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vine leaf<br />
sways in the void<br />
a ladybird<br />
rita ho kai piana<br />
it doesn’t know yet<br />
the branch cut off of the tree<br />
blossom in the vase<br />
kees van kooten<br />
Birth, and even more rebirth, imply that something is or must be changed, or<br />
has been abandoned, is "dead to what was" and has become something new.<br />
As the chrysalis is the possibility of becoming a butterfly, so is the rebirth a<br />
re-emergence to life with a different feeling.<br />
The jisei, a farewell poem composed in the imminence of death, being the<br />
last one has a particular importance, distilling in a few words the essence of a<br />
life:<br />
手 に 結 ぶ 水 に 宿 れる 月 影 のあるかなきかの 世 にこそありけれ<br />
Te ni musubu mizu ni yadoreru tsukikage no aru ka naki ka no yo nikoso<br />
arikere<br />
life was something like<br />
the moonlight<br />
barely reflecting<br />
on the water<br />
i scooped in my palms<br />
Ki no Tsurayuki<br />
All Saints’ Day<br />
my father's jisei<br />
on the bookmark<br />
frans terryn
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