An important aspect of keeping our humanity grounded is the attention and the respect we offer the past. In a world that so rapidly changes, where the evolution of intelligence is proceeding at a lightening fast pace, experiencing the history of what has come before can be a calming and meditative practice. By acknowledging and honoring with reverence the important events and monuments of our past we gain centering and orientation from which to manage the present and move into the future. This is the importance of knowing and experiencing history.
I am not speaking of any kind of wish to hold back the waters of progress so much as I am talking about using the past as a means of gaining perspective on that progress and being able to chart a wise way forward.
These photographs were shared with my Datacad users group a while back. The churches are beautiful and in some of the interior photos you can palpably sense the centuries of devotion.
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