Hey YOU!

A  L  O  H  A !

 “And at home

 by the fire,

 whenever you look up

 there I shall be—

 and whenever I look up, 

there will be you. "

 Thomas Hardy,

 Far from the Madding Crowd

 Hello down there!

 Yeah You!

Reserve that spot,

 OK?

Bye Now!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Serious Shmerious

A  L  O  H  A !

"Take everything you like 

seriously,

except yourselves."

        Rudyard Kipling

But seriously,

THANKS

for visiting.

Your comments are most valued

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Traditional Polynesian Tattooing - TATAU

A  L  O  H  A !

Saturday, I went to the Tattoo Expo.

Here is a contemporary tattooing scene,

see the tattoo guns

 in the artists' hands?

I specifically went to observe

traditional Polynesian Tatau methods.

Tatau refers to the sound of tapping.

 "The word "tattoo" was brought to Europe 

by the explorer James Cook,

 when he returned in 1771

 from his first voyage to Tahiti and New Zealand.

 In his narrative of the voyage,

 he refers to an operation called "tattaw" 

Wikipedia

(Play Da Song)

These ladies are doing traditional tattooing 
without machines

She is tapping the inked "comb"

with a tapping stick. Tap. . . Tap. . .

Tap. . . .

Gloves and sanitary rules are in effect,

and see, her comb is metal!

This artist is doing Samoan Tattooing.

See the movement-

click on his card

The tapping stick
 is ghostly in this shot

Keone Nunes has breathed new life

 into the Hawaiian Tattoo.

His tribal patterns MEAN something,

 honoring his

ancestors and culture.

LINK

Concentration

His hand tools look 
much as they might have

in pre-contact Hawaii

Polynesian Tattooing

 takes a "village"

Some folks had more fun

 than others.

Hear and see some action:

THANKS for Visiting!

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Light Bearer Sunday

A  L  O  H  A !

" The hero. . . 

kindles a great light in the world. . . 

sets up blazing torches

in the dark streets of life. .  . 

walks through the dark paths

of the world

 (being) a light. "

Felix Adler

Thanks, Friend

for Bringing YOUr Light

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Island Style Ka Iwi Coastline

A  L  O  H  A !
   
                                 Click these photos to enlarge :)

Koko Head Crater

The People of Hawaii 

have fought to preserve

 the Ka Iwi Coastline

of East Oahu.

Feels like driving
the edge of eternity.

Magnificent churning waters, foaming, leaping!

Coves, crevices, a fountaining Blow Hole.

President Obama came here as a boy.

Kamehameha the Great

landed his war canoes here

on his conquest of Oahu.

Ka Iwi means: "The Bones"
You can commune with the bones
of the island itself,
and perhaps discover
your own spine,
or even if you
possess one.

It is a vast space

that also feels intimate

and eternal

while very much

in the moment.

People

 from all over the world 

stop to admire

 Ka Iwi

Click pic to see neighbor islands

On a clear day, 

you can see the isle of Moloka`i,

and sometimes even Lanai

as above.

Voyagers in sailing canoes

inhabited these islands.

LINK

It is a place

 for solitude,

 sightseeing, 

for friends.

Humans are dwarfed,

as in Asian art.

" Here shall be

 eternal summer

 in the grateful heart. "

Celia Thaxter

Koko Head - other side

Today you are in a special club:

you have seen Ka Iwi!

(+=)

Thanks for visiting today!

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Mad Naked Whitman

A  L  O  H  A !

"Don’t just be yourself.

 Be all of your selves."

 Joss Whedon

" Press close,

 bare-bosomed Night! 

Press close,

 magnetic,

nourishing Night!

Night of south winds!  

Night of the large, few stars!

Still, nodding Night!  

Mad, naked, Summer Night! "

Walt Whitman

Great! 

How am I supposed to follow 

THAT?!

=^..^=

' Take Peace & Smiles - Leave Your Comment '

Thanks for visiting!

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Hawaiian Sky Dragon Details

A  L  O  H  A !

Photos all Click-able

 Pinky Puffys

" I can be jubilant one moment 
and pensive the next,
 and a cloud could go by 
and make that happen. "

Bob Dylan
on the power of clouds

 Glowing-Joe the Camel

" A camel 

makes an elephant 

feel like a jet plane. "

Jackie Kennedy 

 Chinese Emperor's Throne Room Screen:

" Dragons and Phoenix "

" Better a living beggar 

than a buried emperor. "

Jean de La Fontaine 

Two Dragons - Detail 

"If the sky could dream,

 it would dream of dragons."

Ilona Andrews 

=^..^=

Today

the Sky

can speak

for me!

It's saying:

How glad we are

to see you!

Thanks, Flyers

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