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mnhtnbb

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Mon May 29, 2017, 10:44 AM May 2017

****MAY Photo Contest --Preliminary Thread 1**** [View all]

I am stepping in to post the prelims for the MAY Photo Contest for Richard D who is on retreat with very limited access to internet.

Richard D set up the contest this way:

Topic: The Sacred Mystery

"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed.

It was the experience of mystery -- even if mixed with fear -- that engendered religion. A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, our perceptions of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty, which only in their most primitive forms are accessible to our minds: it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute true religiosity.

In this sense, and only this sense, I am a deeply religious man... I am satisfied with the mystery of life's eternity and with a knowledge, a sense, of the marvelous structure of existence -- as well as the humble attempt to understand even a tiny portion of the Reason that manifests itself in nature."

- Albert Einstein

The winner of the MAY contest will host the JULY contest (JUNE will be devoted to the SPRING Seasonal Contest)

Please vote in BOTH Preliminary threads. Thread 2 is here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029131145

Voting will remain open for 48 hours. The top 3 in each thread will advance to the Finals.

As always, the photographers appreciate your comments and your votes!


Streetlight, My Angel





Old and New




Meditation on a Foggy Afternoon




Red Sky at Morning...




Dreams of Flowers




Out of the Darkness




Gandhi on his release "I prefer the Solitude and the Peace of Prison"




Chris Cornell 1964-2017




Prosaic Mosaic of Life



















17 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Time expired
Streetlight, My Angel
4 (24%)
Old and New
2 (12%)
Meditation on a Foggy Afternoon
1 (6%)
Red Sky at Morning...
4 (24%)
Dreams of Flowers
1 (6%)
Out of the Darkness
4 (24%)
Gandhi on his release "I prefer the Solitude and the Peace of Prison"
0 (0%)
Chris Cornell 1964-2017
0 (0%)
Prosaic Mosaic of Life
1 (6%)
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To the top! hunter May 2017 #1
All lovely! femmedem May 2017 #2
K&R blogslut May 2017 #3
Kickin' it to the top! Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2017 #4
Kicking to the top a kennedy May 2017 #5
"Whoever....can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead"....Or, as Wordsworth put it: WinkyDink May 2017 #6
Very difficult! OldEurope May 2017 #7
Kick mnhtnbb May 2017 #8
Skip and a hop and a k and an r nt retrowire May 2017 #9
Can we at least keep this on the first page? a kennedy May 2017 #10
Great idea! mnhtnbb May 2017 #11
K&R SMC22307 May 2017 #12
kick Beringia May 2017 #13
Kick! CaliforniaPeggy May 2017 #14
Good morning kick! mnhtnbb May 2017 #15
Kick! CaliforniaPeggy May 2017 #16
Up mnhtnbb May 2017 #17
K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 May 2017 #18
Kick mnhtnbb May 2017 #19
Please vote! mnhtnbb May 2017 #20
K&R JohnnyRingo May 2017 #21
Well done, everyone. GoneOffShore May 2017 #22
bump mnhtnbb May 2017 #23
Please vote! mnhtnbb May 2017 #24
Knr alfredo May 2017 #25
Covfefe--everyone else is sayin' it! mnhtnbb May 2017 #26
Not much time left to vote in the prelims! mnhtnbb May 2017 #27
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