If we keep looking at what we see, it will become "transparent to transcendence" (Joseph Campbell). Before we get to that point, everything we see is a projective device, like a Rorschach inkblot, reflecting our own expectations/ideas/opinions/etc. back to us, showing us who is looking as we talk about/express what we see. We see ourselves wherever we look, and, when we keep looking long enough we become "transparent to transcendence" ourselves. We are carriers of light. Bearers of light. We are the light. The light of creation-- the light of creativity itself. The light of being. The light of wonder, of awe, of radiance, of mystery and magic... And can never say what we see-- what all we see-- because words just can't... just won't... just don't do. We carry the Truth of Life, Light and Being within, looking for meaning and purpose wherever we go. Like the man on his donkey looking for his donkey. Like the woman holding her car keys, looking for her car keys. It only takes seeing to know it is so. Beyond projection is transcendence. If soldiers could see what they look at, they would drop their armament, and war would end like that (snaps fingers).
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Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy 
As Berliners protest arms support for Ukraine, your thoughts have a special bite. I am still looking for a dental retainerI misplaced a month ago! Your photograph of snowy fog is amazing.
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