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. . . certainly appropriate for today . . .

"sin and evil
are not to be got rid of
just blindly.
look at the astringent persimmons!
they turn into the sweet dried ones."
             - Buddhist saying

"The mind that is free from itself - why should it look within?
This introspection taught by Buddha only increases the obstruction.
Things are originally one; why then should we endeavor to untie them?"
             - Saikontan

Sitting. The practice of zazen guides a person to begin to experience his or her own consciousness literally outside the body ( Read more... )

So there's been this bird periodically pecking at the top of my head, and I figured the best way to soothe my sore scalp would be to heed these chirpings and post an update. Despite the eight months span, I am still having trouble finding anything really worth writing about. There's been some developments, I have since shaven my head and been ( Read more... )

Here to report on this, the latest of my picture-taking ventures - not nearly as successful as the last.

I've been messing around with a concept for a new bunch of pictures based in (surprise) the mode of Suprematism. Without going into too much boring detail, it will consist of drastically cropped shots of the sky. Not turnpike postcard sorta sky ( Read more... )

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"It is from zero, in zero, that the true movement of being begins."
             - Kazimir Malevich

Well, my hiatus from photography has been quite restful but more than that, effective. About a year and half ago I decided to back off. It seemed, for the time being, I had nothing left to offer visually and definitely didn't want to just go and shoot whatever and end up with a bunch of pictures about which I was less than indifferent (although ( Read more... )

Okay, internet . . . you win.

Upon seeing that I haven't written here in 37 weeks, and in order to keep a promise made, I've come to the decision to actually try to post often, whether or not I have a particularly interesting gimmicky theme. Sure, my website has had some minor additions but if I keep this here journal strictly within the service of ( Read more... )

"The child is the father of the man."