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zen (but not necessarily Zen Buddhism), tao (but not necessarily Taoism), color (but not necessarily Color Science), and photography (but not necessarily Photographic Science) with occasional thoughts on wine and golf
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Writing with Henry

October 27, 2022 mark

“I left the woods for as good a reason as I went there. Perhaps it seemed to me that I…

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Leaf Cycle

August 12, 2022 mark

“The new dawn blooms as we free itFor there is always light,if only we’re brave enough to see itIf only…

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The Color Science of Matching Automotive Finishes

July 8, 2022 mark

“Laws of nature are human inventions, like ghosts. Law of logic, of mathematics are also human inventions, like ghosts. …we…

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Depression of Fall

December 8, 2021 mark

“This month taxes the walker’s resources more than any. For my part, I should sooner think of going into quarters…

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Orange Wine

April 2, 2021 mark

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well…

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Through the Year

October 16, 2020 mark

A poetic summary inspired by Chapter 6 (Through the Year) of D.D. Cox, A Naturalist’s Guide to Forest Plants: An…

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Lineage

March 24, 2020 mark

“The transmission of the Way is not to be found in following after others. If you want to know the…

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Reality and the Photographic Print

December 15, 2019 mark

“Any philosophic explanation of Quality is going to be both false and true precisely because it is a philosophic explanation.…

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Unrest in the Forest

September 10, 2019 mark

“There is unrest in the forestThere is trouble with the treesFor the maples want more sunlightAnd the oaks ignore their…

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Why?

June 13, 2019 mark

Why zen? My personally-edited definition of zen is enlightenment attained by meditation, self-contemplation, and intuition. Unlike many, I do not…

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