The Only Burden You Have Ever Had

At Our Best And Most Fortunate We Make Pictures Because Of What Stands Before Our Camera, To Honor What Is Greater And More Interesting Than We Are. We Never Accomplish This Perfectly, Though In Return We Are Given Something Perfect--a Sense Of Inclusion. Our Subject Thus Redefines Us, And Is Part Of The Biography By Which We Want To Be Known.

How Can We Hope, After All, To See A Tree Or Rock Or Clear North Sky If We Do Not Adopt A Little Of Their Mode Of Life, A Little Of Their Time? If The Time It Takes To Cross Space Is A Way By Which We Define It, Then To Arrive At A View Of Space “in No Time” Is To Have Denied Its Reality

The Thing That Keeps You Scrambling Over The Rocks, Risking Snakes, And Swatting At The Flies Is The View. It Is Only Your Enjoyment Of And Commitment To What You See, Not To What You Rationally Understand, That Balances The Otherwise Absurd Investment Of Labor.

Your Own Photography Is Never Enough. Every Photographer Who Has Lasted Has Depended On Other Peoples Pictures Too - Photographs That May Be Public Or Private, Serious Or Funny, But That Carry With Them A Reminder Of Community.

Do Not Allow Your Thoughts To Become Greater Than You. No Matter What Your Thoughts Tell You, Don't Listen. Remember Your Thoughts Are Not Your Friend. Your Thoughts Try To Confound You, Confuse You. And They Will Tell You All Kinds Of Things. Do Not Listen To Your Thoughts, Even Your Good Thoughts. Transcend Everything, Go Beyond Your Thoughts To Your Bliss, To Your Joy And To Your Happiness.