The Easter lily blooms in the spring. as is
Cemetery angel with hands clasped
Old Turkish mosques in Skopje, Macedonia. One wall that should remind us that there should not be any walls between different cultures, religions and nations…
This is an old church steeple in the town that I live in.
Hard work life - / decades of proofs and tenacious days. / And now a prayer – not kind nor soft. These hands know life.
A little controversial perhaps?
Sun light over a church and fence in an old, historical town in the Calidornia Gold Country
Beautifully decorated baroque interior of the pilgrimage church in Hejnice, Jizera mountains, Czech Republic. According to a legend, a poor artisan whose wife and child were very ill, fell asleep under a tree. Dreaming, he saw angels who told him to bring there a picture of Virgin Mary so that anybody passing by could share blessing of that miraculous place. He followed the message, sold his products on the market in a nearby city of Zittau and bought a statuette of Madonna for the money he obtained. He placed it into a cavity in that tree’s trunk and prayed. Soon after, his wife and child were healed, and people started to come to see the Madonna statue, humbly asking for help. In 1211, the tree was cut down and the statue was sheltered by a wooden chapel, that made place to a new stone chapel with gothic vaults in 1252. A Franciscan monastery was built in 1692-1696 to give home to monks, preachers and laics, followed by a baroque basilica in 1722-1725, that could accommodate 1000 pilgrims. According to the Franciscan chronicle, there were 1.381.176 pilgrims who traveled to Hejnice to ask for Our Lady’ intercession between 1699-1725! The history was far less friendly to the basilica and the monastery since the second half of the 18th century. Fortunately, it was possible to reconstruct the church and the monastery several years ago, and a new International Center for Spiritual Rehabilitation was created on this wonderful place. September 2007. Canon EOS 300X, Sigma 28-135. Post-processing: watercolor, conversion to B&W, distortion correction, blend modes. More photographs from Jizera mountains:
It was suggested by another artist to create this image into a black and white. / I believe this church is located in Elwood, Indiana. We were passing through several cities that day when my daughter and I spotted this magnificent church.
The Spanish style church in the centre of the desert town of San Pedro de Atacama in northern Chile.
digital, 2008
self portrait / hand: Justine Grass black and white version
“For he who finds me finds life And obtains favor from the LORD.” ~ Proverbs 8:35 A vintage rosary and a white daisy surrounded by babies breath and evergreen branches. .
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee As Is … Straight from the Camera
[New Edited version] I have Donated to Philadelphia Mission Charity. All proceeds from sales of my art goes to help extreme poor, sick and often forgotten people in isolated and remove villages in Africa. Wounded deep by harsh cruel words, / And falsely accused by those whom he loved, / Beaten and bruised, stripped naked and mocked, / Tears mingled with blood now covered his face. Hate filled hearts tied him to a post, / His back like a field that has just been plowed, / From furrows deep blood flowed to then ground, / With a heart filled with love he endured the pain. Hands that healed and often clasped in prayer, / Feet that carried a message of love, / Both now nailed to a cruel cross, guiltless one now waiting / To die. Crowds stood and watched as he cried out to God, / Father forgives them! Forgive them he cried, / The price was paid he bowed his head and died. Forgive them father was his plea, / As he paid the price for you and me, / Our sins washed away and pardon secured, / Forgive one and other as he forgave you. Only When you allow Gods love to flood your heart, Will you be able to love and forgive all people. I invite all to please visit my Mission Africa Charity website: / http://www.philadelphia33.org/ Please Visit my profile page and click on the buttons to see all my work in organised groups. / http://www.redbubble.com/people/joshuatree1 Donate your art and save a child’s life!*
cropped digital photograph / Construction…the new religion / A mass of crosses all lined up.. / like disciples…. / like mass graveyards/memorials…. / well,it makes sense in my head :-/ /
BEST VIEWED LARGE Penguin, Tasmania
Even when your physical body has passed from one world to another, your souls search for a familiarity. A sign of a place you have believed, from whence you had come. Choose a symbol you would go into. If you had no belief in that lifetime, the light from the glorious mountains will take you to where you belong, take you to a place of love, of peace, of clarity. For no matter where you lived physically, or have become one with your soul once more, you always have a choice. Love is the key. If you have love in your heart, then you will find the peace and happiness you have longed for. My own photos, and symbols from a borrowed book. All of my work is copyrighted and is not to be downloaded or copied in any way without my permission.
A laos monk reflecting in a remote village on the Mekong Delta.
This is The Sikh Cultural Society of Victoria, and is located at Craigieburn on the Hume Hwy, on the verge of rural Victoria Australia. / The reflection is from within the windows of the offices across the road.. taken with a p & s Panasonic Lumix FZ30, as well as / x2 images for HDR. ===================
This is The Sikh Cultural Society of Victoria, and is located at Craigieburn on the Hume Hwy, on the verge of rural Victoria Australia. / The reflection is from within the windows of the offices across the road.. taken with a p & s Panasonic Lumix FZ30, as well as / x2 images for HDR. ===================
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