The G^2 Argentinian remix with hands photographed by my cousin Leino in Montreal
23 responses to “The flickr of the moth”
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You made the lovely moth pose for the picture on your hands…. Wow…
Magical like fireworks…
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It is a wonderful piece of art.
I am talking about his hands, of course. It reminded me (since I first saw them) of this other masterpiece from the great Dürer:
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oh, I came back to ask you to please give your hands to the Hands to the S.E. Asia Group and I am so glad to see you already did it. Thank you.
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amazing image, love the softness of the skin mixed with the crisp clear moth 🙂
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Moth shot with an artistic touch. Well, VERY artistic and very well done. A favorite.
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Love the way the softness of the hands in the shape of a heart plays in concert with the perceived ‘flickr’ing of the wings…like a heartbeat
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Sí, sí. That is, a consultancy firm in Spain. Launching the website soon. The firm owner printed the hands for her office too. =)
We also used this pic of yours as the soft background image:
She chose both pictures herself as she saw them in my blog and asked me about them. "How funny…!", thought I. 0-)
Her name is Purificación ("purification") …I think her apparition in my life and her selections and deeds so far convey some message. =)
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this summer i finally met my cousin’s girlfriend who was in Thailand during this horrible event.
she talked about her experience…
i posted a photo in the HANDS ACROSS ASIA group with the story that my mom in San Francisco had a ‘funny feeling’ that eve and called her brother in Switzerland. He answered in a panic. He told us that our cousin, and daughter, and girlfriend were in Phuket when the tsunami hit.
there were many kind comments and concerns for them (and us) during their terrifying experience. she started to cry and she wanted me to thank everyone who commented and was concerned for their safety….
i told her about the HANDS ACROSS ASIA group and she was so touched that people cared for people that they did not know so far away …
"one never knows how close one is to an experience across the world…sometimes it can touch you in ways that one can never imagine, such as, we did not know that you (our cousins) were on vacation there at this horrible moment.’, i said.
she recounted the horror.
their hotel was on the beach with a small sandbar in the ocean in front of it. the hotel had three sections, the first was the restaurant and bungalos on the beach, then the second section of the hotel was behind it, and then the main hotel behind the two other sections.
they were susposed to have the bungalo on the beach but it was overbooked, so they were placed in the third section of the hotel in a suite. that morning they were to have breakfast on the beach, but decided to do a walk in the mountains…they packed breakfast and jumped in their rented jeep and left…
they returned near their hotel seconds before the disaster
they saw everything from the road above the beach
the first wave hit the sandbar which blocked inital damage to the main hotel but took it took out the bungalos and everyone on the beach.
the second wave hit the next part of the hotel wiping it out.
the third wave was the biggest and took out the third part of the hotel and things much further back….
my cousin, his girlfriend and his kid saw this all when they were driving back to the hotel…they turned the jeep around and went to the airport where they waited three days before being lifted out
(the first flights out were for the injured)(on the way to the airport they also picked up two canadian tourists who were out for a walk in the mountains)
they said it was sheer chaos trying to get to the airport. the hotel only had two buses to evacuate guests after the first wave hit. the buses could not hold everyone…if my cousins did not go on a mountain hike, and if they did not have their rented jeep, they might not of made it on the bus out. to say nothing of being on the beach at that time.
the cell phones did not work so they could not contact anyone. two days later, they were able to use a military phone for 30 seconds to call and tell their dad they were ok.
they are still friends with the canadians they drove to the airport after these many years
merci thank you to all the flickr community who contributed to this heartfelt group
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