He's developed a very interesting and cheap solar lamp with LED. My wi
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Javier Velasquez C
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Ancient History
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