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The Other Pages (Steve)

The Other Pages (Steve)

@spanoudis.bsky.social

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Writer, Editor, Publisher, Novelist, Poet, Photographer, Quotations, Nature, Music, Art, Fractals, AI, and The Republic of Dreams. Based in South Florida. Blog for https://theotherpages.org and for books available at https://amazon.com/author/spanoudis

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The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · May 2

Final Orbit

Attention #US#Readers: 🖋️📖

If you are a book #reviewer in the US and would like an #Audible token for a FREE #book in return for a review, please message us.

#books #reading #reviews #us #reviewers #fiction #sciencefiction #adventure #scifi #fantasy #lovestory #bio #biography #story

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · 54m

#Iridescent #Fractal #Rotor
created with #Jwildfire v 9.0
by Steve Spanoudis
from theotherpages.org

#ComputationalArt using #FractalFlames
New from scratch:
1: Hypertile3D2b + Auger
2: Mandala
Final: Pulse + Boxfold

#fractalart #fractals #digitalart #theotherpages #math #maths #art #nft #nftart

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · 19h

#Harbor #Panorama at #Dusk
#Alexandria #Egypt
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from the collections at theotherpages.org

#sunsets #port #mediterranean #trade #commerce #shipping #sunset #afterglow #reflections #cranes #photography #travel #travelphotography #theotherpages
#colors #chroma

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · 19h

#Writer's #Perspective: #RobertSilverberg
" #Utopias are boring. #Dystopias, on the other hand, are quite interesting."

I think things have been getting far too "interesting" lately.

#quote #quotation #quotations #theotherpages #writers #authors #fiction #dystopia #utopia #art #museums #toledo

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · 1d

#Interior, #Blue #Mosque
#Istanbul, #Turkey ( #Türkiye )
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from the collections at theotherpages.org

So amazingly #illuminated

#travel #history #religion #faith #adventure #exploring #art #architecture #mosques #photography #travelphotography #theotherpages #SultanAhmed

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · 1d

#Fractal Spark #Mandala
created with #Jwildfire v 9.0
by Steve Spanoudis
from theotherpages.org
In 3 layers, same 3 transforms with parameter shifts:
1: Shredrad
2: Spherical3D_wf
3: Gaussian_Blur with Voron
Final: Layered _Spiral with Julia3D

#fractalart #fractals #digitalart #theotherpages #math

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · 6d

#California sea lions (Zalophus californianus)
#LaJolla
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from theotherpages.org

. . . for those who can #sleep anywhere, here's your #spiritanimal

#sealion #marine #mammal #aquatic #coast #pacific #wildlife #animals #theotherpages #travel #photography #wildlifephotography

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · 9d

Artist credit (I believe) is Lithos Arte Agelastos

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · 13d

#Sunset / #Afterflow
#Sarasota, #Florida

photo by Steve Spanoudis
from the archives at theotherpages.org

A place known for its long, colorful #sunsets over the #GulfofMexico

#dusk #waterfront #marina #photography #theotherpages #colors #hues #spectrum #saturation #silhouette #water #gradient

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · 14d

Interior, #HagiaSophia
#Istanbul, Turkey ( #Türkiye)
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from the collections at theotherpages.org

#church #mosque #history #byzantium #constantinople #travel #religion #faith #pilgrimage #photography #theotherpages #muslim #islam #christian #Justinian #monuments #holyplaces

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · 14d

#Peacock Design
#Turkish Rug
#Kusdasi #Turkey ( #Türkiye)
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from the collections at theotherpages.org

(view large to appreciate the detail)

#art #textiles #traditions #culture #weaving #craft #craftsmanship #photography #travel #theotherpages #fractal #patterns

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · 15d

#Canopic #Jars
#Archaeology #Museum
at the #Biblioteca #Alexandria, #Egypt
(the New Great Library)
photos by Steve Spanoudis

Jackal, Human, Monkey, Hawk

Your insides (organs) go inside.

#museums #libraries #mummies #mummy #burial #history #exhibit #photography #travel #theotherpages #art

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · 15d

#Doorway in #Time
#Egyptian #Museum
#Cairo #Egypt
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from the collections at theotherpages.org

Even with so many things moved to the GEM, there is much to see.

#travel #museums #photography #history #ancient #nile #africa #pharaoh #door #doors #archaeology #theotherpages

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · 15d

#Parthenon
#Athens #Greece
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from the collections at theotherpages.org

Deep blue #October #sky out the honey-color of the ancient stone

#travel #archaeology #ancient #temples #monuments #athena #theotherpages #photography #travelphotography #bluesky #greece #attica #aegean

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · 16d

What a difference one letter can make.
Or one person.

#Onassis #Stegi #Cultural #Center
#Athens #Greece

photo by Steve Spanoudis
from theotherpages.org

#arts #theater #culture #plays #writing #stage #drama #art #acting #dance #music #concerts #theotherpages #credo #words #words #enable #aristotle

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · 17d

I'm Watching You.

Hooded Crow 🪶 (Corvus Cornix)
grounds of #Topkapi #Palace
#Istanbul, #Turkey ( #Türkiye )
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from the collections at theotherpages.org

#bird #birds #birding #travel #middleeast #nature #wildlife #birdwatching #photography#theotherpages #crow #crows

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · 17d

#Ancient #Faces
inside the #Egyptian #Museum
#Cairo #Egypt
photos by Steve Spanoudis
from the collections at theotherpages.org

Much has already been moved to the GEM, but much remains.

#archaeology #art #statues #busts #sculpture #granite #history #africa #sculptors #theotherpages #nile #pharaoh

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · 17d

#StreetArt #Limassol #Cyprus
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from the collections at theotherpages.org

Visible from street level - better view is from the roof of Limassol #Castle

#travel #aegean #art #painting #civicart #cityscape
#photography #streetphotography #theotherpages
#picture #portrait

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · 20d

#Ifestia #Festival 2025 #Fireworks
#Santorini #Greece
#celebrating the island's #volcanic #origins
photo by Steve Spanoudis

What a setting. Fortunate to be there on the right day.
Over Nea Kameni #volcano in the center of the #Caldera

#history #eruption #travel #festivals #events #photography

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · Sep 16

#Nature in the #Backyard 🦋
#CoralSprings #Florida
photos by Steve Spanoudis
from theotherpages.org

#Monarch waiting to emerge #Zinnia #Hibiscus #blackswallowtail #caterpillar

#butterflies #lepidoptera #flowers #garden #gardens #gardening #photography #naturephotography #theotherpages #naturelovers

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · Sep 16

#Sunset #Profile
#Everglades #Atlantic #Trailhead
#CoralSprings #Florida
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from theotherpages.org
thanks to Daphne for posing

#sunsets #photography #portraits #silhouette #faces #color #contrast #orange #outdoors #people #humans #horizon #reflection #reflections #cloudless

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · Sep 13

#Explorers is a coming of age story about #SelfDiscovery #family the concept of #home and #exploring the #past and a #lovestory and a #mystical #adventure.

www.amazon.com/dp/1792786174

#quotes #perspective #distance #travel #books #novels #writing #theotherpages #republicofdreams #kindle #ebook

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · Sep 12

Local #residents at #GreenCay #NatureCenter 🪶🦋
in #Delray #Florida
photos by Steve Spanoudis
from the collections at theotherpages.org

So many #colors and #textures among the living things

#bird #birds #birding #snakes #butterflies #atala #wetlands #iris #nature #animals #wildlife #photograpy

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · Sep 12

#monarch butterfly, #roseate #spoonbill #grackles #redwinged #blackbird

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · Sep 12

#Beaks #Bills and #Butterflies 🪶🦋
at #CeleryFields
near #Sarasota #Florida
photos by Steve Spanoudis
from theotherpages.org

A #wildlife #preserve built from a former #trash #dump

#theotherpages #photography #bird #birds #wildlife #nature #birding #naturelovers #audobon #monarch #birdwatching

The Other Pages (Steve) @spanoudis.bsky.social · Sep 7

#Survival
#quote by #Haruki #Murakami (#Japanese, 1949- )
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from the archives at theotherpages.org

. . . but you will know how to #survive a #storm

#quotation #storms #weather #lightning #trials #experience #influences #lifeexpereince #life #photography #wisdom #knowledge