Saturday, November 27, 2021
Thursday, November 25, 2021
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Saturday, November 20, 2021
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Monday, November 15, 2021
Saturday, November 13, 2021
An Awakened State
My intention is to not have to “have to practice” but to continually be in an awakened state without even trying. I just want to B there, without any effort.
Thursday, November 11, 2021
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Monday, November 8, 2021
Massive confusion: what is the score and what is the performance?
So Ansel Adams described the negative as the score and the print as the performance. So what are my collages when often, like in this one, I change it a lot in Photoshop. We use to have all these darkroom tricks... now we have Photoshop techniques. Or tricks. Do I feel guilty that my collage was somewhat lacking?
Sunday, November 7, 2021
Friday, November 5, 2021
Can I be any clearer? he asked.
Why Be Clearer?
Diaspora, Dispia, Display
Dharm means Dharma
the words grab me, suck the energy
out of blues and red and the tan goldof th print
KimtheCamera looking through the lens
years of it and talking about it
his fingers know and his mindand his eye
Facebook and audiofile and tapereels
fighting with dharmagates
dualities
it-in it-in all of our relations
in and against, it and you and they
part of and all of separate and one
fragments and influences layered
and overridden hidden and displayed
a. boundary likea cell an entity
an inner boundary a heap a
stapled togetherelectric frag frazzle
wordless color rising
black silent inside and beyond
You are Year Yar
—Sarah Webb
Diaspora, Dispia, Display
Dharm means Dharma
the words grab me, suck the energy
out of blues and red and the tan goldof th print
KimtheCamera looking through the lens
years of it and talking about it
his fingers know and his mindand his eye
Facebook and audiofile and tapereels
fighting with dharmagates
dualities
it-in it-in all of our relations
in and against, it and you and they
part of and all of separate and one
fragments and influences layered
and overridden hidden and displayed
a. boundary likea cell an entity
an inner boundary a heap a
stapled togetherelectric frag frazzle
wordless color rising
black silent inside and beyond
You are Year Yar
—Sarah Webb
Thursday, November 4, 2021
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
I don't even like words.
PB told me 56 years ago that I should get the words out of my pieces. I tried, over and over again. I don't even like words. They seem distant and irrelevant to life itself. Someday they will vanish.
Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Monday, November 1, 2021
Egoless Art #1
This is from Not Always So by Shunryu Suzuki: “The work that followed the Fujiwara period was not so good. According to my visitor some of the later calligraphy was too formal and shows too much of the artist's ego. We cannot see any personality in their calligraphy. The personality we see in, art should be well trained without much ego in it. I think you can understand the difference between personality and ego. Ego is something that covers your good personality. Everyone has character, but if you don't train yourself, your character is covered by ego. You cannot appreciate your personality.” I wondered whether I could make art without ego.
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Reflections on Talks on Buddha's Lists
During a recent Appamada Intensive our students gave talks on Buddha's lists. Here are my reflections on their talks.
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Rhinoceros Fan (an infamous koan) One day Yanguan called to his attendant, "Bring me the rhinoceros fan." The attendant said, ...