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11-SEP-2007

Prayers, Ji Ming Temple, Nanjing, China, 2007

I used the temple doorway as context for this image of a Buddhist nun at prayer.
There is a spiritual inscription on the door panel, and the dimly illuminated banners hanging in the darkness over the nun’s head echo its vertical flow.

Leica V-Lux 1
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Phil Douglis11-Dec-2007 20:03
Doors can make perfect symbolic portals, Patricia. In this case, the door offers us insights into two worlds simultaneously. Thank you.
Patricia Lay-Dorsey11-Dec-2007 18:03
Magnificent sight through the doors of the outer world to the inner where wordless spirit communicates all.
Phil Douglis20-Nov-2007 16:46
You are right, Mo. Time and ritual are forever.
monique jansen20-Nov-2007 13:58
Beautiful warm colors and the subject itself makes this image timeless. A nun could have been sitting just like that 500 or more years ago.
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