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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nA collection of twelve photographs expressing the impermanence of life resulted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I include in this post a few samples. See the complete set here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many of the images I captured will provide great starting points for future artworks. There’s much work to be done!<\/p>\n\n\n\n So you should view all of the fleeting worlds: I hope everyone is enjoying the lovely fall weather we’ve been having. Last week I had a chance to spend some quality time at Zen Mountain Monastery in the Catskills, and time to spend engaged in contemplation and photography, taking in the beautiful grounds there. A collection of twelve photographs expressing the impermanence of life […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[51],"tags":[66,128,52,129],"class_list":["post-1114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography","tag-buddhism","tag-nature","tag-photography","tag-zen"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/True-Refuge-12.jpg?fit=1600%2C1067","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5zpKF-hY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1015,"url":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2020\/11\/dark-spring-photos-from-the-nyc-lockdown-spring-2020\/","url_meta":{"origin":1114,"position":0},"title":"Dark Spring: photos from the NYC lockdown, Spring 2020","author":"John Azelvandre","date":"November 4, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Today I'm experimenting with Adobe Spark and putting together some photos previously only shared to Instagram (maybe Twitter). 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A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream;
A flash of lightning in a summer cloud;
A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.<\/p>Diamond Sutra, translated by Mu Soeng<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"