Thursday, February 07, 2008

Desert Files - Day 1 (Ash Wednesday)

Today was Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. At church gatherings on Ash Wednesday, the sign of the cross is traditionally drawn on people's heads with ash, to symbolise repentance.
This evening I burnt some paper for ash, and drew some crosses.

This week's reflection for Desert Files is on distraction. I was thinking a bit about whether one is distracted from the cross or by the cross? I don't know if that's what this picture says, but it's what I've ended up with all the same:

1 comment:

yich said...

very interesting. Good photographs.