writing – Page 3 – Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy

July, 2025

Growing up and doing what is called for in each situation as it arises is all there is to it. All there is to our life. It is more difficult than it might appear to be.Growing is the hardest part. We all grow up against our will. That is what growing up is. Learning toContinue reading “July, 2025”

June 30,2025

Waiting to know IT when we see it,and trusting ourselves to know what to do about it when we do–and in the meantime what do we do while we wait?Waiting is IT for me,and watching,seeing, hearing, knowing, doing, being.That has been IT,and I have had a good time doing IT.Making this photograph,these photographs, was aContinue reading “June 30,2025”

April 05, 2025

There is projection and there is association, and they may be the same thing. One thing I project onto this image is that Donald Trump would not find anything attractive about it. My projection is that he would hate it. It is not his kind of place. My projection is that he is attracted toContinue reading “April 05, 2025”

January 05, 2025 – B

The new eBook is up on Amazon Kindle The Two Questions go unasked too often:Why do we see the way we do?Why don’t we see the way we do?Everybody thinks the way they see thingsis the way things are.And that is the bane of our existence.Sit down with the way you see things.Who/what has beenContinue reading “January 05, 2025 – B”

December 03, 2024 – Book Excerpt 01

I will be using this space to post excerpts from my e-book, “A Handbook for the Spiritual Journey,” available on Amazon as a Kindle book, and available for free on my WordPress site, “My Published Works.” This is a 2012 revision of my paperback published in 2002 with the title, “The Evolution of the IdeaContinue reading “December 03, 2024 – Book Excerpt 01”