Peace
Sunday, August 24, 2008
So, I found this pretty frame at Michael's today, and thought it would be perfect for some kanji. I like the small size; the piece is 2" x 3" (ink and gouache on hemp paper). The kanji means "peace", and is pronounced "heiwa".
I said to my soul, be still,
and wait without hope
and wait without hope
For hope would be hope for the wrong thing;
wait without love,
wait without love,
For love would be love of the wrong thing;
there is yet faith
there is yet faith
But the faith and the love and the hope
are all in the waiting.
are all in the waiting.
Wait without thought,
for you are not ready for thought:
for you are not ready for thought:
So the darkness shall be the light,
and the stillness
the dancing.
and the stillness
the dancing.
— T.S. Eliot
Four Quartets, "East Coker"
Four Quartets, "East Coker"