{"id":7276,"date":"2017-03-05T20:28:46","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T02:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=7276"},"modified":"2017-03-06T19:56:22","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T01:56:22","slug":"salvation-optics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=7276","title":{"rendered":"Salvation Optics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Listening (during Lent [1]) to Ryan Adams&#8217; latest, including &#8220;We Disappear&#8221; [2], I contemplated salvation optics, observed in different locales.   <\/p>\n<p>A few examples:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/IMG_1154b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/IMG_1154b.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC_6154.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC_6154.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC01247.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC01247.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC01260.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC01260.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC01320.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC01320.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC01498b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC01498b.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC01881.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC01881.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC01926.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC01926.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC01930.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC01930.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC01965.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC01965.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC02116.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC02116.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC02139.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC02139.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC02292.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/DSC02292.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/vatican1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2017\/03\/vatican1.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2016\/03\/hanoi_Easter2007jzb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/photos\/2016\/03\/hanoi_Easter2007jzb.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[1] Lent, via <a href=\"https:\/\/duckduckgo.com\/?q=lent&#038;t=hc&#038;ia=web\">duckduckgo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[2] We disappear <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metrolyrics.com\/we-disappear-lyrics-ryan-adams.html\">lyrics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I found Elizabeth Bruenig&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/democracyjournal.org\/magazine\/city-of-rod\/\">recent article:<\/a> &#8220;A Benedictine retreat from political life cannot be the answer for today\u2019s Christians.&#8221; interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Background: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=6436\">Gazing at Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=7254\">2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listening (during Lent [1]) to Ryan Adams&#8217; latest, including &#8220;We Disappear&#8221; [2], I contemplated salvation optics, observed in different locales. A few examples: [1] Lent, via duckduckgo. [2] We disappear lyrics. I found Elizabeth Bruenig&#8217;s recent article: &#8220;A Benedictine retreat from political life cannot be the answer for today\u2019s Christians.&#8221; interesting. 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