Zen in the Art of Writing - Page 38

So doing brings it out,

Kills doubt by simply jumping, rushing, running

Forth to be

The now-discovered me.

To not do is to die,

Or lie about and lie about the things

You just might do some day.

Away with that!

Tomorrow empty stays

If no man plays it into being

With his motioned way of seeing.

Let your body lead your mind

Blood the guide dog to the blind;

So then practice and rehearse

To find heart-soul's universe,

Knowing that by moving/seeing

Proves for all time: Doing's being!

WE HAVE OUR ARTS So WE WON'T DIE OF TRUTH

Know only Real? Fall dead.

So Nietzsche said.

We have our Arts so we won't die of Truth.

The World is too much with us.

The Flood stays on beyond the Forty Days.

The sheep that graze in yonder fields are wolves.

The clock that ticks inside your head is truly Time

And in the night will bury you.

The children warm in bed at dawn will leave

And take your heart and go to worlds you do not know.

All this being so

We need our Arts to teach us how to breathe

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