Jeff, you have to go to a Lawson's and have a can of hot coffee and a steamed bun before you leave Japan! Probably some squid snacks too. Do it for me, Jeff! Do it for me!
"When you don't have obsessions, when you don't have hang ups, when you don't have inhibitions, when you are not afraid that you will be breaking certain rules, when you are not afraid that you will not fulfill somebody's expectations - what more enlightenment do you want?" - Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
In search of a new path, a 40-something with no previous art training heads to Kathmandu to study thangka at a Tibetan art school. Along the way he meets people, reads books, meditates, and writes about it here. Started in 2007, this chapter closes in 2009 when the author takes a teaching assignment in the UAE.
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Beginning is End
The end of building is ruin. The end of meeting is parting. The end of accumulation is dispersal. The end of birth is death. - Ken McLeod
"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain
Jeff, you have to go to a Lawson's and have a can of hot coffee and a steamed bun before you leave Japan! Probably some squid snacks too. Do it for me, Jeff! Do it for me!
ReplyDeleteWould you settle for tea and a date in RAK, looking out at the Persian Gulf? Japan is already 8000km behind.
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