About Me
A world so beautiful captured in dual mediums. An expression of the natural wonders and also the art in architecture created by man, the remnants and legacy of our history. The Parthenon, the Coliseum and Brandenburgh Gate, these still stand, a memory, a marker of history. The works of Michelangelo, timeless, genius gifted by God, yet, still tells the story of the renaissance, the rebirth and forever inspires us.
Interests
Art, literature, travel, architecture, science, economics, statistics and history...exploring the relationship between all of these through time.
The People That Need Our HelpI am very concerned with the world of today and think we all need to do more to help the plight of $68.5 million world-wide people displaced from their homes. Please join us and Share the Journey: https://www.devp.org/en/education/fall2018
The World That Needs Our HelpGod gave a us a great masterpiece, this Earth. We are guardians of this gift and it is from Water we came.
Pope Francis writes eloquently about the importance of the oceans and our dependence on them (and them on us) in his landmark encyclical Laudato Si’, "Some countries have made significant progress in establishing sanctuaries on land and in the oceans where any human intervention is prohibited which might modify their features or alter their original structures. In the protection of biodiversity, specialists insist on the need for particular attention to be shown to areas richer both in the number of species and in endemic, rare or less protected species. Certain places need greater protection because of their immense importance for the global ecosystem, or because they represent important water reserves and thus safeguard other forms of life. In tropical and subtropical seas, we find coral reefs comparable to the great forests on dry land, for they shelter approximately a million species, including fish, crabs, molluscs, sponges and algae. Many of the world’s coral reefs are already barren or in a state of constant decline. "Who turned the wonderworld of the seas into underwater cemeteries bereft of colour and life?" This phenomenon is due largely to pollution which reaches the sea as the result of deforestation, agricultural monocultures, industrial waste and destructive fishing methods, especially those using cyanide and dynamite. It is aggravated by the rise in temperature of the oceans. All of this helps us to see that every intervention in nature can have consequences which are not immediately evident, and that certain ways of exploiting resources prove costly in terms of degradation which ultimately reaches the ocean bed itself. Greater investment needs to be made in research aimed at understanding more fully the functioning of ecosystems and adequately analyzing the different variables associated with any significant modification of the environment. Because all creatures are connected, each must be cherished with love and respect, for all of us as living creatures are dependent on one another. Each area is responsible for the care of this family. This will require undertaking a careful inventory of the species which it hosts, with a view to developing programmes and strategies of protection with particular care for safeguarding species heading towards extinction." My Other Websites
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