A Heart of Zen

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Watanabe Seitei - Birds on a Branch.

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牧童(Bokudô) / A cowboy, 1909, Kamisaka Sekka / 神坂 雪佳. Japanese painter, Printmaker, Graphicdesigner (1866 -1942)

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[yama-bato]

Evening Glory and Sun

夕顔出月図

Japanese, Edo period, 19th century

Formerly attributed to Sakai Hôitsu, Japanese, 1761–1828

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nature-and-culture : Sakai Hōitsu (酒井 抱一?, 1761-1828) was a Japanese painter of the Rimpa school. He is famous for reviving the style and popularity of Ogata Kōrin, and for creating a number of reproductions of Kōrin’s work. 

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[aheartofzen]

Artist Eiji Imao; Realizing Genjokoan, Living by Vow; Shohaku Okumura (2010, 2012).

[aheartofzen]

Calligraphy, “Glossary of Sino-Japanese Terms,” A Study of Dogen, Masao Abe, Steven Heine, ed. (1992); All photos are © R. Roewert.

[aheartofzen]

Calligraphy, “Glossary of Sino-Japanese Terms,” A Study of Dogen, Masao Abe, Steven Heine, ed. (1992); Image, Mistical, Kelly Del Rosso; acrylic on canvas, 24”W x 36”H.

[yama-bato]

Qin Tianzhu

[aheartofzen]

Image archive, top to bottom, 1-3, HERE; 4, HERE; "Glossary," The Foundational Standpoint of Madhyamika Philosophy, Gadjin Nagao, John P. Keenan trans. (1989).

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[this-is-escapism]

What is your favorite word? “And,”…it is so hopeful.

— An interview with Margaret Atwood (via kimlundgren)

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“The serious reflection is composed Neither of comic nor tragic but of commonplace.”

— Wallace Stevens, from “An Ordinary Evening in New Haven”

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Fra Angelico (1395-1455) Main panel of the altarpiece of the life of Mary The Annunciation (detail) 1433-1434 San Domenico, Cortona

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Cotton prayer mats with silk embroidery, Iran, c. 1800-1880 (sources: * * * *)

[yama-bato]

“The most important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one’s work seriously and taking one’s self seriously. The first is imperative, and the second disastrous. - - Margaret Fontey [Margot Fonteyn] ”

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Tamar Zinn（American）

Fermata 9     2011

oil on panel

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Josette Urso（American）

Bushwick Rain Snow Rain   2009

ink on paper