علی اکبر صادقی، تاریخ خلق اثر ۱۳۸۹،اکرلیک نقره و طلا بر روی بوم، ابعاد: ۲۲۰ در۹۰ سانتیمتر
Animal Hunt
Unwritten Collection
220 x 90 cm
Ink, Acrylic, Gold & Silver Leaf on Canvas
Collection: AS
2010

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چو دوری چند رفت از عیش سازی
پدید آمد نشان بوس و بازی
خسرو و شیرین نظامی گنجوی، رقم میرزا آقا امامی، گواش، آبرنگ و طلا بر روی کاغذ وچرم، مورخ ۱۳۰۸هجری شمسی، نقاشی ۱۴۹ × ۹۸ سانتی متر؛ اندازه قاب ۱۸۴ × ۱۳۱ سانتی متر، مجموعه خصوصی سوئیس.
Haj Mirza Aqa Imami (1880-1955) Shirin in a landscape holding a wine bottle and porcelain cup, Iran, circa 1930 gouache and gold on leather, elaborate cut-work borders in leather, gilded and painted in polychrome, the borders with verses from Nizami's Khusraw va Shirin in naskhi script in white on a green ground within panels, with six further scenes of Shirin and Khusraw within cartouches and cusped medallions against a brown ground with intertwining vegetal and floral motifs, birds, hunting dogs and other animals in their natural habitat, the painted wood frame profusely decorated in the Safavid style in polychrome with hunting scenes, youths reclining in landscapes, and palace scenes, the frame with ropework edge painting 105 x 55 cm.; with borders 149 x 95 cm.; total size with frame 184 x 131 cm. FOOTNOTES Provenance: Swiss private collection. Inscriptions: in the borders, verses from Nizami's Khusraw va Shirin; and the signature raqam-e kamtarin mirza aqa emami esfahani, 'Drawn by the most humble Mirza Aqa Imami Isfahani'. Haji Mirza Aqa Imami was born in Isfahan in 1880 and spent his youth following his father's profession, studying theology, but left the subject to study art with Sani' Homayun in Tehran, where he learnt the art of painting and illumination. On his return to Isfahan, he taught students such as Husayn Khata'i and Mahmud Farshchiyan. He was the artist who started the revival of Safavid style in Isfahan, looking in particular at the work of Reza 'Abbasi and Muhammad Shafi'. He died at the age of 75.
چو دوری چند رفت از عیش سازی
پدید آمد نشان بوس و بازی
همان جفته نهاد آن سیم ساقش
به جفتی دیگر از خود کرد طاقش
ملک نقل دهان آلوده می‌خورد
به امید شکر پالوده می‌خورد
چو لشگر بر رحیل افتاد شب را
ملک پرسید باز آن نوش لب را
که چون من هیچ مهمانی رسیدت؟
بدین رغبت کسی در بر کشیدت؟
جوابی شکرینش داد شکر
که پارم بود یاری چون تو در بر
جز آن کان شخص را بوی دهان بود
تو خوشبوئی ازین به چون توان بود
ملک گفتا چو بینی عیب هر چیز
ببین عیب جمال خویشتن نیز
بپرسیدش که عیب من کدامست
کز آن عیب این نکوئی زشت نامست
جوابش داد کان عیب است مشهور
که یکساعت ز نزدیکان نه‌ای دور
چو دور چرخ با هر کس بسازی
چو گیتی را همه کس عشق بازی
نگارین مرغی ای تمثال چینی
چرا هر لحظه بر شاخی نشینی
غلاف نازکی داری دریغی
که هر ساعت کنی بازی به تیغی
جوابش داد شکر کای جوانمرد
چه پنداری کزین شکر کسی خورد؟

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Wild South Africa
Kruger National Park

The Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta), is a remarkable wading bird who is so named as its head shape, curved bill and back crest resembles a hammer.

Tags:   Leon Molenaar South Africa Kruger National Park Wildlife /nature reserve Wild Animals Natural habitat wading bird Bird Hamerkop bird Sunrays+5 coth5 Nature Through The Lens

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We lost Gordon Lightfoot yesterday. Many folks remember his wonderful music. I listened to “If You Could Read My Mind” while I edited this image.

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music.

He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. He has been referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter and was known internationally as a folk-rock legend.
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The Jellyfish:

Image captured at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California.

Jellyfish have drifted along on ocean currents for millions of years, even before dinosaurs lived on the Earth. The jellylike creatures pulse along on ocean currents and are abundant in cold and warm ocean water, in deep water, and along coastlines.

Jellyfish have tiny stinging cells in their tentacles to stun or paralyze their prey before they eat them. Inside their bell-shaped body is an opening that is its mouth. They eat and discard waste from this opening.

As jellyfish squirt water from their mouths they are propelled forward. Tentacles hang down from the smooth baglike body and sting their prey.

Jellyfish stings can be painful to humans and sometimes very dangerous. But jellyfish don't purposely attack humans. Most stings occur when people accidentally touch a jellyfish, but if the sting is from a dangerous species, it can be deadly. Jellyfish digest their food very quickly. They wouldn't be able to float if they had to carry a large, undigested meal around.

They dine on fish, shrimp, crabs and tiny plants. Sea turtles relish the taste of jellyfish. Some jellyfish are clear, but others are in vibrant colors such as pink, yellow, blue, and purple, and often are luminescent. The Chinese have fished jellyfish for 1,700 years. They are considered a delicacy and are used in Chinese medicine.

(Nikon, 105/2.8 Macro Lens, 1/125 @ f/3.0, ISO 6400, edited to taste)

Tags:   Nikon Aquarium Jellyfish Don

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