fierce

There are many strange hybrid creatures in the sculpture
& decoration of asia, some are friendly, others quite fierce.
I'm feeling grumpy after looking at the stat counter details:
Many downloads of my images, so how come so few comments?
I've deleted the rest of my words as too fierce, but go figure.

Michelle Dawson has great drawings here Dec 11/09.

clever

Saw a photo taken in central Brisbane , 3 pigeons working a
water fountain: 1 sat on the handle while the other 2 drank &
bathed, then they'd change places. & this is just the stuff we
notice, around the things some humans have manufactured,
imagine how much we miss.

Cai Guo-Qiang is an amazing, clever & thought provoking artist.
I do wonder about the animals however, is it taxidermy?
One piece has dozens of wolves, for instance. What do you feel?

large prints

Might pull this apart & do it differently: it got so big, & my
computer so hot, I hurried more than I wanted to. It doesn't
work to have separate files, as you need to see how the whole
thing flows ~ or not. It's so enjoyable making images
from buddhas, & these from Bangkok have such refined &
meditative expressions. They'll be available
as limited edition prints, on paper, about 30 inches wide.
Email me.

bizarrely amusing from Nagi Noda

meeting

About 1986, at Esalen left, I did my first workshop with
Eli & Gangaji, they are in Byron Bay now ~ nice to see them.
There's quite a big interest here in 'spiritual' matters,
also a very wide range of people catering to that interest..
right is from a retreat I attended at Kyogle with Isaac.

A truly amazing series of photos from yatch-maiken,
sent via Meike

reflect

Starting to put these together. When I found myself in a
quiet part of a temple in Bangkok, with rows of
golden buddhas behind glass, I was dismayed at the
many reflections. Soon saw the possibilities, though..

the multiple reflections produce a sort of hallucinatory
effect where it's .. where all kinds of outcomes seem possible.
I was there for hours, & no-one else came, not even the
builders whose renovations are mirrored in the glass.

Don't know if I'll get to Alaska, sure hope this guy is still
driving a bus, if I do: David Cartier on Flickr

walls

A local camera shop had a special on photobooks ~ use
your own photos, with a choice of format etc, I did one of
walls, which sometimes include windows & doors.

Have been reading Peter Hoeg's The Quiet Girl,
after weeks of finding no compelling reads, this one has
made my hair stand on end several times.

group

Sections of a few of the buddhas I've joined up,
each from several shots. I'll be doing something different with
them, have enough for several large images.

contemplating the moon