Ben Ledi – pulsating mountain
- 28 January 2015
- Photography, Poetry, Walking
temporal voids
of cerulean blue –
ice holes, pulsating –
falling apart rapidly
plummeting
Smeared Across Time – Kusen Collaboration with John Fraser
John’s Kusen
Poetry Dogen’s ‘Everyday Life’ [adapted]
On Unseen Mountain
A scarecrow is
Not in vain
Commentary:
The scarecrow standing over a small rice paddy would often be dressed in black, like a monk. He protects that which feeds all beings. So, Dogen is talking about the practitioner and the dharma, and the relationship between them.
Because the scarecrow is fully expressing himself, the rice, the birds, the mountain and all things can fully express themselves. Likewise the bird. Likewise the mountain.
Because the mountain is unseen, the eyes of duality are closed. Because this is so, all being leaps out of a picture and is whole, not fractured.
The scarecrow does not eat yet all things are fed
Since, unlike a Hungry Ghost, the scarecrow is not
smeared across time
More zen articles at Kusen & Notes from John
unravelling – snap shots, walking and cycling, through scottish cityscapes
- 30 October 2014
- Photography, Walking
Tonedown characters part 2
- 25 October 2014
- Drawing & Painting, Journey to Nowhere
tonedown
investigating elements T – S – I – D
actions in times present, past and futures – neither the same nor different (zenki)
Artworks and response by John Fraser
Response to images by John Fraser:
The eyes are unseen;
All the worlds are visible
(Gatha of Xuedou, Blue Cliff Records) Unevenness, non fixing…
Compiled by Zen Master Yuanwu Keqin (Engo Kokugon, 1063-1135)
One, seven, three, five.
The truth you search for cannot be grasped.
As night advances, a bright moon illuminates the whole ocean;
The dragon’s jewels are found in every wave,
Looking for the moon, it is here, in this wave, in the next.
Cobalt Install (Orkney, Scotland) Part 2 – Square
- 10 July 2014
- Installation & Sculpture, Photography
