Stillness, wherever: In this instance, the sunset from Carmel Beach, California Pico Iyer is a very known travel writer and observer of the world. His most recent book, The Art of Stillness, is an invitation to his readers to choose the best destination of all—Nowhere. Going nowhere, says Iyer, “just may be the grand adventure […]
Thomas Merton
(Im)Perfect Circles
And yet we all in the end live, do we not, in a phantom dwelling? This koanic line from BashÅ became the thread through a variety of impressions and images for me this morning. *** When The Shoe Fits Ch’ui the draftsman Could draw more perfect circles freehand Than with a compass. His fingers brought […]