Seeing the Sacred Beyond the Beautiful – Indoor

October 23, 6:30-7:30pm (Central Time)

Location: Assisi Heights (1001 14th Street NW, Rochester, MN 55901) Click here for map.

$30 preregistered/prepaid.

Registration requested by October 22.

Photographers are inspired by taking a loving look at nature’s beauty; whether it be a flower, dragonfly or landscape. Affection grows from the awareness of how light reveals the object of one’s attention. The image becomes the revelation of the sacred beyond the beautiful and then, joy comes alive in the heart of the photographer. The image captures a moment in time. Photographic practice makes the experience live on. There is a wonderful excitement of taking the camera out in nature to a place where one discovers a spider’s web adorned with dewdrops on a humid morning or a field of blossoming sunflowers. Nature provides the mystery in “beautiful”.

Sometimes there is a palpable experience of an image finding the photographer. Most often that image lasts long after the exposure and tells the story of discovery. Join me in a visual meditation in the church of the outdoors and inviting a reflection that reaches your soul.

By day, Denise Dupras is a general internist at Mayo Clinic and lives in Rochester. Birds and nature attracted her photographic quest. She soon realized there is much more to the first glimpse. Denise discovered that the experience made the moment special and deeper appreciation of the image made it sacred.

Welcome to this indoor program at Assisi Heights! Participants are required to be fully up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccinations. Please refrain from attending if experiencing any symptoms of COVID-19 or other illness or have been exposed to any persons infected with COVID-19. Please park in the lot in front of Assisi Heights and enter through the main entrance.