Even in our techno-centric, over-developed, world we are surrounded by nature. Even in the midst of winter, as the sun begins its too-early descent to the horizon, there is still the green of life to be found. You just need to know where to look. You also need to dare to pause and see it….
Tag: Lent2016
Silence
Of the topics covered thus far on this Lenten journey, “silence” has given me the most pause. How does one cover silence in an image? As I pondered, however, I realized something. Silence isn’t the absence of sound, it’s actually the presence of listening. A minimizing of sound is quiet, not silence. The two are…
Tell
Continuing on the Lenten theme, I created this composite using the iOS app “Retype” and an image I captured during IBC’s inaugural celebration. Telling people the story of Jesus really is only “good news” when we also live that story out. When one (living or telling) is done in exclusion of the other, the Gospel…
Wilderness
I used a window of opportunity during a break in some insane rain we got today and headed down to Palmyra Nature Cove. Two deer met me near the beginning of the trails, and stood still as I crept close enough to capture a decent image. It’s fascinating how such “wilderness” creatures can live so…
Alone
Later in Lent I will be able to create an image for “solitude,” and I look forward to being able to frame my vision of that blessed experience. Why bring this up in a post entitled “alone?” Because our culture terribly confuses these two concepts. They aren’t alike. In fact, I don’t even think they…
Photo a day, a Lenten journey
Tuesday afternoon I came across a rather intriguing image in my Facebook feed. It listed forty topics, one for each day of Lent, and gave some social networking tags to include in posts so they could be viewed by others on the same journey. Lent is an introspective season 1, and Photography can be a…
