Vistas seen through openings - aren't they grand? This one is taken from inside the redundant church at Earl's Croome in Worcestershire. It's one of those locations that I return to on a regular basis, a drawing-to sort of place. Some people doubtless get up in the morning and think about going to work, nipping out to do a bit of shopping, maybe a dose of ironing, cleaning the car; I get up and think 'the light looks interesting, I'll go and find a church'.
So I do.
I've been assured that belief in a god is not necessarily a pre-requisite for a career in the clergy these days. So I thought I'd get in a bit of practice. There are lots of things that appeal - the element of performance and theatre, the dressing up, the sense of place, the reasonable working hours (I've always worked Sundays so that isn't a problem). Difficult to think of a downside, really, other than some of my flock might actually expect me to believe in something. And that would be a real drag.
5 comments:
Love the sermonizing - "Let there be light" and there was, and shadows and vistas. Well done.
You DO believe in something! Cake, for example. There are the makings of a religion I could follow here...
(Impressed that all the verticals in the pulpit shot are, in fact, vertical.)
"Is this a belief system I see before me?"
I think if there was less arguing about beliefs and a lot more cake and photography, we'd all be better off. Let there be Dave, I say. I think my old dream of being a nun (and a saint, I was ambitious when I was younger) was mostly about the dressing up and looking beatific. That the the vow of silence.
Thanks, Pauline.
The Cult of Cake? You're right. I could get behind that too.
And the verticals are care of Photoshop.
Yep, Peter.
Quite agree, Shara, although I'd be even bigger.
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