Someone asked, “what is my true nature?”
If you search for your “true’ nature, you grant the existence of a “false” one.
If you make no attempt to define your nature, you will find nothing in it that is not true.*
*cited:
Japanese Death Poems
Yoel Hoffmann
wild geese murmuring–
are they spreading
rumors about me?
~Issa*
*cited:
fan tucked politely
under her collar: hands busy
picking flowers
~Issa*
*cited:
The Spring of my Life
Kobayashi Issa
Trans: Sam Hamill
if some great idea takes hold of us from outside, we must understand that it takes hold of us only because something in us responds to it, and goes out to meet it. ~C. G. Jung
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along this walk
is none but I
this autumn eve
~Basho*
*cited in:
The Moon in the Pines
Trans: Jonathan Clements
Between the slats
of the window
a tiny hand held out
to feel spring rain ~ Torai*
Since it has now been three days of gray skies, drizzling rain, and no wind, inside is an appropriate description of life within Wyoming. While the focus is upon the rain drop, inside the image is a not quite ripe plum.
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*cited in:
The Year of My Life
Trans: Nobuyuki Yuasa
How invisibly
it changes color
in this world,
the flower
of the human heart.
~Ono no Komachi*
…our ordinary vision is limited, and…our conventional consensus of reality is not the only version of reality.
The complex multidimensionality of the modern world no doubt contributes to the constructive habit of the mind that, in its attempt to provide meaning, continually rearranges the world to fit individual needs. The failure to recognize the constructive nature of the mind can be a major obstacle to artistry and creativity. Conversely, understanding the constructive nature of the mind and reality can lead the way to Great Understanding in the art of photography and in the art of living. (61)**
sources:
*The Ink Dark Moon
Trans: Jane Hirshfield with Mariko Aratant
**Tao of Photography
Philippe L Gross & S.I. Shapiro
a meditative journey 
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