Still self
Stillnessspeaks with
light and shade
It appears
and disappears
every moment
holding your nose
the self is
all things in ten directions
Do not leave this
do not stay either
a flower in full bloom
posted by Taigu at 1:18 AM
Saturday, May 09, 2009
StillnessAbout Me
- Name: Taigu
- Location: Nishinomiya, Kansaï, Japan
Taïgu or Kuma San. French oddity, poet, writer, musician, artist and in love with life itself. Interested in unimportant things, people of no rank. Started zazen in my teens, received the precepts as a Zen priest twenty five years ago. Received Dharma transmission in 2003. I believe that Alexander Technique provides a real and living understanding of zazen. It allows zazen to be alive , fluid and dynamic as opposed to what I met almost everywhere: a fixed and rigid form that feeds intolerance, arrogance and ignorance. Lover of Jizo and Kannon. I was born in 1964 and because of my passion for life and art, I lived many lives in one. Jack of all trades, master of none. I now live in Japan. Surnom : Kuma ou Kuma San. Vaguement français, poète, musicien, artiste et amoureux de la vie même. Passionné par les choses ordinaires, les gens sans importance. Ai commencé Zazen dans mon adolescence, ai reçu les préceptes de moine voici plus de trente ans. Grand amoureux de Jizo et Kannon. Je suis né en 1964 et, de par ma passion pour la vie et l’art, j’ai vécu plusieurs vies en une seule. Touche à tout mais ne maîtrise rien. Ai recu la transmission du dharma en 2002.
Previous Posts
- Kwatz!
- Kano style painting
- Old froggy-like Kodo
- Onsen in April
- thoughts and sitting
- Another quote
- the searchless state
- What is it?
- Issan Dorsey's impossible portrait
- Etienne Mokusho Zeisler
3 Comments:
Hello Pierre,
I am Michael's sister, Valerie. I saw your post today on the Treeleaf Zendo website and I wanted to thank you for your comments, which have brought new people to his blog. Since Michael's death, I have been doing what I can to see that his work continues to live. Next week in New York there will be an exhibit of his East Village portraits at the Soho Photo Gallery. Michael was thrilled when he was accepted as a member of the gallery, but died before he had a chance to exhibit his work. I am also working on putting together a book of Michael's poetry paired with his photographs. One of these pairings has already been published in the collection Contemporary Haibun, volume 10. It is Michael's Jisei, which he posted on his blog on November 15, 2007. Another poet, Bryan Tso Jones, has used one of Michael's photographs of Japan as the cover of his book, Raking the Hollow Bones. Again, I want to thank you for leading more people to discover Michael's work.
Gassho.
I am speechless.
Thank you.
take great care.
The bear
By the way, Valerie, feel free to write to me. I would really like to share your journey into making Michael's work and art clear and known to the world. Since I started this stupid activity of blogging, I lost two friends that I never saw with my naked eyes, Anu and Michael. These guys, although we never met in the flesh, are very alive here and now.
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