Ride On, Soldier
Where: West Village, NYC
When: December 19, 2009
How badass is this Vespa rider? At least, I think it's a Vespa, feel free to correct me.
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Monday, December 21, 2009
I love these murals
Where: West Village, NYC
When: December 19, 2009
Particularly with the snow, it looks like the pictures are getting blasted by the same wind.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Standing Like John Wayne
Where: West Village, NYC
When: December 19, 2009
Whee! Snow! Title is from Ani DiFranco's song If It Isn't Her, which is one of my all time favorites. Check out this verse:
Standing like John Wayne
She is full frame
She is center stage
My imagination
is rattling in its cage.
(I had originally posted with a different title, but then this song came on and I decided it was better.)
All Its Might
Where: Bradford, VT
When: November 7, 2009
"Life must function as activity that manifests life as life... The lily blooming in the field - why does it bloom? It does not bloom for any particular purpose; it blooms solely because it has been given life...
The flowers blooming in the field do not feel with pride that they should win first prize in a beauty contest; they do not feel that they are in competition with the other flowers. The violet doesn't develop an inferiority complex... It simply manifests its own life force with all its might."
Kosho Uchiyama, "Opening the Hand of Thought; Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice"
The body of this deluded being
Where: Hudson River Park, NYC
When: December 15, 2009
"This small individual 'I' we talk of will always be deluded, but regardless of that, zazen is buddha. We take the Buddha's posture with the body of this deluded being and throw ourselves into it."
Kosho Uchiyama, "Opening the Hand of Thought; Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice"
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Past Peak
Where: Hudson River Park, NYC
When: December 15, 2009
"We want Truth badly, but we mistakenly look for it in concepts, in words, or in phrases. We act as though it were something we could stuff in our pockets and take out once in a while to show people.
Yet while we labor hard to promote and protect what we believe to be the dazzling beauty in our pocket, Truth continues to reveal to us nothing but constant flux - total relativity, thoroughgoing change."
-- Steve Hagen, "Buddhism Is Not What You Think: Finding Freedom Beyond Beliefs"
Take Refuge
Where: Bradford, VT
When: November 7, 2009
"Take refuge in self, take refuge in dharma [truth], take refuge in nothing else."
-- The Buddha
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Flame On
Where: Hudson River Park, NYC
When: December 15, 2009
Finally took my camera out yesterday, here are the results. I have a couple others I really like as well, in a similar vein. Can't wait to get to Vermont and really go nuts!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Where: SoHo, NYC
When: September 13, 2009
I wish I had noticed that the bottom of the railing was cut off. Makes me nuts. Otherwise I really like this shot. Bubbles are fun.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Where: Hudson River Park, NYC
When: November 24, 2009
Finals this week, and then I'm free! I'll be in Vermont for a chunk of the break, hoping for a return to a more creative place, I miss my camera.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Variations on a Theme: Billboard Wisdom (take 2)
Where: Chelsea/West Village, NYC
When: September 26, 2009
Another variation on this billboard. I think I like this one better.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Drop down
Where: Bradford, VT
When: November 7, 2009
Sorry I haven't posted in a while, I've been distracted and busy - finals are next week. And I keep failing to get a good night's sleep, so this morning I am officially wearing cranky pants.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
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