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3:oopm, Saturday, Nov. 5th, in Cannon Beach, Oregon, at the Coaster Theater, ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF CANNON BEACH: a nature photo slideshow and solo piano concert, created by Thomas Robinson and David Robinson. This show includes 400 Thomas Robinson nature photos from pre-dawn, sunrise, midday, afternoon, sunset, evening and night. During the photo slideshow, David will play original solo piano mediations on grand piano.
“Prayers in silence and quiet, of course have their own validity. It is not always necessary to express our prayers out loud. The simplest prayer, perhaps, is that of quiet contemplation. We place ourselves in the presence of the divine. Some pilgrims also find photography an expression of silent contemplation. By looking through the lens and focusing upon some aspect of the landscape or the interior of a grand cathedral, a person comes to new awareness that might be missed by trying to take everything in at a glance. Using a camera, as Thomas Merton discovered on his final pilgrimage to Thailand, can be a form of prayer” (from “Pilgrimage: Exploring a Great Spiritual Practice”, by Edward C. Sellner, Notre Dame, IN: Sorin Books, 2004, 145).
Photo: 7 minute exposure of star trails over Haystack Rock
I've placed your URL in my blog's resource list. Part of my focus is much like yours, examining the spiritual voice of Nature. Looking at patterns in Nature from three perspectives, the aesthetic, the spiritual, and the logical provides a much more complete description.