Friday, November 11, 2011

A Brown Leaf Falling

As I played with the Yang Long Form, each of my steps crunched leaves under my feet. As I reached down to pick up the needle from the bottom of the sea, I picked up a few leaves from the graying autumn grass. As I crossed hands in the horse stance, a fig leaf fell on my fingers.

"despite fascination
do not be concerned
that form is emptiness
and emptiness is form
It is All
a brown falling leaf
no different
from
anything
else."
- Michael McClure

"Last day of October,
dead leaves dropping--
form is emptiness.
First day of November,
ditch completely dry--
emptiness is form.
- Michael Garofalo, Above the Fog


Cloud Hands Taijiquan


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