On Becoming… a Published AuthorOn Becoming… a Published Author

On Becoming… a Published Author

Date : June 27, 2019
  As I sit here, at a beach resort in Oregon, listening to the seagulls and smelling the ocean breeze, I contemplate the between time, the state of becoming that...
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Now/Here and Auspicious Coincidence

Now/Here and Auspicious Coincidence

Date : May 1, 2019
This past weekend I co-taught a Shambhala Art Part 3 program in Chicago.  Shambhala Art is a program based on the dharma art teachings of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.  Each part...
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Be, Awake, Create First Looks

Be, Awake, Create First Looks

Date : January 21, 2019
My book, now titled, Be, Awake, Create: Mindful Practices to Spark Creativity has been a labor of love for the past two and a half years.  The writing and illustrations...
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Magic Lantern Festival in Chicago

Magic Lantern Festival in Chicago

Date : May 8, 2018
Last Friday, I took my camera on an adventure to the Magic Lantern Festival near McCormick Place in Chicago. For months I had been driving past these boldly colored larger...
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Wakeful Art – My First Book Deal

Wakeful Art – My First Book Deal

Date : August 31, 2017
I am excited to announce that I have signed a book deal with New Harbinger Press, to write and illustrate a guided art journal of contemplative art practices. Everything I...
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Space & Light – Seeing Fresh

Space & Light – Seeing Fresh

Date : July 8, 2017
Yesterday was the last class in my latest series of Contemplative Photography classes taught in Berkeley.  The students made some wonderful work and discoveries as we explored the different elements...
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Things as They Are

Things as They Are

Date : June 28, 2017
I gave my sister, a fellow writer, a chapter draft from the interactive book I am writing on contemplative art practice, to read this weekend. She pointed out what she...
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Light and Shadow on Fourth

Light and Shadow on Fourth

Date : May 22, 2017
I spent this afternoon with fellow contemplative photographers wandering around the Sunday brunch scene on 4th Street in Berkeley. While most folks were busy eating, shopping and schmoozing, I settled...
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