Friday, September 29, 2023

My Therapist Sent Me Something About SACRED ART

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Art can amplify the sacred 
and challenge the status quo. 
The arts help us to hear 
above the cacophony 
in the midst of our multitasking. 
 
The arts engage a sacred frequency 
that is perforated with pauses. 
 
Artists learned … 
there were things too full for human tongues, 
too alive for articulation. 
 
You can dance and rhyme and sing it, 
you almost reach it in the high notes, 
but joy unspeakable 
is experience and sojourn:
it is the ineffable within our reach.
***
 
                                                     Richard Rohr's Daily Meditation 
                              From the Center for Action and Contemplation
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HOODA HELAMI Looked Into The Future

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***
I looked into the future
and the future
looked back 
at me

She said 
"What do you see?"

I said 
"Two boats at sea."
 
"Describe the boats."
 
"Both are very small.
One has an outboard motor.
The other is a row boat
with one oar."

"Anyone on board?"

"Three aboard the first boat
and two on the second."

"Recognize anyone?"

"Yes I do.
They all look like me."

"All the same age?"

"No. All are different ages."

"In the simplest language,
tell me how different?"
 
"I am very young
in the motor boat
and old in the row boat."
 
"I've got to go, Hooda.
Take what you see
and do whatever
you want with it."
 
"Thank you for your time."
 ***
 
© HOODA HELAMI ©
Alter Ego #142857
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Photoverio #711: The Winner Is ELEANORA McBLUE

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≈2013≈
© Oliverio
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©Photographed While Driving To New York In 2015

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The difference between
a bandit and a patriot
is a good press agent
*
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The 189th Bullet: The Problem With The iPhonies

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 The problem with
the iPhone generation
is that they all believe
success is guaranteed by
a smart and simple combination 
of thirteen keystrokes
 
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Footnotes
is the copyrighted property
of LCSoL
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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

7 Words + 10 DYLAN Song Titles Including 8 Entirely Lower-Case

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The man 
in the long black coat
will 
ring them bells
but 
everything is broken
where teardrops fall
 *
 
The father of night
asked 
the three angels
for 
one more weekend
of 
winterlude
with 
a new pony
and 
no time to think
*
 
© BOB DYLAN ©
+
PAUL OLIVERIO ________________________________________________________________________________________________

Two Named Seagulls At The Long Beach Jetty ...

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Larryna      +      Eleanora
© Photoverio #710.5
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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

The Superimposed Text Does NOT Read "Stop OR Go"

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Photoverio #710
 
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This Page Exists Only To Win Brownie Points ...

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...
With My Better-Half
© Oliverio
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Monday, September 25, 2023

Marvin Newman + Cassius + Cola

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MARVIN NEWMAN    **    (1963)
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MARVIN NEWMAN ... Rest In Peace

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MARVIN NEWMAN    ***    (1952)

________
________
 
This photograph is being posted
for its exquisite quality
but there were thousands
of Marvin Newman photographs
that fit that description

Mr. Newman was a 
diverse and stunningly 
talented photographer

The public, at large,
[myself included]
knew nothing about him
until he died 
two weeks ago
 
***
 
Another Marvin Newman page
is  here  
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I Would Donate This Image To A University Photography Lecture

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For the reason that
the professor could present it
to his/her class
as an excellent example
of a photographic defect
being used to
amplify the appeal
of the silhouetted palm trees
© Oliverio

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From The Spy Who Came In From The Cold ... To SPY vs SPY

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From 
(of the two previous pages)
to
(of this + future pages)
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Sunday, September 24, 2023

This Page Is The Opposite Of The Previous Page

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had no hyperlinks
or images:

This page has both


WILLIAM BOYD

_________
 
However, 
it is from THE GUARDIAN,
a website to which
I would contribute coinage
if I walked into their office
but it is located in
jolly olde England
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Saturday, September 23, 2023

The GOAT Of Spy Novels ... Add Your Own Images + Links

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If any one ever says to you
 
JOHN LE CARRE's
 The Spy Who Came In 
From The Cold
is the greatest spy novel
ever written
 
You would be hard-pressed
to contradict them
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Ready For Take-Off

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Photoverio #709.5
Can you name this flower?
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Photoverio #709: Seaweed Poppers Revisited [With Many Zits]

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A Family Portrait
© Oliverio
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Thursday, September 21, 2023

Honoring The Release Of The Rolling Stones' NEW Studio Album

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* © Photoverio #708.5 *
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Photoverio #708: Something About Walls

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© Oliverio
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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Photoverio #707: Purple Flower With Red Bonnet

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© Oliverio
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Rosie Flora is Posing

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© Photoverio #706.5
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Monday, September 18, 2023

Updike Redux

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The people
running the country today
are trying to do
all God's work
instead of their own
***
 
The Poorhouse Fair
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I Lost The Password

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I lost the password
for passion

Squeezing a honey
has gone out of fashion
for me
so sadly

No o-gasm
since Obama was President
Oh how I wish
to be decadent:

Huddled under a satin sheet
with a jazzy beat
bouncing bodies
generating heat

I try to jack
but the wack
is out of order

So
I'll deposit a quarter
for a cup of milf
as she sizzles
for mysilf

HA
unlike ma and pa

who did so
so naturally
"and so did me"
I say
but that was way
back in
1000s of yesterday
 
"And none today"
 
Those yesterdays:
we would gush 
like Niagara
so please send
Viagra
***
 
© PAUL OLIVERIO © 
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Sunday, September 17, 2023

Fresh Bacon ... Sizzling For Centuries

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Imagination is given to man
to compensate for what
he is not.
 
He is given
a sense of humor
to console him 
for what he is.
***
 
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The KING JAMES BROWN BIBLE

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                                                  Get up on the good foot

                         

                         Because            Papa's got a brand new bag

                                 

                                and            It's a man's world

                                 but            It wouldn't be nothing 

                                                  without a woman or a girl

                                                 

                                                   Say it loud:

                                                   I'm here and I'm proud                                  

                            

                                                   Terpsichore across the floor*


 * Written by Brian Wilson's spiritual father, Flip Wilson

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Photoverio #706: Up Against The Wall

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Throwing Shade
© Oliverio
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The 188th Bullet: Before The AfterLife

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 All of our discussions
about the AfterLife
occur before any of us
experience the AfterLife.
 
We talk about it
in the pre-AfterLife.
 
The "pre-after" chatter
has a cancelling effect.
 
We might as well discuss
17th Century Nabisco Crackers.
 
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Footnotes
is the copyrighted property
of LCSoL
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Saturday, September 16, 2023

It's A Simple Repair But ... (Comic Relief #5265)

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But I can recommend
a chiropractor
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This is Not A Cupholder

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It is
an anti-gravitational
bike rack
© Photoverio #705.5
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Friday, September 15, 2023

Some Things Are ... Some Things Aren't

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Some things are
some things aren't

Some live their life
running from
a warrant

Some things never
will be

Some things
never were
 
But we have 
4-legged mates
covered with fur
 
Love them
hug them
feed them
 
Never deny
we need them
 
Some things are YOU
some things are ME
 
Some things are blind
some things can see
 
When in doubt
call it
memory
*** 

© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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Thursday, September 14, 2023

From The Inimitable Communication Arts Magazine [1/2 2000]

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WIESLAW WALKUSKI
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An African Iris Speaks To The Human Race

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If you feel a need
to go to war
you can be sure
all the flowers
in the field
to death
they will yield
 
Myself included:
I can't be deluded

Why do you 
go to war?
 
Well...
This iris will tell 'ya
its your troubled
genitalia

Needing to penetrate
the enemy
and stain
the deep blue sea

Needing to proclaim
victory
where peace
should be

Needing to boast
that all else
is toast

Needing to hate
is just inability
to communicate

Needing to bomb
—and to bomb well—
this heaven on earth
is what you make hell

But the following
must be read:
 
Sweep the hate
in your head
with a broom
 
Sweep it into
a lockable room
(flavored with cumin)
allowing every human
and all flowers
to blossom
and bloom
🌼 🌼
 
© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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Photoverio #705: Shadow Play

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!!!
© Oliverio
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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Our First Choice Take-Out Dinner Food

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Quick, Easy + Delicious

© Oliverio ©            Panda Express

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Photoverio #704: Comedy Cameo

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At its core,
this rose 
is laughing
© Oliverio
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TREVANIAN Quote About The American

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The American can be brave
and self-sacrificing
in only short bursts.
 
That is why
Americans are better at war
than at responsible peace.

They can face danger
but not inconvenience.
They toxify their air 
to kill mosquitos.

They drain their energy sources
to provide themselves
with electric carving knives.

We must remember
there was always Coca-Cola
for the soldiers
in Viet Nam.
 
≈ TREVANIAN ≈

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Eye Candy And A Homonym

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Eye candy 
wraps around the arm
of a man
thrice its age
 
Her buxom image
could fill
this page

I candy
is blather about
me, myself and I

A wagging tongue
could fill
the sky
***

© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Photoverio #703: A Sunflower Named "VINCENT"

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*** © Oliverio ***
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No One Remembers "Stick Figure Funucci" (Comic Relief #5254)

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!!!
GARY LARSON
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