Prayers of Water

I still remember the moment before opening the shutter on these waterscapes - each moment was like a prayer, a prayer of water.

There was clear water, so clear my heart soared and sang; water in rocky places, desert places; still water, neighbourly and reflective next to the larger moodiness of the Baltic Sea; stones like silent sentinels over water and through time; winter sunsets over the bay near my home.

The past year ended harshly, the world news jolting me into reflection about many things but also driving me outdoors to seek moments of natural beauty.

This seems like a good time to extend beauty into the homes of others.

I hope these images can be a prayer of water and a way to flow into the following year.

-lora bennett, 2002 (view images by clicking on the address below)

http://www.lotusandrose.com/photos_videos/waterscapes/lotusrose.html