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PyroAnubis — Live Tao
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Published: 2014-10-05 19:24:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 1106; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 0
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I shall concern myselfwith neither
the past nor the future
right now:
The past culminates in the present,
and the present is the gateway to the future:
I'm going to learn and anticipate,
but, most of all,
I'm going to live
right now.
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I think this is a haiku. Though not in the strictest sense. Most things in Tao are titled, the Tao of ___.
As far as content it is simple and precise. However it is without imagery in the descriptive sense this is a departure from the definition of haiku.
The lack of imagery causes the words themselves to become your images. I don't know alot of Chinese but it would be interesting to know if the form of this work (regarding words as black line and white space as page) would form a Chinese character (letter).
This is referred to in some artistic literature as "poem as image."
Simple straightforward. Good.
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Thank you for taking the time to read and respond to this. The reason I named it "Live Tao" was that it was a play on "Live now" but I felt it also expressed the notion that the Tao is not something that can be grasped, it must be experienced.
I appreciate very greatly your feedback and earnest critique. Thank you!
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Ok cool.
I didn't get that reference. Makes sense now.
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