Respiration
Seeking natural places of magnificence, we contemplate the power of nature and its overwhelming grandeur. Rendered seemingly insignificant by the near-infinitude of creation we may come to better accept our own inevitable annihilation at the end of this pilgrimage we call our lives. Simultaneously, we may find solace in the fact that others will endure without us and that nature will outlast us all. We may experience a sense of eternity, moving beyond the reach of history both personal and cultural. In these moments we come in contact with the divine, both without and within. These precious experiences offer us a chance to reconsider our conventional habituation, renewing opportunities for self-actuation and co-creation.
Published Thursday, December 18, 2014 by John Paul Caponigro
40 pages