Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
Mahatma Gandhi
This weeks prompt was:
Harmony :: Symmetry :: Flow
When objects or events come together,
ebbing rhythmically.
Harmony makes sense.
It feels right.
The pieces balance each other.
Like peas and carrots,
coffee & cream,
black & white.
The Harmony gallery can be [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 22nd 2013
Synopsis (from book cover):
Did you know that the word “Cathar” has been used only since the 19th century in reference to the 13th century supporters of a faith and a religious practice which the Catholic papacy considered to be dangerously heretical? Did you know that almost everything that we know about the Cathars comes from interrogations carried out by [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 28th 2013
The Tao that can be spoken is not the
…..true Tao.
Any name which can be given to it
…..is not its true name.
That which was before Heaven and
…..Earth is Tao.
Tao is the mother of all things.
The wise seek its mystery,
…..and find it made of opposites.
Opposites arise from the same source
…..and are identical in all but name.
The mystery [...]
28 Comments CherryPie on Jan 27th 2013
When one has fully entered the realm of love, the world – no matter how imperfect – becomes rich and beautiful – it consists solely of opportunities for love.
Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813 – 1855)
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 30th 2012
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, York 2011
The prompt for this weeks theme is ‘All is Calm‘. More photos on this theme can be found in the gallery.
4 Comments CherryPie on Dec 28th 2012
Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Holidays, Paris 2012
4 Comments CherryPie on Dec 8th 2012
Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Holidays, Paris 2012
The Fontaine Saint-Michel is located in Place Saint-Michel. The statue above the fountain depicts Archangel Michael and the devil, sculptured by Francisque Joseph Duret. In the foreground there are two winged dragons that were sculpted by Henri Alfred Jacquemart.
Those are just two of the nine sculptors whose work is featured in the fountain.
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 6th 2012
