Phil Perkis writes of photography:

To experience the meaning of what is. To stay with it for even a few seconds is no small task. The sound of voice without language, a musical line, a ceramic vessel, a non-objective painting. The presence of it, the weight of it, the miracle of its existence, of my existence. The mystery of the fact itself.

And Merlin found this comment from Thich Nhat Hanh:

When you drive around the city and come to a red light or a stop sign, you can just sit back and make use of these twenty or thirty seconds to relax — to breathe in, breathe out, and enjoy arriving in the present moment. There are many things like that we can do. Years ago I was in Montreal on the way to a retreat, and I noticed that the license plates said Je me souviens — "I remember." I did not know what they wanted to remember, but to me it means that I remember to breathe and to smile.

It often seems to me that photography is a daily form of gratitude.

Thank you.