Photo Prayer 2022-04 -- Out Of One, Many
The tree trunk branches as it rises, the limbs multiplying as they divide, until an array of toothpick-thick fingers tickle the sky, each limb separate yet the whole still one tree. Similarly, a single fertilized cell divides and becomes feet and arms, ears and eyes, belly and butt, the whole organism trying to survive, even flourish, as individuals we call Beatrice and Bob. And out of Adam came the multitude — families, tribes, cities, and nations. We can be one, we will be one, we are one as we reach toward the light.
Photo of a tree overlooking the Rio Grande Gorge near Taos, New Mexico.
Photo copyright 2015; text, 2022, by Danny N. Schweers.
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Comments
Alice Sa. wrote:
Love this Danny. Beautiful image and hopeful prayer. Oh that we could be one! Thank you.
Pat wrote:
Love this!
Deacon Dotte wrote:
Love it. Tree is a symbol of my ministry. Thanks
Bill wrote:
Nice. Good last line, tying in the visual image.
Anne wrote:
The tree is beautiful. Looks like the weather was on the cool side.
Bernadette wrote:
NICE! Thanks Danny!
Alice Sm. wrote:
Imagine finding beauty in a tree without its leaves, and yet framed by the background. It is lovely.
Linda wrote:
Absolutely gorgeous — the photo and your prayer!
Karen wrote:
Lovely, picture and words!
Craig wrote:
What a beautiful canopy! I'm making a list of poems with trees as their subject. There's so many! I'll bet the tree is the most used symbol in poetry… and maybe in art? Take a look at "Of Mere Being" by Wallace Stevens.
Pamela wrote:
Thank you for sharing!!! Fabulous photo! I love that tree!
Mariann wrote:
Roots do the same thing as branches, digging deep, reaching out, forming connections with other lifeforms, teaching Life.
Joan wrote:
I love this!
Ann wrote:
Beautiful! Garrett Middaugh, there’s a painting for you!
Edwina wrote:
Your talent & His beautifully combined🙏❤️
Pamela wrote:
Thank you for sharing!!! Fabulous photo! I love that tree!
Mariann wrote:
Roots do the same thing as branches, digging deep, reaching out, forming connections with other lifeforms, teaching Life.
THE AUTHOR REPLIED: Thanks for your comments on my bare tree photo and prayer.
As I remember, I caught just a glance of this tree as I drove past it at something like 60 miles per hour. Because I take photographs, my wife allows me to make stops for photo opportunities. We call them “photo ops". I try not to overuse the privilege, because it takes time to find a place to turn around, find a place to park near the scene, time to take the photo, and time to turn around and be on our way again.
The time was early July, the “monsoon season” they call it in northern New Mexico. That week we saw some inundations and floods. Two days running we saw double rainbows as storms cleared and the sun was setting. Please see my “Out From Taos” photo gallery at:
https://dannyschweers.com/out-from-taos/