The purpose of my photography is to evoke within the observer an immediate sense of "being"and that everything is sensuous and a part of our human experience. Satisfying images should feel visually and emotionally in balance. I want the same effect as haiku, the poetry of sensation--a sense of each moment or thing having significance. An image should be perceived directly for what it is without the need for thought or intellectualizing. It should resonate and quiet the mind. Emptiness, real or inferred, evokes a sense of timelessness. I try to use it as the primary element in composition. I believe in what Lao Tzu said:

"Give people a void to look at and simplicity to hold.
Then there will be little selfishness and few desires."