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.

 

 

 

satori - a universe

 

satori

(səˈtɔːrɪ ) n.

 

Zen Buddhism 

the state of sudden indescribable intuitive enlightenment

 

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black

 

 

accelerator

 

 

the space between us

 

 

 

 in utero

 

always returning

 

 

i go round in circles

 

 

 

framed

 

 

 

i was sinking

i was rising

i was blinking

i was dying

 

i was

wide-eyed

and

denied

a

frame