to become a contemplative one must develop the spiritual eye of attention and what in modern life symbolises more fully and exactly what the life of a contemplative life entails than the cameraThis is really meaningful to me and I am grateful to Jonny for sharing it. Photography has helped me to "see"... and it continues to help me to "see".
solitude and silence are the sine qua non of being a contemplative. in fact a photographer is a contemplative in his own right: he too must become a master of attention
if we had to reduce merton's 'a vow of conversation' to one theme it would be 'learning to see'
for much of the world's beauty we have only one chance to look
I give this to the Lord and ask Him to help me see what He wants me to see... to see His hand in the ordinary as well as the extraordinary... the natural and the supernatural... and to help others see it too.
Thanks Jonny.
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This is an excellent piece and very thought-provoking. We miss so much in the busyness of life but your photos are helping us to look at even the "ordinary" things and benefit from what we see.
It touches on some of the simple spiritual disciplines we do not practice, of prayer, intercession, meditation, etc., in silence and solitude. We are lost rather in activity.
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