Edward Hopper Railroad SunsetEdward Hopper Morning SunClaude Monet Venice Twilight
emphatic. "The man you knew as Sir Charles Latrom had to return to his own world periodically; he could not live permanently in mine. The philosophers of the Guild of the Torre degli Angeli, who traveled between worlds for three hundred years or more, found the same thing to he true, and gradually their world weakened and decayed as a result.
"And then there is what and die. We can travel, if there are openings into other worlds, but we can only live in our own. Lord Asriel's great enterprise will fail in the end for the same reason: we have to build the Republic of Heaven where we are, because for us there is no elsewhere.
"Will, my boy, you and Lyra can go out now for a brief rest; you need that, and you deserve it; but then you must come back into the dark with me and Mr. Scoresby for one last journey."
Will and Lyra exchanged a look. Then he cut a window, and it was the sweetest thing they had ever seen.happened to me. I was a soldier; I was an officer in the Marines, and then I earned my living as an explorer; I was as fit it's possible for a human to be. Then I walked out of my own world by accident, and couldn't find the way back. I did many things and learned a great deal in the world I found myself in, but ten years after I arrived there, I was mortally sick."And this is the reason for all those things: your daemon can only live its world it was born in. Elsewhere it will eventually sicken
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Salvador Dali Les Elephants
Salvador Dali Les ElephantsMark Rothko Orange and YellowWassily Kandinsky Improvisation
What? What do they do?"
But they were reluctant to tell her. They shook their heads and kept silent, until one boy said, "It en't so bad for them that's been here hundreds of years, because you get tired after all that time, they can't 'fraid you up so much...”
"It's the new ones few weeks, so he won't know very many people, but if you know where he is..."
But even as she spoke, she knew that they could stay here till they grew old, searching everywhere and looking at every face, and still they might never see more than a tiny fraction of the dead. She felt despair sit on her shoulders, as heavy as if the harpy herself were perching there.
However, she clenched her teeth and tried to hold her chin high. We got here, she thought, that's part of it anyway.
The first ghost girl was saying something in that lost little whisper.that they like talking to most," said the first girl. "It's just.. .Oh, it's just hateful. They... I can't tell you."Their voices were no louder than dry leaves falling. And it was only the children who spoke; the adults all seemed sunk in a lethargy so ancient that they might never move or speak again."Listen," said Lyra, "please listen. We came here, me and my friends, because we got to find a boy called Roger. He en't been here long, just a
What? What do they do?"
But they were reluctant to tell her. They shook their heads and kept silent, until one boy said, "It en't so bad for them that's been here hundreds of years, because you get tired after all that time, they can't 'fraid you up so much...”
"It's the new ones few weeks, so he won't know very many people, but if you know where he is..."
But even as she spoke, she knew that they could stay here till they grew old, searching everywhere and looking at every face, and still they might never see more than a tiny fraction of the dead. She felt despair sit on her shoulders, as heavy as if the harpy herself were perching there.
However, she clenched her teeth and tried to hold her chin high. We got here, she thought, that's part of it anyway.
The first ghost girl was saying something in that lost little whisper.that they like talking to most," said the first girl. "It's just.. .Oh, it's just hateful. They... I can't tell you."Their voices were no louder than dry leaves falling. And it was only the children who spoke; the adults all seemed sunk in a lethargy so ancient that they might never move or speak again."Listen," said Lyra, "please listen. We came here, me and my friends, because we got to find a boy called Roger. He en't been here long, just a
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Jack Vettriano legs Eleven
Jack Vettriano legs ElevenJack Vettriano Lazy Hazy DaysJack Vettriano La Fille a la Moto
me, and too clever. I am not happy that you should do what you plan, but there is no one I would trust to go with you except that boy. You are worthy of each other. Go well, Lyra Silvertongue, my dear friend."
She reached up and put her arms around his neck, and pressed her face into his fur, unable to speak.
After a minute he stood up he looked at the spies and said, "Don't you move. Look, here's the knife, I'm not going to use it. Stay here."
He went outside and found Lyra standing still, weeping, with Pantalaimon as a wolf raising his face to the black sky. She was quite silent. The only light came from the pale reflection in gently and disengaged her arms, and then he turned and walked silently away into the dark. Lyra thought his outline was lost almost at once against the pallor of the snow-covered ground, but it might have been that her eyes were full of tears.When Will heard her footsteps on the path,
me, and too clever. I am not happy that you should do what you plan, but there is no one I would trust to go with you except that boy. You are worthy of each other. Go well, Lyra Silvertongue, my dear friend."
She reached up and put her arms around his neck, and pressed her face into his fur, unable to speak.
After a minute he stood up he looked at the spies and said, "Don't you move. Look, here's the knife, I'm not going to use it. Stay here."
He went outside and found Lyra standing still, weeping, with Pantalaimon as a wolf raising his face to the black sky. She was quite silent. The only light came from the pale reflection in gently and disengaged her arms, and then he turned and walked silently away into the dark. Lyra thought his outline was lost almost at once against the pallor of the snow-covered ground, but it might have been that her eyes were full of tears.When Will heard her footsteps on the path,
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Gustav Klimt The Embrace (detail_ square)
Gustav Klimt The Embrace (detail_ square)Gustav Klimt Schloss Kammer Am Attersee IIGustav Klimt Portrait of Adele Bloch (gold foil)
her drink something to keep her asleep, but I have some herbs to make her wake up, if only I could get to her!"
Will could only shake his head and wait for Balthamos to translate. It took more than a minute.
"Iorek," he called, and the bear lumbered along the bed of the stream, licking his chops, for he had just swallowed a fish, "Ioreksee where it was safe to put his feet.
When they reached the foot of the falls, Ama indicated that they should go carefully and make no noise, and Will walked behind her down the slope, between mossy rocks and great gnarled pine trunks where the dappled light danced intensely green and a billion tiny insects scraped and sang. Down they went, and farther down, and still the sunlight followed them, deep into the ," Will said, "this girl is saying she knows where Lyra is. I'll go with her to look, while you stay here and watch."Iorek Byrnison, foursquare in the stream, nodded silently. Will hid his rucksack and buckled on the knife before clambering down through the rainbows with Ama. The mist that filled the air was icy. He had to brush his eyes and peer through the dazzle to
her drink something to keep her asleep, but I have some herbs to make her wake up, if only I could get to her!"
Will could only shake his head and wait for Balthamos to translate. It took more than a minute.
"Iorek," he called, and the bear lumbered along the bed of the stream, licking his chops, for he had just swallowed a fish, "Ioreksee where it was safe to put his feet.
When they reached the foot of the falls, Ama indicated that they should go carefully and make no noise, and Will walked behind her down the slope, between mossy rocks and great gnarled pine trunks where the dappled light danced intensely green and a billion tiny insects scraped and sang. Down they went, and farther down, and still the sunlight followed them, deep into the ," Will said, "this girl is saying she knows where Lyra is. I'll go with her to look, while you stay here and watch."Iorek Byrnison, foursquare in the stream, nodded silently. Will hid his rucksack and buckled on the knife before clambering down through the rainbows with Ama. The mist that filled the air was icy. He had to brush his eyes and peer through the dazzle to
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Paul Klee Zitronen
Paul Klee ZitronenPaul Klee Villa RPaul Klee The Golden Fish
seeking you, and why we must take you to Lord Asriel. We discovered a secret of the Kingdom, of the Authority's world, and we must share it with him. Are we safe here?" he added, looking around. "There is no way through?"
"This is a different world. A different universe."
The sand they stood on was soft, and the slope of the dune nearby was inviting. They could see for miles in the moonlight; they were utterly alone.
"Tell me, then," said of Dust, and the Authority was the first of all. He told those who came after him that he had created them, but it was a lie. One of those who came later was wiser than he was, and she found out the truth, so he banished her. We serve her still. And the Authority still reigns in the KingdomWill. "Tell me about Metatron, and what this secret is. Why did that angel call him Regent? And what is the Authority? Is he God?"He sat down, and the two angels, their forms clearer in the moonlight than he had ever seen them before, sat with him.Balthamos said quietly, "The Authority, God, the Creator, the Lord, Yahweh, El, Adonai, the King, the Father, the Almighty, those were all names he gave himself. He was never the creator. He was an angel like ourselves, the first angel, true, the most powerful, but he was formed of Dust as we are, and Dust is only a name for what happens when matter begins to understand itself. Matter loves matter. It seeks to know more about itself, and Dust is formed. The first angels condensed out
seeking you, and why we must take you to Lord Asriel. We discovered a secret of the Kingdom, of the Authority's world, and we must share it with him. Are we safe here?" he added, looking around. "There is no way through?"
"This is a different world. A different universe."
The sand they stood on was soft, and the slope of the dune nearby was inviting. They could see for miles in the moonlight; they were utterly alone.
"Tell me, then," said of Dust, and the Authority was the first of all. He told those who came after him that he had created them, but it was a lie. One of those who came later was wiser than he was, and she found out the truth, so he banished her. We serve her still. And the Authority still reigns in the KingdomWill. "Tell me about Metatron, and what this secret is. Why did that angel call him Regent? And what is the Authority? Is he God?"He sat down, and the two angels, their forms clearer in the moonlight than he had ever seen them before, sat with him.Balthamos said quietly, "The Authority, God, the Creator, the Lord, Yahweh, El, Adonai, the King, the Father, the Almighty, those were all names he gave himself. He was never the creator. He was an angel like ourselves, the first angel, true, the most powerful, but he was formed of Dust as we are, and Dust is only a name for what happens when matter begins to understand itself. Matter loves matter. It seeks to know more about itself, and Dust is formed. The first angels condensed out
Monday, January 12, 2009
Pablo Picasso Three Women at the Spring
Pablo Picasso Three Women at the SpringPablo Picasso Three DancersPablo Picasso The Shadow
drink and enjoy the services of female attendants. Wenjun spent the night, according to a Hangzhou police source familiar with the case. In the morning, the young man tried to duck out without paying. Authorities detained him for 10 days on accusations of fraud and then let him go with a warning. "The bill wasn't huge," the police source says—less than , and he claimed he intended to pay his roommate back," the police source says. Acquaintances say Wenjun kept asking his father for cash.
Tang fell into a deep gloom. "He complained that peasants have money and prestige today," a neighbor recalls. "He kept saying, 'It's unfair, it's unfair'." "His hopes were too high, his disappointments too great," says Wang. In April, Tang paid off his room and told people he was off to become a migrant worker. Why? "In a single $150.That wasn't the end of Wenjun's legal scrapes. This March, he helped himself to several hundred dollars belonging to a roommate. He was convicted of theft and sentenced to six months behind bars, but the sentence was suspended. "He wasn't violent
drink and enjoy the services of female attendants. Wenjun spent the night, according to a Hangzhou police source familiar with the case. In the morning, the young man tried to duck out without paying. Authorities detained him for 10 days on accusations of fraud and then let him go with a warning. "The bill wasn't huge," the police source says—less than , and he claimed he intended to pay his roommate back," the police source says. Acquaintances say Wenjun kept asking his father for cash.
Tang fell into a deep gloom. "He complained that peasants have money and prestige today," a neighbor recalls. "He kept saying, 'It's unfair, it's unfair'." "His hopes were too high, his disappointments too great," says Wang. In April, Tang paid off his room and told people he was off to become a migrant worker. Why? "In a single $150.That wasn't the end of Wenjun's legal scrapes. This March, he helped himself to several hundred dollars belonging to a roommate. He was convicted of theft and sentenced to six months behind bars, but the sentence was suspended. "He wasn't violent
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Caravaggio Sleeping Cupid
Caravaggio Sleeping CupidCaravaggio Lute PlayerCaravaggio Adoration of the Shepherds
Here's a great hand technique that your man won't be able to getenough of.Here's What You Need:One bottle of water-based lubricant.Here's How You Do It:Get your man naked. Have him stand.Sit down beside your man, facing him.Apply a small amount of lubricant to you hands. Rub them together toallow the lubricant to warm up.Using the hand nearest your man's body (if you're sitting on his rightside, that would be your left hand), Here's a fun and playful way to tie your man up.Here's What You Need:One bag of long licorice whips.Here's How You Do It:Get your man naked. Have him lie on the bed with his arms above hishead.Take one length of licorice and tie his right wrist to the bedpost. Do thesame with his left.Kiss, lick, stroke and generally tease your man.When his penis is erect, tie another strand of licorice around it.Pull on the licorice whip to guide your man's penis into your mouth.Pleasure him orally.grasp his penis. Hold it like youwould hold a handle bar. Flex your wrist up and down as if you were"revving" the throttle on a motorcycle.When his penis is fully erect, add your other hand. Flex your wrists inopposite directions (when you flex your left wrist up, flex your right wristdown and vice-versa).The bottom half of his penis will feel clockwise stimulation at the sametime the top half feels it counterclockwise.Continue until he "pops a wheelie" good orgasm.
Here's a great hand technique that your man won't be able to getenough of.Here's What You Need:One bottle of water-based lubricant.Here's How You Do It:Get your man naked. Have him stand.Sit down beside your man, facing him.Apply a small amount of lubricant to you hands. Rub them together toallow the lubricant to warm up.Using the hand nearest your man's body (if you're sitting on his rightside, that would be your left hand), Here's a fun and playful way to tie your man up.Here's What You Need:One bag of long licorice whips.Here's How You Do It:Get your man naked. Have him lie on the bed with his arms above hishead.Take one length of licorice and tie his right wrist to the bedpost. Do thesame with his left.Kiss, lick, stroke and generally tease your man.When his penis is erect, tie another strand of licorice around it.Pull on the licorice whip to guide your man's penis into your mouth.Pleasure him orally.grasp his penis. Hold it like youwould hold a handle bar. Flex your wrist up and down as if you were"revving" the throttle on a motorcycle.When his penis is fully erect, add your other hand. Flex your wrists inopposite directions (when you flex your left wrist up, flex your right wristdown and vice-versa).The bottom half of his penis will feel clockwise stimulation at the sametime the top half feels it counterclockwise.Continue until he "pops a wheelie" good orgasm.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Andy Warhol dollar sign black and yellow on red
Andy Warhol dollar sign black and yellow on redAndy Warhol dollar sign beige and redAndy Warhol Dollar Sign 1981
also questions some of the factual accuracy.
"Some of the information is misleading, but in some ways there are going to be teens who are going to relate to the language and scenes in the videos," said Dehn. "The key is that this is something parents can use as a springboard for "They are trivializing the issues," said Rhodes. "I wouldn't want my daughter learning about sex by watching these podcasts." But Joanne Bamberger, who blogs about parenting on her D.C. Metro Mom's blog, disagreed with Rhodes, saying the videos were "refreshing" and "honestmore conversation." Teens, Moms React to Teen Sex ShowThe reaction of mothers and teens after watching the sex show varied from shock and disgust to laughter and appreciation. One 18-year-old boy told ABCNEWS.com that while he didn't learn from the video, he thought it was really funny. But Alison Rhodes, a child safety expert and TV's Safety Mom, said that her jaw dropped after watching the videos.
also questions some of the factual accuracy.
"Some of the information is misleading, but in some ways there are going to be teens who are going to relate to the language and scenes in the videos," said Dehn. "The key is that this is something parents can use as a springboard for "They are trivializing the issues," said Rhodes. "I wouldn't want my daughter learning about sex by watching these podcasts." But Joanne Bamberger, who blogs about parenting on her D.C. Metro Mom's blog, disagreed with Rhodes, saying the videos were "refreshing" and "honestmore conversation." Teens, Moms React to Teen Sex ShowThe reaction of mothers and teens after watching the sex show varied from shock and disgust to laughter and appreciation. One 18-year-old boy told ABCNEWS.com that while he didn't learn from the video, he thought it was really funny. But Alison Rhodes, a child safety expert and TV's Safety Mom, said that her jaw dropped after watching the videos.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Jack Vettriano Gambling Boys
Jack Vettriano Gambling BoysJack Vettriano FetishJack Vettriano Fair Exchange is No Robbery
soon as Tyltyl and Mytyl were in bed, Light kissed them and faded away at once, so as not to disturb their sleep with the rays that always streamed from her beautiful self.
It must have been about midnight, when Tyltyl, who was dreaming of the little Blue Children, felt a soft velvet paw pass to and fro be so glad to help us... and besides I should be ashamed to disobey her…."
"If you tell her," said the Cat, sharply, "all is lost, believe me. Do as I say; and the day is ours."
As she spoke these words, she hastened to dress him and also Mytyl, who had heard a noise and was asking to go with them. over his face. He was surprised and sat up in bed in a bit of a fright; but he was soon reassured when he saw his friend Tylette's glowing eyes glittering in the dark. "Hush!" said the Cat in his ear. "Hush! Don't wake anybody. If we can arrange to slip out without being seen, we shall catch the Blue Bird to-night. I have risked my dearest master, in preparing a plan which will certainly lead us to victory!" "But," said the boy, kissing Tylette, "Light would
soon as Tyltyl and Mytyl were in bed, Light kissed them and faded away at once, so as not to disturb their sleep with the rays that always streamed from her beautiful self.
It must have been about midnight, when Tyltyl, who was dreaming of the little Blue Children, felt a soft velvet paw pass to and fro be so glad to help us... and besides I should be ashamed to disobey her…."
"If you tell her," said the Cat, sharply, "all is lost, believe me. Do as I say; and the day is ours."
As she spoke these words, she hastened to dress him and also Mytyl, who had heard a noise and was asking to go with them. over his face. He was surprised and sat up in bed in a bit of a fright; but he was soon reassured when he saw his friend Tylette's glowing eyes glittering in the dark. "Hush!" said the Cat in his ear. "Hush! Don't wake anybody. If we can arrange to slip out without being seen, we shall catch the Blue Bird to-night. I have risked my dearest master, in preparing a plan which will certainly lead us to victory!" "But," said the boy, kissing Tylette, "Light would
Friday, January 2, 2009
Avtandil Hot Night Romance
Avtandil Hot Night RomanceAvtandil Game of PoolAvtandil Evening for TwoAvtandil Cocktails at the Club
-etha. Such a system was fail-safe in all circumstances other than total feedback malfunction, which was unheard of. He hurried over to the other prone figure, and discovered that exactly the same impossible thing had happened to him, presumably simultaneously. He called the others over to look. They came, shared his astonishment, but not his curiosity. "Let's get shot out of this hole," said Zaphod. "If whatever I'm supposed to be looking for is here, I don't want it." He grabbed the second Kill-O-Zap gun, blasted a perfectly harmless The aircar rocketed them at speeds in excess of R17 through the steel tunnels that lead out onto the appalling surface of the planet which was now in the grip of yet another drear morning twilight. Ghastly grey lights congealed on the land. R is a velocity measure, defined as a reasonable speed of travel that is consistent with wellbeing and not being more than say five minutes late. It is therefore clearly an almost infinitely variable figure according to circumstances, since the first two factors out into the corridor, followed by the others. He very nearly blasted hell out of an aircar that stood waiting for them a few yards away. The aircar was empty, but Arthur recognized it as belonging to Slartibartfast. It had a note from him pinned to part of its sparse instrument panel. The note had an arrow drawn on it, pointing at one of the controls. It said, This is probably the best button to press.
-etha. Such a system was fail-safe in all circumstances other than total feedback malfunction, which was unheard of. He hurried over to the other prone figure, and discovered that exactly the same impossible thing had happened to him, presumably simultaneously. He called the others over to look. They came, shared his astonishment, but not his curiosity. "Let's get shot out of this hole," said Zaphod. "If whatever I'm supposed to be looking for is here, I don't want it." He grabbed the second Kill-O-Zap gun, blasted a perfectly harmless The aircar rocketed them at speeds in excess of R17 through the steel tunnels that lead out onto the appalling surface of the planet which was now in the grip of yet another drear morning twilight. Ghastly grey lights congealed on the land. R is a velocity measure, defined as a reasonable speed of travel that is consistent with wellbeing and not being more than say five minutes late. It is therefore clearly an almost infinitely variable figure according to circumstances, since the first two factors out into the corridor, followed by the others. He very nearly blasted hell out of an aircar that stood waiting for them a few yards away. The aircar was empty, but Arthur recognized it as belonging to Slartibartfast. It had a note from him pinned to part of its sparse instrument panel. The note had an arrow drawn on it, pointing at one of the controls. It said, This is probably the best button to press.
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