Tao and words
The purpose of words is to convey ideas. When the ideas are grasped, the words are forgotten.
Where can I find a man who has forgotten words? He is the one I would like to talk to.
Thomas Merton
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It is experience that is the ultimate teacher. That is why wise people travel constantly and test themselves against the flux of circumstance.
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Pretending to have a Japanese garden
This photo and the following bulleted paragraph are from my About page, which deconstructs the title of this blog, in this case the middle word “garden”:
Posted in Art | Design, Tao | Zen, Tsuboniwa
Tagged balcony garden, Japanese garden, meditation, pocket garden, Tarrant, water, Zen
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Riders of the Last Spark
[This was originally posted on September 16, 2011, but had to be completely and imperfectly re-written following the crash of a MySQL server at my Web hosting service.]
The allusion in the title of this post is pretty simple. But if you don’t recognize it, the rest of us will wait while you check this page at IMDB…. I agree: It’s an awful pun, but please allow me to explain in the context of the following stunning photograph:
Posted in Travel, Tsuboniwa
Tagged Japanese garden, ocean, Pacific, photography, Tofino, water, wedding
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