just sitting,

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Thursday 8 March 2012: Path

A journey has to be started.

Found this again and I just love the picture it paints.

I sit quietly, listening to the falling leaves--
A lonely hut, a life of renunciation.
The past has faded, things are no longer remembered.
My sleeve is wet with tears.


Ryokan (1758-1831)

As I post this the tune that is playing from the Dirty Three

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