MORNING POPPIES : RADIPOLE LAKESIDE : 6 A.M.

 

 

 

 

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Golden GOJI Hermitage

5TH/JUNE/2014

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MID-NIGHT SUN

 

Mid-night Sun

M i d - n i g h t  S u n

M  I  D  -  N  I  G  H  T    S  U  N

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GOLDEN GOJI HERMITAGE

3RD/JUNE/2014

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THIS "WORK" HAS BEen on my desk all day...

......in fact, it is a "rescued" piece, that consisted of just two watered-down ink brush-strokes that i had given-up-on a few weeks ago...

...It came under my hand as i was scrapping a pile of "useless" stuff that i was using as scrap. But had got fed-up with the mess this morning, and was throwing everything out...except for this one sheet...

...which was left untouched, while i considered what to add. It was only after lunch that anything was added...a little grey graphite...some lines in oil pastel...a dab of ink with a sponge...and strokes of watered-down blue ink...SLOWLY!

Then, at six, i signed it = Nado...

..."Nado, Nado" means "Etc, Etc" in Japanese. Franco Beltrametti told me that during our correspondence in the '80's and '90's...

My days are slower now. i used to work very quickly, especially with poetry...the shorter a poem, the better... and "First thought, Best thought"... etcetera, etcetera. i am slower out of choice and maturity, not due to getting older! (?) But one only has so much time available each day...and from day to day. There is no time to lose. It comes-down to choices. Everything in life is a choice. SO... is my "painting" of A BOWL or, AN EGYPTIAN PAPYRUS BOAT ? as my sister reckons...Etc...Etc...

NADO NADO...@

Golden GOJI Hermitage

 

3RD/JUNE/2014

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HERMIT : NO ONE/NO SELF BEING LED DOWN THE GARDEN PATH......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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fotos taken @

Golden GOJI Hermitage

3RD/JUNE/2014

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Some recent work not shown or posted elsewhere...... [2nd & 3rd of June 2014]

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(1b)

 

(1c)

 

 

(2)

 

(3)

"G"

(to be posted on "Alphabet")

 

(4)

(Moon and Blackbird)

 

(5)

(Moon and Bluebird)

 

(6)

[2 poems from "Rengetsu, mon amour"]

(1)

A hermit of sorts

sun, stars

& moon alone

greeted with familiarity

 

 

(2)

Peaceful morning broken

rain on roof

chatter enough

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(7a)

 

(7b)

 

(7c)

 

(7d)

 

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Golden GOJI Hermitage

3rd/june/2014

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It is well known that DOUGHGEN'S TEACHINGS were formed when he found the true teaching in CHINA. He was always keen in later life to refer to the original words and thinking of THE BUDDHA. It is therefore critical for us in cotemporary times to find the words of a teacher of the stature of SHUNRYU SUZUKI who had this to say in his groundbreaking book, ZEN MIND, BEGINNERS MIIND the following passage = " Bread is made from flour. How flour becomes bread when put in the oven was for BUDDHA, the most important thing........In order to find-out how DOUGH became perfect bread, he made it over and over again, until he became quite successful. THAT WAS HIS PRACTICE."............(Golden GOJI Hermitage - 3RD/JUNE/2014)

AT THE HARBOUR : WESSEX FOLK FESTIVAL : GETTING READY FOR BUSINESS : NO SIGN OF MAURICE !

 

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Golden GOJI Hermitage

1ST/JUNE/2014

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