Welcome to the Abbey Photo Party!
I select a theme and invite you to respond with images.
We are taking a break this January from our monthly Monk Manifesto themes to invite you into some creative exploration with the words which have chosen you for this year. (Make sure to share yours here if you haven’t already and enter to win one of several wonderful prizes).
In the free 12-day online mini-retreat I offer to newsletter subscribers (click here to subscribe) I invite you to go on a photo pilgrimage holding your word for 2013 in your hearts and noticing what images are shimmering in the world around you.
You can share images you already have which illustrate your word, but I encourage you also to go for a walk with the theme in mind and see what you discover.
You are also welcome to post other art you created inspired by your word for the year – collages are powerful as are paintings and drawings. See what stirs your imagination!
How to participate:
1. Go to the Flickr Group I have created. You need a free Flickr account first. When you go to the link it will ask you to join the group first before posting. Share as many as five of your images in response to the theme. When you post your photo please include your word as the title or in the comments section below!
2. Leave a comment below to let us know you have joined the party and what your Flickr profile name is.
3. Please post the invitation on your blog or Facebook page and encourage others to come join the party!
If you haven’t yet, share your word over at this post for a chance to win some wonderful prizes and join in with the Abbey community.
26 Responses
Greeting,
My word is “Pied” from a poem by Gerald Manley Hopkins.
It has been a dark, long, lonely year of winter of the soul in 2012.
I want to begin to honor the dappled person I am and give praise for the pied beauty around me.
My flickr name is gophotowalking.
“ Pied Beauty— ”
Glory be to God for dappled things–
For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;
For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;
Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings;
Landscape plotted and pieced–fold, fallow, and plough;
And all trades, their gear and tackle and trim.
All things counter, original, spare, strange;
Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)
With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;
He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change:
Praise Him.”
The word that has bubbled to the surface is ‘stillness’ – hard to find in this busy life, but so essential. So am seeking a ‘still point in the turning world’ is the invitation I am seeking, and out of that place, I hope to live with more whole heartedness! I am brand new to Flicker, so am not entirely sure what my flicker profile name is, but I think it shows up as ‘mcdealva’. The image is an old favorite, but as Christine suggests, I will be looking for new ones enroute on my journey in the days ahead.
These are all so beautiful dear monk friends – thank you for sharing them with the Abbey!
My 2013 word found me rather abruptly…bravery. No time to ponder. Walking in God’s strength.
See you on Flickr.
frustrated
I’ve joined the photo party! I’m Melanie1439. (My word is “expanse.”)
I am Leanne Shawler on Flikr. My word is abide.
Posted 2 photos as St.Jms at Flickr expressing “Peace” …
Thanks for this beautiful opp for creativity in community !
My word for 2013 is courage, or perhaps after I wait a bit, knowing.
I don’t know about Flikr but will try to find out when I return to the States later this month.
Peace,
Erin
“Purity” is my word for 2013.
Flikr name: RachelMichelle82