there is much resistance.
Exhausted it cannot proceed a single step.
Relax the tension. It rests like a heavy coat; moving with me, but weighing me down.
Stopping, sitting without direction an opening appears. It surrounds me.
In my art practice I have been working on creating without intention. Sometimes I find that in the creative process, the intent to make a specific thing fells like tight clothing. There is movement, but it is restricted. Zazen keeps coming up. Everything can explode out of the stillness, even great activity. Too much intention can limit the freedom of creativity.
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