Wednesday, April 15, 2009

APPROACHING HALF MOON MORNING






















I.36 visoka va jyotismati

visoka:
free from grief, sorrowless effulgent light

va:
or

jyotismati:
luminous, bright, shining, possessed of luminous bodies, a tranquil state of mind.

(p. 88, Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, B.K.S. Iyengar)

3 comments:

robin andrea said...

I have often wondered why the moon seems to wane more quickly than it waxes.

R.L. Bourges said...

jotting that down as hail and thunder break out over my head :-)

taking the thought with me, along with the photograph.

best, am.

Anonymous said...

glad you captured this. it was out the left window all the way to work and i kept thinking about its uneven half, about toni morrison's saying "the writer's job is to find a new way to describe the moon." kjm