ONE OCEAN--THE HEROIC MONOMYTH--UNITES US ALL.
45SURF--BY JOHNNY RANGER MCCOY
"Beauty will save the world." -Fyodor Dostoyevsky
45SURF(R) HERO'S JOURNEY MYTHOLOGY PHOTOGRAPHY
EXALTING THE CLASSICAL GODDESS & BEAUTY'S EPIC ARCHETYPESTM
Nature's natural light & natural beauty.
"Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world." --Ansel Adams
VINTAGE 45SURF
45SURF: HERO'S JOURNEY MYTHOLOGY: YOUR EPIC ODYSSEY BEGINS TONIGHTTM
Sunset over El Matador Beach in Malibu, Nikon D800 + 14-24 Wide Angle 2.8 Nikkor Lens
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of that man skilled in all ways of contending, the wanderer, harried for years on end, after he plundered the stronghold on the proud height of Troy. He saw the townlands and learned the minds of many distant men, and weathered many bitter nights and days in his deep heart at sea, while he fought only to save his life, to bring his shipmates home. But not by will nor valor could he save them, for their own recklessness destroyed them all-- children and fools, they killed and feasted on the cattle of Lord Helios, the Sun, and he who moves all day through the heaven took from their eyes the dawn of their return. . . --Translated by Robert Fitzgerald (1974) |
Congrats to Aussie Joel "Parko" Parkinson on winning the 2012 World Surfing Title!
(shown here returning from outer space: Nikon D4 + Nikkor 600 mm F4 prime lens)
The legendary, all-time-great, 11-time-world-champ KE11Y SL8R! Nikon D4 + Nikkor 600 mm F4 Prime
Kelly Slater launches a rare "rodeo clown aerial" at the Hurley Pro at Trestles.
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. . . Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. --ULYSSES |
Venice at dusk
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| Surfers and cowboys are classic American archetypes. While one goes with the flow, the other rides against the wind, and hence the 45SURF trademark--the old Colt .45 Revolver from Sergio Leone's/Clint Eastwood's Fistful of Dollars on a Surfboard--is a modern yin-yang symbol. The cowboy and surfer archetypes swirl into one-another throughout 45SURF, for at the end of the day, both are "Dudes." |
THE LEGEND: 11-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater!
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 600 mm F4 Prime
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Chapter I LOOMINGS |
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murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans countless losses, hurling down to the House of Death so many sturdy souls, great fighters. souls, but made their bodies carrion, feasts for the dogs and birds, and the will of Zeus was moving toward its end. Begin, Muse, when the two first broke and clashed, Agamemnon lord of men and brilliant Achilles. . . . Translated by Robert Fagles (1990) |
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| Joseph Campbell on the mythological Goddess archetype--the world-famous 45SURF Hero's Journey Mythology Goddesses--in The Hero with a Thousand Faces: "The ultimate adventure, when all the barriers and ogres have been overcome, is commonly represented as a mystical marriage of the triumphant hero-soul with the Queen Goddess of the World. This is the crisis at the nadir, the zenith, or at the uttermost edge of the earth, at the central point of the cosmos, in the tabernacle of the temple, or within the darkness of the deepest chamber of the heart. The meeting with the goddess (who is incarnate in every woman) is the final test of the talent of the hero to win the boon of love (charity: amor fati), which is life itself enjoyed as the encasement of eternity. And when the adventurer, in this context, is not a youth but a maid, she is the one who, by her qualities, her beauty, or her yearning, is fit to become the consort of an immortal." --The Hero With a Thousand Faces |
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THE LEGEND: 11-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater!
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 600 mm F4 Prime
World Title Runner-Up Aussie Sally Fitzgibbons
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THE LEGENDARY 11-time World Champion Kelly Slater!
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 600 mm F4 Prime
Pro surf girl Aussie Sally Fitzgibbons. World title runner-up!
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Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram; multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem, inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum, Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae. Musa, mihi causas memora, quo numine laeso, quidve dolens, regina deum tot volvere casus insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores impulerit. Tantaene animis caelestibus irae? |
The Malibu Canyons after the rain
The Malibu Canyons: Discover Los Angeles Photo of the Day
El Matador Beach in Malibu @ Dusk
Rising pro star Lakey Peterson during her record 19.76 heat at the Nike US Open!
Lakey won the event! All the best on your quest for the world title Lakey!
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HOMER'S ODYSSEY
Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending, the wanderer, harried for years on end, after he plundered the stronghold on the proud height of Troy. He saw the townlands and learned the minds of many distant men, and weathered many bitter nights and days in his deep heart at sea, while he fought only to save his life, to bring his shipmates home. But not by will nor valor could he save them, for their own recklessness destroyed them all . children and fools, they killed and feasted on the cattle of Lord Helios, the Sun, and he who moves all day through the heaven took from their eyes the dawn of their return. . . . Translated by Robert Fitzgerald (1961) |
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. . . Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. --ULYSSES |
"Achilles' baneful wrath resound, O Goddesse."--Homer's Iliad, translated by George Chapman
45SURF Hero's Journey Mythology Facebook 1! 45SURF Hero's Journey Mythology Facebook 2!
It's cool to surf, but sometimes you've got to cowboy.TM -- 45SURF(R)
Tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito. --Virgil
The Malibu Canyons after the rain.
Dr. E's video of ten-time World Surfing Champion Kelly Slater winning the US Open.
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Strength, Honor, and Action, for Truth, Love, and Beauty--45SURF(R)
Virtue does not come from money, but money and all lasting riches derive form virtue. --Socrates
The art of photography is about angling for the classic
beauty and rendering its ideal real--capturing the
epic "arete" that has inspired from
the dawn of time,
all the while knowing that Melville's "ungraspable phantom of life"
will yet
swim
free, inspiring the next shoot. --Dr. E To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour. --William Blake |
THE 45SURFCOWBOY store NEW! THE MALIBU MOON! 45SURF on myspace 45SURF on facebook del.icio.us | Digg it StumbleUpon| Fark It Enjoy the classical, heroic spirit that pervades the 45SURF photography & philosophy! |
A picture's worth a thousand words, and those words ought
tell beauty's classic, epic story. --Dr. E
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The Man With No Name Rides Again
| While the fleet of foot Achilles was drawing his great sword from his sheath, the Goddess Athene came to him from heaven, sent forth of the white-armed goddess Hera, whose heart loved both alike and had care for them. --Homer's Iliad |
CARPE DIEM: SEIZE THE DAY!!
Dimidium facti qui coepit habet. - He who has begun has the work half done.
Est modus in rebus. - There is a medium in things.
Non omnis moriar. - Not all of me will die.
Ridentem dicere verum quid vetat? - What prevents me from speaking the truth with a smile?
Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet. - He who feared he would not succeed sat still.
Vitanda est improba siren desidia. - One must avoid that wicked temptress, laziness.
Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem. - Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.
Vitiis nemo sine nascitur. - No one is born without faults.
--HORACE
Nil sine magno vita labore dedit mortalibus.
o Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
o Book I, satire ix, line 59
--HORACE
...loquimur, fugerit invida aetas: carpe diem, quam minimum
credula postero.
o As we speak cruel time is fleeing. Seize the day, believing
as little as possible in the morrow.
o Book I, ode xi, line 8
--HORACE
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How would you like to stand like a God before the crest of a monster
billow, always rushing to the bottom of a hill and never reaching its
base, and to come rushing in for a half mile at express speed, in
graceful attitude, until you reach the beach and step easily from the
wave? -- Duke Kahanamoku
A man ought to do what he thinks is right. If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?' -- John "The Duke" Wayne |
Caeca invidia est. - Envy is blind.
Periculum in mora. - There is danger in delay.
Potius sero quam numquam. - It is better to be late than never.
Vae victis! - Woe to the conquered!
--Livy
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Caught in the breakers, in the air I fly, Towards wild white surf kissing shimmering sand. Wind snaps the sail taught, the waves I defy, Yet I'm drawn towards the line where water meets land, For we only know one by the other, The black words defined by the white borders, As indifferent nature is man's mother, Chaos emboldens the rarer order. And out on that board I feel so alone, In the blue, greeted by but reflection, It's by nature our uniqueness is known, Fleeting beauty caught by time's direction. Words are but the immortal part of me, Struggling from the fleeting thought to break free. --Dr. E aka The Photographer With No Name |
World Champ Joel Parkinson Returning from Outer Space
Wide-angle Nikon D800E HDR shot from sea cave @ Malibu's El Mataodr Beach at low tide.
Finis coronat opus. - The ending crowns the work.
Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi, sed saepe cadendo. - A drop of water hollows a stone, not by force, but by continuously dripping.
Medio tutissimus ibis. - You will go safest in the middle.
Nemo ante mortem beatus. - No one is happy before one's death.
Omnia iam fient fieri quae posse negabam. - All the things which I denied could happen are now happening.
Omnia mutantur; nihil interit. - All things are changed; nothing dies.
Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim. - Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you.
Qui non est hodie cras minus aptus erit. - He who is not prepared today will be less prepared tomorrow.
Rident stolidi verba Latina. - Fools laugh at the Latin language.
Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas. - Often a wild thorn produces tender roses.
Tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur in illis. - Times are changing and we are changing with them.
--OVID
The Thrill of Victory: Lakey Wins the US Open! Go Lakey! Get that World Surfing Title!
All the best on your Hero's Journey from Johnny Ranger McCoy and the beautiful 45SURF Hero's Journey Mythology Goddesses!
The PCH at dusk.
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by J O H N N Y . R A N G E R . M C C O Y