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Suffering and the End of Suffering
Spring 2001   Vol. 17 #2
Spring 2001   Vol. 17 #2

Poems/Not Poems

Consciousness

By Gary Turchin

 
 

 

Consciousness:

That which Knows.

Thinks thoughts,

Writes prose,

Paints paintings,

Tickles toes.

Aware-of ness,

 

Consciousness:

Not an atom,

Nor a force,

Know no laws

That guide its course.

Yet surely it’s

A noble part,

Majestic stroke

Of cosmic art.

A piece of puzzle,

Line or verse,

In our song:

The Universe.

Con-scious-ness!

 

∞

 

From the Spring 2001 issue of Inquiring Mind (Vol. 17, No. 2)
Text © Gary Turchin
Art © Marianne Kolb. Paths in the shadow-break, No. 17. 16″ x 11″. 2000. Mixed media on canvas. Used by permission.
artist-image

Author

Gary Turchin is a Berkeley poet who uses simple language and imagery to ponder complex, often unanswerable questions. 

Artist

Marianne Kolb is a Swiss artist living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area. What she looks for in her work is "that edge, the place that really brings us to what we are all about."

Author

Gary Turchin is a Berkeley poet who uses simple language and imagery to ponder complex, often unanswerable questions. 

artist-image

Artist

Marianne Kolb is a Swiss artist living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area. What she looks for in her work is "that edge, the place that really brings us to what we are all about."

 
 
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