I'm fascinated by the concept of the vertical breath. As I understand it right now, this concept flips what we traditionally think of regarding time.  We typicaly envision a horizontal line, with a dot in the middle. The dot is 'now' and everything to the left

There’s a line of thinking from Buddhism called The Second Arrow. It has to do with externally caused suffering and self imposed suffering. They way I heard it is something like this: Let’s say you’re walking through the woods, and out of no where you get shot

One drop of water landing upon a stone doesn't do much to erode the stone. One drop of water, landing every minute of the day, for 100 years does. Building our single drops into repeatable process and practices is a challenge. How does one muster and sustain the

In 1992 or so, I took my first photography class at a community college in south Florida. My teacher at the time taught me two things that have stuck with me for a long time. The conflict between the two things she taught me (or my own processing of the

The best way to simplify is to reduce. I’ve been trying to keep the thought in the front of my mind lately. I was feeling anxious Friday night and Saturday morning. It was the typical anxiety loop, work, house, finances, parenting, when am I going to be able to