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One Grand Circle
Sometimes you have to head off in the opposite direction to reach your destination…
Posted in Philosophy
Tagged Hemer Park, intuition, patience, taoism, taoist philosophy, wisdom
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The Tao of Totem Poles
Mushrooms are sprouting from the old totem poles, now laid to rest in the forests of Nanaimo’s Bowen Park. Sprouting from eyelashes, jawbones, armpits, wingtips… I am reminded of T.S. Eliot’s epitaph (which he chose himself) inscribed above his interred … Continue reading
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Tagged Bowen Park, Four Quartets, Kim Goldberg photography, nanaimo, T.S. Eliot, taoism, taoist philosophy, totem poles
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