===== From batronyx@cadronhsa.com: You must have put a lot of work into getting those wrinkles into that rug. Well done. It's either very heavy, or the wind exposed corner should be flipped up a little for consistency. ===== From tony@awmcs.net: The texture of your sand is very realistic. I'd love to get my hands on the map. One of the better images this round. ===== From marlo.steed@home.com: Great sandy scene... not sure how worship comes into play. I don't read I just look. ===== From tom@tomandlu.co.uk: A lovely image, but off topic IMHO. The atmospheric media could do with a little more variety. As it is, it rather flattens the image. ===== From jrcsurvey@aol.com: Beautiful romantic style ===== From chris_hormann@gmx.de: The dusty atmosphere looks very good, but the interpretation of the topic seems a bit far fetched to me. ===== From youknow@ucan.foad.org: At first I felt the sand and earth tones overwhelmed this image but the more I looked at it the better it seemed to come together, possibly as I noticed more details. Some details are still lost to me, as I try to compare your text file with the image itself. This has a sort of "at the end of a sandstorm" look; it might be that a sharper, "after the sandstorm has fully cleared" look would serve better. ===== From delfeld@mailcity.com: Epistemology: If you are going to offer an explanation of the symbols to be found, maybe you should offer an explanation fo why they are symbols, and what they are symbols of. Otherwise, it is just confusing. Axiology: There are a lot of products of 'an organising mind making sense of it's environment'. Which one (or area) is worship? Why? Ontology: Are we solely an organizing mind? What role does creativity play in worship? Why would any of the symbols in the picture be worshipped by this mind? Or, if worship is more passive, why would a being bring these things into being (implying that to create something is worship)?