Show us your interpretation of upward movement.
By The Canadian Museum for Human Rights opened in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in September 2014. Last summer, I had my first chance to visit it and explore all 11 galleries on six different levels.
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Photo by Matt Boulton CC-BY-SA 2.0
The museum has been carefully designed. While you enter it at ground level, it’s cavernous and dark. With the structure rising up above you, you feel as though you’re underground. As you make your way through each gallery toward the top of the building, you emerge from darkness into light — a symbolic journey during which you commit to upholding human rights long after your visit to the museum.
The gallery exhibits educate visitors on human rights atrocities around the world. Visiting the museum is deeply personal, and it’s best experienced alone, at your own pace. Visitors travel across these beautiful concrete ramps as they move from level to level. It’s a long walk, and the time and space between galleries is much needed to contemplate what you’ve just experienced and prepare yourself for what’s coming next. Visiting the CMHR was something I’ll never forget.
Photo by Krista
Your take on “Ascend” need not be so serious — it could be your partner lifting your son aloft to set the topper on your Christmas tree. It could be that split-second you capture a fish jumping in a lake or pond. Maybe it’s a ground-level shot of new seedlings reaching for the sky in the Southern hemisphere. Enjoy the challenge!
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Ascend is more like taking the next step, moving out of your comfort zone, going higher than you have ever been, doing much more than you have ever done.
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Nice challenge. Another shot from London here: https://wp.me/p3gqMf-Oe
Have a nice week!
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Ascending between palms:
https://insellos.wordpress.com/2017/12/14/weekly-photo-challenge-ascend/
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Nice
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as usual.. another interesting perspective to swallow, digest and then.. an art creation perhaps.. cheers from #ireland folks!
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So pleased to have a chance to share an image of San Fransin the dark. We are all feeling the darkness after the loss of our Mayor https://piecesofstarlight.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/wpc-ascend/
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Sorry for your loss! Mayor Lee will be missed.
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Nice challenge! https://rygalo.com/2017/12/13/weekly-photo-challenge-ascend/
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And you “rose” to meet it! See what I did there? 😀 So many lovely shots in your collection.
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Happy Hump Day! Here is my top view entry this week: http://stenoodie.com/2017/12/13/weekly-photo-challenge-ascend/
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WOW! That is a stunning staircase…
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Try this:
https://mostlymonochrome.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/towards-the-heavens/
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A dizzying geometric shot Krista and very inviting challenge though I did not ascend to these heights
https://eljaygee.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/wpc-ascend/
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Thanks for the kind words! I love your photo — I can’t help but wonder what’s around the corner at the top of those stairs….
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That is such an interesting photo. Here’s mine: https://castelsarrasin.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/ascend-weekly-photo-challenge/
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The location of that castle is security in and of itself, isn’t it? Lovely shots Sandra — always makes me smile to see you in the challenge.
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Ascent of the Great Wall – https://wp.me/p3CFsE-485
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Just one word – WoOooOOoow!
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Ascending the Cornish moors at dusk to visit the Neolithic tomb of Lanyon Quoit in the mist is quite an experience, Krista: http://bit.ly/JJ-LQ
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Good morning all!
Here’s what I’ve got for this week.
Good challenge as always. Threw me off a bit.
Anyway, have a good one.
https://stupidityhole.wordpress.com/2017/12/14/branch-ascending/
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Love it! This piece of driftwood was crying out to be part of this challenge.
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Glad you do 🙂
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the kookaburra surveys his world from above https://retiredfromgypsylife.wordpress.com/2017/12/14/the-highest-point/
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Ah, the perfect time to capture his outline against the sky — so nicely done!
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Thanks for the comment Krista, it was an interesting challenge subject. I look forward each week to this post. It gets my imagination going…
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Finally found it – https://lagottocattleya.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/wpc-ascend/ – thank you for another interesting challenge, Krista!
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Challenge met! Not one, but two ascensions in this fun shot.
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Thank you – glad you liked it!
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Wow. Truly impressed with the seriousness of your example. Will try to respond in kind. Thank you!
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Ascend to gain perspective. “We can do better.” Especially regarding our relationship to the wild lands of America. https://scillagrace.com/2017/12/13/weekly-photo-challenge-ascend/
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Having visited the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in July:
https://wordpress.com/post/streamingthruamerica.com/14939
I was awestruck by the beauty of the sorrow, but heartened by the meaningful message.
I thought the week’s photo challenge was especially timely, given my latest post–which coincidentally features a photo of the same ramp, albeit taken from the bottom of the same museum–offering highlights on the ascension of religious freedom through its respective sanctuaries:
https://streamingthruamerica.com/2017/12/11/cross-beams/
Happy Holidays!
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Anything is possible if we look up. https://odaciuk.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/look-up-wpc-ascend/
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That sounds so amazing
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Hi Krista! Thank you for the challenge. Here’s my submission this week!
https://nomadonline.blog/2017/12/14/ascend/
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ascend is rising taking small steps –
https://sidhujetha.wordpress.com/2017/12/14/weekly-photo-challenge-ascend/
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The light in these photos is quite striking!
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Here’s me taking the word quite literally… 😉 https://angelafurtadophotography.com/2017/12/13/weekly-photo-challenge-ascend/
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Nice variety in your images!
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Thank you, Krista! 🙂
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Most buildings in Trinidad Cuba are single storey. Ascending a few stairs gives a great view.
https://lignumdraco.wordpress.com/2017/12/14/trinidad-tales-4/
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Some lovely shots here! The one where the chap and his dog are in the window was a fun surprise — made me laugh.
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Bologna is full of ancient towers made to be ascended. http://www.aflamingoinitaly.com/2017/12/13/bologna-towers-little-surprises/
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I like how the tower leans, slightly, as though it’s peeking into the frame. Great shot!
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Ascent from the underground – https://wp.me/p3CFsE-488
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I love how the man in the center grabs your focus and how the escalators draw your eye in the photo. Nicely done!
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Hi everyone!
Here is my entry this week.
Ascend this famous Italian landmark and you’ll be blown away!
http://bit.ly/2B0atUl
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Love the colors here!
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Lots of ascending here! https://yvonneandmike.com/2017/12/11/the-lost-city-of-the-incas/
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I love the photos in your post — though the one that always makes me smile is your header photo with the sea lions. 😀
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