#Cezar August

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359 I 2023. ȘI A NĂSCUT PE FIUL EI CEL ÎNTÂI NĂSCUT. CĂLĂUZIREA DIVINĂ [Romani 13.1 I Luca 2.1–7 I Galateni 4.4-7]

359 I 2023. ȘI A NĂSCUT PE FIUL EI CEL ÎNTÂI NĂSCUT. CĂLĂUZIREA DIVINĂ I Podcast I Pasaje Biblice : Romani 13 : 1 I Luca 2 : 1 – 7 I Galateni 4 : 4 – 7 I Meditaţii din Cuvânt I Cezareea I Reşiţa I 25 Decembrie 2023 I În viaţă, sunt lucruri care nu ţin de noi (de exemplu legile care se promulgă la un moment dat), dar numai de noi depinde dacă ascultăm sau nu. Continue reading Untitled

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IWTV S2 Musings - Romania BTS deets!

I was just going thru fire-gift's post sharing the Paris Apartment BTS pics here on Tumblr; and I had no idea there was a whole IWTV Writers Room Twitter account posting set pics!

Yup, I broke down the details about Točník Castle here, but THIS is really cool:

Daciana's FLOOR PLANS!!

Ok, this is me being highly unnecessary; I'm geeking out, y'all! 😅

Daciana's bedroom just dropped?! (No coffin room though?):

(That's in the western chambers (bedroom/ložnice) of the northern wing of the royal palace at Tocnik.)

I recognize those corner fireplaces anywhere--

Cuz my main question about them was if AMC built their own custom fireplace, since there isn't one in the IRL chapel/audience/main hall.

So I think this confirms that they definitely built Daciana's fireplace on purpose. So I just wanna know if it's more accurate to Romanian Renaissance fireplaces, cuz it doesn't match the Czech ones at Tocnik.

I CAN'T READ THE LABELS, AMC--hi-res images pretty please? 🥹

And omg stfu--

Cezare's FLOOR PLANS, TOO!?

I CANNOT TELL which rooms these are in. 😭😩

I was right that they also used Tocnik Castle for Cezare's ruins. My initial suspicion was that it was filmed in the stables.

But now I'm sliiiightly more convinced that it was filmed in the kitchen, mostly cuz of this round thing in the corner:

Esp the alignment of the arches:

So yeah, that was delicious food this Thanksgiving season.

But chile, now it's time for DESSERT! 👀

Daciana's Costume! 👏

I decided to google if the goat Carol Cutshall had dropped anything about Daciana's clothes, and YUP, mama pulled through!!! 💪👑

(Back in frikkin AUGUST--omfg I'm missing out. 🤦 I just hate Instagram, ick.)

I wasn't surprised that Cutshall initially wanted Daciana to wear red & black--the most prominent colors in traditional Romanian clothes.

And yeah, you can see how Daciana was gonna have a much fancier version of the traditional Romanian dress--I frikkin LOVE it (that shawl is so nice).

I didn't even think the Revenant would ever get any shine--bless! 😂 So does this mean her Revenant "child" was a local farmer/peasant--not just rando soldiers Daciana yanked as they patrolled the woods? (How old was the Revenant even?)

Anyways, back to Daciana! 😅

So yeah, alas, they scrapped the red/black palette, and decided to give her more "ghostly cool greys and blues;" while still keeping traditional Romanian elements in her new outfit.

My main question was if this costume was culturally accurate, or more Renaissance leaning (my suspicion still); or just a fanciful hodgepodge of whatever they felt like doing. Sadly, nothing from these pics is giving me anything definitive.

The embroidery designs are interesting, but I know nothing about what style/period that could be nodding to. I'm glad we have it though!

And here's another surprise:

Emilia & the Romanian refugees' clothes!

I was (very slowly) working on a whole post researching the rest of the Romanian clothes, only to now get these amazing BTS deets!

I can't even tell who most of these outfits belong to, cuz everyone in Emilia's factory was wearing overcoats. But I DO recognize the fur stole/wrap from this lady:

And obvs the tiny clothes are from the kids singing about (Daci)Anna.

But again, I can't tell, cuz everything was so dang DARK, and the kids were wearing coats. *sigh*

Results? Just vibing! 😅

I'm just pleased as punch to have even this much; thank you, AMC!

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She was a man-eater, a toxic woman for those who came her way. She was a muse for women who had suffered for love. She had the strength that all others lacked. She had the thirst for pleasure to dry any extra drop that her partner could produce. She had joy fixed in her eyes. Nothing made her cry. No one could hurt her. She was a volcano of fire for those who tried to win the game in bed. Her mouth was a hurricane in the form of kisses. Whoever kissed her could never repeat the feat. Her strength drove any guy away. For those who resisted because they had their feet firmly on the ground, she was erosion, slowly undermining their balance, making them tread so lightly that they were terribly afraid to take the next step. She was a man-eater, but she was also a woman. Everything about her was strong and rough, but her heart was still that of a woman, very sensitive. So she ended up falling into her own trap for the opposite sex. It was just a kiss on the cheek one night in August and she found herself without strength, without ground, and lost her heart to a handsome young man.

Jonas r Cezar

[barovianbitches]

Yvan Canagan Zamfir-Alvanja

art by @tt-vision

Full Name: Yvan Canagan Zamfir-Alvanja

Age: 25

Birthday: August 16

Zodiac: Leo

Myers Brigs: Protagonist, ENFJ-A

Race: Human

Height: 6’7.5”

Weight: 275lbs. What, if you are hauling casks of wine and beautiful people around, you have to have the muscle to show for it!

Looks: A strikingly handsome man with features cut from stone. He is a pillar of muscle and strength. His body is covered in scars from being attacked by a mob some years ago, as well as tattoos dotting his form.

Hair: Impossibly long brown-black hair. He has 3B hair when worn naturally, but for the sake of styling he keeps his hair in locs over the course of the winter to keep the maintenance of detangling down.

Eyes: A purple that seems to shift colors in the light. In the sun, they appear lilac. But in the dark stormy climate of Barovia, they take on deeper tone.

Class: Fighter, Whipmaster

Parents:

Ladinus Velvela (bio father) (unknown). Ladinus is Yvan’s birth father. He is not of Vistani heritage, and very little is known about him. He hails from the far Northwest region of Barovia. His current whereabouts are unknown.

Catalina Zamfir (bio mother) (✝ deceased). Catalina was a Vistana woman and Yvan’s birth mother, though he never knew her due to her passing when he was born. It is her family that took him in when Ladinus cast him out.

Margereta Zamfir-Ardelean (bio aunt/adoptive mother) (alive). Margereta is Catalina’s eldest sister, a bright and happy soul and the diamond of her clan. She has six children besides Yvan, so when Ladinus approached her about the care of Yvan, she was happy to take him in.

Anton Zamfir-Ardelean (uncle by marriage/adoptive father) (alive). Anton is the husband to Margereta and father to her children. He is a man of few words and proves his love through action. Family is everything to this man. He cares deeply for Yvan and curses Yvan’s father for abandoning his boy.

Siblings: Yvan has no biological siblings, as he is the one and only child of both Ladinus and Catalina. However, he has many cousins. Margereta’s children are the closest thing he has to siblings. He is the fourth oldest of her flock.

Sofia Zamfir-Ardelean, 27. The eldest daughter, she still lives with Margereta and Anton along with her husband Emil. They have a daughter and she is currently pregnant with her second child.

Gabriela Zamfir-Ardelean, 27. Gabriela is Sofia’s twin sister. She left her home clan to marry her longtime lover Lulia in another clan. She has become a wonderful weaver and artisan alongside her wife who raises sheep.

Stefan Zamfir-Ardelean, 26. The third child of Margereta and Anton, he is a a quiet young man and enjoys scholarly activities. He no longer lives in Barovia, instead having found his calling in Daggerford where he owns a bookstore and a large maine coon cat named Gyb. The clan visits him every time they travel beyond the mists.

Andrei Zamfir-Ardelean, 23. A spirited boy, Andrei dreams of glory as a warrior for the Untamed clan under the guidance of Vasile Cel Tradat. He practices sword fighting with a rapier a family member in Yester Hill forged for him.

Cezar Zamfir-Ardelean, 21. The second youngest of the children, Cezar is a sensitive and outgoing boy who is as practical as they come. He is a family man like his father, and currently head over heels for a girl from another clan by the name of Martzia. She does not return his affections, despite his grand displays of affection.

Camelia Zamfir-Ardelean, 18. Sweet, little Camelia. She is the apple of her mother’s eye and the kindest soul to grace Barovia. She is quiet and shy, but loves reading like her older brother Stefan. One day, she hopes to join him in his shop and apprentice as a book binder.

Heritage: Yvan hails from his mother’s Vistani clan of the Starseekers. His father, though, is not Vistana. The union of Catalina and Ladinus was a controversial one, as Catalina’s family feared for her safety in the hands of this outsider without an origin. Still, she was wooed by him, and soon they married and she became pregnant with Yvan. The pregnancy was a difficult one, and her clan did all they could to keep her comfortable despite Ladinus insisting that he take her somewhere else for care. The clan refused, already not trusting him with Catalina. She ended up passing, to which Ladinus left in the night with Yvan. For many years Yvan was raised away from his mother’s clan, much to their dismay. They never gave up searching for him. While in the care of Ladinus, he learned the ways of the land. How to track, to hunt, to survive. Though it soon became clear that Yvan was not the type for this way of life in such solitude. Ladinus soon gave up, approaching Margereta and Anton to take their nephew as their own. They obliged, overjoyed with his return to his mother’s clan. Ladinus left that night, and Yvan has not seen him since.

Religion: Yvan follows the way of the Fates and the Great Tapestry, the core Vistani belief system. It is a laidback lifestyle, involving the acknowledgement that your story is being woven as it is told and their is no predetermined path or true “destiny”.

Hobbies: Yvan thoroughly enjoys all of the arts. Having travelled for such a long time, he has had the chance to immerse himself in activities of many cultures. He loves music and poetry, and has a good set of pipes on him. He sings on the low end of bass, but gets shy so normally he will only hum along to music. (Example Here) Even then, his voice could resonate and break open boulders. He also adores storytelling, he likes to share stories around a fire with his friends and family. He gets REALLY into it.

Likes: Animals (dogs especially, like his cane corso Boris), wine and mead, teaching new skills to others, the smell of ozone as a storm rolls in, the feeling of rain on his skin, exploring ancient places, comfortable silence shared between (lovers) friends, incense, PDA, a cool swim in a river or lake.

Dislikes: The ocean, closed spaces, funerals, shirts (clothing in general. If he could be a nudist, he would), sitting still for too long, and places with a hot climate/high humidity.

Strengths: Physically, he is extremely capable. He can hoist just about anything over his shoulder, including barrels, hay bales, and particularly cute bards (if they consent of course). He is fiercely loyal to his family and friends. He’d much rather die than cut a deal with a devil. Yvan is also very level-headed and is able to keep his emotions on an even keel, he can remain calm in even the most dire of situations.

Weaknesses: Though he says he likes to forgive and forget, he has a tendency to hold grudges. He is EXTREMELY slow to anger, so once someone pushes him over the edge or breaks his trust there is very little one can do to go back on it. However, he is empathetic and merciful to a fault. When he was attacked by the mob, he implored Constantin to not hurt them, as the villagers were clouded by their prejudice and didn’t understand. He also seems to have a particular weakness to the Dragonborn of the party. In recent events, he had to keep his cool when said Dragonborn was threatened. Usually he doesn’t feel so compelled to violence, but his instincts took over for that moment. Who knows, perhaps it’ll become more of a common occurrence..

Goals: To find his person he is going to live for. While he is perfectly happy and healed alone, he lives to serve and his happiness comes from the overall content of those around him. If there is anything he can do to help, he’ll do it.

Character Background/Lore: Of Snow and Song Vuk & Voron

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https://youtu.be/WaDeAsBLLqs RUGĂCIUNEA DE ASTĂZI: Noul Testament începe cu perioada Adventului, a așteptării venirii lui Mesia. După o perioadă de 400 de ani de întuneric spiritual, poporul lui Dumnezeu era în așteptarea venirii celui Promis. Cezar August decretează recensământul; dorea să știe câte milioane de supuși are, câți îi plătesc taxele, câți i se închină. Dumnezeu își face și El…

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Cool Names my friend Caeba sent to me:

Karma

Rocket

Burial

Coochie

Cherry

Cadete

Sebebe

Glitter Clit

Speed Bump

Slinky

Angel

String Cheese

Code

Boro

Mags

Punch

Umbrae

Epsilon

Eucradies

Dernesto

Abdolem

Vimana

Star

Lisbeth

Slob

Glob

Snatch

Gloxxxy Rabbit

Harlequin

Angelino

Hatch

Blaine

Papi

Genesis

Sven

Agatha

Riley

Gaea

Envy

Lust

Halifax

Haxel

Rabbit

Cab Rabbit

Opal

Exposure

Darlene

Antoinette

Thresh

Thrash

Fizz

Edgar

Granola

Jinx Monsoon

Softy

Yma Sumac

Chromatica

Chromacta

Moxie

Luca

Gus

Dapperton

Norway

Noway

Ethel Cain

Mitski

Michi

Mitch

Briar

Duffy

Artemis

Cecelia

Aubrey

Audrey

Melange

Honey

Waffle

reverie

Claire

lillinette

hallibel

Khatia

Nelliel

quimera parca

mabel

katya

claudia

machiatto

orihime

noir

rhiannon

azrael

Skott

agnes

Ghost

Adore

Asia

Aja

cedric versaille

bites

elodie

lacey

infiniti

infinity

genus

genos

titanic sinclair

rhian

ryn

moxi

oblivion

plur

amity

edith frances

gage

claudio

claudia

gretchen

chloroform

lucille

thoki

silvester (silver)

melancholia

gekyume

foggy

Skin

Cubic

Vagina

Vagina Bo Bina

Delirium

Eqypt

Taystee

Tan

Karamo

Quiet

Manny

Kingston

Gatsby

Baskerville

Reeba

Nora

August

Huck

Orion

Indar

Rhys

Pierre

Valerian

Bronson

Kovu

Sage

Arden

Alastair

Xor/Zor

Vivaldi

Roel

Maximus

Percival

Charlize Theron

Bambadjan

Gear

Guardian

Roosi

Ren

Pollux

Castor

Gordon

Porter

Deep

Deepa

Sebastian

Ferguson

Steven

Odin

River

Lux

Kuze

Alice

Downy

Freddy

Atomos

Sonja

Pyxis

Ajax

Apax

Pawnee

(Russian name)

Vladimir

Henry (dog)

Andromeda

Deja vu

Minho

Bruk

Slit

Furiosa

Nux

Rictus

Michelangelo

Mo-mo

Ollie

Wolfgang

Daemon

Mona

Royal

Richard Parker

Gray

Hardy

Blair

Vladie

Nino

Moira

Adelaide

Harley

Troy

Jonas

Louise

Vivian

Marcus

Amara

Lucy

Tucker

__larm?

Monica

Mina

Yakoul

Brody

Todrick (Toddy)

(B)ungy

Agnes

Manny

Jon(ny)

Judd

Cola (Kola)

Bon Jovi (dog name)

Dom

Bruno

Constanse

Cesar (Cezar)

Ruthi

Margo

Juno

Glitch

Tip(py)

Gratuity

Tino

Gino

Digby

Eggsy

Iggy

Eggy

Lancelot

Pancake

Rufus

Hugo

Merlin

Journey

Roah

Jupiter

Cricket

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Chaturjirajah Singh

Muqti Jagirdar Chaturjirajah Singh Bhonsale al-Asad, Iqtadar of the Jagir of Daksin and Dan, Raz Tupa, acknowledged progenitor of the royal Chowtasingh line of Ranisthan. All portraits of him are based on this 17th century one, done in his lifetime and one that he reputedly didn't like because the artist gave the impression that his eyes were closed. Reports that the artist was executed because of this are unproven historically and that was not the nature nor personality of Chaturjirajah Singh. It is said that the artist did a new appropriate portrait but only this one survived and the other is no longer in existence, although 19th-20th century Neo-impressionist painter and Pointillist Jules Auguste Cezar claimed to have seen it.

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AEW Dark Results - August 16, 2022

1. Ari Daivari def. Fuego Del Sol in 10:57

2. Willow Nightingale def. Robyn Renegade in 4:01

3. Brock Anderson def. Serpentico in 6:38

4. Abadon def. Mafiosa in 2:33

5. Angelico def. Baliyan Akki in 3:04

6. Emi Sakura def. Renee Michelle in 3:36

7. Josh Woods def. Cobra in 2:50

8. Rohit Raju def. Invictus Khash in 4:00

9. Skye Blue def. Charlette Renegade in 4:45

10. Bear Boulder & Bear Bronson def. Axel Rico & Victor Iniestra in 3:59

11. Kayla Rossi def. Avery Breaux in 2:29

12. Cezar Bononi def. Marcus Kross in 2:43

13. Powerhouse Hobbs def. Blake Christian in 4:45

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(Kryzys) Upadek republiki rzymskiej

73-71 powstanie gladiatorow, Mark Krasus i Spartakus

pierwszy triumwirat 62r pne

Juliusz Cezar, Gnejusz Pompejusz, Marek Krasus (umiera w 50r)

Gnejusz i Cezar mają wojnę domową. Przekroczenie wojny Rubikun symbolem wojny domowej 49 rok (nie mogli przekroczyc tej rzeki z legionami bez pozwolenia) "Kości zostały rzucone"

Pompejusz ucieka do Egiptu i zostaje zamordowany

Cezara albo kochano albo nienawidzono. "Wieczysty Dyktator" (dożywotni, a nie na 6 miesięcy)

Brutus zabija Cezara sztyletem

Drugi triumwirat

Marek Antoniusz, Oktawian August, Marek Emiliusz Lepidus

Lepidus umiera. Oktawian i Antoniusz zaczynają kolejną wojnę domowa. 31r pne wojna pod Akcjum

Kleopatra i Antoniusz popełniają wspólnie samobójstwo

Oktawian buduje Cesarstwo (Jego władza nazywana pryncypatem/pozory republiki)

27r pne Oktawian wykorzystuje senat i zrzeka się swoich uprawnień, przywraca Republikę. Przydomek Augustus (wywyższony przez Bóstwo)

Prowincje senatorskie(nie stacjonowały legiony) i Cesarskie

Auspicja - wróżenie z ptaków

Haruspicja - wróżenie z wewnętrzności zwierząt ofiarnych

Edyk tolerancyjny (Konstantyn Wielki) Chrześcijaństwo równouprawniene 313r

392r Teodozjusz Wielki ustanawia Rzym Chrześcijańskim

Upadek Cesarstwa Rzymskiego 395 roku zostaje podzielone na Cesarstwo Zachodnio(upada pierwsze w 476 roku, powstaje Cesarstwo Bizantyńskie) i Wschodnio Rzymskie

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Chelsea’s Cezar Azpilicueta explains how Kepa has improved under Thomas Tuchel

Chelsea’s Cezar Azpilicueta explains how Kepa has improved under Thomas Tuchel

Chelsea’s Cezar Azpilicueta explains how Kepa has improved under Thomas Tuchel Cezar Azpilicueta has recently been asked how Kepa Arrizabalaga has improved since Thomas Tuchel joined the club. Kepa was signed by Chelsea in August of 2018 for a staggering £71m, making him the world’s most expensive goalkeeper. However, Kepa’s hefty price-tag was a lot to live up to, and after struggling under…

[domquixotedospobresblog]

Love comes and love goes, relationships end, but it hurts twice as much when she cheats on you, broken promises, dreams fall apart, smiles disappear and tears run down your face, goodbye eternity, welcome ephemerality, becoming opposite, all feelings darken, turn to ash, then black, your mouth turns bitter, you can't taste anything else, bitterness, disgust, a very short relationship, it's May, it would have been a year in August, it went by so fast, it was indecent, it lost its shine in my eyes like the tail in the darkness of a shooting star

Jonas r Cezar

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Cezar Ferreira Accused Of Taking A Dive After 13 Second TKO Loss At PFL 9

Cezar Ferreira suffered an apparent injury and a TKO loss just 13 seconds into his light-heavyweight play-off fight against Marthin Hamlet. The Brazilian opened up with a body kick and immediately fell to the floor after throwing it, clutching his other leg. Hamlet swarmed with ground strikes to score the TKO victory. The Norwegian prospect initially celebrated his win before later admitting he had a lack of pride in the method of his victory. Earlier in the evening, Chris Camozzi picked up a lopsided decision win over Cory Hendricks. The UFC veteran took to social media to reveal Ferreira was injured heading into his fight with Hamlet and claim the Brazilian took a dive. “Huh. That’s a dive by Cezar,” Camozzi wrote on Twitter. “I saw him at the weigh ins, black and purple leg. My coaches saw it too. He showed up for a show paycheck @PFLMMA can’t believe they cleared him to fight” Huh. That’s a dive by Cezar. I saw him at the weigh ins, black and purple leg. My coaches saw it too. He showed up for a show paycheck @PFLMMA can’t believe they cleared him to fight— Chris Camozzi (@ChrisCamozzi) August 28, 2021 PFL 9 Results MAIN CARD Movlid Khaybulaev def. Brendan Loughnane via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28) Chris Wade def. Bubba Jenkins via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) Antonio Carlos Junior def. Emiliano Sordi via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) Marthin Hamlet def. Cezar Ferreira via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 0:13 PRELIMS Sheymon Moraes def. Lazar Stojadinovic via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 4:45 Chris Camozzi def. Cory Hendricks via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) Anthony Dizy def. Jesse Stirn via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Bobby Moffett def. Jason Knight via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29 28) Alejandro Flores def. Carl Deaton via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) Brandon Jenkins def. Jacob Kilburn via knockout (flying knee) – Round 1, 2:56 Do you agree with Chris Camozzi? Did Cezar Ferreira take a dive at PFL 9? If you enjoyed this story, please share it. Read the full article

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Come to my international podcast this Wednesday!! I’ll be talking about my psychological thrillers, new book release and general life stuff. Plus I’m giving away 5 ebooks of The Takings! Would love to see you there! Here are the details: MEET THE AUTHOR Podcast Episode 22 – DOUBLE FEATURE – Wednesday AUGUST 25, 2021 – 7 PM ET (USA) FEATURING Psychological Thriller Author SANDIE WILL & Multi-Genre Author RICHARD CEZAR So bring your snacks, questions & comments. There will be book giveaways but you can't win if you don't watch LIVE at: FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MeetIndieAuthors or https://www.facebook.com/WLFEdbradio or YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEx5QG9vXdxpNjqfne3M59A CONNECT TO PREVIOUS EPISODES HERE: https://indiebooksource.com/podcast/ PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, FOLLOW & SHARE #podcast #books #author #psychologicalthriller #thrillerbooks #suspensebooks #suspensethriller #horror #YA #authorinterview #authorsofinstagram #authorlife #writer #writersofinstagram #writerscommunity #writingcommunity #readersofinstagram #reads #florida https://www.instagram.com/p/CS34txCrfr5/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Ingrid Godon

In this post, Ingrid talks about her working process, and she shares stunning illustrations from some of her books, including the ‘Ik Wou’ trilogy with words by Toon Tellegen, and ‘Dantesken’ which features over 600 pages of autonomous drawings. She also shares wonderful fabric sculptures, ceramics and textile art.

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Ingrid: When I was a child, I was always watching. From a distance. Who did what, and how they did it. I drew. Not what I saw, although I did store the images in my mind. One day, they would come out. Drawn. School didn’t work out, but I kept drawing. I met Rik Van den Brande, an illustrator and teacher, at the academy. He took me under his wing and I kept drawing. I soon got assignments as an illustrator. I was working! Drawing became my work.

Educational publishers gave me assignments. This led to the creation of ‘Nellie & Cezar’ in 1995, which, via an educational detour, turned into a short book which remains popular with toddlers and teachers to this day. It became a success in many versions, animated movies were made from it, and Nellie & Cezar became great puppets. And I kept drawing, especially for children.

I made ��Waiting for Sailor’ in 2000, and took the initiative for a story of my own for the first time. My dear colleague André Sollie wrote my story and I drew. That was the start of an international story. The book won many awards, and was published in English, French, German and Korean.

Foreign publishers were now asking me to make books for them as well. Often the German, French, Swedish or English books were never even published in Dutch. I received more awards, and in 2020 I was longlisted for the ALMA for the fourth time.

Photography has played an important role in my life for a long time now. A series of photographs could grab me, and I could go to work with it. For instance, I became enthralled by the work of Belgian photographer Norbert Ghisoland. He made portraits of ordinary people in his studio in the Borinage, an industrial region, each of them dressed to the nines, but there is a great deal of misery behind the well-groomed facade. This became the foundation for my work which was mainly aimed at adults: IK WOU (I Wish). Toon Tellegen wrote the text for the first series of portraits for this book; 33 portraits of serious people. Dressed to the nines. I drew them.

IK WOU became a trilogy, with IK DENK (I Think) and IK MOET (I Must) as parts two and three.

The trilogy has been successful, not just in Belgium and The Netherlands, but also in the French and German-language regions. It also led to beautiful exhibitions, with a large exhibit in Frankfurt being the tentative highlight. In Cologne, I displayed the works from IK WOU in combination with the children’s portraits of August Sander in 2016. I WISH, the American edition of IK WOU, was published in the spring of 2020. At the end of 2020, its portraits were supposed to be in an exhibition at C.G. Boerner in New York City, but this was cancelled due to Covid-19.

2018 was an important year for me. For the first time, I made a book without a story. Unless the viewer finds a story in there, of course. DANTESKEN: over 600 pages of drawings, an explosion of what goes on in my head. For me as an artist – because that is how I finally started seeing myself as well – this was an important step. More than ever before, I realised the importance of entrusting the paper (or canvas or wood or printing press or clay or fabric) with lines and shapes. I can do no different. I keep drawing.

Recently, I started making little sculptures out of fabric: three-dimensional drawings, like puppets stepping out of my drawings.

I’ve also been working more and more with ceramics and textile art.

My work is becoming increasingly autonomous, and diverges more and more from merely illustrating. Drawings live lives of their own, become works in their own right, sometimes with a story, sometimes starting from a story, sometimes from nothing.

I have no style; I have the Ingrid Godon style. I’m continuously looking for the right way to tell my story, rustling around in my box of materials, alternating between pencil and paint, covering it with a paint roller, cutting into wood and printing it, scribbling on photographs. I keep searching.

I mainly draw people who – like me – look in all directions and are curious about what goes on in front of them. They sometimes look away, but they are always very present. I have at times – on request – drawn landscapes. But even then, I could not resist placing a person in the landscape here and there. Looking, like I do. I search continuously, take different paths, and keep looking. Full of wonder.

In the meantime, I keep working on commissions, I take the initiative to make books, I keep searching for the right pen line or brush stroke, the images keep flowing from my head, and I keep drawing. I draw and I draw.

Illustrations © Ingrid Godon. Post translated by Gengo and edited by dPICTUS.

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Ik Wou / I Wish

Ingrid Godon & Toon Tellegen

Lannoo, Belgium, 2011

‘Pairs portraits with poetry to articulate wrenching individualism, yearning, humour, desires, and pathos. This probing psychological journey makes for an exciting exploration in empathy.’ —Kirkus Reviews

‘Each face is round as the moon, with small shining eyes that sit curiously far apart... One boy wears a bellhop’s uniform; another, a red jersey and cap... By voicing the fears, angers, and secret desires of the figures, Tellegen spurs readers to embrace those of others, and their own.’ —Publishers Weekly

Dutch: Lannoo

English: Elsewhere Editions

German: Mixtvision

French: La joie de lire

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Här är vi / Here we are

Åsa Lind & Ingrid Godon

Lilla Piratförlaget, Sweden, 2017

What happens when we become us? And how do we look at them? Belonging and not belonging is the theme of this poetic picturebook. Åsa Lind is one of Sweden’s most loved authors, and Ingrid Godon is an award-winning Belgian illustrator. Together they have created an unforgettable story about us and them.

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Dantesken

Ingrid Godon

MER / Borgerhoff & Lambrechts, Belgium, 2018

Who are the creatures that populate Ingrid Godon’s drawings? They are people, sure. But what is there of a person who only exists as an image? In this book we travel through the works of a gifted artist, illustrator and image maker.

Who will we meet? Who, or what, will we recognise? A book with 800 images which speak for themselves.

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Reds' STRPC on the verge of defeat: Parlade

#PHnews: Reds' STRPC on the verge of defeat: Parlade

MANILA – With the series of voluntary surrenders coming from its ranks, the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA)'s Southern Tagalog Regional Party Committee (STRPC) is now on the verge of collapse and defeat.

This, according to Southern Luzon Command (Solcom) chief, Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade, Jr., in a statement forwarded to the Philippine News Agency last week.

"The STRPC is on the verge of collapse, the people no longer want them, especially those vulnerable people living in far-flung areas whom they had exploited for so long. Wherever they go people report their presence to us, resulting in the series of armed engagements," he added.

He said the best option for the remaining NPA members affiliated with the STRPC is to voluntarily surrender and return to the folds of the law so that they can help in building better, more productive communities before the long arms of the law catch up with them.

"While the Kamatayan (Makabayan) Bloc members are desperately haggling to block the budget of the NTF ELCAC, nine NPA members of the STRPC returned to the fold of the law in several areas," Parlade said.

Among them are five communist terrorist group members including a certain "Darwin", Vice Leader of "Pltn 2,"  "Kilusan Larangan Guerilla" (KLG) Narciso, Sub-Regional Military Area (SRMA) 4D, who surrendered in Kalayaan, Laguna, and General Nakar, Quezon, bringing along three firearms on Sept. 13.

On the same day, four NPA terrorists of  "Platun Aque," KLG MAV, SRMA 4D in Monteclaro, San Jose Mindoro also voluntarily surrendered to authorities.

"Meanwhile, three active members of Platun 4A4 of KLG Cezar STRPC, escaped to Baler, Aurora but eventually decided to surrender peacefully. Windel Moral Prado, 32-years-old, alias 'FPJ/Bekit,'  Salenda Rosas Roldan alias 'Lara/Renren',  18-years-old and Romel Fajardo, 31-years-old, said they could no longer stand the massive operations in Southern Tagalog," he said.

He added that these surrenders follow the earlier surrender of alias "Ed," "Willy," and "Bong," on August 24 at Real Quezon.

A total of 666 NPAs from Southern Tagalog, he said, have laid down their arms and rejoined civil society. They have availed of the benefits offered by the NTF ELCAC thru the government's Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP)  and Amnesty Cluster.

Adding to the communist rebels' woes in Southern Tagalog last September 15 was the overrunning of security forces of an NPA terrorist temporary area at Barangay Abuyon, San Narciso,  Quezon.

Seized in the operation were three high-powered firearms, landmines, and pamphlets from the Makabayan bloc while another encounter with communist terrorists took place at Barangay Calawis, Antipolo City on the same day.

Parlade said on September 14, troopers from the Army’s 203rd Infantry Brigade and Philippine National Police figured in an armed encounter with NPAs of KLG MAV at Magsaysay Occidental Mindoro that resulted in the killing of Justin Ella Vargas alias "Star," a female "health worker".

He added that the slain communist terrorist is known to have trained with Fil-American Amado Canham alias "Allen," who earlier died of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

Recovered were several subversive documents, paraphernalia, and pamphlets of Bayan Muna, Bayan, and Anakbayan.

He added that the series of surrenders are taking place as members of the Makabayan bloc are desperately trying to block the budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) at the House of Representatives.

"Members of these same organizations have been complaining of being red-tagged yet many of their members are dying in gunfights against government forces, like Ren Manalo alias 'Pandan,' a Gabriela "activist" who was recently killed in an encounter in Palawan. (While) Alexandra Pacalda of Gabriela Youth and Karapatan, and Jhenelyn Malabanan of Karapatan were earlier captured," he added.

The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.

"These girls are only some of those who had been shouting the same lies of Teddy Casiño, Cristina Palabay,  Sarah Elago, Carlo Isagani Zarate, Eufemia Cullamat, Ferdinand Gaite, and Francisca Castro who are using their powers in Congress to silence the government by hostaging its budget that will provide services to GIDAs (Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas)," Parlade said.  (PNA)

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References:

* Philippine News Agency. "Reds' STRPC on the verge of defeat: Parlade." Philippine News Agency. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1116009 (accessed September 20, 2020 at 08:06PM UTC+14).

* Philippine News Agency. "Reds' STRPC on the verge of defeat: Parlade." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1116009 (archived).

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