TRANQUILLITY

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TRANQUILLITY

Tranquillity is hiding - unnoticed amongst 25,000 reflections in my library of images. It now speaks loudly to me. Why it didn’t mesmerize in 2015, at the time of capture, befuddles me. I suspect I am now more emotionally needy of the evocation.

I could call it AtlanticLight15 - pre - Stroke16, the prolonged COVID19, Alzheimer's10 - a longing for less stress - simplicity, calm, quiet; nature’s promise - hope. The Simple prayer of Francis comes to mind - an instrument of peace - where there is darkness - light.

I reflect on Francis of Assisi - he forgoes wealth and material power, and is absorbed in the purity of nature’s creation. I can only imagine the eternal rewards of his words and actions. “Where there is hatred, sow love, injury - pardon… it is in giving we receive”.