I'm still finding many jewels in Walking on Water by Madeleine L'Engle. This one gave me some insight into why I usually feel a little edgy and not completely content. She writes, "Divine discontent, a longing to find the melody in the discords of chaos, the rhyme in the cacophony, the surprised smile in time of stress or strain. It is not that what IS is not enough, for it is; it is that what IS had been disarranged and is crying out to be put in place."
I once wrote in a photographic bio that I liked to take photos of the world as I wished it to be. I usually only take photos of beauty or idealistic things. I know the importance of photojournalism. We need to see things as they really are. I just feel that my place in the scheme of things is to record beauty; to inspire. Maybe that's my way of rearranging and of putting things back in place.
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I am right with you, cropping out the world's power lines to see the original powers and beauty of it all...
Thank you for sharing this quote from the book. It has given me plenty to think about while sitting on my deck this morning with my morning coffee.
Debbie, I will be happy to look for the magazine for you. And...if I find it I would be even happier to send it to you for free. I'll let you know soon.
I feel that way about art,too. We zoom in and put our longing for the holy into our interpretation of what we encounter. I always shift my thinking when I read M.L'Engle. I am trying to take some simple photographs of Sydney. It's special.About the birdie photo - I'm flattered that you like it and now I may try enlarging it, too! You are kind to offer to pay but your one copy is my gift to you, friend. I will be home in a week.
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