The search for illumination is the human quest. My quest.  Throughout our lives, we are hungering for light, for understanding, which transforms the darkness.  It doesn’t matter if the light comes from an electric bulb, or fire, or from a creative spark,  or the divine, or simply the touch of a loved one–for me they’re all the same because they all part of the search that can take us beyond our little world, our little selves into something grand and magnificent, something that we only catch glimmers of from time to time.

A flower and lily pad, near Trump Towers, Chicago

A beautiful blue Chagall window in Chicago

Reaching for the stars, Worlds Fair 1968, Flushing, NY

Sunset over Lake Winnepesaukee, Gilford, NH

This is what drives some people to pray and spend time in nature.  It is the reason why I and other artists reach for the paintbrush, the camera, or the computer.  It is our prayer–Let me find the light and capture it so I can share it with others.  Let this light be a flash of joy and understanding and peace for all.  Let it help illuminate the darkness–even for a moment.

Illumination & Resolutions from Other Bloggers:

• weekly photo challenge – illuminate (suellewellyn2011.wordpress.com)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Illumination (chrisbreebaart.wordpress.com)
• Illumination – Weekly Photo Challenge (staceycovell.com)
• https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/01/11/lights/   (Word Press Weekly Photo Challenge)
• http://travelsandtrifles.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/word-a-week-clouds/  (Travels and Trifles)
• http://eof737.wordpress.com/2013/01/11/weekly-photo-challenge-illumination/ (Mirth and Motivation)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolved | Chronicles of Illusions
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolved (Organ Player Paris) « What’s (in) the picture?
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolved | Cardinal Guzman
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolved « britten
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolved
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolved « Lagottocattleya
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolved | Lucid Gypsy
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolved (Zooming and Identifying a Church) | artandkitchen
• Intentions… | Spiritual World Traveler
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolved | FOTO chip – © Birgitta Rudenius
• Photo Journal/ Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolved |
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolved « At least we made it this far…
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolved « shutter + bliss
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolved « The Eclectic Eccentric Shopaholic
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolved | Lonely Travelog
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolved | RANGTALU
• http://chrisbreebaart.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/weekly-photo-challenge-resolved-organ-player-paris/comment-page-3/?blogsub=confirmed#blog_subscription-4  (Chris Breebaart)