Beauty is ever alive, because for it there is no past, no future, but the present. You hesitate, turn your head, and it is no more. The morning-glory must be admired at its first awakening as the sun rises; so … Continue reading
“Creative intention” and “inevitability” may be necessary to complete a drawing, a GOOD drawing, but I feel having these two only is not enough for the piece to go beyond. If one wishes for something beyond, then s/he needs “unintended … Continue reading
Thank you, to those who walked before me, many of whom have already perished despite your wish to love and be loved. Thank you for paving a way to create this beautiful world that I see and live in now. … Continue reading
I said: What about my eyes? He said: Keep them on the road. I: What about my passion? He: Keep it burning. I: What about my heart? He: Tell me what you hold inside it? I: Pain and sorrow. He: … Continue reading
He asked: “Will all my earthly desires disappear if I practiced here?” Master answered: “No way! Your earthly desires will never perish. But they will start shining” A phrase from a dialogue between Fujita Issho, Zen practitioner, and Hoshina Machiko, … Continue reading
“All I had to do and could do was to paint as I like, but somehow I made myself believe that I had to back it up with logics and theories. And I was over-reacting because I couldn’t. What is … Continue reading
“What matters in life is not whether you succeed or not. It is to keep walking. However many times you trip or fall, to pick it up and keep walking.” Jose Mujica The words of the poorest president in the … Continue reading
Japanese poet has a specific gift that detects something great in small things… This is the East. Zen way takes life as it is lived instead of chopping it to pieces and trying to restore its life by intellection. (DT … Continue reading
The head is conscious while the abdomen is unconscious. When the master tells his disciples to “think” with the lower part of the body, he means that the koan is to be taken down to the unconscious… The koan is … Continue reading
“If you can’t go out, go within “ Deepak Chopra 「外に出られないなら、内側に向かおう」ディーパク・チョプラ
Crossing Point 