Praise for the Beating Irish Heart!

Artists and Contemplatives

A recent discussion about art in contemporary society highlighted three aspects: production of objects is no longer privileged ( doing less is also a creative act), a single author is replaced by co-creatives, art does not require an audience for its completion but a usership.

Lately, I have been thinking about sangha, especially sesshin, as performance art. We are co-creating a space for the integration of form and formlessness that does not require an audience for its completion. Rather it is an embodiment for the use of all beings.

Louis and Isabella!

Today is rest day for us. Isabella had her chemo dose last night. There is a zen case that comes to mind. Great Master Ma was unwell. The superintendent of the monastery asked him, "How are you feeling these days? The Great Master said, "Sun face Buddha, Moon Face Buddha.