(“Something From Nothing”, 2024, original encaustic)
In my youth I did my time Doing strict religious discipline A whole decade dedicated to mindfulness And right livelihood. And in the several decades since I’ve done All that on and off again, from time to time. But now my discipline is different It’s the discipline of do-nothing The wu wei of effortless action More like mindlessness Than effortful mindfulness. What does it involve? Nothing! Too simple you say, And that’s the point exactly! Like a cloud drifting through an open sky Neither born nor dying Simply manifesting Into something From nothing. (9/16/26)
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