{"id":104184,"date":"2018-01-01T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=104184"},"modified":"2018-12-20T09:47:51","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T09:47:51","slug":"koan-what-is-the-sound-of-one-hand-clapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2018\/01\/koan-what-is-the-sound-of-one-hand-clapping\/","title":{"rendered":"Koan: What Is the Sound of One Hand Clapping?"},"content":{"rendered":"

1) Nothing.\u00a0 One hand cannot clap\u2026.<\/p>\n

2) Half the sound of 2 hands clapping\u2026.<\/p>\n

3) Air\u2026.<\/p>\n

4) A bowl of rice\u2026.<\/p>\n

5) A cup of tea\u2026.<\/p>\n

6) \u201cA Book of Verses underneath the Bough,
\nA Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread\u2014and Thou\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

7) A crazy old man doing a jig on thin ice\u2026.<\/p>\n

8) \u201cHeard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.\u201d<\/p>\n

9) A snowflake in a whirlwind\u2026.<\/p>\n

10) \u201cThe thunderous silence of the drums.\u201d<\/p>\n

11) It depends\u2026.<\/p>\n

12) The Isness of Is\u2026.<\/p>\n

13) Mysteries in mysteries, potential in potential\u2026.
\n___________________________________________________<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Dr. Gary Steven Corseri is a m<\/em>ember of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment.<\/a> He<\/em> has published and posted articles, fiction and poems at hundreds of venues, including,<\/em> TMS (Transcend Media Service<\/a>)<\/a>, The New York Times, Village Voice, Redbook Magazine and<\/em> Counterpunch.\u00a0 He has published 2 novels and 2 collections of poetry, and his dramas have been produced on<\/em> PBS-Atlanta and elsewhere.\u00a0 He has performed his poems at the Carter Presidential Library and Museum and has taught in universities in the US and Japan, and in US public schools and prisons.\u00a0 Contact: Gary_Corseri@comcast.net<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1) Nothing. One hand cannot clap\u2026.
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