Table of Contents
Introduction: contribute your verse 1
Basic principles and methods 11
Your Daily Record 11
Frame of No-Mind 17
Daily Observation 23
Lesson 1 Observation 27
The Five Visual Elements of Photography 32
Tools and Exercises 45
Lesson 2 Awareness 55
Mindfulness in Photography 57
Heightened Awareness 66
Tools and Exercises 74
Lesson 3 Identity 85
Style and Authenticity 88
1+1 = Infinity 92
Communication and Evocation 96
Tools and Exercises 99
Lesson 4 Practice 111
Process and Attunement 115
Your Digital Crayons 120
Beginner's Mind 124
Tools and Exercises 126
Lesson 5 Mastery 137
Freedom and Discipline 141
Inspiration 144
Pushing the Edge 151
Tools and Exercise 152
Lesson 6 Presence 161
Spectacle vs. Presence 164
Sift, Edit, and Refine 168
Power of Attention 171
Exercises in Presence and Attention 178
Photography and awakening, the terrors and pleasures of digital life 187
The Illusion of Separateness 191
Digital Life and Zen Practice 194
Photography in the twenty-first Century 197
Reading list 205
Acknowledgment 210
About the author 211
Index 212