Grace may be a tough one! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with as an image for grace... here is the dictionary definition to get everyone started thinking. I think to find and recognize grace while it is happening is rare but it is something that photographers hope to see and capture.
grace (
n.
Seemingly effortless beauty or charm of movement, form, or proportion.
A characteristic or quality pleasing for its charm or refinement.
A sense of fitness or propriety.
A disposition to be generous or helpful; goodwill.
Mercy; clemency.
A favor rendered by one who need not do so; indulgence.
A temporary immunity or exemption; a reprieve.
Graces Greek & Roman Mythology. Three sister goddesses, known in Greek mythology as Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, who dispense charm and beauty.
Divine love and protection bestowed freely on people.
The state of being protected or sanctified by the favor of God.
An excellence or power granted by God.
A short prayer of blessing or thanksgiving said before or after a meal.
Grace Used with His, Her, or Your as a title and form of address for a duke, duchess, or archbishop.
Music. An appoggiatura, trill, or other musical ornanment in the music of 16th and 17th century England.
tr.v. graced, grac·ing, grac·es
To honor or favor: You grace our table with your presence.
To give beauty, elegance, or charm to.
Music. To embellish with grace notes.
Idioms:
in the bad graces of
Out of favor with.
in the good graces of
In favor with.
with bad grace
In a grudging manner.
with good grace
How about the graceful curve of my kitten's back as she sleeps on the windowsill?
It would have to be extremely well exucuted as there are those who hate pets, flowers and kids. Sigh thats why I never win. That covers most of what I photograph.
A religious (having to do with any Religion) tenet is an opinion, a doctrine, a belief that has fundamental importance to the practise of the religion. Your dictionary might have doctrine and that might be an easier way to understand. "Thou shalt not kill" is a religious tenet or I might feel that I restrict my diet as a tenet of my belief system.
Can somebody to say what means "a relgious tenet".
A "tenet" is an opinion or principle held as being true by a person or especially by an organization (such as a church). "Tenet" is a synonym for "doctrine" or "dogma". One example of a "religious tenet" might be something that is proclaimed as true without proof.
Another example: Islamic religious law prohibits Muslims from paying or receiving any form of interest. Based on the teachings of the Koran, the holy book of Muslims, this religious tenet encompasses conventional mortgages, credit card balances and any type of interest-bearing loans.
The holy trinity is a religious tenet of the Catholic faith.
The doctrine of Blood Atonement, the taking of an apostate's life, was a Mormon religious tenet during the early days of the LDS Church.
Not sure if these examples help, but there you go...
More to the point of the religious tenet thing, "GRACE" as seen from a christian viewpoint, is God's mercy on those he choses to elect to eternal life, but "GRACE" is also those joys and pleasures that God grants to every creature.
Please, I'm not trying to start up a debate on doctrine, just explaining what GRACE means to someone with a Presbyterian background. Other religious interpretations welcome.
Grace in terms of Christianity means: Undeserved merit or favor.
The doctrine of Grace in Christianity is that no one can earn their way to heaven based on their own merits, therefor God must bestow His grace upon you, His undeserved favor, so that you may have eternal life.
[edit: this is not meant as a counter point to the above post on grace, just my own contribution to the discussion.]
Grace in terms of Christianity means: Undeserved merit or favor.
The doctrine of Grace in Christianity is that no one can earn their way to heaven based on their own merits, therefor God must bestow His grace upon you, His undeserved favor, so that you may have eternal life.
[edit: this is not meant as a counter point to the above post on grace, just my own contribution to the discussion.]
Yes that is my understanding of grace but hard to photograph
Sue
I wonder if hockey players count. I mean, they're sort of a grunt style of grace, but grace nonetheless... Or perhaps figure skaters? Just throwing out some ideas to everyone.
