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“Amor Fati – “Love Your Fate”, which is in fact your life.”

Thus spake Friedrich Nietzsche

“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”

“I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you”

“Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are not”

Just When You Think Youve Seen It all !

Some photographs are to be admired, some are to be celebrated, but this one has the potential to give you goose bumps.


Bedi says it was photographed when he was working on a new feature in Bishnoi in Rajasthan. The Bishnois worship nature in all its manifestations, and are a conservative community.

"It was hard for an outsider like me to come with my camera to photograph them. One day, I saw that a village dog had killed a chinkara fawn's mother. So the Bishnoi family had adopted him before he becomes prey to other predators in wild and nursed him as if it was their own child.

"I was looking for one picture that can tell the story of their community's strong feeling for the environment. After great difficulty, some six months later, I could get this picture showing how human beings live in harmony with nature."

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Vijay Bedi

Vijay and his brother Ajay Bedi are the only Indians whose wildlife film has been nominated for the Emmys. They are also the youngest Indians to be honoured with the Green Oscar.

Mad Knitters Of Tokyo ~ Warming Hearts One Piece At A Time ~

Warm hearts: A knitted human heart from Miquraffreshia. © MIQURAFFRESHIA 

This year, people strolling through a park in Ebisu, Tokyo, were baffled: Several benches there had been covered with colorful knitwear, many wildly curling around the wooden poles of backrests and armrests. Next to the benches, more wondrous knitted entities were hanging from the branches of a tree.

A bench in Ebisu's Yebisu Garden Place, decorated by the Surprise Attack Knitting Group. © HANAKOMET

It was an attack by the newly founded Surprise Attack Knitting Group, or Ami Kishu Dan in Japanese.


There are, of course, various other knitting groups in Japan, but this kind of "guerrilla knitting" only started in August this year. Spread all over Japan, the Surprise Attack Knitting Group now has around 15 knitting activists, all of whom found each other over the Internet. Behind the movement is Que D'accord, a collaboration originally of three but now five knitters, who have been working together since 2006.

First seen in America in 2005, guerrilla knitting took off when a couple of knit-loving artists formed Knitta (knittaporfavor.wordpress.com ), a group of like-minded people who decorated lamp posts, street signs and other public monuments with knitted wraps or crocheted ornaments. But this "Knit graffiti" was not vandalism. It was more of a peaceful sister to spray-paint graffiti, a form of ephemeral art meant as public installation and making temporary statements. Even the process of knitting defies antagonism — it's a meditative, time-consuming hobby. The movement spread quickly to like-minded activists around the world, recently reaching the Japanese Que D'accord collective.




The French-sounding nom de guerre, "Que D'accord," is a wordplay on its pronunciation, "ke da ko," which in Japanese means "woolen octopus." The three founding members — who want to only reveal their aliases — are 203gow (blog.livedoor.jp/m203gow/ ) from Gifu Prefecture, Takoyama (krakendesign.blogspot.com) from Sado island in Niigata Prefecture and Miquraffreshia ( miquraffreshia. blogspot.com) from Tochigi Prefecture.


They met over the Internet and founded the group after all three exhibited at the 2006 MAKE Magazine Meeting in Tokyo. Named after the American do-it-yourself magazine, the meeting is a popular yearly gathering of craftspeople and inventors who like to make unusual innovations — anything from the creative use of Arduino open-source electronic platforms to knitting strange objects such as alien masks, lifelike human hearts . . . and giant octopuses. "Before we even met, we all liked knitting octopuses," recalls Takoyama, explaining how Que D'accord came about, "It was as if we'd arranged it beforehand."

Maybe they were on to something. The art blog "We make money not art" pointed out a trend of activist knitters around the world choosing to create sea creatures — "because squids are the new skulls," it said. Last year, the group displayed their octopuses in a street car running through the Arakawa neighborhood of Tokyo. A one-day exhibition event, the sea creatures dangled from the hand railings and a band played to the passengers.


Not surprisingly for this digital age, as a typical grassroots coalition, Que D'accord communicate and organize their events mainly over Twitter. This serves especially well when the group started to rally their members for something new: the Surprise Attack Knitting Group. 203gow says, "We communicate through Twitter and decide on members — anyone can join. There are various people who participate; those who provide knitted goods and others who provide knitting materials."


Surprise Attack Knitting Group has even tried to expand overseas: One of the members lives in British Columbia in Canada. "Although she hasn't taken part in any events, she sends us her knitted objects," says Takoyama.


Octopus attack! Knitted octopuses dangle from handrails as a band (below, left) entertains passengers on a street car running through Arakawa in Tokyo. © TAKOYAMA © TAKOYAMA


The group staged their first attack in front of an Isetan department store window in Shinjuku this August. Takoyama recalls, "Four members, 203gow, Miquraffreshia, Hanakomet and Emmaruri gathered, guerrilla-style, in front of a window in which 203gow already had a window-display of her knitting, and started to work."
The "work" involved dressing up the ordinary railings in front of the window in elaborate knitwear. Passersby who paused to take a closer look at the knitted animals in the shop window would also stop to look at the unusual ornamentation in front of the display.



Since then, Que D'accord has been busy. 203gow held a knitting workshop at a Pac-Man themed exhibition in the 3331 Arts Chiyoda art center in Soto-Kanda in October. Shortly after, the group was approached by Yebisu Garden Place, a shopping mall and museum complex in the Ebisu area of Tokyo. Having seen the guerrilla attack at Isetan, Yebisu Garden Place wanted the Surprise Attack Knitting Group to "attack" their premises, too. And willing to oblige, the group struck again in November with a public art installation of decorated benches in the complex's park area.


"The attack went very well. The locals enjoyed trying out the knitted benches to see what they felt like, and many took photographs," Miquraffreshia says, "Also people interested in knitting approached us and talked to us."


The shoppers in Ebisu who stopped to look at the benches, which were covered in knitted stripes and other colorful wools, often sat on them for a long time. "Knitted things warm up cold and damaged hearts. It has an appeal to the body, the heart and the mind," 203gow says. "Guerrilla knitted objects can make people a bit more aware of things."

G uerrilla knitting, admittedly, isn't quite the kind of activism that galvanizes pedestrians for political action — but it is a movement, just one of softer intentions. It wants to bring more color in people's lives. That might seem a little woolly, but it's not a bad thing, and is only the beginning. "We have only just started, I don't know what we will do next," says Takoyama.

Wangfujing snack street in downtown Beijing

Chinese food is famous for two reason: its extreme deliciousness and its weirdness. The later characteWángfǔjǐng (simplified Chinese: 王府井; pinyin: Wángfǔjǐng), located in Dongcheng District, Beijing, is one of the Chinese capital's most famous shopping streets.

Much of the road is off-limits to cars and other motor vehicles, and it is not rare to see the entire street full of people. Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty there have been commercial activities in this place. In the Qing Dynasty, ten aristocratic estates and princess residence were built here, soon after when a well full of sweet water was discovered, thereby giving the street its name "Wang Fu" (princely residence), "Jing" (well). In 1903, Dong'an market was formedristic has a perfect example, the Wangfujing snack street in downtown Beijing.

Just google it or YouTube it and you can find a lot of of videos and photos of foreigners amazed by what Chinese people are eating. You can find skin-piled sparrow, cicada, silk worm, inside-out snake, giant grasshopper, penis of various kind of animals and star fish. You name it. Just think of something you don’t dare to eat and they would probably have it on sale on Wangfujing snack street.

Judging from videos of this street’s visitors, they are absolutely enjoying themselves. Maybe not enjoying the food but the weirdly exotic atmosphere where people cook and eat anything.

Some were playing truth or dare there:

The Awakening Of My Spirit

(Author unknown)

A time comes in your life when you finally get it…when, in the midst of all your fears and insanity, you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out…ENOUGH!
Enough fighting and crying and blaming and struggling to hold on. Then, like a child quieting down after a tantrum, you blink back your tears and begin to look at the world through new eyes.

This is your awakening.

You realize it’s time to stop hoping and waiting for something to change, or for happiness, safety and security to magically appear over the next horizon.

You realize that in the real world there aren’t always fairy tale endings, and that any guarantee of “happily ever after” must begin with you…and in the process a sense of serenity is born of acceptance.

You awaken to the fact that you are not perfect and that not everyone will always love, appreciate or approve of who or what you are…and that’s OK. They are entitled to their own views and opinions.

You learn the importance of loving and championing yourself…and in the process a sense of new found confidence is born of self-approval.

You stop complaining and blaming other people for the things they did to you – or didn’t do for you – and you learn that the only thing you can really count on is the unexpected.

You learn that people don’t always say what they mean or mean what they say and that not everyone will always be there for you and everything isn’t always about you.
So, you learn to stand on your own and to take care of yourself…and in the process a sense of safety and security is born of self-reliance.

You stop judging and pointing fingers and you begin to accept people as they are and to overlook their shortcomings and human frailties…and in the process a sense of peace and contentment is born of forgiveness.

You learn to open up to new worlds and different points of view. You begin reassessing and redefining who you are and what you really stand for.

You learn the difference between wanting and needing and you begin to discard the doctrines and values you’ve outgrown, or should never have bought into to begin with.

You learn that there is power and glory in creating and contributing and you stop maneuvering through life merely as a “consumer” looking for you next fix.

You learn that principles such as honesty and integrity are not the outdated ideals of a bygone era, but the mortar that holds together the foundation upon which you must build a life.

You learn that you don’t know everything, it’s not you job to save the world and that you can’t teach a pig to sing. You learn the only cross to bear is the one you choose to carry and that martyrs get burned at the stake.

Then you learn about love. You learn to look at relationships as they really are and not as you would have them be. You learn that alone does not mean lonely.

You stop trying to control people, situations and outcomes. You learn to distinguish between guilt and responsibility and the importance of setting boundaries and learning to say NO.

You also stop working so hard at putting your feelings aside, smoothing things over and ignoring your needs.

You learn that your body really is your temple. You begin to care for it and treat it with respect. You begin to eat a balanced diet, drinking more water, and take more time to exercise.

You learn that being tired fuels doubt, fear, and uncertainty and so you take more time to rest. And, just food fuels the body, laughter fuels our soul. So you take more time to laugh and to play.

You learn that, for the most part, you get in life what you deserve, and that much of life truly is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

You learn that anything worth achieving is worth working for and that wishing for something to happen is different than working toward making it happen.

More importantly, you learn that in order to achieve success you need direction, discipline and perseverance. You learn that no one can do it all alone, and that it’s OK to risk asking for help.

You learn the only thing you must truly fear is fear itself. You learn to step right into and through your fears because you know that whatever happens you can handle it and to give in to fear is to give away the right to live life on your own terms.

You learn to fight for your life and not to squander it living under a cloud of impending doom.

You learn that life isn’t always fair, you don’t always get what you think you deserve and that sometimes bad things happen to unsuspecting, good people…and you lean not to always take it personally.

You learn that nobody’s punishing you and everything isn’t always somebody’s fault. It’s just life happening. You learn to admit when you are wrong and to build bridges instead of walls.

You lean that negative feelings such as anger, envy and resentment must be understood and redirected or they will suffocate the life out of you and poison the universe that surrounds you.

You learn to be thankful and to take comfort in many of the simple things we take for granted, things that millions of people upon the earth can only dream about: a full refrigerator, clean running water, a soft warm bed, a long hot shower.

Then, you begin to take responsibility for yourself by yourself and you make yourself a promise to never betray yourself and to never, ever settle for less than you heart’s desire.

You make it a point to keep smiling, to keep trusting, and to stay open to every wonderful possibility.

You hang a wind chime outside your window so you can listen to the wind.

Finally, with courage in you heart, you take a stand, you take a deep breath, and you begin to design the life you want to live as best as you can.

China's World Cup Girls (32 pics)

Definately an art form !

Village elder shoos away nude photography model, “don’t make a spectacle of yourself here”

Elegance and vulgarity has always been sworn enemies of each other in popular culture over the years. Guo Degang once said, drinking coffee is elegant and eating garlic is vulgar; nude photography is elegant and couple telling dirty jokes is vulgar… Now, in a scenic spot of Xinmi, Henan Province, elegance and vulgarity crashes again.
Planed to dedicate herself to the art, the nude photography model never thought she was going to get shooed away by tree branches. On June 9, 2010, at the scenic area of Xinmi, a naked female model posing for nude photography was shooed away by the local villagers.



June 9, at 9 am, 10 photography enthusiasts and 3 women came to a scenic spot in Xinmi to shoot human body photography. As the model, a woman took off all her clothes and posed nude on top of a giant rock. The photography enthusiasts started shooting.


This scene was observed by a local villager. He quickly ran down the mountain and briefed all the other villagers what he just saw. Soon, villagers heard the news one by one came to the spot and stood on the nearby hills watching the naked girl. Some even took out their cell phones to get ready to take pictures. The nude model saw these villagers were also taking pictures and stopped the photo shoot. Then the photography enthusiasts had to disperse the villager crowd. But the villagers did not leave, they just stood far away and watching from far away. Soon more and more people gathered. The woman kept changing her poses, some tourists also began crowding and taking pictures.

Once hearing someone is shooting body art, some male villagers followed them “showing their support”. In order to not let the model feel embarrassed, some villagers hid behind the trees and watched from there.

Villager Mr. Gu was one of them, but as he watched, he heard a loud shouting sound from far away “This shameless girl, Mr. Gu! are you still watching? Hurry up and get your ass back over here!”


Mr. Gu said, “I am finished, my wife came!” Then, Ms. Gu grabbed Mr. Gu by the ear and dragged him back home. Seeing this, villager Mr. Zhang said, “She is dedicated to art, not shameless. This is the beauty of body art.”

11:10 am, suddenly a couple of men rushed down the hill led by an elderly person. He held a tree branch, walking and shouting, “No more shooting, go anywhere else but don’t make a fool of yourself here. In order to shoot here you must get all 300 villagers permissions.”

The old man shouted and swung the tree branch at the nude model. Luckily the photographers protected her in time, the model “survived”.


The old man claimed that his name is Shen Guixian, 60 years old and lived in Shen Xiandong village at the Forest Park in Xinmi. He said, “These people coming here to shoot nude photos are too indecent, turning the village into chaos.”

A photography enthusiast from Zhengzhou, Mr. Wang said, after the 90’s of last century, both society tolerance and the diversity of artistic expression are quite different than before. According to Mr. Wang, in January 2001, the first nude photographic art show was held in Guangzhou. Almost at the same time, several nude photography exhibitions were held in the ancient city of Xi’an. During one of the Xi’an exhibition, after viewing the show a husband said “shooting these things are too dirty.” And his wife contested “What do you know, you only look at the photos other people read the photos.”

“For this incident today, I can only say, that the villagers in this small and closed-off village could not accept the concept of nude photography. But the story I told earlier shows that many people actually appreciate it from the art point of view”


Another photography enthusiast Mr. Ma said, “Body art is an elegant art, excluding ethics and feudalism, just from a purely technical point of view, I think human body photography needs to go into nature in order to create high quality work.”