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“Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my
grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or
a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way
so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that
tree or that flower you planted, you're there.
It doesn't matter what you do, he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away. The difference between the man who just cuts lawns and a real gardener is in the touching, he said. The lawn-cutter might just as well not have been there at all; the gardener will be there a lifetime.” ― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 |
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Gemini
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Lines
Monday, June 18, 2012
The Warrior Dream
Sunday, June 17, 2012
At The Park
Saturday, June 16, 2012
The Comet or The Instant Gone!
The poetry of the
earth is never dead. ~John Keats
Friday, June 15, 2012
The Photo Session
THE CURRENT CHALLENGE
Fri Jun 15, 2012
This week's challenge:'Clothing'
Thursday, June 14, 2012
IV
~Henry David Thoreau
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
III
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-What are you shooting? -Everything... plants, flowers, trees, people, kids... -Why? -I don't know... -Do you want a photo? -No -Well.. Yes! |
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.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Summertime
Desierto de los
Leones (Desert of the Lions) National Park is located in
the Sierra de las Cruces mountain
range west of the city center with an area of 1,867 hectares,
representing fifteen percent of the entire Valley of Mexico. The area was used
as a retreat for a religious group, thus the name Desierto (Desert) means not
"arid place", but not populated. The "Leones" part of the
name does not refer to the animals, but rather to the original landlord's
lastname.
The park's altitude
varies between 2,600 and 3,700 meters above sea level, giving the area a
relatively cold and damp climate. It is a forested area primarily with
pines, oyamel firs and holm oaks with
many brooks, ravines and waterfalls. The park is considered to be the oldest
protected biosphere in Mexico.
The park's name,
Desierto de los Leones, is largely due to the Carmelite monastery situated
just north of its center. Carmelite monks called their residences “deserts”. But
the exact origin of “de los Leones” is not known. The first monastery complex
was constructed between 1606 and 1611. By 1711, this structure had deteriorated
greatly. It was demolished and a new one was built in its place adjoining just
south of the original complex.
By the end of the
18th century, the cold, damp weather and increasingly frequent visitors forced
the monks to move their monastery to Tenancingo in 1801. The monastery was
declared a national monument on 16 May 1937. The 18th-century structure has a
number of areas that have been restored and opened to the public. In addition
to the old monastery, the park attracts visitors for the nature that surrounds
the complex. The park offers activities such as day camping, overnight camping,
hiking, and mountain biking. [Wiki]
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Under The Tree
If we long to
believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a
Universe,
does science do us a
disservice in deflating our conceits?
Somewhere, something
incredible is waiting to be known.
Carl Sagan
Saturday, June 9, 2012
For Your Eyes Only
In the Art of
Dreaming Don Juan tells Carlos,
"… most of
our energy goes into upholding our importance…
If we were
capable of losing some of that importance,
two extraordinary
things would happen to us.
One, we would
free our energy from trying to maintain the illusory idea of our grandeur; and
two we would provide ourselves with enough energy to ...
Catch a glimpse
of the actual grandeur of the Universe."
The spirit
listens only when the speaker speaks in gestures. And gestures do not
mean signs or body movements, but acts of true abandon, acts of largesse, of
humor.
As a gesture to
the spirit, warriors bring out the best of themselves and silently offer it to
the abstract.
~Carlos Castaneda
Friday, June 8, 2012
Gehry Building
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IAC Building designed by Frank Gehry and completed in 2007. Chelsea, NYC |
THE CURRENT CHALLENGE
Fri Jun 08, 2012
This week's
challenge:
'Geometric'.
'Geometric'.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Pushkin Park Metrobus Station
"Have I outlasted all Desire, and My Dreams Have I
grown apart; My Grief is left alone Entire, gleamings The Heart of an
empty. The storms of ruthless Dispensation Have Struck My Flowery
Garland numb, I Live in Desolation Lonely And Wonder When My end Will
Come. Thus on a Naked Tree-Limb, Blasted By tardy Winter's chill Whistling,
A single leaf Which Has outlasted Its season Will be
Still trembling. "
- Alexander
Pushkin
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Eminent Crash
Monday, June 4, 2012
New York Light V
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is not famous. It may be that he never will be. It may be that when his life at last comes to an end he will leave no more trace of his sojourn on earth than a stone thrown into a river leaves on the surface of the water. But it may be that the way of life that he has chosen for himself and the peculiar strength and sweetness of his character may have an ever-growing influence over his fellow men so that, long after his death perhaps, it may be realized that there lived in this age a very remarkable creature. |
Saturday, June 2, 2012
New York Light IV
Make Beautiful Manifesto
"A photograph is always invisible, it is not it that we see."
Roland Barthes
Friday, June 1, 2012
New York Light III
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“Energy is eternal delight.”
“Some are born to sweet delight,
Some are born to endless night.”
William
Blake
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THE CURRENT CHALLENGE
Fri Jun 01, 2012
This week's
challenge:
'Grandeur'.
'Grandeur'.
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