The Art Circle Library Thread.

[Ryumon]

#traditional

Enso, painted by Kaz Tanahashi

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I bought an enso from Kaz Tanahashi a bit more than a year ago. It hangs on the wall of my home office, the room where I sit.

Gassho,

Kirk

SatToday

[Cooperix]

#contemporary

These two photographers both have a strong Zen practice, one trained in Soto the other Renzai.

Margot Geist ... http://www.geistlight.com/#/FINE%20A...SNAPS/1/thumbs

James Burbank (sits with 2 other men in the area calling themselves "THE THREE STONES", which I find an endearing name, is a photographer and a writer. Unfortunately the amazing spare poems that accompany these photos are not on his website, He published a book of them and the images last year titled THE OXBOW POEMS Slow Walks on the Rio Grande. He lists them on facebook, but I don't have an account so I don't want to post anything I've not seen.
please go to BEYOND THE RIO on his home page and make sure the sound is on to hear the chants accompanying the images. nice.

http://jimbu0.wix.com/mysite

That's it for now. Sorry to have inundated you with so much local art work inspired by the dharma, but I find it most relevant and beautiful. And hope you find it an interesting contemporary interpretation of one's practice.

bows,
Anne

~st~

[FaithMoon]

I'm not an artist but did make this Jizo from white cement and rebar in memory of my mother. It was installed in the garden at Zen Center of L.A. about 16 years ago.

[Cooperix]

FaithMoon...
Indeed you are an artist.
A beautiful Jizo.

[Cooperix]

#contemporary

Just remembered another wonderful contemporary artist working with Buddhist theme...
Montien Boonma
I have a book of his work Temple of the Mind. He did very beautiful work, deeply inspired. He died young and not too long ago, sadly.

http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/art/reviews/n_8660/

bowing again
Anne

~st~

[Sekishi]

#treeleaf artist

I definitely do not consider myself an artist, but I do doodle from time to time. Here is a digital "painting" made on an ipad a few years ago.

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Gassho,
Sekishi

#sattoday

[Jishin]

Very cool Sekishi.

Gasho, Jishin, _/st\_

[Mp]

#treeleaf artist

I definitely do not consider myself an artist, but I do doodle from time to time. Here is a digital "painting" made on an ipad a few years ago.

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Gassho,
Sekishi

#sattoday

Nicely done Sekishi by a "not consider myself and artist"! =)

Gassho
Shingen

s@today

[Troy]

#treeleaf artist

I definitely do not consider myself an artist, but I do doodle from time to time. Here is a digital "painting" made on an ipad a few years ago.

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Gassho,
Sekishi

#sattoday

Nice

[Jakuden]

#treeleaf artist

I definitely do not consider myself an artist, but I do doodle from time to time. Here is a digital "painting" made on an ipad a few years ago.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]3557[/ATTACH]

Gassho,
Sekishi

#sattoday

Wow! That's amazing!

Gassho,
Jakuden
SatToday

[Sekishi]

#contemporary #photo journalism

monk-in-shanxi-reutersmedia-net.jpg

"A monk prays for a dead man in the station hall of the Shanxi Taiyuan Train Station in Shanxi, China, November 25, 2011. A monk who was waiting for the train performed a religious ceremony for the man, who was found dead, Xinhua News Agency reported. REUTERS/Asianewsphoto"

http://www.reuters.com/news/picture/photos-of-the-week?articleId=USRTR2V1YD

It was also voted (on the Phoenix TV network in China) as one of the most important Buddhist event of the year: http://fo.ifeng.com/special/2011zhongguofojiao/

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One could argue about the nature of journalism vs. art of course. But I post this photo because I believe it both illustrates in simple tones what fearlessness and compassion can look like, and because it is part of how I ended up joining Treeleaf.

This photo really struck a good friend of mine, and was a Dharma gate of sorts for him - putting his feet on the road to Buddhist practice. He keeps a print of it hanging on his wall as a reminder. Anyhow, at some point a few years ago, he stumbled across Treeleaf and told me about it, and I joined! Causes and conditions! ^_^

Gassho,
Sekishi

[RichardH]

#contemporary #photo journalism

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"A monk prays for a dead man in the station hall of the Shanxi Taiyuan Train Station in Shanxi, China, November 25, 2011. A monk who was waiting for the train performed a religious ceremony for the man, who was found dead, Xinhua News Agency reported. REUTERS/Asianewsphoto"

http://www.reuters.com/news/picture/photos-of-the-week?articleId=USRTR2V1YD

It was also voted (on the Phoenix TV network in China) as one of the most important Buddhist event of the year: http://fo.ifeng.com/special/2011zhongguofojiao/

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One could argue about the nature of journalism vs. art of course. But I post this photo because I believe it both illustrates in simple tones what fearlessness and compassion can look like, and because it is part of how I ended up joining Treeleaf.

This photo really struck a good friend of mine, and was a Dharma gate of sorts for him - putting his feet on the road to Buddhist practice. He keeps a print of it hanging on his wall as a reminder. Anyhow, at some point a few years ago, he stumbled across Treeleaf and told me about it, and I joined! Causes and conditions! ^_^

Gassho,
Sekishi

When you mentioned this photo in a conversation a week or so ago, I thought I had seen it, but this is the first time. It is really powerful and I'm not sure why. The dead man, the yellowish light, the crowd curious but staying away. I remember when my father-in-law died in the night, and having to dress him and put in his teeth before the family came over. He had gone from a man we could hug to a cold pale thing you don't want to be in the same room with. How much more so for a stranger, on a hard seat, in the sour light of a busy station? The monk is showing the man respect and preserving his dignity.

Deep bows
Daizan

Sat today

[Mp]

#contemporary #photo journalism

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"A monk prays for a dead man in the station hall of the Shanxi Taiyuan Train Station in Shanxi, China, November 25, 2011. A monk who was waiting for the train performed a religious ceremony for the man, who was found dead, Xinhua News Agency reported. REUTERS/Asianewsphoto"

http://www.reuters.com/news/picture/photos-of-the-week?articleId=USRTR2V1YD

It was also voted (on the Phoenix TV network in China) as one of the most important Buddhist event of the year: http://fo.ifeng.com/special/2011zhongguofojiao/

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One could argue about the nature of journalism vs. art of course. But I post this photo because I believe it both illustrates in simple tones what fearlessness and compassion can look like, and because it is part of how I ended up joining Treeleaf.

This photo really struck a good friend of mine, and was a Dharma gate of sorts for him - putting his feet on the road to Buddhist practice. He keeps a print of it hanging on his wall as a reminder. Anyhow, at some point a few years ago, he stumbled across Treeleaf and told me about it, and I joined! Causes and conditions! ^_^

Gassho,
Sekishi

Truly a powerful image of compassion ... thank you for sharing this Sekishi.

Gassho
Shingen

s@today

[Nindo]

#contemporary

Dave Tinman Edgar, artist, veteran, Zen practitioner

http://tinmanstudio.org/

Gassho
Nindo
sattoday

[Nindo]

#historic

From an old thread:

A couple days ago, I visited the Art Institute of Chicago. They have a great collection of Japanese, Indian, Southeast Asian, and Himalayan Art. Needless to say, lots of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, as well as Hindu deities. I put up a flickr set of photos, if anyone would like to take a look (I did the best I could without being allowed to use a flash :wink: ).

https://www.flickr.com/photos/26380553@N05/sets/72157626294771402/