“She holds up the cage with the owl. ‘But now I have a beautiful cat-eagle that can carry with him my new wish. When he flies away, all my old sadnesses will go with him. Then both of us will be free.'”~Amy Tan*
*cited: Amy Tan, The Hundred Secret Senses.
The whole world is you,
yet you keep thinking
there is something else.~Hsueh Feng
poppy buds … sleeping … waiting for their awakening.
Fujifilm X-T4: f4 . 1/1000s . 41mm . 1600 ISO . dramatic monochrome film simulation*
Image submitted in response to Patti’s invitation to explore monochrome images that feature shadows and reflections
*Ritchie Roesch’s FujiXWeekly app
sunrise silhouette
in the sky – leafless branches
an ink-dawn drawing
the night I understood
this is a world of dew
I woke up from my sleep ~Retsuzan
Fujifilm XT4 … f4 1/250s 79mm 1600 ISO
into a cold night
I spoke aloud
but the voice was
no voice I knew.
~ Otsuji
Image submitted in response to Cee’s flower of the day (FOTD) challenge.
Color of the flower
Has already faded away,
While in idle thoughts
My life passes vainly by,
As I watch the long rains fall. ~ Ono no Komachi
Image submitted in response to Cee’s flower of the day (FOTD) challenge.
I cast the brush aside
from here on I’ll speak to the moon
face to face ~Koha
Nikon D750 …f/5.6 1/500s 85mm 800 ISO i
Image submitted in response to Cee’s flower of the day (FOTD) challenge
a meditative journey 
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