Korea Stitch 05 on Flickr. — — — “There is obviously a place in life for a religious attitude for awe and astonishment at existence. That is also a basis for respect for existence. We don’t have much of it in this culture, even though we call it materialistic. In this culture we call materialistic, today we […]
Deoksugung Palace via Flickr. — — — — “When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.” — Shunryu Suzuki
‘Hiking up to the highest peak in Seoraksan National Park’ on Flickr. — — — — Without a sound resin buried underground is turning into amber while above the first snow is falling – Ko Un
Unknown Korean temple on Flickr. “Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.” — Dōgen Zenji
Pink Tentacle posted a collection of phởtos documenting Japan’s ‘tetrapod beaches.’ It’s a curious engineering of the environment that overwhelms the natural beauty of the coast with a Utopian repetitiveness of form. Yet, the form, scale and patterns of the tetrapods somehow come together to create a new, if utterly urban aesthetic. I once saw […]