July 2012
63 posts
afterthought -- sixty eight
whole.
“what is the great or small difference between then and now?”
– frank lloyd wright
afterthought -- sixty seven
afterthought -- sixty six
what do you know? how many things did you think?
table and tea →
afterthought -- sixty five
it will pass.
poise →
afterthought -- sixty four
afternoon sun
“winning is enjoyable, but losing does not detract from the pleasure of playing.”
– nakayama noriyuki, professional player and go writer
afterthought -- sixty three
oh?
afterthought -- sixty two
night, day
afterthought -- sixty one
a dream? a dream. a …
afterthought -- sixty
you are staring at a computer.
afterthought -- fifty nine
afterthought—fifty nine
afterthought -- fifty eight
silence, noise
afterthought -- fifty seven
faster, faster, faster, dead
“chen chung p’ien, particularity in universality”
– tung-shan liang-chieh
afterthought -- fifty six
(((snap)))
“it doesn’t matter which leg of your table you make first, so long as the...”
– ezra pound, a b c of reading
afterthought -- fifty five
gradening,
gardening,
gardening rocks.
“while thrusting his spear in and out, inyei unexpectedly noticed one evening the...”
– d. t. suzuki, zen and japanese culture
afterthought -- fifty four
buddha dead, buddha alive. both, neither—why not just look at the trees in the wind?
“eventually everything connects—people, ideas, objects…the quality of the...”
– charles eames
afterthought -- fifty three
come and go like like clouds in the sky
afterthought -- fifty one
…
“either move or be moved.”
– ezra pound
piano tuner review →
afterthought -- fifty
simple in a quiet way
“if the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation...”
– rene magritte
afterthought -- forty nine
this second.
“i have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day i was born.”
– henry david thoreau
“being is the great explainer.”
– henry david thoreau
afterthought -- forty eight
soft light in between the things we do
“a man’s work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the...”
– albert camus
afterthought -- forty seven
soft in soft ways
“知らぬが仏 (not knowing is buddha.)”
– japanese proverb
afterthought -- forty six
how do i know if anything is always the same…
“as you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler…”
– henry david thoreau
afterthought -- forty five
both, neither, all
afterthought -- forty four
understand? … understand what?
“have no fear of perfection—you will never reach it.”
– salvador dali
afterthought -- forty three
calm in acceptance
“choose only one master — nature.”
– rembrandt
afterthought -- forty two
the nature of the world?
“it is not enough to be busy. so are the ants. the question is: what are we busy...”
– henry david thoreau
a sadness →
afterthought -- forty one
pain, a function of time
Death: When next we meet, the hour will strike for you and your friends.
Block: And you will reveal your secrets?
Death: I have no secrets.
Block: So you know nothing?
Death: I am unknowing.
—ingmar bergman’s the seventh seal
“i grow old … i grow old …
i shall wear the bottoms of my trousers...”
– t. s. eliot, the love song of j. alfred prufrock
afterthought -- forty
pleasure, a function of time
