May 1, 2009 ~ Sister Cyril | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

May 1, 2009 ~ Sister Cyril | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

The way it should be!

"We have a dramatic example today of what one dedicated person can do to change the lives of people in need. Fred de Sam Lazaro revisits a story he reported 10 years ago about an Irish Catholic nun who is a school principal in Calcutta, India. Her name is Sister Cyril Mooney."

Dennis Dunleavy: The intended and unintended consequences of photography

Dennis Dunleavy: The intended and unintended consequences of photography

I just ordered the reference book: "One of the most influential books on photography and society has to be Halla Beloff's "Camera Culture." Written in 1985, Beloff takes a sociological perspective on the use of the camera as well as its intentions and influence on society. "

B: Snippet

B: Snippet

Cool photograph and cool conversation, it reminded me of the kind of conversations that I inflicted on Elizabeth and Margaret. It made me smile.

Buddha and Photography

In the book "An End to Suffering" by Pankaj Mishra I found this quote

"In dependence upon the eye and upon visible objects visual consciousness arises. The union of these three (the eye, objects, and visual consciousness) constitutes contact. Dependent upon this contact feeling is constituted. One perceives what is thus felt; what one perceives one considers; and what one considers one develops all sorts of notions about." from the Middle Way Discourses on the Buddha.

To me photography that has power expresses this contact, the interaction between "the eye, objects, and visual consciousness". The miracle is that this process also exists with the person observing the photograph. A photograph captures that shimmering interaction between the perceiver and the perceived. By sharing my photographs I am sharing how I percieve.