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Mani stone
Mani stone ‘Mani Padme’ of the mantra ‘Om Mani Padme Hum’ is generally translated as ‘the Jewel in the Lotus’. And this pair of words is held for the equivalent of the Hindu pair of lingam and yoni, the male and female sex (of Shiva and Parvati). My film In the beginning was desire deals at…
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Pile of stones
Pile of stones Chenresi, the bodhisattva of Compassion, is the protector of Tibet. His mantra ‘Om Mani Padme Hum’ is carved on stones and rocks all over Tibet. This heap of stones too has several of these so called ‘mani stones’ among them.Unfortunately Chenresi and his mantra have not been able to keep the country…
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Fusion
Fusion Let’s start the New Year in a cheerful mood. Photo of the week: Couple – Takamori Akio, Biennale de la Céramique 2016, Saint-Cergue, Switzerland 2016
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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas Welcome to our bleak and gloomy Earth, infant Jesus. Photo of the week: Cerniat, Gruyère, Switzerland 2022
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Santa Claus
Santa Claus Antiquated selfie in-between Santa Claus who’s just passing by. Photo of the week: Cerniat – Gruyère, Switzerland 2022
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At the hairdresser
At the hairdresser What must be must be, once in a while. Photo of the week: Tibet, Lhasa, China1996
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Smart coats
Smart coats Three little fellows on top of the world, their world. They had no time for me, fortunately. That’s how they got imprinted in my memory forever. Photo of the week: Tibet, between Gyantse and Lhasa, China 1996
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Herdsman
Herdsman A cowboy, or rather a yakboy, withstanding the harsh conditions of life on the Tibetan high altitude plateau. Photo of the week: Tibet, China 1996
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The Earth is round
The Earth is round The Earth is round. Its surface measures 510.000.000 km2. On a tiny part, in Gruyère, a tree and a chapel stand brotherly next to each other. Photo of the week: Charmey, Gruyère, Switzerland 2022
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Snow Country
Snow Country Why do I think of Snow Country, of Kawabata? Not only because the picture shows a snow country. It is the sensitivity and perfection with which Kawabata depicts female beauty in his novels. Here it is nature that gives me the sensation of looking at a reclining nude, drawn with the same sensitivity…
καιρός remembered
… the right moment, position chosen, shoot …
καιρός remembered 