Chinese-American poet Shaomei Yu reflects on loss and transition with Zen-like sparseness in her poem "The Closed Door".
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Eighteen Thousand Universes Through Eighteen Thousand Eyes
Ibn Arabi was a 13th century mystic, poet and philosopher in the Islamic tradition. He lived between Spain and North Africa and produced a prodigious and varied output during his lifetime.
Uselessness as Survival
Students of Zen are well accustomed to the idea of doing nothing, sometimes in a very active way. Jenny Odell's book, How to Do Nothing, follows a similar idea and looks at the social and political implications of resisting the forces that demand our attention and distract us from ourselves and the things that really… Continue reading Uselessness as Survival