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The Laiengestühl (pews of the lay brothers) are amongst the oldest items in the church -- it dates partly from 1280, although the canopies were added later. Art carved on the pew ends includes an eagle, pelican, lion, wolf, and a dragon -- all laced with religious symbolism familiar to the medieval Christian.
The brick gothic Doberaner Münster (Minster in Bad Doberan) near Rostock is one of the finest churches in Germany. It has the best-preserved interior of any former Cistercian abbey church in Europe. Artwork includes many items from around 1300 including the oldest wing altar in art history, the tallest Gothic tabernacle in Germany, a very elaborately decorated double-sided cross altar, and fine oak carved pews. The church was the burial site of the rulers of Mecklenburg from 1302 to 1920 and has many fine tombs and epitaphs including the first female tomb sculpture in a Cistercian church.
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Symbolism and Tradition
Traditionally, prayer flags are used to promote peace, compassion, strength, and wisdom. The flags do not carry prayers to 'gods,' a common misconception; rather, the Tibetans believe the prayers and mantras will be blown by the wind to spread the good will and compassion into all pervading space. Therefore, prayer flags are thought to bring benefit to all.
By hanging flags in high places the "Wind Horse" will carry the blessings depicted on the flags to all beings. As wind passes over the surface of the flags which are sensitive to the slightest movement of the wind, the air is purified and sanctified by the Mantras.
The prayers of a flag become a permanent part of the universe as the images fade from exposure to the elements. Just as life moves on and is replaced by new life, Tibetans renew their hopes for the world by continually mounting new flags alongside the old. This act symbolizes a welcoming of life changes and an acknowledgment that all beings are part of a greater ongoing cycle.
The Indian Buddhist Sutras, written on cloth in India, were transmitted to other regions of the world. These sutras, written on banners, were the origin of prayer flags. Legend ascribes the origin of the prayer flag to the Shakyamuni Buddha, whose prayers were written on battle flags used by the devas against their adversaries, the asuras. The legend may have given the Indian bhikku a reason for carrying the 'heavenly' banner as a way of signifying his commitment to ahimsa. This knowledge was carried into Tibet by 800 CE, and the actual flags were introduced no later than 1040 CE, where they were further modified. The Indian monk Atisha (980-1054 CE) introduced the Indian practice of printing on cloth prayer flags to Tibet and Nepal.
Traditionally, prayer flags come in sets of five, one in each of five colors. The five colors represent the elements, and the Five Pure Lights and are arranged from left to right in a specific order. Different elements are associated with different colors for specific traditions, purposes and sadhana:
* Blue (symbolizing sky/space)
* White (symbolizing air/wind)
* Red (symbolizing fire)
* Green (symbolizing water)
* Yellow (symbolizing earth)
I revisited a property I had found with a friend earlier this year...this time myself, on snowy-icy gravel roads, but with grand results. The first visit saw too much glare from the sun and foliage obstruction from the trees, while this did not.
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HMS Anson Memorial.
Stones placed on The Stone.
No longer just a Jewish tradition.
I too do this, but I can't explain why.
BACKGROUND by Debbie Kerkhof from Mischief Circus
CHARACTER by FOXEYSQUIRREL from Oscraps.com
BOOKS SPLATTER by Veronica Spriggs Design from Oscraps.com
Our Daily Challenge ... symbolism
White roses symbolize many different things. The most common symbolic interpretation of white roses is of innocence, purity, and even virginity. In a religious (Christian) context, white roses also represent reverence and humility, which is why they are sometimes seen at funerals.
I don't know why but some of my instax photos are eerie a bit, just like this one. Although it has bright pastel colors I feel some kind of tension and anxiety when I look at it. Do you feel the same, or it's just my imagination?
I believe that there's still a huge potential in instant photography. Is Fuji Instax camera worth buying then? Not really. To me there are three major disadvatages: strong parallax error (in Fuji Instax Wide camera even stronger), inability to turn off the flash and viewfinder that covers only about 85-90 % of a frame. I hope that soon Fuji will construct Instax camera for more aware photographers. I'm sure it would arise a huge interest.
Interesting news is that yesterday, when I was looking for color instant film, in two major city centers in Wroclaw it was out of stock.
Sentiment and symbolism
An Eastern legend tells of a young Persian named Ferhad was filled with love for a young girl named Shirin. Seeing it repelling his advances, he left in the desert, the heart broken. Each of the tears that fell in the sand, as he languished for love, turned into a beautiful tulip.
For the Persians, the tulip is an offering a young man elected to the door of his heart. By offering a tulip, he says: "My heart, as red as the flower of love burning for you." Shortly after the Second World War, the Dutch have sent hundreds of thousands of tulip bulbs to Ottawa, the capital of Canada. This symbolic gesture showed their thanks, not only to Canadian soldiers to be freed from German occupation, but also to the Canadian government for hosting the Queen Maria in Ottawa while the war raged. This noble tradition continues today.
Colors and messages
Most of the time, provide tulipe equivalent to a declaration of love is the gift of "perfect love". It dedicates a tulip mixture to a person who has "beautiful eyes". Red tulips express an irresistible love, while yellow tulips denote a love without hope or no chance of reconciliation.
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'In The Shadow of the Poppies'.
Raised surrounded by the remnants of war.
In the landscape, whether it be coastal or inland.
In the people, whether it be story or silence.
This delicate flower is part of my youth,
Bright red.
The child in me attracted,
Picking it to offer or cherish, only to find it extremely ephemeral.
The young woman I became,
Lesson learnt, loved running in those colourful fields,
Not enjoying the stains poppies left on a favourite dress.
The young mother I became,
Teaching my sons,
Trying to protect them from the disappointment of the fast wilting flower, the stains, the symbolism...
Now, I'm older and wiser,
More tolerant and more intolerant.
Now, I am back, they greet me, gently moving with the wind.
I just stand; take in the beauty with a smile around my lips,
And let the echoes of the past swirl behind my eyes.
© Copyright Magda Indigo
I grew up in Flanders in the shadow of the poppies, remembrance of the wars never far away.
Everywhere you go, there are graveyards, English, American, Canadian, Polish, South-African, Australian...
As a child, it is just part of the countryside, pretty, neat rows of stones and flowers.
Then, the age of awareness comes, you want to know and understand.
The adults rather not talk about it, their gaze becoming distant and full of sorrow and hidden, unspoken suffering.
Thank you, M, (*_*)
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From the series "Secret life of the trees".
Created after very last 5 days in Canada...
Who were the Druids? Popular folklore tells us they were ancient Celtic wise men. They wore long robes and had long, flowing beards. Merlin, the famous magician of King Arthur's court, was reputedly a Druid. They are credited with having built Stonehenge and other megalithic monuments throughout Great Britain and Europe.
Other sources tell us Druids were men and women who were really into trees. Their ceremonies were conducted in the open air, often in oak groves. The word Druid is apparently derived from the ancient Celtic words for oak and truth--dru and druidh. Other trees were also very important to them, including yew, hazel, walnut, willow, rowan, ash and birch. Tree symbolism was used in their religious and philosophical teachings, and in their calendar and system of writing, called Ogham.
Druids also believed that trees are like a humans. They deliver a babies, they grow, sometimes they get an illness, they fight, and they die...
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Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter
Red Color
"Although red color is, mostly, associated with sex, infatuation, passion, violence, and life of sin, it is also associated with true love and purity of heart. In the novel, this color is associated with red roses which means energy, while at one place, it also shows lost passion and sincere love, as the scarlet letter and crimson color of cheeks show love and passion."
NK05GWW is another MPD from Arriva NE to join the Yorkshire Tiger fleet in Calderdale. Officially i am told this is No 556 but for all other purposes it is still 1775 from North East days. Seen on the Rye Lane service picking up next to the 1930s art deco building which i always think would look more in place somewhere in Eastern Europe rather than Halifax !
Art by Léon Frédéric (1856-1940) seen at the Musée d'Orsay. This 1895 triptych titled "The Ages of the Worker" or "Les âges de l'ouvrier" With women mothering on the right, struggling workers laboring on the left and the the children caught in the middle with not a smile on a single face, makes for quite a social statement.
The artist has another compelling social statement that can be seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art called The Three Sisters. I've posted a photo of that work with the text "Léon Frédéric (August 26, 1856 – January 27, 1940) was a Belgian Symbolism painter. During the 1890’s his paintings of improvised workers and peasants were celebrated for forthrightness and arresting intensity. In this painting the humdrum activity of peeling potatoes seem to clash with bright red dresses but the downcast eyes and facial expressions match the activity." The young girls peeling potatoes in that painting tie in with the girl in the red dress grasping a loaf of bread in this triptych.
My brief description of "The Ages of the Worker" doesn't come anywhere near capturing the emotion of this social statement, so I'll copy and paste the English translation of the Musée d'Orsay page on this triptych.
"Throughout his career, the Brussels symbolist painter Léon Frédéric has inscribed his work in the great Flemish Baroque tradition. He does not hesitate to resort to the old arrangement in the form of a triptych, and to fill each of his shutters with an abundant and powerfully expressive crowd in his gestures as well as in his attitudes. So it is with the three strands united under the name The ages of the worker which stages dozens of characters. The left panel favors the representation of men and works of strength; The panel on the right, that of women in their maternal functions. In the middle, from childhood to youth, parade those who leave the school, the workshop or the building site.
Counterpoint of this human tide which is directed towards the spectator, In the center of the picture, towards the background moves away the funeral convoy which evokes the inevitable epilogue of all existence. The presence of red flags around the hearse inscribes this last tribute in line with the social demands of the late nineteenth century, which was supported by some of the contemporary creators.
The drawing, exacerbated by the use of an argentine light that glides over the forms and defines them clearly, reinforces the impression of animation and saturation of the space wanted by the painter. Inscribed this last tribute in line with the social demands of the end of the nineteenth century, which was supported by a part of the contemporary creators. The drawing, exacerbated by the use of an argentine light that glides over the forms and defines them clearly, reinforces the impression of animation and saturation of the space wanted by the painter. Inscribed this last tribute in line with the social demands of the end of the nineteenth century, which was supported by a part of the contemporary creators. The drawing, exacerbated by the use of an argentine light that glides over the forms and defines them clearly, reinforces the impression of animation and saturation of the space wanted by the painter."
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'In The Shadow of the Poppies'.
Raised surrounded by the remnants of war.
In the landscape, whether it be coastal or inland.
In the people, whether it be story or silence.
This delicate flower is part of my youth,
Bright red.
The child in me attracted,
Picking it to offer or cherish, only to find it extremely ephemeral.
The young woman I became,
Lesson learnt, loved running in those colourful fields,
Not enjoying the stains poppies left on a favourite dress.
The young mother I became,
Teaching my sons,
Trying to protect them from the disappointment of the fast wilting flower, the stains, the symbolism...
Now, I'm older and wiser,
More tolerant and more intolerant.
Now, I am back, they greet me, gently moving with the wind.
I just stand; take in the beauty with a smile around my lips,
And let the echoes of the past swirl behind my eyes.
© Copyright Magda Indigo
I grew up in Flanders in the shadow of the poppies, remembrance of the wars never far away.
Everywhere you go, there are graveyards, English, American, Canadian, Polish, South-African, Australian...
As a child, it is just part of the countryside, pretty, neat rows of stones and flowers.
Then, the age of awareness comes, you want to know and understand.
The adults rather not talk about it, their gaze becoming distant and full of sorrow and hidden, unspoken suffering.
Thank you, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.co.uk
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved