I've burnt all the holy pages 
I used to carry

but poems flare in my heart.

~ Ikkyu

flowering plum and moon | ohara koson

How simple and frugal a thing is happiness:

 a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, 

a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea.... 

All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart.

~ Nikos Kazantsakis

The wind is still, but blossoms fall, 

Birds sing in the quiet of the mountain. 

This is Kannon’s wondrous wisdom: 

Ah!

~ Ryokan

I want so much that is not here and 

do not know where to go. 

~ Charles Bukowski

Writing something
to leave behind
is yet another kind of dream.
When I awake I know that,
there will be no one to read it.

~ Ikkyu

Tenhi

fi: Sarastuskävijä

Aamuinen pystyvä viha
Aamuinen päivä ei loista
Kun sä meet petiin
Ylhäältä ohut sade
Syvempi kuin leveä
Alastonta tuo
Sarastus aamu ja koitto
Yltäpäältä sateessa
Sä meet petiin

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en: Frail

Fury at dawn

Ride the early light

She slithers undress

Frail rain above

Deeper than wide

Stripped bare

Cathedral-sunrise

Soaked in rain

She slips undress

Suzanne Tylander © 2012

A diver has a very personal moment of dejection at the bottom of the pool during the 2012 CCCA Swimming and Diving State Championships on April 26, 2012 in Monterey Park, CA.

This particular photo represents an emotional moment rarely caught underwater. This particular diver was expected to win the entire event. The diver knew as soon as he hit the water his form was flawed and that he might have just lost it all. I was fortunate enough to witness this moment as it was unfolding underwater. I captured the sequence of emotion just a split second after he hit the water and began to sink to the bottom with a sense of defeat written in his body language. This was the image I chose from the series. I have felt this emotion and disappointment before as many athletes do. My chance to capture it underwater was rare but beautiful. It is a moment no competitive athlete wants to relive but something important that many of us can relate to. It is raw and human and real.

 (Photo and story by Suzanne Tylander).  

swimming in the rain | camila massu