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13-Jun-2020

Way of the Cross

The Stations of the Cross line a pathway in the beautiful lower garden.

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We went back to the Franciscan Monastery in NE Washington because last year there had been lots of butterflies in their garden, and quite frankly, because we couldn’t go anywhere else due to street closures everywhere for protests and other major gardens still being closed on account of the pandemic.

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

Koi gathering, posted earlier:

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Zoltán Balogh30-Jun-2020 15:59
Great capture, really! V
Julie Oldfield23-Jun-2020 01:41
Interesting to see. I agree that it is thought provoking. V
Nick Paoni20-Jun-2020 19:52
Bet there are a lot of folks there during Lent.
Nestor Derkach20-Jun-2020 18:07
A very nice photograph you have mastered the Apple iPhone .
Pin sharp image.
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hayl20-Jun-2020 17:23
David has presented an interesting idea - your photo is thought provoking.
David Buzzeo20-Jun-2020 17:19
This is a thought provoking image.

In her book “On Viewing Pain and Suffering” Susan Sontag references the stations of the cross as an early example of the depiction of pain and suffering. She also points out that the context in which the depiction of pain and suffering is shown is as important as the depiction itself.

This causes me to thing if the having these depictions of the suffering of Christ in such a beautiful setting some how normalizes the suffering of others and causes people to be more accepting of it and less likely to do anything about it.

A thought, which to my mind, is relevant today. V
Don Mottershead20-Jun-2020 16:33
A beautiful garden indeed.