You know how the way things are?
Putin destroying Ukraine while we watch.
Much like Hitler destroyed Europe,
and Alexander the Great destroyed the known world.
And how what's going on
has been going on from the beginning.
And is going to be going on
long after we have stopped going at all.
Well, there is nothing we can do about that
except take it to the Wailing Wall
with all of the grief and remorse
it brings up within us.
As a way of finding the strength
and resilience required to get up
and do the next thing that needs to be done
when, where and how it needs to be done
anyway, nevertheless, even so.
It is ours to bring as much humanity to life
in the world as we are capable of bringing to life
in the world,
and let that be that.
It is the Native American way
in light of and response to
the atrocity the U.S. Government
and citizens have committed against them
throughout history.
And the descendants of slaves in this country
and around the world.
And the Tibetan response to the Chinese massacre
in our lifetime.
We do it like they have done it.
We respond to the horror of our time
like they have responded to it in their time.
It is our turn now.
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Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy 