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Friday, August 21, 2009

Reason for Our Existence

When I am facing life and death mysteries and searching for meaning, I look to the infinite nature of the universe for comfort. I am in awe, yet never feel overwhelmed, thinking of the vastness of existence—time and space in all directions. I feel connected, no matter how tiny my presence. 

There is reason for our existence and part of the spectrum of that reason is love and beauty, in their purest essence and many varieties.

Thank you to all I have heard from, in comments and emails. Blessings to everyone, as we each go through the same passages of life and death.

A lovely graphic from Light of Consciousness, Journal of Spiritual Awakening


Posted by Thomas Haller Buchanan at 7:21 AM
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My name is Thom Buchanan. I'm an artist and photographer. People are my favorite subjects to portray in art and photos. My wife (and studio partner) has called that my 'people skills', as I've been passionately creating portrait studies for many years. I refer to myself as a pictorialist, as I don't limit myself in the process of how an image is made. Images are my life.
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