Evening mist
one travels this way, through the cool evening foglights send silhouettes on silver screenstree boughs and beams now face to … Continue reading Evening mist
Author: Primitive Joe
Challenging backpacking trips, zazen, contemplating the lens through which I view the world, and a love of discovering new things drive my appreciation for this place we live.
Lantern keepers
cultivating lightmay be simple as a switchlight the pathway nowpractice-realizationlights footpaths for all beings Waka poetry: 5-7-5-7-7 Image description: A … Continue reading Lantern keepers
Sincerely
sometimes I don’t know the right words to share with friends love is so sincere Image credit: Projected density plot … Continue reading Sincerely
The celebration
yesterday I walkedon flowers of loving hueand now I still do Image credit: Avenue of trees with pink blossoms (2014), … Continue reading The celebration
Leading thoughts
Maybe we’ve all seen the sunriseMaybe we’ve all seen the sunset Maybe we’ve all come to realizeMaybe we’ve all come … Continue reading Leading thoughts
Full spirits
I’ll shuffle these papersI’ll hide among the leavesWe’ll just sit togetherOrdinary, as we please Inspiration: Upon reading the Hagakure. Image … Continue reading Full spirits
Slow motion
Innocence moveseven when sittinglike a little oneon a park bench, built for a mom or a dador the older oneswith … Continue reading Slow motion
Dizang & words
Sometimes the heart will sacrifice the skin, but This is boundless When Fayan said, “I don’t know” This is boundless … Continue reading Dizang & words
Primitive Joe 