By Vladimir Brezina
Sailors have always put fierce images on their sails to intimidate their enemies:
… the ancient Greeks
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… the Vikings
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… and now—
… sailing forth to intimidate, at least, their brand’s enemies.
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Wind Against Current by Vladimir Brezina and Johna Till Johnson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.Authors
Vladimir Brezina (RIP)
... kayaked the waters around New York for more than 15 years in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He was originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He was a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He died in 2016.Johna Till Johnson
... is a kayaker and technology researcher at Nemertes Research. She's an erstwhile engineer, particle physicist, and science fiction writer. She was born in California and has lived in Italy, Norway, Hawaii, and a few other places. She currently resides in New York City.Recent Comments
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Those Greek Galley’s were reputedly quite lethal in battles at sea. But I suspect the Vikings were more dangerous once they’d waded ashore – Eric bloodaxe and all that! As for the modern ‘intimidation’… There’s no axes involved but it will still get your liver ;-)
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More slowly but equally surely ;-)
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And I thought it was an image of the Pope (at least until we paddled up very close)…..
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I fear Stella more than the others… ;)
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:-)
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Definitely a different way to advertise.
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Every surface in NYC is already plastered with ads, so why not sails as well?
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lol.
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:-)
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Love Stella. :-)
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The ad or the real thing? :-)
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Dear Dr Brezina – I very much like your pictures – would you kindly give your permission for me to use for a publication I have done – – the theme of spiritual searching – the one as follows with a solitary figure by the beach in the pinky, mauve sunset hues. Sorry to ask like this but I don’t know how else to contact you and this seemed a recent post so am trying this one. Best wishes, Wanda Skowronska (from Sydney Australia) https://www.google.com.au/search?q=solitary+figure+by++beach+sunrise&tbm=isch&imgil=xtVkZ1DYIADTaM%253A%253B0WoF4MgnvaWgCM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwindagainstcurrent.com%25252Ftag%25252Fsunrise%25252Fpage%25252F2%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=xtVkZ1DYIADTaM%253A%252C0WoF4MgnvaWgCM%252C_&biw=1715&bih=954&usg=__V99_1V2Q1Qg9H_rYK8vxYpemzzE%3D&ved=0CCYQyjdqFQoTCJ_KqYLhosgCFQuQDQodDS8NZg&ei=Oe4NVt_JNIugNo3etLAG#imgrc=xtVkZ1DYIADTaM%3A&usg=__V99_1V2Q1Qg9H_rYK8vxYpemzzE%3D
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Hi, Wanda,
Thank you!
Yes, of course. That’s one of a series, here and here.
Feel free to use any of those photos. Please credit “Vladimir Brezina / Wind Against Current”.
Good luck with your publication!
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Nearly as fearsome as the beer belly. :-)
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All give way before a really big beer belly! :-)
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As they should. It obviously took years of dedication. Who would trifle with that?
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truly fearsome, I would hate to be forced to drink that thing… :D
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:-)
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