Buddha’s Silence
After I wrote [Moksa / Moksha] I had some talk with a man who is a staunching believer of
“to gain higher conscious to attain enlightenment, to escape from the cycle of re-birth”.
—– naturally he didn’t like my view of that the current Buddhism is a mixed-up.
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While wondering why the people couldn’t understand such obvious historical fact and rational
conclusion. I try to see the Wiki kind in the net, to see what others are writing about what
Lord Buddha’s silence toward the question. (I normally refer to the collection of Buddhism
scriptures in modern Japanese translation) — then I found those writers in Wiki kind, often use the
term “Samsara” etc. which is a Hindu term, and the use of the word such as [SELF] was rather in
casual way. I realized, this must be yet another case of “writer is not necessary understand
what the [Selflessness] in the original teachings”.
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Lord Buddha’s silence said to be occurred in two kind of questions.
One was about the world or space, whether it is infinite and eternal or not.
And the other was such as what would happen to the Spirit or the Self after the death.
—– a funny connection to those questions, I remember an episode in the Agama Sutra, which I
wrote in a post [Three times Buddha] there could be a fixed attitude in
Lord Buddha’s responce.
After try to teach in tree different approaches, if they didn’t work, he just stop to talk.
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Lord Buddha’s teachings about the SELF was nothing like other Guru or Philosophers’, such as
theoretical argument of “if the self exists —- blah blah” “if not blah blah—” but
a definite phenomenon exists in our mind (brain) such as I wrote in a post
[ Selflessness demonstrated]. —– This is the very Selflessness what
Lord Buddha had based on in his teachings. This was the reason why the another episode
[Test of Selflessness] existed. — (Of cause, on the assumption, those episodes are true historical
event ) as I explained, this Selflessness (in fact virtually all of his teachings) was not a subject of
logical argument but just to be sublimated to the depth of unconsciousness and just to be.
Like “Honesty” it’s not a matter of understanding the meaning of word. Just Don’t lie.
The only rule was Just do it, Just be it. No question. No thinking.
= If the one was really in Selfless state, no question of such as “After death” could arise.
( Being oneself without having even a conscious to be oneself, no separate objective view toward
the self, let alone to the future after the death. —– no such mind could exists)
Honest man never think, nor need to think about the eyes of other people.
—– therefore, when he was asked the very question, he must be very
annoyed, hence ignored it and kept silence.
Even a conscious of self is not in the living body, how it could remain after the death.
(Self is a product of intentional thinking = delusion. Hence, when the producer dies, its product too)
And as all the existences are inter-dependent and keep changing, how could we know
how far it extend and what happenes next moment = as nothing would last for ever.
(—- Don’t you remember what I’ve taught ? Don’t ask obvious question again ! )
Lord Buddha didn’t even explain why he smiled, nor he would why he didn’t answer.
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(The trouble of those Wiki authors are, that they are thinking the SELF is yet another
existence. But, in the original Buddhism teachings, the matter was its NON existence.
= talk about what not there is pointless. —– in fact, it indicates, that they are not
Buddhism scholar but probably Hindu writer who is familiar with the idea of “Atoman”
Lord Buddha’s Selflessness is the VOID of it, unlike an idea of Box contains “Kind Mind”
or “Self-Sacrificing Mind” “Supreme Holy Mind” etc. —— but Box itself is NOT there. )
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Images in Hackney / Fish-eye Vision
Those are the photos, which I’ve clicked the camera on the street of Hackney.
As the default of the optical design, the image was heavily distorted.
Which people dubbed as fish-eye lens effect.
Some people hate this effect saying too unnatural —- ? is it ?
Everybody knows perspective. If you see a thing in distance, it looks smaller.
Assuming, you are standing on front of a huge building, 50m tall and 100m wide.
You are standing from the central door abut 25m or so distance, facing the
building straight. = From this stance, you can just see whole building in one picture.
The building spread side to side about 120~140 degree in angle on your view.
The center of building looks so high on front of you. —– yet far away, you can see
the end of building = it looks not as high as in the center, because of perspective.
While you are standing and able to see whole building in one picture —– Don’t
you think something wrong ? = Despite the building was built with straight lines
both end of the same building looks smaller in the same time. = ONLY a conclusion
is “You are not able to see straight line as a straight line = it’s bent down in both end”
In fact, as the eyes are ball-shaped, we never see straight line in our optical image,
except the one run straight in the center. All the straight lines are in the imagination,
or “Re-construction” in our visual cortex in the brain.
So, I would say, this is our natural vision. = only the center of our eyes shows
straight line, and the both end of image, lines are converging = above, down ward,
below, up ward = you see —– or ARE you still clinging your illusion ?
Ha ha ha. I’m kidding. 😀
(In real life, if you see a straight line looked carved, you got to see a doctor.
Despite we definitely having blind-spot in each eyes, no body see any blank in
our vision, our brain re-configuring the visual signal perfect (well, more or less)
we see the straight building straight — in fact, what is “to see it as it is in open eyes”
a good question. 😀 )
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Hackspace
There is a gathering place and their work shop for the electronic hackers called
Hackspace in Hackney, London. —– Why Hackspace in Hackney may not have
any connection and I’m not interested in pun. 😀
And this evening, a group of enthusiast of Arduino (ready to use programmable
controller) demonstrate what he has done.
(A guy in the photo right was going to demonstrate how he programmed an
Arduino device to control his industrial robot)
(They got quite hefty collection of books which may cover all the question ! )
To deal with even the same electronics, there are hundred of different approaches.
Some are purely pursuit how the electronics work, others are to achieve the
purpose, by utilizing the electronics, electro-mechanics —– and to use it in
likely way to the most unlikely way etc etc. the possibilities are literally endless.
Other group, Dorkbot is a group using the electronics, electrics in rather strange way,
or they may say, more artistic way 😀 —– And I’m saying my sculptures are often
happen to move —– to make it, it often need to have a mechanism and its controller,
in most of the case it was done by the electro-mechanics. (It could be done with pure
clock-work as well though, it would be more time-consuming to make)
One of the largest group, this Hackspace are having 700 members and two floor
huge space in a building, of which basement is for storage and a GOOD workshop.
It seems, quite few heavy machineries were donated by the academic institute such as
Imperial College (when they got new one, old one has to go somewhere, anyway 🙂 )
And the place is 24 hours open for the members to use the space and work shop,
otherwise just come and chat ! —— for a monthly pay of £5 ~£15 depend on
how often you suppose to use. (Can you believe ! )
Their website is —– Hackspace (link)
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Moksa / Moksha
Time to time I encounter the people who use a word Moksa or Moksha.
Most of the case they are not a Buddhist but somewhat around of it, such as Herbalist,
Acupuncturist, Psychoanalyst, or so-called New-age type of people who knew or read
something about “Higher state of Consciousness” kind. (Buzz word “Higher” would
satisfy the Ego = I’m better than others. 😀 —– thus, able to sell more books)
Yet still, a sect of Buddhism, Theravada who supposed to maintain the older form of
Buddhism, is using this word Moksha instead of Nirvana.
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Even among the Mahayana Buddhists, their understanding of the Buddhism is to deal with
this endless cycle of re-birth / Samsara, and to close this cycle is the Nirvana.
And most of the Buddhists believe, this is the fundamentals of the Buddhism.
This must be the biggest blunder and a fraud in the human history.
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This matter has been the most grievous headache to decipher Buddhism to me.
Lord Buddha’s teaching has broken the tradition and the popular belief of the
perpetual soul. As everything is in the Karma, relating and depending each
other, non can remain for ever. Naturally, when the body has died, the mind,
the soul resided in there, ceased to exist = So, this is the end of the suffering of
the person, hence it is the Nirvana.
So that, how come, why after one’s death, the person
has to suffer rebirth, to keep having the trouble of so-called Samsara ? ? ?
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Utterly contrary to popular belief, the idea of Samsara was not what
Lord Buddha taught. —– I haven’t traced all of his words in the scriptures still,
just give a rational thought, it is obviously THE self-contradiction of which NO
Lord Buddha would have made.
Lord Buddha might have used the word “Samsara” for a sake of convenience,
when he talked to mass audience who was not educated but
at least know it mean the trouble of the life. —– Assuming, if
Lord Buddha said, “My teaching will save you from the trouble of Smsara”
—– What he meant was “Trouble of the IDEA of Samsara” since,
such IDEA itself is nothing but a false DELUSION which fooled the people.
Lord Buddha needed to teach and save the people who has been suffering
from a fear of such deluded IDEA, saying ” Don’t worry no such re-birth
would ever happen, since the soul wouldn’t remain after the death” (But
people’s fear is a cash-cow of Guru and Monks, they changed the story)
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It seemed, this “Story-Change” had happened in the earliest stage of the Buddhism history,
long before even the Agama Sutra was written. Considering that Theravada sect is using
a word Moksha which was originated from a popular Cult then who taught the idea of
Samsara and the Moksa, this mixed-up must be happened long before the birth of
Mahayana Buddhism.
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The IDEA of said ancient Cult was that all the life-form born as its own stage of progression
from the lowest to highest, hence this idea became the Cast System in the Hinduism.
And according to the one’s deed, if the one did good enough, the one will reborn in the higher
cast but did bad goes back to the lower, even down to be a beast. This cycle of Rebirth is
the Samsara, and only the highest will get ultimate Moksa to end this cycle.
Lord Buddha totally against this IDEA, hence in his Sangha, all the followers were
treated as equal (NO cast), and he taught, ultimate goal can be reached in one life
as Nirvana (NOT the Hindu idea of Moksa which may takes several lives to reach ).
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Lord Buddha’s teachings were “How to acquire the mind-set [Detachment
= Mushin, Selflessness] to deal with harsh reality in life, and to see the TRUTH”.
= The Truth, “No such things like SELF exists, hence nothing to be Reincarnated”
and to live in this truthful life, the one can reach peaceful Nirvana.
He did not teach a product of imagination, far from it, he fought against it.
—– If you believe otherwise, please show me a FACT of Rebirth.
Lord Buddha was not such idiot to teach dubious imaginary story.
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Beach Rose
I don’t think I need to show whole plant of this Rose as you can find them just round
a corner of street — with a sweet fragrance but having such dense sharp prickles.
I thought this rose, Rosa rugosa is a common rose in any sea coast in the northern
country though, it seems it was originated from east, and once introduced to the west,
it spread everywhere since, even they were classified as “Invasive plant” in the US.
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The reason why I thought they are common was that I was thinking their seed pod
(some people calls them “Sea tomato” ) was carried by the sea stream and spread
to other places. —– When I saw them first time in the northern Japan, where people
call them as Hamanasu or Hamanashi, I was overwhelmed by its impenetrable bush
spread on a sea side as far as I can see. Then, its sweet fragrance was embedded to my
subconscious alongside a Song “Shiretoko-Ryojo” (知床旅情／A memory in Shiretoko)
Since, I was on the way to Shiretoko Peninsula with the botanists who wants to see an
unique species of Violet only grow in a remote corner of that Peninsula.
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So that, when I saw this rose again on the shore of Helsingor, Denmark, just outside
of Kronborg Castle (famous for Hamlet) 33 years ago, its smell instantly took me
back into its old memory. ( Sigh ! How far, we have drifted —— 🙂 )
Though, in reality, her ancestor didn’t come riding on the wave, but travelled in a box.
( Not so romantic. How shame. 🙂 )
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ヨシ禅縁起
（これは友人に送った手紙の拔粋で，まァ日本霊異記，仏教説話の現代版ですな）
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昔母親が僕の手相を読みながら ｢お前は下らない事ばかりやっているが，曲った事だけはやらない。それに使命を負って生れていますからそれを果すまでは絶対に犬死にする事はないし，そもそも不動様が付いているので全く心配していません」と言い放ってくれた事があった。 しかし，なんで俺ごときに，わざわざ不動様の番が付かねばならぬのか？
この意味が把めたのは実に厄年も過ぎてからで ーーー ハタ！そう言えばえらくヤバい所を歩き回っていた割にマムシ、ハブはおろかサソリ、毒グモの類に出合った事も無い。 考えてみるとそもそも病気にかからない。 岩場で二度も転落しながら全くの無傷。 大転倒してスキーを二本も折りながら何の怪我も無し。 一方、背後から刺してくれた者、裏切ってくれた者が突然癌にかかってコロッと死んだり、もっとひどいのは死ぬ事もならず苦しみ続けている。 山で嫌がらせのしごきをやってくれた男は即、雪盲で動きもとれなくなって痛みでひいひい泣いていた。(因みにこの男、しばらく前に山に登ったものの徹底して暴風雨にたたられたとか＝神サマ後々までかなりしつこいらしい。笑） 偉そうに命令はするが自分では薪切りも荷上げもやらなかった小屋番の五人は還暦を迎える事もなく他界して当時のメンバーはあとー人しか生残っていない。（ずっと後になって知った訳だが全く異った状況と死因ながら五人が次々に、というのには流石に目をむいた） ーーー 小生が常連になると店や団体は大繫盛，逆に行くのを止めるとそこは倒産する。—–（ディスコ四軒，カフェ二軒，三団体, 山小屋二軒） 遇然にしてはちょっとタイミングが重なり過ぎている。（全て知らないうちにそうなっていたので，小生が呪いをかけた訳ではない－－－念の為）（例外的にBrixtonのクラブスタッフには予め警告を与え次の仕事捜しを勧めておいたのだが、六ヶ月後現実につぶれるまでは誰も本気にしなかったようだ。）
［］で，もっと奇妙なのが［８１５０の怪］といふ奴で，こちらの関係先，立回り先，それこそ電話番号から
銀行口座，
ブログの統計ページ，
ユーチューブの整理番号に至るまで，
将に「張番中］とばかりにこの数字が現れる。 －－－数字学の人によるとこれは語呂合せ通りに［ハイゴレイ，背後霊］の告知なんだそうな。－－－思い込みにしては，本人が選んでいる番号ではないし，それが勝手に現れて来るのは止めようもなく，現に個人向けの物に出て来る事実は動かし難い。－－－しかし、どんなメカニズムで現れて来るのかね？
［］と言うのを逆から考えてみて，ハタと思い当ったのは，実は小生は元々坊主になる為の修業をさせられていたのではと。 虫や花の自然観察から始まって科学一般，一方では詩人逹の人間学，次に社会学で視野を広げる一方，山登りの有無を言わせぬ荒行と，小屋番の只働き ＝ そりゃ無私無心の達人にもなるさ。 （永平寺の香月師はそれを一目で見拔いた訳だ）
で，幸か不幸か裁判沙汰で仕事を離れ，改めて禅なるものを考えるうちに無私無心と神経生理との関係に気が付き，禅と仏教の謎が一気に解けた。
［ で，これも何故か遇然，ブログを始める事になり，書始めてから気付いたのは，どうやらこれは
釈尊以来，２５００年間で初めての解釈，ひょっとしてこれはえらい大役で，これが母親の言っていた使命なるものではなかろうか？ もしそうであるなら，そりゃ不動明王の加護，背後霊の加護が付くと言うのも納得が行く。－－－逆に見れば，これが必要であったからこそ，全てがここに集束すべく物事が生起して来た，生起すべく配置されていたという事だろう。
遇然のように見えているが実は全て起るべく定まっていた訳です。（これを運命と呼ぶ）
［］唯一困るのは，小生のブログでは元々の仏教に怪し気なナンジャモンジャは（あれはヒンズーや土俗タントラの混交）存在しないし
釈尊もそれに対する質問は無視して黙っていたとされている（無記）－－－それではこの不動明王と言うのは何者で，そもそも小生の運命を規定するダルマに意志や意図が有るのかと言う難問が出てしまう。
ダルマは単に縁起が網のように連鎖した［空］で意図を持たない無私である筈。（まァそれは不可知と逃げるのですが） （しかし，これも逆説で，もし小生のやっている事，書いている事がダルマや
釈尊の意図に反しているならそれこそ大逆罪で，とっくの昔にコロッと死んでいた筈だし，嫌がらせやハッカー攻撃を受けてブログもつぶれていた筈。）ーーー結果として何故か小生が禅仏教の基になった脳生理について語る事になった。 小生自身は悟りを得ようとも教祖になる気もさらさら無く単に迷信に侵された仏教者，研究者に［これが本来の教えというもの］を証したいだけで，２５００年の間に一人ぐらいは，これをやる奴が居ても良かろうと言う事です。
［］ これを整理，組識化し，宗教化するも哲学化するもそれは誰かの仕事で，それも因果の生起として起るものなら起り，仏教も元々の形に戻るでしょう。あるいは，鼻クソとして消えるものなら消えて行く。 それがダルマの意志,と言うものでありそれが己れに付いたカルマです。
合掌 良禅拝
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Zen Sound of Fuke Shakuhach
There was a funny chain of connections. It was started a word “Kuwa-no-mi”
(桑の実 / Mulberry) in a post by a prolific blogger Tokyobling, in which he talked about it
with the photo of tree in Tokyo. —– I’ve put a comment “80% of Japanese may not
know what the Mulberry tree is, still 99% of them knows the Word
“Kuwa-no-mi” because of a song “Aka-tombo” ( 赤とんぼ/ Red-Dragonfly) which
was dubbed as the Second National Anthem of Japan.
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May be with my emotional attachment to this song which strikes Japanese psyche and
my associated memory, (—– Aka-tombo only appears on the end of summer which
meant us the end chapter of all the sweet and bitter memory in that summer
(and our youth) —– (you must remember, when you were young and small, how one
summer was long and eventful which was engraved deep into your subconsciousness =
You know, we only had 10 or so summers in the whole life to grow into an adulthood !)
And I’m very conscious about this Mulberry tree and the distinct taste of its berry.
So that, since when I accidentally found this tree in a town called Hitchin, I made my
annual ritual to visit there every year and eat the berry, until I found the another tree
in south London. (I talked about this tree in one of my post.)
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As an answer to my comment, Tokyobling sent me a link for a song-video of
“Aka-tombo” in Youtube.
—–> while listening a song, I found another Japanese old folk-song as well, which was
accompanied by a traditional Japanese bamboo wind-instrument called Shakuhach (尺八).
—–> as usual in Youtube, many related or similar kind are listed next by next.
—–> and I stumbled this viz, which plays “Fuke Shakuhachi” (普化尺八)
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Fuke-shu (普化宗) is in fact, one of the Zen sect unique to Japan, and
there is a temple called “Fuke-dera” (普化寺) in south of Kyoto.
(I hope it still exist though, many years ago, it was said only 9 monks left
but in this viz the monk was from Mukai-ji temple, there might be more monks in
another temple —– incidentally, why he is hiding his face is a symbol of No-Self )
(Composer Toru Takemitsu’s “November Steps” is the most famous adaptation of
this sound to Contemporary music. It’s worthwhile to listen ! )
—– This sect is using the sound of Shakuhach to teach what the
Dharma, and the Enlightenment is.
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But in practice, just to make a sound out of this instrument is hard enough because,
there is not much structure to make sound = one end of bamboo was just cut in angle
and having small notch to blow (that all 🙂 )= it is the matter of the way to blow in
certain angle. —– ( for me it wasn’t too difficult as I had an experience to blow sound
out of Peruvian Quena Flute which got somewhat similar structure) Still to play
good sound, let alone to master Kaza-iki etc. must takes 10,20 years of practice.
And THE result is —– just as it is = the sound you can hear but just the sounds,
nothing more than the sound neither Bamboo changed to the Gold. 😀
= still, if it is good, it’s good and in deed, it shows (or sounds) the Dharma,
—– or you may hear it, as a sound of the nature or its reflections.
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This is in deed, touches the hardest part of the Zen teachings and the deepest
human psyche which could interact or communicate with the Dharma.
(I wouldn’t imply, Dharma would talk to you though —– we might only feel, passively. 🙂 )
For this, please read those posts; [Harmony in Dharma] / [Aaaaaa~~~~~]
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Still some of you might say, So what ? —–
Nice tone which sound no apparent pattern or rhythm, hence it refuses
our mediocre comprehension, and its high tone makes our perception
sunk deep into the spiritual state (or totally open minded blank state).
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I met quite few professional Shakuhach players as most of Japanese traditional music
regularly needs to have them. Of cause, a player, able to play and able to make
beautiful sound doesn’t needed to be an enlightened Zen Buddhist, let alone Fuke monk.
And not necessary beautiful sound makes the people to get enlightenment.
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Yet still, to a person who actively seek an enlightenment, start from making
Shakuhach out of raw bamboo by himself, and try to achieve the best sound,
is the typical (endless, repeated) Zen practice.
—–> on the end, no wonder, the one could achieve and reaches to the state
of Ichijo = player, bamboo pipe, the air, the sound, all become one = as what
the Dharma is. Still, this is nothing but the state of blankness, Mushin
= the mind was sublimated into infinite Void.
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—– Because it is blank or Void, there isn’t much of use, hence it is a Dog shit.
And only there is a blank, what left in your life is, Just carry on, be who you are.
(expecting anything else is nothing but one’s Greed and Pretentious Ego and it is nothing but
a Delusion. Since, Void will not hold anything in it —– though, Mahayana
understanding is, because of it is Void, everything is in, since it would make no difference
at all = So, your life is your only life.)
Never mind, as long as the sound is good, it’s good.
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Rare Earth Gig or Party ?
Last night, there was a gig or party in a corner of north London, somewhere
undisclosed address, having had 100 of the visitors. —– In fact, the place was
a disused office building occupied by 40 of the Artists or Musicians —– it was
said to be 37 people are living though, always having their friend etc staying,
so about 70 is the population there.
The performance was Experimental Jazz kind of live music and many
live DJs, mostly rather experimental techno kind —– still some were
quite danceable good beats, not just an out of rhythm loud noise.
So, I had an opportunity to have some rapid steps. 🙂
Those photos are for those who participated the performance, to download
and use for their own promotion, hence I didn’t put their names here.
Any how they are my friend’s friends etc.
The place is not only undisclosed, but officially not exists, hence it’s a kind
of a vacuum in the society = more likely in other planet. Some of residents
might have found a freedom and a free studio, free rehearsal, performance
space and some are just having a gap time in their life.
And as the Artists respects each others, despite its chaotic looks, it’s quite
relaxed nice atmosphere there ( — and the kitchen looks very clean !)
—– So, I might go back there again.
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Spanish Art
Last evening there was a PV of Spanish Artists’ Exhibition in Lewisham,
south London. —– Since when I was captivated by the Surrealism Art,
the images and the extraordinary creativity of the Spanish artists were
almost an enigma to me. I never be impressed by a twist of thinking kind,
but Spanish often conceive utterly inconceivable vision in their
subconscious, long before it become clear image.
So that, when I saw Sacra da Familia Church of Gaudi in Barcelona,
before my jaw dollop, my hair stood. = where imagination came from ? ?
—– The photo above is the typical sample of that kind. = What a hell !
(It didn’t resort any known figure or style still, utilizing the character
and the possibility of the material to fully express the image = if it was
a stone or wood carving, such wired distortion couldn’t be created !
— So, I bought one of black piece, second from the left on the photo 🙂 )
Photo left is a tree made by colourful fabric, so, it has flowers
and a bird on top and so on. = Rather stale staff though, as
it is colourful nice decoration, at least it was photogenic !
(Still, real tree in the nature teachs us 100 times more. 😀 )
Photo right was created by the same artist of top photo, Maria.
Strangely, I felt quite strong spirituality here. M m m m ???
(Something common with their traditional religious paintings)
As many of familiar faces there, some were not seen years, so, lots
of talking as well — they said there is a good Spanish wine though,
I don’t drink alcohol or plastic bottled water, —- I rather wished to
pick a grape or strawberry kind. 😉
Nevertheless, it was an interesting evening, worth visiting there.
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This is their Info’ :
—– The exhibition “Take It Or Leave It” organised by SAL
(Spanish Artists in London)
at the Art House Gallery, 140 Lewisham Way, London SE14-6PD.
Private view on the 29th of May from 7-9pm.
The exhibition opening dates & times are the following:
Wednesday-Sunday from 10-6pm
Friday 31st of May from 6-7pm special event with
invited musician Iggy Rathmann
Maria Alvarez Echenique, Trinidad Ball, Marisol Cavia,
Loli Cardenoso, Silvia Ramona Estevez,
Manuel Noguera & Natalia Rivero.
Curator Manuel Noguera has written about the exhibition:
“Their creations explore the incredible possibility of what their artistic
voices can say to others. They celebrate the diversity of the many ways
that creativity and artistry can be revealed to those who view them.
A voice that expresses our feelings through the work that we produce.
This voice is unique to each one of us. Our creations are expressions of
our concerns & beliefs, our fears, or our deepest hopes.
They represent a personal journey through life that uses a
universal language, art. —– Take it or Leave it.”
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Hand-made Bag
This not a museum piece from the Captain Scot’s camp.
This is a bag I made about 1976 and used over 10 years since.
Unless I was on a Shooting assignment to carry full gear,
I only needed to carry A5 size Duplicate Notebook and,
may be just one Nikon with wide angle lens. — Only to carry
little things, ordinary bag on the market was too big.
Then I found a leather-goods shop selling off-cut leather,
I decided to make one, fit to my use.
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—– To make a bag out of off-cut pieces need to have just
a cut and stitch work though, being off-cut, the leather
pieces are irregular shaped mixed sizes,
I needed to do a jig-saw puzzle first, to make required, workable
flat piece of leather. And how to design such as closing fitting
on the top flap was the another fun. 🙂
(I used the same key system for the small coin-purse too.)
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—– Whether you convinced or not, this is a Zen practice.
When making it, there wouldn’t be any other thoughts. (Mindfulness)
And while stitching it, just fingers were working. (Mushin)
Considering the time spent, it wouldn’t make much financial gain nor
as it is not a kind of Master piece to show-off, it’s far from any Arrogance.
Still it was a fully absorbed commitment to deal with the material and the work.
So, it was, I would say in Ichijo. ( Oneness = Non Duality )
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—– Forget the brah brah, anyway the bag worked well, for its purpose
and it was my good companion for rather long time on my life.
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