"The world is greater than our words.
To speak of it the mind must bend."
- Wendell Berry
“To the mind that is still,
the whole universe surrenders.”
- Lao Tzu
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December 30, 2019
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December 26, 2019
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December 20, 2019
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Don’t just stand there
with your hair turning grey,
Soon enough the seas will sink your little island. So while there is still the illusion of time set out for another shore. No sense packing a bag. You won’t be able to lift it into your boat. Give away all your collections. Take only new seeds and an old stick. Send out some prayers on the wind before you sail. Don’t be afraid. Someone knows you’re coming. An extra fish has been salted. - Mono (Sono) Santacroce (1928 - 1995)
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November 29, 2019
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what legacy shall I leave behind? flowers in spring cuckoos in summer maple leaves in autumn
- Ryokan, Soto Zen monk 1758 - 1831
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November 10, 2019
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November 3, 2019
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The monkey is reaching For the moon in the water. Until death overtakes him He'll never give up. If he'd let go the branch and Disappear in the deep pool, The whole world would shine With dazzling pureness. - Hakuin
October 20, 2019
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...one of my favourite songs by Leonard Cohen...
"...if it be your will
that a voice be true
from this broken hill
I will sing to you
from this broken hill
all your praises they shall ring
if it be your will
...to let me sing..."
- Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer, songwriter, poet, novelist. 1934 - 2016
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If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.
- Juan Ramon Jimenez
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Not even for a moment
do things stand still
- witness color in the trees
– haiku by Seiju, Japanese poet?
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September 29, 2019
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"Painting is a personal thing.
It gives me the same kind
of satisfaction that religion,
I imagine, gives to some people."
- Ian Fairweather was a Scottish-born, Australian recluse painter 1891-1974