Is There a Story Behind Your Avatar, or Does It Symbolize Something?
 

I am intrigued by the array of avatars on Avalon. I enjoy seeing photos of members or scenes from nature. I chose mine simply because I love an ocean beach.

But there are lots of avatars that puzzle me somewhat. I'm not sure what they mean...

This thread is to share your reason for choosing your avatar.

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Hi Seashore, mine simply means freedom, set me free and let me go home!

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mine is pretty self explanatory. :)

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You know, I never noticed the words on your avatar until I read your reply...

Thanks!

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Hello Seashore

mine is a picture of relections on a lake in nanaimo bc upside down.I take alot of pics like that.I really like perspective.

peace,love squared to the power of infinity to all........kent

ps can u see the whooping crane

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I printed your avatar so I could look at it right side up!

Yours is very unique...

Yeah, I see the whooping crane, but only in the print-out. It's in the middle of the grasses, right?

(I think the grasses look like icicles upside down...)

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Hi there,well,mine is simply "Grace under pressure",grace is the egg and pressure the G-clamp from the Rush album from the eighties-i think it speaks volumes about people who are searching truths in this world lol.

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I'm so glad you answered because I was especially mystified by yours! :original:

And I agree about truth-seekers!!

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My aura is yellow and so is my avatar
Plus it makes you smile :original:

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A photo of a sprial galaxie the same as the one our solar system is part of one arm which we call the milkyway.
A galaxie is a large system of stars held together by mutual gravitation and isolated from similar systems by vast regions of space.

It consists of planets stars comets asteroids and meteors and meteorites.
There are many types of Galaxies (copy paste)
"Historically, galaxies have been categorized according to their apparent shape (usually referred to as their visual morphology). A common form is the elliptical galaxy, which has an ellipse-shaped light profile. Spiral galaxies are disk-shaped assemblages with curving, dusty arms. Galaxies with irregular or unusual shapes are known as peculiar galaxies, and typically result from disruption by the gravitational pull of neighboring galaxies. Such interactions between nearby galaxies, which may ultimately result in galaxies merging, may induce episodes of significantly increased star formation, producing what is called a starburst galaxy. Small galaxies that lack a coherent structure could also be referred to as irregular galaxies.

There are probably more than 100 billion (1011) galaxies in the observable universe."

If you click on my profile a photo of family is seen. Mutual generations young and old souls who dwell in "Earthsuits" while we spend days weeks then years in this physical place we call planet Earth. We are all connected it is just one huge place where we find that we are spending a life time to learn lessons.

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AARR! now i understand yours Antale lol! i think you have had us guessing for a long time hmm!:mfr_omg:

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Whenever i see yours Swanny and yes i did spell it right this time lol!! think i called you swammy once.
It makes me smile too!
Yes it certainly puts a smile on your face!::original::original:

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Thanks, Carrie1971... :original:

I enjoyed reading your post.

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Hey seashore, nice idea. My avatar originally was of a guy infront of a typewriter typing away. Then i received a photo of one of my passengers who took a photo of me driving my coach. I thought thats really me.
There is a great variety outthere .
Henry

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I'm always ruminating about something also, but mechanical I am not!! And an owner's manual makes me break out in a sweat! :sweatdrop:

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These are my eyes -- i am into eyes !!!

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What a comforting thought...

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Mine shows that I have a sense of humor!, and the bluebird of happiness does occasionally poop on your head!, or it could be a seagull I guess, LOL!

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Mine is my cat, Ivan
Alys

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I don't like representation of fixed shapes and concepts, so hey, I found a picture that doesn't really look much like anything!
See what you wish.

(Yeah alright I like the colours and how they merge but that doesn't make it a thing does it?)

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Mine is to show the our inner light....well actually it started as a photo from my garden of a carnation. I loaded into photoshop and played around with some filters and presto. I haven't a clue how I did it but I liked it.

Jim

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good question. my current avatar... originally a cell phone picture taken in front of a hologram on the set of a vampire movie gone terribly bad. :-) a turning point in my state of awareness, to say the least.

xoxoxo
shannon

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Would you like to elaborate on that a little bit?

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I like it too. And I'm in the process of messing around with photoshop. It's fun to experiment.

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Mine sybolises the the love
in my heart the , i have for you
for the all that is , i have not and never have had an enermy , i do not hide my love , and so i show, you and wear my heart outside myself
its velnerable its true !!I have to trust but realy only love only only loverhythmmmmxxxxx:wub2::wub2::wub2:

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You're welcome! :original:

Sometimes I feel that we're all too anonymous. Yet we're groping with very serious issues together...

I thought this might help us get to know each other somewhat...

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I second that nocaste and Antaletriangle.

As for my name, it's simply an anagram of my real last name. Go figure.
But it's the only nick that I've kept beyond space and time, so there must be more of a reason why I chose it. It's unique, you'll find only me if you google it... so eh... maybe that was a bad idea. So what...
The closest word I could find to it was Cymraeg, which is "Welsh" in Welsh. ;)

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Fun thread!

I called myself Anchor - so I found a picture of an Anchor.

Initially I saw myself as a kind of Anchor, but now the name has stuck and I dont want to use my real one.

It turns out that the picture I chose is of a "fouled anchor". Once I had been told that I looked up what that meant and why it is a common symbol - it turns out that it often is used on maritime symbols to represent challenges.

A..

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The Prisoner (TV series), to me, was and still is an incredible representation of our society today not to mention humanity in general.

The late Patrick McGoohan was an amazing writer, actor and visionary.


* Originally I was "Number 404" as a play on the "web page not found" and The Prisoner's Village numbering system -- the prisoner that could not be found.


-John aka#404

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Currently, mine is a picture of me singing into a microphone and tweaking a knob, taken at a show I did several years back.

Kinda slapped it together real quick like.

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Thanks, giovonni.

I had thought your avatar was a globe...

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Already explained it in another topic. It's a favourite form of 'my people'

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This just made me want to sit down and join the circle and wiggle my toes!!

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When i was growing up the only person i knew that was born on Feb. 6th was Ronald Reagan. then when i was 12 i found out Bob Marley was also born on the same day.

Ride Natty Ride lyrics;
Dready got a job to do
And he's got to fulfill that mission
To see his hurt is their
Greatest ambition
But we'll survive
In this world of competition
'Cause no matter what they do
Natty keep on comin thru
And no matter what they say
Natty de deh every day

Natty Dread rides again
Thru the mystics of tomorrow
Natty Dread rides again
Having no fear, having no sorrow

All and all you see a Gwan
Is to fight against Rastaman
So they build their world
In great confusion
To force on us the devil's illusion
But the stone that the builder refuse
Shall be the head cornerstone
And no matter what games they play
There is something they could never take away
Something they could never take away
It's the fire, it's the fire, fire
Burning down everything
Feel that fire, fire, the fire, the fire
Only the birds have wings
No time to be deceived
You should know and not believe
Jah says this judgement
Could never be with water
So no water could put out this fire
This this fire, this this fire
This this fire ride Natty ride
Go deh dready, go deh dready, go de

Now the fire is burning
Out of control panic in the city
Wicked weeping for their gold
Everywhere the fire is burning
Destroying and melting their gold
Destroying and waisting their souls

Ride Natty ride
Go deh dready, go deh dready
Go deh dready go de

Now the people gather on the beach
And the leader try to make a speach
But Dread again tell them it's too late
Fire is burning
Man pull your own weight
Fire is burning
Man pull your own weight
Natty dread rides again
Go deh Dready, go deh Dready, go deh
Oh ride Natty ride
Natty dread rides again
Go deh Dready, go deh, go deh Dready, go deh
Riding thru the storm
And we riding thru the calm
Go deh, go deh
We riding thru the thick
We riding thru the thin
Ride Natty, ride Natty