Trees wrinkle

The trees wrinkle and distort to strange urgings

Mortice and Tennon

An ancient through mortice and tennon joint with wedge, repairs and reverberant memories.

That which is...

That which is its own shadow

Transient cube and pebble display

Snow packed this drain grate, people walked on it compressing it, then the sun started to melt it, leaving rectangular ice cubes. To me this is a miraculous assembly, better and more transient than any shadow box in a gallery.

Votive candles at a temple in Kyoto

Candles flicker, stones don't.

An ancient, celebrated blade

An ancient blade... adding the handle would only take the eye away from what matters.

Kinkakuk-ji fired by the late afternoon sun on a bitter, cold day.

Kinkaku-ji fired by the late afternoon sun on a bitter, cold day.

Shopping makes the snow feel warm

Shopping makes the snow feel warm