“Only your soul can know the soul of other things. Only a part can recognize the whole from which it came. But first something within you, your True Self, must be awakened. Most souls are initially “unsaved” in the sense that they cannot dare to imagine they could be one with God/Reality/the universe. This is the illusion of what Thomas Merton (1915–1968) called the “false” self and what I have taken to calling the “separate” or small self that believes it is autonomous and separate from God.” — Richard Rohr

What do you see in this photo? When the soul of the universe speaks to the soul of the photographer, the photographer frames the speaking moment, saves it, and shares it. That is all there is to photography. Just a frame that says “I saw this. You might too.” But ah…in the act of seeing and framing and sharing there is a miracle. Only that self that is one with God, the creator of all, can see the beauty, the loving touch, in creation. It is not something to boast about. I am humbled every time, with every photo, that such an imperfect and transient instance of the life of God as I am is allowed to experience, is equipped to appreciate, the overwhelming and ever living wonder of God’s loving creation. The act of seeing and framing and sharing nurtures the part of me that dares to imagine that I am one with God/Reality/the universe. I can only pray that what I photograpy will nurture that part of you too.