Have a Playful Day

"In Japan we have the phrase Shoshin, which means, "beginner's mind." The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner's mind. Our "original mind" includes everything within itself. It is always rich and sufficient within itself. This does not mean s closed mind, but an empty mind and a ready mind. If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything. it is open to everything in the beginner's mind there are many possibilities.
 -Shunryu Suzuki

"Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while others were making ships."

- Leonard Cohen

Attract and capture moments with an image. Then respond with words. 

Basho said, "Do not let a hair's breadth separate you from the subject."   

What stories do the branches have to tell of osprey and peregrine falcons who roosted there?  Did mythical creatures once flap and flip into the sea?  Move your mind into fantasy and fun.

Describe beyond the ordinary and obvious. Do you see a fried egg?  Is it in the middle of a mixture of caramel and persimmon about to become a muffin?

Squint to see a crab slicing through the apricot honey.





Imaginate. Investigate. 

Set your playfulness and curiosity free. 
         A heart shines from a tree.

"We are perceivers. We are an awareness. We are not objects. We are boundless."

 - Don Juan Mateus

Swish of a tail
A heart springs.
Calligraphy
for the breeze.

Find your flight feathers.