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Agregada categorķa "Members" a los Grupos en dA.

=noticias:iconnoticias: reports, November 24
De acuerdo con el blog del Staff de deviantART, una nueva categoría de miembros ha sido agregada a los futuros Grupos. La misma, denominada Members (miembros), tendrá la habilidad de contribuir a los grupos pero no poderes de moderación. Para más información (en inglés), haz click en el título de esta noticia.



Noticia preparada para =noticias por `kasumichan2003.

Some updates and features on *project-improve!

*project-improve:iconproject-improve: reports, November 23
*project-improve has been a bit quiet over the past few weeks, but we plan on kicking that up now!

We're looking for new members for our team, explaining a bit about the process, and featuring some great work in this article!

*Critique-It: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

*Critique-It:iconCritique-It: reports, November 20
Information about *Critique-It's first live workshop chat for Literature! We need four pieces to feature in the chat. Get the details about submitting yours inside this article. Don't forget to his the :+favlove:!

*Critique-It: Progress Report 11/19/09

*Critique-It:iconCritique-It: reports, November 19
*Critique-It's now bi-weekly progress report with important updates about club activities, a new tutorial feature, and information from our affiliates. Please :+favlove: this article!

"What Do You See?" Contest

*Live-Love-Write:iconLive-Love-Write: reports, November 14
*Live-Love-Write has a new contest called the "What Do You See?" Contest

TWLOHA 2009

*cherybery:iconcherybery: reports, November 13
TWLOHA 2009
11 comments   Happenings  Last +fav: ~X--Zaza

PROJECT: Spreading love is priceless

=Talei:iconTalei: reports, November 9
What does love cost? Its priceless! It costs nothing. Well, okay, perhaps that isn't quite true. It costs a little bit of time and a lot of affection. And maybe a sprinkle of passion, too.

How would you feel if you opened a library book and found a note saying that you're a beautiful person for being who you are? What if you logged in to your deviantART account, and found similar messages in your message center, would it make you smile? Excuse me for being presumptious here, but I have a sneaking suspicion that it would.

Artista "Horror Art" del deviantART es arrestado.

=noticias:iconnoticias: reports, November 9
El artista de efectos especiales y de "horror" Remy ~InnerDepravity fue arrestado el 29 de Octubre y enfrenta cargos criminales por corrupción a la moralidad y podría pasar un tiempo en la carcel…

2009 Red Bull Manny Mania Champion UK

$chix0r:iconchix0r: reports, November 9
Red Bull Reporter is a nationwide (UK) search to find the best young music & culture, and sports writers, filmmakers, photographers and presenters, giving them the chance of a lifetime: to use their skills and indulge their passions as a Red Bull Reporter.

Happenings This Week

*Critique-It: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

*Critique-It:iconCritique-It: reports, November 20
Information about *Critique-It's first live workshop chat for Literature! We need four pieces to feature in the chat. Get the details about submitting yours inside this article. Don't forget to his the :+favlove:!

Some updates and features on *project-improve!

*project-improve:iconproject-improve: reports, November 23
*project-improve has been a bit quiet over the past few weeks, but we plan on kicking that up now!

We're looking for new members for our team, explaining a bit about the process, and featuring some great work in this article!

Agregada categorķa "Members" a los Grupos en dA.

=noticias:iconnoticias: reports, November 24
De acuerdo con el blog del Staff de deviantART, una nueva categoría de miembros ha sido agregada a los futuros Grupos. La misma, denominada Members (miembros), tendrá la habilidad de contribuir a los grupos pero no poderes de moderación. Para más información (en inglés), haz click en el título de esta noticia.



Noticia preparada para =noticias por `kasumichan2003.

Anime Industry Turmoil

~blue-angel-forever:iconblue-angel-forever: reports, 2d 21h ago
An article about the problems with underpaid animators and voice actors in Japan, the decline of and possible extinction of anime and 'The Anime Industry’s Turmoils'.

What Are The Warning Signs For Suicide?

~Hinata-babe13:iconHinata-babe13: reports, November 21
Are you Suicidal? If you or someone you know is call... 1-800-273-TALK

#DACritiques

*Kiyoshi-Kin:iconKiyoshi-Kin: reports, 23h 28m ago
Do you have artwork that just isn't given enough love? Well, I just heard that you can have a group of Critics give you all the attention you need. Read more..

Stop The Hate!

~ILuvRap55:iconILuvRap55: reports, 1d 5h ago
NO MORE HATE!
8 comments   Happenings  Last +fav: ~inwe05

New Swine Flu that is Tamiflu Immune

*Sap-Green:iconSap-Green: reports, November 22
Swine flu can now withstand the drug Tamiflu, Tamilfu is meant to actually cure people from it

Coloring Anime Club(CAC) Latest News!

~coloringanimeclub:iconcoloringanimeclub: reports, November 24
Info for the CAC members.

CAC= ColoringAnimeClub

A call out to British artists.

*Bleeding-Fingertips:iconBleeding-Fingertips: reports, November 23
Everything is at risk now. The Digital Economy Bill has been past!

Happenings


The Freedom to Exist

*WakenTheDead:iconWakenTheDead: reports, March 24, 2008
The Freedom to Exist

“There are none so enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free.” -Goethe


These beautiful artworks created by a cross section of Deviant Arts finest capture a snapshot of the freedom that the majority of us in the Western world take for granted. Everyday we are faced with an important truth about freedoms in society: they are all bought at the expense of other freedoms. The question we need to ask ourselves is "do we really possess authentic freedom or is our perceived freedom a cheap imitation?". How would you define freedom?






The Other Face of Freedom


"When all government, domestic and foreign, in little as in great things, shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power, it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another and will become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we separated."-- Thomas Jefferson.


Our World is not free. When we think about the meaning of freedom, it’s usually in the context of analyzing the relationship between us and the governments under which we live. Whilst government corruption, wars, repression, bigotry, violence, hate, racism, media corruption and religious discrimination exist we will never know freedom. The international war on terror has turned into an ongoing war on freedom and democracy which is now setting new norms - where accountability, scrutiny and human rights protections are luxuries to be curtailed or discarded in defence of democracy. War is the total loss of freedom. War confines, war dictates, war destroys. War demands that one controls another – and yet no one is in control.

What we do know and what we are being spoon-fed is fear and propaganda. Across the world we watch in "fear" as countries war with each other, as human beings in every corner of the globe are repressed, tortured for their beliefs and their religious ideologies. Freedom is inversely proportional to this fear; fear measures the extent to which our freedoms are limited.People crave liberation from poverty, and they hunger for the dignity of free will. As a society, if we have to die to preserve our freedom, then surely something is very wrong. Any freedom that is less than absolute is a freedom that can be denied us, and that is the nature of fear.

History has shown us that political tyranny comes in both horrific forms and benign forms. But tyranny is tyranny, and no form of tyranny, not even the benign type, is freedom. Therefore the question arises: assuming that the existence of government is critical to ensure freedom, how do we ensure that those who are elected to office do not wield dictatorial powers?

“The party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury or long life or happiness; only power, pure power… The object of power is power … The world that we are preparing is a world of victory after victory, triumph after triumph: an endless pressing, pressing, pressing upon the
nerve of power.” George Orwell – Nineteen Eighty Four.








Only Through Choice do we have Freedom

Freedom looks at each individual, not as an enemy because he thinks differently and not to give us the right to tell him he is wrong. Freedom understands the value of each individual difference – being RIGHT for himself – and Freedom honours those differences because each individual holds himself to his own standards. Freedom allows room for differences and celebrates diversity – for without differences or diversity how would we ever grow stronger in our humanity? How would we ever remain free?

Restrictions on basic human freedoms and liberties are occurring in every corner of the world. Look around, read the news, explore, research, document. Use your voice and your art to highlight such atrocities. Below are just a tiny list of recent news stories you should be aware of in this ongoing erosion of our freedom and civil liberties.

This article is a thinking point - stop, look and listen. Healthy debate on all sides of the issue is encouraged. My thanks and respect to all the artists featured here - please visit their pages - many of these creatives put themselves in the middle of conflict to bring us such important images. We can all make a difference; we can all ask the questions.


The Video Surveillance Market Is About to Explode!
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Chicago Tribune: There Is No Such Thing As A War For Free
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New Proposals To Fight Global Warming Would End Civilization, Kill Billions
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USA Today: Tibetans expect little help from world
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China Sends Thousands of Troops Into Tibet
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Al Jazeera: Sudan 'targeted Darfur civilians'
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Al Jazeera: Kurds killed in Turkey protests
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Al Jazeera: Many die in Pakistan missile strike
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Food Riots in Egypt
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Blogger Charged in Russia
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Daily Mail: Children To Be Put In Database and Tracked For Life
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Soon U.S. Citizens Must Ask for Government Permission to Fly or Travel
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Epoch Times: Will Chinese Regime Silence Media's Coverage of Tibetan Protests?
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BBC: Heathrow fingerprint plan probed
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:iconlinlith:
thank you - what a great idea and concept! :hug:

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The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. :bug:
:iconvirus2002eng:
ooooh
really thanx for put some of my pics here
i very appreciate that
10000000000000000 thanx Lisa

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if life is greater than death
but love was more than either
:iconwilderwein77:
Thank you so much for putting my work up there and for the awesome article. :heart:
:iconmooseh:
I will read this when I have time and am sober. Some awesome artwork selected trhough.

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Live in Hope. Push for Change.
:iconblackiliner:
Wow, what a great article!!! I am honored to have my picture up here, thank you so much! :hug: :heart:

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:iconladyjinx:
Great selection! I think everyone should have freedom, especially those out in the middle east who are struggling for freedom. They deserve to have their own choice in life!

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:iconwakenthedead:
Thanks for stopping by. We all deserve freedom, those of us who have it, need to re-assess how lucky we are and search within ourselves to see if there is anything we can do to help those who do not.

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:iconwakenthedead:
Thanks sweety - love your work, thanks for the image.

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Hi Mooseh, glad to see you back. Hope you've sobered up now! :glomp:

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