The symbolism of doors or gates is rarely lost on any thinking/breathing human being: they provide entrance to familiar (and unfamiliar) territory, they hold promise of new beginnings, and they excite the imagination as to what wonders might be behind them. To me, capturing the front gate of my new residence through a zoom fish-eye lens has stretched familiar symbolism even further. The globe-like image compels me to think of entering a whole new world - which is truly what I've done recently. My life has changed so much from what it was a mere 2 months ago. I've entered into a world of peace, of sanctuary, of creative freedom, of spiritual expansion, of intellectual growth and restorative healing. I love this gate and the other that I walk through multiple times each day/night. They remind me that though we may exist in one "world" for a time, there is always another world waiting for us where love and light pour forth and we are rejoined with our loving Creator.