Zen
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The Grand Canyon and other philosophies
I’ve been engaged the last couple years in correspondence with a young man in prison. He is a family friend who made a bad decision. He has a bent for big ideas so naturally the two of us have had a great deal to talk about. We had a recent exchange, a portion of which Continue reading
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Did you hear the one about Jesus Christ, Moses, and the Zen Master?
Red Feather Lakes, CO., el 8800 Did you hear the one about Jesus Christ, Moses, and the Zen Master? Jesus Christ, Moses, and a Zen Master were out on pilgrimage. They were trekking through a remote valley when they came to a river. The bridge they hoped to cross had been washed away in a Continue reading
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Repost: “Elliott, God is my Lord.”
I’ve been combing through old postings, looking for a few themes, maybe something worthy of expansion. I came across this post from April, 2010. It grabbed me and I thought I’d share it. * * * I gave a talk this evening, a talk about photography, to a group of about seventy-five. The talk went Continue reading
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The Ultimate Destination
…cultivation is the journey, no matter the quality of the soil. Just do the work. Continue reading
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Sunday Repost: Out of Ambivalence
Two weeks ago [original post, June 2010], Carole, Lucy, and I went north to Moosehead Lake for a few days of North Woods camping and canoeing. At one point, as the sun set and the stars emerged, I stood on the shore and looked across the lake. I was peering perhaps two miles across the water. I Continue reading
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The Burning Purity of Creativity.
I’ve been thinking about obscurity. This comes on the heels of my post last Friday, A Fashion of Discomfort, where I ponder this business of playing to an empty house, toiling for the sake of the effort without promise of recognition. Do you recall the post I put up last summer, where, while exploring the Continue reading
...the house I live in... 