The birds have vanished in the sky, and now the last cloud drains away. We sit together, the mountain and I until only the mountain remains.

Li Po

 

In Li Po’s poem, the birds and clouds are the restless thoughts that keep us from experiencing life more deeply. The mountain represents the richness of life that is always there, and which is truly seen only when our thoughts are still.
 
From: With Beauty Before Me © 2000 by Joseph Cornell
Photographs © Robert Frutos
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