Things Change

I was on another silent meditation retreat at Spirit Rock last week for 10 days with Joseph Goldstein and other teachers. Near the end of the retreat the moon suddenly appeared almost full and I took one photo of it (above). The day after the retreat ended, famed European film directors Ingmar Bergman (89) of Sweden and Michelangelo Antonioni (94) of Italy both died. Antonioni is one of my all-time favorite artists in any medium--the cinematography alone in most of his films is pure genius. Bergman was also brilliant beyond compare. May we all live as long as they both did. And may the moon continue to rise...

And here's a famous poem by Zen master Dogen:

To what shall
I liken the world?
Moonlight, reflected
In dewdrops.
Shaken from a crane's bill.