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Simple Gifts
A hope for spring . . .
Already you can see the light turning.
Please enjoy my latest slide show creation, titled “Simple Gifts.” I put this video together so as to serve as an inspiration and hope for the coming spring. Many of the images you’ll see have been used in previous presentations, however, I’m using them again because of how much these photographs mean to me and the message communicated. Listen closely to the notes and words of the old Puritan hymn, “Simple Gifts,” as performed by Yo-Yo Ma and Alison Krauss.
The first time I heard this tune was on a bright, sunny Sunday morning in May of 1983. After my first week of boot camp and the intense process of having my identity stripped away, our platoon had the opportunity to attend Sunday morning church services at Parris Island. It was there that I experienced the first moment of quiet and reflection, and this tune came to my ears as the revised hymnal “Lord of the Dance.” I am not embarrassed to say that I wasn’t the only bald-headed recruit who started shedding tears.
When all is taken away and all that is left is the spirit and soul within, then, and only then, can we appreciate the “Simple Gifts” of God’s light, grace and peace. It is this lesson that I try to apply to the photographs that I discover and capture.
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