No argument there. It's spectacular.
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MobiColour RESULT: MC #45 THEME: Sacred Spaces - December 5-11
West End Girl
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- Real Name
- Laura
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Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Cathedral, Quebec. This is a famous site for healing. People travel here to pray for miraculous healing for themselves or loved ones.
This is the specific area people come to within the cathedral to pray for healing. An introductory praying place in the foreground and behind is the area devoted to Sainte Anne.
The detail work all over this cathedral is astounding.
Beautiful!
Guess you have to be careful not to walk off the edge...
MotownLarry
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- Real Name
- Larry M
- Device
- IPhone XR
Thanks Larry! Stunning work.
Yikes! I was sure it had to be painted. That's amazing work.
MotownLarry
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- Real Name
- Larry M
- Device
- IPhone XR
Close up shot above one of the columns. If you zoom in, you can see the individual tiles. In 1912, installation of mosaics in the interior began. Completed in 1988, the mosaics collectively contain 41.5 million glass tesserae pieces in more than 7,000 colors. Covering 83,000 square feet (7,700 m2), it is the largest mosaic collection in the world.
Amazing.
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Cathedral, Quebec. This is a famous site for healing. People travel here to pray for miraculous healing for themselves or loved ones.
This is the specific area people come to within the cathedral to pray for healing. An introductory praying place in the foreground and behind is the area devoted to Sainte Anne.
The detail work all over this cathedral is astounding.
Both have such gorgeous details, and so different in look/style.
Kmenglee
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- Real Name
- Lee Kuan Meng
- Device
Wow What a beautiful edit
Kmenglee
MobiPassionista
- Real Name
- Lee Kuan Meng
- Device
Dont mess with me with my foodMy Sacred Space
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I was having lunch with my friend and, as I was saying "Norma, I love you, but if you touch my food I'll stab you with this fork." I realised that the plate of food in front of me is my sacred space (any plate, any time).
Very striking with the snow and perspective.
Dont mess with me with my food
Beautiful.
Wonderful perspective and edit! Really draws the eye to the many different shapes colours and textures, without the whole feeling 'busy'. Impressed!
Knowing that one man’s ‘sacred’ is another man’s err, something else, and armed with 385 synonyms for ‘sacred’ from powerthesaurus.org (seriously, check it out: https://www.powerthesaurus.org/sacred/synonyms), I allowed myself the luxury of unapologetic subjectivity, and enjoyed each image for my experience of its interpretation of ‘sacred space/s’.
First: rizole's and terse' two images knocked my socks off (intellectually speaking). rizole 's moment of omnipotence ‘generating space where there wasn't any’ – well. At least 72 of the 385 synonyms are applicable here.
In a weird kindof juxtaposition, terse goes all theory of origins, and locates the sacred in anatomical space with a clever play on (and the beginnings of a recipe for?) ‘primordial soup’ . Two votes for this image ‘on my wall if I were a teenager’ seal its place as joint winner.
However. The longer I wrestled with concepts of omnipotence and primordial origin thingies, the clearer it became to me that you can't out sacred-space omnipotence – so it's rizole by a god-like, numinous, awe-inspiring, transcendent, exalted and immutable whisker.
Second: Equal second (would've been equal first if I thought I could get away with four winners): MotownLarry and FundyBrian heartfelt sharings of spaces sacred to them in the more intimate and personal sense of an experience of spirituality, being part of something greater. . . Different people would express it in different ways: freedictionary.com suggests sacred space (noun) is a “space—tangible or otherwise—that enables those who acknowledge and accept it to feel reverence and connection with the spiritual”.
Brian’s and Larry’s images are couldn't be more different: Brian is deep in the wilds of nature; Larry points to the architecture of sacred space. I've picked Larry’s first image for its stillness and beauty, and thank him for the follow-up images of the meticulous attention to detail in the beautiful cathedral in St Louis, Missouri. Brian provided a standard and a panoramic image of his sacred space, and I thank him for the accompanying story, which makes the whole that much more beautiful to read.
Honourable Mentions: To spare myself the migraine that threatened after my Deep Thought about non-space and primordial soup, I limited myself to two HM's and maintained the equal-and-different theme. GroovyGouvy Red Salon and sinnerjohn Derby County aka Greggs’ Sacred Sausage Roll both describe a kindof communion, inspiring to them in different ways, with shallwesay non-traditional ‘sacred spaces’: cigarettes in stairwells and greasy pink sausage rolls, respectively. I can't really think of anything else to say about that.
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Thanks all for participating,
and for the usual Mobi-mix of subjects, perspectives, edits -
and for the always-entertaining accompanying conversation
First: rizole's and terse' two images knocked my socks off (intellectually speaking). rizole 's moment of omnipotence ‘generating space where there wasn't any’ – well. At least 72 of the 385 synonyms are applicable here.
In a weird kindof juxtaposition, terse goes all theory of origins, and locates the sacred in anatomical space with a clever play on (and the beginnings of a recipe for?) ‘primordial soup’ . Two votes for this image ‘on my wall if I were a teenager’ seal its place as joint winner.
However. The longer I wrestled with concepts of omnipotence and primordial origin thingies, the clearer it became to me that you can't out sacred-space omnipotence – so it's rizole by a god-like, numinous, awe-inspiring, transcendent, exalted and immutable whisker.
Second: Equal second (would've been equal first if I thought I could get away with four winners): MotownLarry and FundyBrian heartfelt sharings of spaces sacred to them in the more intimate and personal sense of an experience of spirituality, being part of something greater. . . Different people would express it in different ways: freedictionary.com suggests sacred space (noun) is a “space—tangible or otherwise—that enables those who acknowledge and accept it to feel reverence and connection with the spiritual”.
Brian’s and Larry’s images are couldn't be more different: Brian is deep in the wilds of nature; Larry points to the architecture of sacred space. I've picked Larry’s first image for its stillness and beauty, and thank him for the follow-up images of the meticulous attention to detail in the beautiful cathedral in St Louis, Missouri. Brian provided a standard and a panoramic image of his sacred space, and I thank him for the accompanying story, which makes the whole that much more beautiful to read.
Honourable Mentions: To spare myself the migraine that threatened after my Deep Thought about non-space and primordial soup, I limited myself to two HM's and maintained the equal-and-different theme. GroovyGouvy Red Salon and sinnerjohn Derby County aka Greggs’ Sacred Sausage Roll both describe a kindof communion, inspiring to them in different ways, with shallwesay non-traditional ‘sacred spaces’: cigarettes in stairwells and greasy pink sausage rolls, respectively. I can't really think of anything else to say about that.
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Thanks all for participating,
and for the usual Mobi-mix of subjects, perspectives, edits -
and for the always-entertaining accompanying conversation
Well, if I'm not mistaken, rizole Rizole has won (or am I mistakenKnowing that one man’s ‘sacred’ is another man’s err, something else, and armed with 385 synonyms for ‘sacred’ from powerthesaurus.org (seriously, check it out: https://www.powerthesaurus.org/sacred/synonyms), I allowed myself the luxury of unapologetic subjectivity, and enjoyed each image for my experience of its interpretation of ‘sacred space/s’.
First: @rizole’s and @terse’ two images knocked my socks off (intellectually speaking). @rizole’s moment of omnipotence ‘generating space where there wasn't any’ – well. At least 72 of the 385 synonyms are applicable here.
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In a weird kindof juxtaposition, terse goes all theory of origins, and locates the sacred in anatomical space with a clever play on (and the beginnings of a recipe for?) ‘primordial soup’ . Two votes for this image ‘on my wall if I were a teenager’ seal its place as joint winner.
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However. The longer I wrestled with concepts of omnipotence and primordial origin thingies, the clearer it became to me that you can't out sacred-space omnipotence – so it's rizole by a god-like, numinous, awe-inspiring, transcendent, exalted and immutable whisker.
Second: Equal second (would've been equal first if I thought I could get away with four winners): @motownlarry’s and @fundybrian’s heartfelt sharings of spaces sacred to them in the more intimate and personal sense of an experience of spirituality, being part of something greater. . . Different people would express it in different ways: freedictionary.com suggests sacred space (noun) is a “space—tangible or otherwise—that enables those who acknowledge and accept it to feel reverence and connection with the spiritual”.
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Brian’s and Larry’s images are couldn't be more different: Brian is deep in the wilds of nature; Larry points to the architecture of sacred space. I've picked Larry’s first image for its stillness and beauty, and thank him for the follow-up images of the meticulous attention to detail in the beautiful cathedral in St Louis, Missouri. Brian provided a standard and a panoramic image of his sacred space, and I thank him for the accompanying story, which makes the whole that much more beautiful to read.
Honourable Mentions: To spare myself the migraine that threatened after my Deep Thought about non-space and primordial soup, I limited myself to two HM's and maintained the equal-and-different theme. @groovyGouvy’s Red Salon and @sinnerjohn’s Derby County aka Greggs’ Sacred Sausage Roll both describe a kindof communion, inspiring to them in different ways, with shallwesay non-traditional ‘sacred spaces’: cigarettes in stairwells and greasy pink sausage rolls, respectively. I can't really think of anything else to say about that.
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Thanks all for participating,
and for the usual Mobi-mix of subjects, perspectives, edits -
and for the always-entertaining accompanying conversation
). Well done. I loved that image - it had me nodding and laughing at the same time. Congrats to Ted, Larry and Brian and the HMs Gouvy and John.
Well, if I'm not mistaken, rizole Rizole has won (or am I mistaken
Do keep up, Jilly
Well, if I'm not mistaken, rizole Rizole has won (or am I mistaken
You weren't alone... [emoji849] I had to read it twice because at first I thought it was a tie...
Great wrap up Jen! Congratulations rizole!! [emoji471] Well done... living in the NYC area for many years I can greatly appreciate your image. [emoji1] And now you have the honor of choosing the theme for next week! [emoji848]
Kudos to Ted, Larry, Brian, Gouvy and John!! [emoji1360][emoji322]
The new challenge is here-------> https://www.mobitog.com/threads/new-mc-46-theme-tbc-december-12-18.22153/
Congrats to rizole, I always appreciate your perspective (me being more stuck inside the box) and all the HM's. Great wrap up, Jen. I can always count on you to expand my horizons and vocabulary (read "numinous")Knowing that one man’s ‘sacred’ is another man’s err, something else, and armed with 385 synonyms for ‘sacred’ from powerthesaurus.org (seriously, check it out: https://www.powerthesaurus.org/sacred/synonyms), I allowed myself the luxury of unapologetic subjectivity, and enjoyed each image for my experience of its interpretation of ‘sacred space/s’.
First: rizole's and terse' two images knocked my socks off (intellectually speaking). rizole 's moment of omnipotence ‘generating space where there wasn't any’ – well. At least 72 of the 385 synonyms are applicable here.
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In a weird kindof juxtaposition, terse goes all theory of origins, and locates the sacred in anatomical space with a clever play on (and the beginnings of a recipe for?) ‘primordial soup’ . Two votes for this image ‘on my wall if I were a teenager’ seal its place as joint winner.
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However. The longer I wrestled with concepts of omnipotence and primordial origin thingies, the clearer it became to me that you can't out sacred-space omnipotence – so it's rizole by a god-like, numinous, awe-inspiring, transcendent, exalted and immutable whisker.
Second: Equal second (would've been equal first if I thought I could get away with four winners): MotownLarry and FundyBrian heartfelt sharings of spaces sacred to them in the more intimate and personal sense of an experience of spirituality, being part of something greater. . . Different people would express it in different ways: freedictionary.com suggests sacred space (noun) is a “space—tangible or otherwise—that enables those who acknowledge and accept it to feel reverence and connection with the spiritual”.
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Brian’s and Larry’s images are couldn't be more different: Brian is deep in the wilds of nature; Larry points to the architecture of sacred space. I've picked Larry’s first image for its stillness and beauty, and thank him for the follow-up images of the meticulous attention to detail in the beautiful cathedral in St Louis, Missouri. Brian provided a standard and a panoramic image of his sacred space, and I thank him for the accompanying story, which makes the whole that much more beautiful to read.
Honourable Mentions: To spare myself the migraine that threatened after my Deep Thought about non-space and primordial soup, I limited myself to two HM's and maintained the equal-and-different theme. GroovyGouvy Red Salon and sinnerjohn Derby County aka Greggs’ Sacred Sausage Roll both describe a kindof communion, inspiring to them in different ways, with shallwesay non-traditional ‘sacred spaces’: cigarettes in stairwells and greasy pink sausage rolls, respectively. I can't really think of anything else to say about that.
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Thanks all for participating,
and for the usual Mobi-mix of subjects, perspectives, edits -
and for the always-entertaining accompanying conversation