Forsaking the farce of form and face
Artists forced to raze the dominant paradigm
Seizing the sense of silence and space
The painter replicates without a trace
Fleeing frigid hue and spectral clime
Forsaking the farce of form and face
The poet shuns a language of sonorous lace
Refuses circumscription to rhythm and rhyme
Seizing the sense of silence and space
Dancers undulate within the sky’s embrace
Respond to a resonating pantomime
Forsaking the farce of form and face
Musicians project a gait of staggering pace
Spurn the tyranny of tone and time
Seizing the sense of silence and space
Genius celebrates a fall from bogus grace
Abandons the sensual for a soul sublime
Forsaking the farce of form and face
Seizing the sense of silence and space
—Preston Keido Houser
More poetry on the Writers in Kyoto page by Preston Houser can be found here.
To hear Preston talk about shakuhachi and Zen, and to hear him play, please listen to the following excellent podcast:
https://www.ancientdragon.org/podcast-library/
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