Challenge: Inner Peace

Everywhere we go today find cars, crowds, lines...it's enough to drive one mad...But we all have our ways, our path if you will to:

INNER PEACE

Some find it peaceful by the sea
Some people get lost in the desert
Some way up high
Some may try way down underwater...
Some go to a tropical beach...
Or just go watch the sun set...
Some in meditation
or prayer
Some go off somewhere and live like a hermit...
Or go paint pictures...
A lady I know finds a friends in camp fires...

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bugaboo 12/2/07 3:15 AM

Interesting challenge! Looking forward to the what this brings from everyone! Terrific examples. Thanks Ashton for the weather challenge, I enjoyed natures beauty the shots brought to us!
Candice 12/2/07 4:04 AM

Great challenge Andrea...esp. for this time of year when we are all running around and stressing over the holidays!
Lidljo 12/2/07 4:57 AM

Nice series and nice challenge.

- Flowers are happiness...
MRQUACKERS 12/2/07 5:39 AM

Very nice set and examples. I'm looking forward to see what this brings out.

- A quack with an camera
kitzi 12/2/07 6:20 AM

thanks Ash for the fun weather challenge! AE, this one sounds great...and it is challenging!

- ©kitzi
digitalphotodude 12/2/07 7:50 AM

I for one... need this challenge. Although challenge implies working at something, and I need to relax. I'm trying not to stress over finding inner peace in the season of peace. But I'm gonna think of it this way... Once I get the shot... I will return to it often and let the cares, woes and stresses flow off my back like so many raindrops cascading into lovely pools of refreshing essence. Ok, ok, enough of the flowery flow of prose. Peace yall.

- go take some pictures you
andreaeagle 12/2/07 10:13 AM

I forgot to add thanks to Aston for the last challenge and to Bear for accepting the next one!

- come over for lunch
BEARPHOTO 12/2/07 2:15 PM

Perfect timing for this Inner Peace challenge and it can be therapeutic for all. Beautiful examples you have provided. Thanks Ash for the Weather challenge and to Andrea for passing on the torch.
andreaeagle 12/2/07 3:35 PM

Sorry about the title guys, 1 am, and I couldn't find any peace!

- come over for lunch
enigmaticfaerie 12/2/07 3:51 PM

Wonderful examples and challenge andrea! (I was half expecting the zoo :-D ). Thanks to ashton for the weather challenge. I look forward to finding some inner peace. I need it, finals start friday.

- Film-junkie: Back in 2008
Phantoms Wife 12/2/07 4:15 PM

Ah, inner peace...not to be confused with outer peace which I virtually never find. In the world of chaos, this challenge should help to identify those spots that get us away from it for a while. I loved your examples (particularly meditation and hermit). Thanks to Ash for all the beautiful weather everyone showed us--glad Ms Judi sneaked in the first snow.

- learning never ends
Ashton 12/2/07 9:24 PM

Wise choice of a challenge! The first shot is simply wonderful like the fire shot with the horse head and hoof or is it hoove..you know the thing the horseshoe goes on! lol Sorry mom...she tried so hard to learn me right!

- Say...CHEESE
msjudi 12/2/07 9:50 PM

Wonderful choice for the next challenge... we all need to some place to give us some inner peace... mmmmmm this one could be quite interesting... ;)

- Smile ; )
fuzzy1 12/3/07 4:38 AM

Photography brings me inner peace. Having a camera in my hands and the act of looking thru a viewfinder and composing a shot is an inherently peaceful process for me, because it's one of the very few things I do in my life that is just for me. So this is a great idea for a challenge, because I need some alone time right about now...

- f8 and be there...
Pablo57 12/3/07 4:45 AM

Have to ask my inner child about this. Humor, sometimes gives me inner peace. Ask the Dalhi Lama. Great challenge Andrea. I find inner peace everyday when I awake, seems I lose it each night when I fall asleep. Nice examples, mesmorized by your meditation photo. Been thinking about this lately - There is a scale that is used to classify photos. Can't think of the scale's name right now. The scale rates photos on the "wellness" or "inner peace" people feel when looking at them. Crachet's photo of the green field in eatern WA would rate very high on this scale, also most of Rockey and SG's photos. It is a proven scientific fact that viewing highly rated photos will increase your wellness.
RobinG 12/3/07 12:36 PM

Great challenge! Can't wait to see the results. I am with Fuzzy on having a camera in hand. Thanks, Ashton for the last challenge, lots of great posts. :o)
grami 12/3/07 1:07 PM

Very timely subject matter. And great examples. Sounds like a profitable challenge. And thanks to Ashton for the weather challenge. Although i didn't post much it was sure on my mind where ever I looked.