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All peoples in the world come into a crisis: fossil oil, which has been so expensive that many demos spread all over countries. The crisis of energy drives efforts to save the resources as well as to develop innovations for sustainable ones.
This concern about energy wakes me up to explore things that have something to do with energy making. I am not an expert in this field. However, it is very interesting. I started with simple natural phenomena, which shows a simple process of producing energy. My mind turned to fire, which was supposed by ancient cultures to be one of basic elements in this universe. Once I had a question, "What is fire?" Then I try to answer it by my own: fire is a fact of fastened oxidation process! Hahaha... really, I don't know whether it's true or false, but I am sure, that fire is not a-stand-alone element. There are always at least two elements to make fire. One of them is oxygen. Again, maybe I do something haphazardly! Help me to know the valid answer, please...
Anyway, I get some matches and get the room dark to do my simple "energy-project". The result is shown in the picture. I still used Canon PowerShot A400 in macro mode and inactivated flashlight. I just got it sharpened with amount 100, radius 1 and threshold 1. Done! [skd]
This is the first picture of mine, which I toke to train my empathy during hunting objects. Photography should raise social concerns on behalf of humanity. When I did take this picture on the spot, my heart, soul and mind were melted! I felt something so disturbing that I had to defeat my ownself to merge with the object before my camera. I thought of nothing else but how to capture the reality behind the man. He was not an "object" anymore! He was a "subject" who had his own life, struggle and compassion.
There is like a motto amongst photograpers: "Seeing is believing!" I found an image of poverty. At least that's my interpretation on the man picking up valuable things from the heap. The poverty associates with hope, which drives the man's survival by doing such a rightfull work. [skd]
"If there is no wind, row!"
~ Proverb
This quote inspired me to make a new category in this blog: motivational. Then I searched for suitable picture as an illustration. There are many wonderful pics on Flickr.com. I chose one from the photostream of Petervanallen (thanks Peter!). The original picture has title "row row row your boat". Originally, its size is 836*836. I have it resized to 1024*768 and cropped to match with the new size.
I think you could get the insight of the quote. It's about optimism to deal with many problems in our lives. We have to keep struggling. The given spirit drives movements from inside. We have to believe that our dreams will come true if we do something and give up not! [skd]
Size: 1024*768
Wonderful memories of the great culture in it's solemnity bears the loving spirit forever..."
That's what I can say about Jogja, my beloved hometown. In there I was born and enjoyed my childhood very much. Being educated as a Javanese boy I feel the love to the traditions and the heritages of my country. I feel the aura of spirituality and religiousity. There's a kind power to live the spirit. Living apart from my motherland has risen all wonderful memories of the city and the richness. The miss of it has driven me to live it.
Javanese culture which takes orientation to the royal traditions and culture has become the spirit of all Javanese all over the world. Jogja and Surakarta are the most centrums of their traditions and culture, and they bring the spirit wherever they are.
Above is the picture of Tugu (a memorial building stone) of Jogja. That's an icon of the city. Actually it's one amongst another three in the constellations of royal and sacred sites of Jogja: Mount Merapi - Tugu - Sultan Palace - and Indian Ocean. There's a virtually straight line connecting the sites. Mount Merapi is in the North while Indian Ocean in the South. When you come to Jogjakarta - Indonesia, you'll see the Tugu which place is near the Tugu Train Station. So, welcome to Jogja, "The never ending Asia"! [skd]
Size: 1024*768
Click through the picture to view the larger size!
Original picture belongs to eddyg30.
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