Sand Art

A link in an e-mail from one of my sisters..

SandFantasy

Stages

I tried to resist sketching this, but little pencils laying around kept telling me to pick them up:)

I found while drawing this, I see so much more in the image then I did when I first looked upon it, like how I see a little seal now instead of two dolphins and how intent they are on the mermaid, and that she seems to be showing them the way to the surface and how the dolphin seems to be giving her an air bubble.

I find myself wishing to know more about mermaids and sea-creatures as well, and how when I am listening to Enya’s music it somehow inspires me to try and get this right.

and.. I do like seeing this sketch from afar too:) I see better what I wish to change than I do when I look at the drawing flat on a table.

I just hope the one who originally drew this picture does not mind me using it as a reference, and I hope the pencils will not feel bad without their erasers.

Happiness

Enya – Orinoco Flow

Bluevoices

What Children Know

I have been thinking about dolphins lately, and came across this site through YouTube.
http://www.bluevoice.org/

I loved watching their videos, reading their stories and their philosophy, especially what was said in the last paragraph. I had intended to post another video of theirs, ‘Where dolphins meet sharks’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXWIHFRjgvA

and is very beautiful to watch, but this one above is so beautiful as well.

THE BLUEVOICE PHILOSOPHY

For some twenty five years members of the BlueVoice team have worked both to end the killing of dolphins and whales and to explore the universe of dolphins in the open sea. We oppose keeping dolphins in captivity as we would oppose capturing human beings for display in circus-like shows. Ample evidence now exists to show that dolphins are highly intelligent, social and sentient animals with brains and minds of equal magnitude to those of humans. Our films have brought this point of view to millions of viewers around the world. We have spent hundreds of days at sea with dolphins, killer whales and sperm whales. We have experienced dolphins protecting us from sharks, met newborn calves and swum eye-to-eye with these magnificent animals from the Bahamas to Norway’s fjords to the Galapagos Islands. For all of us the work to protect dolphins and whales is very personal. We are dedicated to informing the world about the marvel of these animals and ending the threats to their lives.

At a time in history when we are constructing the world’s most sophisticated communications infrastructure on the internet we are dangerously neglecting the “infrastructure” which supports life on our planet. This is particularly true in the marine environment. Life in the oceans is in serious jeopardy and none of it is “backed up.” If it is destroyed it will not be recoverable.

Double Helix Nebula

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060315175226.htm

when I read that this is likened to DNA, I think of it as how stars are born, and I came across this little quote.

Wishing on a Star

Ancient wisdom traditions teach that stars are vastly evolved beings whose radiance gives life, light and power to aid evolution. Perhaps the ancients understood a form of stellar wisdom which has been lost to history, and we might enrich and empower ourselves by returning to a visceral connection to the sky. As the ancient Egyptians said in texts to the deceased pharaoh, “May you seize the sky.”

A reference to rubber bands :) from the article above.

“We know the galactic center has a strong magnetic field that is highly ordered and that the magnetic field lines are oriented perpendicular to the plane of the galaxy,” Morris said. “If you take these magnetic field lines and twist them at their base, that sends what is called a torsional wave up the magnetic field lines.

“You can regard these magnetic field lines as akin to a taut rubber band,” Morris added. “If you twist one end, the twist will travel up the rubber band.”

Helix Nebula

http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_041217.html

In viewing images of astronomy I came across this one, and thought it so beautiful to post on Valentine’s Day. It is in the constellation Aquarius as well

A few Hearts

of our Earth, may these and all other heart links not become broken

and maybe this moon has a heart as well?

http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=5275

A juice feast

from this site,

http://loverawfood.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/juice-feasting/

a link to a global juice feast

http://www.juicefeasting.com/CurrentProjects/GlobalJuiceFeast2008/tabid/76/Default.aspx

I am thinking I might join in on this:) but it maybe only for 30 days.