Jeanne Koré Salvato

godot’s excuse

godot’s excuse

RUN, RUN, RUN, RUN, RUN AROUND here’s a New Yorker cartoon where Godot, in a baseball cap and a hoodie, apologizes for being late. He says, “I slept through my alarm and then I had an urgent phone call and then I couldn’t find my house keys and then...
a Hurry

a Hurry

friend of mine who was a member of a Zen sangha once told me that he and his wife were the only ones not to pass the test of the koan, which is a riddle to get students to think out of the box and prompt enlightenment. And while he didn’t tell me what the koan was, I...
remembrance II

remembrance II

man who had meditated twice a day for forty years described his practice this way, “My early morning practice sometimes gets delayed until 6 pm.” I had a good laugh, thinking of all the things that get delayed like that.  And one thing we put off is...
remembrance

remembrance

friend of mine sent me an article from the NY Times by Andrew Russeth, (Sept 17, 2020), “Art About Waiting and What It Takes to Endure.” Naturally, this article will turn to Godot.  But first it begins with an artist, Tehching Hsieh, who created for himself a...