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Varieties of Religious Experience

2007.06.03

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Yesterday, I posted the teenagers that were skating at the park. The guys who were skating in the half pipe were older and have a completely different style.

If anyone finds the last image offensive, please let me know. I'm intending no disrespect. On one level, I do truly find this art of boarding is very moving to watch, maybe even in a spiritual way. On another level, the skater himself made me think of Moses, and that prompted some biblical free association.

Adding a note: The Varieties of Religious Experience is the title of a book by William James, brother to the novelist Henry James. Here is a small quotation:

we must admit that any persistent enjoyment may produce the sort of religion which consists in a grateful admiration of the gift of so happy an existence; and we must also acknowledge that the more complex ways of experiencing religion are new manners of producing happiness, wonderful inner paths to a supernatural kind of happiness, when the first gift of natural existence is unhappy, as it so often proves itself to be.

18 Comments

Interesting set and title. The first one is great.

mattdross · 2007-06-02: 09:26

1st, 4th and 6th *smile*

OC110481 · 2007-06-02: 09:41

Smart, smart, smart!

????? · 2007-06-02: 10:04

The joy you find in the spirit of movement is contagious. People at rest. People in motion. People. Your forté.

tortoise · 2007-06-02: 10:34

Great Julia!

mariovirga · 2007-06-02: 10:44

I think these are really great...different style for you, but still very great. It is uncanny how the two forms are so similar in the last shot.
The arms outstretch is such a strong religious image that lead the mind to images of Jesus on the cross. Jesus was absolutely a free spirit.
This is a really interesting post.

t2d4th · 2007-06-02: 10:45