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(Why is the group defunct? Because Kassi and her family are moving to Iowa. Next weekend. Yeah. Iowa. Totally sucks... I'm really gonna miss these guys.)
Due to how hectic their schedules were, last night was the only night Kassi was free to do the movies. So she and the gang (her boyfriend, his best friend, and the best friend's girlfriend) came down. We started the movies at seven p.m. With the loss of an hour due to Daylight Savings Time, it was after eight a.m. when we finished.
And yes... somehow I managed to stay awake all night for this, save for maybe five minutes in small increments here and there. No one else did that, somehow, despite them all being less than half my age and theoretically used to this sort of thing.
I didn't bother going to bed when they left, though I did take an hour-long nap in the afternoon.
One of the things I had to do was take down the huge mother-truckin' mirror that hung above the fireplace. The reason being is that, if you were seated on the sofa against the wall, watching the movie on the screen, you'd see a backward version of the film in the mirror. So it's down, and in its place are half a dozen wrought iron tealight holders. Looks pretty nice.
The mirror could, I suppose, be mounted above the sofa, where I'd been watching movies before. But I'd really rather it just go away. It's big and gaudy, and I don't even really like mirrors to begin with. There are three other huge mirrors in the apartment already. Don't need this one. I'll get a painting or something for the wall above the sofa.
Mirrors Reveal Codes in Da Vinci Art, Book Says
Rossella Lorenzi, Discovery News
Jan. 8, 2008 -- Another Da Vinci code is emerging from Leonardo's masterpieces, according to a forthcoming book by group of Da Vinci theorists who believe that biblical images are hidden within the master's artworks.
Worthy of a Dan Brown novel, the claim identifies Leonardo's mirror writing as the key to unlocking the code.
look here to view images of mirrored works. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/slideshows/Leonardo-mirror.html
The Renaissance genius, who lived between 1452 and 1519, filled thousands of manuscript pages with a unique handwriting that flowed from right to left and reversed all the letters.
Scholars have believed that the artist developed this impossible writing simply because a left-handed Leonardo would have evolved a style of handwriting efficient for him.
But, according to Hugo Conti, a self-taught Argentinian historian who leads a mysterious group called "The Mirror of The Sacred Scriptures and Paintings," the writings conceal much more -- a key to secret images.
"It is easy to find invisible images in Leonardo's paintings. Many of his characters seem to be staring into space. In reality, they are indicating where one must place the mirror to visualize the images," Conti told Discovery News.
When applied to Da Vinci's painting "Saint Anne, the Virgin and Child," on display at London's National Gallery, a mirror reveals a figure which some cynical observers say looks like the Star Wars character Darth Vader.
According to Conti, the image resembles the ancient Old Testament god Jahveh, who represents the human mind's struggles against the vices of the body.
A similar face appears on Mona Lisa's right shoulder, as a mirror is placed right on a spot pointed at by her finger.
"The Last Supper," in which other probes have so far revealed a hidden Mary Magdalene, a woman holding a child, and a musical script, reveals a key image when a mirror is applied. According to Conti, one can see the Holy Grail itself overturned on the table when viewed with a mirror.
"The glance of the apostle James is not directed to Judas, but to where the Holy Grail, only viewable through a mirror, is overturned on the table, just between Jesus' hands," Conti said.
Conti says another biblical image is hidden in Leonardo's painting of John the Baptist, on display at the Louvre Museum.
Again, John the Baptist's finger points to where one must place the mirror.
The result, at first glance, is a woman being bonked by a tree. Conti believes it represents the Tree of Life in Adam and Eve's Garden of Eden.
"All these hidden biblical images are related to a secret message left by the artist. They represent the allegories of the Genesis and New Testament and open the doors to a new way of reading these artworks," Conti said.
According to Conti, Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance artists had knowledge of the allegories mentioned in many biblical references and in the treaties of Philo of Alexandria, a 1st century philosopher and theologian.
"All the images are related to explanations given by Philo, who reveals that the Bible is a symbolic representation of the history of the human intelligence," Conti said. "Adam is the intelligence that resides in the mind of every human, while Eve is the corporal sensibility. The hidden images in the paintings tell this story and can only be seen with a mirror by those with sharp vision."
He claims that clear references to the language of mirrors also exist in the book "Lives of the Artists" by Giorgio Vasari, the 16th century painter and art historian.
Nevertheless, the theory has raised skepticism in Italy.
While the Vatican commented that the study required "solid proof" and needed to be supported by art critics, the daily Il Giornale dismissed the claim as "pareidolia," a psychological phenomenon.
"Our brain tries to give a coherent meaning when faced with ambiguous figures, such as when we look at the clouds in the sky," Joseph Thornborn wrote in Il Giornale. "If we apply the mirror technique to a picture of Marilyn Monroe, we obtain a disquieting face with a chalice. Right, there is the Holy Grail on Marilyn's forehead."
Me: One's a lemon and one's a lime?
Dad: They have the exact same chemical makeup, so why do they taste different? It's because one's clockwise and the other's anti-clockwise.
???
Dad: The molecules spin something something blah blah blah science stuff.
Jason: So if you turn a lemon upside down, it'll turn into a lime?
Dad: Complicated sciency stuff with words I don't remember to explain why turning a lemon upside down wouldn't work and something about mirrors.
Dad: So if you walk through the mirror the lemon will turn into a lime...
Mum: Maybe limes are actually lemons from a mirror dimension that somehow fell through a quantum field...
Jason: That would explain why limes have goatees.
It's morning and life's score board is nowhere to be found.
All that I see, smell, touch and taste today will be a first.The touch of the carpet under my feet is meaningless at first thought, but in actuality it is the first to embrace me and prepare me for what awaits me.
For the first time I have convinced myself to look at the woman in the mirror, no talking, no crying and no looking away.
Feeling rude and shy I introduced myself to the shift changer.
She winks and a child voice thanks me for allowing changes to be made.
I have never simply looked at myself in the mirror.
It's weird, but good at the same time.
I see what needs touching up and brushing off, but honestly.......not a bad look
Nothing is forever and as often as tested, victory is possible standing in courage's shoes.
Dedicated to eyesthebye for reminding me to dance and move to my own beat
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