Parmi toutes les choses du monde, il n’en est point de plus molle et de plus faible que l’eau, et cependant, pour briser ce qui est dur et fort, rien ne peut l’emporter sur elle.
Pour cela rien ne peut remplacer l’eau.
Ce qui est faible triomphe de ce qui est fort ; ce qui est mou triomphe de ce qui est dur.
Dans le monde, il n’y a personne qui ne connaisse (cette vérité), mais personne ne peut la mettre en pratique.
Wonderfully creative picture Marcelo! I saw something the other day explaining how to make pictures look 3D, but then have the large piece missing with the plain-ness of the wall as contrast, it just inspires so many thoughts… old-vs-young, detailed-vs-plain, fantasy-vs-reality, but as you say…(I agree) Reality can be and often is the most deceptive… Just my thoughts 😀 ❤ it!
A veces nuestros ojos nos muestran realidades inexistentes que nosotros creemos a pies juntillas, hasta que algo rompe el encanto y la realidad se desmorona y muestra que como ya dijo el sabio: nada es verdad ni es mentira …
Abrazo.
Es sólo el velo de la ignorancia el que nos hace tomar como reales lo que percibimos a través de nuestros sentidos. Compartir el “color” de lo que vemos es la base del entendimiento.
Un abrazo
Thanks Karen
I hope that the silver lining on the very dark cloud of ignorance that sits over our lives will be a gentle reminder of our misleading view of the world.
Where beauty is, then there is ugliness;
where right is, also there is wrong.
Knowledge and ignorance are interdependent;
delusion and enlightenment condition each other.
Since olden times it has been so.
How could it be otherwise now?
Wanting to get rid of one and grab the other
is merely realizing a scene of stupidity.
Even if you speak of the wonder of it all,
how do you deal with each thing changing?
Patti Kuche said:
The deep layers of emptiness are so beguiling.
marcelo leonard said:
Thanks Patti
Behind the deepest layer of our innermost there is always a very tantalizing light.
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marieancolie said:
Le temps érode la pierre comme les corps.
marcelo leonard said:
Merci Marie
Parmi toutes les choses du monde, il n’en est point de plus molle et de plus faible que l’eau, et cependant, pour briser ce qui est dur et fort, rien ne peut l’emporter sur elle.
Pour cela rien ne peut remplacer l’eau.
Ce qui est faible triomphe de ce qui est fort ; ce qui est mou triomphe de ce qui est dur.
Dans le monde, il n’y a personne qui ne connaisse (cette vérité), mais personne ne peut la mettre en pratique.
Tao Te King – LXXVIII
AndreaL said:
Awesome shot, Marcelo – one of my favorites 🙂
marcelo leonard said:
Thanks Andrea.
There is a kind of special magic on the subtle frontier between “reality” and fantasy.
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kelihasablog said:
Wonderfully creative picture Marcelo! I saw something the other day explaining how to make pictures look 3D, but then have the large piece missing with the plain-ness of the wall as contrast, it just inspires so many thoughts… old-vs-young, detailed-vs-plain, fantasy-vs-reality, but as you say…(I agree) Reality can be and often is the most deceptive… Just my thoughts 😀 ❤ it!
marcelo leonard said:
Thanks Keli.
Reality is just a trompe-l’oeil.
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elenacaravela said:
Surreally Brilliant! Again!
marcelo leonard said:
Thanks Elena
I wonder whether surrealism might be the key to understand reality.
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Ashley Lily Scarlett said:
Hello Marcelo, you’re on strata of the self again:
http://strataoftheself.wordpress.com/2014/10/30/marcelo-leonard-88-a-self-portrait-of-solitude/
🙂
Ashley Lily Scarlett said:
Oh, Marcelo, I can’t remember if I asked you for permission for this one! Please excuse me if I forgot.
marcelo leonard said:
Please Ashley feel free to use my images in your blog whenever you want.
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Ashley Lily Scarlett said:
Thank you very much, Marcelo for this permission and for extending your trust to me. x o x
marcelo leonard said:
Thanks Ashley
Ashley, I thank you for your goodness for giving me the opportunity to show my work on your work.
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marcelo leonard said:
Thanks so much Ashley
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Ashley Lily Scarlett said:
It’s my absolute pleasure, Marcelo. 🙂
marcelo leonard said:
🙂
LB said:
wow, the part that has chipped away is almost like another piece of art on top of the original.
marcelo leonard said:
Thanks Laurie
Phantasy and reality overlap to remind us how our senses can be very deceptive.
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Carlos GF - fotografía said:
A veces nuestros ojos nos muestran realidades inexistentes que nosotros creemos a pies juntillas, hasta que algo rompe el encanto y la realidad se desmorona y muestra que como ya dijo el sabio: nada es verdad ni es mentira …
Abrazo.
marcelo leonard said:
Gracias Carlos.
Es sólo el velo de la ignorancia el que nos hace tomar como reales lo que percibimos a través de nuestros sentidos. Compartir el “color” de lo que vemos es la base del entendimiento.
Un abrazo
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harrienijland said:
Wonderful; bit surreal.
marcelo leonard said:
Thanks Harrie
There is only a thin line separating the real from the unreal world.
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Ashley Lily Scarlett said:
Oh, I love this one, Marcelo!
marcelo leonard said:
Thanks Ashley
Faith is to believe what you do not see, as for the belief in the seen, it is only self-delusion.
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drawandshoot said:
Like a cloud passing over the scene… Brillaint work, Marcelo. I so enjoy your art!
marcelo leonard said:
Thanks Karen
I hope that the silver lining on the very dark cloud of ignorance that sits over our lives will be a gentle reminder of our misleading view of the world.
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poppytump said:
Revealing…
Nothing .
marcelo leonard said:
Thanks Poppy
Perhaps we ourselves are only illusory forms that do not have any reality.
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brenda said:
slowly, slowly
falling into ruin
my final autumn
~Santoka
marcelo leonard said:
Thanks Brenda.
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Where beauty is, then there is ugliness;
where right is, also there is wrong.
Knowledge and ignorance are interdependent;
delusion and enlightenment condition each other.
Since olden times it has been so.
How could it be otherwise now?
Wanting to get rid of one and grab the other
is merely realizing a scene of stupidity.
Even if you speak of the wonder of it all,
how do you deal with each thing changing?
Ryokan
safi4775 said:
Wow. Love it! And yes, have been studying it intently.
marcelo leonard said:
Thanks safi4775
Nothing is what it seems to be.
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suej said:
Very deceptive… 🙂
marcelo leonard said:
Thanks Susan
Nothing is more deceptive than reality.
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suej said:
Very true!