Neil Zlozower:
The more I read about the philosophy of Buddha, the more I realized that was more where my mindset was, so I started getting into the world of Buddha, which is probably the best thing that ever happened to me in my whole entire life. In the 1980s and 90s I was wild and crazy and a raving lunatic, but now I'm in my golden years, so I am more mellow and the teachings of Buddha help calm me and given me a new realization about life and what it's about and the good, the bad and the ugly about life. That was a turning point in my life, 2003 - 2004 when I got introduced to the teachings of Buddha.
So, I decided to make a collection of prints from my
Buddha statues, I probably have about 40 Buddha
statues at home, so I brought them to my studio one
day, shot pictures of them and I gave them to my art
Tom to me is the greatest art director on the planet.
So I said Tom here’s these photos, work your magic.
So, he tweaked them and did his magic to the photos
and we came up with this line of Buddha prints.
Originally I just made them for my own use, however
when everyone saw them they wanted them, so now
Rock'N'Roll photos at home on my walls. I don't really
want to see that stuff when I go home.
getting into the
mind of Budha budhad
Peggy McIntaggart Seagren:
Oh, that's pretty awesome. Also from what I understand you are a follower of the teachings of Buddha, can you explain about that?
Neil Zlozower:
Well, when I was born, I was born Jewish, but I've never
been a religious person in about 2003, I accidentally got
turned on to the teachings of Buddha through a girlfriend
I had in Thailand. I started reading more and more about
it and I realized that, that was sort of the philosophies in
life that I always sort of had in the back of my mind. I
floating in the sky that watches over people and protects
them and takes care of them and so on and so forth.
For more information, please visit Neil Zlozower website at: www.photosofbuddha.com
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never really believed there was a judgment maker/creator
director Tom Jermann, whose company is T-42 design.
I offer my prints to the general public. I don't have any