A experimentar o que é ao mesmo tempo um pesadelo para a privacidade e um auxiliar digital promissor - smartglasses da meta e da asus; ou como disse com imensa piada uma aluna minha, "os óculos perfeitos para tarados"...
Só a experimentar, que é brinquedo caro.
#serendipity
Serendipity, book series created by Stephen Cosgrove and Robin James in the 70s
#vintage #70s #serendipity #book #art
It’s #face2faceFriday—a day to be visible —whether on a screen or “on the scene”. Or on The Seine!
Say ‘yes’ to in-person meetups, gatherings & events. Be prepared & open to #serendipity: the unplanned benefits of #showingup.” via @HowToWorkARoom®️
Black and white photographs of an impromptu visit to the northern part of the Chicago shoreline. A hazy early evening, but still quite warm. I had the weird feeling that everyone there knew each other, and that I was the only "visitor". A welcome voyeur. In this shot, and older woman, possibly a grandmother, watches closely as a child slowly steps into the water. There are other people scattered about, on the sand and in the lake. © Preston Lewis Thomas
Black and white photographs of an impromptu visit to the northern part of the Chicago shoreline. A hazy early evening, but still quite warm. I had the weird feeling that everyone there knew each other, and that I was the only "visitor". A welcome voyeur. In this shot, a group of young adults and a child are standing along the jetty. At the far end, a man has climbed onto the day marker. © Preston Lewis Thomas
Black and white photographs of an impromptu visit to the northern part of the Chicago shoreline. A hazy early evening, but still quite warm. I had the weird feeling that everyone there knew each other, and that I was the only "visitor". A welcome voyeur. In this shot, a man leaps from the day marker and (ultimately) into the lake as two people watch. © Preston Lewis Thomas
"THE BEACH AT LAWRENCE AVENUE"
A few shots from an impromptu visit...
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#photography #streetphotography #eck #bnwphotography #manualfocuslife #leica #people #serendipity #chicago
The #Serendipity #Mindset: The #Art and #Science of Creating Good #Luck by Christian Busch - 2020 - #AI - #reviews , #synchronicity , #chance , #intuition , #Jung , #Other , #Self, #insight
omdaruliterature.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-... #spirituality
A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt
> One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. They will gravitate as automatically as the needle to the north. Somehow, it is unnecessary, in any cold-blooded sense, to sit down and put your […]
Back in the Before Times I used to take the winter holidays to go explore a new city. They're not perfectly timed -- I'm not sick to death of endless rain until the end of January but they used to coincide with lull in the work seasons and it seemed a reasonable way to break up the year. In the 2010's I seemed to have a habit of picking places and booking my travel only to have the city leveled by a hurricane two or three weeks before I arrived. Despite the tribulations, Charleston has always been incredibly welcoming. And as I type this it occurs to me that I am badly overdue for a visit. I arrived the day after Thanksgiving and my cab driver from the airport was a friendly kid. When I mentioned that I was a photographer he promptly volunteered that he knew a wonderful model and pointed me to Meredith's Insta. By the time I got to my lodgings, a century-old scow converted to a live aboard in the river, we were meeting for lunch the next day. M proceeded to run me ragged the next day (and did it in heels!). She had the codes to every little locked alleyway and we ran through the college campus sneaking into sun porches and gorgeous spiral stairways. Winding up at the Customs House to shoot on the stairs at sunset, I pointed at the restaurant across the street and suggested we both needed dinner. It turned out to be a fantastic choice as it was one of the best joints in town. Our waiter pointed us in the right direction and was filling our wine glasses when I asked Meredith if there was anything she might want to shoot while I was in town. Much to his credit, he didn't spill a drop when she came back with a quippy, "Well...I guess I would be happiest naked and covered with doughnuts!" I allowed that such a thing could be made to happen.
We reconvened the next day at the boat. I was armed with a few props I had thrown into my bags and a fresh box of doughnuts along with a quart container of powdered sugar. We started with some warmups. M had worn a stylish dress with an external corset and I was just being impressed all over again with her fashion sense. She had brought a fuzzy coat, as well, and we ran through those looks before getting to simpler things -- a scarf, a necklace, some fairy lights. Honestly, I've tended to skip the warmups and gnash my teeth over how to edit the meat of the shoot but tonight I walked through the whole thing and was absolutely impressed all over again. Meredith was just plain wonderful and I cannot say it enough. I go through these files at least once a year and I probably send her a smile and a thank you note every time. I was still very very new in my jump into photography and had just begun working with "real" models. Meredith had a strong sense of herself and her movements and during our jaunt around the city she had me shooting toward her style, which was a wonderful new experience for me. It got me thinking about the nature of collaborative work and how we influence one another as we collide creatively. That internal dialogue has continued ever since and it's become something I ask myself every time I review files. It's helped me SEE what models are doing and it's changed the way I see the archive. It's a multi-dimensional Venn diagram of location, mood, props, attitude, me, them, the tools....lest I get big-headed at my own genius, this conversation helps keep me down to earth. Also, Meredith is just a neat person and I immediately considered her a friend. I have a soft spot for goofballs.
As I've wandered through photography, I've come to think of it as documentary more and more. It may sound cliche but it really is a privilege to meet a stranger and 40 minutes later be rendering my own idea of some intimate persona they possess. It's not just about capturing someone being "beautiful" but looking for the little smiles as we tell a joke or have an idea. The conversation proceeds on multiple levels and there's no set path. I always try to come armed with a few different ideas but I'm quick to abandon them when we find something that really resonates. Over time, my floor has gotten higher -- I can pull a decent photo out of almost any environment. Sometimes I think that the ceiling has remained in place, worry that I haven't gotten any better but going through the archive quickly disabuses me of that notion. The work has changed. When the pandemic took my studio away I began to work with more natural light and THAT has been a huge shift that has changed the nature of my work. At one point I was very concerned with how to keep the ME-ness of what I was doing while moving to natural light but that hasn't been an issue. I worry about seeing too much of other peoples work -- I see things that I really like but can't replicate or just that I'll start to look like everyone else. Every few years, though, I get a chance to look behind the scenes at the shot-by-shot work of other photographers and honestly it's a big ego stroke. Oh, the shots on either side of these suck. I'm not even remotely good shot-by-shot. And these might only be good because I was there, because it's a smile and an adventure with a new friend and a memory that keeps me laughing.
I tell this story a lot and keep looking for the right way to tell it because it was very formative for me. More in the alt-text. #muse #collaboration #roadtrip #travelingphotographer #serendipity #charlestonsc #adventures
An upside down logo from an Apple MacBook reflecting a paper star lantern lit up in a yellow light. All in the centre of the image.
So, my laptop was chilling out on my desk with the star light that was hanging out in the porthole - pair of ‘em having a good ole chinwag. #serendipity #reflection #nicesurprises #light
"Strange chain of events leads to important ecological discovery of native bats" www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... #bats #serendipity
The one session at #pkmsummit26 the past days that I regret not having joined: #serendipity #protocols by Ivo Velitchkov https://velitchkov.eu/ @kvistgaard But he kindly shared his slides, which is leading me to a bunch of reading I see […]
Five seals rest on an ice floe in Alaska. (Photo by @createdbyrcw)
#Serendipity, #luck or #fortune: The art of seeing & recognizing what you never thought to look for.
#openness #awareness #mindfulness #gratitude #serenity
Ein Jazz-Trio, bestehend aus einem Schlagzeuger (links), einem Kontrabassisten (Mitte) und einem Saxophonisten (rechts), spielt vor einer teilweise unverpuzten Wand, die rot und gelb angeleuchtet ist. Am linken unteren Rand befinden sich diverse Schlagutensilien des Schlagzeugers, die auf der schwarzen Hülle der Basstrommel liegen. Am rechten unteren Rand ist eine rote Lampe erkennbar. Außerdem tanzen die hellen punktförmigen Reflexionen einer Diskokugel im oberen rechten Viertel des Bildes.
/// heute läuft 17.00 Uhr "jazzklub" #11 ~ featuring Bastian Duncker am Saxophon ~ in der neuesten Ausgabe von "Serendipity" ~ auf Radio Corax @RadioCORAX ~ lokal auf 95,9 MHz und im live-stream:
>>> https://streaming.fueralle.org/corax_192.mp3
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#Business #Mindsets
The old internet is still here · “What’s changed is our expectations.” ilo.im/16bkbw by Tyler Gaw
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#Internet #Serendipity #Discovery #SmallWeb #IndieWeb #Blogs #Websites #Newsfeeds #RSS
Is Prince Changxin in #PursuitofJade Lu Cheng's step daddy from #Serendipity? I like this actor.
Screenshot from Tidal Album cover for "Finale." By Eill Cover shows a young man ans ting woman walking in a reflective surface
A screenshot from Tidal It shows the album cover for "Prologue" by Uru
I love #serendipity.
This was on tonight's Playlist, in order.
Sure, it would have been more fun the other way around but, still...
It’s #face2faceFriday—a day to be visible —whether on a screen or “on the scene”. Or on The Seine!
Say ‘yes’ to in-person meetups, gatherings & events. Be prepared & open to #serendipity: the unplanned benefits of #showingup.” via @HowToWorkARoom®️
Oh cool - so he (the actor Tan Kai) was in 4 dramas I watched last year - #SwordandBeloved, #ShadowLove, #LegendoftheFemaleGeneral & #Serendipity - plus he was in the present director’s previous drama #Blossom, from 2024
So he’s clearly very active!
Opened this while having a poo #serendipity
Very excited to see this beautiful outcome of #serendipity from the amazing Carolina finally out, and super happy to have contributed!
Ashley Embers: "How the digital world is permanently changing our reality" | #VideoEssay #DigitalAge #Psychology #SocialMedia #NothingFeelsReal #TimeIsAccelerating #Nostalgia #Memory #Anticipation #ExpectationDisconfirmation #Archives #Serendipity
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vpC...
It’s #face2faceFriday—a day to be visible —whether on a screen or “on the scene”. Or on The Seine!
Say ‘yes’ to in-person meetups, gatherings & events. Be prepared & open to #serendipity: the unplanned benefits of #showingup.” via @HowToWorkARoom®️
Released on 3.15.82. #OTDThreeDaysEarly #Serendipity
Learn how this work was a beautiful result of #serendipity in the press release by @eurekalert.bsky.social www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
A silly bear wakes from hibernation and plays with a snowball.
#bears #animals #nature #winterwonderland #winterfun #snow #snowball #serendipity
www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
#ImNotVeryOrganizedBut
I'm also a Huge Procrastinator so I
Never really Need to Find Anything Important anyway.
That's what you call #Serendipity
😆
Once went through Colchester and the sign said "Home of Colchester Zoo" and I thought "what are the chances of that?" #Serendipity
A sign for Spirit airlines in which a woman is sitting in a beach chair. Someone has placed a single googly eye on the sign. Her legs are at the edge of the sign. Someone sitting behind the sign has extended their legs out and is resting them on their suitcase. It looks like the woman from the advertisement has a complete set of legs.
I'm at O'Hare airport today and I spotted this scene down the way a bit from my gate. There's a lot going on here. 😆
#travel #chicago #airport #spirit #funny #serendipity
A screenshot of two posts in a row on my timeline. Each is a photo of a rainbow.
Does the concept of "planned serendipity" make sense? That question I think is closely related to how we define "creativity." #creativity #serendipity #curiosity #AI www.ddmcd.com/managing-tec...
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