Here, an « absence » is a « presence » enhancing the experience of what I call the no-escape-universe: quiet holiday street, sun dipping in and out of clouds, bag packed to go.
What next? The afternoon is everything, a burst of blossoms and leaves, asphalt littered with cigarette butts and a pink cup.
The doorbell rings. Time to move on, time moves on, toward three days of sitting.
The sky is always the same, but if a leaf falls, it is not.
Time to move on
About the Author: zenscribe
Enseignante Zen et poète, Sensei Amy “Tu es cela” Hollowell est née et a grandi à Minneapolis, aux Etats-Unis. Arrivée en France en 1981 pour étudier la littérature et l’histoire, elle y est restée, s’installant à Paris, où elle élève ses deux enfants et gagne sa vie en tant que journaliste.
The Zen teacher and poet Amy “Tu es cela” Hollowell Sensei was born and raised in Minneapolis, but came to France in 1981 to study literature and history and has lived in Paris ever since, raising her two children and making a living as a journalist.
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