Thank You.

 

(From; Ode to earth, Julie Stuart 2009)



Fabric Origami Bag.

 

 

 



Spring Clothing.

 

Swiftly through the years, beyond recall,

Solemn the stillness of fair morning,

I will clothe myself in spring clothing,

And visit the slopes of the eastern hill,

By the mountain stream a mist hovers,

Hovers a moment, then scatters,

There comes a wind blowing from the south,

That brushes the field of new corn.

 

(Tao Chien, 365-427, in New Corn,

170 chinese poems)

 



Temporary.

 

"Don't addicted to this being human,

This is only temporary."

 

(Robert Monroe 1915-1995)



I taught myself to live simply.

 

 

I taught myself to live simply and wisely,

To look at the sky and pray to God,

And to wander long before evening,

To tire my superfluous worries,

When the burdocks rustles in ravine,

And the purple rasberry cluster drops,

I compose happy verses,

About life's decay and beauty,

When I come back, the brown dog

greet me at the door wagging his tail,

and the fire flares bright,

at the sound of the windy night,

occasionally a sound of raindrops breaks the silence,

If you knock on my door,

I might not even hear.

 

(Anna Akhmatova 1889-1966)

 



Sonnet.

 

"And if the earthly no longer knows your name,

Whisper to the silent earth;

'I'm flowing',

To the flashing water say;

'I am'."

 

(Rainer Maria Rielke, from; Sonnets to Orpheus)



I'm smiling to myself today.

 

I am smiling to myself today,

There's no wish left in my heart,

Or perhaps there's no heart left,

Free from all desire,

I sit quietly like Earth,

My silent cry echoes like thunder,

Throughout the Universe,

I am not worried about it,

I know it will be heard by no one,

Except me.

 

(Rumi)