”Drift and Doubt are precisely what is obvious, and the radiance and illumination provided by this resolves the problems they seem to present, i.e., the uncertainty of multiperspectivism.” Commentary on Zhuangzi 2.29, Brook Ziporyn, ZHUANGZI: THE ESSENTIAL WRITINGS, p. 218
In this hurricane
watch, confluence of high tide
and full moon, I watch
an egret’s stillness,
which is not for me to judge.
A mind of its own.
A Chinese painter
would do it justice, with or
without the weather.
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I like these lines very much Tom. The hurricane, the egret’s stillness … the Chinese painter? Yes, exactly.
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