Skipper Butterfly — Grunge Art by kenne
“You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.”
― Alan W. Watts
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Japanese Garden Pagoda — Image by kenne
“What we see as death, empty space,
or nothingness is only the trough between the crests
of this endlessly waving ocean. It is all part of the illusion
that there should seem to be something to be gained in the future,
and that there is an urgent necessity to go on and on until we get it.
Yet just as there is no time but the present,
and no one except the all-and-everything,
there is never anything to be gained—
though the zest of the game is to pretend that there is.”
— Alan Watts
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“A Zen Moment” — Computer Painting by kenne
Focusing
on the scene
I close my eyes
to what was there
now captured
in my mind’s eye
painting it with
my imagination —
taking a new course.
— kenne
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The Zen of Visual Imagery, Revisited 1 comment
First posted June 24, 2009
“Getty Reflection” — by kenne
I love all facets of making visual imagery, e.g.,
writing,
music,
cameras,
catching the moment,
editing the moment
to share my perspective of the experience —
I could go on and on. For me, visual imagery is a passion.
In recent years I have been able to spend more time with this love,
even getting into digital video and taking on a lot of digital media projects.
However, as with any endeavor, especially the ones you love,
doing it full-time can reduce the love affair to being just another relationship.
Often, creativity suffers in the relationship.
Rather than being artistic,
you become a technician,
lacking originality and flair.
Sometimes you are so focused in the routine,
your passion becomes an obsession.
The moral:
Don’t do what you love full-time.
Make sure the love is surrounded by other endeavors,
which in turn nurtures the creative juices of your art.
Only then will you begin to feel the juices ooze from your pores.
Only then will you experience real love.
Only then will you truly be alive.
kenne
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Sacred Datura — Images by kenne
Datura
Haunting deep green
white and white and pink and trumpets.
You call to the night
Message givers.
You listen to prayers and secrets
You reap joy from a happy harvest season
And its Workers.
You. Armslengths away from the almond trees
You. Grow like shrubs.
The round tops of umbrellas.
You. Are nightshade in the day
And You. Are contrast.
the only poem I might
think to write
— Donna O’Donovan
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Red, White and Blue Bonsai — Image by kenne
don’t be negative
somebody spiked my coffee
a new perspective
— kenne
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A Winter Walk In A Zen Garden 6 comments
A Winter Walk In A Zen Garden — Image by kenne
The world before my eyes shines bright.
The yellow leaves drift down in the still air.
It’s nice to see children soften each step,
Only my eyes run in all directions.
— kenne
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This Place Protected By A Silent Alarm
This is a good place to settle,
The desert close to the mountains
In the foothills –
Combining blue light
During the day,
Dark light at night.
Under it a white-beard man
Searching the stars
Having forgotten the way
From which I came.
. . . the innocent remain nameless.
Climbing up a mountain trail
Watching the clouds rise above
As nature goes about its changes.
Rocky and steep, the trail’s overture
Both welcomes and challenges
The spirit of the hiker.
After awhile I read and write poetry —
Opening many more doors,
Hungry to learn more
And capture the first glimpse
Of a simple universal image
To which I bring seeing.
. . . the innocent delight in the ordinary.
— kenne
Images by kenne
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The Zen of Visual Imagery — The Second Time Around 2 comments
Image by kenne
(First posted June, 2009. This posting serves as a reminder.)
I love all facets of making visual imagery,
e.g., writing, music, cameras, catching the moment,
editing the moment to share my perspective of the experience —
I could go on and on. For me, visual imagery is a passion.
In recent years I have been able to spend more time with this love,
even getting into digital video and taking on a lot of digital media projects.
However, as with any endeavor, especially the ones you love,
doing it full-time can reduce the love affair to being just another relationship.
Often, creativity suffers in the relationship.
Rather than being artistic, you become a technician, lacking originality and flair.
Sometimes you are so focused in the routine, your passion becomes an obsession.
The moral:
Don’t do what you love full-time.
Make sure the love is surrounded by other endeavors,
which in turn nurtures the creative juices of your art.
Only then
will you begin to feel the juices ooze from your pores.
Only then
will you experience real love.
Only then
will you truly be alive.
kenne
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- Visual Imagery (savagefilms.wordpress.com)
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The Zen Of Visual Imagery — Balancing Passion and Obsession 9 comments
The Zen of Visual Imagery — Image by kenne
I love all facets of making visual imagery, e.g., writing, music, cameras, catching the moment, editing the moment to share my perspective of the experience — I could go on and on. For me, visual imagery is a passion.
In recent years I have been able to spend more time with this love, even getting into digital video and taking on a lot of digital media projects. However, as with any endeavor, doing it full-time can reduce the love affair to being just another relationship — creativity suffers in the relationship and obsession overtakes passion. To maintain a harmonious balance between passion and obsession, I:
- Don’t do what I love full-time.
- Make sure the love is surrounded by other endeavors.
- Surround yourself with passionate people.
By balancing passion with obsession, we can maintain the thrill in the passion. Georgia O’Keeffe had a passion for the desert, but it was her obsession with how to represent it that led to her imagery of bleached bones. One can have a passion for mountain climbing and have a goal of reaching the top, but as Robert Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance has written, “To live for some future goal is shallow. It’s the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.” Only then will you experience real passion; only then will you indeed be alive.
— kenne
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“Regarding Wave” In The Zen Garden 6 comments
The Zen Garden In The Huntington Japanese Garden, San Marino, California — Images by kenne
Regarding Wave
The voice of the Dharma
the voice
now
A shimmering bell
through all.
Every hill, still.
Every tree alive. Every leaf.
All the slopes flow.
old woods, new seedlings,
tall grasses plumes.
Dark hollows; peaks of light.
wind stirs the cool side
Each leaf living.
All the hills.
The Voice
is a wife
to
him still.
Gary Snyder
Source: Gary Snyder Poems
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Capturing The Moment — When Still, There Is No Place That Isn’t Still
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Stone Balancing — Meditation Art — Sculptures & Images by kenne
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Granddaughter, Katelyn — Image by kenne
Four stones forming one
Sculptured in perfect balance
And presence of mind
kenne
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Capturing the Word — The Now 4 comments
Photo-Artistry by kenne
The Now
(In the Zen of the now,
past and future exist as one.)
Living for the moment
Creates a false state of being,
Of setting you free.
Forget the moment; live for the now.
Being in the moment is to
Have a beginning and an end,
Boundaries where you cannot be free.
Forget the moment; live for the now.
Having a beginning and an end
It is not to have a past nor a future,
Without which, you cannot be free.
Forget the moment; live for the now.
Self-fulfilling nature of the moment
Creates fear of the unknown —
Fear the unknown is not to be free.
Forget the moment; live for the now.
Experiencing the now is to
Know the past and learn of the future,
Releasing fear and setting you free.
Forget the moment; live for the now.
Learning takes place only in the now
Containing life’s recipe (the past),
Providing directions to being free.
Forget the moment; live for the now.
Giving of the now
Is to create a future,
In which you can be free.
Forget the moment; live for the now.
Living for the now is to give worth
To the past and value to the future,
A future of being free.
Forget the moment; live for the now.
Living in the now is to experience
Love and life’s peak experiences,
By which others can be free.
Forget the moment; live for the now.
— kenne
(Everything exists in the now. Live it!)
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Capturing the Moment — Patio Fountain (Children Water Bearers) 3 comments
Zen Fountain — Images by kenne
When we moved from The Woodlands to Tucson, we left a fountain I labored on over several weeks. It was my Zen fountain. I not only miss the fountain but even more so the sound of running water.
Our home in Tucson has an old “children water bearers” fountain, which at first I thought we would replace it with a fountain made of glazed pots. But, with time, the children just seemed to belong as they were, under the olive tree. This past week I began filling the cracks and holes, sanding the surface and repainting the fountain. The fountain was minis a pump, so a new pump was purchased and put in place. Now our patio, with the sound of running water, is living for the Now.
The Now
(In the Zen of the Now,
past and future exist as one.)
Living for the moment
Creates a false state of being,
Of setting you free.
— Forget the moment, live for the Now.
Being in the moment is to
Have a beginning and an end,
Boundaries where you cannot be free.
— Forget the moment, live for the Now.
Having a beginning and an end
Is to not have a past or a future,
Without which you cannot be free.
— Forget the moment, live for the Now.
Self-fulfilling nature of the moment
Creates fear of the unknown,
To fear the unknown is to not be free.
— Forget the moment, live for the Now.
Experiencing the Now is to
Know the past and learn of the future,
Releasing fear and setting you free.
— Forget the moment, live for the Now.
Learning takes place only in the Now
Containing life’s recipe (the past),
And future directions to being free.
— Forget the moment, live for the Now.
Giving of the Now
Is to create a future,
In which you are free.
— Forget the moment, live for the Now.
Living for the now is to give worth
To the past and value to the future,
A future of being free.
— Forget the moment, live for the Now.
Living in the now is to experience
Love and life’s peak experiences,
By which others are free.
— Forget the moment, live for the Now.
Everything exists in the Now. Live it!
kenne
