Tag: photography
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On not being seen.
Another excellent video about the enigmatic photographer Vivien Maier (I posted another one here). I am very intrigued by her supposed total disinterest in becoming discovered or seeking fame, as well as her total gift of the artist’s eye when it comes to both composition and subject matter.
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The door to dokusan.
Dokusan is a Japanese word that means to go and see the teacher alone. It is an important part of zen practice together with zazen (meditation), the precepts and koan introspection. During extended periods of meditation practice (be that a single day or multiple days known as sesshin), it is usual that the teacher provides…
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Flower ring.
Camera: iPhone 17 ProMax. Riding past.…my thoughts well into elsewhere when I spotted this ring of bright yellow flowers out of the corner of my eye. A small circle of angiosperms. I imagined them dancing. Just this. A little yellow enso. In Zen art, an ensō (円相; “circular form”) is a circle hand-drawn in one or two uninhibited brushstrokes…
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Walking earth work.
Camera: iPhone17 ProMax “Life migrates. It is dynamic. It moves from the south pole to the north pole and back again in a single season. It is turbulent. It has its own inner gyro. It flies, as do the great migratory flocks through the sky at night, fixing on its own constellation, its own guide…
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