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20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
A Partial Peace

On the side of the road lying in the dirt, I saw Peace downed and trapped under a slender branch with its circle of oneness, totality and wholeness missing and only its three branches remaining. They were being overtaken by lichen. Peace was now a partial peace. A partial Peace is an unsustainable Peace.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 05.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Woodstock, New York, United States of America
Camera: Pixel 4a
Copyright: © Rhonda Weiss