gliding, Monotype of the Day #446

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Day 80 of Year 2 (Actually Day 81)

I really wanted to make a tree in this boat tonight. It wouldn't come though so, I submitted to the direction given. I hope (and sense) this boat is headed somewhere important. It's definitely on the move anyway. Movement brings change which is the essence of life and especially life in the studio. Why are we here if not to embrace life?

Autumn Moon
By Basho, Trans. Stryk & Ikemoto

Autumn moon,
tide foams
to the very gate.

From Zen Poetry https://amzn.to/2nvqejW

the whispering moon, Monotype of the Day #354

Feeling more relaxed than last night! Something interesting came up while working. I had the urge to put the large circle on my image again. Immediate resistance came up, "people will think I'm repeating myself". I almost didn't notice it at first. Luckily, I have a practice of sitting quietly before my empty plate and opening to the inner messages of where to go. The circle kept coming up. It is so important for me to listen deeply and act upon the direction received. If I had let my ego rule and worried about the perception of others, this image and it's message would have been lost. It was important for me to experience this message, something shifted inside. I felt healed. Maybe, hopefully, it's meaningful to someone else too, but that is out of my hands. I wish my work to be like a jar overflowing into the world with the energy of healing and transformation I feel while working, just and the Universal creative energy overflows into me. But I can't know the result of my work, only the process. So, back to the studio ... 😊

From moon wreathed
by Matsuo Basho, Trans. Stryck

From moon wreathed
bamboo grove,
cuckoo song. -