Caliber of the man — Calligraphy
I stumbled an Youtube post
showing the comparison of
calligraphy made by the
Japanese PM Abe and the
Chinese Chairman Shu.
(Abe=left, Shu=right)
Seemingly it was posted in China and the people commenting how
pathetic, the Shu’s hand were. Calligraphy expose the man’s caliber.
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Winter Cherry 2015
Someone might say,”Same again how boring”
though, it’s not only an accustomed tradition here
but this tree is more than a friend to me.
She is an indicator of Life.
Having had a rather unusual life style = flowering in
the winter and the last one tree left among the three,
— to see her flowering again in this year, really
gave me a sigh of relief.
By the way, they are the same flower though, right photo was taken
with a built-in flash of the Nikon D810, and I found it is rather useful.
(Though, flashlight was diffused by a white paper.)
So far, the weather in London is not cold at all. Still it is winter.
The photos here were taken by either Zeiss 18mm F3.5 for Nikon or
Homemade single glass lens/so-called Gaudy Lens on Nikon D810.
(Strangely, the Non-CPU lens on D810 was functioning well here —
I haven’t fully tested whether D800 and D810 got different OS/setting.
The setting was for Non-CPU/Zeiss 18mm Lens = the Lens, brighter
than F5.6 may be working but may not be with Pinhole unless AI ring
was set to the proper position.)
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Meaning on the Hand
Well, this is the Post diverted and became its own from the previous post.
Hand is a body parts which got second highest concentration of
the nerve after the eyes. And especially we human got our hands
best developed among any animals, we have best and the most
delicate control of them. So that, not only its dexterity or the
physical function, its acquired the mean of expression as well.
We can read the meaning of what the hand is telling or symbolizes,
and the eyes tend to follow what the hand is expressing.
(I mean not only F**K or Peace kind of sign but also more delicate
mood of its operator as well.) 🙂
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Among the Buddhism, Tantra sect having not only their Dharani
(magic words) but also quite complicated form of the hand sign
(or finger twists which the followers do the same — and they are
showing off it each others “Look I can do better than you”).
It’s hard to guess where it was originated, = each
Buddhism Figures are showing their unique hand sign.
You may search their meanings or each name in the Wiki though,
I don’t think it would bring any worthwhile understanding of the
Buddha’s teachings. They are just the cosmetic style.
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= After all, the core of the teachings was, to reprogram the brain to
jump the process in the Emotional Region in Limbic System, where
the notion of Self-interests = Ego / Greed / Desire were induced.
It is the same situation to learn ride a Bicycle = reprogram the Motor
Region of brain to learn the body-balance on the bicycle = intellectual
understanding of “How to ride” wouldn’t work, but physical practice.
Lord Buddha’s last words in his death bed to the disciples was
“Don’t believe what others say or you head, but learn it yourself”
—– This episode signify
(1) His teaching could not be understood intellectually but only
a practical learning of the body and the mind could materialize.
Such as, you been reading this blog without noticing WHO is
reading this — ? = We are living without noticing the SELF.
Unless we assert “Me Me Me” Self is not there.
— With a practice, you will get a technique to apply this mental
mechanism to do the subject which was awkwardly entwined with
your Ego, without Emotion and without the so-called Self.
(2) The reason why
Lord Buddha had to say it in such a precious, last remaining
moment was that his disciples has yet necessarily mastered it.
—– And this fact explain why the Buddhism and its teachings of
“No-Self /Anatman” (No soul to Reincarnates) was misconceived
and mixed up with the Hinduism (which says Reincarnation) since
such early days.
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When we saw a hand and feel what sort of meaning it’s saying,
— we can feel but it can not be interpreted into the words.
Our hand express unconsciously = and we read it unconsciously.
= they are out of the lexical comprehension. —– The most of
Lord Buddha’s statue having the hand sign called “Semui” (in
Japanese) which said to mean “Don’t be afraid” — Can you see it ?
I can only see “Oh, what a big hand !” —– 😀
—– You have to see it by your eyes. Not from the stories.
Otherwise, Why You need to bother be a Buddhist.
To contact with all the fresh stimuli with your naked sense will
keep your brain young. 🙂
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Ai Weiwei Exhibition
Actuary, I went to the Fortnum & Mason again with different
lens (or hole ?) — Then, I just crossed the street to other side,
to the Royal Academy = where happen to have an exhibition
of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
Academy’s courtyard having trees or re-assembled dead wood.
It was an utterly odd view. Those trees were not in the original
shape nor well composed big “Ikebana” but the standing mess.
I wondered what’s going on the inside.
(Photo above = tons of building steel rod were piled up on the floor
=Ai Weiwei is not good to make the things by himself but to
organize the workers to do the job.)
I’m not a fun of Ai Weiwei.
I can see he is trying hard to MAKE something “looks like an ART”.
= in other words, he was not a born artist = so that, to squeeze the
brain to manufacture the piece, not spontaneously creates a shape.
Hence, the piece wouldn’t hit our emotion but just boggle the mind.
= So, the art critics needs to write about those “Boggle” = keeping
them busy and the art-media flourish. — The good art will hit the
viewer’s subconscious direct = no need of explanation nor critics’
blah blah. 😀
So, those were the pieces made out of the pretext of the earthquake
= the list of the dead (Left) and the debris (right).
— did such big disaster inspire him only those ? If I were him, I
would have put a school text book or a bunch of hair between the
debris = bad taste but such straight visual signal will hit the
subconscious of the viewers direct, without needs of blah blah.
Photo left showing “a chair IS a part of a tree” = I know,
a chair used to be a tree. = So what ?
And the photo right = nicely made cabinet having holes =
spoiling the effort and saying a twist = again So, what =
What a cheap idea. Can’t you conceive anything better ?
Yet again like the words of a second class art school
teacher = “Make a thing out of norm/Break a stereotype”.
TV camera (or that kind of shape) was made by plastic.
Chinese has been making so many utterly inconceivable
products such as fake eggs, fake protein (melamine) in
the milk etc etc = Ai Weiwei should learn from them if he
want to impress us with the eye-opening incredible idea !
Something scribble ? — or repeated print covering whole wall.
He might have thought = highly technical idea — a piece using
the reflection of acril plastic. = Yes I can see its funny reflection.
So, what ? A bit strange doesn’t mean “Impressive” 🙂
Everyday’s objects made out expensive jade.
Handcuffs made out of plastic. Useless and out of norm again.
(Chinese kid’s toy Handcuffs were all made by plastic ) ?
Fabricated trees in the room — not impressive though, they
still showed a kind of fun-full free structure he must have
enjoyed like a game. So, I liked this piece.
Thousands white plastic pieces covering the floor and one
baby buggy (= somewhat impressive fine work)
— is this related to the Chinese Scandal / billion of forcibly
aborted fetus by the “one child policy” ? (I only guess =
I didn’t get any information or bought an exhibition catalog.
= In my policy, I SEE the piece, not study it by the words.)
In this room, and the confined small box explaining what
Ai Weiwei himself has been subjected by the So-Called
Authority’s tenacious interrogation = kind of torture/
intimidation/suppression.
This is not an art but just an indictment.= may have a
political meaning still, visually boring exhibit. Not impressed.
So far, this must be the most impressive piece in this exhibition.
May be it was just a coincidence = still, how bizarre.
On this occasion, I had only Concentric-Double-Dencity Pinhole
intended to use for F&M Window shooting, which was not best
suits for this subject still, I think it wasn’t too bad.
—– If you want to see more info’ or clear images please
search in the net or go to the exhibition yourself. = don’t ask me.
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F&M Xmas Window 2015 (A)
Yes it’s the season to see one of my favorite subject = Xmas
show-windows. And they are the Xmas window of the
Fortnum & Masons. (It’s an annual customs. Sir.) 🙂
(And for me, to shoot them, it’s the annual custom too.)
And on this post, they are rather ordinary kind of the photos.
(In my standard) 😀
I mean ordinary = By widely available Lens in normal shot.
= no artificial lighting or stage up = Just clicked straight photos.
If you think it’s looks a bit strange — don’t blame me.
Blame F&M for their crazy decoration. And if you click,
a fish-eye lens, it naturally produces this kind of image
= It’s normal nothing special.
I think I took the pictures of the same man on the door so
many times = every year he is in the same place.
(And he might be thinking too, Gosh, that photographer again.) 😀
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8150 — Ha-I-Go-Rey 背後霊(?) again!
To renew my passport, I went to the Japanese Consulate and
obtained an application form. — M m m m ! Gosh, 8150 again.
This number is like Big Brother, where ever I go, it’s follows me,
or stalks me. = It might be Guardian Angel
or the Guardian Spirit Behind as the word Haigorey mean.
Maybe, that’s why I don’t get ill or accident.
But, I couldn’t see a point for this = why for this time, what for ?
My Guardian may telling me “Be careful with this business” or
gave me an alert “It would have a heavy implication”.
Otherwise just reminded me “I’m still here, watching you”.
(Expecting to give me a piece of mind — or irritation ? ? ? )
—– the Consulate’s staff just picked a form and gave it to me =
so the serial number happen to be 518A6 must be purely random.
— Still the Question or problem is, why always this number comes ?
Who choreographed those coincidences = who is “WHO” Is it the
Karma or the Heaven/Dharma. ( —– otherwise, who could able to
foresee where I go next or what I pick-up next.)
— It’s definitely there, such as this IS actuary happening. Same as
the existence of Gravity. You can see it exists but nobody know WHY ?
Or is it still in my imagination ? = See, what happen next.
(So far nothing serious happened to myself (= nothing mean
good news ) but in somewhere, without me seeing (I noticed it
much later), such as someone was bankrupted or suddenly died
though whether it was because of the trouble with me or was it
just their own fate — I could only speculate.) Anyway, I can’t test
it — What IF the course was different. = If the man didn’t betrayed
me, could he still be alive? Or he died anyway with his own fate ?
Life is only once = never able to repeat it in different way.
And when mistake was made, has to pick-up its fruits. = no escape.
This is what the Cause and the Consequence really mean.
And, I don’t know how to ask “Stop 8150” to the Karma !
(So, I can’t test without it’s intervention = IF not —)
I’m doing what I need to do — and the Karma might be just
removing the obstacle on my pathway. I should be Grateful,
Lord Buddha IS walking with me. ( — I dare say. If I may.)
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PS : You might think it is a
very special heavy occurrence
though, in fact it is casually
happening almost everyday.
Photo left was a number on the
letter I received few days ago.
PPS : Now I became aware why there was a warning on the passport
business = it seems heckle a lot of trouble ahead = to receive my family
registration certificate from Japan, there is no way to send its fee,
because the International Reply Coupon is no longer available in UK.
— still,they insists it is the only mean we have to use.
— how can we ? It’s no longer exists here.
So, I needed to make a lots of Email exchange with Japanese officials
of which even a received time of the Email was 0815 ! 😦
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What is MUSHIN ?
May be I’ve talked about this ten of the times if not hundred.
—– Still, I was asked the same question.
So, this is the most up-to-dated straight answer.
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It is a well known medical symptom among the Alzheimer patients
who lost the nerval connection to the Emotional region in the Brain
lost the recognition related to the SELF such as to recognize own
possessions even to distinguish the face of the own family.
So, Emotion judge the interest of OWN — in other words, this is the
center of EGO, Greed, Well being, Safety, Security, all those Instincts.
Of course, they are the key to the survival though, the total amount
of the signal/Data the brain has to deal is burst, so that there is a
rationalized economical saving was designed = coming data was
selected according to its importance.
The harmless insignificant data or repeating same data, are ignored.
We wouldn’t pay any attention to the same boring TV CM etc. and when
we do the repeating same work, we do automatic without Emotion. = In
deed, in such a case, the Motor Region of the brain would be programed
to do such routine work automatic, involving no Emotion at all.
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So, if we block the data/signal reaching Emotional region, we can do
the job automatic, without the Emotion. (= With highest efficiency !)
Without Emotion mean without the feeling of “Mine” = SELF —
because of no feeling of Ego, Self interest (mean, no envy, jealousy to
others), Own Greed, even No Cling to own Life, be free from the SELF.
This state of Mind mean, no need to cling the past, nor need to imagine
a dream= in other words, just see the world on front of the eyes as it is
Now, without having any Thinking.—– This eyes IS clear eyes.
And this state of Mind IS the “Mind of No-Mind” = Mushin.
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In order to acquire “block the Emotional process” Buddhists use
the long repeating practice for the brain to learn “How to
Opt-out the signal process” and DO the job (or Life) automatic.
(Like, you can branding “The matter” same as to the boring TV CM
and make it no longer recognized to be exists —
we know it’s still there though, it became a remote landscape.)
In certain extent, Zen Buddhism is very cool, even cold.
But, use this to live the life very hot is the other stage of Zen.
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PS : The Related Readings :
Clear the Deck for 2013 Reverse Engineering of Zen
Emotion / Meditation —– they are good to read. = It’s amazing
how Google Algorithm worked out to see the contents !
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Pinhole Machine in the Field
It’s not a Pinball Machine. And a photo above is a Japanese maple !
As I explained in the Previous post, it is a combined / selectable Pinhole.
Single Pinhole, Multiple Pinholes and a Concentric-Double-Density Pinhole
were all in one panel, with or without a Wide-angle Front Lens.
Those were taken by the Concentric-DD pinhole.
They too, by the DD pinhole with the typical radiating halation.
And those images were taken by the Multiple (4) Pinholes.
If you carefully check the photo, you will find the 4 repeated images.
And DD pinhole image again. (Some years ago I made similar image !)
In the same time same subject but by the Multiple Pinholes.
Taken by a single pinhole though, with a very slow shutter speed =
camera was shaken, bird has moved = hence utterly blurry image. 🙂
Still, they were the very painterly images which I wanted.
By the DD Pinhole.
Last moment of sun hit the Single Pinhole and created
fantastic diffraction pattern.
Single Pinhole with half a second shutter speed = camera shake. 😀
And this image —– 1.6 second exposure.
(I would rather say, not too bad for a hand-held shot !)
I think, the Lens (?) worked well for the purpose to produce
impressionists like / painterly image ! 🙂
(You must have seen the most unusable photos here though,
if you like to have so-called good photo, use Phone-camera.)
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Bonfire
I got quite few typical round flower like Fire-work photos of film
time, somewhere. but nothing special of such ubiquitous photos =
no interest to find the photo from bottom of the box.
Instead, I just clicked the shutter and found the expected exposure
(ISO 200, 1/2 sec, F-5.6) was correct, when I saw the Fireworks
over my window. —– Then, I set my camera (5D Mk-3) to 5 frames
Multiple Exposure.) So, this is the end-product.
Those Fireworks were just made by locals and seen over the roof,
so, nothing grand at all, still it was a fun to watch.
And the Golden Rule to make a humble subject looks rich =
give multiple exposure while shaking the camera, worked perfect. 🙂
So, it was my Bonfire Night.
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