tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693384.post6009722862078474037..comments2024-01-31T07:54:13.816-08:00Comments on Diamonds in the Sky with Lucy: darkKayce aka lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479940262271959482noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693384.post-59132007713060530332010-03-23T12:23:22.082-07:002010-03-23T12:23:22.082-07:00SS - yes, my explorations of the dark are expandin...SS - yes, my explorations of the dark are expanding just like a lighthouse beam in the night sky :-) <br /><br />i, too, have been reading merton and find he also appeared to have an ambivalent relationship with the hour of dark.<br /><br />as far as the noon hour?!?! that's what's so cool about doing breath prayer. breath = prayer especially if you add in a dose of mindfulness.<br /><br /><br />kel - thanks for noticing the reflection. this was a powerful image that really wanted to be put together - probably more so than any of the other collages of the day.lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164862787135419574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693384.post-88429442182199465762010-03-23T03:14:53.733-07:002010-03-23T03:14:53.733-07:00i like the way it looks like the lighthouse is ref...i like the way it looks like the lighthouse is reflecting onto the rim of the woman's hat<br />quite halo-like<br />a circle of light<br />for protectionKelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18425317942978557478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693384.post-24442946485791830962010-03-22T19:16:34.587-07:002010-03-22T19:16:34.587-07:00In the last year I've probably thought more ab...In the last year I've probably thought more about "darkness as in night" than I ever did before. Those thoughts have swiveled from thinking most of darkness is unfriendly to the possibility that darkness is just an unexplored realm for me and not nearly as intimidating as I once thought it.<br /><br />xoxo<br /><br />I've been reading along with Merton this past week - Praying the hours - noontime has yet to find me with my nose in the book or praying.....Dianna Woolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901349180265745138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693384.post-69526793978259160722010-03-22T17:33:01.338-07:002010-03-22T17:33:01.338-07:00claire - i always find it so beautiful, your use o...claire - i always find it so beautiful, your use of Godde. i, too, find that darkness holds powerful memories - many of them filled with light :-)lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164862787135419574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693384.post-47374627288696963582010-03-22T17:31:26.526-07:002010-03-22T17:31:26.526-07:00maureen - in a book i'm reading ("fingerp...maureen - in a book i'm reading ("fingerprints of god") the author writes:<br /><br />"While an encounter with God can happen anywhere, anytime, my research and my own life story tell me that brokenness is the best predictor of spiritual experience." <br /><br />i think one could exchange "brokenness" for "in the dark", don't ya think?lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164862787135419574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693384.post-50993129861113261202010-03-22T15:35:31.886-07:002010-03-22T15:35:31.886-07:00Ah, Lucy, a beautiful post.
You bring back memori...Ah, Lucy, a beautiful post.<br /><br />You bring back memories of 'darkness.' Powerful memories. Each time Godde was involved. <br /><br />Yes, Godde does meet me in the dark as well.claire bangasserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12380558962103134334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693384.post-6349379421576271922010-03-22T13:17:27.166-07:002010-03-22T13:17:27.166-07:00I often think we are closest to God when we are mo...I often think we are closest to God when we are most "in the dark".Maureenhttp://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com