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MobiColour RESULT: MC #45 THEME: Sacred Spaces - December 5-11
You weren't alone... [emoji849] I had to read it twice because at first I thought it was a tie...
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It was a tie. But then, you know, omnipotence and all. You can have the corporeal exactly equal to the Divine. Descartes didn't spend all that time catching pneumonia while he figured out the cogitive for nothing
I know, right?! Phssst.
I know, right?! Phssst.
Yeah. This is the same guy, right? Who was rabbiting on elsewhere about his sense of postmodern alterity?
(He's probably talking about Schroedinger's cat's box
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rizole
It's not even my banana.
Imagine trying to think outside the Schrödinger's cat box....you could strain something.Yeah. This is the same guy, right? Who was rabbiting on elsewhere about his sense of postmodern alterity?
(He's probably talking about Schroedinger's cat's box
rizole
It's not even my banana.
Thank you zenjenny. I had to look up numinous and that was quite a write up. It certainly deserves more of a response than I have time for as Lauren is expecting me to go and chase her with the dinosaur.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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and for the always-entertaining accompanying conversation
Personally, I'd have terse's pic on my wall too and if anyone has a recipe for primordial soup can you post it here? I hope it doesn't involve pink pig meat product.
That's the main ingredient.
You picked my two favorites. If I'm not mistaken Rizole's was the first posted. When I saw that I knew it would be hard to top. Great job!
Or did he?It was a tie. But then, you know, omnipotence and all. You can have the corporeal exactly equal to the Divine. Descartes didn't spend all that time catching pneumonia while he figured out the cogitive for nothing
Thank you, zenjenny, I am thrilled to get a mention in this fantastic group of images. And I apologize deeply for the loss of your intellectual socks. (Were those the stripey knee socks?) Congrats to rizole and applause for all.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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and for the always-entertaining accompanying conversation
sinnerjohn
IOTM WInner - April 2022
Yay for HM and greasy pink sausage rolls
Well done rizole (again. habit forming aint it
) Can someone please get me a Jen - John translation dictionary for Christmas please so I may have a head start on understanding all those big words 
GroovyGouvy
MobiLifer
Yay for HM and greasy pink sausage rolls
Well done rizole (again. habit forming aint it
I'd take one, too. [emoji106][emoji1]
Thanks for judging, @zenjen, thanks for mentioning my piccy, congrats to rizole, terse and all else!
mwolfer
MobiLurver
- Real Name
- Melissa 'Mel'
- Device
- iPhone X
Wonderful imagery and description of your special time and place.
Can I borrow it....? [emoji15]Can someone please get me a Jen - John translation dictionary for Christmas please so I may have a head start on understanding all those big words
It's trying to think inside that box that gives me a headache.
MotownLarry
MobiPassionista
- Real Name
- Larry M
- Device
- IPhone XR
Congrats to rizole, Ted, Brian, Gouvy and John. I'm honored to be included in such esteemed company.
MotownLarry
MobiPassionista
- Real Name
- Larry M
- Device
- IPhone XR
I have one ... a headache, that is.
I've got a haddock.I have one ... a headache, that is.
MotownLarry
MobiPassionista
- Real Name
- Larry M
- Device
- IPhone XR
You're too funny, Jilly!I've got a haddock.
Only if you don't live with me Larry.You're too funny, Jilly!
Thank you for laughing though.
Great winners! Well done, rizole and well done, terse for .......hmmmm....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
well, if rizole got first and MotownLarry and FundyBrian came second, I'm afraid you are stuck somewhere in the twilight zone but excellent image nonetheless! Lots of clever images in this lot - well done all!
Kmenglee
MobiPassionista
- Real Name
- Lee Kuan Meng
- Device
Congratulations to all the winners rizole being winnerKnowing 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
Second MotownLarry and FundyBrian
and honorable mention GroovyGouvy, sinnerjohn
The rest beautiful photos and edit
Just love the photos that you all posted
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.
View attachment 85496
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
Thank you, zenjenny, for this wonderful challenge. There were so many excellent photos and interpretations of the sacred. I'm pleased you liked one of my photos to include among the winners. Congratulations to the other winners: rizole, terse, MotownLarry, and HMs, GroovyGouvy and sinnerjohn. It's good to keep us all striving to do better. I'm sure all the participants gained a lot by following this thread and being inspired by the collective creativity found here at MobiTog.