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Lightness, time and soul
by Azadeh Azad17-May-2008
Somewhere in Brentwood Bay on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, there is a butterfly garden that makes us delight in the wonders of nature and reflect on what butterflies symbolise: transformation, celebration, lightness, time and soul. Many cultures relate butterflies to the human soul. In the Persian mystical metaphor of the candle and the butterfly, divine love is the candle’s flame and the butterfly is the human soul attracted by the flame, searching to transform its material condition into higher spheres and knowing the joys of the beyond by burning in the divine flame. The Greek name for a butterfly is psyche, which also means the soul, and is the name of god Eros's human lover. Often when Eros and Psyche are depicted together, they are surrounded by butterflies. Finally, there is an old Irish saying, "Butterflies are souls of the dead waiting to pass through Purgatory". For these copyrighted photos, I’ve used a Canon PowerShot SD800-IS camera. Enjoy!
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#8 is the best
by RostameDastAn on Mon May 19, 2008 04:10 PM PDTIt looks like a wonderful painting from a children's book. Thank you.
Incredibly Beautiful Creatures of Nature
by Monda on Sun May 18, 2008 12:14 PM PDT- Would you mind if I printed your photos on invitations to a graduation event?
- Also, I'm thinking about showing your name and iranian.com on them, unless you'd rather have your name taken out. Please let me know what you think.
Thank you.
JJ: I wonder if you have a problem showing iranian.com on the cards?
Please Ignore My Question! Now I Know :-)
by sb (not verified) on Sun May 18, 2008 06:49 AM PDTAs much as I LOVED your introduction, it seems that I skipped the first few lines - sorry! :-(
As stunning as a dream
by Azarin Sadegh on Sun May 18, 2008 01:10 AM PDTDear Azadeh,
I loved your breathtaking pictures! I couldn’t even decide which one I liked the most. These images reminded me of an old childhood dream of mine...I was lost in a garden, but somehow I wasn't afraid and I knew my parents were nearby. The garden was like a 3-D painting and the flowers were flying in the air, and every time I woke up after this dream, I wished to fall asleep again!
Thanks for sharing your work,
azarin
Where were these pictures taken?
by sb (not verified) on Sat May 17, 2008 09:04 PM PDTWithout a question I LOVED your pictures but it was the introduction that did it for me - "it closed the deal"! A! Truly Wonderfull!
creator of colors!
by ym (not verified) on Sat May 17, 2008 07:30 PM PDTHow can one explain these transcendent colors? aahhh...but I do know!
I'd much rather call these beautiful beings 'parvaneh' than butterflies.
Thank you, I so enjoyed these photos.
Butterflies in Canada
by Mazloom on Sat May 17, 2008 05:01 PM PDTThere are too many butterflies in Canada :O)
Gorgeous!
by Nazy Kaviani on Sat May 17, 2008 04:22 PM PDTThank you for the gift of beauty and the magic that is a butterfly!
Thank you.
by Feshangi on Sat May 17, 2008 03:55 PM PDTSo magnificent. So colorful and so beautiful. I am speechless.
Feshangi
wonderful
by Jahanshah Javid on Sat May 17, 2008 02:10 PM PDTSo so beautiful. I almost came to believing in god again. But Darwin holds the edge.