Tag: winter
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Winter …
Winter–in the eleventh month Snow falls thick and fast. A thousand mountains, one color. Men of the world passing this way are few. Dense grass conceals the door. All night in silence, a few woodchips burn slowly As I read the poems of the ancients. –Ryokan (Japan, 1758-1831)
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Pinhole research – December chill
I’ve recently started up again with some explorations in digital pinhole photography. How this works is: you take a digital SLR, take off the lens and replace it with a modified body cap that serves as the ‘pinhole.’ (I don’t recall where I purchased the pinhole cap, but if you Google ‘digital pinhole – Nikon‘…
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Winter approaches …
We’re in the deep-freeze here in New York, just in time for winter, which officially starts next week. The poetry of Ryōkan (Japan, 18th century) calls for my attention: “Returning to my hermitage after a journey to distant mountain villages; Along the fence, the last chrysanthemums linger” –translated by John Stevens
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Wednesday’s watercolor
For today: something from February, 2015.
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Today’s watercolor
Getting into the holiday spirit…