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Shaping the Moment
The phrase "Be Here Now" is like spiritual kudzu, sprouting up everywhere. This expression, which was the title of the 1971 book by Ram...

Paul Cotter
Feb 28, 20241 min read


The Call of the Shell
Have you ever found yourself pulled like a magnet to certain things in life? Maybe it’s a career path that beckoned, or a destination you...

Paul Cotter
Jan 31, 20241 min read


A Closer Look
What do you see in this picture? A heart? A face? Can you tell what this object is? Is it large like a tree trunk? Is it small like a...

Paul Cotter
Jan 24, 20241 min read


Follow Your Heart
My sister Pat has loved horses for as long as I can remember. When we were kids, she would set up a classroom in our basement and she’d...

Paul Cotter
Jan 10, 20242 min read


The Hands of Time
In 1994, when our daughter Jade was three years old, she made this Christmas decoration for us in preschool. She dipped her little hand...

Paul Cotter
Dec 13, 20231 min read


The Beacon
We all have a beacon that we follow — something that guides us on our life journey and helps us reach our chosen destination, just as...

Paul Cotter
Oct 14, 20231 min read


Disappointment into Delight (Part Two)
Quick flashback: in my previous post, I wrote about not being able to get the sunrise photo I’d planned and shooting a Zen-like boats...

Paul Cotter
Oct 6, 20231 min read


Disappointment into Delight (Part One)
We’ve all had times when things didn’t go our way. You know what I’m talking about: those times when our expectations were as high as the...

Paul Cotter
Oct 2, 20231 min read


Love
I’ve been thinking a lot about the meaning of love. Countless stories and poems have been written about it throughout the ages. But what...

Paul Cotter
Jul 10, 20231 min read


The Joy of Surprise
On a family vacation in Spain many years ago, we visited the Royal Alcázars of Seville, a palace dating back to the 10th Century. After...

Paul Cotter
Jun 19, 20231 min read


Simplicity
The older I get, the more I appreciate the beauty of simplicity. And I've found, as I'm sure you have, that simplicity is not as simple...

Paul Cotter
Apr 29, 20231 min read


The Inner Child
In his wonderful book The Power of Photography, Peter Fetterman told a story about Ruth Bernhard, the famous photographer who lived to...

Paul Cotter
Apr 15, 20231 min read
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