“… sudden gaps in the flow of mental activity … suddenly you see …
“When the flow of ordinary mental activity is interrupted, mind and eye stop … your surroundings appear vividly. This is what we call flash of perception. …”*
*Andy Karr and Michael Wood, The Practice of Contemplative Photography
Oh leaves, ask the wind which of you
Will be the first to fall. ~Soseki*
*cited in Jonathan Clements, The Moon in the Pines
It matters not
What you might say.
Echoes will come
From dead trees. ~Issa (The Year of My Life, Trans: N YuasaJ)
Soon…the warmth of spring rains will transform bare branches into dense shades of green.
today too, heat
and tomorrow, more heat?
house in trees.
~Issa*
taking a moment to Look Up and check what’s going on above me
*cited:
This phantasm
of falling petals vanishes into
moon and flowers …
~Okyo*
*cited:
Japanese Death Poems
Yoel Hoffmann
making the lawn
a sit-down tea house…
summer trees.
~Issa*
submitted in response to Lost In Translation’s black and white photo challenge
*cited:
crumbling
branches
Oh leaves, ask the wind which of you
Will be the first to fall. ~Soseki
Along this road
Is none but I
This autumn eve. ~ Basho
cited in Jonathan Clements, The Moon in the Pines
a meditative journey 
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