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cafe18-May-2015 09:44
De superbes photos, que dire d'autre ?
cheveux boucles16-May-2015 08:50
Je suis impressionnée par vos photos, woow !
Peter Chou08-Sep-2006 15:33
Hi Rita,

Thank you so much for visiting my gallery and I love your photos that showed me your part of the world. Keep your photos coming!

Regards,
Peter
pwi@yahoo.com 27-May-2006 22:20
Looked through your site. Good work! Ken.
Guest 09-Jan-2005 15:53
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Rita19-Oct-2004 11:48
Strange Fish

The first encounter with my mystery object took place at Lisbon’s Expo. Aquarium. My object of inquiry is a fish. Until now I was not aware of the name of this fish nor was I ever informed of its existence. At the Aquarium there were no informational panels concerning this fish (which is a striking fact since its sheer size and eccentric prehistoric appearance would have been difficult to dismiss). Apparently, even the scientific community lacks knowledge about this strange fish, although they are currently conducting their own investigations.
My investigation began by typing ‘ugly fish’ into the Google picture search engine. By chance, this very same fish appeared on the first page, and from there I discovered that it goes by the name of Mola Mola, or ‘Ocean Sunfish’ and can be found in warm and temperate zones of all oceans. It is the largest bony fish in the world. The Mola that I encountered was slightly larger than myself, however, they can grow up to 10 feet long and weigh up to 5,000 pounds.
“The fish (Mola Mola) became stuck on the bow off Jervis Bay, New South Wales and slowed the ship from 14 to 11 knots. The skin of the Ocean Sunfish was so rough it wore the ship's paint work back to the bare metal.”1 It is a scaleless fish and its thick grey skin is lined with “copious amounts of mucous”2.
The French call this mystery fish ‘Poisson Lune’ meaning, “moon fish”3; a name which denotes its almost circular shape. Its large, laterally compressed head is equipped with extensive triangular fins atop and below. These fins are feebly flapped from side to side, acting as its only means of propulsion since its body appears to have ended suddenly before the complete formation of a tail. Instead of a tail, this fish displays a leathery stump that acts as a rudder although it resembles the scalloped edge of a cookie-cutter. Not surprisingly, the Germans call this fish “swimming head”4. It is not an agile fish and its large size amplifies the slowness and difficulty of its movements.
Since I observed this fish in an artificial environment I cannot accurately speculate about its typical behaviour, however, “The sunfish is described as glowing luminescent at night in the water. We cannot verify this first hand. But we can bear witness that it grunts or groans when hauled out of the water.”5 The Mola often drifts at the surface whist lying on its side, appearing to sunbathe. It can also be observed swimming close to the surface so that its dorsal fin protrudes from the water, much like that of a shark’s.
The diet of the Mola consists of small organisms such as jellyfish and molluscs, which are sucked into its tummy via its awkward parrot-beak shaped mouth. Molas themselves are considered a delicacy throughout Asia since they contain the same toxin as puffers and porcupine fish. They can be eaten fresh or broiled, however, their flesh is said to taste “soft and insipid”6.
Rita03-Sep-2004 16:30
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Da(y)vid 23-Apr-2003 02:21
Rita,
i'll be honest: I was downloading porn, and while killing time (my connection's slow) stumbled across your homepage. I sure am glad to have downloaded that porn, because the page kicks ass (and it is an honour to be splattered over bits of it), and many of the photos are truly impressive (amusing too)!
I couldn't help reading the music issue (techno, trance, classical) you wrote about quite a while now and seem to recognise a ToK discussion... ;) I hope by now you will realise that classical music is tremendously more powerful, if not, hopefully we all will one day. Which is not to say techno sucks (even though it does).
When it comes to art, i believe in some degree of dictatorship, as it has two advantages:
a) it stops pseudo-art, like Kenny G, and
b) the dictatorship can be fought.
Not wishing to sound too pseudo-intellectual, I admit to knowing nothing, I am a 17-yr-old chemist (a mediocre one too).
And please tell people more about the stuff you do, and invite us to future exhibitions.
Love, David :)
(put more poetry on your homepage, i loved the crack head poem)
Joćo 16-Oct-2002 17:24
lol
Joćo 16-Oct-2002 17:23
What's your question, anyway?...
Guest 12-Sep-2002 19:02
Na minha opinião as pessoas tem tendencia a dizer k a musica k ouvem é musica de qualidade. Se tds tivessem razão, toda a musica produzida era de qualidade. Apesar de gostar mais de musica electronica, considero k em geral as musicas classicas tem mais qualidade. A musica electronica tem como finalidade a dança, é esse o seu principio, logo antes de td o ritmo n pode sofrer grandes variações. Isto faz com k as musicas, na minha opinião, sejam bastante previsiveis, e k as pessoas ao fim de algum tempo se fartem dela."uma musica house dura 3 meses." Outro factor importante é k a musica electronica é relativamente recente, a musica classica vem de há seculos. Isto faz com k esta tenha sofrido uma grande evolução e k tenham aparecido seres humanos como mozart k desde criança td o k ele conheceu foi musica classica. Nenhum puto de 4 anos faz musica electronica. Contudo acho estas questões um bocado insignificantes. Na minha opinião o importante é eu gostar da musica k ouço, n é por os outros gostarem ou n , k a musica vai ficar melhor. Outra coisa k eu acho ridiculo, é estar a passar uma musica qk e dizerem k é comercial. Eu tenho a seguinte opinião, td o k nos ouvimos é comercial, se n fosse comercial n chegava aos nossos ouvidos.
Joćo 10-Sep-2002 23:46
I'm sorry, but I just couldn't resist posting something here about that subject of what is or what isn't art. For starters, classical music hava a big advantage over techno/trance (whatever...) and that's time. I think the classics are dictated by time, and techo music is very recent, I guess. I don't know if I'm articulating this very well... let me put it this way: Citizen Kane is now a high form of art because it influenced a lot of filmmakers over the years and is as watchable now as it was when it was released. And I think classical music as you said "trance uses the same bases as classical". So trance is itself influenced by classical music, as I guess that's one of the reasons why the majority of people considers classical music as art. So my point is... a lot of people may not consider trance music as art, simply because they can't listen to it (like, I guess, all of our parents) but I'm sure our generation who loves (well, generaly, because I can't say I looove trance/house - I like it, sure) that kind of music will make it art, because we'll all grow up and when our generation starts reviewing music and films and stuff like that, we'll include trance in our list of what we consider art. And then of course, next generation will have the same kind of beef with us, because then there will be some other sort of music ~that we may not respond to as well, so they'll say that's art and we... well, I think you got the picture. But anyway... who cares about what is art or not? As long as they cotinue to produce it, fine with me. So, I had some more stuff to say about something else, but i'll do it some other time, 'cause it's getting late and I'm getting sleepy.

Sorry for any grammar mistakes (I'm portuguese). But I believe this qualifies as English though.

JOÃO P. C. LOURENÇO
Marco Antćo 04-Jul-2002 16:09
curti as fotos tão bacanas :)
Rita16-May-2002 21:32
Recently I came across an interesting debate on whether Techno/Trance/House music was actually a musical form of art and whether classical music was more 'superior', 'emotionally stimulating' or 'complex' compared to electronically-enginered music. (obviously ludicrously (sp?) subjective)
Apreciating trance music myself, I took the defensive strategy. Many times trance uses the same bases as classical music (sometimes obviously, sometimes more subtly) and simply adds a dancable/addrenaline inducing beat of which usually aggrevates my parents..
I think that we should learn to listen to music because many times, people don't even give electronic music (amongst many other genres) a chance.
Maybe education has influenced our views on what is or isn't art. Society, to a certain extent, also plays on this notion (through museums, magazines, collages...) and may be said to dictate what is good or bad when it comes to art.
Is it acceptable? Should we be manipulated by the more powerful individual's tastes?
Or can we break free?

I think that when it comes to art, the only person who can decide on what is appealing and interesting is yourself.


art is a creative interpretation of reality / life.
Rita16-May-2002 19:27
hmmm I wonder what he meant about THAT. suddenly the grass bends in a different direction and subsequently curls its waxy greenness to the dirt.
I like bark. how about licking mildewed grass? or expanding marshmallows in the microwave while languidly stirring melted chocolate?

tommorow we are going out to Sound Planet.
lou muenz26-Apr-2002 04:20
talented.

thats ritaard the yellow munchkin.
your photos are real thought provoking.
also like your profile-intro. very well said.
good-luck!
lou
http://pbase.com/tremont/
lou muenz26-Apr-2002 04:19
thats ritaard the yellow munchkin.
your photos are real thought provoking.
also like your profile-intro. very well said.
good-luck!
lou
http://pbase.com/tremont/
Rita25-Apr-2002 21:43
distracted
disordered
Jacky 22-Apr-2002 20:31
Ure page is way cool...just like u!!! ...imagination captured in priceless images =) 0;) Jacky