“Who Finds Who?” Imagine Henry Moore walking along Seven Sisters beach as he did so often. Thousands and thousands little rocks everywhere. He is drawn to one, attracted by it. Read More »
“Every Rock and Tree Calls to Me” “Every … rock and tree is alive with story and imagery, and filled with presences.” So writes Bill Gammage of the Aboriginal people of Australia. Read More »
“For the True Artist, Spirit Everywhere” The power of art is that it attracts – but first the subject must attract the artist. Read More »
“Photography: The Image of an Instance” Anyone can see a sunset as beautiful. As a photographer hoping to heal to picture it is not my role. That beauty is obvious to all. Read More »
Audio Lecture: How I Started in Photography Dr. Diamond recalls how as a boy he started on the path that was to become a lifelong passion. Read More »
“Photography: Forming Bonds of Karma” "[W]ith these clouds and fountains I form bonds of karma"
Po Chu’i (772-846)
trans. Burton Watson Read More »
“Anticipating the Supersensual Experience” “There is no man who does not anticipate a supersensual utility in the sun and stars, earth and water. These stand and want to render him a peculiar service.”
–Emerson Read More »
“Why I Love Japan” I was standing outside a Shingon Temple with my dear friend, Hak-san, my otouto-san (my little brother – he's two months younger). With me, as always, my beloved Nikon-san – but I took no photographs. Too much, I cannot Feel its Thusness. Not subtle – not haiku. Read More »
“The Photographer as Peace Proclaimer” As I look around me, at this microcosm of the macrocosm, there is seeming chaos. Read More »
“Every Thing Is Buddha-Nature” Zhanran, from the Chinese Tiantai School of Buddhism, proclaimed that “even non-sentient beings have Buddha-nature.” Read More »
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