"the only known photograph of God"
photography by Thomas Merton
(courtesy of the Merton Legacy Foundation)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
The Good Shepherd’s commitments to us
Photo (by me) from the Basilica of Sts. Cosmos and Damian, Roma HT to John Predmore SJ for the following: I would like to talk about God’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...
ReplyDelete