#contemplative

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PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

“Contemplative Photography: Meditations in the Woods”

I am having a photography exhibition at the Levi Heywood Memorial Library, 55 West Lynde St., Gardner, MA. The exhibition will run from March 1st until March 29, 2024.

Artist's Statement:

Instructions for living a life:

Pay attention

Be astonished

Tell about it

Mary Oliver “Sometimes”

Mary Oliver’s instructions above have become the guiding principles for my photography. Photography has gained importance in my life since it has become a spiritual practice. I try to spend time in nature on a regular basis. It is a time for meditation and a time to clear my thoughts. With a quiet mind I wait to see what calls to me, what “shimmers”. Then I try to capture the subject in a personal, intimate, and emotional way. I am not interested in simply documenting the world, but trying to reveal something essential about myself and the world around me.

If I have been successful, some of these images will touch you, make you feel something of the beauty, astonishment, and wonder I felt during the time I spent creating them.

Each image is accompanied by a Haiku poem, written to express in a few simple words the connection and feelings that I experienced at the time I made the photograph.

I hope you enjoy the time you spend with these images and their invitation to journey inward, enjoy some serenity, and see the world with fresh eyes.

[eirene]

Portrait Of Elizabeth Falconer, Mrs. Stanhope, As Contemplation

Sir Joshua Reynolds

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Paul Klapper (1865-1928) "Lost in thought (Male back nude lying on a divan)" (1896) Oil on canvas

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Contemplative meditation house + prayer chamber Marwan Zgheib

[mellygregs]

Quiet Contemplation Path.

St Stephen’s Church, Tetbury, Gloucestershire.

March 2024.

IPhoneSE

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Be still and know that I am God Be still and know that I am Be still and know Be still Be

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I saw the crescent — you saw the whole of the Moon 🌝

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I'm such a "look at the moon" person.

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Portrait of Sive By Jeff Stanford, 2024 Buy prints at: https://jeff-stanford.pixels.com/

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Painting on canvas, oilpaint

[eirene]

The Rain it Raineth Every Day, 1906

Leonard Campbell Taylor

[gbiechele]

Artist's Reception Sunday April 7, 4-6 pm.

Exhibition on display from April 7 until May 12, 2024

[qlqniel]

To sit and contemplate incoming rain

Galsgow, August 2017