'ö-Dzin Tridral 🏴 འོད་འཛིན་དྲི་བྲལ
Born in #Cardiff in 1959. Ordained #Buddhist in the Aro Tradition of Tibetan #Buddhism. Husband of award-winning #author Nor'dzin Pamo. #Publishing books on Buddhism, #Meditation, etc. Amateur #photographer publishing a photograph every day on #Blipfoto
Personal image is 'Tantipa the Weaver' by Ngakma Déwang Pamo from 'Warp and Weft of Wonderment' by Ngakma Métsal Wangmo
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This book has been written as an accompaniment to the Art-Science exhibition “Images — Illusion andReality’ sponsored jointly by the …
I would recommend exploring the photographs in this book before reading about them. If you look at them and spend time with them, the impact will be personal rather than relying on what has been said. The photographs should really speak for themselves.
The text in the book contains some useful information about each photographer, but also a great deal of interpretation about what the photograph might mean.
There are also a lot of references to other photographs, or the contact sheets from which the photographs were chosen, none of these are included, so the reader has no way of understanding the selection.
I would have liked more technical information about each photograph, camera, exposure, etc to gain a better understanding of the choices made.
“If someone were to ask me why I’d written what I’d written – I’d explain in a logical coherent manner. I would not display a …
I would recommend exploring the photographs in this book before reading about them. If you look at them and spend time with them, the impact will be personal rather than relying on what has been said. The photographs should really speak for themselves.
The text in the book contains some useful information about each photographer, but also a great deal of interpretation about what the photograph might mean.
There are also a lot of references to other photographs, or the contact sheets from which the photographs were chosen, none of these are included, so the reader has no way of understanding the selection.
I would have liked more technical information about each photograph, camera, exposure, etc to gain a better understanding of the choices made.
“If someone were to ask me why I’d written what I’d written – I’d explain in a logical coherent manner. I would not display a picture or painting as an answer to the question. Why therefore, should I be obliged to explain why I painted what I painted – or elucidate in words what the painting means? It’s not that one cannot speak about the visual Arts – but the visual Arts should not rely on linguistic concepts in the form of lengthy explanations. The visual Arts are their own explanation. ” ― Ngak'chang Rinpoche, from ‘Tracts of the Sun’
This is a book of photographic inspiration. Each photographer has their own approach to photography and each has something to say about what inspires them. For the aspiring photographer this means that whatever style captures your imagination, you'll find that someone has something helpful to say.
I particularly liked
“I go out to take a walk, I see something, I take a picture. I take photographs. I have avoided profound explanations of what I do.”
— Saul Leiter
For its simplicity
I also appreciated what Henry Carroll said at the end of the book
"Yet if we think about it, photography hasn’t changed all that much, because its most magical quality, that thing separating it from all other art forms, remains the same: whether taken on film or with a phone, whether hanging in a gallery or saved on a computer, a photograph is captured light. For that reason, the …
This is a book of photographic inspiration. Each photographer has their own approach to photography and each has something to say about what inspires them. For the aspiring photographer this means that whatever style captures your imagination, you'll find that someone has something helpful to say.
I particularly liked
“I go out to take a walk, I see something, I take a picture. I take photographs. I have avoided profound explanations of what I do.”
— Saul Leiter
For its simplicity
I also appreciated what Henry Carroll said at the end of the book
"Yet if we think about it, photography hasn’t changed all that much, because its most magical quality, that thing separating it from all other art forms, remains the same: whether taken on film or with a phone, whether hanging in a gallery or saved on a computer, a photograph is captured light. For that reason, the ghost of photography’s enigmatic origins will continue to haunt every film grain, every pixel and every line of code for a long time to come."
The idea that all photographs are made from light reflected from their subject makes for an immediate connection with the subject and the photographer, regardess of then the photograph was taken.
Another charming story of the life of Blodwen Jones. An entertaining book for Welsh learners.
Another amusing story of the life of Blodwen Jones. A very good book for Welsh learners.
I very much enjoyed this book. For me the enjoyment was at least in part due to being able to read a book in Welsh.
It's a good story, well told, with some surprises.
So you think you're a Buddhist? Think again. Tibetan Buddhist master Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, one …
This book is a good introduction to various aspects of Buddhism.
Buddhism is a religion of method rather than of truth. Practices are there to be engaged with, rather than simply believed.
Different teachers may have different ways of presenting what makes you (not) a Buddhist. This is not a problem if the reader sees these presentations as methods. It can also be helpful for the reader to eventually engage with a personal teacher who can direct their practice.
This is quite an interesting book of obscure words. It's written more for entertainment rather than providing a dictionary with example usage or etymology. The idea of being superior by using words that people will not understand, or in some way to deliberately mislead seems both unkind and also doomed to failure if the intent were to bring lesser-used words back into circulation.
It was most enjoyable to canter through quotations from all the Doctors. As the book is arranged in themes, rather than in chronological order it was interesting to see different Doctors on the same topic.
A fascinating book of Latin phrases, some of which are still with us. It's interesting to see the words and phrases that have passed into English and remain with us after 2000 years.
A fascinating and also quite scholarly review of invented and revived languages. Very readable and with plenty of references for anyone who wanted to go further into any of the languages.
I particularly appreciated the critique by Orwell of the debasement of political language - still topical - and the pitfalls of reviving a language.
Recommended to anyone with an interest in languages.
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A book of English language errors made by people whose first language isn't English. It made me appreciate the fact that the writers had some English, and that many people who speak English as a first language have no other language at all.
I skimmed the text but enjoyed the photographs. I particularly enjoyed shadows, distortions and reflections.
I think this would be a most interesting book for students of photography who have time to experiment. Many exercises are given to helping students move out of their usual conceptual approach.
For me the most helpful aspects were the very short quotations that indicated a different way of seeing.
