Uncarried Knowing.
( a zen moment )

I do not walk by years,
but by the quiet marks left on the soul.

Pages turn somewhere within me—
not written, but revealed
in moments that linger like ink in water.

What I know is a small flame,
cupped gently against the wind of not-knowing.

I stand where light touches shadow—
not blinded, not burdened—
just watching how they lean into each other.

Between breaths,
between thoughts,
there is a place that does not ask for answers.
I live there.

Ideas arrive like birds at dusk—
they rest briefly in my hands,
then return to the sky.
I do not name them mine.

No voice is sacred,
no figure complete—
even mountains bow to time.

Learning moves like a river through us,
unowned, uncontained—
spilling quietly into every open palm,
forgetting no one.

TsL. 26
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Sometimes for an artist, gaining appreciation matters less than quality. Doing the job well can be enough. At the least, it may be enough to make the artist keep creating great works.

http://www.notzen.net/2014/03/not-zen-103-job-well-done.html

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What you find on your journey depends on what you bring with you.

http://www.notzen.net/2012/08/not-zen-18-heavy-staff.html

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Are good intentions without actions still good? Are they even intentions or should they be called something else, like good will?

Our true intents may be revealed by actions. If the action looks the same from the outside, intent might next be revealed by results.

https://www.notzen.net/2025/02/not-zen-202-mercy-release.html

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No matter how noble the goal, you can't stand in awe of it. You've got to treat it irreverently enough to know intuitively it is achieveable.

http://www.notzen.net/2013/01/not-zen-43-contempt-needed.html

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Oh look it's a ... Zen Diagram.

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