Self-Same Distinctions
"A monk once asked Shao-shan, 'Is there any phrase which is neither right or wrong?' Shao-shan answered, 'A piece of white cloud does not show any ugliness.'" - Shao-shan's Phrase koan"Where others dwell,I do not dwell. Where others go, I do not go. Th...
Nature’s Dance
"O body swayed to music, O brightening glance, How can we know the dancer from the dance?"- William Butler Yeats(1865 - 1939)"The wild geese do not intend to cast their reflection; the water has no mind to receive their image... the general tendency of...
Stillness
"The practice of true realityis simply to sit serenelyin silent introspection.When you have fathomed this,you cannot be turned aroundby external causesand conditions. This empty, wide open mind is subtly and correctly illuminating." - Hongzhi ZhengjueB...
Eternity
"Underneath the superficial self, which pays attention to this and that, there is another self more really us than I. And the more you become aware of the unknown self — if you become aware of it — the more you realize that it is inseparably connec...
Stones and Percepions
"It may seem ironic or contradictorythat detailed pictures of so-called reality become vehicles for movingus beyond ordinary perceptions."- Duane Pebbles"Bells and stones have voices,but unless they are struck,they will not sound."- Chuang Tzu
Inner Depth
"The inner - what is it?if not intensified sky ..."- Rainer Maria Rilke(1875 - 1926)"Deep in the mountainis an old pond.Deep or shallow,its bottom has never been seen."- John Daido Loori(1931 - 2009)
Anicca / Mi rtag pa / Mujō
"We are like the spider.We weave our life andthen move along in it.We are like the dreamerwho dreams and thenlives in the dream.This is true forthe entire universe."- Upanishads"All formations are transient (anicca)"- Buddha Sakyamuni(563 - 483 B.C)
Energy
"In Aboriginal philosophy, existence consists of energy. All things are animate, imbued with spirit and in constant motion... [this] leads to a holistic and cyclical view of the world."- Marie BattisteReclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision"The pulse of...
Snowflakes and Zen
"No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place."-Zen proverbMonk: "What is Zen?"Tosu (Zen Master): "Zen."- Daisetz Teitaro SuzukiZen and Japanese Culture
Nice Shots, But Where’s the Color?
"The prejudice many photographers have against colour photography comes from not thinking of colour as form. You can say things with colour that can’t be said in black and white… Those who say that colour will eventually replace black and white are...
Luray Cavern Abstracts
"Into the dark beyond all lightwe pray to come,through not seeing and not knowing,to see and to know,that beyond sight and knowledge,itself; neither seeing nor knowing."- Dionysius the Areopagite"Any man working with the mediumsooner or later impinges,...
Luray Caverns Part III: a Harmony of Contrasts
"...an aesthetic perspective is quite at home in the realm of contradictions, for its very nature allows it to transform them into a harmony of contrasts...value entails a synthesis of complexity with order, novelty with continuity, nuance with harmony...
