MahaYuri

To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. William Blake (1757-1827) English poet, painter, engraver, and visionary....

CATEGORY: ALMOST DIED WHERE: Border between Soviet Union & Czechoslovakia ( 2 countries which no longer exist) WHEN: Night, October, 1972 AGE: 19 years old I was finally leaving Soviet Union. The train stopped at the customs building in Chop. All the families on the train were told to unload their possessions and take them to customs. The piles of luggage on the platform were enormous. My...

CATEGORY: ALMOST DIED WHERE: Near Cordova, Prince William Sound, Alaska WHEN: Evening, Summer, 1990 AGE: 36 years old I was walking on a glacier. All of my companions, except one, were further ahead. The two of us came to a wall of ice blocks and he started climbing over it. I saw what appeared to be a large puddle of water at the end of this wall. The water was milky white, unknown depth. I...

CATEGORY: ALMOST DIED WHERE: Near river Dnepr, Kiev, Ukraine, USSR WHEN: Night, Winter, 1965 AGE: 12 years old I ran away from home. I did something at school and was busted. I was terrified of my father and didn't want to face him. In the Soviet Union there were shortages of everything, including empty buildings, so I wandered the streets. In the evening I found myself walking by the river. It...

CATEGORY: MY FAMILY WHERE: Soviet Union WHEN: 1941-44 AGE: Before my time. My maternal grandfather was an illiterate, deaf-mute cobbler. During World War II my mother and her family where evacuated in trains from Kiev east toward Central Asia. My grandfather took with him his portable shoe repair kit. Because he was mute and could not advertise his services vocally, during stops he would set-up...

My plate is my canvas.

My brother Mark took these shots in Sierra Nevada. One at sunrise, the other at sunset.