the seven paths to seeing

 

 

 

 

 

1. ignore everyone

 

2. the world is not as it seems

 

3. take time to observe

 

4. the light

5. feel it

6. be in awe

7. stop thinking

 

 

 

 

 

back in the park

 

 

 

textures and patterns

 

 

hannah and april

 

 

walking the dog

 

cut

 

the last monk

 

The komusō (虚無僧, komusō, hiragana: こむそう; also romanized komusou or komuso) were a group of Japanese mendicant monks  of the Fuke school of Zen Buddhism who flourished during the Edo period of 1600–1868. 

The order went underground following reforms introduced by the post-Edo government. The last adherent disappeared mysteriously in the 1950s, since when nothing has been heard of the order.

 

Komusō were characterized by a straw bascinet (a sedge or reed hood named a tengai) worn on the head, manifesting the absence of specific ego but also used for being able to travel incognito.

 

It was very rare to catch sight of a Komusō with his mask removed.