Samsara

("Bristlecone", 2016, original pen and ink) Samsara Beneath the titillation of Samsara the veneer of morality waits. Or is it the opposite? Beneath the veneer of morality the titillation of Samsara awaits. Either way, it’s the same thing, the whole damn mess being one giant game of seduction. But that sucking sound at the heart of seduction…. pulling us in to a void that's impossible to avoid the force at the core that makes the ten thousand whirling contents irrelevant Ah, that! “Darkness within darkness The gate to all mystery” the old sage mentioned… (9/19/23)