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Downtown Church

Posted on | January 31, 2010 | 4 Comments

Cross on Cahuenga and Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood Hills, California

Cross on Cahuenga and Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood Hills, California

As I was driving down from the Santa Monica Mountains with Patty Griffin’s fantastic new album, Downtown Church, playing on my car stereo, I spotted this large cross overlooking downtown L.A. so I immediately pulled over into a ditch then used the last of my three remaining frames that I had on my memory card. I thought it was a funny random occurrence since I had no idea that there was a giant cross overlooking Los Angeles.

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4 Responses to “Downtown Church”

  1. Leann Greene
    January 31st, 2010 @ 7:06 pm

    Dude-there is no such thing as “random” occurrences. The universe is telling you something. Beautiful exposure also.

  2. Richard
    January 31st, 2010 @ 9:27 pm

    Thanks Leann. Could be. Reminds me of one of the people at my Toastmasters meetings is a former nun and calls herself “Sister Spontaneity”. She always talks about the universe and how she talks to god. Maybe it’s my turn?

  3. David Leland Hyde
    February 4th, 2010 @ 3:30 pm

    I love this image, simple and powerful. I like the way the buildings all turned out the same color from that perspective at that time and place. According to chaos theory, the I-Ching and other sources there is both scientific and metaphysical basis for synchronicity. Neal Donald Walsh of “Conversations with God” says God is talking all the time. It is whether we are listening or not, that is in question. In Mary Street Alinder’s biography of Ansel Adams, she talks about him being a mystic. My dad definitely was too. Okay, I’ll quit with the spiritual stuff. In my opinion, it’s personal. Besides, I don’t want to start a revival.

  4. Richard Wong
    February 4th, 2010 @ 5:22 pm

    Thanks David. Interesting you mention Chaos Theory because I just picked up Eliot Porter’s Chaos Theory book this winter. Interesting little book.

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