Other People

A  L  O  H  A !

 " Knowing 

your own darkness

 is the best method

 for dealing with

 the darknesses of 

other people.”

 Carl Gustav Jung 

“You can make more friends

 in two months

 by becoming more interested

 in other people 

than you can

 in two years 

by trying to get 

people interested in 

you”

 Dale Carnegie

“ The easiest thing to be in the world

 is you. 

The most difficult thing to be 

is what other people 

want you to be.

 Don't let them 

put you in that position.”

 Leo F. Buscaglia 

“ We must not allow 

other people's limited perceptions 

to define us ”

 Virginia Satir 

" Other People"

is a story we tell

to ourselves -

 - Too often

we "shoehorn" others

into the roles

that we have 

chosen for them.

My wish for you, Friend,

is for YOUr uniqueness

to flourish!

Thanks for your

comments :)

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Someone Who Knows You Are A

A  L  O  H  A !

" In the end 

you don't so much find yourself -

- as you find someone

 who knows who you are. "

Robert Brault

" You have to 

accept the fact

 that sometimes you are

 the pigeon, 

and sometimes you are 

the statue. "

Claude Chabrol 

Thanks for Visiting -

You are ALL

welcome as Eagles

                       here !                

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New Ones

A  L  O  H  A !

" Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers,

 we outgrow acquaintances,

 libraries, principles, etc.,

 at times before

 they're worn out 

and times

 - and this is the worst of all - 

- before we have

 new ones. "

G.C. Lichtenberg

A New Friend
is a
Welcome Enigma

Thanks for resting here for a while,
FRIEND!
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Drops Baby

 A  L  O  H  A ! 

click on photos to enlarge

" Time itself comes in drops. "

William James 

" Tears of joy

 are like the summer rain drops 

pierced by sunbeams. "


Hosea Ballou 

" Humanity is an ocean;

if a few drops of 

the ocean are dirty,

 the ocean does not 

become dirty. "


Mahatma Gandhi 

“In one drop of water are found

 all the secrets

 of all the oceans; 

in one aspect of You

 are found all the aspects

 of existence.”


 Kahlil Gibran

" Some people walk in the rain, 

others just get wet. "

Roger Miller 

" Clouds symbolize the veils

 that shroud God. "



Honore De Balzac 



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Thanks for "Dropping" by!

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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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