Flying Free, the joy of letting go, and proven to be key in letting me know that there is more to see and more to show than what is in me. Just this past week I added a photo and some writing to the book; this photo and writing expresses what it felt like for [...]

  The women of the Mevlevi Order of America taught me about friendship with women. I remember my first meeting with a very special woman in the beginning of my association with the Dervishes, even before I had taken on the work of photographing them on their tours and during Maui based events. As I [...]

I will never forget my introduction to the Whirling Dervishes. My first official shoot for them was at a camp on the North Shore of Oahu. I had a new camera and really was struggling with the flash. Within a few hours of my working with this group I realized that flash was not going [...]

Wow, it is headed to the printers for the color proof next week. Once that is verified the book will be printed up and within 4-6 weeks from that date will be sitting in my office all lined up in their neat little boxes. I am offering the book up for pre-sale, in a signed, limited [...]

Dear Friends, This week I hope to have the book to a stage where it can be sent to the printer’s for a color proof. Once I get that back I will be able to make any corrections and then off to the printer. You may or may not know, Jelal has given his blessing [...]

Listening to the radio, driving down the road, I heard this line in a song: You are the only one who let go a breath and a stream of galaxies was left behind. Trees have begun to bloom, and blossoms blow about in the March wind. White flowers from the Bradford Pears, and delicate red [...]

by Hafez Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out.  Your love Should never be offered to the mouth of a stranger, Only to someone who has the valor and daring To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife Then weave them [...]

Do You Know What the Whirling Is? Do you know what the whirling is? It is hearing the voices of the spirits saying “Yes” to God’s question. “Am I not your Lord?” It is a deliverance from ego and reunion with the Lord. Do you know what the whirling is? It is escaping one’s existence, [...]

The Sunrise Ruby (translation Coleman Barks) In the early morning hour, just before dawn, lover and beloved wake and take a drink of water. She asks, “Do you love me or yourself more? Really, tell the absolute truth.” He says, “There’s nothing left of me. I’m like a ruby held up to the sunrise. Is [...]

Dear Friends, Over the past few weeks I have had several of the Friends that have photos in the book to send in waivers via email. They are simple documents, just your name stated as it is legally and a short sentence expressing your permission to have your photo(s) published in the book. Photo left: [...]