Enemies. When we talk about voodoo we think of hollywood and all kinds of creepy things but that has nothing to do with the actual religion and some inherent of the religion are very upset at how ignorantly we in the west treat their religion. And objects used to conjure spirits believed to influence the workings of the world in one case an old cell phone antenna has been used to help establish contact. These are some of the figures meant to bring happiness and protect peoples health. 1200. 00 ritual objects from several countries are on display at this museum in germany making this the biggest exhibition of its kind so far anywhere. This altered to the water spirit of mummy what still attracts offerings from her tease here in europe including alcohol and even a german soccer scarf. And after its a real african altar that was created in africa and is still active recently a visitor she was from cuba suddenly fell into a trance in front of the altar. In west africa the country ive been in is considered the home and heart of. Here the religion was banned in the 1970 s. By the countrys former dictator now do is recognize theres been an official religion. This monument the door of no return commemorates the slave trade that took so many away from here. Many of those shipped away were enslaved in haiti where some voodoo practices have taken on a more vengeful violent aspect for instance for the unfortunate souls believed to be trapped inside bottles like these ones and. Basically for pay you can get a curse placed on anyone and thats led to a climate of fear in haiti these black magic practices in haiti have really gotten out of control. And thus haitians zombie folklore was born possibly caused by neurotoxins that made people appear dead before they eventually woke up. The exhibition tries to show that dark magic is just one aspect of buddha religions practiced by tens of millions of people. Now this very morning i saw 2 squirrels frolicking in my garden and i tried state photos of them without success because they dont hang around and move very quickly thats why the swedish dutch photographer chaps veteran has built an outdoor studio in his garden to attract squirrels so he can spend time getting amazing photos. These photos make to make Red Squirrels into stars with the right props by their side they pose like real professionals. The man behind the lens is swedish dutch photographer hertz behind. He specializes in squirrels and. The behavior is smarts like humans also in jealousy. Dominance loving funny its they have so much different kind of expressions in their behavior yes very thin has been specializing in squirrels for about 6 years he built a small outdoor photo studio in front of his house in business garden in northern sweden. The photographer always tries out new motifs for his photo shoots to lure the animals he puts out peanuts and Sunflower Seeds which cleverly places in the side or on the objects. In mind what i want doesnt always. So i want to have that here and. So for that i need to hold the. Subtle trials. Now vision has to be fast and concentrate so he wont miss the right moment. Hes lucky today. Almost all squirrels are afraid to get in the shows it to feel comfortable down. That said thats a chance so it can mean taking days before the squalor scoring in the shows or decor in the shoes when im not there like this morning. Between 6 and 14 squirrels visit him regularly often may come twice a day sometimes not at all thats why he doesnt like to miss an opportunity to take photos. Sometimes they stay for several hours but other times only a few minutes to avoid losing time vision has installed a live camera so that he can react quickly when the visitor is returned. To. Him. Sometimes 56. 00 squirrels common the same time in a few minutes and they dont have to rest and peaceful thing to all to be on one spot or to interact with the props they are fairy individual animals. From shoots up to 300 photos in one day. Off and you can only use a few of them. He always wants to tell a story with those pictures which is why he often combines 2 images digitally emergence them in photoshop. Has won numerous awards for his work he publishes many of his pictures in books and on instagram where he has around 37000 followers. Even though he spends a lot of time observing and recording the squirrels behavior he says he doesnt completely understand them. Its an animal before a lot of surprises. Still every day for me a surprise i think i know i understand that squirrel is going to do the. Forget it. If the squirrel stopped coming over one day. Says hed point his lens somewhere else like that birds. Are regular visitors to his garden. That blow right all the blue rider was a short lived but very Significant Movement between 911914 disrupted by the outbreak of the 1st world war significant because it was a major influence on the much larger Expressionist Movement possibly can didnt ski was one of the leading lights. As were 2 of the russian emigres the couple lenski. Can right now theres an exhibition of their work in. Their story began in russia marianna phone via born marianna. Grew up in a noble family of 28. 00 she shot off the middle finger of her painting hand in a hunting accident it took her a year to regain control of the brush. In 890 she painted this work the man in fur her compatriot celebrated her as a russian rembrandt. At a time when arctic cademy still refuse to admit women she rendered this selfportrait in a sailor shirt confident determined. And then alexei funny of lenski entered her life an art student an officer of no financial means but 2 would remain together for nearly 3 decades. If there was an immediate attraction she was further along with her art and she took him under her wing. The couple left russia for germany where Artistic Innovation was underway. From affiliate king rented an entire floor on this munich street and soon everyone knew of her socalled pinks where the hostess brought together artists politicians and aristocrats as well as the man seen in this photograph 1st row on the right the dancer alexander saw her off. 1008. 00 painting of him became world famous sucker of became the poster boy for an art movement called blouse. The writer. Artistic confidence was growing seen in this 1904 selfportrait inspired by then go. On a phone bill if you mean well stop painting investing instead in her partner boy she wanted to revolutionize art but she thought they had a better chance if it was a man doing it. So. At some point that man became drawn to. Young maid. Painting of her is the largest he ever made elena dressed as a proud spanish woman was pregnant. But the artist couple remains together along with elena and the child. Began painting again in 1908 in the town of moore now together with possibly can and. They spent 6 weeks together painting and discussing art. Were an odd couple she the baron a socialite with a large hats and he in the silent observer. And together the couple helped give birth to expressionism. World war one broke out the couple had to flee munich to switzerland. They lived there in poverty in a 2 room apartment together with helena and her son. Finally. Decided to part ways. She went to ask owner in italian speaking switzerland where the locals called her grandmother. She died in 19383 years before you have lenski. Inconsolable she wrote i was the companion of this clever and genius talented woman. 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