Photography
The usual way to steady a camera is to mount it on a tripod or monopod. Another way – less conventional – is to attach to it a cord or strap which is then pulled tight, the other end being held by the foot.
Many times I’ve gone to the disused road tunnel under Waterloo Station to photograph all the graffiti. So much there is – for it is permitted.
“Every … rock and tree is alive with story and imagery, and filled with presences.” So writes Bill Gammage of the Aboriginal people of Australia.
The power of art is that it attracts – but first the subject must attract the artist.
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.
Dr. Diamond recalls how as a boy he started on the path that was to become a lifelong passion.
"[W]ith these clouds and fountains I form bonds of karma" Po Chu’i (772-846) trans. Burton Watson
“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
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.