Can people be completely different and still love one another? That’s a question worth asking, given the divisiveness that’s tearing the...

No matter how many mornings I climb out of bed, I always find new things that delight and amaze me. The world is constantly reinventing...

When I taught photography to high school students, one of my students gave a speech at a pre-graduation event. It was one of the most...

Perfectionists will strive relentlessly for flawlessness in every detail. But is it possible to find even greater joy in things that are...

When I see things in nature, I often think about the life lessons we can learn from their presence. Take rainbows, for example. These...

In her debut studio album, Billie Eilish wondered When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?   Some people insist that dreams are just the...

When Jimi Hendrix walked into a recording studio, he tried to communicate the mind-bending musical sounds that were in his head. To...

When we were kids, it didn’t take much to fill us with a sense of wonder. A leaf on the ground, a shadow on the wall, the sound of a...

With the holidays just around the corner, I wanted to take a moment to thank the readers of Paul's Reflections . Your support and your...

I have a confession to make: I’m someone who gets teary-eyed quite easily. That's not a typical thing for guys, I know, but it’s always...

Ordinary things can surprise us by revealing a charm, elegance or quirkiness that's easily overlooked. In the end, it all comes down to...

My mother-in-law, who turns 90 in August, understands the paradox of aging. She suffers from a long list of ailments and chronic pains,...

When I was 25 years old, I thought I knew everything about everything – including photography. Full of youthful arrogance, I walked with...

For me, abstract photography is like a free-wheeling jazz solo: it riffs and improvises, taking your brain to places it can’t get to by...

Whenever we face an obstacle, there’s a simple way to move forward – a way that helps us break through the confines of ordinary thought...

We think of time as something to be measured in precise ticks of the clock, calibrated with certainty like the markings on a yardstick....

Approximately 6,200 thoughts will pop into your head today, according to the latest scientific research. That’s a lot of brain blips. And...

When my father was in the later stages of Alzheimer’s disease, something happened that turned my notion of reality upside down. My Dad...

When I ask people to guess what I photographed here, everyone assumes it’s something soft: a plush blanket, towel or other fabric. They...

A few days ago, I read about a 34-year-old father in Texas who was killed by a lightning strike in his driveway. At the time of the jolt,...