Blozland

Affectionately known as the Land of the Bloz.

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how exciting

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Few things are more disappointing than being an inch away from centering an image.

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Hexels is neat.

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You know, you live in a democracy,' I said. 'There are three hundred fifty-nine other angles. Why would you insist on this single, solitary one?

Daniel Libeskind, Breaking Ground (2004)

Dansk Jødisk Museum (Danish-Jewish Museum), Copenhagen, Denmark, March 2003-June 2004

[fortressofthesea]

Bit late but hue. With 2013 gone, I felt like looking back a little.

It was kind of an odd year for me, and had a lot of ups and downs. To be honest, I had started in a trade school a year before and finished with all my classmates in summer. It was just a class of 20+ people, so we were fairly...

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*glances at tags*

Well, I thought it was a lovely little thoughtful post. I wish you the best of luck in finding a good job this year, and I'm sure we'll be with you every step of the way moving forward. And, of course, I'll be around.

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Kerr Hall, University of California Santa Barbara, 2013.

I really just took this one passing by the upper floor, and found it quite nice after looking back over my photos.

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Tombstone and Plaques in Black and White 1, 2013

Pretentious title, I know. Only effects used were PS6's color/B&W/balance/curves tools; no objects were altered. Yes, that is an oil rig in the background.

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Hey dudes, AJ’s back here with another Tumblr Challenge! This time it’s The Amateur Philosopher’s 42-Day Challenge, something I’m incredibly intrigued and somewhat frightened by. Some of the questions have me going “uhh….h-how do I answer…these…?"

It should be interesting nonetheless. So...

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Because this looks like a neat little thing to do to get this tumblr off the ground.

Day 1 - Would you convert to a different religion if your fiancé/fiancée was of a different faith?

Short answer: No.

Long answer: I hold my religious beliefs out of my own personal conviction. It has come about not through standard indoctrination by the church (as if Protestants put all their faith in institutions) or through schooling, though that did certainly play a role in my introduction to Christianity. I had attended a private Christian school through preschool through the end of junior high in the same place, and they demonstrated their faith not merely through preaching and theoretical faith, but through teaching acts of good behavior (not necessarily unique to the Christian doctrine) and ultimately giving us the option of choosing our own beliefs, even to the point of presenting possible counterarguments in science. 

My conviction is held together also by my own experience in regards to religion. Reading and interpreting on my own volition is what I believe is one of the central aspects of Protestantism, and makes for a handy excuse for being a very casual armchair Christian for not making time to go to church on Sundays. (though I know I should) I've had some other, more strange experiences as well, though they would probably be rather silly for someone else to hear.

But put up against my own scientific, skeptical mindset, and you could say that I am essentially of two minds. Some would call that hypocrisy. Call it what you will, but I wouldn't deny that being the truth about myself. I firmly believe in objective, careful, skeptical observation, but I also believe that faith and religion are aspects which science has not yet managed to investigate, particularly in regards to our own sentience. I suppose that belongs to the metaphysicists to discuss. 

I digress. Ultimately, given my own views on religion, this being of two independent but not mutually exclusive minds tends not to leak out to others--I have no intent of spreading my beliefs where they are not welcome, but I also have little intent of changing what I feel are fairly firmly rooted beliefs for the reasons given above. I don't think faith or these beliefs should have a serious impact on a relationship, because above all, I strongly believe in peaceful coexistence in regards to religion, and a fine relationship should involve acceptance of one another's beliefs and quirks, though allowing some space for discussion.

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Blozland: A Preamble

or Purpose of This Tumblr

I suppose I've had the urge to post things around here without having it mingled in with my usual clutter of a reblog-based-blog. Here, you'll likely find ramblings that I've decided to type out, personal rubbish photography or graphics crap I whip up, and general quasi-intellectual reblogs/posts/replies on whatever that I may run by on a whim. This, of course, is a completely tentative list of stuff, and I don't anticipate a good level of consistency from myself, let alone the perseverance to make this blog actually last too long. Oh well, I'll fudge around with it until I forget about it or get bored.

Now, another word before I go ahead with these things: for the posts that I do make, I do not intend for these posts to be taken in a serious, intellectual/scientific manner. I have never considered myself entirely qualified to speak on behalf of any particularly deep subject such as philosophy, politics, economics (my current field of study as an undergrad), et cetera. However, I don't suppose that stops most people from speaking, and I suppose that it won't stop myself from doing so either. But please bear this in mind that with any of my posts, there is a fundamental level of self-doubt which I hold, and nothing I say (yet) should be taken as absolute truth or frozen opinion which I will stand firm on forever. I try not to go and assert that I am correct in whatever I say, save for the fact that they are my opinions at the time. I try to be open to logical, cogent arguments whenever possible, although some subjects are just beyond that. 

Also, one last thing, I don't intend to get involved in discussions around here; tumblr is a fairly one-way/straightforward medium when it comes to dialogue, so what I say is generally unfettered with this in mind.

kay thx.