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EGO

What is????

It’s your “identity”, or who you think you are.It is the basis of all television, commercials, marketing, salesmanship, politics, economics, and just about everything else.

Freud’s thought: the structural model was first discussed in his 1920 essay “Beyond the Pleasure Principle” and was formalised and elaborated upon three years later in his “The Ego and the Id“. Freud’s proposal was influenced by the ambiguity of the term “unconscious” and its many conflicting uses.

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FANTASY

“Just living is not enough,” said the butterfly,”One must have sunshine, freedom,and a little flower.”
Hans Christian Andersen

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Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, and/orsetting. Many works within the genre take place in fictional worlds where magic is common. Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction in that it does not provide a logical (or pseudo logical) explanation for the scientifically impossible events that occur, though there is a great deal of overlap between the two (both are subgenres of speculative fiction).

In popular culture, the genre of fantasy is dominated by its medievalist form, especially since the worldwide success of The Lord of the Rings books by J. R. R. Tolkien. In its broadest sense however, fantasy comprises works by many writers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians, from ancient myths and legends to many recent works embraced by a wide audience today.

Fantasy is a vibrant area of academic study in a number of disciplines (English, cultural studies, comparative literature, history, medieval studies). Work in this area ranges widely, from the structuralist theory of Tzvetan Todorov, which emphasizes the fantastic as a liminal space, to work on the connections (political, historical, literary) between medievalism and popular culture.

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Every woman has a place, in her heart there’s a space, and the world can’t erase her fantasies.
Take a ride in the sky, on our ship fantasy, all your dreams will come true, right away
And we will live together, our voices will ring forever, as one.

Every thought is a dream, rushing by in a stream, bringing life to The kingdom of doing.Take a ride in the sky, on our ship fantasy, all your dreams will come true, miles away.Our voices will ring together until the twelfth of never,we all, will live LOVE forever, as one.Come see victory, in the land called fantasy, loving life, a new decree, bring your mind to everlasting liberty!

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THE POWER OF LOVE

Love is any of a number of emotions related to a sense of strong affection and attachment. The word love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from generic pleasure (“I loved that meal”) to intense interpersonal attraction (“I love my wife”). This diversity of uses and meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states.

As an abstract concept, love usually refers to a deep, ineffable feeling of tenderly caring for another person. Even this limited conception of love, however, encompasses a wealth of different feelings, from the passionate desire and intimacy of romantic love to the nonsexual emotional closeness of familial and platonic love to the profound oneness or devotion of religious love. Love in its various forms acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships and, owing to its central psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts.

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COSMETICS

What’s so fab about eco-friendly makeup? Mineral makeup is made from naturally occurring minerals like iron oxides, mica powder and titanium dioxide. This means that the ingredients you are slathering on your face on a daily basis come straight from the earth, not from some chemist’s lab. Even better than liquid foundation that is usually sticky and messy, mineral eco-friendly makeup comes in an easy-to-apply powder which covers blemishes and other pesky skin problems flawlessly while still allowing it breathe. Using powder also means there are no nasty oils in your makeup, which is good news for chicks with extra sensitive skin. Mineral makeup is also less likely to clog your pores .

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CHRISTIAN DIOR

 
CHRISTIAN DIOR was born in Granville, France, 21 January 1905. Dior Studied political science at École des Sciences Politiques, Paris, 1920-25.Dior’s  early career started as an Art dealer, 1928-31; freelance designer and sketch artist, 1934-37; assistant designer, Piguet, 1937-39; lived in Provence, 1940-42; designer, Lelong, 1941-46.In 1946, when World War II cloth rationing was lifted, Dior opened his own salon.
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In the spring of 1947 the success of his first collection, called the “New Look,” propelled him to the top of the French fashion industry. His idealized, ultrafeminine featured tiny waists; long, full skirts; padded busts; and rounded shoulders.
The New Look changed the shape of women’s clothing and lifted the French fashion industry out of the. For this feat a grateful French government awarded him the Legion of Honor.

Widely known for his ‘New Look’- This romantic, highly feminized style was characterized by a thin waist and long, full skirts and narrow bodice, as a result attracting censure in some quarters on account of its implicit undermining of the new freedoms enjoyed by women in the war years.There were many criticisms of the New Look; feminists have argued it was an attempt to return women to an oppressed, decorative role with its emphasis on the restrictive padding.

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Although Christian Dior died in 1957, he is perhaps one of the most famous fashion designers of both the 20th and 21st centuries.By the time Dior died his name had become synonymous with taste and luxury. The business had an estimated turnover of $20-million annually.

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Dior organized licence agreements to manufacture accessories internationally, and at the time of his death,furs, scarves, corsetry, lingerie, costume jewelry, and shoes were being produced.After years of struggle, the Dior reclaimed its licenses and rebuilt an empire in the capable hands of Bernard Arnault who bought the firm in 1984 from its owner, Agache-Willot.

* My last visit to FIDM.I remembered when I used to go to school, between classes I used to look at Dior’s work and admire his talent. So, I spotted these timeless pieces with my iphone.

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DANGEROUS BEAUTY

Veronica Franco

Veronica Franco (1546–1591) was an Italian poet and courtesan in 16th century Venice.The daughter of another cortigiana onesta, Franco learned the art at a young age from her mother and was trained to use her natural assets and abilities to achieve a financially beneficial marriage. While still in her teens, Franco married a wealthy physician, but the union ended badly. In order to support herself, Franco turned to serving as a cortigiana to wealthy men. She quickly rose through the ranks to consort with some of the leading notables of her day and even had a brief liaison with Henry III, King of France.

A well-educated woman, Veronica Franco wrote two volumes of poetry: Terze rime in 1575 and Lettere familiari a diversi in 1580. She published books of letters and collected the works of other leading writers into anthologies. Successful in her two lines of work, Franco also founded a charity for courtesans and their children.

“When we too are armed and trained, we can convince men that we have hands, feet, and a heart like yours; and although we may be delicate and soft, some men who are delicate are also strong; and others, coarse and harsh, are cowards. Women have not yet realized this, for if they should decide to do so, they would be able to fight you until death; and to prove that I speak the truth, amongst so many women, I will be the first to act, setting an example for them to follow.”
—Veronica Franco

Quotes

“I’m just a person trapped inside a woman’s body”.  Elaine Boosler
“Women belong in the house… and the Senate”.  Unknown
“Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we venture out, we will fall off the edge”.  Unknown
“Man endures pain as an undeserved punishment; woman accepts it as a natural heritage”.  Unknown
“Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths”.   Lois Wyse
“Women are the only oppressed group in our society that lives in intimate association with their opressors”.   Evelyn Cunningham

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THE 11th DIMENSION

 How about the eleventh dimension?

Science and religion are poised to come face to face as physicists begin to realize that this planet we call earth and the universe it resides in, are a part of an infinite number of universes all residing in the eleventh dimension. 
 

In the early years of the 20th century, the atom  long believed to be the smallest building block of matter  was proven to consist of even smaller components called protons, neutrons and electrons, which are known as subatomic particles.

Beginning in the 1960s, other subatomic particles were discovered. In the 1980s, it was discovered that protons and neutrons ( hadrons) are themselves made up of smaller particles called quarks.

In the 1980s, a new mathematical model of theoretical physics called string theory emerged. It showed how all the particles, and all of the forms of energy in the universe, could be constructed by hypothetical one-dimensional “strings,” infinitely small building-blocks that have only the dimension of length, but not height or width. Further, string theory suggested that the universe is made up of multiple dimensions.

 As we are familiar with height, width, and length as three dimensional space, and time gives a total of four observable dimensions. However, string theories initially supported the possibility of ten dimensions the remaining 6 of which we can’t detect directly. This was later increased to 11 dimensions based on various interpretations of the ten dimensional theory that led to five partial theories as described below. Super-gravity theory also played a significant part in establishing the existence of the 11th dimension.

Quantum theory is the set of rules that describes the interactions of these particles.

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THE BIG BANG

We are Powerful Beautiful and Extraordinary.

Big Bang is the prevailing cosmological theory of the early development of the universe. Cosmologists use the term Big Bang to refer to the idea that the universe was originally extremely hot and dense at some finite time in the past and has since cooled by expanding to the present diluted state and continues to expand today. The theory is supported by the most comprehensive and accurate explanations from current scientific evidence and observation.

Big Bang theory of the origin of the Universe, although he called it his “hypothesis of the primeval atom“. The framework for the model relies on Albert Einstein‘s general relativity and on simplifying assumptions (such as homogeneity and isotropy of space).