Writings on photography, fine art, spirituality and self-discovery.
Original Sin and the Artist
“All means are sinful if they did not spring from the source of internal necessity” Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning the Spiritual in Art, 1912, p.176 In my search for interconnecting roadsContinue reading “Original Sin and the Artist”
The Art of Anything
Art is a complicated word pretty much any way that we try to slice it. In this post I want to talk about a specific usage of the word “art”Continue reading “The Art of Anything”
Touch and Understanding
We tend think about what we know in terms of language and the world of words. When we speak about what we do we explain in with words. When weContinue reading “Touch and Understanding”
Resource: Fotostiftung Schweiz
This Swiss photography museum is host to a significant collection of online-accessible photographs which mainly come from the mid-twentieth century, and feature work from photographers working in and around theContinue reading “Resource: Fotostiftung Schweiz”
A Peek at Transformation
Greek photographer Yatromanolakis Yorgos has poetically documented his unintentional return to a painful past, both geographically and emotionally. His photographs capture an unintentional alteration of his perceptions, in which theContinue reading “A Peek at Transformation”
Ferocious Harmony
As the wild winter winds blew snow sideways and shook the streetlights, I found myself travelling with incongruent balance those same chill streets. On the intellectual level, it was aContinue reading “Ferocious Harmony”
Developing Taste and Value
What we enjoy, what we appreciate and what we choose to consume constitutes our taste. The journey to developing taste mirrors the larger process of how curiosity can shape ourContinue reading “Developing Taste and Value”
Critical Compassion
My daughter brought me a wonderful piece of art that she had created titled “When the Birds Graduate From High School”. It contains no birds and no evidence of theirContinue reading “Critical Compassion”
2Q22
What do we call a hero who ignores, abandons or refuses the quest? In Haruki Murakami’s seminal work, his main character finds her self in a world that she suspectsContinue reading “2Q22”
Conceptual Awareness – Moment of Conception
At what point within the process of making the photograph, did the photographer understand what it was he or she was trying to capture? It is tempting to look atContinue reading “Conceptual Awareness – Moment of Conception”
Conceptual Awareness – What Is Real
How do we treat the subjects of our photography? Do we seek to express inherent qualities of the object as seen outside of ourselves, or do we use the thingsContinue reading “Conceptual Awareness – What Is Real”
Conceptual Awareness – World Within the Frame
Looking back through images we have created can give us useful insights about how we think about the art we make, if we can leverage the questions that matter. MinorContinue reading “Conceptual Awareness – World Within the Frame”
Conceptual Awareness – Fix it in Post
What do you notice when you look at your own work? Minor White created a five point framework for helping his students break down elements of photographs to try andContinue reading “Conceptual Awareness – Fix it in Post”
Conceptual Awareness – Surfaces and Presentation
How we present our images to the world has a great deal to tell us about why we make them, and how we think about them. In this article IContinue reading “Conceptual Awareness – Surfaces and Presentation”
Conceptual Awareness – Reflecting on our Photographs
Creating photos is also creating a trail of breadcrumbs. Looking carefully at the images we create can help us discover language and ideas about how we think about our work,Continue reading “Conceptual Awareness – Reflecting on our Photographs”
Trust and Follow
Not allowing myself to take the pictures that reveal themselves to me is simply a lack of trust in myself. The process isn’t pretty, and the images challenge my perceptionsContinue reading “Trust and Follow”
Sweeping, the Personal Shrine
The values we choose for ourselves provide an anchor to hold fast to, and a filter to help us making meaning. It is important to enshrine those values with aContinue reading “Sweeping, the Personal Shrine”
Image Process – Scarlet Spring
This is a slideshow walk through how I put together my piece “Scarlet Spring”. It starts with printed layers of silk with a very open weave. I have selected aContinue reading “Image Process – Scarlet Spring”
Image – Stories In Wood
This is actually one long scroll format image that would print at around three feet wide and eight inches high. The slideshow above is a taste of what it wouldContinue reading “Image – Stories In Wood”
Awe/Struck
Awe-Gone To experience a sense of awe, of wonder, of being overpowered by the experience or sudden realization of something, is strangely absent from much contemporary discourse. I can’t thinkContinue reading “Awe/Struck”
Curiosity, Compassion and Creativity
Creativity My journey with art and philosophy is being undertaken with the central goal of coming to know myself better. I have come to the realization that art is aContinue reading “Curiosity, Compassion and Creativity”
The Wandering Path
The name for my creative journey is a link back to many different aspects of my life and my practice. I wanted to use this idea, rather than just myContinue reading “The Wandering Path”
Lens Taoism 