Informal Koan

I offer this informal koan, friendly challenge– this unbiased opportunity for free-thinking and self-exploration.

Ponder this subset of oxymoronic pairs: industry and carefree; structure and randomness; restraint and freedom; fact and irony; effort and letting go. Is one good? Is one bad? Could they exist independently of one another? Are the pairs dancing or fighting? Is one stronger than the other?

The answers are as simple or complicated as you make them– as is life.

Take a moment of inward focused thought and meditation. Watch and ponder…
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The contrast of the strong permanence of downtown Los Angeles and the fleeting brevity of the clouds above it, excites and inspires my mind. Beautiful lesson in a beautifully abstract, visual analogy.