From Thresholds to Sacred Spaces

Photo copyright Wings, 2014; all rights reserved.

Now up at The NDN Silver Blog: the promised follow-up to my post of two Mondays ago. Last week, I was inexplicably diverted onto another path; I can only think that it was meant to be that way. But today, it's Part II of our exploration of the act of crossing — or choosing not to cross — particular thresholds into certain spaces, and whether those spaces are sacred, and for whom.

The photos themselves are beautiful, although the discussion doesn't even get into the aesthetic elements of today's featured photo. If you're interested in seeing my own aesthetic preferences, I suggest focusing on the contrast between the brilliant white — painted, "washed," onto red clay, I might add — of the threshold arch with the warm, earthy, colorful tones beyond. The thunderheads forming above the ridge line speak to me in a multitude of ways, too, but for now, I'll let folks guess at what they are. Those of you who know me know what some of those are likely to be, and who knows? Maybe that'll be a subject for another day.

For now, shares from the social-media buttons at the bottom of today's post, and at the bottom of Wings's main page, are welcomed with gratitude. I would very much like to see him get the sort of reinforcement of his work that every artist wants: knowing that someone is sufficiently moved by it to want to possess it permanently.