We Cannot Empty The Mind

Again The Important Point To Remember Is That You Should Keep Asking Yourself Questions. Do Not Make Statements. Ask Questions To Yourself. The Mind Hates That.

The Word Beauty Is Unavoidable … It Accounts For My Decision To Photograph … There Appeared A Quality, Beauty Seemed The Only Appropriate Word For It, In Certain Photographs, And I Am Compelled To Live With The Vocabulary Of This New Sight … Through Over Many Years [i] Still Find It Embarrassing To Use The Word Beauty, I Fear I Will Be Attacked For It, But I Still Believe In It.

I Want To Let You In On A Little Secret. There Are No Problems. There Are No Problems. There Never Were Any Problems, There Are No Problems Today, And There Will Never Be Any Problems. Problems Just Mean That The World Isn't Turning The Way You Want It To. But In Truth, There Are No Problems. Everything Is Unfolding As It Should. Everything Is Right. You Have To Forget About Yourself And Expand Your Consciousness Until You Become The Whole Universe. The Reality In Back Of The Universe Is Pure Awareness. It Has No Problems. And You Are That.

Deep Down In Your Heart Know That All Is Well. Understand That The Universe Is Your Friend And Can Never Hurt You. It Is The Substratum Of All Existence Which Is Love! When You Develop A Loving Consciousness There Can Be No Problems. Love Takes Care Of Everything. Love Is The Same As Absolute Awareness, Pure Intelligence, Or The Power Of God. When You Have Enough Love Inside, There Are Truly No Problems. Problems Only Arise When You Believe You Are Separate And Lacking Love.

Landscape Pictures Can Offer Us, I Think, Three Verities: Geography, Autobiography, And Metaphor. Geography Is, If Taken Alone, Sometimes Boring, Autobiography Is Frequently Trivial, And Metaphor Can Be Dubious. But Taken Together, As In The Best Work Of People Like Alfred Stieglitz And Edward Weston, The Three Kinds Of Information Strengthen Each Other And Reinforce What We All Work To Keep Intact - The Affection For Life.