#connemara
I just found out from one of the Youtube channels I watch, Danu’s Irish Herb Garden, that a Toronto-based mining company wants to go into pristine habitat in Connemara Ireland to search for gold and silver. This will inevitably devastate the environment and communities in that area. As both a Canadian and Gaelic polytheist with a strong devotion to Ireland, I feel the need to object to this. Although, I suppose anyone with a decent moral compass would object to it too. Please take a few minutes to watch her video in which she has links to folks in government that you can contact to write in opposition to this, especially I ask other Canadians and Gaelic polytheists to do the same. As well, you can find out a little bit more in this article here: https://connachttribune.ie/opposition-intensifies-to-conne…/
connemara national park felt a bit like cheating because it looks like we must have hiked for miles for this view (we definitely didn’t)
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#connemara #ireland #irelandtravel #worldtravels #landscapes (at Connemara National Park)
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#connemara #connemaranationalpark #ireland #irelandtravel (at Connemara National Park)
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a week in Ireland with my best friend. thanks for keeping (most of) your cool while I drove on the wrong side of the road and pointed out every farm animal we passed. seeing a piece of the world with you was the greatest thing and I think we should do this for the rest of our lives.
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#ireland #irelandtravel #connemara #worldtravels (at Connemara National Park)
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All my favourite equines!
‘THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL’ - NINE INCH NAILS
RESEARCH: THE MAAMTRASNA MURDERS
Today I visited the Maamtrasna murder house in Connemara.
I decided to use these images for “A Warm Place”.
This is the section of the album where our protagonist gives pause to his violent crusade and delirium to reflect on what he has become.
Visiting this place was an incredibly sobering experience for me. My excitement over visiting my first “murder house” was dampened to a somber sinking feeling in my stomach when I realised this pile of rocks was once a home to a family, who I’m sure loved each other and shared many happy memories here. Despite the conditions in which they lived, this was their ‘warm place’.
And then one day that was all erased, in an act of senseless violence.
The Downward Spiral was released on Interscope Records in 1994. Anyone who has seen Netflix’s ‘The Defiant Ones’ will know the story of Interscope Records, and how they were the target of many political and religious groups blaming them for obscenity for acts on their roster that included not only Nine Inch Nails, but also Trent Reznor’s protégé Marilyn Manson.
However, Interscope’s biggest sellers at the time were none other than Death Row Records, who were instigators of what would become the infamous west coast / east cost rivalry that would eventually take the lives of each sides mouth-pieces, Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G.
Visiting this place gave me a sense of “what exactly am I doing?” I wanted great content, but I didn’t really consider what it was I actually wanted to say by being here. Does this have actual relevance to my project or do I just think it’s “kinda cool”.
Trent Reznor claimed for years that it was pure coincidence that he took up residence in 10050 Cielo Drive., a claim he ended up eventually retracting as he admitted that he did know this information and it did influence his decision to purchase the property. Reznor eventually met Sharon Tate’s sister, Debra, during his time in the house, who pulled no punches with him:
The topic of censorship is something that, as an artist, I feel strongly against, under any circumstances. It is a slippery slope that I feel undermines our intelligence as a people and is a step in the direction of Nazi book burning ceremonies and “pray the gay away” camps.
That being said, as artists I feel like we are responsible for what we put out in the world and the effect it has on other people. If that effect is negative or misunderstood, it is up to us to either stand by it or deal with the fall out, just as any parent would with their own children, for whom they are responsible.
In the end, I was glad I came here.
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