Images of Eastertide: Bells

I used to live a few blocks from the University of Chicago campus. And periodically we'd hear the carillon bells ringing. There's something about bell tones that resonates in a person's bones. Depending on the tones and what they signify, you want to weep in mourning or sway in rapture. The bells in this picture are not fancy, but they ring for hope, tranquility, love, and joy, just as all wondrous bells do.

 

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[Laura Droege]

Hearing or seeing bells reminds me of the quote from (I think) John Donne: Ask not for whom the bell tolls/It tolls for thee. For me, hearing a bell ring reminds me that somewhere, someone is making that bell ring. So no man (or woman) can be an island: the tones may make us mourn or rejoice, but it always connects us with other people.