Photos taken at Golden Gardens beach in Seattle.
Photos © Christine Valters Paintner at Abbey of the Arts:
Transformative Living through Contemplative & Expressive Arts
Women Mystics & Ancestors + Prayer Cycle ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Dearest dancing monks, artists, and pilgrims, Tomorrow I start teaching a 4-week e-course on practicing with medieval women mystics for the lovely team at Spirituality & Practice. Teresa of Avila, Julian of Norwich, Mechtild of Magdeburg, and Hildegard of Bingen will be our focus and each week
November 1, 2026
4 Responses
Beautiful images, Christine. And this is one of my favourites of Oliver.
i love seeing that beach through your eyes!! :-)
Christine., the one and the many as one…
and these beautiful photos are of the same theme.
I remember another poem too, where Mary Oliver says,
“…in the meadow
and the meadow…”
which brought tears to my eyes out of love for the environment.
~kigen
Beautiful photos – thank you for sharing them.