peace is usually something simpler
Michael Held and his Hasselblad captured this image of misty early-morning peace.
Dominik Hofbauer captured this one – in which the peace of stillness is striking.
AI – artificial intelligence, given the words ‘bright, reflective colours, peace,’ built this one.
And we have a work by a Dutch Master hereunder. I’ve brought the four together for this brief post following a conversation with a friend in which she and I posited, and jointly agreed, that ‘peace is usually something simpler.’
Is the AI image too complex, too bright, too noisy? Is the stillness of the boat on a misty morning a nearer vision of peace? Or the rolling morning mist at the top of this post?
Is peace best represented by a ‘quieter’ – maybe more ‘natural’ palette?
Is there peace to be found in this study by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn? Can peace and light be found in the context of disputation?
If, instead of speaking of peace in terms of images, we found ourselves speaking of peace present and observable in the humans on earth, and if ‘peace is usually something simpler,’ what would need to change in us, or be developed in us – all of us – to bring it into being in and for everyone, everywhere? And are we able to reach into any kind of experience of peace as we seek – each in our own way – uninterrupted, to answer that question?
wind in my wheels 🌱 