Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy
Finding our way to The Way one situation at a time. I don't know how great it will be, but I expect it will be interesting, and I look forward to it going on past all reason because wonder is just that way. Are you coming or not?
Community interferes with our developmentas much as it assists and enables it–and we have to walk the linebetween too much community influence in our lifeand too little.You might sit down withthe Westminster Confession of Faithsome rainy afternoon,for an encounter with what too much community can do.A slow walk in the rainthrough a patch of localContinue reading “December 16, 2023 – A”
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Stop right now trying to arrangethe life/life styleyou want to live.And trust yourselfto the Mystery!Better yet,thrust yourselfinto the hands of the Mystery!And live from therein all that you do!The Mystery is beyond words.Beyond concepts.Beyond grasping.Beyond understanding.But.Quite capable of being known.And trusted.And loved, revered, adored.And realized/recognizedas one with uswhen we are livingat one with the Mystery.WeContinue reading “December 15, 2023 – A”
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Trial and error, kid. Trial and error.Feel your way along,learn what works when/where/how–and what doesn’t.Dance with your lifeand the music of the moment,becoming one with time and placein doing what is called for,when/where and how,and not what you want to doregardless of the occasion,in spite of the circumstances.Will is never free,but is always to beContinue reading “December 14, 2023 – A”
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Finding our wayis a matter of allowing our wayto show us the wayinstead of figuring out what it is.Our way shows us the wayby letting us walk into stone wallsand blind canyons,and take dead end roads,and wander forever in wastelands,and realize againthat we do not know what we are doing.The lesson is to be awakeContinue reading “Winter Months, 2023 – 2024”
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He is walking into his lifefor the joy of it,for the thrill of it,for the satisfaction of it,and to be able to talk about itfor the next 50 years.We all should live like this everyday.Except for the talking about it part.Everyone would be talking about it.But to be able to talk about it,about doing whatContinue reading “December 13, 2023 -A”
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It has taken me a long timeto learn that it comes down to,depends upon, flows from,integrity,sincerity,spontaneity,emptiness,stillness,silence,listening/hearing,looking/seeing,knowing/understanding,what is called forand doing what needs to be done about itin each situation as it arises,all our life long.For the joy of doing itand the satisfaction of having done it.No matter what.I see Jesus’ death on a crossto beContinue reading “December 12, 2023 – A”
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I had a sailing friend oncewho told me,”I became a sailorwhen I realized the sea was out to get me.” It applies across the board,around the tablethroughout the universe.Life is out to get us.Are we prepared?Republicans are not prepared.Fascists don’t have a clue.Their faith is in AR-15’sand killing their enemies,at least making them sufferand stayContinue reading “December 11, 2023 – A”
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What would be most helpful to youat this point in your life?What is most helpful to meis communion/conversation with peoplewho are interested in the questionsI am interested in–and reading what they have writtenis a form of communion/conversation.Native Americans are saying things I’m interested in.And old Taoists from 500 BCE.And Japanese poets from 1200 CE.Life hasn’tContinue reading “December 10, 2023 – A”
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Ode to Donald Trump To find favor with the kingis no mean thing–for it, we will go to war.We will lay down our livesand sacrifice all we ever loved,and more.But, the king’s broad appealonly manages to be realbecause of those who call him, “Lord.”His great personal powerdisappears in the hourthe enchanted onesperceive the fraud.Good-bye andContinue reading “December 09, 2023 – B”
How many Elder Wands would it taketo straighten this mess out?I’m thinking specifically aboutthe Texas Supreme Court affirming no abortion everunder any circumstances,Mike Johnson declaring himself to be Moses,Donald Trump displaying certifiable traits of insanityon a regular basis, etc.Which leads to the next question:How do we plan to survivethe compete loss of bearingson all sidesContinue reading “December 09, 2023 -A”
It comes down to, flows from, revolves aroundperspective,perception,projection,point of view,view point,outlook,opinion,way of looking/seeing,attitude,frame of mind,interpretation,understanding,presumption,assumption,conjecture,…People go to war over differencesin the way they see things.They see things according tothe stake they have in things.According to what they thinkthey have to gain or lose.The most objective facthas to be interpreted/understood subjectively.A cow means one thing toContinue reading “December 08, 2023 – A”
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Today is Pearl Harbor day.In 1941, The Japanese navy bombed Pearl Harbor.That’s 82 years ago.We will vote next yearfor the next President of the United States.83 years from Pearl Harbor,we could vote to end democracy.I cannot imagine it, but it is real.Donald Trump has boastedthat he will institute a dictatorshipthe day he takes office.Why wouldContinue reading “December 07, 2023 – B”
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Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy