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Tag archives: photography

透明観 tōmeikan – tokyo

deepening spaces –inching somewhere, somehow,absorbing and refracting 透 – tō – to be transparent, leave gap, hold light明 – mei – bright/ illumination観 – kan – observation meditation; perceive

2 December, 202015 December, 2020Posted inArt activitiesTags: Japan, photography, Tokyo

透明観 tōmeikan – photography project

透 – tō – to be transparent, leave gap, hold light 明 – mei – bright/ illumination観 – kan observation meditation; perceive transparent and moving, perceiving interpenetrating and making space, like …

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20 November, 202015 December, 2020Posted inArt activitiesTags: photography, tōmeikan

Vista painting and punky rocks at Traprain Law

It was peaceful working with artist Margaret Kerr (please have a look at her beautiful and mesmerizing work: @megkerr245 on Instagram) in East Lothian – Margaret kindly invited me over …

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16 September, 202016 December, 2020Posted inArt activitiesTags: drawing & painting, photography, Scotland

Waves breaking through light – Kusen collaboration

John Fraser’s Kusen Master Dogen’s poem ‘Zazen Practice’: The moon mirroredBy a mind freeOf all distractions;Even the waves, breaking,Are reflecting its light We have a primitive idea what a symbol …

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1 March, 201822 June, 2020Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: Dogen, Kusen collaboration, photography, Poetry

Awakening flooding through us – Kusen Collaboration with John Fraser

John’s Kusen 131 In these days, it often feels as if we are living in a dream. But whose dream? Awakening is one of the three meanings of Satori, Enlightenment. …

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16 April, 201722 June, 2020Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: Kusen collaboration, photography

Bring me your mind – Kusen Collaboration with John Fraser

John’s Kusen 130 Eko said to Bodhidharma, “my mind is not at peace, please pacify it” Bodhidharma said, “bring me your mind and I will pacify it” After a while …

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15 April, 201722 June, 2020Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: Kusen collaboration, photography, Soto Zen

Evolving photography works

Working with nature, plus my own ‘sculptural’ props and my trusty old nikon dslr, and recent smaller digital camera, I’ve been going on to develop various series of photographs and …

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28 June, 20163 August, 2019Posted inArt activitiesTags: photography

Vapour Sky 11315

rocky mountain passes, transparent clouds – no up no down, passing between horizons non continuous

11 March, 20152 August, 2019Posted inArt activitiesTags: photography, Poetry

studio – fragmented install

28 January, 20153 August, 2019Posted inArt activitiesTags: photography, Sculpture & Installation

unravelling – snap shots, walking and cycling, through scottish cityscapes

30 October, 20142 August, 2019Posted inArt activitiesTags: cycling, photography, Scotland, urban cityscape

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