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South African Railways 25NC
This is a peak into my imagination. In my mind’s eye, I often picture wheels screaming round and round, crossheads pounding back and forth, and cab rides at high speed. Thoughts of steam fill my mind at all hours of the day, and my dreams at night. These things aren't just machines. They are so much more.
Steam inspires me, but the people who worked it inspire me even more. That's why I've chosen the 25NC. I've read a bunch of stories and watched videos put out by this old South African railway man. He was there until the end of steam in the 1990s. The stories he tells provide a wonderful insight into railway life, and the strong friendships the railway men formed with one another.
Now, about the picture. This was very fun and experimental. I'm not good and conveying motion, so I want to get better at it. I think I did alright with the wheels and rods. At first, I wanted to do the front end (the "business end," some might say), but I decided to take it easy on myself and do the back end. If I had colors at my disposal, I would set the picture during the night, and have the rods barely lit by the orange glow from the firebox. Maybe another time.
For my final second year project I'm making a book about my experience moving from Africa to England. I threw this page together as a kind of tumblr exclusive preview - stay tuned...
superior kind of quote tweet
Set aside time, and allot certain hours to the welfare of your soul. — Augustine
https://x.com/sitcomabed/status/1745444616948908096?s=20
as I watched the oral delivery this crossed my mind. I didn’t have this exact words but i did think how strange in a good way it is that South Africans donned the attire of empire and it’s rules and came with knowledge, professionalism, expertise, integrity and justice, and used the structures of global western order and slam dunked it (for me, while the verdict will tell us the health of international humanitarian law, the victory was in the compelling case SA showed). A black man in dreads, a brown woman with her brown girl nose, proud and clear and here to fuck shit up. And our officials donning keffiyehs and rainbow nation scarves. A side of the court of all races and colours while on the other side… the symbolism of all of it will be talked about for generations . *chef’s kiss*
𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝑒:
Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor
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𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒯𝒾𝓉𝓁𝑒:
Lady Louise Windsor
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𝐵𝓸𝓇𝓃:
Saturday, November 8th, 2003 at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey, England and was transferred to St. George's Hospital in Tooting, London, England
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𝒫𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈:
Father: Prince Edward The Earl of Wessex
Mother: Her Royal Highness Sophie Helen (Rhys-Jones) Mountbatten-Windsor The Countess of Wessex
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𝒮𝒾𝒷𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈:
Brother: James Alexander Philip Theo Mountbatten-Windsor Viscount Severn
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𝐸𝒹𝓊𝒸𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓸𝓃:
St. George's School
St. Mary's School: Studying Drama, English, History, & Politics for A-Level Subjects
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𝐹𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓈:
Louise was born with Esotropia. She has undergone 2 procedures (2006 & 2013) to treat & attempt to correct the problem.
She is a member of Girlguiding while her grandmother is a Patron and her mother is the President (Her mom was a Brownie and a Guide growing up)
Louise was 12 years old on her first overseas engagement in South Africa with her parents and her brother.
She learned how to ride horses growing up so she joined her father on horseback as part of the Queen's 90th birthday celebrations in Windsor in 2016
Louise has taken up the sport of Carriage Driving. Following the death of her grandfather in April of 2021, she has inherited her grandfather’s driving pines & carriage.
In May 2017, she was responsible for leading the carriages of the Champagne Laurent-Perrier Meet of the British Driving Society at the Royal Windsor Horse Show & achieved 3rd place.
Louise was born One Month Prematurely due to complications from Placental Abruption which caused blood loss for both her & her mother.
She and her brother have lakes named after them in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada as a gift from Manitoba Premier Gary Doer.
Louise was a bridesmaid for William and Catherine at their wedding in 2011.
Growing up she had no idea her grandmother was the Queen of England and didn’t know until her parents explained to her one day after school.
As a birthday gift for her 15th birthday, Louise was a special guest along with her mother on Strictly Come Dancing & watched the performances in the crowd.
She participated in the Great British Beach Clean at Southsea Beach with her parents while supporting the Marine Conservation Society in September of 2021.
Louise is currently under watch to see if she chooses to change her title from Lady Louise to Her Royal Highness using her princess title once she reaches the age of 18 in 2021.
She paid tribute to her late grandfather in a new a BBC documentary titled Prince Philip: The Royal Family Remembers. This was her first television Interview as a member of the Royal Family.
RSA-SP
~ Republic of South Africa Space Program ~
"In the not too distant future, an International space race to colonise habitable moons and exoplanets, erupts. South Africa joins in the galactic free-for-all, as it sends a new colony of citizens across the far reaches of space."
Edition of 5, Fine Art Prints / created for 'Wonders of the Universe vol.1' exhibition curated by Soft Serve (Maaike Bakker + Nina Torr), at Wolves in Johannesburg.
This video comes from Quds News Network, a volunteer based Palestinian News organization. To those who may be unwilling to trust such an organization, here's a human rights watch article on the IDF's tendency to attack the elderly. This is all to say the information above is accurate.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/11/10/older-people-not-spared-hostilities-israel/palestine
That being said, please refrain from calling all those individuals swept up into this war on the Israeli side to all be genocidal. The IDF still uses conscription, and despite the lack of enforcement in the past, current dodging will get you tossed into jail. The longer you refuse, the longer you're sentenced to. To sum up, it's similar to the US involvement with Vietnam in that many soldiers are willing and gleefully committing atrocities in the name of Israel, and some are just there because they must be. To accuse all of that crime is a disservice to those who must attend such violence.
Full video
The sadness and despair in those eyes...
There are no innocent soldiers in iof, including the women. I've seen female soldiers laughing and dancing at the misery of Palestinian people and doing heinous acts just like their male counterparts.