Effect of loosing something that you never had is worst because you can not even tell anybody..l
atheist - "Happy holidays" or "Merry christmas"
Yestarday me, Jack and David had this discussion during our lunch.
Topic: How should an atheist greet people for Dec 25?
-Happy holidays
-Merry christmas
-Season's greeting
Dictionary point of view
Happy holidays: In word 'holidays', 'holi' stands for 'holy'. So an atheist may have subtle difficulty when using this. Some christian believers may get offended when they hear Happy holidays instead of Merry christmas
Merry christmas: An atheist may have real difficulty when using this.
Season's greeting: Sounds perfectly fine...
Humane point of view
Greetings does not directly make things happen, but the greeting-reciepient's mind can certainly affect events.
So, while greeting, its good to use what the reciepient would like to hear.
So, I think, an atheist should use Merry christmas if it makes the recipient happy...
Adobe CS2 "Smart Sharpening"->"HighLights"
I had not realized effectiveness of "Smart Sharpening"->"HighLights", till I started viewing the image at 400%.
Here are samples to proove the effectiveness of "Smart Sharpening"->"HighLights"..:-)
This control is supposed control sharpening of highlights; I had not observed its effect because I would normally view at 100% but at 400% effect is very apperant.
"Smart Sharpening"->"HighLights" is 17% 
"Smart Sharpening"->"HighLights" is 90% 
This way I can reduce the over-shrpen effect
depth & distance
Realization of distance and depth happens only when we dare to stroll along edge of the cliff
Panoramic Photography - Projections
Imagine looking at the world map printed on paper.
You may ask, Why some have curved lines while some have straight lines?
May be, I too should have asked this question long back.
Today, as part of my research(loose usage of word..:-)) in to panoramic photography, I started reading about projections.
I found this very usefull information.
http://www.progonos.com/furuti/MapProj/Normal/CartDef/MapDef/mapDef.html
http://www.progonos.com/furuti/MapProj/Normal/CartDef/cartDef.gr.html
Panorama photography - AUTOPANO
After a gap of few months break I made a second attempt at panoramic photography.
My first stop was at PTAssembler site. The automation done to PTassembler, a panorama stitcher s/w, surpraised me; especially the addition of AUTOPANO.
AUTOPANO
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AUTOPANO is based on the research called "Recognising panoramas" done by two great people Matthew Brown and David Lowe
Here is nice a presentation on "Recognising panoramas"
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~lowe/425/slides/12-Panoramas.ppt
Also research paper http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/papers/cvpr05.pdf
..life is pleasant...
"Life is pleasant.
Death is peaceful.
It's the transition that's troublesome" -Isaac Asimov
This is one of the most convincing quote I have heard in recent times.
In my opinion....
Many people wish to be dead; even such people would have experienced pleasant moments at some time in their life. In those pleasant moments, world/life would have looked like a paradise to them.
Once dead, person is a senseless meat, so she/he can't experience the peace; but still the person thinks that death is peaceful. For a person in misery this makes perfect sense because by dying he/she can escape from dreaded tomorrow. So for such a person peace means just no-misery.
Means to reach death: accident, natural, suicide are certainly trouble-some.
My friend Jack's opinions....
Many people do not consider life to be pleasant at all; for them life is never ever pleasant. Another thing is, for the one who does not believe in life-after-death, peace after death is meaning less.
Anyway...it's great quote.
thanks giving...
there were few notable things in this long weekend...
-Friday dinner cookie said "Friendship is the only rose with no thorns"
-Later that night,coffeshop conversation had a long awaited aroma and nice..
poem - even clock shrink
as the days pass
our horizon differ
trains run on time
signal starts to fade
even clock shrink
start to mute thunder
moon, last night's star
is now a nondescript scar
fall best pictures
1) Till recently I was hesitant to create photo opportunities. My friend influence helped me to over come this. Here is my first such work
2) Casual shot taken in my house
3) Foliage in Central park, Newyork city
some questions?
This weekend I had a friend to talk the whole weekend and it produced following unnecessary thoughts...
1) Secrecy is relative
2) Can there be a two-way river?
3) In an Indian marriage, everybody is spirutially involved except the couple themself..!!!
4) Why statue of liberty, in Newyork, is woman?
natural, synthetic color pigments
natural, synthetic color pigments
Artist colors are made using pigments. Some pigments are found in the nature and they are called as Natural pigments
Pigments can also be prepared in lab and are known as Synthetic pigments. Paints based on Synthetic pigments, on thier labels, may have "hue" as prefix.
Single pigment color and multi pigment color
Single pigment colors are made out of one pigment.
Multi pigment colors are mixture of more than one pigment.
Colors produced this way may not be as brilliant as Single pigment colors.
Ex: Alizarin Crimson is a mixture of Quinacradone Violet and Naphtol Red. Quinacradone Violet has blue bias and Naphtol Red has orange bias When we mix Alizarin crimson with someother color; we may get unexpected colors because of orange bias and blue bias of original colors.
What is pigment?
colors represent emotions
colors and emotions
Artists use different color to portray various emotions.
I came across this material while reading about the preparation of artist paints.
Red-----> Aggressive, passionate and strong
Orange--> Fun, cheerful, warm and exuberance
Yellow--> Positive & sunshine
Green---> Tranquil and fresh
Blue----> Authoritative, dignified and secure
Purple--> Sophisticated, expensive and royal
Brown---> Utilitarian, earthy
Gray----> sombre, practical and corporate
Black---> serious, bold, classic
White---> peace, refined, truthfull
pink----> feminine, innocence, soft
mother effort v/s father's effort
As adults, when we look back at our childwood, we remember mother's effort in bringing us up than the father's. Father's efforts goes unnoticed by child because they are indirect.
poem - mist is gone now summer is on
--- "mist is gone now summer is on" -----
starting from winter headed to summer
my mind is driving in time forever
thinking of her decision with pain
searching for reasons in vain
fog of confusion is making me insane
radio is speechless and car stereo is silent
and rear view mirror shows no head light
but engine's breath is breaking the quite night
while mind is busy disecting the past,
I, alone drive with no haste
to picture the mountain soaked in mist...
morning dew glistens on the mountain
and loses its glue to the piercing sunshine
grass have droplets waiting in line
to plunge in to that unknown
in the mean time breeze whistles on
"mist is gone summer is on "...
dry grass blades are dancing under the late sun
with disappointment I squint in to orange horizon
this is what I find written around the slipping sun
"mist is gone summer is on "...
While driving back home I felt like beaten
like those mist and dew which lost to the sun
and I hear my radio say again and again
"mist is gone summer is on "...
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find yourself
After eating chicken in Steak house, these thoughts hatched out of mind...
"...in a noman land, there is none to discover except yourself.."
painting - using warm & cool colors
size 16" x 20" medium - "water based oil"
More details...
Colors can be devided in to Warm colors(orange, yellow, red, white) & Cool Colors(black, gray, blue, green, voilet)
This painting is based on real still-subject, not a photo. I replaced white parts of the subject with warm colors. And replaced dark parts with cool colors.
Example: Drapery was actually whitish-cream in color. I replaced it with warm colors.
Similarly, I used cool colors to represent shades between Drapery's folds .
Here is a blog on my experience when doing this painting
http://asnowfall.blogspot.com/2005/10/warm-cool-color-painting-painting.html
painting - tree
Size - 10" x 16" Medium - Acrylic
More details..
Inspired by my picture taken near Golden Gate bridge, California, USA.
This painting tought me how to create rocky texture.
This is an experience while doing this painting http://asnowfall.blogspot.com/2005/10/saved-painting.html
painting - jean farm
size- 18"x24" medium - "Acrylic & Water based oil"
More about subject...
I need few pages to document the experience of painting this..:-)
Let me brief..this is based on a picture that I took in Woodstock, Vermont, USA.
My friend, an experienced artist, responded saying "...this painting is too naive..." I feel her comments are very much true..
depeche mode's "playing the angels" lyrics
A PAIN THAT I'M USED TO
I'm not sure- What I'm looking for
anymore - I just know - That I'm
harder to console - I don't see who
I'm trying to be - Instead of me - But
the key - Is a question of control
Can you say - What you're trying to
play anyway - I just pay - While
you're breaking all the rules - All the
signs that I find - Have been
underlined - Devils thrive on the
drive - That is fuelled.
All this running around - Well it's
getting me down - Just give me a
pain that I'm used to - I don't need
to believe - All the dreams you
conceive - You just need to achieve -
Something that rings true
There's a hole in your soul - Like an
animal - With no conscience -
Repentance unknown - Close your
eyes - Pay the price for your
paradise - Devils feed on the seeds -
That are sown
Can't conceal what I feel - What I
know is real - No mistaking the
faking - I care - With a prayer in the
air- I will leave it there - On a note
full of hope - Not despair
All this running around - Well it's
getting me down -Just give me a
pain that I'm used to - I don't need
to believe - All the dreams you
conceive - You just need to achieve -
Something that rings true
SUFFER WELL
Where were you when I fell from
grace - A frozen heart an empty
space
Something's changed and it's in
your eyes - Please don't speak you'll
only lie
I found treasure not where I thought
- Peace of mind can't be bought -
Still I believe
Just hang on - Suffer well -
Sometimes it's hard - It's hard to tell
An angel led me when I was blind -
I said take me back I've changed
my mind - Now I believe
From the blackest room I was torn -
You called my name my love was
born - So I believe
Just hang on - Suffer well -
Something it's hard - It's hard to tell
JOHN THE REVELATOR
John the Revelator - Put him in an
elevator - Take him up to the highest
high - Take him up to the top -
Where the mountains stop - Let him
tell his book lies
John the Revelator - He's a smooth
operator - It's time we cut him down
to size - Take him by the hand - And
put him on the stand - Let us hear his
alibis
By claiming God - As his holy right
He's stealing a God - From the
Israelities - Stealing a God - From the
Muslim too - There is only one God
Through and through
Seven lies multiples by seven
Mutlipled by seven again - Seven
angels with seven trumpets - Send
them home on the morning train
Well who's that shouting - John the
Revelator - All he ever gives us is
pain - Well who's that shouting -
John the Revelator - He should bow
his head in shame
By and by - By and By - By and By
By and by
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