Bøger af Scott Shaw

From graffiti ridden walls, to street art, onto specular sunsets, Scott Shaw provides a piercing, artistic view into the urban landscape of Los Angeles, California.

In this book, Scott Shaw presents a probing view of the cities, villages, countryside, and temples of Northern Thailand.

In this book, Scott Shaw, a prolific proponent of Modern Zen, presents words in association with Zen Based Calligraphy, allowing the reader to peer deeply into their own mind and come to new conclusions about life, reality, and their own personal interpretation of existence.

Skid Row. Los Angeles, California. 1983. See the places and the faces of this rarely revealed downtrodden aspect of modern society.

This book presents Scott Shaw's visually penetrating artistic photographs from Israel.

Using a vintage Leica camera and black and white film, photographer Scott Shaw presents a penetrating view of Varanasi and Bodh Gaya, India.

The writings presented in this book are Taken from the Scott Shaw Zen Blog 3.5. These writings discuss the realities of life, god, Zen, enlightenment, art, cinema, and existence in the way only Scott Shaw can present, allowing the reader to come to new understandings about life, interpersonal relationships, and spirituality.

Step into Singapore via the piercing photographs of Scott Shaw.

View rarely seen locations of South Korea revealed through the artistic photographic images of Scott Shaw.

This book presents Scott Shaw's visually penetrating artistic photographs from Hong Kong.

View the hidden realms of Guangzhou in the People Republic of China through the lens of master photographer Scott Shaw.

The gritty and thought-provoking poetry and prose of Scott Shaw.

Step into the unseen realms of Cairo, Egypt through the artistically interpretative lens of Scott Shaw.

This book presents Scott Shaw's visually penetrating artistic photographs from Istanbul, Turkey.

Step behind the scenes of the untouched realms of Asia as love and lust collide with nirvana via the words of critically acclaimed poet and author, Scott Shaw.

Verse: The gritty and penetrating prose of Scott Shaw.

The Korean martial art of Hapkido is an advanced system of self-defense designed to provide its practitioners with viable tools to defend against even the most aggressive of attackers. Within the pages of this book are presented in-depth understandings of Hapkido's self-defense arsenal. Also detailed in this book is how Hapkido utilizes the internal energy of Ki, in addition to Hapkido techniques for the use of the Hapkido Cane, the Staff, and the Sword, also known as Kumdo. There are over three-hundred photographs presented in association with the techniques detailed in this book. The articles presented in this book were written by Hapkido Master Scott Shaw and were originally published by some of the most respected martial art journals in the industry.

"Ten to Thirty takes the gripping, gritty, and street-wise writings of Scott Shaw to a new level of literary excellence. Using his unique style of veering between storyline, poetry, and prose, Shaw takes the reader on a first-person journey into the mind of the protagonist who is crossing the threshold and turning thirty years of age. This novel vibrantly details the sights, sounds, and experiences of life lived on the artistic and rock n' roll boundaries of modern society in Los Angeles, California." Publishers Weekly

Verse: The gritty and penetrating poetry of Scott Shaw.

In this book, Scott Shaw, a prolific proponent of modern Zen Buddhism, leads the reader through a series of discussions, detailing the various aspects of Zen in relation to human consciousness and developmental awareness. He guides the reader to a place where they may come to understand the true nature of the everyday trials and tribulations of life and make each of them a true learning experience. Ultimately, the reader may come away with a new sense of empowerment and personal understanding. From this they can transverse even the most treacherous of life circumstance with a new and enhanced knowledge of self-awareness.

This book presents the lyrics for over three-hundred songs composed by Scott Shaw.

Witness the winter season coming to a close in Yosemite, California through the lens of Scott Shaw.

At the heart of Zen Buddhism is the practice of meditation. The Little Book of Zen Meditation is as one-pointed as the mind of the meditative Buddhist. It directs the reader in a exacting manner in the techniques of Zen Meditation in order that the practitioner may focus their mind and walk the path towards Nirvana.

There is a vibrant, never-ending source of energy permeating throughout this universe. That energy is known as Chi. From ancient times foreword exacting Chi Development Exercises have been designed to harness this energy in order to enhance an individual's health, gain added strength in times of need, and to overcome mental and physical challenges. This book details the history of this ancient science as well as illustrating precise and easy to perform Chi Development Exercises designed to harness this universal energy.

In the follow-up book to his best selling text, Zen Filmmaking, prolific Independent Filmmaker Scott Shaw takes the reader behind the scenes of Indie Filmmaking and teaches the secrets of how to make a feature film, documentary, or music video in the most refined and expedient manner possible. He also teaches the reader the tricks of how to make a No to Low-Budget feature film look like it has a High-Budget price tag. Shaw leads the reader through all aspects of filmmaking begining with the screenplay, onto financing, casting, producing, directing, cinematography, and distribution. This book is full of insightful filmmaking techniques normally understood only by the advanced filmmakers. Plus, it presents numerous behind-the-scene stories of what occurs on indie film sets and how to make even the most trying of circumstances work to your advantage.

Scott Shaw is arguably most well known in the film industry as the creator of Zen Filmmaking. This is a style of filmmaking based on the fact that no screenplay is used in the creation of a film. Early in his career, however, Shaw did write numerous scripts. This book presents several of Scott Shaw's unproduced screenplays. Plus, it also presents the screenplay that he wrote for the Cult Film Classic, The Roller Blade Seven. This script was never used, however, as The Roller Blade Seven became the first Zen Film.

Scott Shaw takes the reader behind-the-scenes of the gritty world of Hollywood life and nightlife in this thought provoking journey into the abyss of the Hollywood night.

Developed by Scott Shaw, the primary premise of Zen Filmmaking is that no screenplay should be used in the creation of a film. There are no rules and no definitions. The spontaneous creative energy of the filmmaker is the only defining factor. This allows for a spiritually pure source of immediate inspiration to be the only guide in the filmmaking process. Thereby, leading the practitioner towards Cinematic Enlightenment. Within the pages of this book, Scott Shaw leads the reader through all of the elements of Zen Filmmaking -- allowing one to emerge as a competent independent filmmaker, possessing all of the necessary skills to create a feature film, documentary, or music video in the easiest and most expedient manner possible. This book also takes the reader behind-the-scenes on several of Scott Shaw's feature films. This provides a unique insight into the filmmaking process while illustrating how to bypass many of the obstacles of filmmaking.

Via his poetry and prose Scott Shaw takes the reader into the mind of a poet and his lover in a turbulent relationship, destine for disaster, in 1980s West Hollywood, California.

Zen Buddhism: The Pathway to Nirvana provides the reader with a complete overview of the history and evolution of Buddhism -- from the birth and enlightenment of the Buddha onto the modern day. It then provides a complete how-to for all of the various meditation techniques employed by Zen Buddhism. Finally, this book details how the practitioner of Zen may rise to the ultimate plateau of Nirvana. This book is a compelling work by one of the most respected authors in the field.