April 9, 2019

Chihei Hatakeyama – Mirror



1.  Ferrum

               Alka-seltzer currents in a vast diamond ocean, colors separated blend smear through each other.  Aqua greens through tourmalines, brisk blues through lavender hues.  The ocean is a countless number of living creatures celebrating life in dance.  Each particle exists of itself but also as the whole.  So as each speck of ocean is a conscious being, it has a collective consciousness which belongs to all the ocean.

               Micro bead of liquid life thrashed upwards from aqueous projection soars in the air tumbling in slow motion, the universe’s code reflected on its surface.  Light + water = blue prints for all that exists.  And then innocent drop catches onto bird mid flight, rides its feathers and goes onward to another world.  Water droplet absorbs into bird’s skin, now they are one.  Transformation, interconnectivity, interdependence.

               Swath of birds silently seated on saline throne.



2.  May 15, 2010


               Ambiguous water decanting from the sky.



3.  Splith
              
               Venerable monks candle glown Om in dimly lit cavernous architecture.  Browned stone, deep darkness.  Effervescent children playing outdoors atop chilled snow dusted mountain.  Resounding character from each chant meld into universal being, swirled like a spiritual ice cream.

               The sound, palpable as hot butter opens the oversized monastery door.  Children continue playing.  The cumulative chant travels down the mountain, wraps around the trees, passes by the small animals, and onto the road, far, far away.  What tiny echo remains from the projection spills into the streets of a 3rd world country.  Homeless parents and children bundled up, run down shacks for living.  The Buddhist Om surrounds them and subtly offers a glimpse of hope.  The people of the town receive blessing.



4.  October 3, 2009

              
               Ancient woman sweeps her stone front steps.  Tall grass and trees shroud her home.  She sees the town below in ordinary routine.



5.  Renitency


               Children sitting on the dock of a small stream after school.  Inscrutable object floats downwards, and ominous feeling from it.  They spare a moment for its attention, then continue on their elementary conversation.  Object floats past view and the thought is no more.


6.  July 4, 2008


               Cat exploring the outdoors; nooks and crannies around the property.  Small urban inlets.


7.  Alchemy


               A breeze from off shore welcomes itself to the town.  Spiraling to playfully shove off a woman’s straw hat, and providing relief for the over exerted working man in overalls.  Tide of the sky.  It blusters through 2nd story clothes lines, offers a boost to the bike rider peddling goods.  Gusts a fleeting memory, then passes it by, to a reminiscent young man.

               It climbs the snow strewn mountains, upwards through the trees and passed the small animals.  It wisps by the children playing atop, then through the oversized monastery doors.  It extinguishes the candles inside the temple.  Then the chanting stops.  A minute passes and the monks step outside the door.  They laugh wholeheartedly.

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