Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
in little earfuls,
Mary Oliver • New and Selected Poems, Volume Two
TRULY, I love this life of seclusion. Carrying my staff, I walk toward a friend’s cottage. The trees in his garden, soaked by the evening rain, Reflect the cool, clear autumnal sky. The owner’s dog comes to greet me; Chrysanthemums bloom along the fence. These people have the same spirit as the ancients; An earthen wall marks their separation from
... See moreJohn Stevens • One Robe, One Bowl: The Zen Poetry of Ryokan
The haiku, as you may know, is usually a nature-related poem of just seventeen syllables, written in three lines (five syllables, then seven, then five). A poet writing a haiku must work with those limitations, must express an entire idea or image in only that number of syllables. It can be a daunting task if you have something important to convey.
Leo Babauta • The Power of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential...in Business and in Life
Living closely with nature enables us to be in touch with impermanence, to reflect and apply to ourselves what we’ve observed in nature, and to transform our avoidance and fear of aging and death.
Sister Dang Nghiem • Mindfulness as Medicine: A Story of Healing Body and Spirit
SUNG CH’ANG-HSING says, “We can’t control something as insignificant as a mustard seed. How can we control something as big as the world?
Red Pine • Lao-tzu's Taoteching
Douglas Pavlicek works a clear-cut as big as downtown Eugene, saying goodbye to his plants as he tucks each one in. Hang on. Only ten or twenty decades. Child’s play, for you guys. You just have to outlast us. Then no one will be left to fuck you over.