VIZIO DIVINA IMAGES

for Visual Rest

 

 

Gaze upon an Image with Vizio Divina

a practice in divine seeing

 

 
 

The following photographs (featured below) can be enjoyed on their own or used for the contemplative practice Vizio Divina (divine seeing). Pick a photograph to reflect on. Take a deep breath and settle into your body, as your eyes softly gaze upon the image. Without analyzing, notice the colors and lines, shadows and light, shapes and any other details. Then let your gaze rest on one aspect of the image. Observe it, noting what emotions, associations, or thoughts surface. What might God be revealing to you? What invitation is being extended to you? Let this lead you into prayer. Then rest in divine presence, taking this new way of seeing into your daily life.

12TH CENTURY SAINT & MYSTIC

“When I gaze with open eyes at what you, my God, have created here, heaven is already mine.”

—Hildegard of Bingen

 

 
 

 Choose a picture to meditate on below (you can open the images in a new tab for fuller viewing)

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Featured Series:
Ellsworth Kelly’s Chapel in Austin

“In your light we see light.”

—Psalm 36:9