Bytemarks

Graffiti art or street art as I like to refer to these pieces, stirs feelings that range from awe to disgust in those that view it. Born out of the street punk movement dating back to the late 70′s and early 80′s in the subways of New York City, this was a statement by rebellious [...]

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For the past 4 or 5 years I been putting together my New Years calendar. I usually spend the day after Christmas, rushing around looking for photos from the previous year to assemble into a one-year view calendar. Then I email it to my printer to get hard copies to hand out (in lieu of [...]

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June 21, 2009 marks the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. It is the tilt of the earth’s axis that causes this long day and as soon as it happens we pass into a period of shortening days. It is the transition from one period into the next. For seven years, my friend [...]

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The vibrance and excitement of SXSW was intoxicating. When I got back last week Wed (3/18). I hit the road running going into the office, sharing cool finds from SXSW, doing the Bytemarks Cafe radio show that evening. Then on Thursday it was the Andy Bumatai show and on Friday it was working on getting [...]

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I just got word of an upcoming show called Digital Imagery in Hawaii 2009 featuring local photographers. The show is juried by David Ulrich and Jerry Omo, Jr. and will be held at the Canon Gallery, 210 Ward Avenue, Suite 701. The exhibition is sponsored by Pacific New Media and is designed to provide a [...]

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A haiku poem I wrote while contemplating life the morning of the Samurai Game: Spring is in the airThe Sun pierces through the treesGecko leaps from rock. And the day after: The morning is hereYour life has begun anewDon’t waste the moment!

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I first met these Bhutanese monks during our annual mochi pounding event at Chozen-ji over Christmas holiday. They of course are here for the BIG Bhutan exhibit coming up at the Academy of Arts. Now that I have a bit of free time on my hands one of the things I’ve been doing is volunteering [...]

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Zengo Sai Dan is a short passage in the Fudochi Shimmyo Roku, a collection of writings by Takuan Soho a Zen master in the 1600′s. It basically means: The state of mind should be after you cut and discard where the past and present meet. The principle is cutting between past and present and setting [...]

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