The Invitation

What I want to know about you ...

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your life's longing.

It doesn't interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon.
I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have been shriveled and closed from fear of further pain.

I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, or to remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn't interest me if the story you're telling me is true.
I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself, if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray you own soul.

I want to know if you can be faithful and therefore be trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see beauty even when it is not pretty everyday, and if you can source your life from God's presence.

I want to know if you can live with the failure, yours or mine, and still stand on the edge of a lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, 'Yes'!

It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done for the children.

It doesn't interest interest me where or what or with whom you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone with yourself, and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.

It doesn't interest me who you are, how you came to be here.

I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.

That, I want to know.

One of the last batch of Poserworx I've made ... I L*O*V*E* the doggies. :-)
And a few linx for the art lovers http://www.neen.org/wb/w/pages/index.htm and http://www.larrycarlson.com/ the rest I'll save for later.
A bit about me ... I'm recovering from a cold that didn't turn into a flue because I take about 3 grams vitamine C each day .... and some B complex & foliumacid I think it's called in English.
At http://avalokita.deviantart.com is my latest Poserwork to be seen.
Oh, and here's a weblog in Dutch that I find very sweet and interesting, but that's because it's written by a very, dear, old friend whom I love (and his family & especially Snowowl his wife) very much. Frankslog: http://www.frankslog.nl .. it just would be nice if people would go through this link to his log .... o well ;-)

The Stranglers, Golden Brown

Golden brown texture like sun
Lays me down with my mind she runs
Throughout the night
No need to fight
Never a frown with golden brown

Every time just like the last
On her ship tied to the mast
To distant lands
Takes both my hands
Never a frown with golden brown

Golden brown finer temptress
Through the ages she's heading west
From far away
Stays for a day
Never a frown with golden brown

OFF-LINE

It´s been some time since I wrote something inhere...
But it isn´t my fault !
Unfortunately, VERY unfortunately, my provider made a mistake while trying to upgrade my account to a faster one .... result: No connection and no outlook on a quick recovery of the line.
This of course infuriates me ... I can´t answer mails or comments properly, and I´m still working on that site ... yeah right !
If you wanna see how far I´ve come, go have a look here http://quizpel.nl .
Well, that`s it for now ... I´m on someone elses PC... gotta go, but hope to talk to you all on-line soon !

Funstuff

Just some fun lines I found in a Journal on-line.
Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
Drink 'till she's cute, but stop before the wedding.
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
Early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
I'm not cheap, but I am on special this week.
I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met.
I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.
I intend to live forever - so far, so good.
I love defenseless animals, especially in a good gravy.
If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends ?
If you ain't makin' waves, you ain't kickin' hard enough !
Mental backup in progress - Do Not Disturb !
Mind Like A Steel Trap - Rusty And Illegal In 37 States.
Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of.
Support bacteria - they're the only culture some people have.
Televangelists: The Pro Wrestlers of religion.
The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes.
When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.
Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you.
If I worked as much as others, I would do as little as they.
Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder...
24 hours in a day ... 24 beers in a case ...coincidence ?
If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
Many people quit looking for work when they find a job.
Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.
When I'm not in my right mind, my left mind gets pretty crowded.
Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.
Boycott shampoo! Demand the REAL poo !
If you choke a smurf, what color does it turn ?
Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk ?
What happens if you get scared half to death twice ?
Energizer Bunny arrested, charged with battery.
I poured Spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone.
I used to have an open mind but my brains kept falling out.
I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.
Shin: a device for finding furniture in the dark.
How do you tell when you run out of invisible ink ?
Join the Army, meet interesting people, kill them.
Laughing stock: cattle with a sense of humor.
Why do psychics have to ask you for your name ?
Wear short sleeves! Support your right to bare arms !
For Sale: Parachute. Only used once, never opened, small stain.
OK, so what's the speed of dark ?
Corduroy pillows: They're making headlines !
Black holes are where God divided by zero.
All those who believe in psychokinesis raise my hand.
I tried sniffing Coke once, but the ice cubes got stuck in my nose.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away... so does having no medical insurance.
I really think the Mars Rover is scouting for the next Wal-Mart Superstore site.
Death is life's way of telling you you've been fired.
What we could really use is the separation of Bush and state.
Never play strip poker with a nudist, they have nothing to lose.
If you can't read this, you're illiterate.
It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it.
He who hesitates is boss.
As they say at the Planned Parenthood Clinic, better late than never.

Mother of Pearl, the artwork

A couple of posts ago I had an entry called 'Mother of Pearl' the photo.
I guess this post should be named 'Mother of Pearl' the artwork/poserwoman.
You really should full view this one, the details give it a much better quality.
It's one of my earlier Poser worx but I still like it.
Do you ?

Work

 
Here's an impression of what I want to do with the Quizpel site.
You see I've been asked to make a site for a new small bussiness, it's a dog walk service.
That's like when you don't have the time to walk your dog yourself,(because of work for instance)this guy goes to the forrest every day with your dog for you.
So, now he has asked me to make his site, and I'm very thrilled about that.
Not only because it makes me some money, but also because it's been so long ago since I've made a site.
Well, I know I need the practise, because I've also been asked to maintain another site ... this one here: NONUDO 

Curiosity kills time

Now click THIS !

Intelligent Crowz

Mythical birds ... you should read what Carlos Castaneda's teacher Don Juan says about them ...
Magical Crows indeed ... look at this: http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/crow/weirmovie.mov

Google me !

When searching Google on the word "Movements" (the name of my site) I get 67.100.000 results .... my site is on the 13 place !
Now thats nice isn't it ? I've got a little trick to score that high though. ;-)

Fossile

This stock photo, was one of the last I did for Resurgere stock ... a wonderful stock account with the most lovely stock & textures in it's collection.

Blue shell

I just HAD to put this last shell picture up.... because of it's colors. I didn't use any additional lighting and I swear it is the same shell interiour I've been shooting for years now. But this dark blue color I've never again been able to shoot ... sigh ...

Stock photo set

If you think "This is a wonderful set of photographs", have a look here this is where you can download the entire package. Ok, ok .. just for the real fans ! ;-)

Shellz and even more Shellz

Another one of these shell pictures, I like them a lot myself.. :-)

Mother of Pearl .. the photo

Oh, btw, these pictures are made by me of course, but can you see it's Mother of pearl ?

Sandman

This is an absolute beautiful link, click it.
http://media.ebaumsworld.com/index.php?e=sandsicaf.wmv

Chains

When walking the dogs Chris & I found this thuroughly rusted chain at a roadwork site.

About Children

And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, "Speak to us of Children."
And he said:
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.

PS: The photo is digitally manipulated by me,
if you look closely, you can see my family hidden in the roses.

Dahlia's

There's a big garden near the little church a few streets away from my house.
The old men that grow their flowers there are members of a Dahlia growers club, so the Dahlias (like the name of a fifties pop band)they grow are stunning.
That and the fact that they're my absolute favorite flower make me a thankful customer of the garden, and whenever it's open I'm very happy to buy flowers there.
So here's a photo of these beauties ...
God, I'm a real flower lover ... nature's so important for me ....
It's a f*cking shame that I'm living in the city right now.
But hey ... I'm not complaining, it's just that I think it's about time for me to live in a somewhat healthier environment.
And I will ... after Vincent finishes his school(s)here.
OK ... time to wrap this post up, have a nice evening/day, whatever suits your time frame.
*Ellen blows kiss*

Me again

Hmmm ... this is a little more recent picture of me, although I look terrible the last years ... overweighted & sadness carved in the lines of my face.