I brought my Yashica T4 on my trip to Hong Kong and Japan last fall. I barely took any photos with it though. Sometimes I get overly precious with film and end up not making nearly enough frames.

I took this picture early in the morning from the shore of a lake at the foot of Mt. Fuji.

I’m currently reading Zen Mind, Beginners Mind and I came across the passage that captions the photo. I don’t know what any of it means but it makes me feel some type of way.

“The blue mountain is the father of the white cloud. The white cloud is the son of the blue mountain. All day long they depend on each other, without being dependent on each other. The white cloud is always the white cloud. The blue mountain is alwa…

“The blue mountain is the father of the white cloud. The white cloud is the son of the blue mountain. All day long they depend on each other, without being dependent on each other. The white cloud is always the white cloud. The blue mountain is always the blue mountain.”

- Tozan