George Lottermoser, imagist, photographer, graphic artist, videographer, teacher, student

Friday: roses

September 7, 2012

(click photograph for larger view) Leica R8/DMR, 100 mm Apo Macro Elmarit

Wendell Berry wrote, “Lovers must not, like usurers, live for themselves alone. They must finally turn from their gaze at one another back toward the community. If they had only themselves to consider, lovers would not need to marry, but they must think of others and of other things. They say their vows to the community as […]

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Friday’s bloom

August 17, 2012

(click photograph for larger view) Leica R8/DMR, 100 mm apo macro elmarit

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Back to the wabi-sabi of it all…

August 16, 2012

Here are two passages from Juniper that summarize wabi-sabi: The term wabi-sabi suggests such qualities as impermanence, humility, asymmetry, and imperfection. These underlying principles are diametrically opposed to those of their Western counterparts, whose values are rooted in the Hellenic worldview that values permanence, grandeur, symmetry, and perfection. … Wabi-sabi is an intuitive appreciation of a […]

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Friday: real rain fell throughout the night.

August 10, 2012

Could the drought have ended? (click photograph for larger view) Leica R8/DMR, 100 mm Apo Macro Elmarit

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Lessons

July 30, 2012

“Do you hear the grasshopper at your fee?” ~ Master Po, Kung Fu Pilot 1972 (click photograph for larger view) Leica R8/DMR, 60 mm Macro Elmar “Avoid, rather than check. Check, rather than hurt. Hurt, rather than maim. Maim, rather than kill. For all life is precious, nor can any be replaced.” ~Master Kan, Kung […]

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