I just wanted to take a moment out to thank you.
It is rare for me to sit down and go through each and every image and read every words on a photographers website, but I just did with yours.
Your images and your words touched me very deep inside in such a profound manner, I actually felt my heart skip a beat and got alittle choked up.
You are one of those extremely rare artists that possess such a true gift in todays world.
You, your words and your work truly inspires me to become a better photographer.
So I say, thank you for sharing your profound gift with the world.
I hope 2012 is your best year yet
Always,
Sue M. Swank
Swank Photography
www.swank-photography.com
I am trying to shoot enough people of different races and ages to make a composite portrait of the human race – in water – I would love to add your expression in the mind as water gallery – please contact me me with the date you’d like to become a part of this fine art exhibit raising funds for water development in Africa. Connect here or on Facebook and schedule a time.
We have had exiting new viewers and visitors
So far today…
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Multicultural Arts Event for Universities | 34 | 0 | 0 |
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Performance Art Project for College Students | 23 | 0 | 0 |
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Inspirational Program for College Art Departments | 11 | 0 | 0 |
36 new people have seen the imagery – and thought about water today because of my twitter posts.
That’s a small success – however our facebook page is reporting this statistic: Weekly Total Reach: 668 -24.09%
Would you consider mentioning @Mind As Water in your facebook status, or suggesting a verse from the Tao Te Ching and post it to your friend’s wall. I try to use facebook for something more than just asking questions, but sharing thoughts, information and life
Post something to add a thoughtful and artistic element to your friend’s day:
- Visit the Tao Te Ching section of the site
- Copy the link of the page – and post it to their wall
- Write an encouraging, introspective, note or paste some of the text that inspires you.
- Use the @ symbol and type “Mind As Water” and you will see it pop up, hit enter to select it
- Click post – this is what it will look like:
Suggest a Verse to add
Suggest a verse from the Tao Te Ching – and a photo to match with it, that has inspired you.
- Pick an inspirational picture from the group
- Copy the link from your browser
- Paste the link onto the Mind As Water wall
- Suggest the text or verse from the Tao Te Ching that you like. Online translations are available.
All of these actions well help this project go from concept to full scale presentation in gallery spaces around the country this year. An active and participating group of Facebook users is helpful to gallery managers who are curating proposals for their gallery. So thank you for your participation!
A sublime music video utilizing water imagery – glad to share with you!
Chemical Brothers ft Richard Ashcroft – The Test
Turtle Love Co. has partnered with WaterAid America to offer beautiful and affordable gifts with real global impact. For each piece of Clean Water jewelry purchased, Turtle Love Co. will contribute $30 to WaterAid, enough to provide a person with life-long access to clean water and sanitation. “We at WaterAid are delighted to have the support of Turtle Love Co.,” announced David Winder, CEO of WaterAid America. “These gifts from Turtle Love Co. will also mean a lifesaving gift for a family in need – clean water.”
The clear lampwork glass droplets dangling from a sterling silver chain or earring are deeply symbolic, and the jewelry is exceptionally versatile. “I love wearing these pieces, and I’m really proud of the contribution that Turtle Love Co. is making WaterAid,” noted Adrianne Zahner, the founder of Turtle Love Co.
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Keep a Mind As Water, and dress with the confidence of knowing that your style choices have led to another human’s freedom from water borne diseases and freedom from the time consuming process of gathering water!
The Mind as Water Creative Journal kit
- A 6×8 organic fair trade handmade book from Nepal
- Customized painted and mounted Mind As Water images in acrylic with ink
- Your own Mind As Water Portraits if you have been a subject!
- 16gb digital memory stick for storage of video journals or digital files
- $100 of your purchase is invested in the Ugandan economy for water development
- Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance by Julia Cameron = textbook for guidance
For Creative Retreat teachers and organizers
If you are teaching creativity, artistic direction, meditation, yoga or awareness consider using the Mind as Water experience for your students to have an immediate experience and container for reflection. Neil will photograph each of your participants mindfulness in water and present them with a custom, hand made journal with their own images before your event concludes. This reverential, thought provoking and challenging experience resonates with lasting change in the heart which is guided into lasting change in the world’s ecological balance. Contact Neil directly to check on timing and group package rates.
Those who know they don’t know
Gain Wisdom
Those who pretend they know
Remain ignorant
Those who acknowledge their weaknesses
Become strong
Those who flaunt their power
Will lose it
Wisdom and Power
Follow Truth above All
For truth is the way of the Tao
Tao 71 – inspired by Anne Dorman
The Way bears sensation,
Sensation bears memory,
Sensation and memory bear abstraction,
And abstraction bears all the world;
Each thing in the world bears feeling and doing,
And, imbued with mind, harmony with the Way.
As others have taught, so do I teach,
“Who loses harmony opposes nature”;
This is the root of my teaching.
TAO 8
The highest form of goodness is like water.
Water knows how to benefit all things without striving with them.
It stays in places loathed by all men.
Therefore, it comes near the Tao.
In choosing your dwelling, know how to keep the ground.
In cultivating your mind, know how to dive in the hidden deeps.
In dealing with others, know how to be gentle and kind.
In speaking, know how to keep your words.
In governing, know how to maintain order.
In transacting business, know how to be efficient.
In making a move, know how to choose the right moment.
If you do not strive with others,
You will be free from blame.
Lao Tzu, John C.H. Wu
The best of man is like water,
Which benefits all things, and does not contend with them,
Which flows in places that others disdain,
Where it is in harmony with the Way.
Which benefits all things, and does not contend with them,
Which flows in places that others disdain,
Where it is in harmony with the Way.
So the sage:
Lives within nature,
Thinks within the deep,
Gives within impartiality,
Speaks within trust,
Governs within order,
Crafts within ability,
Acts within opportunity.
He does not contend, and none contend against him.
Trying to control the world?
I see you won’t succeed.
T’ien hsia shen ch’i
The world is a spiritual vessel
And cannot be controlled.
Those who control, fail.
Those who grasp, loose.
Some go forth, some are led,
Some weep, some blow flutes,
Some beceome strong, some superfluous,
Some oppress, some are destroyed.
Therefore the sage
Casts off extremes,
Casts off excess,
Casts off extravagance.
- TAO TE CHING by Lao-Tzu Translated by Stephen Addiss, Stanley Lombardo