“Wyoming to Oregon”
A Tweeted Essay by the @BadDalaiLama Tweets on a single topic ("Wyoming to Oregon") published within a short period.
Shown here in the order tweeted (earliest first).
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Aug 5 2011 : 3rd Street Bar, Laramie, Wyoming. Right now! http://twitpic.com/6mbjsr (link repaired) ←Live photo from the road! [location |more ] [view in context ]
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Aug 5 2011 : Special event, Laramie, Wyoming. http://twitpic.com/61hd8i ←Live photo from the road! [location |more ]
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Aug 5 2011 : "Image fraud" is when you create an image that implies something you know isn't true. That's photography in general, especially commercial.
6067
Aug 5 2011 : Well-composed photos always look better than real life.
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Aug 5 2011 : "Photos don't lie" is not true. They lie by showing you only a carefully selected view of a complex scene.
6069
Aug 5 2011 : Photography can make the innocent look guilty simply by selecting the angle of view and moment of capture.
6070
Aug 5 2011 : You pay a photographer to manipulate imagery in your favor—sort of like a lawyer.
6071
Aug 5 2011 : The more beautiful and appealing a photo is, the more detached it usually is from real life.
6072
Aug 5 2011 : Most pretty photos capture something only the photographer saw at the time. If you had been there, you probably wouldn't have noticed.
6073
Aug 5 2011 : Commercial photography promotes the deception: "If you buy this product, everything implied in this image will be yours."
6074
Aug 5 2011 : @keem Same as always.
6075
Aug 5 2011 : If you create a false public image for yourself, don't be surprised if people start believing it and treating you accordingly.
6076
Aug 5 2011 : If you present yourself to the world as a god or goddess, you can expect to have stalkers, people who think you can solve their problems.
6077
Aug 5 2011 : @EderGuillermo I have corporeal form, but photos of me are all lies!
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Aug 5 2011 : #### END of live-tweeted essay: "Image Fraud"
6079
Aug 5 2011 : Both the @BadDalaiLama and the Good @DalaiLama are spiritual leaders conveying the wisdom that you don't really need spiritual leaders
6080
Aug 5 2011 : Must be Wyoming! http://twitpic.com/61ji92 ←Live photo from the road! [location |more ]
6081
Aug 6 2011 : Being a Born-Again Christian allows you to feel confident and superior even when your life is obviously going nowhere.
6082
Aug 6 2011 : Ego depletion is a fallacy.
6083
Aug 6 2011 : RT @philo_quotes : We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people. ~ Schopenhauer http://bit.ly/philq
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Aug 6 2011 : Stopped in Wyoming to visit my favorite prairie dog clan, but they're gone! I suspect a prairie dog holocaust. G+: http://j.mp/rq5ssK
6085
Aug 6 2011 : "There is no evidence for the claim that owning a pet makes you happier, healthier or live longer." http://bit.ly/rkKnOG
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Aug 6 2011 : Our first 360° panoramic photo! Green River, Wyoming. Right now! http://360.io/HGAuba
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Aug 6 2011 : Judgment Day, May 21, 2011 — It's still coming! (today in Green River, Wyoming) http://twitpic.com/61vmm4 ←Live photo from the road! [location |more ]
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Aug 6 2011 : Echo Rest Area, I-80, Utah. A 360° panorama. http://360.io/fcnxJK
6089
Aug 6 2011 : Comfort is a prison. Once you get used to it, it's difficult to leave.
6090
Aug 6 2011 : RT @Toledowni : @BadDalaiLama : Comfort is a prison. Once you get used to it, it's difficult to leave. / Comfort zone = "I am lazy to try ...
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Aug 6 2011 : Rare are the people who aren't working against themselves, who are who they claim to be and who exhibit only one personality, not multiple.
6092
Aug 6 2011 : Excuse my bigotry, but if you smoke, I'm labeling you: "low impulse control, highly fatalistic, not inclined to change."
6093
Aug 7 2011 : An ancient icon of human communication, rediscovered in the outback of Oregon. http://twitpic.com/627ow9 ←Live photo from the road! [location |more ]
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Aug 7 2011 : Morning in central Oregon. http://twitpic.com/62g979 ←Live photo from the road! [location |more ]
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Aug 7 2011 : Middle-of-nowhere road stop, Hampton Station, Oregon — 360° panorama: http://360.io/GjfgVD
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Aug 7 2011 : @Cassilda9 Moments ago! With the 360Panorama iPhone app.
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Aug 7 2011 : Bizarre form of entertainment in which giant balls are hurled at wooden sticks. (Lava Lanes, Bend, Oregon) http://twitpic.com/62jcsx ←Live photo from the road! [location |more ]
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Aug 7 2011 : Our first 360° self portrait! Lava Lanes, Bend, Oregon. http://360.io/aMccde
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Aug 7 2011 : Typical Portland resident. http://twitpic.com/62o5bu ←Live photo from the road! [location |more ]
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Aug 7 2011 : Virtual activities on the streets of Portland. http://twitpic.com/62o8gc ←Live photo from the road! [location |more ] [view in context ]
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