Statues – Travels with Ali

~ Exploring Harmony in Nature and Art ~

The Lens Artist Challenge this week is hosted by Ann Christine, the theme is Harmony.

My featured image is a mural from a suburb in Perth. Two women connected by a central beam piercing the moon. Cosmic energy working simultaneously with nature.

The two photos below are from the gardens at Monet’s home in Giverny.

A stream flowing through Monet's Garden in Giverny

“If you live in harmony with nature you will never be poor; if you live according to what others think, you will never be rich.” – Seneca

Each green leaf, plant, and moss blends harmoniously with each other.

A mural of a jazz player painted on the brick wall of a cafe in Paris. The intermingling colours working well together.

Two bronze statues one with a traditional Portuguese guitar, Rosso Lisbon — *“Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson*

Outside Rossio Railway Station, Lisbon

A bronze sculpture of a man playing a traditional Portuguese guitar along with his accompanying singer. You can just imagine the harmonious partnership.

This was a wonderful theme and I had fun looking through my archives. A great way to spend a grey Sunday afternoon.

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~ A trip to Ulun Danu Beratan Temple ~

Today we were going to take a trip out to see the lake at Ulun Beratan Temple. We had booked June the day before and he arrived promptly at 10.30 am. Our first stop would be the lake which was just over an hour away. Anthony loves to have a chat with taxi drivers (I think this is a male thing) and before long they were discussing the politics of Indonesia. My hubby seems to know something about any government. I could see June was very impressed by his knowledge.

When we arrived we could see it was super busy and a very popular place to visit. Once we had parked we ventured off into the beautiful gardens and down to the lake.

The details on the bird above looked like dried petals, beautiful to see up close.

We wandered around the gardens admiring all the different statues and flower beds before making our way down to the lake.

The History of Ulun Danu Beratan Lake

“It is said long ago there were several groups of people who found a very large area of land. It was part of an ancient volcanic eruption. They decided to make their home here. They started farming here and planted rice and other crops. The land was very fertile.
The crops thrived and were ready to be harvested. It is normally the women who harvest the rice while the men carry it to the barn to be stored.
A miracle happened and the rice grew again. The rice they harvest never runs out.
The people soon got tired of all the harvesting and had a habit of sticking glanggang (sic) into the ground which in turn hit the water vessels in the ground. Soon the water emerges from the ground and gets bigger every day, inevitably the water drowned all the rice and became the lake”. Source: ulundanuberatan.com