25th August - random thoughts

Early every morning Allison goes by our fence in the front with at least half a dozen dogs she walks, they range from small to large and as they move through the thin openings of the fence I am reminded always of that painting of a small dog in motion with its mistress...
I am sure there is another similar painting of a dog, Braque or Picasso?

dynamism-of-a-dog-on-a-leash-1912.  Giacomo Balla

Tracy Cochran - Angry Ghosts

Another painting this time in Kyoto National Museum  Tracy Cochran tells a good story and calls them angry ghosts, I call them hungry ghosts, they terrify me in their ugliness and her telling of their history is but a legend but as a morality lesson or at least telling us not to be frightened we should take heed.........

"Legend has it that the Buddha first gave the practice of metta or loving kindness to his monks because they were living in a forest full of frightening ghosts and angry and evil spirits. The practice of engendering an attitude of loving friendliness towards themselves was not to block out the ghosts but to liberate them from their fear. Metta and mindfulness remind us that we are powerful in a way that ghosts can never be. They remind us that we are alive."