Image for Fire Horse Year

[Cobie]

 

6 hours ago, Sahaja said:

 

 

Perhaps what we need is a water horse to balance and calm things down a bit.  
 

 

Totally!  Love the picture, let’s use this one. After all, “Dao Bums” mustn’t take themselves too seriously.
 

 

Edited 20 hours ago by Cobie

[Nungali]

6 hours ago, Sahaja said:

Perhaps what we need is a water horse to balance and calm things down a bit.  

 

That is just plain stupid !  Think about it, people ! 

 

Horse should have floaties on front legs and flippers on back legs !     

[Nungali]

Whatever happens , do me a favor  and get the horse to face towards the center of the image , especially with a main feature in a composition being close to an edge ... basic picture composition    

 

Becasue I am too lazy to type ; 

 

an image or subject located near the edge of a frame should generally face or move towards the center. This technique, often called "leaving room" or "leading room," prevents the subject from appearing trapped, creates better dynamic balance, and guides the viewer's eye into the composition rather than off the frame. 

• Create Breathing Room: Placing a subject on the edge facing inward provides "space to move," which feels more natural and less claustrophobic.
• Dynamic Balance: While the Rule of Thirds encourages off-center placement for dynamism, having the subject look inward creates a balanced, engaging narrative rather than a static one.
• Avoid Distraction: A subject facing outward directs the viewer's attention to the edge, increasing visual weight there and causing distraction.
• Exceptions: In certain cases, such as creating a sense of tension, isolation, or if the subject is looking at something intentionally excluded from the frame, they may face outward, though this is a stylistic choice rather than a standard rule. 

In summary, having the subject face toward the center is a common, effective compositional guideline that improves the narrative flow of a photo.

 

[Cobie]

I’m fine with whatever admods decide to put on the banner. 
 

 

 

Edited 18 hours ago by Cobie

[Jenn]

I've noticed almost all the fire horse images this year are limiting or eliminating excess fire overtones, which makes sense given the times (that said I love the fiery vitality of Kakapo's horse). But I've seen some interesting brush art that could be a alternative (note: someone should check the characters if we go this route as I just pulled this off the net):

Has that vitality / free spirited horse energy without the war undertones. There are a lot of good looking similar ones out there if a more horizontal one would fit better. 

[Taomeow]

1 hour ago, Jenn said:

I've noticed almost all the fire horse images this year are limiting or eliminating excess fire overtones, which makes sense given the times (that said I love the fiery vitality of Kakapo's horse). But I've seen some interesting brush art that could be a alternative (note: someone should check the characters if we go this route as I just pulled this off the net):

Has that vitality / free spirited horse energy without the war undertones. There are a lot of good looking similar ones out there if a more horizontal one would fit better. 

 

This is a very nice image!  I like this style of calligraphy-meets-painting.  Even though such calligraphy images have been popularized and commercialized in the recent years, the style is surprisingly traditional -- some artists did it like that a very long time ago too.   

 

But there's nothing here about the year 2026 specifically, the Fire Horse year.  The English text on the bottom says 2014, the Year of Horse.  But it was a different Horse in 2014, a Wood one.  So if we want to go with "just any horse," this will work, minus the English text.

 

A reminder:  The "animals" rotate over a 12-year period, so "some" horse appears every 12 years.  But the specific combo of the animal with one of the five wuxing phases -- that's 12 X 5 = 60.  So a horse of a particular phase (aka "element") shows up only once in 60 years.  And Fire Horse is widely regarded as "special."  So it may be a good idea to include the wuxing phase in the image.          

[Gerard]

Every animal of each phase turns up every SIXTY YEARS.

 

Because of simple math:

 

5 x 12 = 60

Earth Dog 1958 then 60 years later it was 2018.

 

Water Pig 1983 will occur again 60 years later, which is in 2043.

Horse governs Fire-Heart so expect from humanity crazy things to happen this year as currently the *Heart is out of control due to excessive Wood movement at a global scale: excessive thinking, sexual activity and lack of grounding. 
 

*I'm no better since when I was reborn on this current cycle: came here with too much thinking, thinking of women as sexual objects  & ungrounded due to study and modern lifestyle. 

 

A human = a small microcosm expression of the macrocosm.

We all on this Earth have a share of WHAT WE ALL REALLY ARE. With our thoughts we create reality and this world.

 

The question is how many are really aware of it? Only a few most likely. The rest are ASLEEP or partially awakened.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 11 hours ago by Gerard