Zen by Bodhi Smith

Jul 17, 2020

"zen" a brand new impression and blog from me...
 
"when things flow so beautifully, with your eyes floating across waves of purple flowers, taking your mind on a journey to a majestic snow capped mountain that connects you to the stars, it's pure zen, as your spirit then rises into the milky way, to disappear in thoughts of the universe above" ― bodhinku, pure zen 
 
"climb a mountain to find yourself, climb a mountain to find zen, zen, zen zen...free your mind and drift away, free your tribe and float away" ― the cult, climb a mountain
  
"if your heart is pure, then all things in your world are pure... then the stars and flowers will guide you along the way"― ryokan, one robe, one bowl
 
“humility before the flower at the timber line is the gate which gives access to the path up the open fell" ― dag hammarskjold, markings
  
"the only zen you find on tops of mountains is the zen you bring there" ― osho, the secret of secrets 
 
"i need a focus on all the beauty surrounding me, i need zen, rather than any sort of focus on all the other crazy ugliness that is surrounding me, as the state of affairs where i live in the state of california is permeating into my peaceful state of mind...i need zen, it is like a beautiful prayer to my inner peace...i need to meditate more now than ever...breathe, relax, let go...refocus, re-center" ― bodhinku, i need zen
 
and here is the absolutely perfect tune to listen and accompany my blog today, for this song with its unbalanced lyrics follows along with my current unbalanced mood and frustration with everything happening in the the world around me, things beyond my control that have become a distraction to my usual peaceful mindset, creating a crazy inner conflict and turmoil with my buddhist beliefs...it is a brand new hit from a couple of my favorite alternative artists who teamed up together for this song: "zen" by k.flay and the renegades ...(just click on any of words in the blue links to listen to the song)...  
 
"give me groceries and booze, give me facetime with my friends. give me intravenous news, little drips of cnn. give me meditation apps, text me pictures of your dog. give me life, give me peace, give me noise...someone gimme fucking zen (someone gimme fucking zen)...gimme space, at least six feet, dig my grave just as deep. i got sex on my mind all the time, fuck, scrollin' through the internet time suck. i've been feeling flat like a pancake, i could use a hug or a handshake. i could use some drugs or a band-aid. cooped up in a hole i wanna lose all my control. i wanna just go on a rampage. gimme wisdom, gimme teeth, gimme vision, let me see. gimme courage to confess, every night i text my ex. gimme girls, gimme boys, gimme life, gimme peace, gimme noise...someone gimme fucking zen (someone gimme fucking zen)...i need something to avoid all of my fears and paranoia. gimme, gimme someone gimme fucking zen...yeah, gimme an appetite, gimme hope for the afterlife, or a reason to look past tonight. gimme happiness when i found the fame. gimme music that doesn't all sound the same. gimme something that i can look forward to. gimme humans that i can get closer to. you look down at me but the next thing you know it's you with the rent overdue. gimme a little bit of piece of your peace of mind, gimme a piece of yours, you'll get a piece of mine. gimme something to do when there nothing to do, but when i get it, shit, i'll probably just fuck it up too...gimme two steps to the left, gimme one step to the right, gimme one dance with the volume at ten...and someone, anyone, gimme fucking zen (someone gimme fucking zen). i need something to avoid all of my fears and paranoia. gimme, gimme, someone gimme fucking zen...give me hope for something better, give me justice for my cries. tell me we're all in this together, and if we're not then tell me lies. gimme love, give me wi-fi. gimme drugs, get me sky high. gimme headspace, set my head straight, cut the dead weight, burn the red tape. gimme the good old days from seven days ago, let me go outside again. gimme life, gimme peace, gimme noise...someone gimme fucking zen (someone gimme fucking zen). i need something to avoid all of my fears and paranoia. gimme, gimme, someone gimme fucking zen..." ― k. flay and the renegades, zen 
 
"i dislike being in a state of being where i have been finding myself not at peace within myself, becoming unbalanced and unwelcomingly frustrated lately with our world...i need zen to redistribute myself evenly once again" ― bodhinku, unbalanced
 
"no more words. in the name of this place we drink in with our breathing, stay quiet like a flower. so the nightbirds will start singing" ― jalaluddin rumi, hush don't say anything to god 
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MEANING
"for me, zen is being in nature, surrounded by all i love...getting out of my mind, and into my own true nature instead" ― bodhinku, zen to me
   
pictured here is such a beautiful memory from within the enormous mount shasta wilderness less than a month ago, i need to be in places like this, to find myself physically and spiritually in places like this, so i can again find zen and get me back to being centered on feeling joy, love, happiness and laughter in my day...
 
and the meaning of this impression is a direct reflection of what the word and practice of zen means to me, and why i need to find it daily, especially these days when i feel the world around me is dissolving in crazy lunacy...  
 
for those of you who may not be familiar with zen, and unclear on understanding exactly what zen means to someone like me as a buddhist: 
 
zen emphasizes rigorous self-restraint, combined with meditation practice that gives insight into the nature of our mind and nature of things around us. which further is combined with the personal expression of this new insight in daily life, especially for the benefit of others...
 
as such, zen de-emphasizes mere knowledge, and favors direct empirical understanding through spiritual practice, creating a much deeper understanding through our interactions with nature surrounding us, interactions internalized into the nature of our mind...
 
however, since returning to california from a long cross country road trip, i have been cooped up, bed-ridden for too many days from severe crippling muscle spasms in my upper back...so much physical pain that created much more mental pain, as i was left to think too much, be inside my head all day rather than just exist, breathe and be outside in nature where i belong...

and honestly, if i ever had to lay in bed for weeks on end in one room, caged up in a house, blocked off from nature and all i love, i would lose my mind, lose my meaning, and it would be a fate worse than death for me...
 
i never want to be in the situation where i could not sit out in nature, under the trees, beside a waterfall, in front of a mountain, under the stars, surrounded by all i love...take all that away, and you take away the meaning of my life, you take away my zen...
 
for me, zen is being in nature, surrounded by all i love...getting out of my mind, and into my own true nature instead

instead, recently i have paid too much attention to things that are beyond my control and have further let them take over the nature of my mind...i have let my mind lead me astray of the path my spirit wants to walk... 
 
i need a focus on all the beauty surrounding me, i need zen, rather than any sort of focus on all the other crazy ugliness that is surrounding me lately, as the state of affairs where i live in the state of california is permeating into my peaceful life and state of mind...
 
i need zen, it is like a beautiful prayer to my inner peace...i need to meditate more now than ever...breathe, relax, let go...refocus, recenter
 
i dislike being in a state of being where i have been finding myself not at peace within myself, becoming unbalanced and unwelcomingly frustrated lately with our world...i need zen to redistribute myself evenly once again...because it is overwhelming to see life-changing decisions being made on a whim and imposed on us by our so-called "leaders" that continue to be based on projections of their fears rather than logical decisions based on real data....i need zen to get me out of my head and back into my true nature... 
 
i am so sick and tired of decisions being made on statements like "wait and see" and "it's gonna get worse"...instead of decisions made from real risk evaluation based on the data that has been there for five months now, clearly showing the risk factors of becoming a fatality to this virus are extremely low...data that proves wrong the statements of "wait and see" and "it's gonna get worse"...we have waited, and we have seen, and the real data shows only the critical decisions made by our "leaders" are getting worse...
 
man, i need to get out of my head with all this, i need zen now more than ever...
 
i gotta let it all go, let it be, focus instead on nature, and internalize my spiritual connection of the beauty around me, which will refreshen me again, enlightening me with the real meaning of my own nature...let that soothe me, calm me, and recenter me in peace...
 
this is truly zen for me...i need places like this in my picture today to feed my soul and soothe my pains, emotionally and physically... 

and now here are a few more quotes from bodhinku to deeper realize this meaning...
 
"with being a buddhist, it's weird, that i do not enjoy meditation...it's like exercise, i need to do it to stay healthy, and always feel better afterwards..." ― bodhinku, meditation is exercise
 
"in sweet silence of the star light, i see her radiance glowing bright above, i feel her angelic innocence, i play in her magical wilderness...i know my focus is always up to her" ― bodhinku, bright above 
 
“there's so much light that we cannot see, so open your eyes and see what you can with them, now, before they close forever" ― bodhinku, the light we cannot see 
"i was walking around like a blind fool in the dark hopelessly hoping beyond hope to find one that i truly loved. however, it was i that was discovered and found by her" ― bodhinku, found
 
"i think, even though it is going against all logic, sometimes you truly need to stop searching in order to find what you are looking for, just let yourself be found by that which you seek..." ― bodhinku, stop searching and be found 
 
"eternally each night, she glows down freely from the heavens, but without somebody to see her, she has no meaning... his eye is what interprets her impression. his eye sees and understands her for who she is...so, his eye creates the art of her light for all to see, and captures her beauty forever...he becomes the eye of her light, he becomes her meaning...and she becomes his purpose"  ― bodhinku, his eye-her light
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STORY BEHIND THE IMPRESSION
"i gotta let it all go, let it be, focus instead on nature, and internalize my spiritual connection of the beauty around me, which will refreshen me again, enlightening me with the real meaning of my own nature...let that soothe me, calm me, and recenter me in peace" ― bodhinku, beautiful prayer to inner peace
 
and to go along with this informative section about mount shasta, here is some beautiful, calming, serene meditation music which you can listen for as long or as short as you like, it is a live feed, so it has no beginning or end much like zen itself: pure zen meditation music (live) ...(just click on any of words in the blue links to listen to the song)...
 
pictured here is an open meadow full of wildflowers (sky lupines) on a high plateau beside the 4321 meter tall snow-capped peak of mount shasta (14,179 ft) under the stars, planets (jupiter is the brightest celestial body in this sky here), and milky way in northern california on the 17th of june, 2020
 
in late june of 2020, my pup, besos, and i took a long road trip to get away for a bit up into the mount shasta wilderness in far northern california...
 
on a side note, on our way up to mount shasta, we stopped off at the nearby mossbrea falls for an early morning hike up the union pacific railroad tracks to once again visit this beautiful cascade flowing beside and down into the sacramento river below...
 
mossbrae falls is my favorite waterfall in california, however, it is another place now to add to the growing list of beautiful sites becoming ruined and overcrowded by tourists and other photographers daily...
 
me and my doggie started at sunrise and literally had the place to ourselves on a wednesday for three hours in the morning, but as we were hiking out, it was like someone kicked an anthill and scattered busy ants everywhere...as well over one hundred people (mostly large groups with children) were legging it up the tracks to visit the falls as i was making my way back to my vehicle up in the town of dunsmuir...
 
this amount of people going back into this area on a daily basis will ruin these falls...it is too much, and careless people are trashing the area of course. i packed out a large bag of garbage: food wrappers, used wipes, empty fruit cups, cans, and water bottles...truly a sad state of affairs and all the more reason why i now wish to keep all my photo locations a secret moving forward into the future...
 
people see something beautiful on instagram or facebook and want to go see it, so they find the locations out of obsession and determination to see the picture they saw on the internet, and when the visit it, they ultimately disrespect the area, act carelessly with any conservation, and trash the place with their actions and their laziness to carry out their garbage in wilderness area where there are no trash cans...sigh...i will not be a part of this mess giving people the locations of places they can trash any more...my soul cannot take it, my spirit cannot allow it, and i just will not do it for anyone anymore...
 
sorry about the rant, but it needed to be stated, humanity sometimes is like the virus that is destroying the planet slowly...
 
anyway, on now with the story here of discovery...later that afternoon, besos and i drove all around mount shasta on numerous 4x4 paths, giving the new jeep grand cherokee limited x another pretty good workout...
 
we ended up finding a spot, and car camped all night...with a relatively short hike across the mountain meadow, i set up my camera on my trusty tripod for sunset images around 9pm, leaving it set up all night for eventual images of the milky way later when it moved into position over the mountain during the wee hours of the morning around 2am that night...
 
i wanted to capture the snow capped peak of mount shasta under the stars and was looking for a good foreground. i had heard rumors of some wildflower fields that were still lingering around at higher elevations in the area, and hoped to find one...and what i found was way beyond all my visions and expectations...
 
after a beautiful glowing sunset with little wind to disturb the flowers, and a gorgeous night with clear skies, cool air, mount shasta enlightened, and the sound of wildlife all around (even though the coyotes made besos a bit nervous), i found zen, and have one of my most beautiful memories to hold from this enchanted location and the hours i spent there with my doggie...
 
you can see here the result of my efforts, emotions, and personal zen in this new impression...i hope you like it and it fills you with peace now in viewing it, just as it did for me in creating it...
 
"to wander in the fields of flowers pull the thorns from your own heart" ― jalaluddin rumi, hush don't say anything to god
 
"be crumbled. so wildflowers will come up where you are. you have been stony for too many years. try something different surrender" ― jalaluddin rumi, in the arms of the beloved
 
"a bee and a wasp may drink from the same flower, but one produces nectar and the other a sting. we must choose the nectar" ― jalaluddin rumi, poems of ecstasy and longing
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HISTORY OF MOUNT SHASTA
"this is truly zen for me...i need beautiful places like mount shasta to feed my soul and soothe my pains, emotionally and physically..." ― bodhinku, a beautiful zen
 
a little background on mount shasta...
 
at 4321 meters (14,279 feet), mount shasta is a volcanic peak that dominates its surrounding landscape of northern california and southern oregon for over a hundred kilometers all the way around...and with its year-round glaciers (though slowly disappearing due to climate change), shasta sports a beautiful white cap on her top all summer long that entices extreme backcountry skiers to climb up and ride down her north-facing  slopes...
 
mount shasta (also known as karuk: "white  mountain") is a potentially active volcano at the southern end of the cascade range in siskiyou county, california. at an elevation of 14,179 feet (4321m), it is the second-highest peak in the cascades and the fifth-highest in california. mount shasta has an estimated volume of 85 cubic miles (350 km3), which makes it the most voluminous stratovolcano in the cascade volcanic range. the mountain and surrounding area are part of the shasta–trinity national forest.
 
mount shasta is connected to its satellite cone of shastina, and together they dominate the landscape. shasta rises abruptly to tower nearly 10,000 feet (3,000 m) above its surroundings. on a clear winter day, the mountain can be seen from the floor of california's central valley 140 miles (230 km) to the south. the mountain has attracted the attention of poets, authors, and presidents.
 
the mountain consists of four overlapping dormant volcanic cones that have built a complex shape, including the main summit and the prominent satellite cone of 12,330 ft (3,760 m) shastina, which has a visibly conical form. if shastina were a separate mountain, it would rank as the fourth-highest peak of the cascade range (after mount rainier, rainier's liberty cap, and mount shasta itself).
 
mount shasta's surface is relatively free of deep glacial erosion except, paradoxically, for its south side where sargents ridge runs parallel to the u-shaped avalanche gulch. this is the largest glacial valley on the volcano, although it does not now have a glacier in it.
 
there are seven named glaciers on mount shasta, with the four largest (whitney, bolam, hotlum, and wintun) radiating down from high on the main summit cone to below 10,000 ft (3,000 m) primarily on the north and east sides. the whitney glacier is the longest, and the hotlum is the most voluminous glacier in the state of california. three of the smaller named glaciers occupy cirques near and above 11,000 ft (3,400 m) on the south and southeast sides, including the watkins, konwakit, and mud creek glaciers
 
the summer climbing season runs from late april until october, although many attempts are made in the winter. in winter, sargents ridge and casaval ridge, to the east and west of avalanche gulch, respectively, become the most traveled routes, to avoid avalanche danger. mount shasta is also a popular destination for backcountry skiing. many of the climbing routes can be descended by experienced skiers, and there are numerous lower-angled areas around the base of the mountain.
 
the most popular route on mount shasta is avalanche gulch route, which begins at the bunny flat trailhead and gains about 7,300 feet (2,200 m) of elevation in approximately 11.5 miles (18.5 km) round trip. the crux of this route is considered to be to climb from lake helen, at approximately 10,443 feet (3,183 m), to the top of red banks. the red banks are the most technical portion of the climb, as they are usually full of snow/ice, are very steep, and top out at around 13,000 feet (4,000 m) before the route heads to misery hill. the casaval ridge route is a steeper, more technical route on the mountain's southwest ridge best climbed when there's a lot of snow pack. this route tops out to the left (north) of the red banks, directly west of misery hill. so the final sections involve a trudge up misery hill to the summit plateau, similar to the avalanche gulch route.
 
no quota system currently exists for climbing mount shasta, and reservations are not required. however, climbers must obtain a summit pass and a wilderness permit to climb the mountain. permits and passes are available at the ranger station in the towns of mount shasta and in mccloud, or climbers can obtain self-issue permits and passes at any of the trailheads 24 hours a day...
 
climbing mt. shasta can be done in one day, however, it is often completed in 2 days. climbers can ascend from avalanche gulch and camp at either horse camp (elev. 7,900) or helen lake (elev. 10,400). camping at a higher altitude also helps with acclimatization and often reduces risk of altitude sickness
 
fortunately, you don’t have to bag the peak to enjoy this alpine paradise. easy paths loop through wildflower-filled meadows and into cool forests, where you should keep an eye out for eagles, coyote, and deer, and just might catch a glimpse of a black bear or two.
 
one of the prettiest trails, a mellow two-mile path along the mccloud river on the mountains south, leads to a trio of waterfalls—all beautiful, though middle falls is the real head-turner. cycling is also a huge draw, as the area offers some of the most stunning scenery and least crowded cycling routes—for both road and mountain biking—in the West. there’s camping, caverns, and world-class fly-fishing too...
 
and while some mountains climb gradually, this one rises from surrounding flatlands with such towering, snow-capped majesty that it seems almost unreal—like a child’s notion of what a mountain should be.
 
yet this is no childish vision—it’s a very real, very big volcano that could erupt again any day, and is a peak that is on the bucket list of serious mountaineers. famed naturalist john muir wrote that his “blood turned to wine” when he first caught sight of the fuji-esque peak...
 
"forever he waits for her to shine her beauty down on his solitary existence, and when she finally does, he is no longer lonely" ― bodhinku, forever waiting for her
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MORE QUOTES FOR EXTRA MEANING
this newest song by a favorite alternative rock band of mine from akron, ohio has a bluesy mood along with lyrics so quite apropos to these unbalanced and turbulent times we are experiencing right now, another perfect accompaniment to connect music with the meaning of my my impression and blog today: "shine a little light" by the black keys ...(just click on any of words in the blue links to listen to the music selection)...
 
"do you feel like you're the only one living on a prayer? have you ever tried to love someone who wasn't even there? no one really knows where it goes from here. but we all decompose and slowly disappear...if evil lays its hands on me, shine a little light on my soul. show me things i cannot see, shine a little light on my soul...go to places that you used to go, but they don't feel the same. see the faces that you used to know, but they forget your name...no one really knows where it goes from here. but we all decompose and slowly disappear...if evil lays its hands on me, shine a little light on my soul. show me things i cannot see, shine a little light on my soul...if evil lays its hands on me, shine a little light on my soul. i'm waiting, praying, patiently, shine a little light on my soul" ― the black keys, shine a little light 
 
"zen is a simple journey to discover your own beauty within, and bloom like a flower" ― siddhartha gautama buddha, the dhammapada
 
"the way out is through the door. why is it that no one will use this method?" ― confucius 
 
“breathe in, breathe out. all the blessings of the universe that we may overlook are contained in the entirety of a breath. breathe in, breathe out. each breath is the sun flowering our earth, fresh water filling our oceans, and the blue skies clearing our minds. infinite emotions are contained within every breath, and by the breath we can always realize the beauty within it all. breathe in, breathe out" ― lao tzu, tao te ching
 
"a wildflower does not think of competing with the flower next to it, it just blooms" ― dalai lama xiv, the art of happiness
 
"to those who ride the waves on their own seas and lose sight of the shore. who discard the rules, the labels and the chains that once bound them, in search of the truth of their heart. to the ones who are fueled by the authentic and the uncensored, no matter how gritty the taste at times....here’s to the mismatched puzzle pieces that don’t get invited to join in all the reindeer games; that get left behind in the dust to learn their own way to fly. who in their sacred solitude grace the skies with wings of freedom and a destiny born of soul fire.....to the rare, unearthly beings who walk the road less traveled, taking the adventure that rises on this path with purpose and passion. who are brought alive by the fire in their blood and the longing threaded through their being" ― c. ara campbell, an ode to the misfits
 
"we are no longer trapped by the webs of lies and inferiority that once held us. we are reclaiming our birthrights as divine channels of art, music, dreams and desires. and oh, how the old powers that are falling away fear us and the way we shake the foundations of the old world free from their once clutched fingers...we, the ones who howl our wild truth to the skies"  ― c. ara campbell, catalysts for change
 
"the secret is to never lose sight
of the simple, everyday miracles in life;
good food, literature,
laughter, music,
compelling conversation,
nature, and art.
look for them in every day,
and even when it feels
like your whole world is unraveling,
you will never be too far
from a needle and thread" ― beau taplin, the secret
 
“to bring a touch of beauty to the world while i'm here. yes, that would be enough" ― beau taplin, self-expectations
 
"you can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming...i love you as the plant that never blooms but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers; thanks to your love, a certain solid fragrance risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body" ― pablo neruda, all the odes
 
"the person doing the begging does so because he’s needy, but the person doing the giving also does so out of need" ― paulo coelho, aleph
 
"it is easy to believe we are each waves and forget we are also the ocean"― osho, the book of wisdom
 
"listen: there’s a hell of a good universe next door; let’s go" ― e. e. cummings
 
"i often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day" ― vincent van gogh, letters to theo 
 
"when i have a terrible need of, shall i say the word, religion, then i go out and paint the stars" ― vincent van gogh, letters to theo
 
"love is a portion of the soul itself...and it's of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise" ― victor hugo, les miserables
 
"if you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?" ― friedrich nietzsche
 
"zen is the ocean, zen is the air, zen is the mountain, zen is thunder and lightning, zen is the spring flower and the winter snow; nay, more than that, zen is the person” ― d.t. suzuki
 
"zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about god while one is peeling potatoes. zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes" ― alan watts
 
"learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. life should be touched, not strangled. you’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and let others move forward with it" ― ray bradbury
 
"stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. see the world. it's more fantastic than any dream made" ― ray bradbury fahrenheit 451
 
"he is one of those who has had the wilderness for a pillow, and called a star his brother. alone. but loneliness can be a communion" ― dag hammarskjold, markings
 
"never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top. then you will see how low it was" ― dag hammarskjold, markings
 
"to wander in the fields of flowers pull the thorns from your own heart" ― jalaluddin rumi, hush don't say anything to god 
 
“out beyond ideas of wrongdoing
and rightdoing there is a field.
i'll meet you there.
when the soul lies down in that grass
the world is too full to talk about” ― jalaluddin rumi, the essential rumi
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ABOUT THE IMPRESSION
"i just want to be with her full time, it's that simple for me, she is a big part of my zen...until then, my life will be full of frustrations that push me farther away from what i want...and times like now, i need to just breathe, refocus, and recenter my inner peace" ― bodhinku, big part of my zen
 
in my photography, i always use filters to create longer exposure effects and to balance the light in my composition in-camera...i often use as many as four filters at time, and i always use at least one filter...for this exposure, to get the effects and balance i was looking for, i used two progrey filters in the capture of this composition...
 
this composition is comprised of two exposures taken in the same frame about five hours apart (and then merged/blended together using adobe photoshop cc to create one single frame impression)...for the milky way and upper trees and mountain part of this composition, no filters were used...
 
but for the flower field part of this impression, to allow for a much longer exposure (10 stops) to soften the flowers (moving ever so slightly) and add extra saturation naturally in camera with all the greens and purples, i chose to use the magnetic 3.0nd progrey antarctica filter combined with a 0.9gnd progrey aurora filter to help balance in-camera overall the image the way i envisioned it, and stop down the much brighter lower sky, about 3 stops brighter than the rest of the sun setting sky, which was way too bright in contrast with the flower field (for blending purposes) ...along using with the progrey g-120z magnetic holder to hold both filters and secure them to my nikon d810 mounted with a nikkor 24mm f/1.4 prime lens..
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i wish to openly thank my sponsors who have always supported me through both the good and bad times...for truly this long exposure impression would not be possible without the use of my trusty dolica tripods in combination with the progreyusa filters which i use with every photo i take...
 
"if i open my eyes, if i cry, if i think, if i sigh, if i giggle, if i dance, if i love, if i breathe, then i have lived a full days worth of life" ― bodhinku, if 
 
"contemplate without thinking. stop the world. slow down everything. shut off the noise. relax. seize this moment. reconnect. feel and sense what surrounds you. listen to all the colors of light that envelope you. see the melody and harmony that floats about unnoticed. taste the solitude of all this wonderment. smell the beautiful silence. now discover your peaceful serenity. then, reach out and touch your faith with all your senses. this is my world. awaken!" ― bodhinku, my world
 
above all else as always, i hope this message and impression find you well.
 
namaste,
bodhi
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