Weekly Koan

"a striped umbrella

barnacled whales crash and flash

dog days on The Point"

Griffo

Kabir

"All know that the drop merges into the ocean 

but few know 

that the ocean merges into the drop.”

Kabir

"The world needs dreamers 

and the world needs doers. 

But above all, 

the world needs dreamers who do. "

Sarah Ban Breathnach

analogue selfie

Dragin' flies

"The dragonfly!

Distant mountains reflected

in his eyes."

Issa

Ritual

“When tea becomes ritual, 

it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see 

greatness in small things. 

Where is beauty to be found? 

In great things that, like everything else, 

are doomed to die, 

or in small things that aspire to nothing, 

yet know how to set a jewel of infinity 

in a single moment?” 

Muriel Barbery

Are you ready for the country?

"Are you ready for the country

because it's time to go?"

Neil Young

Tom and Thomas 2016

Abstraction

"Ah, the nightingale! 

There were many people there 

But not one of them heard it."

Ryokan

Another Two for Tuesday

"To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. 

Not to dare is to lose oneself. 

Soren Kierkegaard

Too old for Tuesday

"There's ageism in everything. I don't give a hoot. 

It isn't what other people think; 

it's what you think. 

But it's hard to come to terms with getting older. 

I admire people like Vivienne Westwood." 

Cyndi Lauper

"I've been running a full marathon every year 

for more than 20 years, 

and my record is getting worse. 

Getting older, 

getting worse. 

It's natural. "

Haruki Murakami