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the Puerta del Sol square is part of Madrid , Downtown Madrid (district 1) , Barrio de Sol (16) .

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Expressions of Joy
Made by dujarandille
-Why did you make sex so good, so spectacular, so powerful a human experience if all we are to do is stay away from it as much as we can? What gives? -There is so much more to be said about sex than is being said here - but nothing more essential than this: sex is joy, and many of you have made sex everything else but. Sex is sacred, too - yes. But joy and sacredness do mix (they are in fact the same thing) and many of you think they are not. Your attitudes about sex form a microcosm of your attitudes about life. Life should be a joy, a celebration, and it has become an experience of fear, anxiety, not enough-ness, envy, rage, and tragedy. The same can be said about sex. You have repressed sex, even as you have repressed life, rather than fully Self-expressing with abandon and joy. You have shamed sex, even as you have shamed life, calling it evil and wicked, rather than the highest gift and the greatest pleasure. The energy which underscores sex is the energy which underscores life; which is life!. The feeling of attraction and the intense and often urgent desire to move toward each other, to become one, is the essential dynamic of all that lives. I have built this into everything. It is inbred, inherent, inside All That Is. The moral codes, religious constrictions, social taboos and emotional conventions you have placed around sex (and by the way, around love - and all of life) have made it virtually impossible for you to celebrate your being. From the beginning of time all man has ever wanted is to love and be loved. And from the beginning of time man has done everything in his power to make it impossible to do that. Sex is an extraordinary expression of love - love of another, love of Self, love of life. You ought to therefore love it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The actions of the body were meant to be reflections of a state of being, not attempts to attain a state of being Conversations with God N. D. Walsch


Puerta de Sol, Madrid
Made by Marisa Gabín (*)
POR FAVOR, no dejes multi-invitaciones a grupos!! PLEASE, do not leave multiple invitations to groups Cámara:Nikon D60 Exposición:0,033 sec (1/30) Aperture:f/4.0 Lente:55 mm Velocidad ISO:250 MADRID Símbolos heráldicos de Madrid. Un madroño sinople frutado de gules, sobre el que se empina un oso. En un principio, Madrid sólo tuvo como símbolo a un oso pasante, y con esta enseña acudieron las milicias madrileñas a la batalla de las Navas de Tolosa (1212). Posteriormente, y según la tradición, se sustituyó el oso pasante por un madroño y un oso empinado. Este cambio se debió a la resolución adoptada en el largo pleito que enfrentó a la Villa con el Cabildo de Curas y Beneficiados de Madrid sobre la propiedad de los pastos y arboledas. Así, se acordó que los pastos pasaran a propiedad del Cabildo y los árboles al Concejo madrileño. Desde ese momento, el Cabildo usó en su escudo el oso pasante, mientras que la Villa adoptó para el suyo el oso erguido y el madroño, enseña que venía a simbolizar que los árboles eran propiedad de la Villa. . . Tener 12 fotografías buenas en un año, es una buena cosecha. Ansel Adams


00revolucion de sol 032 -1
Made by druidabruxux
Esta noche del 22 de Mayo, muchos piensan que es desastrosa, otros que es estupenda, porque siguen pensando en pequeñito,Ignoran que la globalizacion es un echo, la insostenibilidad de poder dar cierta dignidad en sus vidas a 7000 millones de habitantes es sencillamente imposible, datos se considera que ya esta cultivada el 90% de las tierras con posibilidad para ello, ende si se da mas a unos se debe quitar a otros la falta de materias primas para todos es ya un echo evidente que se acentuara mucho mas a medida que crezcan china , la india indonesia y brasil osease 2800 millones de personas soluciones ? la naturaleza dictara la sentencia los recursos seran para el mas fuerte o la especie se extinguira un ejemplo, cuando la poblacion de ratas crece desmesuradamente en un territorio, empiezan a suicidarse pero podeis seguir pensando en cosas pequeñitas desde el mismo dia que se liberalizo el comercio y la libre circulacion de capitales murio el sistema del bienestar y pronto trabajeremos en el mismo sistema de semiescalvitud que el resto de paises menos ocidente y sino viajar un poco por el mundo


Pardao
Made by Pepesanta
Entre los charcos de la ultima lluvia y a una esquina no muy frecuentada de una ciudad sucia y olvidada llega el cantor a empezar la jornada y de una funda hecha una ruina saca su amiga vieja y gastada afina un poco sus cuerdas cansadas mientras la gente pasa apresurada Sin detenerse algunos lo miran y poco a poco otros se paran para escuchar su voz fatigada contar historias y viejas baladas por un momento las penas se olvidan y ahora es calle lo que era calzada pues Pardao con su vieja guitarra pone en la vida promesas olvidadas. Y nadie sabe como pasa su vida nadie se entera como su vida pasa Pardao le llaman en la plaza porque aunque llueva el canta ... y no se marcha. Los Suaves: Pardao


Was this Gerard Houllier moonlighting in Madrid?
Made by Frank Fullard - away for a while
Football management is, as everyone knows, a precarious profession. Any sensible football club manager will no doubt always have in the back of his mind where his next move might bring him. Perhaps I’ve got it wrong (it can happen) but could Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier have a move to Madrid in mind? I spotted this man playing with a group of street musicians in Madrid recently. He bears an uncanny resemblance to the said Mr. Houllier, and personally I’m convinced it’s him! So will Jose Mourinho get the boot for not winning the Spanish Championship this year, and will he be replaced by Gerard Houllier? If not Gerard could have a future in music anyway because the group he was playing with were terrific!


Inside Madrid's Protest camp in Puerta del Sol square
Made by Dr ‧ House (Nguyen ‧ Anh ‧ Tu)
A quick snapshot inside Madrid's Protest camp in Puerta del Sol square. With tents, mattresses, sleeping bags, a kitchen, a market, and even a pharmacy.... a protest camp in Madrid grew into a real 'urban village' for thousands of young people. I was both surprised and impressed to see so many protesters gathered in this famous place. They were protesting against politicians, bankers and authorities' handling of the economic crisis. They said: 'We'll have to pay for something we have not created. It was young people that started all this, but then lots of others joined in — people who felt that something had to happen.” The protests began on May 15th and they left here after 3 weeks.


Street Photography, Retiro, Centro, Madrid, España
Made by publikaccion.es
PUBLIKACCION | ENTRADA Nikon, D80, Street Photography, Retiro, Centro, Madrid, España, 50mm Hay muchos fotógrafos que están llenos de vida pero que son confusos y difíciles de recordar. Es la fuerza de la imagen la que importa There are many photographs which are full of life but which are confusing and difficult to remember. It is the force of an image which matters.             Brassai - Fotógrafo Amater, 18 de Junio, 1969


El Oso y El Madroño, Madrid
Made by **Anik Messier**
The Puerta del Sol is the location of the symbol of Madrid: a 20 ton statue of a bear eating fruits from a tree. The official name of the statue is 'El Oso y El Madroño'. The Madroño is a tree related to the strawberry tree. While shopping may be the main activity for most visitors to the square, one should be aware this is also a historic square of protest. It was here that the uprising against French occupiers started in May of 1808, and the square is used regularly today by one group or another to make their viewpoints known. Source: www.travelinginspain.com/madrid/pureta_del_sol.htm


1º PREMIO PHOTOESPAÑA GYMKANA FOTOGRÁFICA FUNDACIÓN CANAL ISABEL II "MADRID IS DIFFERENT" 2010
Made by Alfredo J. Llorens
Serie: El cielo sobre Madrid Título: El tío de siempre Ganadora en la sección: ¿Te acuerdas? Jurado: Christian Ruiz Orfila, Jose Manuel Navia y Matías Costa Todavía no me lo termino de creer... :) www.phe.es/gymkana/ www.phedigital.com/ Aunque no hayan puesto mi nombre, soy el de blanco: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg31L3Waxi0


nochevieja
Made by e.l.i.s.a.b.e.t.t.a
Midnight at Puerta del Sol, Madrid, Spain Here people from Madrid meet and wait for new year. Everyone looks up at the clock and eats 12 grapes in time with the 12 strokes of midnight. Traditionally, each grape-gobble symbolises a month of the year ahead. If one manage to finish the 12 grapes [uvas de la suerte] in time and have no more in his mouth after the last stroke, the whole new year will be a lucky one!! [photo published on TopView magazine, Brasil, Dec2009]


Metro de Sol a 36 horas de su gran noche
Made by cuellar
Hoy a las 0:00 hacen otro ensayo de las campanadas de fin de año. Esta mañana casualmente estaba por allí a las 12 y pude asistir al ensayo. Mañana, como todos los años, abarrotado de gente. Feliz fin de año a todos!! The square around Puerta del Sol is where we celebrate in Madrid the new year. There is the big clock that almost everybody in Spain will be watchig on TV for the bell strokes of the new year. Happy 2005 end for all of you, flickers!!


Madrid 2011 [Le persone periferiche 4]
Made by Nene E. Minetti
www.circolofotografico.it press L please or [Le persone periferiche]: progetto fotografico in bianco e nero da Madrid al resto dei miei viaggi e camminate nel mondo che riesco a raggiungere. Persone che ci sono ma sono periferia dell'immagine che propongo come luogo o dimensione. Umanità che scompare ai nostri occhi ed ogni giorno è sempre più piccola e periferia della mente di ognuno.


Spanish Revolution 01
Made by Julio López Saguar
Puerta del Sol, Madrid, Spain SPANISH REVOLUTION Nuevo album en mi web New album in my web www.jlopezsaguar.com/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&am... www.jlopezsaguar.com Please, do not use this photo without permission Por Favor no usar esta fotografía sin permiso


Navidad 2009 3
Made by rafael-angel
Puerta del Sol de Madrid El día 27 de noviembre, Madrid se vistió para la Navidad, se vistió de luz, con 7,5 millones de lámparas que iluminan 170 espacios públicos, en los que se combinan nuevos diseños con otros salidos de nuestro fondo de armario. www.fiestas-de-madrid.com/iluminacion-navidad-madrid.htm


Sol II
Made by Charlie Wild
Puerta del Sol, Madrid. Al centro, la estatua ecuestre de Carlos III - Tres RAW ahorquillados a dos pasos de exposición en Photomatix - Ajuste de contraste,equilibrio de color, luces, sombras y saturación en Photoshop CS3. - Three two stops bracketed RAW images in Photomatix - Contrast, color balance, lights, shadows and saturation adjustments in Photoshop CS3.


15-M
Made by Julio López Saguar
Este es mi particular homenaje de solidaridad con todas las personas que se identifican con el 15-M This is my special tribute of solidarity with all who identify with the 15-M ( spanish revolution ) www.jlopezsaguar.com Please, do not use this photo without permission Por Favor no usar esta fotografía sin permiso


Puerta del Sol, Madrid 2011
Made by fernando maquieira
Instruction #35 1. Nominate something you are going to go out and hunt for - the more abstract the better 2. Give yourself a time constraint 3. Go out and start work 4. Ask yourself why everything else that you encounter is so much more engaging than what you are hunting for 5. Ask yourself whether the time constraint is a useful tool Richard Wentworth


Is it possible to over-use polarisation techniques - discuss.
Made by fontograph
Quite an extreme effect I thought, during the late afternoon unrelenting Madrid sun (in an area aptly named; Sol)... but blue to pure black - wow. Facebook www.LukeFonfara.com


concentración navideña en sol
Made by airojo
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Do I Know You?
Made by L Plater
Living statue at the city square. Taken on the second last day of our trip in the capital city. This will be the last posting in this people and faces series. Busker, Puerta del Sol, Madrid, Spain (Monday 8 Aug 2011 @ 9:14pm). ISO800 | f/4 | 1/125 sec | 70-200mm @ 188mm x 1.6 | AWB | raw