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Is it a Barrel, or a Sculpture?

Is this a barrel, or is it a sculpture of light and shadow, texture and curves? And is it simply an attractive planter, or does it have a...

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Aug 29, 20223 min read

Your Inner Pepper

Have you ever looked inside your fruits and vegetables as you're chopping them? They're quite beautiful - the rings of a carrot, the...

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Jun 13, 20222 min read

Forest Stairs, Quiet Light

I find something captivating about stairs, especially ones that spiral or move in harmony with a building space or landscape. The stairs...

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Apr 6, 20222 min read

Light Leaks in Everywhere

Light leaks in everywhere – from eyelids, clouds, the edges of closed doors, and the moon in late afternoon. Blessings when you ask and...

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Feb 12, 20221 min read

Seeing Small Beauty

A few weeks ago we awoke to a light frost. When my wife and I stepped out on our second floor balcony to look around, I noticed that the...

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Jan 13, 20221 min read

Fountain, Curves, Concrete, Water

Fountain Water is beyond my mind, flowing fluidly over the lip of the fountain and splashing into the pond beneath, over and over....

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Dec 12, 20212 min read

Golden Graffiti, Golden Words

Recently I went to see the Arizona Copper Museum in Clarkdale, a small mining town about an hour from Sedona, with my sister and...

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Nov 24, 20212 min read

Tree Worlds, Tree Words

Recently I spend some time in a friend's backyard, and as I wandered through her garden, I noticed a tree stump that looked like it had...

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Nov 21, 20213 min read

The Doorway

This is one of my earliest digital photographs, taken in December of 2011, during one of my walks in our neighborhood in Sedona. I was...

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Nov 11, 20211 min read

The Beautiful Sewer

I enjoy seeing beauty in things that my mind initially overlooks or judges negatively. I was struck by this manhole cover while I was...

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Oct 14, 20211 min read

The Numinous: Sacredness and Light

I love the word numinous as a word for describing that which we call holy or spiritually alive. One definition of numinous means, "to be...

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Aug 9, 20212 min read

The Play of Yin and Yang - Seeing the World in Black and White, Old and New.

Each day I take a walk on the street I live on, and it ends on the corner where these stones and grasses offer a dramatic juxtaposition...

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Aug 2, 20212 min read

Is it Art if it's Done by a Computer?

What makes something art? Does it need to be done by a human? I was looking through my photographs the other day and found this...

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Apr 7, 20211 min read

The Monk's Door

This is a beautiful wooden door at the Briar Patch Inn, a few miles up Oak Creek from uptown Sedona, Arizona. It's a beautiful place to...

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Feb 9, 20212 min read

Eyes, Live Grasses, and Photography

It's winter. Why not refresh yourself by experiencing soft-focus grasses gently playing in subdued light! It's ok - your brain, heart,...

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Jan 10, 20211 min read

Intuition, Dead Grasses, and Photography

What does it mean to know something? When I read a non-fiction book, for example, my mind generally understands the information in a...

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Jan 8, 20213 min read

Simplicity vs. Minimalism - Seeing More by Looking at Less.

Here's an experiment: for a few moments, gaze at this photograph while holding the word "simplicity" in your awareness. Note how the word...

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Dec 27, 20202 min read

Desert Sunset, Desert Clouds

One of the things I love about living in Sedona is the wondrous play of light at sunrise and sunset. Often the high clouds break up into...

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Nov 28, 20201 min read

The Heart Persists

I was walking by a retirement home in Eugene one morning on the way to our meditation center when I saw this simple heart drawn on the...

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Nov 15, 20201 min read

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Paul Hawkwood

Learning to See

Is it a Barrel, or a Sculpture?

Your Inner Pepper

Forest Stairs, Quiet Light

Light Leaks in Everywhere

Seeing Small Beauty

Fountain, Curves, Concrete, Water

Golden Graffiti, Golden Words

Tree Worlds, Tree Words

The Doorway

The Beautiful Sewer

The Numinous: Sacredness and Light

The Play of Yin and Yang - Seeing the World in Black and White, Old and New.

Is it Art if it's Done by a Computer?

The Monk's Door

Eyes, Live Grasses, and Photography

Intuition, Dead Grasses, and Photography

Simplicity vs. Minimalism - Seeing More by Looking at Less.

Desert Sunset, Desert Clouds

The Heart Persists

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