"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees..."
- Emiliano Zapata
Thursday, 23 December 2010
Thursday, 25 November 2010
Light up the Sky
An unexpected fireworks display in Wolverhampton Town Centre last night.
I just about managed to scramble my camera and tripod to the window to capture this shot! =)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Photographs
2 random shots from my trip to Birmingham:
The Harvey Nichols shop display here was absolutely stunning, the amount of effort they put into window marketing is extraordinary.
The Harvey Nichols shop display here was absolutely stunning, the amount of effort they put into window marketing is extraordinary.
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Waiting
Filmed from the window of a Ryanair landing at Dublin Airport. This a time lapse video - 13 minutes of footage squeezed into 1 minute.
Part of my research for a project at University. =)
Friday, 15 October 2010
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Light
An experiment in relation to a project at university.
5 glass Coke bottles, 5 long exposure shots with a tripod, 1 laser, and some colour tinkering in Photoshop.
The theme for the project is 'light' - I spent a while trying out different techniques with my camera and my laser in a dark room. The results have been pretty funky so far! I'm going to keep going with it and see where it takes me. =D
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
Dreams
Another photograph of mine from back home in Ireland.
Glorious sunset, taken near my house.
My chosen theme for one of my university modules is 'Dreams'.
I think it is quite open and could be quite fun, seeing as how dreams are one of the few things in life that seem to throw up different kinds of responses from each person.
I personally dream about helicopters a lot. They don't necessarily take center stage in my dreams, but they are often featured in some way or at some point, usually not long before I wake up. A quick bit of research on helicopters appearing in dreams shows that it apparently indicates fulfilled ambition. =D
Anyway,
That doesn't help with ideas at all.
Sunday, 3 October 2010
Saturday, 2 October 2010
What to write about?
Struggling to find a concrete idea for my Graphic Communication related dissertation. :(
Friday, 1 October 2010
Oidheadh Chlainne Lir
Derravaragh Lake, Westmeath, Ireland.
Derravaragh Lake is best known for its connection with the Irish legend of the Children of Lír (Irish: Oidheadh Chlainne Lír). According to the legend, after being turned into swans, the four children of King Lír spent 300 years on Lough Derravaragh before moving to the Straits of Moyle for 300 years, (between Ireland and Scotland), 300 years on the Atlantic by Erris and Inisglora. The enchantment would end, when a woman from the south would mate a man from the north.
Oidheadh Chlainne Lír
Oidheadh Chlainne Lír (The Children of Lir) is an Irish legend. The original Irish title is Clann Lir or Leannaí Lir, but Lir is the genitive case of Lear. Lir is more often used as the name of the character in English. The legend is part of the Irish Mythological Cycle, which consists of numerous prose tales and poems found in medieval manuscripts.
Bodb Dearg (the red) was elected king of the Tuatha Dé Danann, much to the annoyance of Lir. In order to appease Lir, Bodb gave one of his daughters to marry him, Aoibh. She bore him four children, one girl, Fionnuala, and three sons, Aodh and twins, Fiachra and Conn.
Their mother Aoibh died and the children missed their mother terribly and Bodb, wanting to keep Lear happy, sent another of his daughters, Aoife , to marry Lear.
Aoife grew jealous of the children's love for each other and their father so she plotted to get rid of the children. On a journey with the children to Bodb's house, she ordered her servant to kill them but the servant refused. In anger, she tried to do it herself, but didn't have the courage. Instead, she used her magic to turn the children into swans. When Bodb heard of this, he transformed Aoife into an air demon for eternity.
As swans, the children had to spend 300 years on Lough Derravaragh (a lake near their father's castle), 300 years in the Sea of Moyle, and 300 years on the waters of Irrus Domnann (Broadhaven Bay) Erris near to the Isle of Glora (Inis Gluaire). To end the spell, they would have to be blessed by a monk. While the children were swans, Saint Patrick converted Ireland to Christianity.
After the children, as swans, spent their long periods in each region, they received sanctuary from MacCaomhog (or Mochua), a monk in Inis Gluaire.
Each child was tied to the other with silver chains to ensure that they would stay together forever. However the wife of the King of Leinster, daughter of the King of Munster, Deoch wanted the swans for her own, so she ordered her husband, Lairgean to attack the monastery and seize the swans. In this attack, the silver chains were broken and the swans transformed into old, withered people.
Another version of the legend tells that as the king was leaving the sanctuary with the swans, the bell of the church tolled releasing them from the spell. Before they died they each were baptised and then later buried with Fionnuala, the daughter, in the middle, Fiacre and Conn, the twins, on either side of her, and Aodh in front of her.
Another ending is that they suffered on the three lakes for 900 years, then they heard the bell. They came back to the land and a priest found them. The swans asked the priest to turn them back into humans, so he did, but they were over 900 years old, so they died and lived happily in heaven with their mother and father.
Oidheadh Chlainne Lír
Oidheadh Chlainne Lír (The Children of Lir) is an Irish legend. The original Irish title is Clann Lir or Leannaí Lir, but Lir is the genitive case of Lear. Lir is more often used as the name of the character in English. The legend is part of the Irish Mythological Cycle, which consists of numerous prose tales and poems found in medieval manuscripts.
Bodb Dearg (the red) was elected king of the Tuatha Dé Danann, much to the annoyance of Lir. In order to appease Lir, Bodb gave one of his daughters to marry him, Aoibh. She bore him four children, one girl, Fionnuala, and three sons, Aodh and twins, Fiachra and Conn.
Their mother Aoibh died and the children missed their mother terribly and Bodb, wanting to keep Lear happy, sent another of his daughters, Aoife , to marry Lear.
Aoife grew jealous of the children's love for each other and their father so she plotted to get rid of the children. On a journey with the children to Bodb's house, she ordered her servant to kill them but the servant refused. In anger, she tried to do it herself, but didn't have the courage. Instead, she used her magic to turn the children into swans. When Bodb heard of this, he transformed Aoife into an air demon for eternity.
As swans, the children had to spend 300 years on Lough Derravaragh (a lake near their father's castle), 300 years in the Sea of Moyle, and 300 years on the waters of Irrus Domnann (Broadhaven Bay) Erris near to the Isle of Glora (Inis Gluaire). To end the spell, they would have to be blessed by a monk. While the children were swans, Saint Patrick converted Ireland to Christianity.
After the children, as swans, spent their long periods in each region, they received sanctuary from MacCaomhog (or Mochua), a monk in Inis Gluaire.
Each child was tied to the other with silver chains to ensure that they would stay together forever. However the wife of the King of Leinster, daughter of the King of Munster, Deoch wanted the swans for her own, so she ordered her husband, Lairgean to attack the monastery and seize the swans. In this attack, the silver chains were broken and the swans transformed into old, withered people.
Another version of the legend tells that as the king was leaving the sanctuary with the swans, the bell of the church tolled releasing them from the spell. Before they died they each were baptised and then later buried with Fionnuala, the daughter, in the middle, Fiacre and Conn, the twins, on either side of her, and Aodh in front of her.
Another ending is that they suffered on the three lakes for 900 years, then they heard the bell. They came back to the land and a priest found them. The swans asked the priest to turn them back into humans, so he did, but they were over 900 years old, so they died and lived happily in heaven with their mother and father.
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
Journey to the South
I visited Birmingham today and had a good bit of craic hanging around with all my new classmates, visiting mad art galleries and other such shenanigans. Birmingham is not what I expected at all, I had always heard it was a really dodgy and run down city, but what I found was sleek, modern, upmarket and very glassy! I was impressed and will visit it again many more times for sure.
Now I'm back home resting my tired feet, we did a lot of walking today. Looking forward to dinner, and then I'll be getting stuck into some college work for the rest of the evening pretty much.
I'll leave you with a piece of typographic design that I did at a college I attended 3 years ago. It was an interview with a classmate by the way...
Now I'm back home resting my tired feet, we did a lot of walking today. Looking forward to dinner, and then I'll be getting stuck into some college work for the rest of the evening pretty much.
I'll leave you with a piece of typographic design that I did at a college I attended 3 years ago. It was an interview with a classmate by the way...
Sunday, 26 September 2010
Saturday, 25 September 2010
Moon
Another of my old shots, taken through my telescope a few months ago.
The night sky has always fascinated me, to the point where I often find myself staring up on clear nights for long periods of time. I don't know what I'm looking for or what I'm even hoping to see, but there is something about it that just demands my attention for some reason.
The night sky has always fascinated me, to the point where I often find myself staring up on clear nights for long periods of time. I don't know what I'm looking for or what I'm even hoping to see, but there is something about it that just demands my attention for some reason.
Friday, 24 September 2010
Mini Pleasure
The first of my mini-pleasures in the U.K.
A limited edition Charles Darwin £2 coin received in my change at Sainsbury's. =D
The simple things in life!
The Drifter
Post numero uno of my blog.
Here is a little bit about me -
I'm a 25 year old Irish guy, currently studying Graphic Communication at the University of Wolverhampton in the fantastic West Midlands, U.K.
I love photography and boxing. Strange mix, eh? Love design as well.
Love to travel and explore, and to meet people from all cultures and walks of life.
Hate constant moaners and negativity in general. Life is great if you are able to see past all the bullshit that society makes us feel guilty about! If you're not smiling, you're not living. It's that simple really!
The simple things in life make me happy. Awesome sunsets, full moons, half moons, quarter moons, stars, life's mysteries, psychology, animals, breathing etc...
I have been in the U.K. for exactly 2 weeks now and I love it so far. Made some cool new friends and even got reconnected with past ones! Life is good.
I'm looking forward with nervous excitement to the challeneges of the year ahead of me.
Stay tuned...
Here is a little bit about me -
I'm a 25 year old Irish guy, currently studying Graphic Communication at the University of Wolverhampton in the fantastic West Midlands, U.K.
I love photography and boxing. Strange mix, eh? Love design as well.
Love to travel and explore, and to meet people from all cultures and walks of life.
Hate constant moaners and negativity in general. Life is great if you are able to see past all the bullshit that society makes us feel guilty about! If you're not smiling, you're not living. It's that simple really!
The simple things in life make me happy. Awesome sunsets, full moons, half moons, quarter moons, stars, life's mysteries, psychology, animals, breathing etc...
I have been in the U.K. for exactly 2 weeks now and I love it so far. Made some cool new friends and even got reconnected with past ones! Life is good.
I'm looking forward with nervous excitement to the challeneges of the year ahead of me.
Stay tuned...
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