We have all suffered from sleepless nights. Shakespeare’s Sonnet 27 puts it into timeless words. What a wonder that lines written back in 1609 can still resonate with us today.
Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed,
The dear ...
Poetry lovers have an ear for discovering unexpected beauty in words. But as a photographer I realized that it is not only words that create poetry. When shooting with dancers and yogis it became evident that the body itself can create poetry by i...
2021-07-19 04:20:09 +0000 UTC View Post
“She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes;
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.”
In yoga, “bird of paradise” is a deceptively difficult pose.
In Sanskrit this pose is called “Svarga Dwijasana”. Svarga is the word for “heaven” or “paradise”, and “dvij” means “twice born”.
“Twice born” is ...
2021-07-03 02:46:47 +0000 UTC View Post
The song I came to sing
remains unsung to this day.
I have spent my days in stringing
and in unstringing my instrument.
– from a poem by Rabindranath Tagore [1861-1941]
2021-07-03 02:40:53 +0000 UTC View Post
If I were hanged on the highest hill,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
I know whose love would follow me still,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
If I were drowned in the deepest sea,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
I know ...
Setbacks are as inevitable as nightfall
Recoup and rise again
We are the Sun God Ra, plunging into night
to wrestle the forces of darkness
But each morning the heavens beckon
inviting us to soar high again
– Pardes...
2021-07-03 02:37:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Crystal is one of my dearest friends. Over the years we have engaged in quite a few fun adventures, including some that were borderline illegal! Looking at her serene demeanor in the photographs we create, one would never guess what a troublemaker...
2021-06-27 05:27:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Over the centuries countless painters and sculptors have used the myth of Pygmalion and his statue, Galatea, as inspiration.
Pygmalion sculpts a statue so perfect he fall in love with it. Day after day he takes offerings to the temple of Aph...
2021-06-27 05:15:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Don’t let the fall keep you down
Listen to your heart
When you know what you want
your spirit finds the strength to rise up
and turn dreams into reality
– Pardesi Pyara
PHOTO: Kayla doing an imprompt...
2021-06-27 05:12:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Open your heart
and reach for what you need
The Universe is waiting for you
– Pardesi Pyara
PHOTO: Issa is a charming athletic goddess from Sweden. We had a fun afternoon shooting when she was visiting Venic...
2021-06-27 05:07:30 +0000 UTC View Post
3500 years ago (1500BCE): In India, up in the Himalayas, a yogi walking past a Shiva statue, “All that I see is an illusion created by my senses. The true reality is that we are all one continuous, eternal field of conscious energy, called Brahm...
2021-06-27 05:05:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Circumstances over the past year have left me appreciating the importance of friendship in our life. In Eastern cultures, such as India where I grew up, traditions of hospitality deepen bonds of family and friendship. I am reminded of a beautiful ...
2021-06-27 04:59:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Lying, thinking
Last night
How to find my soul a home
Where water is not thirsty
And bread loaf is not stone
I came up with one thing
And I don't believe I'm wrong
That nobody,
But nobody
Can make it out here alone.
Mosh is a well known burlesque dancer. This is from a shoot we did with Sanskrit mantras written on her body.
2021-06-09 23:39:42 +0000 UTC View Post
One of the photos from back when I was still shooting on film instead of digital. I had a well known Hollywood prop maker construct several sets of wings for me and I did a whole series of nudes with wings.
This was long before Victoria’s ...
2021-06-09 23:38:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Filmmaker Lina Esco made a documentary back in 2014 called “Free the Nipple” where she filmed herself running topless through New York.
Her film, and the publicity it generated, kicked off a worldwide phenomenon of women protesting laws ...
2021-06-09 23:34:58 +0000 UTC View Post
But if, through all the livelong day,
You've cheered no heart, by yea or nay --
If, through it all
You've nothing done that you can trace
That brought the sunshine to one face--
No act most small
That helped some soul and nothing...
Astonishes me that people who have never meditated before will sit down and attempt to meditate for thirty minutes or an hour. That's a long time meditate! Imagine a person who has never exercised in their life attempting to run a marathon on day ...
2021-06-09 23:24:18 +0000 UTC View Post
I launched this Patreon account two months ago, in the last week of March 2021. Since then I have made over 100 posts. I have shared well over 200 photographs, all presented uncensored as they are meant to be seen (unlike my postings over at IG)!&...
2021-05-28 18:02:37 +0000 UTC View Post
I am not very social when I am at the gym. I like to make the most of my time there so you’d see me just working out hard, head down, sweating away, totally focussed on my workout.
People, I guess, picked up on my vibe so I was not used to...
2021-05-24 04:29:34 +0000 UTC View Post
These photos are from years ago when I had just started exhibiting my Body as Temple nudes in art shows around the Los Angles area.
I went to a dance performance in Hollywood and they had an after party later where the audience mingled with ...
2021-05-24 04:26:45 +0000 UTC View Post
COW FACE POSE: It is an odd name for a yoga pose, but it is a great stretch for tight shoulders.
Most yogis can’t even get their hands to meet the first time they try it. Most have to use a strap to try and get the hands as close as possib...
2021-05-24 04:24:01 +0000 UTC View Post
People often ask me how I find my subjects. Mostly they find me! And mostly by word of mouth. But sometimes it is a random encounter.
Some friends of mine had opened a wholistic health clinic in Santa Monica and were celebrating its one year...
2021-05-24 04:22:09 +0000 UTC View Post
I heard from some of you how much you loved the “Back Beauty” post. So I decided to share a bigger selection of photographs from that shoot.
These images were taken on one of my early visits to Houston, before I had moved to the area. Li...
2021-05-19 17:06:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Now a days even Indians pronounce “Yoga” as we do here in the US. But it wasn’t always like that. The original Sanskrit pronunciation is better represented by “Yoge”, as it rhymes with “robe”, as in bathrobe.
When pronounced th...
2021-05-17 01:15:04 +0000 UTC View Post
There is a whole field of photography called “Glamor Photography” (or “Glamour” in UK!) comprised of pretty women in mildly sexual poses. It is the mainstay of many “Men’s” magazines, calendars that hang in mechanic shops, and a disp...
2021-05-17 01:13:27 +0000 UTC View Post
My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
The Child is father of the Man;
And I could wish my days to be
B...
