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jane2a, a photo by Peter Yumi on Flickr. Today I have been meditating on John Cage writings. This morning I read a bit of Silence before heading out the door. here are some of his writings that have resonated with … Continue reading →

The last two and a half years I have been extremely disciplined in my practice.  I wake used to wake up every morning and make my collage work, then I switched, now I work when I get home from my … Continue reading →

Fetish 1. an object regarded with awe as being the embodiment or habitation of a potent spirit or as having magical potency. 2. any object, idea, etc., eliciting unquestioning reverence, respect, or devotion: to make a fetish of high grades. As … Continue reading →

“The purpose of the papier colle’ was to give the idea that different textures can enter into a composition to become the reality in the painting that competes with the reality in nature. We tried to get rid of “trompe … Continue reading →

I have decided to start selling a select number of prints of my work. If you would like to purchase any of the prints below, please contact me at peter.yumi at gmail.com

But look at this matter in other lights a man might rather have done than to have left undone after disposing of the embalmed head Was there ever such unconsciousness? contracted, that definition is the result of expanded meditation preparations … Continue reading →

The cleft was infested with woodlice. the burn was forever there soon, going to the table, took up a large book there, No more my splintered heart and maddened hand This soothing savage had redeemed it.

Research more Talk to more artists about their work Read more poems Read more novels Read more non-fiction Listen to more music Ask artist more questions Work more, at the end of my life I will have said I should … Continue reading →