Candles at Montserrat

Montserrat is a beautiful place to photograph as well as a place for many to connect to God.  It holds deep spiritual meaning for many.  There were thousands if not hundreds of thousands of candles lit out of faith holding so many prayers and pleadings.  The whole experience is awe inspiring and I would love to spend much more time wandering and exploring the mountain.

The sun was so intense that I had to abandon any hope of capturing this dark alcove with the text at the top, so I exposed for the inside and let the outside blow out.  I was surprised by how much I liked the result.

The Small Things

I am always overwhelmed when I step into a cathedral in Barcelona.  It seems like any tiny piece of it is worthy of staring at for hours, but they are made up of thousands of things.  It's almost too much for the senses.  I can't figure out what to look at.  Is this what they had in mind when they were building them?  "Maybe if we can put in enough cool stuff then people will be focused on God, or won't drift off so easily."  Anyway, it brings up a lot of crazy questions that I don't want to get into here.  Here is the view of the Montserrat Cathedral as you walk in.

This is just one light hanging from the ceiling.  It's in the left side of the larger picture, but completely lost.  In and of itself, it is a magnificent work of art.

I wonder how many of the small things we miss in life because we're too focused on all the big things going on around us.