Zen Forest Zen Sayings

Zen Forest Zen SayingsFirst compiled in 16th and 17th century Japan, these Zen sayings range from profound to mystifying to the absurd and comical. A Zen Forest is, according to poet Gary Snyder, the meeting place of the highest and the most humble: where the wisdom of both the great poets and the local folk storytellers meet. Translator Soiku Shigematsu, abbot of Shogennji Zen Temple in Shimizu, Japan, has rendered these pieces into poetic English that illuminates aspects

usually accompanied by the acronym WTF

Visual artist Antoinette Nausikaä (b

back doors and bus shelters throughout many cities

no re-print)

"The Drowned Spire"

With image and text both laid out

reggae musicians and toasting emcees

Each of the book's 12 chapters offers teachings on collaboration

257 mm x 188 mm

and take the time to look

so she retuned to The Factory with a gun and shot him

32 page zine