remote connections

Greetings and good morning. It’s been a while — and it’s been a wild while…literally. Things are primitive here, but actually more primitive than I’d thought. Hard to find ways to link in, even in places that I’d thought I’d...

Scent and the making of smoke…

Bhutan Journal I’m a lover of scent; I’ve explored that for some time; I’ve even got a collection of rare old books on fragrance — and fragrance making. I just like to smell things. Books, pigments, antiquities, art objects, stone, leather,...

Light, dark, shadow

Light, dark,  shadow | 10.29 | Trongsa Dzong I’ve learned a lot about light. And about seeking it, finding it. Going there. Where light is. And where it isn’t. In fact, I’m still learning about light. And I’ll be always learning about light,...

Light configurations

Bhutan Journal There, Bhutan, it’s all ways that there is something out there, in the distance, nestled in the hills, contained on some distant ridge, crag balanced, escarpment carved, some powerful — magnet — that draws me (up) there. And the answer...

Ravencall

Bhutan Journal Ravencall (10.29) Bunthang Why do I love ravens, crows, jays and magpies so much? I don’t know. But I do. Just days before my departure, I’d learned that the national bird of Bhutan is, in fact, the Raven. How could I have missed that? How...