Friday, June 18, 2010

Solstice


This is my entry for the 4x4friday challenge where the theme is "Midsummer". This digital collage depicts a Druid woman attending the summer solstice celebration at Stonehenge. A magical time when the sun's power reaches its peak. Midsummer is also named for the Goddess Litha, known as a Goddess of fertility, power and order. This is a time to invite fire into our lives(metaphorically of course) - to burn away the old and invite the new in . It is also a time to enjoy the earth's bounty and enjoy the season of ripening and bringing things to fulfillment. This coming Monday is the first day of summer here in the Northern Hemisphere. The wheel is turning, forever changing and moving and I hope we all can reflect on this day on our most precious calendar 'Nature' and celebrate! Credits: Stonehenge image from wikimedia, e-vint.com, scrapbookgraphics; artistic filters added in Photoshop

13 comments:

  1. Woooooooooooow she is a beauty.
    Wonderful layering. Fantastic work Lori.

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  2. Fantastic imagery, especially the first glimpse of the sun through the stones.

    Thanks for joining in :)

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  3. Breathtaking work, Lori!!! Happy Summer! Hugs, Terri xoxo

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  4. Stunningly beautiful & mysterious! Love anything about Stonehenge & the dark ages!
    Alison x

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  5. I knew when I saw this theme that we wouls see nothing less that spectacular from you. and it is just that!

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  6. waouh it's wonderful, marvelous. bravo i love your creation so much
    :)

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  7. It's beautiful. She is beautiful.

    Happy Midsummer celebrations you,Lori.

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  8. I like your interpretation of this theme. Beautiful.

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  9. Oh, wow, she is so beautiful!
    I love this wonderful work!!!
    It*s great!

    Your interpretation of the Midsummer-theme is so beautiful - I love it very much!

    Happy Midsummer celebration!!
    :-)

    Have a wonderful day!

    Greetings from Germany,
    Katrin

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  10. This is so beautiful. I can't keep up with all this output! I've had to cram a week's worth of visits all in one go. And most enjoyable it has been too :)

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