The lady sits
circle centred and sublime
while past, present and future
revolve around her ordered perimeter.
Saint Geneviève
with your so obedient flock
and your black devil to hand
what do you offer us
on our weary way?
Do we need to notice you?
Do we even care to look?
And the angel to your left
fast hurrying on.
Flurried messenger on a
secret silent road
to god knows where.
Saint Geneviève
with your flickering light and undisputed piety
what exactly is your message here?
Would you have us stay or have us go?
Will you deny our unborn dreams?
Will you release us from our destinies?
Silverfox
The Heritage Trust
Preserving the Past for the Future
About Me
- Littlestone
- Studied art and design at Swindon School of Art, Wiltshire, England and afterwards Japanese painting and calligraphy at Kyoto University of Fine Arts, Kyoto, Japan. In 1966 I was a lay monk at the Zen Buddhist temple of Ryozen-an in Kyoto and practiced under the guidance of its Director, Ruth Fuller-Sasaki and senior monk Dana R Fraser (co-translator of Layman P'ang: A Ninth Century Zen Classic). Also present at Ryozen-an was the author and poet Gary Snyder. Gary Snyder was one of the first Westerners in Japan to study Zen Buddhism and was the inspiration for Jack Kerouac's book, The Dharma Bums. I was assistant conservator (paintings) at Kyoto National Museum from 1969-1980 and Chief Conservator (Eastern Pictorial Art) at the British Museum from 1980-1986. Japan Foundation Fellow 1973-1974 and Fellow of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works since 1985.
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