Keep the spirit on wing

I’m writing about your loss, Dan. A long time ago, when I was in college, and studying chinese painting, there was a teacher, a mentor — and surely, spiritual advisor: Wing Leong, a student of the master, Chiang Yee. And he taught about the idea that when...

silent production

There was a day this past week that was the longest day; and it was for me. I started in NYC. (and this is about silence) And I awakened there, sometime around two forty five. This was the timing in Seattle. But I was in NYC. (and this is about being quiet) That day,...

The Volute

t h e v o l u t e Every year, when it comes time for my birth day, to day — I think about the numbers, one to the other, and what added summation they might make, to mean. So now, in 54 turns around the sun, this forms 9, the volute, that drawing spinning...

Quiet, mist divides.

From here, there, from there, here. Where does the earth begin, the sky fall, the horizon emerge? Quiet found, that moment newly discovered… quiescent \kwy-ES-uhnt; kwee-\, adjective: Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; inactive. Quiescent derives from...

Lost

> First, you are found, then you are lost. Then you find your way again. > Find your heart, your home — the way from one place to another. One, > found. Another path, another way, another mystery. > And you make your way. You make your way. You...