INK DARK MOON : inspired by a Japanese tanka, written 1000 years ago. acceptance, contentment, enlightenment, wisdom
.Although the wind
blows terribly here,
the moonlight also leaks
between the roof planks
of this ruined house.”
― Izumi Shikibu, The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
blind embossment, pencil and thread onto and into paper, various sizes, , 2019-2020
.Although the wind
blows terribly here,
the moonlight also leaks
between the roof planks
of this ruined house.”
― Izumi Shikibu, The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
blind embossment, pencil and thread onto and into paper, various sizes, , 2019-2020
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