"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

20 June 2018

Singing.


Wandering monks were called unsui in Japan, literally "cloud and water." In Estonia, the perfection of life was personified in the singing wanderer: "If you walk your path without singing then this is an insult to the land, to meadows and forests and trees, and they show their disapproval of such a wanderer by taking away from him the power of moving on ..."

Gabriel Rosenstock, from Haiku: The Gentle Art of Disappearing

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