100 ways to kneel and kiss the ground


Today like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. don't open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument.
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.  -Rumi


These images are of common and not so common things, viewed with the same sense of awe. Seemingly aesthetically-devoid or neutral spaces of dining room walls and fluorescent interiors are equally as intriguing as charged images of sunset or personal altars. In these images the ordinary and extraordinary are both used to underscore how amazingly rewarding taking a few moments to look can be.



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