"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

06 September 2021

Imagine.

Chatham, Nightfall, September, 1991


Ten minutes alone in thickets
at the edge of town

quickens attention,
so many

silver filaments, green trembles,
small living details.

What was it like in the forest
of those three decades,

his mountain
seclusion?

How can we even begin
to imagine?

Nan-ch’uan

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