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I have a Dream ..... mural in Kings Street Newtown by Juilee Pryor

Behold, the dreamer cometh, / Come now thereforth / and let us slay him…. / and we shall see / what will become / of his dreams….. This is a picture taken in Newtown recently of a legendary mural that adorns the main throughfare, King street. Its a very old (painted in 1991) illegal bit of street art that has subsequently become an iconic part of the area. A very simple design. The face of Martin Luther King next to a large and now very faded reresentation of the world and under that are the first couple of words from a very famous speech given by Dr King. ’ I have a dream….”Underneath it is a representation of the Aboriginal flag. It was a wonderful speech and its a wonderful and enduring mural. It was painted all that time ago by two people who were both very damaged and maybe even a bit mad at the time. He was on the run from the law for a terrible crime and she had just been abandoned by her husband, leaving her destitute with three tiny children and an imminant eviction. They were both artists and met one day when they were both painting something on the side of a building on the same street. In their mutally recognized despair and confusion they decided to reach inside to somewere really deep and give a gift of themselves to all around in order to stave off the darkness that otherwise would have engulfed them and tumbled them right down into the pits of hell. Not far from where they were was a blank three story wall on the side of building on the main street. Perfect. So less than two weeks after they they had met they painted this great humanist message on the side of this building, knowing full well that they risked imprisonment for defacing the street with this simple but profound message of peace and love. And they poured it out over two days and two nights. Never even signed it but rather gave it as a gift to anyone who could see it for what it really meant. Then walked away in the silence of the night not really expecting much from it. But the people of Newtown took this gift in to their hearts and in the ensuing 18 years it has become one of the best loved and most iconic representations of this amazingly diverse and vibrant community. Almost a sacred symbol of Newtown really. Funny story this one. The artists never made a penny out of it and are not even really know for their own work but sometimes just sometimes one of them reflects on the inanity and shallowness of the artworld and wonders why she bothers and then she remembers that sometimes just sometimes the gift of the spirit moves in her and no matter how hard it all is sometimes …. that it really is worthwhile to give of yourself. That it can make a difference to work from the heart. And that thought helps her get through the next bit of time.
Libertad de expresion... by dmcart

Freedom of speech… This image is inspired by an historical event it took place yesterday in my country… After 26 years of not being able to rule a new Media Law to derogate the military dictatorship decrete, yesterday, the Senate made a new law!!!! / To me and many others it is a great historical time. To another part of the society is a black day… / It is becoming more and more usual in Latin American countries, while trying to make changes in the powers ruling for centuries in the region, that societies split in two…. / The Mass media around the world, a big corporation, watch our SouthAmerican Process with criticism and our goverments as populists… / For some of us, is becoming a great time to live in! / Watch the historical moment / Watch the peoples joy outside the Congress “Reproduzca esta información, hágala circular por los medios a su alcance: a mano, a máquina, a mimeógrafo, oralmente. Mande copias a sus amigos: nueve de cada diez las estarán esperando. Millones quieren ser informados. El terror se basa en la incomunicación. Rompa el aislamiento. Vuelva a sentir la satisfacción moral de un acto de libertad. Derrote el terror. Haga circular esta información.”R.Walsh
Remembrance of What Was II by DragonFlyer

All my own texture layers. I did not take, but have full rights to, the image of the child. The LARGE view should show more of the detail in this – thanks ;))) FEATURED IN ‘TEXTURES UNLIMITED’! FEATURED IN ‘DADA LAND’! FEATURED IN ‘ALL IN EDITING’!
walk this way by KreddibleTrout

probably within the first hundred shots taken with my first DSLR (Canon Rebel XT… x-tra trout) back in 2006.
Stratified by retepk

Stuck in a dark place surrounded by a fog that I cannot see.
Bring the candle to the flame by laurenrabbit

Sometimes it is best to work from back to front. / This year’s birthday came and went. I was never there.
"If it's not one thing...it's your MOTHER!!!...." by atomikboy

Enjoy.
photo loonies by Juilee Pryor

this was taken with my tiny lomo fisheye camera at the recent Ballarat International Foto Biennale… that’s me with a glass of best red in one hand and a leica digilux around my neck and the little lomo hanging ten under a group of possibly the some of the best damned photo tragic’s on the planet….. just for fun and just because I got the film…..(omg remember film!)..... back today…..:)
invisible by laurenrabbit

traditional film & darkroom. / 100% digital free.
A Stranger Among Us by titus

It’s hard to feel truly anonymous. This is how I’d like to spend a few days each week; a nameless, faceless figure who is accepted as an entity but not judged as a human being.

Recent Work

Flight of the Swallow by carlotta peacock

They come every year to have thier babies, travelling thousands of miles against the odds, this is my envisage of the flight of the swallows, over the ocean and land, desinged in uf5.2 two layers xxxxxxxxxxx /
obscured by shadows by KreddibleTrout

even behind the largest caster / in the grandest and darkest / shadow / called night / metaphorically or otherwise / it may cover us / wholly / but our capacity for hope / our capacity for compassion / and truth / still shines / big and glowing / it is how we’ve managed / this long without succumbing so now / we must back it with flood lights / kick up the generators within / and fuel it with our one truly renewable energy / cos it’s an ominous night we’ve been in / and to make it to dawn will take effort / and hope as seen in my calendar reality edited /
InkStinkt by Vasile Stan

07 November, 2009 —-
How Convenvient! by Denis Dalby

A trio of options for ‘spending a penny’ in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire.
marsha brady gets a gun by Juilee Pryor

another ledgendary Newtown mural on the side of a terrace house. A comment on contemporary culture and a vibrant bit of street art. Sadly this mural while still on the wall has been built out and is no longer visible. Lucky I’ve got the photo’s hey….
Marsha Brady gets a gun close up by Juilee Pryor

well just like it says in the title this is a closer view of this old and forgotten mural on Erskinville Road Newtown…from the vaults of time and annals of history comes this image…. it now longer exists having be redecorated out of existence by the new owners of the building. Still it was up for a few years which is pretty good for street art. / . / That’s my Dad my sister and my three lads checking it out… back in the day hey…..:) / . /
Love song by yanmos

detail / you may also like / www.yanmostees.com
Writing

Force out of work.…A week and a half ago I was forced to take a leave of absence due to a hernia of the stomach which is due to heavy lifting at work. A…

A week and a half ago I was forced to take a leave of absence due to a hernia of the stomach which is due to heavy lifting at work. A doctor gave me a profile that restricted me from doing any kind of work, other then sitting in a chair. So now I am sitting home out of work. I need a operation to fix the hernia, but I have to wait for two week until My company’s insurance investigates, and finds it to be work related. Then when they are done their investigation, then I can set up the operation. In the mean time I am not allowed to make any money,to support my self. So please pray that God will help all involved to come to a quick conclusion. Pray that I will be able to get this operation soon as possible , and recover quickly. And that I will get taken back to work. Pray that I will be able to meet my financial needs. Pray for peace of mine while I go through these troubled waters. I thank you for holding me up in prayer , For I don’t know how I will make it unless the hand of God will provide. Stephen J. Vattimo 11/6/2009
Ephemeral fields by retepk

Abstract born out of deconstructed photographic elements and tortured Photoshop-generated shapes and textures. / Inspired by a lot of music collage. Post industrial music from the late 80s and early 90s. OK I was playing some old cassettes believe it or not.
Graffitti Hall of Fame by Juilee Pryor

an unknown graffitti artist greets me as I arrive at the Graffitti Hall of Fame in the inner city industrial area of Alexandria. This is the place were I shot ‘Spirit of Sydney’! allthough I used a different model for that particular shot. ...:) / . /
"The Sense of..." VIII by DragonFlyer

Layered from my own images. O – this is another “naturally colour toned” image… Using a macro of the inside of an oyster shell. I really like this concept ;) The textures and tones should come up better LARGE :)

If Janco, Aragon, Arp, Morku-nas, Wood, Tzara, Bachelard, Giacometti, Cahun, Herzfelde, Malkine and their peers and their students influenced your view on art and your art. Then this group should hold a special interest. For this group is to pay tribute to DaDaism one of the most influential schools of art that influenced much of the 20th Century’s artists. The artists of this movement and artists influenced by this movement have created some of the world’s best known 20th Century art, as well as influenced many artists of the later part of the 20th Century as well as the beginning of the 21st Century. Let’s discuss and show how this movement has influenced you in creating your art.

Please keep things positive and cheerful. The Bubble has shown that keeping a professional and positive attitude can work in the cyber art community.
Other Redbubble Groups that either have roots that spring forth from the DaDa movement or are closely related:

Pop Art, Surrealism, Art Inspired by Dreams, Collective Collage, Mixed Media, Object Studies & Concepts, Boolean Art, Abstract Art, Minimalism, Spiritual Art, Collaboral Damage, Psychedelic Art & Design