Latest Photos

Most of these photos have been posted by the shooter to their respective Flickr pages. Click the pic to visit them directly, and to see other examples of their experiences. Thanks to everyone for sharing their looking and seeing!

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Opening to First Thought

From today's Tricycle's Daily Dharma

When you take photographs, just before you click the shutter,your mind is empty and open, just seeing without words. When you stand in front of a blank sheet of paper, about to make a painting or a calligraphy, you have no idea what you will do.Maybe you have some plan for a painting, or you know what symbol you want to calligraph, but you don't actually know what will appear when you put brush to paper. What you do out of trust in open mind will be fresh and spontaneous. Opening to first thought is the way to being any action properly.

--Jeremy Hayward, from Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Vol. IV, #3

From Everyday Mind, a Tricycle book edited by Jean Smith

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

blue f


blue f, originally uploaded by daisy 57.

oil it is


oil it is, originally uploaded by daisy 57.

in an architect(ural) shade


in an architect(ural) shade, originally uploaded by daisy 57.

and then there were three


and then there were three, originally uploaded by daisy 57.

one indian restaurant


one indian restaurant, originally uploaded by daisy 57.