Winter Evening Pilgrimage: Visual Meditation

January 11, 2008 · by Christine

 -Christine Valters Paintner @ Abbey of the Arts

(photos taken along the shore of the Hood Canal)

The winner of this week’s Poetry Party drawing will be announced later today! There’s still time to add your poem — currently up to 23 participants which is a wonderful outpouring of creative energy.

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11 Responses to “Winter Evening Pilgrimage: Visual Meditation”

  1. H.M. Says:
    January 11th, 2008 at 2:33 am

    Wonderful. Thank you.

  2. Annie Says:
    January 11th, 2008 at 4:03 am

    Beautiful photos! I really do relate to your photography. A beautiful site.

  3. yolanda Says:
    January 11th, 2008 at 10:06 am

    These were wonderful.Thank you for sharing.

  4. Suz Says:
    January 11th, 2008 at 12:26 pm

    Oooooh! I am not a good waiter!

  5. Bette Says:
    January 11th, 2008 at 2:50 pm

    Total Serenity. Pure Beauty. Soul Medicine.

  6. Christine Says:
    January 11th, 2008 at 6:10 pm

    Thanks you all! :-)

  7. Sunrise Sister Says:
    January 11th, 2008 at 9:07 pm

    Beautiful photography. You’ve captured the “Original Creator/Artist’s” beautiful land and seascapes. Thank you!

    SS

  8. Christine Says:
    January 12th, 2008 at 8:24 pm

    Thanks SS!

  9. Elaine Says:
    January 13th, 2008 at 7:29 pm

    I’m viewing these photos Sunday evening when it is dark outside.

    The photos are radiant — I don’t know if this is the right word but the light is exquisite. You’ve captured the quality of rare (in Coastal Washington/BC) winter sunlight.

    Tess wrote about prayer today and when I view your photos, I feel like I am looking at prayers that praise Creation that in turn evoke prayers of gratitude — for Nature, for Artists, for Communities of Friends — in me.

    Thank you.

  10. Christine Says:
    January 14th, 2008 at 8:50 am

    Thank you Elaine, what a lovely thing to say. :-)

  11. Rachelle Says:
    January 20th, 2008 at 5:13 pm

    No wonder that you returned from this site so filled with fresh insight–the soul is fed with such rhythms and patterns and the freedom of birds in flight, dipping and diving, and by the expanses of the sea. The sounds that accompanied these scenes can only be imagined. and the slight movement and scent of the air around you as you stood and looked, and photographed and praised. Thanks, Christine for drawing us into the intimacy of those moments of solitude and awe. What a Love Story!
    Hugs–to you and one for your camera.
    Beheld, Rachelle