“On
a bare branch a crow is perched - autumn evening”
― Matsuo Bashō
― Matsuo Bashō
Showing posts with label Zen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zen. Show all posts
Monday, September 29, 2014
Circle
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Summertime II
Zen and the Art of
Photography
Wayne Rowe California
State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Driven by a passion
for photography and a fascination with the Zen Buddhist
philosophy,
the author
conceptually and experientially examines the relationship
between Zen Buddhism
and the art of photography.
Among the subjects
discussed:
What is the
relationship between haiku and photography?
What is the
relationship between the mind of the photographer while creating a photograph
and the Zen concept of the Empty Mind?
What role does
intuition and feeling play in photography?
In Zen?
Through examination
of these concepts and relationships,
the author explains
the heightened awareness, joy,
and enlightenment he
has experienced through photography
and suggests ways
that others may share in
the creative process.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Into Oblivion
Zen and the Art of
Photography
Wayne Rowe California
State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Driven by a passion
for photography and a fascination with the Zen Buddhist philosophy,
the author
conceptually and experientially examines the relationship between Zen Buddhism
and the art of photography.
Among the subjects
discussed:
What is the
relationship between haiku and photography?
What is the
relationship between the mind of the photographer while creating a photograph
and the Zen concept of the Empty Mind?
What role does
intuition and feeling play in photography?
In Zen?
Through examination
of these concepts and relationships,
the author explains
the heightened awareness, joy, and enlightenment he has experienced
through photography
and suggests ways that others may share in the creative process.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Frames
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The Unselfconscious ProcessOne of the most confusing and paradoxical aspects of Zen is its view of the self. Zen says we aren't who we think we are. While we are seen to exist in the relative sense, in terms of the absolute, the dance and the dancer are considered to be one. Many spiritual traditions have seen similar truths, and claim that by losing one's life, life is indeed gained. By emptying we become full. While no doubt confusing for the novice, its implication for the photographer would be to forget oneself, as much as possible, when taking pictures. This, in fact, is a very common experience among musicians and painters, who often report "losing themselves" in their art. In a sense, the picture takes itself. In the words of Henri Cartier-Bresson, "you have to blend in like a fish in water, you have to forget yourself." The artist becomes the process of creation. When something bigger than the persona takes charge, when Life itself is given free reign unhampered by our premeditated ideas of what should happen, the resultant pictures can be quite remarkable.
John Greer
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Monday, May 30, 2011
Time
Friday, October 15, 2010
Hoja
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When I look carefully I see the nazuna blooming By the hedge! Cuando miro con cuidado Veo florecer la nazuna Junto al seto! ~Basho (1644-94) |
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Flor del Bosque
I see the nazuna blooming
By the hedge!
Cuando miro con cuidado
Veo florecer la nazuna
Junto al seto!
Haiku by Basho (1644-94)
Flower in the crannied wall,
I pluck you out of the crannies;-
Hold you here, root and all, in my hand.
Little flower -but if I could understand
What you are, root and all, and all in all,
I should known what God and man is.
Flor en el muro agrietado,
Te arranco de las grietas; -
Te tomo, con todo y raíces, en mis manos,
Florecilla -pero si pudiera entender
Lo que eres, con todo y tus raíces, y, todo en todo,
Sabría qué es Dios y qué es el hombre.
Tennyson (1809-92)
What is the difference between this two poets?
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