Lens-Artists Challenge #44 – Harmony in Nature
This week, Tina has for us as the theme of Lens-Artists Challenge is: Harmony
I focused on nature in this post. Whenever I’m in nature, I have a sense of being part of it, being blended into it. I think that’s a sense of harmony with nature. When we travel, I feel at awe of what I see and wish the images stay with me forever, or I could stay with nature forever. That’s one of the reason I came home from a trip with thousands of photos. Every single one was precious except the ones I moved the camera and took photos of my feet or something else instead of the scene.
I searched for some quotes and was happy to find the ones regarding different aspects of harmony in nature.
“Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.” – Aldo Leopold
My husband and I have been watching nature documentary every night before bedtime for more than two years. Conservation is a relatively new concept for only decades. We lost a big part of rain forest for new city development or agriculture. Yet Rainforests are often called the lungs of the planet for their role in absorbing carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, and producing oxygen, upon which all animals depend for survival. Rainforests also stabilize climate, house incredible amounts of plants and wildlife, and produce nourishing rainfall all around the planet. When we traveled to Alaska, we heard so much about the climate change and global warming felt drastically in this region.
Denali National Park, Alaska
Denali National Park, Alaska
“He who is in harmony with nature hits the mark without effort and apprehends the truth without thinking.” – Confucius
This is such a great wisdom that when we are in harmony with nature, we just feel right and natural. When human being forces on nature to do what conceived as beneficial to us, we created discord against nature.
Port Douglas, Australia
Moulton Falls Regional Park, Washington
“The earth has music for those who listen.” – William Shakespeare
We can hear the wind, the running water of streams, the rain drops, the thunder, the sound of the ocean, the rustling of leaves, chirping of birds, howling of animals… to name just several. Together, they make great music.
Moulton Falls Regional Park, Washington
Rhododendron Garden, Oregon
“Art is a harmony parallel with nature.” – Paul Cezanne
Botanical gardens are just one form of art parallel with nature. I’m sure you can think of many art forms in perfect harmony with nature.
The Huntington Library, Art Collection and Botanical Garden
Rhododendron Garden, Oregon
Lens-Artists Challenge #44 – Harmony in Nature
The Showers of Blessings 
Beautiful photos and post, Miriam.
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I’m glad you like them, Nahla, thank you!
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Your beautiful photos say so much about harmony, Miriam!
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A beautiful harmonious gallery, Miriam! Well done!
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Thank you so much, Anne-Christine. It was fun!
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Great!
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🙂 🙂
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Your photos capture “Harmony” perfectly, Miriam. And I love the quotes you chose to accompany them. I too worry about climate change and the imbalance we are creating on our beautiful home planet. We are slowly losing the harmony that is so essential to our lives.
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Thank you, Diana! Hopefully educating people would bring the harmony back little by little.
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What beautiful, harmonious places, Miriam. Your beach shot in Australia “spoke” to me. 🙂 🙂
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Yes, I like that shot also. In fact, I was going to buy some postcards. Then I thought, I could take postcard shots. 🙂 🙂
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That is a great postcard shot. 🙂
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Thank you, Patti. 🙂
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Gorgeous photos, Miriam. I love the waterfall in the rhododendron garden!! ❤
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Yes, I love waterfalls also. I have to remember which ones are in which garden, sometimes! ❤
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Just enjoy them!
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Yes, I will!
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Lovely, Miriam…
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Thank you, Bette. 🙂
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Beautiful and loved the quotes.
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Thank you so much, Cheryl, for stopping by. I’m glad you like the quotes! ❤
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I loved this post, Miriam:) Beautiful pictures snd thoughts about Harmony. I agree we find it in nature!
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Thank you, Denise, that you like this post. Growing up a city girl, somehow I love to be in nature!
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These are gorgeous photos, Miriam. Love the quote by Confucius especially! So glad that you have a place where you experience harmony. 🙂
Love you.
Debbie
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Thank you so much, Debbie. I think we have inner peace when we are in harmony with nature and with ourselves. 🙂 Love you too, Miriam 🙂
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A wonderful response this week Miriam – I was sad to see it end. The images and quotes combine to create a perfect sense of harmony
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Thank you, Tina. I was inspired by the theme and think about all the nature documentary we watch and lament about losing the rain forests, coral reef, and ice… We may end the earth with a global flooding!!
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Oh my, let’s not go there Miriam!!
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I know. I don’t want to think about that, Tina!
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Your images are a taste of paradise, Miriam. A paradise that could still exist if we all just lived in harmony with nature.
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Yes, exactly. We just watch the new “Our Planet” narrated by David Attenborough. We may lose all the coral reef eventually. How sad!
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A horrible thought, and that would be devastating to all life on earth!
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Yes, we’re part of the food chain. There will be less fish for human.
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So beautiful😁
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Thank you, Garfield!! 🙂
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What a beautiful post, Miriam!
Oh, to find the truth without thinking… I must not be in harmony with nature. Or maybe it’s just the allergy problem I’m having. LOL. Hugs!
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Thank you, I know, Teagan. I bad allergyfor years and was dragged about spring coming to town. Somehow it stopped, I don’t know how it happened. The only thing I do differently is that I have been taking a combination of herbs for my immune system.
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