The Shakers of Pleasant Hill truly lived in a world with a view. There is no end to those views. Here are just a few.
This past weekend, my husband, daughter and I drove out to Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill - a place I simply love. The timeless and simple architecture, situated on the rolling hills of Kentucky countryside, can only be experienced first hand. “Shaker style was defined from the beginning by their unswerving focus upon the goal of creating heaven on earth. Functionality was everything. Building designs could be both functional and beautiful, but the beauty had to be inherent in the design itself ....” (Catherine L. Carter and Martha E. Geores, University of Maryland) For more information on the Shakers visit: http://gorabs.org/journal/issu/2006/GOR01_01_carter.pdf This visit, I found myself especially taken with architect Micajah Burnett's use of natural light. He was seventeen years old, in 1809, when his parents brought him to live with the Shakers. At the age of twenty-three, he began to design the village here in Kentucky. The Shakers of Pleasant Hill truly lived in a world with a view. There is no end to those views. Here are just a few. Written (and photographed ) by Courtney Snyder.
This post was written by Courtney Snyder.
“Are you kidding?” I thought, after a friend recently told me she was inspired by my seeming fearlessness. Her comment left me wondering about fear – the kind that keeps us from acting, from deciding, from connecting to others, from sharing our abilities, from speaking up,… from becoming who we are supposed to be. I feel somewhat knowledgeable – not because I trained and practiced as a psychiatrist, but because I’ve spent many of life’s moments worrying about looking foolish, saying the wrong thing, making mistakes, bothering others and more. My friend’s comment helped me realize that many of my fears, though once obstacles, are slowly becoming background noise. When I do find myself hesitating instead of living, I try to think about the following:
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