Autumn, I think, is my favorite time. The oppressive summer is over and it’s like the beginning of a new stage. I have read that its name comes from the Latin «autumnus», word that can mean the rise of life, its fullness.
In autumn, nature seems to detach itself from what is not essential. Following in its footsteps, we too can let go of what is no longer useful to us.
The metamorphosis of the world changes us as well.
In Chinese philosophy, autumn is a yin season, tending to the receptive, to intuition and to internalization.
According to the Buddha, “our existence is as transient as the autumn clouds”.
It is autumn time, creation enters a dream and spends hours and hours in the shade, in the gloom, huddled in the secret embrace of Mother Earth.
Posted as part of Lens-Artists: Autumn
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Beautiful. Is it already autumn where you live is it?
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I’m afraid not, we are in summer yet.
Thank you 🙂
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Ohki. Nothing lasts 😇
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Absolutely fabulous post, Ana, both in images and in words. I love that you talk about the root of the word “autumn” and what it means philosophically, too. Wonderful!
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Thank you very much, Patti, you are very kind 🙂
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Autumn has become my favourite as well. Less pressure than summer which can be so short, there is the fear of missing it. Autumn has nice temperatures and beautiful colours and the harvest and harvest festivals and an overall sense of peace and wonder. The Canadian Thanksgiving is right in the middle of it and this is my favourite holiday.
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Autumn has something… 🙂
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Beautiful images! I especially like the single leaves.
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Thank you very much, Anne 🙂
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As always your images and thoughts weave together too tell a beautiful story Ana. As for me, although autumn is one of our most beautiful times here, it makes me a bit sad as I know winter is just around the corner. I prefer spring, equally beautiful but followed by the warmth of the sun.
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I like spring too, but I’d skip summer without thinking… 😉
Thanks a lot, Tina.
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You images are like beautiful paining. Love the last one especially.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Ana. 🙂
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Thanks to you, Amy, very kind. 🙂
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Wow. Great series. I like the people on the path, the dead leaf with fir needles, and the bridge ruins, in particular. Well done.
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Thank you very much, John 🙂
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This is so beautiful, Ana. Meditative and calm. Wonderful images and thoughts…
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Thanks a lot, Ann-Christine 🙂
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Fall is my favorite too. I liked the color and shapes in the second to the last photo. An interesting bridge!
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Thank you 🙂
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