December 1, 2014

As the crickets' soft autumn hum...


Oak Tree, Petaluma California

November 29, 2014

As the crickets' soft autumn hum
is to us
so are we to the trees
as are they
to the rocks and the hills.
~Gary Snyder 


November 22, 2014

Rock Found At Bean Hollow/Pebble Beach


This stone is the most sacred relic in my home.

To this day, I'm astonished that I found such an immaculately sculpted rock, not sculpted by human hands but by the sea, the elements. At the time, the word "animism" had not even entered my purview, but I knew in my heart that spirit was at work here and that this rock had something to remind me. This rock, and all rocks, as inanimate as they seem, are of spirit. So are the waters, the winds and fires. Everything Is Alive. Everything.

I made this picture in 1999 with a Hasselblad Camera, in an altered state, during a lunar eclipse.