Visual Writing Prompt: Contemplative Objects

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A Contemplative Nature


“Look down” was the sixteenth #augustbreak2014 prompt, and I started by taking the usual photos of plants in my garden, since not much else was of interest in the immediate vicinity. Then I realized my well-worn statue of St. Francis was “looking down.” Perfect.


From looking down my train of thought went to meditation and its cousin, contemplation. There is a long tradition of placing inanimate objects in gardens as focal points, and not only as part of good design. Foca...

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Published on August 17, 2014 09:17
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