Tea tray ensō.
An ensō is a circle in Japanese, and it is used as a symbol for enlightenment in Zen.
As the Grateful Dead song “Scarlet Begonias” says:
Once in a while you get shown the light
In the strangest of places if you look at it right
Writings by Kirk McElhearn
Tea tray ensō.
An ensō is a circle in Japanese, and it is used as a symbol for enlightenment in Zen.
As the Grateful Dead song “Scarlet Begonias” says:
Once in a while you get shown the light
In the strangest of places if you look at it right
If you have not, make sure you see the movie Arrival.
Wonderful! I believe this will be my new desktop picture, if you don’t mind.
I am knowledgeable in either Zen nor poetry, but here is a very naïve pseudo-haiku that just came to me:
Now, when tea-wet wood
Is all and nothing and I
Am nothing and all