A Poem For Today - Hokusai Says
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Ken Dickinson
Jan 12, 2017, 6:36:15 AM1/12/17
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Hokusai Says
Hokusai says Look carefully.
He says pay attention, notice.
He says keep looking, stay curious.
He says there is no end to seeing.
He says Look Forward to getting old.
He says keep changing,
you just get more who you really are.
He says get stuck, accept it, repeat yourself
as long as it's interesting.
He says keep doing what you love.
He says keep praying.
He says every one of us is a child,
every one of us is ancient,
every one of us has a body.
He says every one of us is frightened.
He says every one of us has to find a way to live with fear.
He says everything is alive -
shells, buildings, people, fish, mountains, trees.
Wood is alive.
Water is alive.
Everything has its own life.
Everything lives inside us.
He says live with the world inside you.
He says it doesn't matter if you draw, or write books.
It doesn't matter if you saw wood, or catch fish.
It doesn't matter if you sit at home
and stare at the ants on your verandah or the shadows of the trees
and grasses in your garden.
It matters that you care.
It matters that you feel.
It matters that you notice.
It matters that life lives through you.
Contentment is life living through you.
Joy is life living through you.
Satisfaction and strength
are life living through you.
Peace is life living through you.
He says don't be afraid.
Don't be afraid.
Look, feel, let life take you by the hand.
Let life live through you.
Hokusai says Look carefully.
He says pay attention, notice.
He says keep looking, stay curious.
He says there is no end to seeing.
He says Look Forward to getting old.
He says keep changing,
you just get more who you really are.
He says get stuck, accept it, repeat yourself
as long as it's interesting.
He says keep doing what you love.
He says keep praying.
He says every one of us is a child,
every one of us is ancient,
every one of us has a body.
He says every one of us is frightened.
He says every one of us has to find a way to live with fear.
He says everything is alive -
shells, buildings, people, fish, mountains, trees.
Wood is alive.
Water is alive.
Everything has its own life.
Everything lives inside us.
He says live with the world inside you.
He says it doesn't matter if you draw, or write books.
It doesn't matter if you saw wood, or catch fish.
It doesn't matter if you sit at home
and stare at the ants on your verandah or the shadows of the trees
and grasses in your garden.
It matters that you care.
It matters that you feel.
It matters that you notice.
It matters that life lives through you.
Contentment is life living through you.
Joy is life living through you.
Satisfaction and strength
are life living through you.
Peace is life living through you.
He says don't be afraid.
Don't be afraid.
Look, feel, let life take you by the hand.
Let life live through you.
Roger Keyes
Patricia Rios
Jan 12, 2017, 6:44:38 AM1/12/17
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It is nice to wake up to this poem!
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Mark Lesseraux
Jan 12, 2017, 7:00:29 AM1/12/17
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SO GOOD 💚
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Rafael Edwards
Jan 12, 2017, 9:22:06 AM1/12/17
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Maestro Hokusai
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Karen Rohn
Jan 12, 2017, 12:29:26 PM1/12/17
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Does Hokusai like watermelon?
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Lauren de Boer
Jan 12, 2017, 3:23:13 PM1/12/17
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Thanks, Ken - I know an architect in Marin who had this poem engraved into the wainscoting that ran around the ceiling of his dining room, he liked it so much. Nice to see it again.
Lauren
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wingedlion
Jan 12, 2017, 10:10:14 PM1/12/17
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Thank you so much Ken for posting this one - one of the best ever!
Rafael Edwards
Jan 13, 2017, 10:49:43 AM1/13/17
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here's a nice sample of Hokusai's work.
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Trudi Richards
Jan 13, 2017, 11:35:31 AM1/13/17
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Beautiful!!
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The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
The impeded stream is the one that sings.
- Wendell Berry
So plunge into the truth, find out who the Teacher is,
Believe in the Great Sound!
- Rumi
Trudi Lee Richards
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Ken Dickinson
Jan 13, 2017, 11:56:48 AM1/13/17
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Beautiful Rafa, love the portal at the bay of Mobutu
Thanks for sharing this
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Lauren de Boer
Jan 13, 2017, 12:53:18 PM1/13/17
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Roger Keyes wrote this poem for Buddhist scholar, systems thinker, and deep ecologist Joanna Macy for one of her birthday celebrations about 20 years ago. Here are a couple of links to Joanna's work, for those interested. She has been one of my teachers and colleagues over the years.
Lauren
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Gretchen Lasater
Jan 13, 2017, 12:57:08 PM1/13/17
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Calming.
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Rafael Edwards
Jan 13, 2017, 3:38:35 PM1/13/17
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All landscape artists, photographers and filmmakers should study Maestro Hokusai (and Brueghel)
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clarita margherita
Jan 13, 2017, 3:54:03 PM1/13/17
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I Agree.Time to know deeper Masters Ancestrals.
Good device to chanel Mind Energy,Enchanted visual senses.Enrich lifes Approach !
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Jan 13, 2017, 5:25:05 PM1/13/17
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Thank you, Ken.
This poem is helping me hugely to keep going in the midst of a very, very stressful, demanding, challenging time.
Thanks Roger!
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