Monthly Archives: May 2011

Here’s a new take on an old saying: “Seeing’s not believing.” That’s true. When we see something, we don’t have to believe in it, but we do have to see...

I participated in the International Art Seminar organized by Eamonn Devlin and Aikido of Athens from May 5–8 in Nafplio, Greece. I taught classes on Zen calligraphy, Misogi, and Aikido...

Photographs are boxlike. We have a square camera with a square perspective. That squareness seems to be our general frame of reference. But we don't have to be too concerned...

The basic principle of photography is viewing things as they are in their own ordinary nature. We should be willing to see a particular vision without expectation or conceptualization. We...

Below is an excerpt from a new book by Andy Karr and Michael Wood, The Practice of Contemplative Photography: Seeing the World with Fresh Eyes. See below for details on...