"the only known photograph of God"
photography by Thomas Merton
(courtesy of the Merton Legacy Foundation)
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The Stuff of Contemplation (Joan Chittister)
Thomas Merton, Trappist, died December 10, 1968 Thomas Merton entered the Abbey of Gethsemane in Bardstown, Kentucky, at the age of twenty-s...
Love the photo!
ReplyDeletewhat is really going on in this photo? I feel, that it some kind of the ikon, but I don't understand! Could someone explain it for me? Why it is called "photography of God"?
ReplyDeleteit is kind of a joke, Anonymous. Obviously one cannot photograph God (other than that everything that one can photograph is, in its own way, a reflection of God). But we have these sub-conscious images of what God is, and can do, like lift us up. This photographs is kind of a play on that, I think.
ReplyDeleteThank You Beth. People who belong to God have special sense of humor, just like HE has...
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