Ducking Out or The Nonconformist by sandra46
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Description
This image is dedicated to all who dissent, disagree or don't like to conform as well as to those who duck out from an event to exert themselves to do more congenial activities.
To duck out, figuratively, means either to evade something, to escape doing something or to leave a place quickly and without being noticed, often said about leaving before an event is finished. Hence I think this idiom could be used for the title of this image I took in Quebec last year.
The term dissenter (from the Latin dissentire, to disagree), labels one who disagrees in matters of opinion, belief, etc. In the social and religious history of England and Wales, however, it refers particularly to a member of a religious body who has, for one reason or another, separated from the Established Church. The term does not apply to those bodies who dissent from the Established Church of Scotland; and in speaking of members of religious bodies which have seceded from established churches outside Britain one usually employs the term Dissidents (from the Latin dissidere, to dissent). In this connotation the terms 'dissenter' and 'dissenting,' which had acquired a somewhat contemptuous flavour, have tended since the middle of the 18th century to be replaced by 'nonconformist,' a term which did not originally imply secession, but only refusal to conform in certain particulars with the authorized usages of the Established Church. Still more recently the term 'nonconformist' has in its turn, as the political attack on the principle of a state establishment of religion developed, tended to give place to the style of Free Churches and Free Churchman. All three terms continue in use, 'nonconformist' being the most usual, as it is the most colourless.
Possibly because my parents were rebels within their families or because I was deeply influenced by my Philosophy teacher at the grammmar high school (liceo), who was the head of the Waldensian Church in Venice, I have always had a soft spot for dissidents, non-conformists and the like, either religious or not. They are the salt of democracy. Waldensians, Waldenses or Vaudois are names for a Christian movement of the later Middle Ages, descendants of which still exist in various regions. Over time, the denomination joined the Genevan or Reformed branch of Protestantism. Modern Waldensians are gathered in the Waldensian Evangelical Church. In 1975 the Waldensian Church joined the Italian Methodist Church to form the Union of Waldensian and Methodist Churches.
Some postwork added.
Thank you for your kind comments.
Comments (46)
lyron
Splendid capture!!!
danapommet
Wonderful information to go with this beautiful shot. I just love learning new things. Dana
alessimarco
Beautiful image and postwork! And a great message!!
erlandpil
Wonderful capture erland
NitraLing
Great capture!!!!
pspworkshop
How sweet Sandra al the ducks.
jmb007
interessant et amusant!!
Madbat
QUACK! Yep, I can soooo identify with this one!
dochtersions
Interesting note's for being an outsider, I guess. Love your picture going with it, Sandra.
myrrhluz
I first heard of the Waldensians from the Teaching Company lecture "Terror of History: Mystics, Heretics, and Witches in the Western Tradition" taught by Teofilo F. Ruiz. He is one of my favorite professors and it is a favorite lecture. Peter Waldo has a place on my "heretic in good company" T-Shirt. Some day I'm going to look up all the names on it as some are unfamiliar. Though I had to sadly relinquish the title of heretic when I joined the Unitarian Universalist Church, if I go by the definition, "a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church." UU celebrates diversity of opinion, and has no doctrines or creeds. Excellent image and narrative! It is very interesting to see the different ways people use to say the same thing. Dissenters played a very prominent role in the early history of the US. Some came here with the intent of making sure no one dissented from their own particular brand of Christianity, but others took their own dissent to heart and worked to make it a free society for all dissenters. Beautiful capture! I like the wake behind the lone duck. It's not as big as the one behind the group, but it is making a strong statement!
felinx
Superbe prise :)
blondeblurr
Nothing wrong with being an outsider - I think it's wonderful not to follow the masses in a sheepish sort'a'way, (I call them sheeple) I applaud it, if some can think for themselves... nice postwork and capture, BB
Thetis
I like the nonkonformist duck and this image!
KatesFriend
Ah yes, the one who must have strawberry when everyone else orders chocolate. I know him well. I enjoyed your historical outline on this subject, it is interesting how the meaning and application of words tends to shift over the centuries.
amota99517
This is such a cute shot!
Rhanagaz
Great capture! I sympathize with the "loner" to the left - maybe a lot of the "race" on Renderosity? ;o)