Matsuo Bashō

  • Unchained Mind-walking

    My visit to Abilene this last week has been quiet and refreshing after teaching two courses during the second part of Summer school. Humble thanks to my colleagues Doug and Loni who co-taught one course with me at UNT. First… Continue reading

    Unchained Mind-walking
  • Silent road, cloudless mind

    Saturday, I went to visit my mother at the nursing home in Abilene, TX. Almost 91, she has become much less active, sometimes sleeping most of the day. I brought with me Bashō-Sensei’s beautiful haibun, The Narrow road to the… Continue reading

    Silent road, cloudless mind
  • Iris

    blue flag irises looking just like their images in the water kakitsubata / nitari ya nitari / mizu no kage —matsuo bashō Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether. Related articles Blake and Bashō (keithwaynebrown.com) Carpe Diem:… Continue reading

    Iris
  • Blake and Bashō

    William Blake “I feel that a Man may be happy in This World. And I know that This World Is a World of Imagination & Vision I see Every thing I paint In This World, but Every body does not… Continue reading

    Blake and Bashō
  • Blossom Viewing

    From my dear friend Dušan… In the capital: ninety-nine thousand people blossom viewing – M. Basho Related articles shimmering soundscapes and sudden impulses: the music of toru takemitsu (kvnomusic.com) Fire and Ice (flute, guitar) (maverickensemble.wordpress.com) Liebeslabyrinth (pascalkirchmair.blogspot.com) The Japan Journals: 1947-2004… Continue reading

    Blossom Viewing
  • Seeking what the Wise Seek

    “You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.” — Friedrich Nietzsche “Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among… Continue reading