Welcome to the Abbey Photo Party!
I select a theme and invite you to respond with images.
I have been pondering a great deal lately the ways the landscapes I have lived in shape my soul (this week’s love note from me will develop this theme). My invitation to you is to ponder this for yourself: What is the impact of my physical landscape on my spiritual one? How might I express this through a photo or image?
You can share images you already have which illuminate the theme, 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 photos of any other art you create inspired by the theme. See what stirs your imagination!
How to participate:
1. Go to the Flickr Group I have created. You need a free Flickr account first (go to the Flickr home page and click “Sign up now.”) When you go to the link it will ask you to join the group first before posting. Share up to five of your images in response to the theme.
2. Leave a comment below this blog post to let us know you have joined the party and what your Flickr profile name is (you must include this to be entered into the prize drawing).
3. Please post the invitation on your blog or Facebook page and encourage others to come join the party!
On Friday, April 26th – I will draw a name at random from those who participate and the winner will receive a space in my upcoming online class Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a Contemplative Practice (April 28-June 15, 2013).
66 Responses
Thanks for the invitation! I’m enjoying your book… I’m glad to find a kindred spirit :) I love taking pictures of the natural beauty around me.
Whoops–forgot… my Flickr name is Haiku2013.
I’ve joined the group and my Flickr name is “enots”. Have added six photos that have touched me heart and soul.
As Nanaobdoc I published views of the sunrise from my deck and a rare double rainbow from the road. I am reminded daily that I am a spiritual being having a human experience.
I just joined the group. My Flickr name is dreamartistgal. Will post photos tomorrow.
Looking forward to this! Thank you!
I’ve joined the group and my Flickr name is “RevMimi” – thanks!
My Flickr name is “pilgrim1985”. Thank you for this photo party invite. What a wonderful theme for this Easter season… So much new, Ressurection life all around us. In our current landscape we are blessed with numerous walking trails. My husband & I took a long walk in the woods today looking for wild flowers. Glorious ! Photos to be posted later this week.
PS- Christine, I have already purchased your new book & have signed up for the on-line class. Can’t wait!
My name is Helen. I have updated a photo in the Mystic Landscape comp. I am having trouble with flicker so cannot put my name on it. There is a butterfly beside it. Have some more to do abd will do so when I sort flicker out!!!!
My name is Lily2be.
Always change, always in motion, always made new.
I posted some pictures under the username brianaosb. I find that the area in which I live influences me greatly, but that the landscapes of my childhood helped form me. I grew up in southern California, about nine miles inland from the beach, but about 3o minutes away by car (mountains, canyons, etc.). I find that images of the Pacific Ocean speak to a deep part of me. I am also intrigued by mountains. I now live in the Midwest, so while there are hills and lakes, there are no mountains and oceans. The “green-ness” of southern Indiana enlivens me in a way the verdigris of southern California cannot. I love color as well as shape and form, so I am also interested in the play of the sunlight on the landscapes I know.
I’ve entered as huganelf with a few photos of Mount Craig in North Carolina and a rogue hot air balloon flying over my house. Thanks so much! There’s so much to see and photograph in North Carolina its hard to know where to begin.