Sebastião Salgado exhibit, Rotterdam 2017 (Photo: Irene Bom)
This post combines a contemporary take on Psalm 148, written for a “blessing of the animals” service, and the work of Sebastião Salgado, the world-renowned Brazilian photographer, whose exhibition I visited last summer.
Circle of Praise
(inspired by Psalm 148)
All dogs and cats, large and small:
Praise the Lord!
All rabbits, hamsters, and guinea pigs:
Praise the Lord!
All goldfish, guppies, and swimming creatures:
Praise the Lord!
All robins, wrens, and singing birds:
Praise the Lord!
All racoons, squirrels, and deer:
Praise the Lord!
All horses, cows, and sheep:
Praise the Lord!
All lizards, snakes and creeping things:
Praise the Lord!
Every animal in the sky, the sea, and the forest:
Praise the Lord!
~ from “Blessing of the Animals” on the Web of Creation website and sourced from https://re-worship.blogspot.com/
Extra
1. The Story of Creation for Child-Like Hearts, an intergenerational story of creation (Genesis 1-2) told in gestures and words, from the Kairos Canada website.
2. More about the Sebastião Salgado Genesis exhibition (15 June to 22 October 2017 in Rotterdam).
3. The trailer for the film “The Salt of the Earth” that filmmaker Wim Wenders made with Salgado. It’s a beautiful testimony to how reconnecting with nature can restore our souls.
4. TED-talk, ‘The Silent Drama of Photography’, given by Salgado in 2013.