Tag: Photography
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Laying-on Paint
Laying-on Paint background musicto start – sonatas forviolin and guitar canvas preparedrough draft ofvision laid down paints on palateessential colorsmixed and ready brush-tip drips colorlaid on canvas andshapes are rendered with patient strokesor dabbed and scrapedwith palette knife bold music changes assessions fly bypainting completed in many winks ofthe eye – studiedthis playful vision rendered…
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Bonsai
Bonsai Miniature treesTrained and pruned with a simpleTree-ness plainly seen Ornamental shrubsTrained and pruned to look like treesSerenity hums A simple imageForms in a receptive mindCalms the storms inside –LE These Bonsai were on display at the Franklin Conservatory in Columbus, OH… Pictures were taken with my Galaxy 5G phone. –LE
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Water Reclamation
Two types of water reclamation in Tucson, Solar and Wetlands… Solar Water Reclamation Sparklingreclaimed waterslowly flows northin the edge ofthe otherwisedry lowerSanta Cruzthen to theGila and eventuallythe Colorado sun glares offacres ofsolar arraypoweringthe reclaimingengines disgorging thereclaimedreconstitutedamniotic fluidof life as predatorand preyobserve fromshadow-gorgedhidey-holes andshade-camouflagedcreviced walls and I stareat the arraywonderinghow it gotthis way dry riverbedspoisoned blue…
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A Morning Meditation
In My Morning Seat sitting meditatingmorning dovesoutside my windowhoo-hoo-hoooohoo-hoo-hoooowho-who-whooooo sitting meditatingtraffic cacophonya few streets awaybackground staticthrough wind chimesimminent rain signs bathe sunbaked groundswildflowers bloombeside cactus spineshillside climbs can stillhear the chimes resonatingsitting meditating –LE
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Iaido Meditation
Iaido Meditation eyebrows growing outdroop past nose and chinshakuhachi notesswirling in the wind bird song behindwater droplets fallingreflecting-pool rippleswhile koi blow bubbles single cut with myquick Iaido bladesevers blossomand stem silk scarf pared intwo as it slides downthe razor edge of mykatana’s molten soul intention and actionare one already flowingin the instant ofconception. –LE
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Zen Garden – Three Of The Multitudes Of Variations
Gravel rocks and sandPrimaries for zen gardensRaked to ease the mind –LE
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Mortality Meditation
This is an old one, but in light of recent conversations, I thought to clarify my thinking on the matter…a bit… Though, others’ speculations are just as likely as mine – 1/14/26…; -) Mortality Meditation The older I get, the more I seem to consider the end of my journeys around old Sol, especially when…
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January Rose
January Rose January roseOne of two amid the thornsStrong scent fills my nose The thorny bush bloomsIn Tucson’s mid-winter chillTwo pink buds unfurl Pink bud on displayA sweet scent, all pervadingThe rosebud opened –LE – 1/13/26
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Shadow On The Door
Shadow On The Door There’s a shadow on the doorFeel like I should know itIt does look kind of familiarSeems to moveWhenever I do Light seems to surround itComing from a source far awayBut something interrupts itSomething’s in the wayAh, it’s only me Always seem to beIn something’s wayRegardless of the dayWhere perceptions hold swayInconvenience,…
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Painting With Sand
Sand Paintings Haboobs gone a strayColored sands, percussion laidMandala-raising Red, blue, yellow grainsSandblasting my open mindMandala gazing –LE – 1/8/26
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