A Zen master never gets lost.

Zen Shadow

I never get lost because I don't know where I'm going.
- Zen master Ikkya

An old path revisited;

For the next chapter of Heron Dance, I’m going to head off in the direction of work — both art and writing — inspired by the poetry of the ancient Taoist hermit poets of the Zhongnan mountains of south China and Zen masters of Japan. As part of that, I will publish short posts 3-4 times a week.

More in Projects and Random Thoughts.

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