“What To Call What I Photograph”
I’ve searched for years for the appropriate word of that which I photograph.
“Subject” makes it inferior, under me.
“Object” too cold, unfeeling.
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“The Wind that Blows Through Me”
For me, a major – perhaps the major – criterion of any work of art is whether the viewer believes not that the artist has painted it, but that it has been painted through him.
Lilt: “Invictus”
Dr. Diamond has composed a large number of special therapeutic songs which he calls lilts. Like his original artwork and photography, his lilts are created with the specific intention of raising the Life Energy of the
“Mummy, I Hardly Knew You”
I was talking to a dentist friend who remarked on my mother across the room that she had dentures, he could tell.
I suddenly realized not only did I not know this about her – but so much else!
Now streaming: The 1968 Jim Cairns Interviews
Dr. Jim Cairns (1914-2003) The pioneering interviews which Dr. Diamond undertook with Australian politician Jim Cairns in 1968 have had lasting significance, and mark a highlight of Diamond’s career in Australia before his move
“The Three Levels to a Work of Art”
There are three levels to a work of art, to a photograph.
Video: The Thymus and the Heart Chakra
In this free video, Dr. Diamond discusses his pioneering work with the heart chakra and thymus, the most closely related organ. A fascinating introduction.
“Zen (and Not)”
Lucien Stryk says of Zen: "to use the fewest … strokes of the brush to express their feelings."
In that case, my paintings – now – are certainly Zen: very few strokes, so many only one.
But, to go further: what feeling to express?
“Danced by the Spirit”
As I am danced by the spirit of the music playing,
“A Riveting Exchange”: The 1968 Jim Cairns Interviews
Dr. Jim Cairns (1914-2003) The remarkable series of interviews which Dr. Diamond undertook with Australian politician Jim Cairns in 1968 have had lasting significance. Described by one of Cairns' biographers as "pioneering,"1 and another