Sunday, November 3, 2013

Heaven, Earth, and Human (天,地,人)

When I saw this photo, I took out out the window of the airplane as we were coming into Nashville, Tennessee, as I looked at the heavenly light and seeing that light reflected in the water below, I began thinking about the Japanese art of Ikebana. Like other forms of Japanese art (and certain Christian spiritualities) it holds the notion of the Trinity as sacred: Heaven, Earth and Human:

Each flower, represents one of those ideas: Heaven, Earth and Human.
Notice too how the flowers are reflected, just like light, just live eternal love.

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