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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