All sharing, First post, Me & Me, Shining with, Without words, Wow

Monday 30 June 2014

Mini tomatoes, Fearless







Paul Allitt, Kettle's yard  2011








Fearless

_______



Late morning. 

The welcome sound of birds. 
The smell of freshly mown grass.

Cosy light flowing leisurely.
Freshly washed mini tomatoes.

All round, round.
Gliding drop by drop. 
Sparkling freshness.   

Send.  
Light sweat trickling down.

In between spring and summer.

Send. 
Thoughts, 
 feelings.  

No name, no notion. 
 No coming, no going.  

Fearless in whatever we do.

The hearts wide open.
The shoulders comfortably lowered.  

A twinkling face.































Monday 23 June 2014

Consistent







Taro Tabuchi, Flower leaf B  花入B    2011



























Clear hands
gently on the heart.

One acacia flower seed
flies, flies and becomes the sky.
A thread of soft wind
flows, flows and becomes air.   

Naturally.
Comfortably.

Soil, water, air, light, wood, fire, people

The deepening night.
The brightening dawn.

Breath,
scent,
the touch
seeping in slowly.

One consistent mind only.  
The mind that is
unwavering,
unshakable.

Unmoved by both criticism and praise.

The mind that
sees.

Things as they are. 

Comfortably.
Naturally. 







François-Xavier Lalanne, Mouton transhumant   1988 












































Monday 16 June 2014

Beautiful, Chihayafuru








Lee Ufan, La peinture ensevelie...  2013


























Shining with

Chihayafuru

_______


 Beautiful 





Ah, ah, thank you.

The world is truly filled with 
beautiful people, beautiful minds. 
Every moment of meeting with them... 
how precious it is...   
Thank you.

Chihayafuru, a beautiful story   
unfolding with the poems which are 1000 years old. 
Touching.
Tears.
Warmth spreading softly.

3 o’clock in the afternoon.
Light, moist rain falling.
The white light from street lamps coming on one by one.  

Clear and transparent light, dark green.
Cool grey stones becoming deepened.
Full of calm freshness by their being together.      

The landscape of the story
unrolling before my eyes.


Ah,



Stay still
in the shade 
that clouds and rain make.  

The sky spreading out wide and wide. 

A cool breeze coming in quietly.  










Yuki Suetsugu, Chihayafuru ちはやふる  2011 

















All sharing







                     

                     
                      Me & Me

                  Be













                   

                      Me & Me

                  Rest
                  comfortably 












                                  


                              
                                    Wow

                              Glutinous rice,
                      Thank you  























































                          Me & Me

                Gentle















       
        Wow

    Chinamul
    greens,
    Without
    a wobble
















        Me & Me

    From one




















        Me & Me

    Be silence



































Monday 9 June 2014

Be







Ryoanji 龍安寺 The temple of the dragon at peace  






Tiny, tiny white gravel 
being touched gently  
every day.

The stones, moss, trees, soil, wall, tile roof.  
The warmth of sunlight.

The serene place with no breath of wind.

It takes away
all the trying hard.

Be.
‘Now’ that is not on the clock.
‘Here’ that is not on the map.  

Unchangingly.
Endlessly.

Do it 
again and again.

The time of wisdom, for more than 600 years.
With a single unshakable mind.

Leaves falling 
in the place with no breath of wind.

All things are done 
naturally. 
We only need to do.  

A tear of gratitude.
A smile.

















Monday 2 June 2014

Rest comfortably







Joseph Walsh, Enignum  2012






The morning sky, tree, air.
A whistling sound.
The sound of a school bell. 
The lush greenness shining in the sunlight. 

Cool and bright.
Clear and mild.

Quietly composed
eyes, nose, mouth, ears, neck, shoulders, hands.

Eyes become eyes and nose becomes nose.
Mouth becomes mouth and, ears become ears.
Neck becomes neck and, shoulders become shoulders.
Hands become hands.

Put down
comfortably.

Meet
comfortably.

With a bright face
slightly raising the corners of the mouth.

Deep breathing
in and out          . 


One

Two



Rest comfortably


.   .   .   .   .


Tree

Light

Shadow


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 I and I  


.   .   .   .   .


We


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