Sunday 1 February 2015

zen baka in Kyoto




Rippling pool reflections in Japan...

Kikoku-tei
zen garden

equipoise 
like the shadow of a stone - moves
under the sun
fix'd at the centre
sweeping the day along...

'hanatsu kireini' 
(radiate clarity)
like night fire on a hilltop

'kaze'
the wind swirling around...

- present like the moon.

adventurous charismatic equilibrium
the vacuum has a stillness pour'd into it --
the open space that people need
to recognise the invisible.
the mask fulfils the hidden secret longing --
where public individuality gels
into a quiet harmony.