Phillips was a Navajo photography guide through the regions of Monument Valley off limits to the public. I worked with him for two days, enjoying his company and his expertise. That was my last photo trip using a film camera, and I mailed Tom my last “block,” a ten-roll package of Fugichrome when I returned home. He died several years ago, but remains for me one of those irreplaceable “saints in light,” and will forever be.
Emptiness/Stillness/Silence are the real Holy Trinity. Ask anyone who knows, they will all tell you the same thing. Even the Bible chips in with "Good things come to those who wait." And from Native Red Cloud on "X", quoting Chief White Eagle, Ponca, we get: “Go forward with courage. When you are in doubt, be still, and wait; when doubt no longer exists for you, then go forward with courage. So long as mists envelop you, be still; be still until the sunlight pours through and dispels the mists – as it surely will. Then act with courage." It is not just any kind of waiting that works, only waiting in emptiness/stillness/silence. Become expert in that art and you will move beyond thinking/reasoning into knowing, and you will find yourself doing/saying things you never thought about or decided upon-- not impulsively but responsively, rising to the situation in ways appropriate to the occasion. If we walk the path with emptiness/stillness/silence, we will never go astray. If we do, it is because we didn't.
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Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy 
A call to emptiness!
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That would make all the difference worldwide! How long has it been? Ambition, desire, aspiration, goal setting, determination, purpose driven… No time for reflection/realization/waiting… And here we are.
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Silence is the only prayer.
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