Contemplative photography promotes silence, renewal, and seeing more deeply On the evening this photograph was made, the dominant sound in this airport parking lot was birds—a stark contrast to the busyness and clamor of cars, shuttle-busses and conversations that once pervaded it day and night for several years. The difference between the activity then and […]
What we are not, can reveal what we are in essence Every photograph I’ve ever made is a portrait of impermanence. After the shutter clicks, the subject changes. The light grows brighter or darker. A cloud moves. A flower fades. A child grows older. A face changes. Even mountains—given enough time—rise and disappear. Photography teaches […]
One Individual’s Expression Matters Do you see the jetliner? Remove any one of the pixels in the above image and there would be a hole in the whole (photograph). It wouldn’t be complete. It wouldn’t be the same photograph. Some might say it would have a flaw. The universe presents itself to us as a […]
Finding Meaning, Purpose, and Wholeness Through the Evolution of Consciousness In The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness. Arthur C. Brook says many today, especially young people, are experiencing a growing sense of emptiness. There’s a lack of purpose and significance Loneliness, anxiety and dissatisfaction are on the rise I’s […]
The Seeds We Water Are The Ones That Grow Over time, a species of tree that evolved into the maple did so in part because it succeeded in finding a way to disburse numerous seeds over a greater distance. As kids we called them “pinwheels” or “helicopter seeds.” Hedging no bets in the area of […]
Collaboration, Courage, and Consciousness are Shaping Humanity’s Future The spiral stairway in this image evokes in me considerations of the evolutionary spiral, the universe’s operating system, which scientists understand to “favor” increased novelty, diversity, adaptation, complexity and order. Along the bottom steps of the oil tank, I see the significant ordering that has already occurred. […]
What the Butterfly Reveals About Humanity’s Painful Transformation My contemplations tend to focus on the present. They’re usually prompted by one of my photographs, the social climate, or patterns in current events—what people are talking about online or in person. For these I generally write with a “closeup” or “normal” lens. This topic requires something […]
Love makes one retirement community stand heads above the rest In November 2025 my wife Linda had a stroke. It wasn’t severe, but after a hospital stay we moved her into an “assisted living” facility where she underwent speech and physical therapy. She had always cooked, so under her guidance I managed to “assemble” some […]
Our world is as big as the candle we carry Since my introduction to photography in high school I’ve been in love with Light. Long before I understood aperture, exposure or composition, I sensed that certain qualities of light carried emotional and even spiritual force. The qualities of light—its softness, direction, contrast, intensity and mystery—could […]
Alone in the theater house lights down curtain in the wings stage light in a cage red “Exit” signs third row middle seat thirty-three I ponder. He said, “All the world’s a stage.” This time ’round I’m the star The stage a platform The theater a world. This life the play soul the playwright body […]
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