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December 12, 2021
What It Means to Perceive 2
There was a particular moment of perception that transformed me completely. I had had a...
December 06, 2021
Doing for Others, Seeing for Ourselves
A tribe migrates west because they are being persecuted. They emigrate into the mountains. They...
November 2021
November 29, 2021
Everything or Nothing
Every life within every generation must struggle between the appearance of nothing and the appearance...
November 22, 2021
What it Means to Perceive 1
Poetry is a portal, a means of perception. All art is. And just as we...
November 14, 2021
Grounded but Not Buried
I take my time, looking for what [lasts]… —Tao Ch’ien We are constantly challenged to...
November 03, 2021
Notice
Imagine a lantern in an open boat, the light flickering as the boat drifts in...
November 01, 2021
Keep Trying
Take off your situation and you are closer. Take off the story you’ve been...
October 2021
October 23, 2021
Grief
One of the great truths in this life is that if we know love, we...
October 17, 2021
Taken from the Nest
Since stepping out of the first cave, we have made pilgrimage, trying to find where...
October 11, 2021
The Truth and Grip of Feelings
Once awake, an essential path of learning is the art of being sensitive. No one...
October 04, 2021
The Gift of Immersion
Over the years, I’ve been humbled to discover, time and again, that when I feel...
September 2021
September 28, 2021
You Taught Me
When lost and unable to move, you came and rubbed my shoulders till my judgment...
September 20, 2021
The Café Life
I have always loved the café life where I can sit by the endless river...
September 13, 2021
For Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett is a legendary pianist and composer who is part of the pantheon who...
September 06, 2021
The Inside of Jade
As ancient Buddhists drank tea to prevent drowsiness during epic mediations, we drink of each...
August 2021
August 30, 2021
As He Lay There
When my father was close to death, we were stripped of our history. I sat...
August 23, 2021
Spiritual Fluency
Our utter devotion to whatever is before us reveals the nearest detail as a doorway...
August 16, 2021
As a Tuning Fork
Early on, I realized that being a poet was mostly about being an awake human...
August 09, 2021
The Garden in Our Heart
I believe there is a garden in our heart where some part of everyone we’ve...
August 02, 2021
At the Fair
Hundreds of artists sharing what they’ve been driven to create. No one knows why, but...
July 2021
July 26, 2021
Under the Snow
Across the years, my drift into understanding has been like a hawk descending in glide,...
July 19, 2021
The Tone in the Center of the Bell
No matter where you look— near, far, up, down, out or in— there is a...
July 12, 2021
We Carry A Great Matter
Once we grasp the essence of another, we have an obligation to honor and carry...
July 05, 2021
For Tu Fu
It was the spirit of Tu Fu from the Tang Dynasty who gave me strength...
June 2021
June 28, 2021
The Work of Care
I’m not sure I can help but my heart wants to try. Oh, I...
June 21, 2021
The Craft of Perception
The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but their...
June 14, 2021
Inside Why
Violins are falling from the sky. As they tumble, the wind releases deep music. This...
June 06, 2021
The Great Waters
In the beginning, I thought I was going somewhere. I thought we all were. But...
May 2021
May 31, 2021
Care Unto Care
In 1689 in Japan, a kind farmer gave the lost poet Basho a horse that...
May 24, 2021
View at Seventy
I’m standing on a bridge near the top of a mountain, looking back at the...
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