musing this morning ...

... on the nature of reverie ...













moving water (evidence of material imagination)
scanned and altered image
july 25, 2006

... evidence of reverie enjoyed in woods and along streams - collected, bottled, recorded ...

a reading from shih-shu:

bream and carp flash their golden scales,
pairs of ducks links wings.
all the while the poet stares this way and that --
caught in a web beyond all speaking.

resources for the journey

gaston bachelard, water and dreams: an essay on the imagination of matter
the cleveland metroparks
"shih shu" on poetry chaikhana

moving water on flickr

and the pleasures of tea

darjeeling estate golden tipped, from stash

love and best wishes,
jeanne

reflecting this evening ...

... on the evolution of consciousness ...










the glass bead game (homage to hermann hesse)
scanned and altered image
july 13, 2006

a reading from hermann hesse:

soap bubbles

from years of study and of contemplation
an old man brews a work of clarity,
a gay and involuted dissertation
discoursing on sweet wisdom playfully.

an eager student bent on storming heights
has delved in archives and in libraries,
but adds the touch of genius when he writes
a first book full of deepest subtleties.

a boy, with bowl and straw, sits and blows,
filling with breath the bubbles from the bowl.
each praises like a hymn, and each one glows;
into the filmy beads he blows his soul.

old man, student, boy, all these three
out of the maya-foam of the universe
create illusions. none is better or worse.
but in each of them the light of eternity
sees its reflection, and burns more joyfully.

from "joseph knecht's posthumous writings" in magister ludi: the glass bead game

resources for the journey

hermann hesse, magister ludi: the glass bead game
nobel prize in literature presentation speech (1946)
professor gunther gottschalk's hermann hesse resource page

and remembering tea and friends ...

lemon & ginger herbal tea, from twinings (u.k.)

savor the journey!!
jeanne

reflecting this evening...

... on the nature of peace ...



trees
by magiceye
july 11, 2006
originally uploaded to flickr by magiceye

a zen saying:

sounds of the valley stream
wash your ears clean;
the canopy of pine trees
touches your eyes green.

resources for the journey

magiceye's images on flickr
universalist group on flickr
the zen calendar
thich nhat hanh, peace is every step

and remembering tea and friends...

alpine flowers herbal tea, from the republic of tea

love and best wishes,
jeanne

musing this morning...

... on the mysteries of the inner life ...


















(images are portals)


















gestation
scanned, assembled and altered image
july 2006

there is thunder this morning, and rain... as there was the day i walked the muddy paths to the river to photograph the patterns made by rain falling onto the receptive surface of the water...

resources for the journey

"hexagram of the month: 3, sprouting" in clarity's i ching newsletter, issue 61 (online)
hellmut wilhelm and richard baynes (translators), the i ching, or book of changes

and not to forget tea...

chinese breakfast: yunnan black tea, from numi

may all travelers find joy!
jeanne