You can learn about the pine only from the pine, or about the bamboo only from bamboo. When you see an object, you must leave your subjective pre-occupation with yourself; otherwise you impose yourself on the object, and do not learn. The object and yourself must become one, and from that feeling of oneness issues your poetry. However well phrased it may be, if your feeling is not natural—if the object and our self are separate—then your poetry is not true poetry but merely your subjective counterfeit. ~ Basho
a meditative journey 
Thank you Brenda for sharing these wonderful words.
Amazing how his words, written so long ago, resonate today.
Yes.
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#Haiku Happenings #5: Brenda presents wise counsel by Basho!
Basho! Ah!
This is a hauntingly beautiful photograph. It suits the quote perfectly.
Thank you…”hauntingly” invites me to ponder my obsession with the various manifestations of the sunflower family.
Interesting – I will look out for future photos 🙂
Beautiful image and quote. 🙂
Thank you, Patti.