Day 14 - Isaac

"A picture of someone I could never imagine my life without."

 My grand-nephew/godson!

Day 13 - Poppies

"A picture of my favorite summer flower."

Poppies!

Day 12 - Persistence of Memory

"A picture of something I love."

"The Persistence of Memory" 1931

Salvador Dali

"What are often interpreted as melting clocks are actually a combination of clocks and cheese. Dali himself once commented that the mind and time are like "cheese" that are full of holes (unreliable). In his painting, Dali seems to point out that memory can be deceiving.

"Portions of the painting are hidden in shadow while others are well lit. Of particular consideration is the presence of two identical rocks (one to the left of the tree and the other below the rocky hills) and their shadows. Without the light, the rock to the left of the tree would not actually have a shadow. This points to the accuracy of memory when it comes to irrelevant details and memory's slippery hold on the main subject.

"Ants are shown to be attacking a clock in the lower left corner of the painting. This is often interpreted as being a different idea in the same painting (very common in Dali's works). The ants attacking the clock signify the nervousness and anxiety often associated with time.

"Salvador Dali often gave detailed (yet incorrect) interpretations of his works in order to confuse critics and art lovers. By doing this, he meant to encourage multiple interpretations of the same work based on how people (and minds) related them to their own experiences."

Analysis from http://www.ehow.com/facts_5161691_meaning-persistence-memory.html.

Day 11 - Eggplant

"A picture of something I hate."

EGGPLANT!

(A purple vegetable should taste beautiful!)

Day 10 - Wu_Wei

"A picture of my best friend with 10 facts."

Wu_Wei

1. She's an incredible photographer.

2. She has a Ph.D.

3. She cleaned my windshield with contact solution.

4. She has beautiful tattoos.

5. She made a 3-D balloon sculpture of a grape cluster that was about 10+ feet long.

6. She introduced me to the internet.

7. She lived in "the armpit of the nation."

8. She's highly intelligent.

9. She loves lizards.

10. She shares her order of pumpkin cheesecake!

Day 9 - Sisters, Sisters

"A picture of the person who has gotten me through the most."

My sisters!
(I know, that's two people.)

Day 8 - Costume and Personality

"A picture that makes me laugh."

Me at about 30 years old.
This makes me smile, rather than laugh,
because it captures a facet of my personality
that I seem to have lost along the way.

Day 7 - Heirloom Platter

"A picture of my most treasured item."

 My great-grandmother, Mathilde Emilie,
brought cookies on this small platter
to my grandmother, Martha Marie,
when her youngest child was born.
My mother remembered it well.

(This was a really tough one: I have so many treasured items! My Bible, my mother's cedar chest made by her brother in high school shop class, my embroidered "birth certificate" done by my aunt, my mother's christening certificate, the Prayer Shawl crocheted for me by my sister, the book Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, autographed by Joan Fontaine and Lawrence Olivier, given to me by my other sister...the list goes on!)

Day 6 - Melissa

"A picture of a person I'd like to trade places with for a day."

Melissa Thornburg-Rocha

Artist and Friend

I'd like to experience her awesome talent

for just one day!

http://www.melissastudio.com/

3rd Intifada

What is Apple thinking?! We finally got Facebook to remove the Third Intifada page because it was a clear incitement to violence and racial war. And now Apple has an app for that?!

"The Jerusalem Post"

Israel asks Apple to remove '3rd intifada' application
By HERB KEINON
06/21/2011 18:38

Yuli Edelstein in letter to Steve Jobs: 'Application calls for uprising against Israel, iPad apps should not be instrument for incitement to violence.'

Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Minister Yuli Edelstein sent a letter Tuesday to Apple CEO Steve Jobs requesting that the computer giant remove an application called the '3rd intifada' that gives information about protest activities, some of them violent, planned against Israel.

The same organization, Edelstein wrote, opened a Facebook page three months ago 'calling for an uprising against the State of Israel by use of lethal force, while using hateful material based on wild and groundless accusations.'

Edelstein said that Facebook removed the page after it became convinced of the page's 'harmful nature' and its potential of leading to the loss of life.

'I believe Apple, as a pioneering and progressive company, places the values of liberty, freedom of expression and creativity as a guiding light,' Edelstein wrote. 'Also, as a leader in its area, I am convinced that you are aware of this type of application's ability to unite many toward an objective that could be disastrous.'

Edelstein called on the company to remove the application and continue in its tradition of applications 'dedicated to purely entertainment and informative purposes and not serve as a instrument for incitement to violence.'

For basic information on the 3rd Intifada, click here.