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<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></span></span></p> <p><strong><em>"Cape of Good Hope" or "Journeys of love", by </em></strong><a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Pevernagie" title="en:Erik Pevernagie"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><strong><em>Erik Pevernagie</em></strong></span></span></a><strong><em>,(100 x 80 cm), Oil on canvas</em></strong></p> <p> </p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>When love is roaming in our mind, looping in the deepest fringes of our heart, undreamt spaciousness emerges, repealing the constraints of triviality and letting stifling narrowness fade away.</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>While a revolving burst of emotion besieges our mindset, our world is ultimately opening up. Love assumes expectation and hope. All actors of the hazardous pursuit of affection look forward to passing a significant cape without injuries or aching scratches: "the cape of good hope."</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>Love is a spiritual space where we can apprehend feelings.</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>Emotion is 'recognition.' When treasured moments arise in the jungle of our personal history during a visual or aural encounter, we capture magic sparks from our past arousing flashes of insight and revealing an inner flare. These instants of recognition can kindle enthralling emotion and fulfilling inspiration.</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>Journeys of love can be stunning and desperately exhausting. Love implies hope, but numerous are the impediments, and the road may be beset with shipwrecking obstacles since love is mystery, doubt, fear, pain, and sometimes war or hell.</strong></em></p> <p><strong><em>Phenomenon:' ¨</em></strong><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Love" title="Love"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><strong><em>Love</em></strong></span></span></a><strong><em>'</em></strong></p> <p><strong><em>Factual starting point of the picture: two faces joining to a </em></strong><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kiss" title="Kiss"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><strong><em>kiss</em></strong></span></span></a><strong><em>, in filigree "Cape of Good Hope" tag, between two characters.</em></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"> </p>

Cape of good hope

Could you take the garbage out
<p><span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></span></p> <p><em><strong>I am on my own side, but I can listen , by </strong></em><a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Pevernagie" title="en:Erik Pevernagie"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><em><strong>Erik Pevernagie</strong></em></span></span></a><em><strong> Oil on canvas, (80 x 100 cm)  xx</strong></em></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &quot;lumm=75000 lumo=25000&quot;; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">We need not be afraid of learning to know ourselves, fearing it would come down to disappointment. Remaining humble allows us to have compassion for ourselves for not being perfect. If we stay lucid and grounded, we steer clear of the steep cliffs of delusional self-importance or arrogance.</span></em></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &quot;lumm=75000 lumo=25000&quot;; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">Above all, let us take the time to learn to listen intently to ourselves if we want to be mindful and aware of others. If we can untie the knotty points in our minds and become conscious of what is essential in our lives, we can reach the core of our inner selves and then sense how cool it is to listen to others and enjoy the wonder of connecting.</span></em></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &quot;lumm=75000 lumo=25000&quot;; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">Life can be generous but often leaves us with a trilemma. We must be able to reconcile three distinct elements: 'I,' 'me,' and the 'others.'</span></em></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &quot;lumm=75000 lumo=25000&quot;; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">Since the "I" entails what I want, the "me" what others expect of me, and the "others" what others themselves want.</span></em></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &quot;lumm=75000 lumo=25000&quot;; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">The bridges between "individuality," "surroundings," and "otherness" can be abysmal and are very often under repair.</span></em></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &quot;lumm=75000 lumo=25000&quot;; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">For building up a 'personality,' self-esteem is essential. If we are mindful and feel involved, we learn a lot about ourselves. It also implies that we must be patient. 'Patience' does not endure instant gratification, though, and self-knowledge can take a lifetime.</span></em></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &quot;lumm=75000 lumo=25000&quot;; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">Between goodwill and egocentrism, we must build a bond of concern. Open-mindedness helps us to assess our life experiences, raise our self-regard and restore our self-confidence.</span></em></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &quot;lumm=75000 lumo=25000&quot;; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></em></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &quot;lumm=75000 lumo=25000&quot;; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">Phenomenon: individuality, otherness, personality, self-esteem, open-mindedness, receptiveness</span></em></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &quot;lumm=75000 lumo=25000&quot;; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">Factual starting point of the pictureː man in his court.</span></em></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt;" align="center"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt;" align="center"> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt;" align="center"> </p>

I am on my own side, but I can listen
<p><span style="color: #292929; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></span></p> <p><em><strong>Juicy rumours by </strong></em><a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Pevernagie" title="en:Erik Pevernagie"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><em><strong>Erik Pevernagie</strong></em></span></span></a><em><strong>, oil on canvas, 80 x100 cm</strong></em></p> <p> </p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><em><strong>Life can be generous, but leaves us with a trilemma: How can we reconcile three distinct features: 'I,' 'me' and the 'others.' Since the "I" entails what I want, the "me" what others expect of me and the "others" what others themselves want. The bridges between "individuality," "surroundings," and "otherness" can be abysmal and very often waiting to be restored.</strong></em></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><em><strong>The conversation often seems to become mere verbal performance and oral horseplay rather than fair-minded communication. . In place of reasonable discourse, many prefer to sell trivialities, chatter, and prattle or vend cut-price ideas.</strong></em></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><em><strong>Rumors and "Schadenfreude" are well-liked, and people adore gossips. They find tittle-tattle irresistible because chitchat is so appealing and mouth-watering. It uplifts and makes people feel better.</strong></em></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><em><strong>Gossips have a swift ripple effect, and once the ball is rolling, it kick-starts a flood of moral destruction. It spreads like an unstoppable virus, and "Schadenfreude" can then be thoroughly enjoyed.</strong></em></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><em><strong>Rumor hunters feel the need to make their topics juicy and alluring since the world out there is hungry and eagerly waiting for them.</strong></em></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><em><strong>We need not be paranoiac but let us follow our path, with consistency and common sense, and avoid being run over by the steamroller of social media through loose-tongued prattle and unthoughtful actions. We must be aware that loose lips sink ships.</strong></em></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><em><strong>Let us not get scooped up by gaslighting manipulators stealing our emotions and taking possession of our inner child to carry out their dark agenda. Let the light of our intuition guide us subtly and wisely along the path of trust and suspicion.</strong></em></span></p> <p><em><strong>Phenomenon :gossip</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Factual starting point : Ears</strong></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"> </p>

Juicy rumours
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: DE; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;" lang="DE"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p><em><strong>"Kein Schwein ruft mich an" </strong><a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Pevernagie" title="en:Erik Pevernagie"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><strong>Erik Pevernagie</strong></span></span></a><strong> , oil on canvas(60 x 94 cm)</strong></em></p> <p> </p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>When the river of emotions bursts its banks and expectations go over the edges of reality, the brain creates hallucinations. Ringxiety-stricken people feel illusive vibrating alerts and hear phantom phone rings since the absence of ringing generates scaring emptiness and destroys their self-esteem.</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>Some seem to be desynchronized in their relationships. They feel oppressed as they cannot move forward together and at the same pace. Their thinking is often incongruent, their motivation disparate.</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>The phone could be a mediator since it creates an impression to be a highly reliable friend. However, in the end, it causes a sense of loneliness, since it divides more than it unites. Eventually, it appears to be not such a good friend but a ghost friend.</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>In spite of the development of all kinds of networks, the acute loss of communication and isolation strikes hard. Nobody seems to care, in the end. Not even a pig. "Kein Schwein ruft an." (Not a single soul is calling me.)</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>People are not dying of lack of money but lack of esteem and awareness.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong><br /></strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Phenomenon : contact, isolation, telecommunication</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Factual starting point : woman with telephone</strong></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt; mso-outline-level: 1;" align="center"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt; mso-outline-level: 1;" align="center"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt; mso-outline-level: 1;" align="center"> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt; mso-outline-level: 1;" align="center"> </p>

Kein Schwein ruft mich an.
<p><span class="detail-box-desc"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p><em><strong>"Low profile" , by </strong></em><a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Pevernagie" title="en:Erik Pevernagie"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><em><strong>Erik Pevernagie</strong></em></span></span></a><em><strong>, oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm</strong></em></p> <p> </p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>Keeping a low profile does not allow passion or excitement, unless it is restrained. Lying low does definitely not stand any limelight.</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>Staying away from the madding crowd helps keeping a low profile and avoiding troubles when violent social outbursts are about to arise or when controversial decisions are going to be taken.</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>Keeping a low profile and remaining inconspicuous is interpreted by some as a sign of haughtiness or misunderstood as introversion.</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>Some people fit a certain profile out of inferiority. Others lift their profile out of envy.</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>The bigger we are, the harder we fall. Despite its hazards some keep on raising their narcissistic profile, wishing to be in the picture all the time, everywhere and at any cost.</strong></em></p> <p><br /><em><strong>Phenomenon: Keeping a low profile</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Factual starting point: woman hiding</strong></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt; mso-outline-level: 1;" align="center"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt; mso-outline-level: 1;" align="center"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt; mso-outline-level: 1;" align="center"> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt; mso-outline-level: 1;" align="center"> </p>

Low profile
<p><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p><em><strong>"Imbroglio" , by </strong></em><a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Pevernagie" title="en:Erik Pevernagie"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><em><strong>Erik Pevernagie</strong></em></span></span></a><em><strong> Oil on canvas</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>We might not be able to know what reality is about, but we can’t but be aware of the explicitness of facts. To get a better grip on the intricate nature of the truth and its ambiguity, we have got to scrutinize facts and find out about their codes. </strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>But, yet, we can’t ignore that reality is a very intriguing place, since facts may be construed, receive variant contexts and create alternate outcomes, which, in turn, might spark new realities, over again.</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>Misunderstandings or disagreements can lead to embroiled situations. When we find ourselves in a labyrinthine condition or a claustrophobic situation, we face a subversive imbroglio.</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>In an imbroglio, we desperately look for a physical or mental outcome, an escape from emotional sequestration or an oppressive position.</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>We start asking for all kinds of queries. How come we got mixed up in the hugger-mugger? What is the deeper sense of what we are doing every day? What is the significance of what the others do or say? We may even wonder what the meaning of meaning itself is.</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>After tail spinning into chaos, one needs a bolt-hole, to resource and ‘challenge’ oneself, break free from the haunting constrictions, squirrel back into bouncy and buoyant surroundings and enjoy the many laugh-out-loud-moments of the day. </strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>As soon as one manages to wobble out of one’s shell, everything may click into place again, and the radiance and glare of the bright side of life might show again.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Phenomenon: Labyrinthal and claustrophobic sentiment</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Factual starting point: Person looking for an exit</strong></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt; mso-outline-level: 1;" align="center"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt; mso-outline-level: 1;" align="center"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt; mso-outline-level: 1;" align="center"> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt; mso-outline-level: 1;" align="center"> </p>

Imbroglio -No exit
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: #242424; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></span></span></p> <p><em><strong>"Ruling the </strong><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Waves" title="Waves"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><strong>waves</strong></span></span></a><strong>" , by </strong></em><a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Pevernagie" title="en:Erik Pevernagie"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><em><strong>Erik Pevernagie</strong></em></span></span></a><em><strong>, oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm</strong></em></p> <p> </p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><em><strong>Let us rule the waves!</strong></em></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><em><strong>When we cannot look through the dusty spectrum of our memory anymore, we must invent the future and create the tools of poignant moments and unique experiences for a memorable time to come.</strong></em></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #202122; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;" lang="EN-US">Our lives must not be bogged down in trivial anecdotes, and our encounters bleed out in empty talks. A solid architecture of life vision helps us find the voice and the pulse of our personality. Moreover, it teaches us to respire deeply, inspire multiple thrilling moments and let loose while gathering rosebuds.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"> </span></strong></em></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><em><strong>In a world where conflicting powers outline our fate, we must challenge the vagaries of life without actuating wrecking high-wire acts with no safety net. If we need a new swing in our reality, we need not count on sheer luck but individual effort.</strong></em></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><em><strong>Cogitation and operation must be ingrained allies if we want to rule the stormy waves of our lives.</strong></em></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><em><strong>When we learn to reflect on a supreme strategy and recognize the proper tactics, action and reflection can unite in braving the tortuous windings and turnings of the paths ahead.</strong></em></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><br /> <strong><em>Phenomenon</em></strong>: Resilience, strategy, and tactics</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; background: #F8F9FA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">Factual starting point</span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; background: #F8F9FA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">: Person braving the waves</span><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: &quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; color: red; letter-spacing: .75pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR-BE;" lang="EN-US"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt; mso-outline-level: 1;" align="center"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt; mso-outline-level: 1;" align="center"> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt; mso-outline-level: 1;" align="center"> </p>

Ruling the waves
<p><span class="detail-box-desc"><span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p><em><strong>Tolerance zero , by </strong></em><a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Pevernagie" title="en:Erik Pevernagie"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><em><strong>Erik Pevernagie</strong></em></span></span></a><em><strong>, oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm</strong></em></p> <p> </p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>As a result of the « slippery-slope-syndrome,» tolerance of slight cases of misbehavior or erratic conduct, has lead to more tolerance for more deviating cases of delinquency.</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>In the past decades, tolerance has been softened or hardened based on the nature of social incidents. Some say that "political correctness" can be used as a pretense or an argument to claim tolerance for questionable forms of misconduct.</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>Voltaire has defended tolerance and freedom of speech assiduously, and that is why he declares that he might not always agree with what people say, but wants to defend, nevertheless, to the death, their right to say it."</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>One of the crucial points about tolerance is, whether there should be tolerance for intolerance, whether everything should be 'sayable' ( in the name of freedom of expression), whether blasphemy needs a specific chapter in the book of tolerance. When do slander and libel begin, and what are the precise limits? When should Tolerance Zero be implemented? Questionable forms of bad language may also lead to disturbance and might find its place under the page of intolerance.</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>As to the vulgar speech, it seems that foulmouthed individuals have, more and more, their neuron systems replaced by colon structures, given that their terminology profusely consists of "sh*t and f*ck".</strong></em></p> <p><br /><em><strong>Phenomenon: Tolerance</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Factual starting point of the picture: Uniformed persons opposing people.</strong></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt; mso-outline-level: 1;" align="center"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt; mso-outline-level: 1;" align="center"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt; mso-outline-level: 1;" align="center"> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt; mso-outline-level: 1;" align="center"> </p>

Tolerance zero
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