Subject: Mơ (latest) and an answer to an inquiry

Subject: Mơ (latest) and an answer to an inquiry

Words mean whatever we take them to mean. Tons of books (and thousands, if not millions of trees have perished) have been used and rivers of blood have been shed to explore the meaning of words, and meaning of life, not to mention the notion of God and its related cousins: Trinity, Virgin Mary, Messiah, Reincarnation, Everlasting Life, Paradise, Hell, and all that shit. 

I am an artist with words. The reader takes home with him/her whatever the interpretations he/she feels most at home with the words I wrote. The same as how he reacts to a painting, a piece of music, a stage performance. That's what art is all about: to bring about an awareness and a transformation of consciousness. Humans have art; animals have instinct. With humans, art changes through time; with animals, their performance stays the same throughout time. Humans grow because they question, challenge, defy traditions. Boredom is harmful to one's well-being. Boredom is the main cause of Man's flirtations with destructions and self-destructions. 

Again, ask yourself a question: are you living your life as a human or an animal? After answering that question, move on to next questions : are you a human artist or just plainly a human animal? What does your life mean to you? Why are you here? Disquietness brings change/growth. 

It's hard to be a conscious, aware human being, let alone a human artist. We are whatever we think we are. That is Buddha's beautiful insight and the first line in the Dhammapada. Additionally, whatever we think we are may depend on what others keep telling us who we are: are we free and endowed with free will or are we born sinners? In the end, it all comes back to philosophy and the ability to think. If we cannot or don't want to think, others will do the thinking for us. 

Wissai

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Mơ

Em đến trong mơ 

huy hoàng rực rỡ

Tay anh rộng mở 

như thuở còn thơ

Ôm chặt vào lòng

cho thỏa nhớ mong

Tình anh với em 

luôn tình trong mộng 

Biết em làm chi 

cho sầu cho nhớ

Yêu em làm gì 

đau đớn nỗi lòng 

Gặp em trong mơ 

nồng nàn như thế

Giáp mặt ngoài đời 

có dám chào không 

Chào em làm chi 

cho buồn cho tủi

Yêu em làm gì 

Đêm về lủi thủi

Nếu biết yêu em 

buồn dài thế kỷ

Anh chả cốc thèm

Cho mối tình si

Wissai

November 6, 2013